Christmas is fast approaching, which means it’s time to discover the best beauty gifts to wrap up for your nearest and dearest. Whether it’s the latest make-up products, a festive fragrance, a gift set, or skincare to last throughout the seasons, you’ll find something for everyone – yourself included – in this list curated by the British Vogue beauty team.
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This year party season is back in full swing, and below you’ll find a selection of gifts to match that mood. While Hourglass’s palette has everything a girl needs to get soiree-ready, La Mer’s new Luminous Renewal Collection skincare set revives tired skin the morning after the night before.
Along with an array of make-up palettes and compacts, from Pat McGrath Lab’s limited edition to Dior’s Forever Luminizer, you’ll also find the lotions and potions that get skin looking and feeling radiant. As for fragrance, there’s a scent for everyone.
Browse British Vogue’s edit of the very best beauty Christmas gifts ideas for 2022 below. Happy shopping.
Best beauty gifts at a glance:
CurrentBody Skin Limited Edition LED Mask Gift Set
The cult CurrentBody LED mask in a Christmassy chrome edition? You had us at hello. What’s more, this set boasts a silver storage case and antioxidant serum to accelerate your results.
Rouge Dior Minauderie Lipstick Clutch
Any aesthete will adore Dior’s gilded evening clutch: it comes with four of the house’s iconic rouges and fits your phone, cash and all your credit cards so you can arrive at party season in style.
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
With a head of tuberose and a heart of oud, Alexander McQueen’s decadent scented candle comes in a vessel made of black lacquered glass. Perfect for tricky giftees who have everything.
With a luxurious lip gloss and finely milled blush that grants a seamless flush, she’ll want Vieve’s gift set in every shade it’s stocked in.
Parfums de Marly Paris Delina Exclusif Parfum
Scents from niche perfumeries make exceptional gifts: produced in small quantities with fine ingredients, they offer olfactory experiences that are in another league. Parfums de Marly Paris is the perfume house to shop at for a very special gift this Christmas. With an opulent accord of bergamot, peony, cashmere and nutmeg, we recommend Delina Exclusif – but you can also treat yourself to the chic coffret for a sublime trio of feminine, floral fragrances.
Nu Face Trinity Starter Kit
For lifting, sculpting and firming skin, there’s a legion of Tiktokers who swear by Nu Face’s Trinity toning device. We tried it and can concur: it’s an excellent skincare tool for smoothing lines and a thorough depuff. Including a conductive gel activator, applicator brush and firming and brightening silk cream, this kit contains every essential for a brilliant at-home facelift.
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STYLPRO Spin & Squeeze Makeup Brush Cleaner
We challenge you to find a beauty lover that won’t adore this gift, which cleans – and dries – all manner of make-up tools in minutes. If you’re after a gift that doesn’t end up gathering dust, rest assured this is one they’ll actually use.
Profusion Magnetix Brush Set
This sleek brush set houses all the essentials in a tidy rose-gold frame that the make-up minimalist is bound to love. Magnetised to keep the chrome-handled brushes from rolling off your vanity, its gorgeous form is followed by plenty of function.
Beautifect
Made for the beauty-lover with a whole lot of kit, Beautifect’s box houses skincare, make-up and brushes in a portable vanity with Hollywood-style lighting.
Saie Glowy Super Gel Highlighter Duo
Saie is the clean make-up brand serving up a distinct strain of fresh, dewy beauty. With zero shimmer and maximum gloss, these vitamin C-infused highlighters are a must-have for radiant glass skin.
GHD Dreamland Deluxe Gift Set
Gorgeously presented in a rose velvet trunk, GHD’s professional hairdryer and platinum+ straightener are a gift you’ll treasure forever.
Velour Twice As Nice Vegan Luxe Lash Kit
Lashes make an apt stocking filler for the party season. Velour’s kit delivers a double helping of fluttery feline enhancements, perfect for amping up the glamour of your festive looks.
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Foreo Bear™ 2 Microcurrent Body Toning Device
Tightens lax skin, eases muscle tension and puts you firmly in your giftee’s good books. Buy it with the body serum for the ultimate home spa treatment.
There’s nothing quite like well-moisturised hands, and this Byredo number doesn’t only smell good but lasts ages too.
Harvey Nichols Ultimate Skincare Hamper
Skincare doesn’t get much more luxurious than the kind you find in Harvey Nichols’ hallowed halls. With picks from La Prairie, Augustinus Bader and La Mer – plus the Dr. Dennis Gross LED mask – this hamper assembles the very best for an unforgettable gift.
CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Face Mask
We’d bet good money Current Body’s cult LED mask is already on their wishlist. Plumping, firming and brightening skin with powerful light therapy, it should be on your wishlist, too.
Rose Inc Lash Essentials Gift Set
Much like the woman herself, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s namesake beauty brand is the epitome of minimalist chic. This pared-back edit of elegant eye products will signal your excellent gifting taste.
Pat McGrath Labs Mothership XI Eyeshadow Palette
Pat McGrath’s luxe eyeshadow palettes are the stuff of make-up legend. This one boasts ten dazzling duo chrome pigments that will delight any beauty buff.
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111Skin
111Skin Rose Gold Radiance Edit
Perfect for pre (and post) festive event pampering, this set comprises two face masks, two sets of eye masks and 111Skin’s radiance booster to brighten up any and all winter complexions.
Valentino Born in Roma Pink PP Eau de Parfum
In 2022, Pierpaolo Piccioli sent dopamine surging across the globe with his iconic Pantone Pink. Mingling zesty mandarin with Madagascan Bourbon vanilla, consider this scent an equally striking sequel – it projects the most alluring, fresh aroma and lasts forever on the skin.
Glossier Mini Cloud Paint Duo
Glossier knows that the best gifts come in small packages, so it has bundled up two iconic cloud paint blushes in this pint-sized Christmas present.
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Make-up Gift Box
Featuring 14 full-sized products, Charlotte Tilbury’s cosmetic vault is the perfect gift for any make-up lover.
BYREDO
From the artful slope of its chrome container to the creamy pigment it deposits, Byredo’s lipstick isn’t just a good make-up gift – it’s a masterpiece.
Elizabeth Scarlett Everyday Pouch
The best thing about Elizabeth Scarlett’s velveteen make-up pouches? Beyond the fact that you can pick bespoke embroidery for a personal touch, each sale supports charities committed to protecting the world’s wildlife.
Celui Nourishing Hair Oil
This bergamot-infused blend of botanicals and oils seals split ends and leaves hair with an enviable lustre.
Drybar The Half Shot Round Blow Dryer Brush
For the beauty lover who’s yet to master the art of the perfect blow dry, Drybar’s slim round brush makes things infinitely easier.
Neom The Sleepy Routine Gift Set
This sleep-inducing set from Neom will help enhance your bedtime routine, guaranteed.
Aromatherapy Associates Discovery Wellbeing Bath And Shower Oil Collection
A relaxing bath is hard to beat. This Aromatherapy Associates collection of bath and shower oils will undoubtedly spark joy.
Pat McGrath Labs Skin Fetish Divine Bronzer
Bronzer is a mainstay in the kit of every make-up lover, and Pat McGrath’s velvety offering is the ultimate upgrade. Soft to the touch and ultra-smooth on the skin, it’s a stellar stand-in for some winter sun.
Byredo Eyes Closed EDP 100ml
Byredo’s Eyes Closed scent is an olfactory joy. With warm notes of cardamom and cinnamon, papyrus and patchouli, it smells, well, like a hug.
Noble Panacea The Brilliant Glow Hydration Oil
The latest innovation from Nobel laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart is far from your typical face oil. In a skincare first, the world-renowned chemist has encapsulated hyaluronic acid within oil to hydrate skin with transformative results. Add that to the keep-forever octagonal packaging, and you have a very impressive gift indeed.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmos Eye Shadow Palette
Anastasia Beverly Hills is brand with no end of cult eyeshadow palettes, but Cosmos really is a cut above the rest. Capturing 2023’s trends for silver, lilac and blue eyeshadow looks, it features 12 buttery pigments in cosmic colours and a choice edit of supporting neutrals too.
Dyson Supersonic Hairdryer In Copper
Boasting a comb, diffuser and smoothing attachments, the Dyson Supersonic hairdryer is the tool to rule them all.
Refy Brow Collection Gift Set
For perfectly defined, natural-looking brows, consider the Refy gift set the ticket. It includes a brow sculpt, pomade and pencil.
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Leopard Palette
A luxe mirrored palette with every essential for a radiant complexion, this gift from Hourglass gives them a new bronzer, blushes, highlighter and setting powder all in one. Exceptionally finely-milled, the formulas apply smoothly and lend a satin, soft-focus finish. A gift she’ll treasure throughout party season.
Santa Maria Novella Melograno Terracotta Diffuser
This Santa Maria Novella pomegranate isn’t just gorgeous earthenware for your giftee’s interiors. Sculpted from terracotta, it’s a naturally porous ornament that releases the brand’s fragrant Melograno scent. Soaked in notes of citrus, spice, ylang ylang and pomegranate, it’s a real winter warmer that home fragrance lovers will adore.
Sunspel Sea Moss Eau de Parfum
A delicious scent from British brand Sunspel. Evoking a coastal scene – think salty sea breeze and woody cedar, it truly is a delight for the olfactives.
Aesop Tuneful Textures Hand Care Set
Your hands will thank you for this dreamy Aesop gift set, which includes a hand wash, fragrant balm and luxurious hand sanitiser.
If your giftee loves beauty, chances are that they also love getting ready in style. This handcrafted satin robe can be personalised for a special, stylish gift, but for the particularly extravagant, you’ll do well to consider the elegant feathered number.
Hair By Sam McKnight Cool Girl Volume Edit
Cleanse, nourish and texturise your tresses with this trio of great hair must-haves from Sam McKnight. Powered by rice water ferment, the shampoo and conditioner garner strong and shiny strands, while the texture mist turns up the volume to give life to limp-looking locks.
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge EDP 70ml
A cult scent, Baccarat Rouge by Maison Francis Kurkdjian effuses sumptuous notes of resin, cedar, jasmine and saffron.
Jo Malone London Shaped Soap Collection
A luxurious selection of soaps in one of Jo Malone’s most popular scents, English Pear & Freesia.
Stella Travel Essentials Set
Want to try Stella McCartney’s vegan and cruelty-free skincare range? It’s all here in this set.
Diptyque 34 Boulevard Saint Germain Scented Candle
Inspired by the scent of Diptyque’s first store on the Boulevard Saint German in Paris, this scented candle is as dreamy as they come.
Electimuss Vanilla Edesia Extrait de Parfum
This potent extrait has a sublime gourmand scent with serious staying power, and to top things off, it is housed in a luxe presentation box. A gift that wraps itself.
Kérastase Chroma Absolu Fondant Gift Set
Simple but extremely thoughtful, this is the perfect gift for anyone who still has a few weeks until their next hair appointment.
Verden D’Orangerie Hamper
Verden’s luxurious hamper, with its fresh notes of citrus and orange blossom, will be a welcome addition under the Christmas tree.
Perfumer H Dust Fragrance 100ml
If you’re looking for a gift that will impress, turn to Perfumer H for unique scents housed in hand-blown glass bottles.