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The Best Beauty Stocking Stuffer Ideas 2024

By Brooke Sager

’Tis the season for treating everyone on your “nice” list (and yourself too!) to some new makeup and skincare must-haves. Whether you’re getting a head start on your holiday shopping or looking for last minute beauty gift ideas, we’ve got you e.l.f.ing covered with this ultimate holiday gift guide. 

Discover our extensive lineup of limited-edition, cruelty-free beauty gift sets and fun stocking stuffer ideas that will delight beauty newbies and veterans alike—and won’t break the bank. From makeup and skincare gift sets, to brush sets, lip kits and beauty gifts under $15, we have something special for every beauty lover in your life.

Ready to treat everyone on your “nice” list? 

Skincare Gift Sets

Our limited-edition Sleigh Your Skin Set makes the perfect holiday gift for anyone who views their skincare routine as sacred (it’s great for skincare newbies, too!). This skincare set features four super-hydrating skincare essentials from our fan-favorite Holy Hydration! Collection, to help melt away the day’s makeup and moisturize your face, including:

Plus, this skincare gift set includes a limited-edition No Drips Head and Wrist Bands Set to help keep your hair, arms and bathroom floor dry during your skincare routine.

Glowy Makeup Kit

Let it glow with our limited-edition Glow for the Holiday makeup and skincare set that’s for anyone on your list who wants to nail that lit-from-within, “no makeup” makeup look all season long. Inside, you’ll find four of our best-selling essentials for bronzed, hydrated skin, a pop of dewy cheek color and ultra-glossy, nourished lips:

This perfect combo of makeup and skincare lets you enhance your glow for a naturally- radiant look, just in time for all those holiday parties on your calendar.

Face Primer and Setting Spray Set

Give the gift of a long-lasting makeup look with our Prime and Set Must Haves Kit. This must-have holiday makeup set features a lineup of our viral, holy grail face primers in a range of finishes and formulas to help prep your skin for makeup, plus our new dewy setting spray to help lock down your look:

This is the “it” bundle to help create a smooth-as-e.l.f. holiday makeup look, and to make sure it stays put after the midnight countdown.

Lip Gloss Set

Enjoy nourished and kissable lips all season long with our Mistletoe Magic Lip Gloss Set. This 3-piece lip kit features an ultra glossy lip gloss with SPF, a creamy lip liner to shape and fill in your pout, plus a shimmery lip balm for a frosty finish:

With an array of beautifully neutral shades, this lip set makes an ideal stocking stuffer for anyone who wants to achieve a glossy, defined, and pillowy pout.

Eye Makeup Kit

For the one whose everyday eye look is always on point, our Sparkle Eyes Makeup Kit contains 5 makeup essentials you won’t be able to live without:

It’s never been easier to create long, lush eyelashes, sculpted brows with a laminated look and defined eyes with a subtle wash of shimmer that stays put.

Makeup Brush Set

Whether you’re going all out with your holiday makeup look or perfecting your everyday beat, it all starts with the right set of makeup tools. Our Best of Brushes & Tools 2024 holiday gift set features 9 of this year’s fan-favorite makeup brushes, sponges and accessories to help you blend, contour, buff, conceal and sculpt your complexion into an e.l.f.ing stunning finish. Here’s what’s included:

This essential, pro-quality brush set makes the perfect gift for makeup novices and veterans alike. And if you’re in need of a makeup brush refresh, gift one to yourself too!

Viral Makeup Must Haves

For the one who has to have all the latest and greatest beauty drops served on their FYP, our TikTok viral makeup products make the ultimate stocking stuffers. Some of our viral makeup must haves include:

The best part? Our most TikTalked-about makeup products can all be used together to create a glowy look that will be stunning for both every day and your next holiday soiree.

Affordable Makeup Stocking Stuffers

Our incredible selection of affordable makeup gifts will dazzle and delight every makeup guru on your “nice” list.

To ensure a long-lasting makeup look every time, fill their stockings our sticky gel Power Grip Primer, which locks makeup in place and smooths your complexion, as well as our bi-phase Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray, which sets makeup for long-lasting wear and leaves skin with a hydrated, dewy finish.

For your bestie who is obsessed with long, voluminous lashes, include our Lash XTNDR in their stocking. This holiday season, you’ll give them the lash-extension-look without having to pay the price.

Give the gift of a glowy and blushing complexion with our Camo Liquid Blush and Halo Glow Liquid Filter. These holy-grail products will leave skin looking glowy, hydrated, dewy, and flushed with the perfect shades of pink and red. Don’t forget to check out the other products in our Halo Glow and Camo makeup collections for more stocking stuffer ideas!

We all know that one person who can never have enough lippies in their collection- luckily we’ve got you covered with lip products to keep their stocking stocked-up this holiday season. Our Pout Clout Lip Plumping Pen is the gift that keeps on giving, providing a glossy shine and deep pigment, while also plumping-up your pout. Our viral and best-selling Glow Reviver Lip Oils are always a great option to gift to any and all makeup lovers in your life. This holiday season, we put together an irresistible bundle to gift (or keep for yourself!).

Our Glow Reviver Quad Goal Lip Oil Kit includes four lip oils pairing our OG lip oils with a new shimmer lip oil to keep your lips glossy and glimmering into the new year.

To give the gift of a stunning makeup application, stock up on our holiday makeup brush gift sets. Our Snow Globe Blend and Brush Kit features six must-have tools for seamlessly applying, buffing and blending out your face and eye looks (plus frosty metallic handles that are festive as e.l.f.). Our gorgeous Embellished 9-piece Brush Kit ​​contains a complete collection of face and eye makeup brushes to help you sleigh your holiday makeup look for just $20!

Skincare Gifts

Give the gift of hydrated, glowing skin this season with the best, affordable skincare gifts for all the healthy skin fanatics in your life.

Our fan-favorite Holy Hydration! Face Cream is packed with nourishing and hydrating ingredients that replenish skin’s moisture for a plumped-up, bouncy complexion.

For a holiday season glow up, our antioxidant-rich Bronzing Drops give your complexion a warm, sun-kissed glow (without the sun). Mix a few drops into your moisturizer or oil to customize your bronze (the more you drop, the more you glow!).

Youthful-looking skin is the gift that keeps on giving, making our Youth Boosting Blue-ty Sleep Night Oil the perfect stocking stuffer. This lightweight night oil is infused with 1% granactive retinoid to help reduce the appearance of fine lines, uneven texture, dryness and dullness over time. The nourishing, fast-absorbing blue formula blends into skin after application, working while you sleep to reveal a visibly plump, smooth complexion.

Since zits pop up when we least expect them, make sure your skin is in the clear with Stick It To Zits Pimple Patches. These clear, thin hydrocolloid patches help flatten and minimize the look of blemishes and extract impurities on the spot!

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