Holiday Gift Ideas for Nails
Whether you're gifting a good friend a manicure or pedicure at her local salon, or trying to find a more personal product, nail and manicure gifts make great holiday presents. Here are some ideas for holiday gifts to give your friends and family this year.
This spa and skincare brand's holiday product set features the brand's award-winning Hand & Nail Cream and Moisturizing Marine Hand Cleanser. It makes a great hostess or housewarming gift (and a pretty addition to any bathroom countertop). Price: $20, available at H2OPlus.com and H2O Plus Stores.
This set features two popular mini hand products: The High Intensity Hand Cream and the Blood Orange + White Pepper Hand Cream. Your giftee can pick from a serious, intensive treatment or a moisturizing, deliciously-scented one. Both come in 1 ounce tubes perfect for travel. Price: $12 ($16 value), available at BlissWorld.com, Sephora, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom.
Have a friend who loves getting gel manicures, or who's curious about trying her hand at one at home? A kit like this is perfect as it comes with everything she needs: a 0.29 oz gelshine™ Base Coat, Top Coat, and Gel Colour, a gelshine™ LED Light, 25 nail pads. 3 removal wraps, a 2 ounce Nail Cleanser and 2 ounce Gel Color Remover, buffing block, .3 ounce Brush-On Cuticle Oil, 3 pairs of gloves, a cuticle pusher and instructions. Price: $159, available at Sephora.com.
A gift that's ready to go and already wrapped...what could be better? The perfect pick for a coworker gift or grab back is a Christmas Cracker from Nails Inc. Each twisted foil "cracker" wrap contains a full sized nail polish from the brand's Fibre Optics or Foil Effect line, and a bonus fashion quote. The nail polish world's equivalent of a fortune cookie -- these are so fun for anyone who loves polish. Color options include: Mayfair Mews (a blue Fibre Optics polish) Baker Street (a best-selling cobalt blue polish) Marylebone Lane (a red glitter polish) Kings Road (a rose gold Foil Effect polish) Kensington High Street (a deep wine polish) Trafalgar Crescent (a silver polish). Price: $38, available at Sephora and Sephora.com
This four-piece customizable kit contains three basics, and you pick the fourth -- a lacquer in the color of your choice. Includes: The Nail Cleanser, a residue-remover you swipe on to remove dirt and oil and leave nails clean. The Base Coat, an adhesive primer with a sticky effect that helps polish adhere. The Top Coat, a high shine finishing step. And finally, pick your Formula X Nail Color to complete the set. Price: $32 (a $44 value), available at Sephora.com and Sephora stores.
Always a fun brand, Deborah Lippmann packages two mini, glittery nail lacquers in a fun glitter bag for the holidays. In addition to the fantastic colors, Lippmann infuses her polishes with nourishing ingredients like biotin and green tea extract. Contains: .27 ounce nail lacquer in She Bop (a fresh, creamy pink) and .27 ounce nail lacquer in Happy Birthday (a multicolor glitter polish in a clear base for a confetti-like effect). The bag matches the Happy Birthday shade perfectly, making it an ideal combo to break out on New Year's Eve. Price: $19, available at Sephora.com.
If you have a younger girl on your gift list, she'll love these polishes. The gold dust line features transformative nail polish formulas with a unique matte base that has a luminous, sandy finish. Both neutral and deeper jewel-toned polishes get added sparkle, making these perfect colors for holiday time. Price: $6.99 each, available at drug and mass market stores.
1. H2O Plus Clean & Comfy Softening Hand Care Set
This spa and skincare brand's holiday product set features the brand's award-winning Hand & Nail Cream and Moisturizing Marine Hand Cleanser. It makes a great hostess or housewarming gift (and a pretty addition to any bathroom countertop). Price: $20, available at H2OPlus.com and H2O Plus Stores.
2. Bliss Winter Wonder 'Hands'
This set features two popular mini hand products: The High Intensity Hand Cream and the Blood Orange + White Pepper Hand Cream. Your giftee can pick from a serious, intensive treatment or a moisturizing, deliciously-scented one. Both come in 1 ounce tubes perfect for travel. Price: $12 ($16 value), available at BlissWorld.com, Sephora, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom.
3. SEPHORA by OPI gelshine™ At-Home Gel Colour System
Have a friend who loves getting gel manicures, or who's curious about trying her hand at one at home? A kit like this is perfect as it comes with everything she needs: a 0.29 oz gelshine™ Base Coat, Top Coat, and Gel Colour, a gelshine™ LED Light, 25 nail pads. 3 removal wraps, a 2 ounce Nail Cleanser and 2 ounce Gel Color Remover, buffing block, .3 ounce Brush-On Cuticle Oil, 3 pairs of gloves, a cuticle pusher and instructions. Price: $159, available at Sephora.com.
4. Nails Inc. Christmas Crackers
A gift that's ready to go and already wrapped...what could be better? The perfect pick for a coworker gift or grab back is a Christmas Cracker from Nails Inc. Each twisted foil "cracker" wrap contains a full sized nail polish from the brand's Fibre Optics or Foil Effect line, and a bonus fashion quote. The nail polish world's equivalent of a fortune cookie -- these are so fun for anyone who loves polish. Color options include: Mayfair Mews (a blue Fibre Optics polish) Baker Street (a best-selling cobalt blue polish) Marylebone Lane (a red glitter polish) Kings Road (a rose gold Foil Effect polish) Kensington High Street (a deep wine polish) Trafalgar Crescent (a silver polish). Price: $38, available at Sephora and Sephora.com
5. Formula X The System
This four-piece customizable kit contains three basics, and you pick the fourth -- a lacquer in the color of your choice. Includes: The Nail Cleanser, a residue-remover you swipe on to remove dirt and oil and leave nails clean. The Base Coat, an adhesive primer with a sticky effect that helps polish adhere. The Top Coat, a high shine finishing step. And finally, pick your Formula X Nail Color to complete the set. Price: $32 (a $44 value), available at Sephora.com and Sephora stores.
6. Deborah Lippmann Best of Both Worlds Pop Rock Mini Duet
Always a fun brand, Deborah Lippmann packages two mini, glittery nail lacquers in a fun glitter bag for the holidays. In addition to the fantastic colors, Lippmann infuses her polishes with nourishing ingredients like biotin and green tea extract. Contains: .27 ounce nail lacquer in She Bop (a fresh, creamy pink) and .27 ounce nail lacquer in Happy Birthday (a multicolor glitter polish in a clear base for a confetti-like effect). The bag matches the Happy Birthday shade perfectly, making it an ideal combo to break out on New Year's Eve. Price: $19, available at Sephora.com.
7. L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Nail Gold Dust
If you have a younger girl on your gift list, she'll love these polishes. The gold dust line features transformative nail polish formulas with a unique matte base that has a luminous, sandy finish. Both neutral and deeper jewel-toned polishes get added sparkle, making these perfect colors for holiday time. Price: $6.99 each, available at drug and mass market stores.
