Let’s save time and money stuffing Christmas stockings.  The children in a neighbor family of mine in the prior century got oranges in their Christmas stockings every year.  Did the oranges symbolize harvest or Tiny Tim or what?  Forget about stocking oranges unless you want to trend with an unflattering hashtag.  It’s time to up your stocking stuffer game.  Recall The Money Skinny™ mission is to save you time and money.   Let’s review stocking stuffer ideas for that hard to please tween/young adult.  What is the stocking age cutoff, anyway?  Skip the junky fillers and focus on stocking stuffer savings to produce a quality Christmas stocking.

Gift Sets

E.l.f. has some nice gift sets that can add bulk to a stocking at a low price.  There’s an e.l.f. lip exfoliator kit, an e.l.f beauty sponge kit and an e.l.f. eyebrow kit.  E.l.f. gift sets provide an inexpensive pathway into cosmetics experimentation.

Axe products are a great way to fabreezeover those natural body scents.  You know what I’m talking about.  The Axe fog starts about eighth grade and continues unabated into forever.  There’s a four-piece Axe Apollo gift set, a three-piece Axe Adrenaline + Black gift pack and an Axe Anarchy Holiday Gift Bag set.  Axe products are a subtle 2-birds-1-stone way to raise personal hygiene awareness and fill a stocking.

Stocking Stuffer Savings on Skincare

• Try the Walmart version of the department store Equate three-step skincare travel size set. For acne issues, add the Walmart Equate 3 Step System + mask Acne Treatment to the stocking.  Start at the lowest priced Equate label products.  If not satisfied with the Equate results, then try the brand name product.
• Keep the skin scales down when the furnace is running with CeraVe moisturizing cream.  Another moisturizing option is this Equate facial moisturizer that is the same as a department store label at half the price.
• Foster a sunscreen habit.  This Walmart Equate Clear Zinc SPF50 sunscreen is good when just the face needs protection.  The Walmart Equate sunscreen face lotion is another good choice as well as CeraVe face sunscreen.  Spread this Equate SPF50 Sunscreen everywhere else.

For the soft contact lens wearer

See The Money Skinny™ post Cleaning Contact Lenses Saves Money for how to clean disposable soft contacts.  Try the Walmart Equate contact lens cleaning solution or the Clear Care two-pack.  Cleaning soft contacts not only considerably extends the life of the contacts but improves wearing comfort.

Other Cosmetic Items

These Swisspers 2-count mini cosmetic sponges are a low-cost option for hard to reach areas.  The Wet n Wild Color Icon Bronzer is a classic powder that competes with high-end bronzer/higherlighter/face power products.  The CoverGirl Smoothers Concealer has a lipstick consistency that won’t melt away.  All these cosmetic items are low cost stocking additions.

More Stocking Stuffer Savings 

Stuff a pair of gloves or socks into the stocking toe.  I like to wear thin, inexpensive knit gloves when I’m running like these (women here) and (men here).  Thin gloves can be an added layer under a glove or mitten.  Colorful socks for women (here) and men (here) can also be a novelty stocking addition.

Order Online with Free Shipping

Do yourself a favor.  Order stocking stuffer items from Walmart.com.  Everyday prices are low.  More information about Walmart.com is available in The Money Skinny™ article Walmart Online Shopping – The Good and Not-So-Good.  Free site-to-home shipping for orders over $35.  If you’re not at the $35 level there are two good options.  One option is free ship-to-store any size order.  Walmart sends an alert when the order is ready for pick-up.  A second option is to add those Christmas Eve PJ’s to the order to push past the $35 threshold.

• Let’s review stocking stuffer ideas for the tween/young adult.  Skip the junky fillers and focus on stocking stuffer savings to produce a quality Christmas stocking.
• Order from Walmart.com with free shipping site-to-store.