Holiday Gift Guide- Stocking Stuffer

While a ball of hair bands may not seem like an obvious Christmas gift, we know from experience that all your long-haired friends will appreciate this Bumble and Bumble bandball. We can't tell you how many hours JSG has lost searching high and low for a hair band. We've snuck into countless yoga classes, nodding red-faced apologies to the instructor while the rest of the class is om-ing away, all for lack of a proper hair band. These aren't just any hairbands--they won't rip your hair out when you adjust your pony. The ball of 100 hairbands is $20 and sold out online, but still available at Bumble and Bumble retailers around the country. If you really get stuck, give us a shout and we'll pick one up at the NYC salon, which as our friends know, is our home away from home.

Holiday Gift Guide - Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual

Stumped on what to get the friend who has everything? Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro is the book that will put a smile on her face. It's a step by step guide to finding the best makeup colors for every skin type, creating a flawless face for everyday, plus tips for special occasions when you want to turn your look up a notch. The photos make you want to dive right in the pages. Our favorite part is her chapter on Who's Who In Makeup with bios on everyone from Max Factor, Shu Umera Pat McGrath to Laura Mercier.

On Our Radar - New Year's Eve Parties

For those of you who still party it up big on New Year's--and God bless you for trying. Our's always seemed to end up like Martha Plimpton's in 200 Cigarettes--here are a few of the parties we're starting to get whiff of:

Samantha Ronson and girlfriend Lindsay Lohan are hosting a bash at Mansion in Miami. General admission tix start at $200.

DJ AM and Travis Barker are expected to be making their much anticipated first joint appearance post-the tragic North Carolina plane accident at The Lot in L.A. Tix cost $150 with a 5-hour premium open bar.

Denise Richards is the host of the bash at Privé in Las Vegas with tix also starting at $200. If the ex-Mrs. Charlie Sheen is not enough to tempt you, perhaps the open bar from 9 to midnight will.

The Chelsea in Atlantic City is offering a "Night at the 5 New Year's Party" at its 5th Floor club. The DJ has not been announced yet, but consider this is the lounge celeb DJ Paul Sevigny helped design; the odds are good it will be a slamming party. Tickets go for $75 in advance and includes an open bar from 10 pm til 3 am.

Bus Travel East Coast

We're huge fans of the Amtrak between DC and NYC. We prefer it over the airplane (packing restrictions, cab fares, security lines, baggage fees, ugh!); but we've never ridden the bus. In fact the last time we took the bus north was on our way to Canada in high school (but we'll have to share the deets about that in person).

Our biggest concern about the bus is the chance of hitting horrendous traffic up 95. For $20 each way though, that may be a chance worth taking. Daily Candy dished on some fancy new buses that'll whisk you up and down the East Coast for the cost of a tube of lipgloss. Some have reserved seats, wi-fi access, water bottles and movies. We'll let you know who bites first Anne (who's got a couple of home-for-the-holidays trips planned) or Hope (who's promised Livi a trip to the city).

Holiday Gift Guide- DuWop Venom Rocks

We're hooked on lip plumpers after a year or so of laying off them. They make your lips fuller and, if you can get used to the burn, they're addictive. Lip Venom was the original product designed by makeup artists Cristina Bartolucci and Laura DeLuisa on a tv set looking to match that "just kissed" look their actors would get after rehearsing a love scene.

DuWop's Venom Rocks: This trio of limited edition glosses is just the right size for a stocking stuffer and the glosses are so tiny they'd fit in the smallest holiday clutch. We'd buy a few sets and throw them in little velvet pouches to hand out to girlfriends, babysitters, nail techs and hair stylists. The set includes Garnet, Pink Quartz and Amethyst shades. Find Venom Rocks at Sephora for $16.