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The 7 Best Gifts for Teens Who Love Makeup

Gift ’em something they’ll actually use.

If finding the best gifts for teens feels as hard as, well, being a teen, you’ve found the right holiday gift guide. Trends move fast, so it can be tough to know what’s popular with high schoolers right now. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. From our TikTok-viral Cooling Water Jelly Tint to our juiciest Odyssey Lip Oil Gloss set, we rounded up gift ideas that every teenager will actually want this holiday season. So if you’re stuck on what to get your 15-year-old cousin, get into our seven best gifts for teens who love makeup below.

1. Best Personalized Gift for Teens

Blush is bigger than ever, and they know it. Customize a trio they’ll wear on the daily with their favorite shades of our viral Cooling Water Jelly Tint, skincare-supercharged Bionic Blush, and creamy Lip + Cheek in any shades. They’ll have all the options they need to recreate the blush trends they’ve been seeing all over their feeds. 

The Blush Super Pack

2. Best Gift for the TikTok-Obsessed Teen

If they spend even a little time on BeautyTok, they already know about our Jelly Tints. These long-lasting lip and cheek stains have a refreshing, bouncy texture and come in six shades that stick around. Individual Jelly Tints make the perfect stocking stuffer, or if you want to go the extra mile, go for The Jelly Tint Duo which features our two newest shades, Fizz and Spritz, plus a blending brush and a limited-edition jelly makeup bag to carry ’em in.

Cooling Water Jelly Tint

3. Best Gift for a 15-Year-Old

You can’t go wrong with a lip kit, and our Odyssey Lip Oil Gloss offers mesmerizing, multidimensional shine thanks to crushed gemstone in the formula. It also has a non-sticky finish and nourishing benefits from jojoba oil, cloudberry seed oil, and goji berry extract. Get the set to collect minis of Soul Search (light pink shimmer), Quest (caramel beige), and Adventure (lavender shimmer).

Odyssey Fun Size Lip Gloss Faves

4. Best Gift for an 18-Year-Old

They’re always on trend, so give them the duo that will help them achieve the look of the year: jelly lips. This limited-edition makeup set includes a full-size Cooling Water Jelly Tint and Odyssey Lip Oil Gloss. We curated five juicy lip combos they’ll love, from Strawberry Popsicle to Icy Pink. They’ll be swipin’ these on all year, guaranteed.

The Jelly Lips Duo 

5. Best Gift for Teens Trying Makeup for the First Time

If they’re just getting into makeup, our creamy blush and lip color is the ultimate easy-to-use, can’t-get-wrong stick that fits in any bag. Not only does it come in 11 shades—some with subtle shimmer, some without—but the formula is also non-comedogenic so it won’t clog pores. 

Lip + Cheek

6. Best Gift for a 16-Year-Old

It’s the year of sweet sixteens, and this trio of makeup sticks will have them glowy and party-ready in just a few swipes. It includes full sizes of Lip + Cheek in Werk (dusty rose) and Rally (mauve pink shimmer), plus a Cream Highlighter Stick in Rad (pink pearl)—which just happens to be an exclusive, limited-edition shade you can only get in this gift set. Go ahead and grab one for yourself, too.

Makeup Sticks Party Mix

7. Best Gift Idea for Everyone Else

We get it, teens are hard to shop for! So if you aren’t quite sure what products, shades, or looks they’re into, you can’t go wrong with an e-gift card. You pick how much, they decide the rest. We’ll deliver ’em by email, so they’ll arrive on time even if you’re running late on checking off your gift list.

Gift Card

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Lindy Segal (she/her) is a freelance beauty writer and editor. She has held editor roles at Glamour and People, and regularly contributes to Harper’s BAZAAR, WhoWhatWear, and Fashionista, among other publications. She lives in New York City with her Chihuahua mix, Barney. See more of her work at lindysegal.com.

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Lindy Segal (she/her) is a freelance beauty writer and editor. She has held editor roles at Glamour and People, and regularly contributes to Harper’s BAZAAR, WhoWhatWear, and Fashionista, among other publications. She lives in New York City with her Chihuahua mix, Barney. See more of her work at lindysegal.com.

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