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Haute Holiday Gift Guide: Stylish Stocking Stuffers for Her

Filed under: Holiday Style, Cosmetics, Skin Care, Gift Guides

Stylish Stocking Stuffers for Her
You know what they say ... 'big things come in small packages' and Christmas stockings are no exception. I know the first thing I go for on Christmas morning is my stocking; it sets the tone for the rest of my present opening experience. Here are some goodies that will be sure to please any fashion fanatic:

Bourjois Kissed From Paris Set:
A girl can never have too many tubes of lip-gloss. But where is a tube of gloss when you need one? This adorable kit from Bourjois has four mini lip-glosses attached to a stylish key ring, so your lip gloss will always be nearby.

Sephora Gift Card:
Gift cards may seem cliché and thoughtless but that is only true when they are for places like Best Buy. A gift card to Sephora gives the gift of beauty, which is pretty much the best gift around.

GoSMILE Peppermint Candy Toothpaste:
Real candy canes are sugary and fattening; get all of that delicious candy taste while getting your teeth sparkling clean.

Victoria Secret Flannel Boxers:
Flannel pants are great for lounging around the house but they aren't ideal for sleeping. These flannel shorts are perfect for sleeping and gifting -- just tie a pretty ribbon around them and stick them in a stocking.

Sephora Travel Brush Set:
A travel brush set is a must-have for every woman; throw them it your purse, gym bag, or desk drawer. This affordable brush set has a faux croc skin case and comes with five miniature brushes.

Lafco NY Luxury Bath Soaps:
These soaps are one of Oprah's favorite things and they are bound to be your recipients' new favorite thing too.

Urban Decay Eye shadow Primer Potion:
This potion keeps your eye shadow in place all day long (it really works too). For only $25 you get two tubes of primer potion ... one for you and one for you recipient.

MAC Viva Glamorous: Do good while looking good with this lip palette from MAC. 100% of the proceeds from MAC's Viva Glam's products goes to the MAC AIDS fund. This a gift that you are the recipient can really feel good about.

Brand envy: how to navigate at Christmas

Filed under: Holiday Style, Handbags, Accessories, Style in the News, Clothing

Wired Magazine always has interesting short articles on consumer etiquette. Recently, a parent lamented to the online magazine that their child wanted an iPod for Christmas so that he could "fit in" at school. I was expecting the advice columnist to answer with the typical "help your child be comfortable with himself; an iPod won't buy him friends" stance, but Wired took a dramatically different approach.

Comparing the iPod to the Red Ryder BB gun of generations past, Wired's entire answer was based on the assumption that buying the iPod wasn't even a question - of course the parent should buy the iPod. The question then, became how best to purchase the iPod; whether the child should be required to chip in with his allowance, or whether requiring the child to learn music history with the iPod would be the best tactic.

This answer disturbed me more than a little. If a parent chooses to purchase an expensive present (perhaps the ever-popular Juicy Couture tracksuit) for a child and then wants to use the gift to educate or help the child learn the value of a dollar, then so be it. However, if a child comes home, claiming that he or she "can't fit in at school" without a certain product, I would feel that purchasing said product would only reinforce that the child has friends based on what they have, instead of who they are.

Or maybe, like last week, I'm just not getting into the gift-giving spirit of the holidays. What do you think?

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