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Mother's Day Beauty Gift Guide

Skincare, makeup, fragrance and haircare gifts for Mother's Day
By
Carla Snuggs

Who’s ready for Mother's Day? Still hoping to find the perfect gift for mom? For the mom who wants to look as vibrant as she feels, Posh Beauty Blog has rounded up some fabulous skincare, makeup and hair care products! Many can be found at Target, Sephora, Amazon, or your local drugstore, so purchasing your Mother's Day gift last minute is no problem!

simplehuman Sensor Mirror Pro

 SimpleHuman Sensor Mirror Pro (8” round) is the ideal vanity mirror for mom!  simplehuman, makers of innovative products for the home that make life more simple and efficient, recently added sensor enabled voice command vanity mirrors to their collection.  The 8" Sensor Mirror Pro ensures flawless beauty for moms who may be meticulous about her make up. With its tru-lux light system, these mirrors contain over 50,000 color variations, to give you the most color-correct view, and is also capable of mimicking natural sunlight. In addition, these mirrors are equipped with "voice command" capabilities such as "mirror off", "outdoor lighting" or "restaurant lighting".  You can program to suit your moods.  It is also available in rose gold and stainless steel. All of these factors in this small mirror will help mom stay fabulous, especially on special date nights with the hubby or just a fun night on the town with the girls.

IT Cosmetics IT Girl Essentials

What do you get for the woman who has given you everything?! IT girl essentials from IT Cosmetics that will have your Mom feeling her most beautiful on her special day! 

  • Your Beautiful Basics Airbrush 101 5-Piece Face & Eye Getting Started Brush Set : Every woman needs the basic brushes in her makeup bag! Airbrush 101 is how you get started with brushes! Blend, blur, buff and perfect for a flawless airbrushed finish!

  • Your Face & Eye Essentials Mini 5-Piece Face & Eye Travel Brush Set :  When it comes to brushes, start with the essentials! A great powder, eye shadow brushes and a liner brush can help get you ready in no time! 4 brushes to line, define, smoke out and blend. Plus the all-over complexion brush for all your basics from foundation to blush to illuminizer!

  • Je Ne Sais Quoi™ Lip Treatment : Je Ne Sais Quoi Lip Treatment is NOW AVAILABLE in a brand-new Rose shade! This treatment contains essential butters and oils, hyaluronic filling spheres and antioxidants for your softest, smoothest-looking results—and flushes to your perfect rosy pink! Perfect for an IT Mom on the go!

  • Bye Bye Pores Blush™This award-winning Bye Bye Pores™ formula is infused with optical-blurring pigments which instantly diffuse the look of pores and discoloration! It’s filled with skin-loving ingredients like anti-aging silk, hydrolyzed collagen, antioxidants and peptides which will give your Mom a youthful flush!

Softsoap Hand Wash Plus Lotion

Softsoap Hand Wash Plus Lotion is the perfect addition to a cute mother’s day gift basket. No one likes having cracked dry hands, and Softsoap Hand Wash Plus Lotion keeps your hands soft and smooth after every wash. With just a touch of lotion, this product can protect your hands from any activity a mom would be doing!

This Works Stress Products for the New Mom

This Works Stress Check Hair Elixir is perfect for the new mom! This calming de-stressing hair mistspray can be used at any time of the day to boost hair shine and combat stress levels. It is also activated by movement so it is perfect when you’re never sitting in one place for more than five minutes. Raising a newborn is not glamorous,let’s face it. It is a full time job that can take a toll of your once rejuvenated skin.This Works Stress Check Face Oil can help protect skin from the struggles and stresses of everyday life. Skin is left looking radiant, refreshed andrejuvenated once again!

Stila Convertible Color Dual Lip and Cheek Palette

Once the babysitter is booked, your mom is ready to hit the town! Let her feel her best with Stila Convertible Color Dual Lip and Cheek Palette. This two-in-one,multi-tasking lipstick and blush palette. She can have the option of playing it cool or playing with some pops of color that will not go unnoticed!

Cartier Fragrances

The most extraordinary fragrances from Cartierwill make mom feel extra special this year. Whether her taste is classic or more modern, there are two breathtaking fragrances from the brand that she is sure to love. For The Traditional Mom, gift La Panthère EDP. It’s a floral fragrance with feline notes, illuminated with gardenia, a lively flower peppered with chypre and velvety nuances and comprised of an accord in three parts, chypre, floral and musk. For The “Cool” Mom, try Baiser Fou. It’s so perfect for spring! This bright and irresistible scent exalts the magnetic force of the orchid with a touch of white chocolate, creating the balmy fragrance of a lipstick.

Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil

This Mother's Day, Trilogy natural skincare has the perfect product for moms at all stages of life - award-winning Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil. Made with the finest quality oil with minimum 80% essential fatty acid and fatty acid content, Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil is highly effective for scars, stretch marks and other skin concerns, including dehydrated and aging skin. Independent clinical studies from a prominent Australia research lab show that even in severe cases, Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil helped reduce the visible characteristics and appearance of stretch marks by 43%!  Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil can be found in Whole Foods Stores nationwide, Credo Beauty and online at beautorium.com and trilogyproducts.com

Pretty Girl Makeup

Pretty Girl Makeup is a cosmetic company that specializes in natural, long-lasting products for girls on the go, so gifts from this brand are great for the young, hip mom Founded in 1999 by celebrity makeup artist Christina Flach, Pretty Girl mixes fantasy with a bit of luxury by combining vitamins, minerals and essential oils. They specialize in high-quality makeup that not only helps mom look great but also feels good on the skin. Pretty Girl Cosmetics aims to bring you the freshest and most natural cosmetic products to help you look and feel good. Lip. Pretty Girl Makeup has a wide range of beautiful lip glosses, lipsticks, mascaras, eyeliners, and bronzers.

Beauty Gifts from Fragrance.com

Fragrance.com offers a wide variety of fragrances, skincare, makeup, candles and aromatherapy! Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream Set is a three piece set perfect for any mom who loves to smell good. It includes Eau De Toilette Spray 3.4 oz & Body Lotion 5 oz & Eau De Toilette Rollerball .33 oz Mini. Glamglow Flashmud Brightening Treatment at  Fragrance.com is a face mask perfect for the working mom who deserves an at home spa treat! Mom will also love this Rosemary & White Sage Candle. This massage & aromatherapy soy candle is a stimulating & warming blend with moss agate gemstone. This candle is perfect for an out of office day perfect for mom. And what mom wouldn’t love this Muscle Soak Set from Fragrance.com? It includes Ocean Mineral Bath Salts 4.5 oz & Body Scrub 3.4 oz & Body Wash 3.4 oz & Yellow Pouf & Travel Tote.

Mother’s Day Gifts from Amway

Amway has curated a list of Mother’s Day Gift Essentials tailored for every type of female hero, each selected with pampering top of mind. Here are my faves:

  • For the mom who loves (or needs) PAMPERING: G+H gift sets. Finding extra time to fit in that much needed spa appointment can be a struggle. G+H, Amway’s latest top-to-toe body care line, will give even the most time-strapped mom the tools that she needs to pamper herself at home on even the most ordinary of days. G&H Nourish+™, which includes a  Body Lotion, Body Wash, Complexion Bar, Hand Cream, offers restorative body care nourishing the skin with moisture-rich formulas infused with orange blossom honey, shea butter and organic pumpkin seed oil.  G&H Refresh+™ includes a  Body Milk and Body Wash-Gel and offers revitalizing body care soothing skin with hydrating formulas infused with aloe, grapeseed extract and green tea extract. Skin looks and feels softer and smoother, with up to 24-hour hydration. Products are available individually, or in gift sets available just in time for Mother’s Day. 

  • For the NEW mom: Artistry® Ultimate 10 Minute Facial. Adjusting to the demands and rhythms of motherhood is an amazing experience, but can oftentimes come at the expense of maintaining regular routines, including keeping up a regular skincare regime. Artistry® Ultimate 10 Minute Facial gives Mom the chance to indulge in a professional facial from the relaxation of home – in three simple steps and in just 10 minutes. This Artistry® skincare exclusive energizes and rejuvenates the appearance of skin with the most innovative anti-aging formulas to date.  This set contains enough product for you to enjoy two facials,  beginning with a creamy foam cleanser, followed by a renewing peel, and ends with our unparalleled, ultra-rich moisturizer, Artistry Supreme LX™ Regenerating Cream. 

Nudestix

 Nudestix has everything mom needs for eyes, lips and face in a convenient stick form. It’s super creamy and applies like a dream, plus everything is multi-purpose to create a balanced fresh faced look. Nudestix recently launched their Magnetic Matte Lip Pencils - uber long wearing, smudge proof, kiss proof lip pencils that don’t budge! Instead of worrying about messing up your lipstick when your significant other kisses you, now there is no worries about lipstick smudging when your mom or Grandma kisses you on Mother’s Day! These lippies are also perfect for the on-the-go mom and come in a variety of different shades. We know that a mom’s time is limited and these products take away the extra time that is usually needed to put on makeup. With its mini-tin packaging and portable compact mirror, these are also perfect to throw in a purse or a diaper bag just in case moms need to put on a quick touch up.

Pirette Beach Fragrance Oil and Tinted Lotion

For the beach loving mama, Pirette Beach has great beauty gifts - Pirette Fragrance Oil is a favorite! If summer had a scent this would be it. This roll-on perfume has notes of surf wax, suntan oil and salt air. Pirette’’s SPF 31 Tinted lotion puts off a GORGEOUS sheen thanks to a light shimmer.

Skin Authority Body Polish Duo

Skin Authority Body Polish DUO is a new, special skincare set with some of the best Skin Authority products. Skin Authority combined the intensive exfoliation, moisturizing, and nourishing of Hand Foot Body Restoration with the luxurious, botanical-rich Olive, Fig, Shea Butter Body Cream infused with topical Vitamin D to produce a spa result at home. It is the perfect DUO to help mom restore and maintain healthy, bright, and supple skin all over.

Zoella Beauty Soak Opera

Zoella Beauty Soak Opera is perfect gift for the mom who works so hard. This bath-time essential conditions the skin while the delicate fragrance calms the senses with soothing notes of Musk, Gardenia and Violet Leaf. It will be your mom’s new bubbly best friend. Purchase: Target.com.

C2 California Clean The Rejuvenator Dry Oil Emulsion

C2 California Clean The Rejuvenator Dry Oil Emulsion is a a unique “dry-finish” moisturizer that repairs the skin and delays wrinkles. Despite being an oil formulation, the skin is left with a matte finish- no greasy feeling. It’s the perfect moisturizer to use under makeup and is a must have for hotter weather. Shop:c2caliclean.com

Amope Pedi Perfect Electronic Foot File

What’s better than giving her the spa day she’s always wanted, at home? Amopé, the leading premium women’s footcare brand has an amazing bestseller – the Amopé Pedi Perfect Electronic Foot File with Diamond Crystals – designed to buff away thick and stubborn skin effortlessly, leaving feet touchably soft and visibly smooth and beautiful. The Amopé Pedi Perfect Electronic Foot File contains finely ground diamond crystals in each of the three different intensity roller heads, which make for perfect exfoliators and extends the life of pedicures in a matter of minutes. Purchase at drugstores and retailers nationwide including: Target, Walmart, Walgreens, Rite Aid, and Amazon.com.

Disclosure: Press samples were provided by some brands/PR for editorial consideration, product testing, photography and honest review.