Lancome has a couple of cute holiday makeup kits and there are also some items from the Lancome general collection that would make good Christmas or other holiday gifts. My favorite is the limited edition Lancome Holiday Eye Palette with 6 pretty eye shadow shades and a blush in a mirrored case.

Lancome also has a three lip gloss limited edition holiday set that has very nice shades. Lancome lip glosses and Lancome Juicy Tubes are particularly good for stocking stuffers or affordable small gifts.

Benefit Cosmetics always has cute kits and and sets, so the Benefit holiday collection is no exception.   Here are the featured items in the collection:

Benefit Celebutante is a blockbuster set with several of my all time favorite Benefit products. the set includes:

• high beam luminescent complexion enhancer
• benetint, rose-tinted lip & cheek stain
• dallas, the outdoor glow for the indoor gal face powder
• lip gloss in I’m with the band
• full-finish lipstick in lady’s choice
• full-finish lipstick in no competition
• velvet eyeshadow in leggy
• velvet eyeshadow in dandy brandy
• fluff shadow/talent brush

Benefit Glitz Glam & gloss features three double ended lipglosses in six new shades

Glam Idol, Best of Benefit Set includes “that gal,” brightening face primer;
california kissin’, smile-brightening lip shine; posietint, poppy-pink tinted lip & cheek stain; and a stylish clutch.

Sexy Starlet Best of Benefit Set includes CORALista, warm coral-pink cheek powder;
some kind-a gorgeous, oil-free foundation faker; BADgal lash mascara; and a
stylish clutch

World’s Best Mascaras contain BadGal Lash and BadGal Plum mascaras.

Something about Sophia, exclusive Crescent Row set eau de toilette & silky body lotion set.

Laugh with me LeeLee, exclusive Crescent Row Set eau de toilette & silky body lotion set.

My Place or Yours Gina, exclusive Crescent Row Set eau de toilette & silky body lotion set.

Below is  a hand picked selection of other Benefit items that also make great Christmas or other holiday gifts.

The 2009 Yves Saint Laurent Holiday Collection Features some particularly nice limited edition lip items—which tend to be my favorite YSL products.

There is also more to the YSL collection. You can shop the entire YSL Holiday look here: YSL’s Holiday Look 2009

Lip product junkies like myself are usually all over lip products as gifts, whether it be a luxury item such as the Dior pendant (I wonder how many times this season, I will mention how much I want that?) or small lip gloss sets that make perfect stocking stuffers. Below are some great holiday gift ideas.

Remember Hard Candy Cosmetics? Well, they are back and are at Walmart! There is not a Hard Candy holiday collection per se, but the line includes many glittering and shimmering items that are perfect for holiday looks. They even have glitter mascara!

I purchased some Hard Candy items at Walmart just last night and will be reviewing them on Beauty and  Fashion Tech soon.