The annual ritual: making the list of things you’d buy yourself if you weren’t waiting for a gift card. This year’s wish list, ranked.
The splurges
- The NuFACE Trinity — covered in August’s obsession post. Still on the list.
- Tatcha’s Camellia Beauty Oil. Pure cold-pressed Japanese camellia oil in a beautiful glass bottle.
- A Mason Pearson brush — see the BFF post if you haven’t yet committed.
The mid-tier
- A bottle of By Terry Baume de Rose.
- The Diptyque Baies candle.
- A new Aerin Lauder lipstick.
The small things
- Ribbon-tied bath salts.
- The newest issue of every beauty magazine.
Print it. Email it. Leave it casually on the counter. Birthdays are not the time for subtlety.