Prairie Beauty: gift sets

I feel like one of my favorite things that Sephora does is their Sephora Favorites kits - and if I had my way, I'd probably buy all of them. Since the Sephora Favorites Winter Skin Saviors Set is no longer available - and I only got my hands on it because my local Sephora still had a couple in store right after Christmas - I wasn't sure whether to review it. However, I also decided that I want to do a new series here on the blog where I do mini reviews of mini products. I actually try a lot of things in smaller-than-full size because I like to try things but don't often go through them, but it can be hard to give a full review when I don't necessarily have enough product to give a full test. Anyway, for my first foray into Mini Mini Reviews, I want to talk about all of these products after testing them for a few weeks.

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There are some beauty brands that I've had my eye on for a long time, but haven't pulled the trigger on trying out. For a long time, Rodial was one of those brands. I was fascinated and super interested in their products, but I wasn't sure what to try out and because it has a more luxury price tag I didn't want to choose wrong. Enter the Rodial Hero Collection Kit, which includes travel sizes of four of their best selling products. I've been testing this out for nearly a month now and I'm definitely ready to give you my review.

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When it comes to drugstore priced holiday gift sets, I really think Hard Candy has always stood out as being interesting and different. I remember seeing their first advent calendars years ago, before everyone and their dog were doing an advent calendar, and I just thought it was brilliant. This year, however, the selection of holidays sets from the brand seems absolutely massive and ranges from $1.47 up to $19.97 with options at seemingly every point in between making for some great options for stocking stuffers and, specifically, gifts for teens. I was sent a few things to feature here, but I also bought a few of the sets myself because I was really curious about them and wanted to feature them in this post as well.

To see some of the sets that Hard Candy has on offer this year and to enter to win a few of them for yourself, keep reading!

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Recently on a little jaunt to the new Marshalls and Homesense that opened near me - SUPER EXCITING! - I saw the City Color Collection Decadent Kiss Mauve Lip Trio and I was intrigued enough that I just had to pick it up. I've found some real winners from City Color in the past, particularly their matte blushes, so when I see something from the brand that looks really interesting to me, I just have to grab it. I've actually found some really great products at Winners and Marshalls by taking a chance on smaller brands, so I definitely think it's sometimes worth it to just pick up the things that look interesting.

Anyway, to see what I think about this collection, keep reading!

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One of my favorite things to check out every year are the gift sets from drugstore beauty brands that seem to start rolling out around the middle of November. Unlike the high end sets that started coming out in the summer this year, these are ones that you have to wait a little bit longer for, but they're always a really affordable price and I think there are some great options. I've tried to find links for as many of the ones I'm listing here as I could, but I've pretty much seen all of these in stock in local drugstores and big box stores already.

So if you're looking for lower cost options for holiday beauty gifts, keep reading!

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I feel like the holiday sets started so early this year that a lot of them are already sold out and have been for a while. And by "I feel like...", what I actually mean is "I know that..." Admittedly, I'm not a huge fan of how it played out this year, considering we started seeing holiday sets before fall even fell, but I guess I don't personally have any say in the matter. All of that said, I do love holiday sets because I feel like they're usually a good value and they always get me excited to both give and receive. I did a LOT of theoretical online shopping and also read and watched a lot of reviews so that I could put together what I think this the ultimate makeup gift guide for this holiday season!

Keep reading to see what made the cut!

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I thought about giving each of the categories of Skin Care, Hair Care, Bath & Body, and Fragrance their own posts, but I felt like that would only encourage me to get way too out of hand with my picks for each category so I streamlined everything and chose either things that I've tried or things that either have a phenomenal reputation or have been highly recommended to me by people I trust. Sounds good, right? So if you want to check out my picks for each of these categories, keep reading!

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I remember my mom always had the Avon catalogues around the house when I was growing up and I remember really clearly going through and drawing circles around the things I wanted. When I was little, it was always things like huge bottles of bubble bath and adorable lip balms, with a little smattering of toys or novelty items. As I got older, I would choose makeup or bath and body items and it seemed like inevitably a couple of them would be in my stocking come Christmas. Me and my brothers, as well as our significant others, still get stockings from mom come Christmas, and I've taken to gifting friends and family members in the form of stockings as well!

This year, I got the chance to check out some of the offerings that Avon has for this holiday season, and there's some really exciting ones! Keep reading to take a look at some great options that Avon has on the menu this holiday season!

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Storytime! On the first day of the recent Sephora VIB sale, this was the first thing to end up in my cart. I felt like it was a great deal and a great way to try out some new products from tarte. Unfortunately, as I spent the day going back and forth about how I was going to get myself to Free Shipping, it sold out and convinced me to try and be good and not buy anything just because of the sale. Of course, on the last day of the sale it came back in stock and I was able to see online that it was in stock at my local Sephora... so I had to buy it, right? Cosmically, it was a sign. Ahem. Yes, I justify such things this way.

Anyway, I picked it up and I wanted to give my first impressions of the products here quickly - and hopefully it'll still be in stock for people to purchase!

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Stocking stuffers are my absolute favorite thing to shop for. When I put together gifts for people, I rarely choose to pick up one large thing and instead go for a series of smaller gifts to make a kind of stocking. This is true for every occasion, really, especially birthdays. I feel like there's something a little more fun about getting a series of smaller gifts that are exciting rather than one big gift - like a little kid who feels like they have more money just because it's broken down into change rather than one bill. Anyway, this post was really fun for me to put together and I would love to get any of these products as a gift this holiday season.

Keep reading to take a look at the under $30 items that I chose!

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Last year around this time, I did a wishlist for Christmas, but this year I decided to do something a little bit different. I sat down and compiled a dream list of both what I would like to get and what I'd like to gift. I absolutely love gift shopping, even more than I like gift receiving, so if I had an unlimited budget the people in my life would get beyond spoiled at this time of year. However, since I DON'T have an unlimited budget but I DO have a blog, I decided that this was the next best thing - and maybe it could give a helping hand for some people looking for ideas for the beauty lovers in their lives. I decided to split my gift guide into multiple posts. Today I'm starting with beauty gifts that are over $30. For the most part, I chose gift sets because I believe they feel the most special and are definitely the best value.

So without further adieu... Keep reading to take a look at my picks for the best over $30 beauty gifts for makeup junkies, skin care fanatics, bath & body fiends, nail lovers, and even the men in our lives!

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So this was a gift that I received from my Secret Santa this year. You might recall that I included this on my wishlist this year, having said that I wasn't normally a fan of cream highlights but that I loved the swatches of these in store and that I would like to mix some into my foundation to give my skin some glow. Well, Secret Santa was watching and she hooked. me. up. Now, I'm not entirely sure if you can still get this - I have the sneaking suspicion that it probably sold out quite quickly in most Sephora locations - but I figured it's worth a review because these are available in full size in the permanent line. And because they're awesome. SPOILERS!

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