Though we are of the opinion that our exclusive Holiday Bag is the number one gift to give this holiday season, we (kind of) understand that you may want some other options.

Pick from Chic Tools and Accessories For Men

Taylor of Old Bond Street Pure Badger Shaving Brush: Taylor wants you to have a close, comfortable and slightly ceremonious shave every time…even on the road. To that end, they’ve handmade this luxurious shaving brush using the highest quality (read: softest) badger hair. These bristles will stand the test of time, remaining pliable and super-soft for years to come. This brush comes in an imitation ivory travel case, so it’s a great gift for a globetrotting guy.

Taylor of Old Bond Street Manicure Set: Lend your hands a hand! This luxurious, fine leather manicure kit has everything the modern man needs to stay well groomed. Comes with a nickel finish nail/cuticle scissor, nail clippers & slanted tweezers, sapphire dust nail file and cuticle pusher/nail cleaner. The compact size makes it perfect for travel.

Gifts that Every Women Will Love

Seisuke88 Compact Mirror: Need a little something to get your work BFF? She’ll fall in love with this unique and stylish Japanese handbag essential. The Seisuke88 Compact Mirror has a self-contained cover and stand, allowing it to be placed easily on any tabletop. It’s just the right size: not too big to take anywhere & everywhere, not too small to see your entire face at once! The beautiful fabric is coated, making it easy to clean with a damp sponge or cloth. The black and red pattern is borrowed from 150 year old kimono designs.

M.B. York Paint by Numbers Kit: This is the perfect gift for the Glamazon in your life that always looks flawless. This two-column eye shadow kit is the easiest way to go from day to night in a flash. The first column creates the perfect daytime look and the second a shimmery evening eye. The set also comes with three numbered eye shadow brushes to ensure a precise and flawless application every time! Mary Beth made sure to create six shades suitable and flattering for all skin tones and eye colors – from porcelain to tawny, light blue to dark brown.

Gifts Sure to Delight Anyone

Binchotan Toothbrushes: These stylish brushes are the perfect stocking stuffer. The Binchotan charcoal blended into each bristle of these impossibly chic toothbrushes prevents bad breath, deodorizes and removes plaque. This activated charcoal also gives off negative ions to prevent harmful bacteria from growing within the brush – a valuable characteristic of a tool that spends most of its time in the bathroom. Available in Red, Blue, White and Yellow.

Binchotan Eye Mask: This eye mask is the REAL DEAL. It has significantly improved the sleep patterns of many insomniac suffering members of the Travel Beauty team, and we now consider it a MUST for anyone who stares at screens all day. A sheet of Binchotan charcoal is layered into the mask, which emits infrared rays that help to gently stimulate blood flow, healing and soothing the eye area and relieving fatigue by easing pressure on the optic nerve. This luxurious mask is silky to the touch, with soft padding to pamper your eyes. Great for relaxation, meditation, stress relief, sinus pain, airplane travel and – most importantly – a deep, restful sleep.

How About Beauty Kits and Gift Sets?

Phylia de M. Travel Trio: Finally back in stock! This is the ultimate Phylia starter kit, perfect as an intro to this award-winning, best selling brand, or as a travel essential for the Phylia-philes in your life. The chic branded and reusable canvas bag is roomy and stylish. Once they sell out, it may be months before they are back in stock, so grab one (or five) while you can!

Emma Hardie Body Beautiful Collection: Emma Hardie’s all natural, luxury body products makes a beautiful gift. These are the best smelling body products we’ve ever tried – perfect for pampering! The set comes with:

• Luxurious Body Cleanser: Combines natural foaming agents, hydrating Shea Butter and plankton extracts, to gently cleanse and condition the skin with aromatic, uplifting essential oils of Mandarin, Jasmine, Bergamot and Rose.

• Super Rich Body Butter: Combines protective marine actives, hydrating moisturizers, soothing Shea Butter and exotic Inca Inchi oils from Peru. This botanical body butter helps preserve skin elasticity and suppleness, provides added protection and healing benefits from Vitamin E and is rich in Omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids. It’s ideal for sensitive, damaged and dry skin.

• Hydra Body Oil: Helps condition dry areas with intense hydrating properties, leaving the skin thoroughly moisturized. Can be used after bathing as a body oil or can be added to your bath.

• Hand and Nail Treatment Cream: Three-in-one product delivers instant hydration and nourishment to hands and cuticles, helps to strengthen nails and even lightens age/sun spots!

Heaven Skincare Long Weekender Kit: Got a few product junkies in your life? They’ll all delight in this curated kit! We’ve chosen our favorite anti-aging products from Heaven Skincare’s Stratosphere line to create this comprehensive kit covering all skin care bases: there’s a cleanser, exfoliator, toner/serum, daily anti-aging moisturizer and, of course, the world famous Bee Venom Mask. If mom feels she’s too busy to shop for skin care, you’ve just done all the legwork for her.

Create Your Own Beauty Kit: For someone extra special, perhaps yourself, you can create a bespoke beauty bag. Just add a Travel Beauty Travel Bag to your cart and start shopping for all of the products you would like to pack in it.

Too many choices? Call or email our white glove Concierge Service at 888-717-8790 or concierge@travelbeauty.com. We are on call to help you pick the perfect gift!

By: Claire McCormack, Twitter & Instagram

Having been based in Scottsdale, Arizona as a make up artist, esthetician and spa owner for many years, I specialize in working with dry, dehydrated and sun-damaged skin. When I started out as a make up artist over 20 years ago, I struggled with the fact that no matter how great I could make someone look with make up, if they had major crow’s feet, dark circles, and/or under-eye puffiness, it didn’t seem to matter. All you would notice was the eye area problem(s). Often, the concealer and/or powder and/or foundation would make the problem(s) worse. Noticing that almost every woman that walked in my spa had this issue, I set about creating a solution.

Is Your Concealer and Powder too Cakey?

These issues affect women everywhere. I have done make up for women in LA, New York, Orlando, Dallas, Vegas and many cities in between, and I have heard (and seen) how powder and concealer cakes into fine lines and makes them look worse. Even young girls in their late teens and early twenties seem to have crows feet and “feathering” under the eyes. Whether a woman has a small issue or a large issue with dry skin and dark circles, she wants help. Our confidence is increased when we look in the mirror and like what we see.

Step I: Pump It Up, Leave It On!

My Beauty Ammo Kit started with the first step, the “Pump it up, Leave it on” Collagen Eye Mask. Most eye creams just absorb and then disappear into the skin. There is a dearth of rich enough, hydrating enough products available for this area. I created my eye mask to be richer than anything else on the market, using collagen and shea butter to create a buttery, primer-type look and feel. The trick is to apply the eye mask in a thick white layer that stays on all day. There is no other leave-on eye mask available. It not only makes the skin look instantly younger, but also gives the added benefit of continually hydrating skin. A lot of lines and wrinkles are dehydration lines, and these are virtually eliminated with my Collagen Eye Mask.

Step II: Line Putty

The next step is my Line Putty. For years, I tried to create the perfect line filler product, but had a hard time getting the product to adhere to the skin properly. When I finally created my Line Putty, then pressed it into the skin with a sponge over my Collagen Eye Mask, the result was instantly smooth and wrinkle-free skin. The chamomile I added to the Line Putty is very soothing, and the witch hazel helps relieve puffiness. Another benefit of steps 1 and 2: my clients say applying these prodtcs feels like a mini-spa treatment…very calming and soothing. Any concern they had of it feeling too heavy is replaced with surprise at how good it feels. Then they look in the mirror and are amazed with the results.

Step III: Camouflage Eye Disguise

Now that the skin is totally hydrated and prepped, I add step 3, my best selling concealer, Camouflage Eye Disguise. After steps 1 & 2, you can now use a lot more concealer than you normally would, sweeping it across under the eyes and on the lid as a base for eye shadow. You get far better, natural-looking coverage without worrying about accentuating fine lines. My Camouflage Eye Disguise concealer works on all skin types, colors, and tones. For best results, it is really important to use a sponge to blend it in, so I included sponges in the Beauty Ammo Kit for foolproof application.

Heather Mills & Kelly Ripa

Since launching the Beauty Ammo Kit, I have sold tens of thousands in spas and salons around the US. I’ve sold Beauty Ammo on HSN, Ideal Vitality TV in London and in Henri Bendel. While doing an event at Henri Bendel, I met Heather Mills, who was shopping with her make up artist. He was so impressed with my Beauty Ammo Kit that he immediately called Kelly Rippa’s make up artist to share the dramatic results.

Celebrities Using M.B. York’s Beauty Ammo Kit

I often get called onto sets to apply Beauty Ammo on celebrities such as Jane Lynch, Jamie Lee Curtis, Martin Sheen, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Kevin Bacon before the make up team does their make up. I was also recently asked for Beauty Ammo for Valerie Bertinelli, Betty White, Jane Leeves and Wendy Malick on the set of Hot in Cleveland. Actors love Beauty Ammo because it makes them look great for hours and allows them to avoid the constant touching up of powder throughout the day, which usually leads to the accentuation of fine lines.

After training the Dancing With the Stars make up team on how to use Beauty Ammo, they said it made Chloris Lechman look 30 years younger. The makeup team said it is “definitely one of our beauty secrets that the entire cast and crew loves.” Even the judges, Carrie Ann, Leni and Bruno love Beauty Ammo!

Beauty Ammo Kit is Easy to Use at Home

Another great benefit of my Beauty Ammo Kit is that you can apply it by itself in less than one minute. Even if you don’t like to wear foundation or make up elsewhere on your face, your entire eye area will be hydrated, fresher and brighter all day long.