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Our favourite skincare gift sets for Christmas this year
One for the beauty lover in your life, or yourself!
If you're on the lookout for a skincare gift set to treat the beauty lover in your life this Christmas, then look no further.
With so many beauty brands offering Christmas skincare gift sets, we know it can be difficult to know which ones are worth gifting to family and friends this year. To help you nail your Christmas shopping for the beauty fan in your life, we've rounded-up all the best Christmas skincare gift sets available to buy right now.
From brands like Clinique and Drunk Elephant, these skincare gift sets contain bestselling beauty buys that are set to transform their complexion this winter.
Forget fiddly sachets, the new crop of gift sets come with more substantial sizes that allow for multiple uses so your loved one can really try the product out before deciding to splurge on the full size version.
Whether you're looking for something chic and luxurious to gift a loved one, or maybe you just want to discover all the glow-giving newness for yourself, here are the skincare gift sets we're adding to our wish lists this festive season.
Clarins Double Serum is a skincare powerhouse with 21 plant extracts including anti-inflammatory turmeric and softening avocado to keep skin in tip-top condition. No wonder it scored high points in our GHI Test! This candy-striped set features the well-loved serum (the 30ml bottle alone costs £58) alongside a generous sample of the One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser and Lip Comfort Oil. Say hello to glowy, healthy skin.
The Full House Gift Box
UpCircle
BUY NOW £149.99
Eco-conscious beauty brand UpCircle has packed together some of its bestselling products to bring us the ultimate skincare gift box. Inside you'll find 10 full size products, including a soap bar, body cream, body scrub, face scrub, serum, face mask, face moisturiser, cleansing balm, face toner and eye cream.
Clinique Moisture Surge is fast becoming one of the most iconic skincare products of our time. The moisturiser, known for its lightweight, gel texture, cleverly helps boost skin hydration while ensuring it stays fresh and comfortable. This 4-piece set includes a full-sized 50ml moisturiser, overnight mask, eye and lip treatment. In short, if your skin is feeling parched - this set will have it sorted.
The Beauty Essentials Christmas Gift Set
Caudalie
BUY NOW £32
Give the gift of radiant skin this Christmas with Caudalie's Beauty Elixir gift set. Inside there's a glycolic peel mask, foaming cleanser and a limited-edition bottle of its bestselling Beauty Elixir - a hydrating and refreshing face mist. What's more, this gift set is plastic-free and totally recyclable.
If there's any retinol that's great for gifting, it's the Resurgence range by Murad as it plays well with most skin types thanks to the gentle, skin-loving formula. This set comes with a full-sized serum and minis of the Multi-Acid Peel (brilliant for any dark spots), night moisturiser and eye cream.
Kiehl's bestselling skincare products make us this festive gift set. Inside is the Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash, the Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner, the Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleansing Mask and the brand's iconic Ultra Facial Cream. Everything you need for a refreshing at-home facial to perk up tired skin.
Ren's Ready Steady Glow tonic is a beauty editor favourite - and for good reason. It contains both lactic and salicylic acid to simultaneously impart radiance while keeping pesky blemishes at bay. This trio also comes with a brightening mask and gel moisturiser for clearer, smoother skin this winter.
Aurelia Probiotic Skincare Clear Skin Collection, £90
For luxurious products that are equal parts effective and kind to sensitive skin, look to Aurelia Probiotic Skincare. This 3-piece essential set features an enzyme-infused balm to cleanse and gently exfoliate congested complexions, a calming CBD serum and day moisturiser. The heavenly textures and dreamy scents will turn your skincare routine into a sensorial, self-care experience too.
Face masks? Check. Radiance-boosting moisturiser? Check. Spot treatment? Check! If you have combination skin and are looking for a skincare overhaul or treating a loved one to an (almost) complete skincare routine, this is a great option by Origins. Expect to find a hydrating and clarifying mask, Ginzing moisturiser and eye treatment (a real pick-me-up treat), balancing cleanser, soothing toner and a fan-favourite blemish treatment. A fantastic gift for the teenager in your life too.
This skincare trio by Fresh is a crowd-pleaser. It contains the cult-favourite Soy Face Cleanser (the gel texture and delicate scent is inoffensive to most skin types), Rose Face Mask (cooling and hydrating with pretty rose petals) and ultra-hydrating Lotus Youth Preserve Moisturiser. If you're new to the brand, this is a great place to start.
Curious about brand-of-the-moment Drunk Elephant but unsure where to start? These new kits are curated based on skin needs to make your decision-making process simpler. 'Firmy' contains daytime essentials such as a full-sized bottle of the C-Firma Serum and deluxe samples of a hydrating moisturiser and serum, sunscreen and D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops to protect and give winter complexions a sun-kissed tint.
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