10 Toe-Tickling Beauty Stocking Stuffers

Stocking stuffers might be my favourite gifts to receive because they’re compact and super useful. This is especially true of beauty products, which are small enough to hide in a stocking. Plus, who doesn’t love getting new makeup, skincare, and haircare items going into the New Year? Here are some great beauty stocking stuffers. —Jennifer Cox

Bubble Day Dream Vitamin C + Niacinamide Serum, $25, available at Shopper’s Drug Mart

This serum is a scientific power couple for the face, and tucks neatly into any stocking. This secret weapon serum will even tone, reduce scarring and dark spots (hyperpigmentation), and give the face a daily dose of brilliance.

NYX Cosmetics Holiday Candy Swirl Liner, $20, available at Walmart Canada

Add festive flair to your holiday makeup with the NYX Professional Makeup Holiday Candy Swirl Liner. This limited-edition eyeliner delivers bold, intense pigment with a creamy, glide-on formula for smooth, precise application. Whether creating a classic wing or playful candy-inspired designs, this waterproof, smudge-proof liner stays flawless through all your holiday celebrations. 

Hold.Me Styling Cream from Designme, $13

Give the gift of soft, hydrated hair with this lavish little HOLD.ME styling cream ornament. It’s a multi-tasking styling cream that smooths strands, controls frizz, and protects against heat damage, all in one easy step. It’s infused with nourishing aloe vera and argan oil, and adds weightless shine and softness for a polished finish.

L’Occitane Nuit Festive Perfumed Hand Cream, $15

This festive season, follow the enchanting journey of The Light Catcher, with the limited-edition Nuit Festive Collection. The enveloping Nuit Festive Perfumed Hand Cream softens the skin and cuticles and unveils notes of blackcurrant and sweet vanilla that conveys a wonderful winter’s night. It’s also enriched with sweet almond oil.

Peter Thomas Roth Patch + Go Eye Patch Travel Pack, $19

This limited-edition travel pack includes cult-favorite Water Drench and 24K Gold Eye Patches for on-the-go hydration and firming. The Water Drench Hydra-Gel Eye Patches help reduce the look of dryness, under-eye bags, and dark circles, and the 24K Gold Hydra-Gel Eye Patches help firm and brighten the look of the under-eye area.

BKIND nail polish, $18

Who doesn’t love some nail love around the holidays, especially when it’s a polish that is 21-free, easy to apply, and long lasting?! BKIND’s bevy of holiday colours (like Lady In Red) are festive and fun, and these polishes will slip easily into any holiday stocking.

Elf Cosmetics Holy Hydration! Thirst Burst Drops, $17

These multi-use, hydrating gel serum drops reveal a juicy, radiant complexion both instantly and over time. It gives skin a dewy, plump look with a non-greasy feel, and it’s infused with 1% hydrating hibiscus complex and brightening 5% niacinamide, plus hyaluronic acid.  It can be worn on its own as a serum, or mixed into a foundation or under makeup as a primer.

Burt’s Bees 100% Natural Moisturizing Lip Balm in Vanilla Bean, $6, available at Walmart Canada

This moisturizing lip balm nourishes and makes lips feel luxurious. Infused with powerful fruit extracts and beeswax to richly moisturize and soften lips, the nourishing oils and butters will make lips juicy, happy, and healthy. With a matte finish and moisturizing balm texture, this tint free tube of soothing lip balm glides on smoothly to nourish dry lips while keeping them revitalized and hydrated.

Lululemon Skinny Scrunchies 6 Pack, $14

Every gal needs more scrunchies. These skinny scrunchies reduce hair breakage and keep ponytails firmly in control. They come in six adorable colours and are the perfect little stocking stuffer.

dae Cactus Fruit 3-in-1 Styling Cream with Taming Wand, $30, available at Sephora Canada

Slick back styles with one easy swipe. This bestselling, multitasking cream, now with a built-in wand applicator, is the key to taming flyaways, smoothing frizz, and styling edges. Hair is left frizz-free, smooth, and infused with dae’s signature citrus scent.