When it comes to the festive season, skincare and beauty lovers are spoilt for choice. However, the sheer volume of gift sets, holiday releases, and themed makeup can make it difficult to select the perfect present. While skincare, makeup, and fragrance are inherently personal products — and thereby subjective in nature — they also make excellent gifts for loved ones and acquaintances alike.
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Whether you’re shopping for friends, family, co-workers, or a partner, these are the best skincare and beauty gifts they’ll love to receive come Christmastime.
1. Mecca Cosmetica Radiance Ritual
Each limited-edition holiday gift set from Mecca features packaging adorned with beautiful artwork designed by artist Nadia Hernández. The Mecca Cosmetica Radiance Ritual includes three full-sized essentials for brighter, glowing skin: the Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum, Brightening Vitamin C Serum, and Everyday Face Oil.
2. Clarins Super Restorative Luxury Collection
Packed with generously sized creams and serums designed to target specific skin issues caused by ageing, this set is the perfect gift for luxury skincare lovers.
3. Saint Louve Divinity Kit
The ideal foray into the world of serums, the Saint Louve Divinity Kit includes a formula for every skin type. With a quartet of cosmeceutical serums in mini form, it’s the perfect gift for skincare lovers and novices alike, or for those who need a travel-friendly set. It comprises a Hydrating Serum, Vitamin C Serum, Encapsulated Retinol Serum, and AHA/BHA Exfoliating Serum.
4. Jurlique Restore Hand & Body Ritual
You can’t go wrong with Jurlique. The perfect present for sensorially minded receivers, this trio is imbued with the fresh, rejuvenating scents of lemon, geranium, and clary sage. Made with nourishing plant oils and extracts, it leaves limbs feeling soft and comforted.
5. Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm Set
Summer Fridays’ bestselling lip balm formula in a quartet of shades. This set includes a full-size Lip Butter Balm in a sheer beige hue, with three adorable minis in universally flattering shades.
6. Mecca Max Cool It Kit
Cheap and cheerful, the Mecca Max Cool It Kit offers unbeatable value, teaming the Watercooler Serum with the Screen Saver SPF30+ to create a duo for effortless summer-ready skin. Pick a couple up for friends and co-workers; just be sure to grab an extra for yourself!
7. Fenty Beauty Lil Icons Mini Semi-Matte Lipstick Duo
A petite duo of moisturising semi-matte lipsticks in a deep red and pinky neutral hue. Perfectly pocket-sized, they make for an elevated stocking stuffer.
8. Silvi The Anti-Acne™ Silk Pillowcase
Skincare meets homewares in the Silvi The Anti-Acne™ Silk Pillowcase. This chic tie-dye pillowcase feels as good as it looks. Crafted from silk treated with silver ions, it eliminates acne-causing bacteria while also preventing bed hair.
9. Alpha-H Icons Kit
This set features five mini Alpha-H products (including the cult-favourite Liquid Gold) in a handy travel pack with artwork designed by KONSTANTINA, an Aboriginal artist from the Eora nation. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this kit will be donated to the Aboriginal Literacy Fund, to support the literacy and numeracy education of Indigenous children.
10. Sunday Riley Night ZZZs
A gift for the seasoned skincare veteran in your life. This trio focuses on retinol, comprising the Sunday Riley A+ Retinoid Serum, 5 Stars Eye Serum, and the cult-favourite Luna Sleeping Night Oil.
11. Mecca Max Holidaze 25-Shade Eyeshadow Palette
Housing pastels, pop colours, and smokey neutrals in a single palette, this fun release has everything you need for party-ready eyes.
12. Viviology Discovery Set
Equipped with a cosmeceutical-grade cleanser, exfoliant, three serums, and a nourishing moisturiser, the Viviology Discovery Set makes for the perfect travel set or works as an intro to the brand.
13. Drunk Elephant Trunk 6.0
The signature annual Drunk Elephant Trunk gets a makeover. Well-suited to an Australian Christmas, the Drunk Elephant Trunk 6.0 sees a generous slew of full- and sample-sized products packed into an insulated (and fully functional) cooler. Have your skincare and keep your drinks cool too.
14. Kit: Set No. 2
Gift a mindful moment of self-care with the Kit: Set No. 2. Designed to be used in tandem, the set includes a cooling stainless steel gua sha tool and the kit Skinkind Face Oil, which features a nourishing blend of macadamia, holy basil, and jojoba oils.
15. Maison Francis Kurkdjian The Fragrance Wardrobe
When it comes to fragrance, even the uninitiated have heard of the buzzy Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540. This set of eight is akin to a capsule wardrobe, with fragrances for day and night; each evoking a different mood.
Words by AR Staff
