Clinique is a great go to company for popular fragrances and skin care kits. Below are a selection of items from their collection.

Benefit Cosmetics features some of the best makeup kits and collection. Benefit makeup sets are always unique and creative, and the quality of the makeup is very good. This makes them one of the best holiday makeup gifts around.

Below are a selection of items from the Benefit holiday collection and selections from their regular line that would make great gifts.

Givenchy has particularly nice lip items. Givenchy’s packaging is quite pretty too. Below are items from Givenchy that would make good holiday gifts:

Dior is always a safe bet if you want to give a high quality makeup palette as a gift. They are one of my all around favorite makeup brands because of their consistently high quality.  The Dior Holiday Collection is always sleek and simple, and full of quality well pigmented eye shadow shades, as would be expected of them. Below are selections from Dior that would be great as gifts or as treat for yourself. I personally own several of these items and love them.

The Guerlain Holiday Collection always features beautiful cases and shimmering powders for a pretty effect. Below are a few gift ideas:

Smashbox has some cute holiday wish kits in their Smashbox Holiday Wish Collection. They also have some cute makeup bag kits that are great for holiday or Christmas gifts.  The Smashbox Wish Eye Palette is a particularly good deal.

The Lancome Limited Edition Holiday Beauty Box is a great deal at $52 with any $36 purchase:

The Lancome Holiday Beauty Box  contains:

- Creme Radiance Clarifying Cream-to-Foam Cleanser (2 oz.).
- Rénergie Microlift R.A.R.E.™ Superior Lifting Cream SPF 15 Sunscreen (0.5 oz.).
- Full-size Bi-Facil Double Action Eye Makeup Remover (4.2 oz.).
- Cils Booster XL Super-Enhancing Mascara Base (0.07 oz.).
- Full-size Hypnôse Custom Volume Mascara in Black (0.22 oz.).
Compact of Color includes:
- Nine best-selling Color Design Eyeshadow shades (0.12 oz. each).
- Two best-selling Blush Subtil shades (0.13 oz. each).
- Two Color Design Sensational Effects Lip Colors in All Done Up and Trendy Mauve (0.14 oz. each).
- Color Fever Lasting Radiance Sensual Lip Color in Prune Drama Girl (0.14 oz.).
- Two Juicy Tubes Ultra Shiny Lip Glosses in Magic Spell and Simmer (0.28 oz. each).

Too Faced has three different makeup kits for the holidays this year.  Each is fun and comes in a cute package, just like all Too Faced items do. Any of these would make a great Christmas of other holiday gift.

• The Too Faced French and Fabulous Palette, has six eye shadows, highlighter and a bronzer.
• The Queen for a Day collection offers an Eye shadow Quad, Snow Bunny Bronzer (winter bronze), Lip of Luxury Lipstick in Free Love (pale pink), Shadow Insurance (translucent beige), Mini Lash Injection Pinpoint (black), and a Flatbuki Brush.
• The Glamour Revolution Kit is a limited edition collection packed full of eye shadows, bronzers and lip gloss.
• The Glamour to go kits are fun holiday palettes with eye shadows, lip glosses and a blush.

You can shop the Too Face Holiday Collection items below.

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Elizabeth Arden makes some great skin care items. I particularly recommend the Prevage line. Elizabeth Arden cosmetics are also always good quality, and they have some nice fragrance sets as well. Below is a selection of good holiday gifts from various Elizabeth Arden lines.

Clinique has some cute holiday sets and kits. Clinique Happy is also always a good fragrance gift choice.  From now through December 17, 2009, Clinique is offering a promotion for a  Shimmering silvery tote, free with any $49.50 clinique.com purchase. Use offer code TOTE at checkout.

Also, be sure to check out this limited edition Clinique Holiday Makeup kit: The Classic Favorites Limited Edition Kit . You can also see a wide variety of online exclusive holiday kits by Clinique at their Clinique Holiday Gift Set Page .

Below are also shopping links for some of the best Clinique holiday gifts. If you are out braving the stores on Black Friday, be sure to check the Clinique counter in the department stores, along with other cosmetics counters, for special sales.