VIDEO: Spoil Your Ma with Mother's Day Beauty Gifts

By Charleen Gonzalez for Shine Latina

We know you love her. Show her you love her every day: Don't let her wash dishes. Give her foot massages. Make her lunch and take her to the movies for a #girldate.

But on Mother's Day, give your mami something extra-special.

Fragrance
My mom goes crazy over perfumes. Nordstrom Beauty tends to be my fragrance destination, as it sells practically every perfume I could want to try, and the awesome customer service doesn't hurt.

Thierry Mugler's sweet set, the Alien by Thierry Mugler Gift Set, $184, includes the Alien perfume as well as a shower gel and body lotion, all housed in an super-cute cupcake container. Alien is a seductive scent with notes of jasmine, cardamom, orange blossom, cumin, cashmeran, amber, and heliotrope flower. Also, a cool feature of Nordstrom is that the Alien bottle can be refilled at any store location.

Another great choice is the Bond No. 9 I Love New York for Mothers, $175. This potent floral fragrance features top notes of tangerine and freesia; middle notes of lily, rose and jasmine; and bottom notes of soft amber, musk and sandalwood.

Self tanner
With summer on the way, every gal wants beautiful, bronze skin. But staying out in the sun too long can be harmful. Stay safe and sexy with LORAC's TANtalizer Body Bronzing Spray, $32, for an all-over faux bronzed glow. I love that it comes with a puff to distribute the product evenly without turning your fingers bronze in the process.

A Pinterest-like shopping site
Luvocracy is a new shopping site. It's like a shoppable Pinterest where users can easily search and shop for curated Mother's Day collections from trusted friends, influencers, and local tastemakers.

I chose products the Kate Betts collection, curated by the former Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief. There, I found Yves Saint Laurent's La Laque No1 Rouge Pop Art, $25, which is a classic bright-red nail polish. I think every woman, no matter what age, should have a sexy, red nail polish.

I also picked the Malin + Goetz Rum Bar Soap, $10. I love the rum tonic scent that isn't overpowering but leaves a lasting fragrance. Also, this bar soap doesn't strip your skin of moisture, rather, it leaves it feeling extra-smooth and refreshed.


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