Holiday Gift Guide | Fabulous Over Forty

Budget Holiday Gift Ideas

Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Kari in Beauty 0

With most everyone cutting back on their holiday budget, here are a few ways to get the best bang for your buck.

Budget-Friendly Gifts for Everyone on Your List

Got $20, $50, $100 to spend? No matter what, we have a gift for you

Money is tight, so this year you want to get the most bang for your present-buying buck, right? Luckily, that’s totally doable with this gift guide. We’ve broken it down by price range so you’ll know exactly how much you’re spending on everything, from a $15 makeup kit for your friend to a splurge-worthy fragrance set for your beau. It’s all here!

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Lip Gloss for the Holidays

Posted on 17. Dec, 2008 by Kari in Beauty 1

Get your kisser ready for the holidays – parties, dates, New Year’s Eve – all kinds of celebrations. There are some beautiful lip gloss sets that are musts for the holidays.

Lancome has this great Juicy Tubes Holiday Set for you. Eight Juicy Tubes in 2.24 oz size, perfect for putting in that little holiday clutch. Some of the colors are limited editions. $39.50 for an $81 value.

Giorgio Armani has a trio of lip colors in Terra Cotta Rose, Florentine Red, and Sienna Nude. $49 for the set $69 value. These are full sized glosses and come in a holiday red box. Armani lip glosses are some of my favorite. The textures are creamy without stickiness and the brush applicator never feathers so you get a perfect application every time.

Another great lip gloss trio option is Chanel Glossimer trio in this little travel bag with a trim in the iconic Chanel tweed. There are 2 color set options available. A nude choice in Les Dorés – gold shimmer, nude brown, and nude pink with gold shimmer. The other choice is Les Violettes in a pale pink shimmer, a nude pink berry and a ripe berry. $50 for this mini set.

Qtica and Zoya Holiday Gift Sets

Posted on 02. Dec, 2008 by Kari in Beauty, Skin Care 0

Zoya and Qtica have some wonderful gift ideas all at very affordable prices. These are quality products and their nail polishes are environmentally friendly as well.

First up, this gift set of Qtica Foot Repair Balm and Hand Repair Balm. 2 oz each jar and priced at $25 for the set. Perfect for the dry winter weather that is now upon us. This is thick and moisturizing. Put it on at night, covering up those tootsies and fingers works best, and wake up with smooth hands and feet.

This Qtica Gift Spa Set comes in Grapefruit Surprise and Lemon Dream scents. Included is a 2 oz Shower Gel, 2 oz Body lotion and a 5 oz body scrub and exfoliating gloves, all for only $18.00. Anyone girl, young or old would love these. My son’s girlfriend tried the grapefruit scented one and absolutely LOVES it. I tried the lemon as grapefruit is not my favorite scent. The body scrub used with the exfoliating gloves makes your skin feel smooth as silk. A plus too is that the jar is not too large so it’s manageable in the shower. There’s nothing worse than having a body scrub in a jar you can’t open while in the shower – what’s the purpose?

These $8 sets are PERFECT stocking stuffers! A nail polish and matching and/or coordinating lip gloss in a cute box. Shown below on the tester from left to right is, Opposites Attract- a Raven (black) nail polish and Sparkle lip gloss. Next is Sugar Plum Party – a deep purplish black nail plum lip. Red-E To Go is a Red with a slight blue undertone and Enchanged Evening is a fushia tone with sparkle to it.

Or, pick up these individual colors at $6.00 each.

Check out their website for more gift ideas or call

Aveda and Cyber Monday Deals

Posted on 30. Nov, 2008 by Kari in Beauty, Hair Care, Skin Care 0

Cyber Monday is the internet sister to Black Friday. Once again for the holidays Aveda has put together some great gift sets in special packaging that benefits the people of Nepal. Learn more here.

Aveda has a special offer for you, available only on Monday. Get exclusive free shipping and a Be Curly™ Curl Enhancer sample with any order on Monday, Dec. 1st only. Click here to take advantage of the specials.

Below are a few of my favorite gift collections that they have put together this holiday season.

a $174.50 set for $129 inlcludes:

Soothing Aqua Therapy 16 oz.
Beautifying Compostion 1.7 fl. oz.
Intensive Hydrating Masque 5 oz.
Nourish-mint Renewing Lip Treatment .12 oz
Shampure Soy Wax Candle – 9.7 oz
100% organic-cotton kimono robe

Ritual of Relief is a $53 package available for $40 and includes:

Hand Relief 4.2 oz and a travel 1.4 oz.
Foot Relief 4.2 oz and a travel 1.4 oz.

This set is also an “Oprah Favorite” so of course it’s great! I keep the Hand Relief in my handbag at all times. They also have Hand Relief available in tiny tubes for $2 that are great for stocking stuffers or attaching to the bow on a package.

Estee Lauder Collectables

Posted on 30. Nov, 2008 by Kari in Beauty, Fragrance 0

Every year Estée Lauder has beautiful collector compacts filled with either solid perfume or powder. These are truly beautiful compacts to give or receive that you will keep for years.

This season’s featured fragrances include Estée Lauder Beautiful, Beyond
Paradise, pleasures, Pure White Linen, White Linen, Youth Dew and
newcomer, Sensuous. Powder compacts feature the universally wearable
Lucidity Pressed Powder and for the first time, Re-Nutriv Intensive Comfort
Pressed Powder.

These elaborate pieces include large, breathtaking crystals, dynamic moving parts, high attention to details and vibrant colors that customers have come to expect from the Estee Lauder compacts. Once again, celebrated American designer, Jay Strongwater, creates six fanciful designs boasting his magnificent enamel and stone work.

The compact at top is one that is created by Jay Stongwater as well as All The Buzz, $300 with Beautiful perfume shown below. The Brilliant Leaves compact is $250, the adorable Candy Cane is $85 and filled with Pleasures perfume.

I remember as a little girl, my grandmother had a few beautiful compacts. They were like jewelry for your vanity or handbag and these are like those timeless pieces she had, in fact, they could have even been from Estée Lauder. Some of the compacts are exclusive only to Saks or Neimans and still others are available at all Estée Lauder counters, so be sure to check them out – there are many more beautiful ones to choose from that I am not showing here.

Happy Beautiful Holidays!

Pamper Yourself This Holiday Season

Posted on 25. Nov, 2008 by Kari in Beauty, Beauty On A Budget, Fragrance, Skin Care 0

Everyone needs a little pampering this holiday season and well, always! No need to limit yourself just to the holidays.

EO Products has these great gift sets at incredibly fabulous prices as well… again another “Beauty on a Budget” this holiday season.

EO products are all made from pure essential oils and natural botanicals. All of the products are free of artificial colorants, parabens, sodium laureth and lauryl sulfate, and synthetic ingredients. The gift boxes include convenient travel sizes of their popular offerings.

The Love package contains Bubble Bath, Room Spray, Bath Salts and Soy Massage Candle. It has the scent of Pure Nourishing Rose, which is a mixture of hundreds of individual roses and healing chamomile – great for even very sensitive skin. $14.99

The Peace collection includes Bubble Bath, Bath Salts and Body Lotion. It is very calming with pure healing French Lavender. I LOVE French Lavender. It relaxes, and calms and is perfect for a bath after a hectic day of work or holiday shopping or partying. There’s nothing better than to reduce stress and put a calmness into your life. $9.99

The Nighty Night collection includes Bubble Bath, Room Spray, Bath Salts, and a Soy Massage Candle. Breathe deeply and drift off to a dream filled slumber with the relaxing and healing benefits of Blue Chamomile and Lavender Essential Oils. The apple like aroma of Blue Chamomile is a soothing antiseptic that nurtures all skin types helping to reverse dryness and eczema. Lavender tones and balances, naturally renewing skin health with its therapeutic properties. $14.99

One day after changing the bedding, I sprayed the Nighty Night Room Spray directly on our pillows. My husband commented – “What did you put on my pillow?” I thought, oh oh! But he wanted to know because he really liked it!

These are really wonderful products and at a fabulous value. From now until the 30th of November, get an extra 10% off! I highly recommend these products. www.eoproducts.com