10 Holiday Makeup Gifts from Ulta Beauty for the Glam Lover in Your Life

Y’all, 2024 has been 2024-ing! What a long decade this year has been—but thankfully end of year means some of our favorite beauty brands at Ulta Beauty are digging DEEP into their glitz and glamour bag to bring us some of the hottest holiday must-haves. Beauty gifts are perfect for everyone on your list—even if it’s just you on said list. Get ready to spread joy, Ulta Beauty’s making it super easy for you to check off your shopping lists with these 10 holiday makeup gifts.

1. Pat McGrath Labs Luminous Legends: Mega Eye Shadow Palette

$76 at Ulta Beauty

Having owned several Pat McGrath eyeshadow palettes myself, I can tell you the recipient of this palette (and it might even be you) is in for a treat. I audibly yelp when swatching because the shadows are just SO GOOD. The mattes are buttery smooth and the shimmery shades pack the right amount of pigment to stand out on darker skin tones while not overpowering lighter skin tones.

2. Pound Cake Cake Batter Liquid Lipstick

$24 at Ulta Beauty

Nothing is more frustrating than trying out a new lipstick and having it look completely different on you than the swatches. People of color come in a wide array of skin tones—but so do our lips ranging from powder pinks to deep mahogany browns. I absolutely love that this Black-owned brand exclusively at Ulta Beauty not only shows their creamy matte liquid lipsticks on a variety of skin tones, but they also tell you what to expect the lip color to look like based on your natural lip color. I have my eyes on Gingerbread (described as a pinky brown, classic nude on pink lip tones) and Bloodberry (described as a starter shade that looks deep blue-red on deeper lip tones and berry red on lighter lip tones).

3. WYN Beauty Big Vision Lengthening & Defining Tubing Mascara

$19 at Ulta Beauty

Mascara is a very highly debated product in the makeup world and yet here I am suggesting one as a holiday gift. But while everyone’s lash needs run the gamut of needing stick straight lashes to curl to wanting more length and volume, this entry from WYN Beauty exclusively at Ulta Beauty seems to satisfy many mascara fans. From its lengthening and darkening capabilities, fans loved this as a pretty, everyday mascara.

4. Morphe Rich & Foiled Eyeshadow Palette

$15 at Ulta Beauty

Listen, in THIS economy, we can be fly and keep some coins in our pocket at the same time. This latest launch from Morphe features 9 cool-toned neutrals—a mix of mattes and shimmers, and a very special foil effect molten metal shadow that can be worn dry for a creamy effect or wet (spritz your makeup brush or finger with setting mist) for an enhanced liquid effect. And if you apply the laws of Beauty Math, that’s like getting two palettes in one.

5. MAC M·A·Cximal Sleek Satin Lipstick

$25 at Ulta Beauty

MAC has long been the go-to for bold lip color, but if you want that color payoff the brand’s been known for more than four decades with a more satin finish, you’ll love the M·A·Cximal Sleek Satin Lipstick. I personally have my eyes on Créme in Your Coffee, Modesty, and Sitting Pretty.

6. Charlotte Tilbury Setting Spray

$38 at Ulta Beauty

Darlings, the last thing you need is your perfectly applied beat to start sliding off before you’re even two sips into your spiked eggnog. You need a setting spray but at the same time, since it’s getting cold out, you also don’t want to be MATTE matte. This is why I love the Charlotte Tilbury Setting Spray. You’ll retain some of the gorgeous dew and keep your makeup intact for hours and hours.

7. Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Gloss Bomb Swirl Twisted Lip Luminizer

$24 at Ulta Beauty

As if the Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb wasn’t already iconic enough as is, Fenty Beauty has ingeniously combined two of their popular shades: Fu$$y + Fuchsia Flex to bring us a gorgeous, universally flattering medium pink with silver shimmer. I love Gloss Bomb for being insanely conditioning on the lips (essential for the colder months) while giving us a stunning hint of color and eye-blinding shine making every pout look fuller instantly.

8. Elf Halo Glow Liquid Filter

$14 at Ulta Beauty

This multi-use glow in a bottle has been quite the talk of the town. I love that you can use this glorious liquid luminizing makeup a million different ways: wear it alone as a lightweight foundation, wear it under or over your foundation for added glow, mix it into your base, or use it as a highlighter. However you decide to use it, make sure you keep your phone lens clear because you WILL be having your own personal photoshoot. And it comes in 12 shades so everybody can get it.

9. Juvia’s Place Blushed Duo

$18 at Ulta Beauty

If I had a dollar for everytime someone expressed a fear of blush to me back when I was a makeup artist, not only could I buy everything on this list a hundred times over, I could probably afford my own little Ulta Beauty. But fear not, beauties—blush is our friend. And the deeper your skin tone, the brighter the blush shade you want to use. Trust me—it’ll be stunning. And if you use too much, you can tone it down with powder. Now one of the best brands to get a whole lot of bang for your buck is always going to be Juvia’s Place exclusively at Ulta Beauty. The pigment is definitely going to PIGMENT and you can still make rent. You can use one side when you’re feeling more demure, the other when you feel a bit more daring, or layer both shades for INTENSITY.

10. Clinique Almost Lipstick

$25 at Ulta Beauty

If you haven’t yet tried this ICONIC Clinique lip product yet, um—WHY?!?!. It’s not quite a lipstick, not quite a gloss—oh, but the lips? They will be MOISTURIZED and highly favored. They come in two shades: Black Honey and Pink Honey—but if you can’t decide which one to get, know that both shades are universally flattering.

Which beauty gifts will you be snagging this year? Tell me all about it in the comments.

*Bonus: Ulta Beauty Gift Card

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So you’re feeling accomplished that you checked so many off your list, but there’s that one person who already has everything. Or maybe you slightly dropped the ball and need the perfect gift FAST. An Ulta Beauty gift card is perfect in these situations. You can pick up a physical card online or at any Ulta Beauty locations or order an e-gift card online that can quickly be emailed to the recipient with—get this—the option of uploading your own photo.

Which beauty gifts will you be snagging this year? Tell me all about it in the comments.