25 Actually Good Beauty Stocking Stuffers

little gifts with big joy

Unwrapping presents is a thrill, but unpacking a stocking is a delight. A stocking is a Mary Poppins Bag of surprises whose contents you can’t guess based on size or shape. An ideal stocking is stuffed with (mostly) useful but not boring items. Perhaps some small luxuries but not main event gifts. A mix of things they wouldn’t know of, things they’ve seen on TikTok but would never buy themselves and replenishments/upgrades of things you know they like or use. Fill in the literal gaps with candy or other small edible treats. (Might I suggest the world’s greatest caramels or these unreal delicious Columbian passion fruit lollipops?) 

Beauty and personal care products are obvious choices for stockings because everyone needs something and their sizes lend generously to stuffing (and that’s even before you start looking through the Sephora minis section). So while you can’t really go wrong in this category, don’t miss the opportunity to get it realllllly right. Let me help you win.

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25 Actually Good Beauty Stocking Stuffers

$15 and under – featuring household & handbag staples, such as solutions to a universal face washing woes, oil blotters for your hair and Muji’s best kept secret

1. Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm - $6-12

2. Clean Skin Club Travel Towels 10 ct. - $6 (use code: HOTLINESKIN to save 15%)

3. Noshinku Hand Sanitizer - $9 for 1/$25 for 3 (Limon is my favorite scent)

4. Dry Shampoo Sheets - $10 

5. Wristbands for Face Washing - $10

6. The Best Nail Clippers - $11.50

7. Rael Pimple Patches - $12 (use code: HOTLINESKIN to save 15%)

8. Hair Brush Cleaner - $12

$30 and under – featuring viral hits that aren’t just hype and upgraded basics, like the glow-up tools your nails didn’t know they needed, a scrunchie for blow-outs and the best spf stick

9. Teeth Whitening Strips - $16

10. Experiment Reusable Mask - $19 (bonus: get the magic blue goo to go underneath and use JOLIE10 to save 10%)

11. Londontown KUR Illuminating Nail Concealer - $20

12. MILK Makeup Mini Primer ($20) and/or Setting Spray ($26)

13. Shiseido SPF Stick - $30

14. Lancôme Mascara Primer - $30 (I maintain this is the time for the nicer primer they won’t buy themselves, but this is my drugstore everyday go-to)

15. Dior Cuticle Cream - $30

16. Sleepy Tie Hair Style Preserver Scrunchie - $30

$50 and under  – featuring extra special beauty and skincare treats, including eye patches that do what they say and don’t budge, a hair towel that fits in a stocking (I tested it) and various more conveniently stick-shaped slender goodies

17. Hourglass Volumizing Glossy Balm - $36 (for a tinted non-plumping glossy balm, try MAKE Serum Balm or Serum Balm Intense)

18. Neogen Metal Mascara - $38

19. SkinMedica Instant Bright Eye Patches - $40

20. Dr. Dennis Gross DermInfusions™ Plump + Repair Lip Treatment - $45 (for a non-plumping lip treatment, try my beloved ILIA)

21. Crown Affair The Towel - $45

22. Tatcha The Serum Stick - $49

Worthy Splurges – featuring the coolest way to wear perfume you’ve never heard of, an eye serum to transform crows feet & crepey lids and a chic hair pin that’s actually better quality than the cheaper ones

23. Diptyque Perfumed Bracelet - $90 (makes 30 bracelets!)

24. Bioeffect Eye Serum - $95 (use code: HOTLINESKIN to save 15%)

25. Deborah Pagini Hair Pin - $99

Bonus: Prefer to gift experiences? How about a gift card for a facial or virtual consultation with me?!

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Happy Stocking Stuffing!

xx,

Jolie