DIY Beauty Box: The Ultimate Holiday Hostess Gift!

Believe it or not: the holidays are fast approaching! This holiday season, thank your party hostess with a homemade beauty box stocked full of some of their favorite skin care and beauty products. We share how, below.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

●      1 small-medium box or empty shoe box

●      Craft paper or leftover wrapping paper

●      Decorative accessories

●      Skin care and beauty products to fill the box with

STEP 1: DECORATE YOUR BOX

The first step in creating a DIY beauty box is figuring out how you are going to decorate it. You can stick with a holiday theme and wrap your box in festive wrapping paper or brown butcher's paper and decorate it with ribbons, evergreen tree branches, and other holiday-inspired accessories… or customize it with your hostess’ name, magazine cut-outs, pictures, and so on.

STEP 2: STUFF IT

The great thing about making your own beauty box is that you can completely customize it to the person you’re gifting it to. Not sure where to begin? Here are some themed ideas to help you get started:

The Animal Activist

Is your hostess always on the hunt for cruelty-free skin care and beauty products? Treat her to a handful of carefully-selected products from The Body Shop. With a wide range of travel-sized products to choose from— we love their mini body butters—The Body Shop is a one-stop shop for cruelty-free skin care and makeup products. The best part? Their travel-sized products are all under $10 a pop! Here’s what we’re putting in ours (spoiler: it’s coconut themed!):

●      The Body Shop Coconut Lip Butter

●      The Body Shop Mini Coconut Milk Body Lotion

●      The Body Shop Mini Coconut Shower Cream

●      The Body Shop Mini Coconut Body Scrub

●      The Body Shop Mini Coconut Body Butter

The Busy Bee

For hostesses that are notoriously busy, stuff a box full of quick and easy 2-in-1 skin care products that they can use while on-the-go. When it comes to quick yet effective skin care products, we always turn to Garnier for their 2-in-1 offerings. Here’s what we’re putting in DIY beauty box:

●      Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water All-In-1 Makeup Remover & Cleanser

●      Garnier SkinActive Clean+ Pore Purifying 2-in-1 Clay Cleanser/ Mask

●      Garnier Ultra-Lift 2-in-1 Serum + Moisturizer

●      Garnier Ultra-Lift Targeted Line Smoother

The Holiday-Obsessed

If your hostess is the type of gal who starts playing holiday music in October, this one is for her. Stuffed with some of the season’s best holiday-inspired skin care products (and packaging!) from Kiehl’s, this holiday-inspired beauty box is the gift that keeps on giving. Here’s what we’re putting in ours:

●      Kiehl’s Mini-Masque Must Haves

●      Kiehl’s Holiday Hand Duo Lavender 

●      Kiehl’s Limited Edition Creme De Corps Whipped Body Butter

●      Kiehl’s Limited Edition Creme De Corps Moisturizer

The Eastern Beauty Enthusiast

Is your hostess fully committed to a 10-step skin care routine and cute packaging? Then this Japanese beauty-inspired box is the perfect gift for her. Stocked full of effective skin care and beauty products from Shu Uemura (with to-die-for packaging, by the way), this Japanese beauty gift box will make your hostess’ beauty obsessed heart flutter. Here’s what we’re putting in ours:

●      Shu Uemura Anti-Oxi+ Cleansing Oil

●      Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited

●      Shu Uemura Pink Princess Fun-Tasy Mini Nail Duo Set

●      Shu Uemura Tint In Gelato - Lip And Cheek Color

The Yoga Lover

Does your hostess live in her yoga pants? Put together a zen-like beauty box full of aromatherapy skin care products for her. When it comes to aromatherapy, we love Decléor for their use of essential oils. Here’s what we’re putting in our zen beauty box:

●      Decléor Brightening Cleansing Foam

●      Decléor Aromessence Neroli Hydrating Oil Serum

●      Decléor Aromessence Marjolaine Nourishing Night Balm

●      Decléor Aroma White C+ Intense Brightening Sheet Mask

The Face Mask Collector

If your hostess is constantly looking for the next best face masks, why not introduce her to a few of your own favorites. We’re currently obsessed with L’Oréal’s line of Pure-Clay masks—with three different masks to choose from, your hostess can use them individually or simultaneously in a multi-masking recipe. Here’s what we’re putting in our face mask beauty box:

●      L’Oréal Pure-Clay Mask Exfoliate & Refining Treatment Mask

●      L’Oréal Pure-Clay Mask Detox & Brighten Treatment Mask

●      L’Oréal Pure-Clay Mask Purify & Mattify Treatment Mask

For more on L’Oréal’s Pure-Clay Masks, check out our full review here. 

The Fitness Fanatic

If your hostess is known to hop from one trendy workout class to the next, then our fitness fanatic beauty box is exactly what she may need. When it comes to picking products to store in our gym bag, we like to stick with lightweight and refreshing products from Vichy. Here’s what’s going in our fitspo beauty box:

●      Vichy Pureté Thermale 3-in-1 One Step Solution

●      Vichy Mineralizing Thermal Water 50G

●      Vichy Quenching Mineral Face Mask

●      Vichy Aqualia Thermal Mineral Water Gel

The Makeup Junkie

If your holiday hostess is always on the lookout for new makeup products to obsess over, then this skin care-inspired makeup box is the perfect match for her. We’re filling our box with makeup favorites from Maybelline, NYX Professional Makeup, and Urban Decay. Here’s what’s inside:

●      Maybelline Master Strobing Stick

●      NYX Professional Makeup Wonder Stick

●      Urban Decay Vice Lipstick

●      Maybelline Dream Fresh BB

●      NYX Professional Makeup Double Stacked Mascara

●      Urban Decay Brow Tamer