Hot Holiday Gift: Anastasia Beverly Hills Gift Sets: Skin, Eye and Lip Heaven

By April MacIntyre Oct 15, 2011, 23:19 GMT

Anastasia Beverly Hills is a landmark destination for beauty; their salon in Beverly Hills the holy Grail for brow perfection, staffed with the best in the grooming business.

The Hot Holiday Gift series is Monsters and Critics' 2011 picks for the best in Made in America gifts for everyone. From beauty, food, wine and spirits, DVDs to fashion, we have found the best in each category for you to consider gifting a loved one this holiday season.  

Anastasia Beverly Hills is a landmark destination for beauty; their salon in Beverly Hills the Holy Grail for brow perfection, staffed with the best people in the grooming business.

A few years ago, owner Anastasia Soare unveiled her makeup line to great success.

All Anastasia eye shadows are a staple on shows like ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" where the texture and depth of color delivers the pop and the longevity needed for the makeup heavy reality series. 

Anastasia is the queen of gorgeous eyeshadows that build a perfect smoky eye with color product full of skincare benefits.  The long-wearing formula she invented lasts all day and takes you effortlessly into night.

The eye kit gift set holiday palettes mentioned below were formulated with ingredients such as the Soare-invented "Youthful Synergy Complex" botanical base which has been clinically proven to lift, hydrate and revitalize the skin as well as her patented Balkan Botanical Infusion which soothes, softens and hydrates the skin.  

Anastasia uses no Parabens, Sulfates, Synthetic Fragrances, Synthetic Dyes, Phthalates, GMOs or Triclosan and is presented in perfect packaging that is affordable for the holidays, we highly recommend the following made in the USA beauty gift sets that are travel-sized must-haves to keep your skin winterized and your eyes glowing for the New Year.

Anastasia's Skin Essentials ($134 value for $70)

Botanical based Hydrating Oil, Line Erasing Serum and Dramatically Nourishing Antioxidant Eye Crème for the skin loving purist. Nice travel sized items that are TSA friendly, and feature Tibetian Goji Berry extract that delivers the patented "Instalift" and makes skin a perfect canvas for makeup application.

The Loveage face oil is a weightless morning and evening after serum face treat that locks hydration in and complements the serum. You can even treat fly-away dry hair with it by running your hands through hair after applying to your face. Her eye creme is luxe and perfect for the coming winter cold and doubles as an intensive lip treatment too. A fabulous way to become acquainted with Anastasia's skincare line.

Bright Eyes, Big City ($124 value for $39)

This is the all in one kit-brows, eyeshadow, mascara, eye gel and brow gel. Illuminate your look this winter with a kit that provides everything you need to keep all eyes on you with two baked multi-tasking, long-lasting trio powders for highlighting the brow (matte) and eye area (luminous finish), Lash Lifting Mascara in black, Cooling Eye Brightener and Clear Brow Gel, Duo Brow Brush #7 and Mini Professional Shadow Brush.

Kisses On My List ($126 value for $30)

This is the home-run of holiday beauty deals. Six $21 sized Anastasia lip glosses in gorgeous wearable shades. This limited edition set includes six full size HydraFullLip Glosses, proven to help maximize hydration and their uniquely designed lip paddle that gives a flexible yet firm edge to line your lips. Each gloss is a stunner, and this kit wil be sold out before you know it. Make sure to get one for yourself.

Colors of the Hydrafull Gloss include Barely (nude beige), Nectar (pale pink shimmer), Lychee (sheer pink with gold shimmer), Sugar Pink (petal pink), Guava (pink nude with opalescent shimmer), Cameo (pearl with silver shimmer).

Sephora, $30

All Eye Want Palette ($90 value for $32)

I love this easy to pack kit, perfect to throw in a suitcase and go, not worrying if you don't have the right shade. Travel-sized and convenient for a getaway, this set includes nine smoky sexy earthy pigment-rich, long-wearing, neutral shadows for transforming your eyes from day to night. The miniature-sized Lash Lifting Mascara and Clear Brow Gel make this a brilliant gift or staple for the traveling woman.

The Illumin8 Eye Shadows in the set include matte beige, bronze taupe shimmer, matte peach ivory, gold shimmer, matte camel, silvery taupe shimmer, dark brown with gold shimmer, champagne shimmer, matte chocolate brown with gold flecks.

Sephora, $32

April MacIntyre is Monsters and Critics' smallscreen and people/celebrity editor who loves to visit and celebrate small American businesses when she can. You can contact her on Twitter