Great gifts for beauty lovers - make-up from Trinny London, Charlotte Tilbury, M&S and more

Giving a beauty lover a gift can seem like a high-risk strategy. After all, most women who thrill to the glamorous will have their favourite brands, and know all too well what make-up products suit them best.

But choose a present that is thoughtful, lovely, and effective, and the risk is mitigated. All the suggested products below are selected, first and foremost, for being great at what they do. Densely pigmented eye shadows, creamy lipstick formulations, silky textured powder - every choice is a winner.

A note on purchasing strategy. You may think it best to go for volume - i.e. an enormous palette of eye shadows, rather than one very good single shadow. This is a fallacy. Better to buy one lovely, effective small thing than a big gift comprised of dodgy product. It will just end up landfill and any discerning beauty fiend will prefer a quality gift to loads of sub-standard bits, anyway.

Oh - one final word - self-gifting is terribly chic and will always be in fashion, so feel free to dive in.

Molly Mae Professional Styler Trio Edition, £76.99

A true beauty break-out, the Molly Mae Professional Styler has been selling out across retailers this year, thanks to it's rapturous reception by beauty-lovers on instagram. It's an easy way to style curls into your hair - be it big, bouncy waves, tousled curls, or delightfully tight ringlets. With three interchangeable barrels, you'll never run out of styling options.

It's ceramic, too, so you won't damage your hair. Buy now (while it's still in stock), £76.99, LookFantastic

Jo Malone London Myrrh and Tonka Cologne, £82

Warm, rich, with a hint of carnality - this cologne is the ideal unisex scent for any beauty lover who you want to seduce. Although it's a rich scent, it's not heady - it dries down to something comforting, but not blousy. We found it equally appropriate for day-time and night-time wear, the lavender, myrrh and vanilla tonka notes gorgeously warming, especially in winter. Any recipient will be enraptured. Buy now, £82, Feel Unique

Trinny London Eyetallics, £22

Cult favourite Trinny London has sold out of their gift sets already (no wonder - they're fab), but their new eye shadow range Eyetallics sings of festive cheer and will make any lady grin.

The beauty of Trinny's make-up range is the ease of use. Most of her collection come in small pots, 'stackable' with any other make-up from the range - so eyeshadow can click onto lipstick, onto concealer. You'll end up with a handy stack that can be thrown into your handbag so all you need for a full face of make-up will be you where-ever you go.

Eyetallics are gorgeously shimmery and rich in colour. Smudge them on with a ring finger to build to the level of shimmer you want. Buy here 

M&S Always Radiant Highlighter Set, £19.50

Bringing glow to your skin in winter time can be a difficult task - but here it is made simple with this pleasing product from the M&S Autograph range.

While the market is flooded with bronzing products, this one is a cut above. There's a perfect shade for every skin type, the applicator brush feels plush and luxuriant on the skin, and the bronzer gives lush luminosity. The soft brush and mirror compact is very attractive, too.  A bargain at just £19.50. Buy here