Buying makeup stuff for my wife (christmas/birthday)

Hey all, 

      I do not wear make up at all. I know nothing about make up. I bought my wife an urban decay palette one year for Christmas and she loved it......she also told me to buy it. BUT!!!! I would really like to surprise her this year without her saying anything to me. She already told me she wanted a facial from this spa. I hate giving gifts that are not surprises though. I tried surprising her last year with a sewing machine. I got her this cause once she said it would be cool to make her own clothes........well, its still in the box. I might actually use it for something. 

    Thanks to this site, i saw there is another urban decay naked on the run thingy. I am def gonna get that for her. 

What else can I get her?!!

She has make up stuff everywhere. So i want to get her an make up organizer. This is top priority. not only would she like it but so would I /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Make up mirror? is there anything anyone would recommend?

and of course, Make up? what do I buy? Im pretty sure she likes it all. She buys a lot of stuff from sephora. 

Gadgets? do they have make up gadgets?

Please be kind in your post...I know nothing about make up. and please be budget friendly

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Urban Decay Naked on the Run is a GREAT starting point. That's a gift I think just about any lady would love to receive! Do you know if she likes bright colored eye shadows, or more of the neutral/'naked' colors?  Urban Decay also released the Vice 3 palette this season & they're releasing the Vice LTD palette on December 4th at midnight. Both of those have a pretty good mix of both colors and neutrals. And then for Cyber Monday they're going to have the Electric palette on sale for $35, which is a steal but that would only be if she really likes color!

Aside from Urban Decay, there are so many great gift items that are available this year! http://www.sephora.com/all-gifts

Does she have any other favorite brands that you know of? Or is she a big fan of any other products aside from eye shadow?

Sephora always puts together 'favorites' sets & those are usually some of my 'must purchase' items for the year. http://www.sephora.com/sephora-favorites?icid2=product_link_brand

If she's into lip products, this set would be fantastic: http://www.sephora.com/give-me-more-lip-P388550?skuId=1647205 --great mix of products, brands, and shades! There's also a smaller cheaper set here: http://www.sephora.com/give-me-some-lip-P388033?skuId=1634898. The Sephora Superstars set (http://www.sephora.com/superstars-P388551?icid2=Bestsellers_toplevel_sku_grid_P388551_image) is a little pricey but it's a mix of all different make up products & brands and it does container several full sized items. 

Tarte is another pretty popular brand around here & they released a lot of great sets this year including this one: http://www.sephora.com/bon-voyage-collector-set-travel-bag-P388943?skuId=1633940

Great mix of products for the whole face - eye shadow, cheek stain (blush), mascara, lip gloss, etc. 

Or this one from Too Faced:

http://www.sephora.com/la-belle-carousel-P390808?skuId=1640408

Which also has a nice mix of different products. 

As far as organizers, I think clear acrylic is probably the best route for makeup. It's fairly cheap & it's see through so she will still be able to see everything! I got most of mine via ebay or Amazon, but The Container Store has really great ones too. 

Something like this with drawers would be really nice:

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/bath/cosmeticsOrganizers?productId=10036225&green=07E296E9-2C18-5CE9-A7D1-56182ECF0DEE

Or even something smaller like this could go on top of a vanity/counter:

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/bath/cosmeticsOrganizers?productId=10009895&green=07E296E9-2C18-5CE9-A7D1-56182ECF0DEE

Or a combination of both like this:

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/bath/cosmeticsOrganizers?productId=11000166&N=205

They have a whole section just for cosmetic storage & it's modular so you can kind of build your own. 

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/bath/cosmeticsOrganizers?N=205

Most makeup mirrors are pretty similar, in my opinion. You'll just want to make sure it has a light & magnification. I've had this one for a while & have been pretty happy with it: http://www.overstock.com/Health-Beauty/Conair-Oval-Chrome-1x-7x-Double-sided-Lighted-Mirror/4717886/product.html?refccid=IJ7ZZYED5HRIJ32ATSRCCFNMOE&searchidx=0

But I'm sure you could find something similar that's cheaper & it would still work just as well!

Hopefully that was more helpful than confusing, but if you still have questions/comments/whatever, just post here! There are tons of very friendly & helpful members here who would probably love to help!

What a great husband! If you need any Valentine's day idea. Sephora has a nice sample perfume bag that gives a certificate to redeem for a full size of her favorite . it's also usually cheaper to buy this then the full size itself

sample.http://m.sephora.com/sephora-favorites/?node=1050072

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