Beauty By Benz: Holiday Gift Guide: Nordstrom Beauty Edition

Disclaimer: Nordstrom's beauty department will have you wanting to buy a present for yourself with every present that you buy for someone else. Don't worry, this is a judgement-free zone.

Great stocking stuffers:
Aveda Give Soft Hands Gift Set ($27):

Packaged in handcrafted lokta-bark paper from Nepal and contains three travel-sized hand reliefs in different aromas: Original, Holiday, and Rosemary Mint.

Nordstrom 12 Days of Color ($50): 12 mini bottles of limited edition glitter and metallic nail polishes that you can split up for multiple stockings.

Nordstrom Metallic Brush Set ($40): A five piece holographic brush set housed in a glittery blue case. Includes a powder brush, angled blush brush, eyeshadow brush, eye contour brush, and an angled liner brush.

Nordstrom Ombre Travel Brush Set ($29): Four travel-sized brushes in a purple pouch that give you everything you need for a great smokey eye look. Includes a powder brush, eye shadow brush, eye contour brush, and an eyeliner brush.

To split up in case you have lots of people to buy for:
Smashbox Wondervision Lip Gloss Set ($24): Five FULL SIZE shades of Lip Enhancing Glosses. Total steal.

butterLONDON Double Take Duos ($24): Choose between Ice Nail Lacquer and Leccy Overcoat, or Fire Nail Lacquer with Brass Monkey Overcoat. Both overcoats are super fun holographic glitter, and all buttLONDON colors are free of the bad stuff that you don't want on your nails.

Deborah Lippmann Holiday Color Duet (A Nordstrom Beauty Exclusive: $19):

The set includes the best-selling glitter color, Happy Birthday, and a bottle of Between the Sheets, both housed in a Happy Birthday-inspired pouch.

Stuff you'll want to keep for yourself:

Marc Jacobs Dot Gift Set ($99): The best-selling scent of red berries, dragon fruit, orange blossom, and vanilla. A Dot EDP, Body Lotion, Shower Gel, and Roller Ball, all housed in an super cute red and black polka-dot case.

Bobbi Brown Hot Cocoa Palette (A Nordstrom Beauty Exclusive $80):

Contains 8 limited-edition eyeshadows and a flattering blush shade.

philosophy Merry Cherry Tidings (A Nordstrom Beauty Exclusive $20): Contains a shimmery Have a Cherry Christmas Shower Gel with a Have a Cherry Christmas Lip Shine.

Limited Edition MAC Stroke of Midnight Collection:

Stroke of Midnight Lip & Cheek Bag (A Nordstrom Beauty Exclusive $59.50): Contains a Formal Powder Blush in Formal, a lipstick in How Darling! Lipstick, a lipgloss in Soft Spoken Lipgloss, and a Powder Brush.

Stroke of Midnight Eyeshadow Palettes ($39.50 each): Available in Cool, Warm, or Smokey, each palette contains 5 eyeshadows and a double-ended 213 Fluff Brush and 266 Small Angle Brush.

Stroke of Midnight Eye Kits ($39.50): Packaged in a graphic limited-edition bag, each kit includes a mascara, Fluidline, Pro Longwear Paint Pot and Double-ended 209 Eyeliner/Eye Shader Brush.

Stroke of Midnight Face Palettes ($49.50): Features a range of coordinated eyeshadows, bronzing powder, lipsticks and an eye kohl.

Stroke of Midnight Essentials Brush Kit ($49.50): Contains a large Angled Contour brush, a blending brush, a flat definer brush, and eye shading brush, and an angled Foundation brush in a graphic case.