Gallery: Pretty gift picks

 

With an abundance of prettily packaged, limited-edition holiday sets and palettes from which to choose, it's the perfect time of year to indulge yourself or the beauty-product aficionado on your list. From timeless fragrances to glitzy glosses to luscious shades for the eyes, we're highlighting a few seasonal offerings that will help put any woman in a beautiful mood.

 
 
 
 
 
<a href="http://www.narscosmetics.ca/holiday-gifts/modern-kabuki-holiday/~/mie-mini-soft-touch-shadow-pencil-set"><strong>NARS Mie Kabuki Mini Soft Touch Shadow Pencil set</strong></a> features creamy, blendable crayons in six gorgeous shades, $60 at NARS counters.
 

NARS Mie Kabuki Mini Soft Touch Shadow Pencil set features creamy, blendable crayons in six gorgeous shades, $60 at NARS counters.

Photograph by: Handout, NARS

 
<a href="http://www.narscosmetics.ca/holiday-gifts/modern-kabuki-holiday/~/mie-mini-soft-touch-shadow-pencil-set"><strong>NARS Mie Kabuki Mini Soft Touch Shadow Pencil set</strong></a> features creamy, blendable crayons in six gorgeous shades, $60 at NARS counters.
<a href="http://www.narscosmetics.ca/iconic-nars/special-editions/~/hanamichi-eyeshadow-palette"><strong>NARS Kabuki-Inspired Eyeshadow Palette</strong></a>, featuring shades of icy white, shimmering deep rose, gold and matte black, is truly a thing of beauty, $70 at NARS counters.
Perfect for creating a glamorous holiday look, <a href="http://www.esteelauder.com/product/636/9519/Product-Catalog/Makeup/Eyes/Eyeshadows/Pure-Color/Five-Color-EyeShadow-Palette/index.tmpl"><strong>Estee Lauder's Pure Color Five Color Eye Shadow Palette</strong></a> in Bronze Dunes, $48.50 at Estee Lauder counters.
<strong><a href="http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/shaded/154/3625/Mineralize-Eye-Shadow-Duo/index.tmpl">M.A.C's Mineralize Eye Shadow</a></strong> in Snow Season (a melange of soft taupes) adds a warm shimmer to your winter makeup routine, $21 at M.A.C stores and counters.
Ideal for the makeup bag, <a href="http://smashboxcanada.com/index.cfm"><strong>Smashbox's</strong></a> Life Is Your Set eye pencil set includes travel-size, long-lasting waterproof eyeliners in five shades, $24 at Shoppers Drug Mart, Murale and Sephora.
<strong><a href="http://www.benefitcosmetics.com/product/view/crescent-row-limited-edition-set">Benefit's Crescent Row fragrance set</a></strong> contains four playfully named eau de toilettes (laugh with me LeeLee, my place or yours Gina, garden of good & / Eva, ring my Bella), $40 at Benefit counters.
Lancome's &#212; D'Azur gift set - which contains fragrance, shower gel and lotion in an addictive fruity floral scent - comes in a glossy red box, $57 at <a href="http://lancome.ca/on/demandware.store/Sites-lancome_ca-Site/default/Home-Show"><strong>Lancome</strong></a> counters.
Go ahead and judge the book by its cover. <a href="http://www.esteelauder.com/products/mpp/sensuous_nude.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT6226"><strong>Estee Lauder's Sensuous Nude fragrance</strong></a> (a woody musk) is as appealing as its pretty bottle, $65 for the 30-ml eau de parfum.
<a href="http://www.benefitcosmetics.com/product/view/ticket-to-glossytown"><strong>Benefit's Ticket to Glossytown</strong></a> mini gloss set includes six glitzy shades, $26 at Benefit counters.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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