While beauty school likely wouldn't cost a person as much as an undergraduate program would, it's still pretty expensive and could cost anywhere from $5,000 to $20,000. If someone in your life is planning on pursuing a cosmetology education, a donation to their tuition fund may make the perfect gift for the holidays.
Even if you don't know someone going beauty school, you could sponsor a portion of stranger's beauty education on behalf of the person you're gifting by donating money to a scholarship organisation like Beauty Changes Lives.