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18 Target Beauty Stocking Stuffers for $5 or Less

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Shelves at a store display bottles of Cashmere Body Mist and Body Oil under a red and white striped awning. A sign reads “new & only at Target.” The display is neatly organized with multiple rows of products.
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Target is known for stocking pretty much everything, but its beauty aisle is one of the biggest draws for shoppers. If you’re looking to fill a stocking for someone who loves self-care, cosmetics, rejuvenating, and relaxing, these beauty aisle finds are all less than $5 and work perfectly for stockings.

Fantasy by Masque Bar Penguin Sheet Mask

A round green package featuring a cartoon penguin face, labeled "Fantasy Masque Bar" at the top and "Penguin Purifying Sheet Mask" at the bottom, with a small circular logo of a penguin in the upper right corner.
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Fantasy by Masque has a couple of different festive $3 sheet masks that make for good stocking stuffers. This penguin one is quite literally a penguin mask, which makes it way more fun.

Up & Up Hand Sanitizer Gel

A clear bottle of hand sanitizer with a white cap in a bright purple silicone holder featuring a loop for attachment. The label reads "Hand Sanitizer with Aloe, up & up.
Target

Even when you don’t know what to get someone, a $1.50 travel-sized hand sanitizer is a reliable gift to drop in their stocking.

Vaseline Intensive Care Cocoa Radiant Hand and Body Lotion

A brown tube of Vaseline Intensive Care Cocoa Radiant lotion with a blue cap, featuring product details and the Vaseline logo on the front.
Target

‘Tis the season for uncomfortably dry hands, so this travel-sized, specially formulated cocoa vaseline is a practical stocking stuffer.

Neutrogena Makeup Remover Wipes

A blue package of Neutrogena Makeup Remover ultra-soft cleansing towelettes, featuring text about plant-based compostable wipes and claims of removing up to 99% of makeup, including waterproof mascara.
Target

Neutrogena’s makeup remover wipes are probably the most popular of all makeup remover wipes, making them a safe bet for stocking stuffers.

Chapstick Holiday Ugly Sweater Lip Balm

A package of ChapStick Cozy Comforts lip balm featuring four flavors: Gingerbread Cookie, Holiday Cocoa, Sparkling Apple Cider, and Warm Cinnamon Roll, with festive holiday-themed packaging.
Target

Chapstick is a wintertime stalwart. From the ugly sweater packaging to the seasonal scents of this 3-pack, this $5 Chapstick set is the ultimate stocking stuffer.

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Vaseline Rosy Lips Lip Therapy

Two tubes of Vaseline Lip Therapy Rosy Lips moisturizing lip balm are packaged on a pink and blue card with white text, showing the product name and details in English and French.
Target

Tinted lip balms offer a little extra pizazz to lip hydration, and this Vaseline one is both rose-colored and scented.

MCoBeauty Mini Butter Lip Balm

A tube of MCoBeauty Butter Lip Balm in the "Birthday Cake" flavor, featuring a shiny holographic cap and a light pink base, standing upright against a white background.
Target

MCoBeauty is one of the most viral makeup brands right now. The mini butter lip balm is highly rated and only costs $5.

Tree Hut Moonlight Glow Exclusive Mini Shea Sugar Body Scrub

A round container of Tree Hut Moonlight Glow Balancing Shea Sugar Scrub with a purple base and an orange lid featuring product details in gold, white, and pink text. The scrub inside is a light purple color.
Target

Tree Hut’s sugar scrubs are beloved, and there are tons of scents to choose from. For only $5 (and with their small size), you can grab a couple to stuff into stockings.

Burt’s Bees Holiday Limited Edition Stocking Stuffer Mini Lip Balms

A package of Burt’s Bees holiday minis featuring two mini lip balms—one in yellow (beeswax) and one in red (red dahlia)—against a festive, colorful background with snowflakes.
Target

When it’s marketed as a stocking stuffer, it’s pretty easy to reason with. Not to mention, these mini Burts Bees lip balms are extremely cute.

Vaseline Holiday Limited Edition Lip Balm

A package of Vaseline Limited Edition Lip Therapy in the "pink bubbly" flavor, featuring a small pink jar with a blue lid and a pink, festive background with champagne glasses and bubbles.
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Marshmallow Kiss, Mistletoe Mint, Pomegranate Spritz, Sugar Cookie, and Pink Bubbly … those are Vaseline’s limited edition lip balms, and they come packaged in mini containers that look just like the original Vaseline we’re all familiar with. They’re cheap, they’re cute, and they’re practical to boot.

Dove Beauty Limited Edition Mini Body Scrubs

A jar of Dove Gingerbread Delight Limited Edition body scrub, 15 oz, with a festive label featuring gingerbread cookies and candy canes.
Target

Dove’s limited-time mini body scrubs offer the most enticing holiday scents: Gingerbread Delight, Hot Cocoa Swirl, Frosted Plum Berry, Peppermint Bark, and Sugar Cookie Sprinkle.

Squishmallow Holiday Ornament – Mini Lip Gloss Gift Set

A pack of two Squishmallows mini lip glosses in a pink, round package with a large red bow and cupcake character designs. The lip gloss tubes are pink and clear with cute animal cupcake illustrations.
Target

The Squishmallow brand is universally beloved, making it a reliable go-to for gifting.

Eos Peppermint Cashmere Mini Holiday Body Lotion

A tube of eos Peppermint Cashmere 24H Moisture Body Lotion with shea butter, featuring pink and red text and small peppermint candy illustrations on a beige background. The tube is 2.5 fl oz (74mL).
Target

Eos is the golden child of Target’s beauty section, and the peppermint cashmere-scented mini body lotion screams “Christmas.”

Tree Hut Mini Fragrance Mist

A clear plastic bottle of Tree Hut Frozen Honey fragrance mist with a pink spray nozzle and green and yellow label, containing 1.26 fl oz (37 ml) of product.
Target

Tree Hut released mini fragrance mists, and with two seasonal scents — Merry Mint and Frozen Honey — they’re perfect for holiday gifting.

Profusion Cosmetics Mini Essentials 5 Shade Palette

A clear plastic palette containing five shimmery eyeshadows in yellow, bronze, purple, green, and gold shades, labeled "GOLDEN HOUR" on the lid.
Target

If you’re looking to gift makeup, Profusion Cosmetics offers a variety of eyeshadow palettes, each with five different shades in them.

Da Bomb Bath Fizzers

A white snowflake-shaped bath bomb is attached to red packaging featuring a cartoon snowman with a top hat, scarf, and mittens. The text reads "Snowman Bomb" and "A chilly breeze bath fizzer with a surprise inside.
Target

Da Bomb’s holiday-themed bath fizzers are adorable and cheap at only $5 apiece.

LOOPS Berry Dewy Hydrating Hydrogel Face Mask

A red packet of Loops Ultra Hydrating Glitter Mask with white text and a sparkling background. It is labeled "Berry Dewy" and "Holiday Berry Scent" and designed to hydrate, restore, and revive dry skin.
Target

Give the gift of rejuvenation with this hydrating face mask, which comes in a couple of different scents.

SpaLife Gummy Bear Glow Hydrating Undereye Jellies

A package of SpaLife Gummy Bear Glow hydrating undereye jellies. The pink box displays the product name and shows an illustration of the jelly patches, with one pink jelly patch placed next to the box.
Target

Functional gifts are just better when they’re adorable, and these gummy bear undereye jellies are proof.

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Rachel Schneider

Rachel is a Michigan-based writer who has dabbled in a variety of subject matter throughout her career. As a mom of multiple young children, she tries to maintain a sustainable lifestyle for her family. She grows vegetables in her garden, gets her meat in bulk from local farmers, and cans fruits and vegetables with friends. Her kids have plenty of hand-me-downs in their closets, but her husband jokes that before long, they might need to invest in a new driveway thanks to the frequent visits from delivery trucks dropping off online purchases (she can’t pass up a good deal, after all). You can reach her at [email protected].

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