The Best Luxury Beauty Gifts for The 2021 Festive Season
These Are Our Favourite Luxurious Beauty Gifts This Festive Season
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The festive season is a special time of year. It brings everyone together, it's oh-so cosy, and of course, it's the season of giving. And when it comes to beauty, there are a lot of incredible products at every price point to gift your loved ones, from sustainable handmade soaps and dainty product-filled ornaments, to high tech tools and expensive creams — we've found it all.
Now, we love a good-value-for-your-money gift set, but we also can't deny that there are beauty products out there with astronomical price tags that have been on our wish-lists all year long (like the La Mer Genaissance collection and a Pat McGrath Labs eyeshadow palette), or that there are limited-edition kits that have launched specifically for the festive season to test our willpower and tempt our wallets (looking at you, incredibly fancy, beautifully smelling extra-large candle from Diptyque).
Sure, these 16 festive gifts are more, (much more) lavish than a trip to Boots (we still adore our beloved Boots, though), but there's probably no better time of year to ask for — or give yourself — a luxurious beauty gift, than the festive season. So get ready to treat yourself, someone special in your life, or simply just marvel at the price tag of these exceptionally luxurious beauty gifts for 2021. We've never deserved them more, frankly.
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Dreams Come True
Charlotte has made sure that in 2021, our dream really are coming true with the Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Dreams Come True (£300). The set features 14 full size products from the much-loved Pillow Talk range, including Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk, Luxury Palette in Pillow Talk, and the new Push Up Lashes Mascara — all housed in a beautiful rose gold gift box.
Drunk Elephant Trunk 5.0
There's something about a literal trunk full of skin-care products that makes our heart sing. The Drunk Elephant Trunk 5.0 (£378) is packed with 10 full-sized products in a special, Monos carry-on case, which even has a built-in TSA approved lock — perfect for all those trips 2022 trips you're planning.
Diptyque Limited Edition Amber Scented Candle
For the festive season, Diptyque presents its classic Amber candle in an extra-large (1.5kg to be exact) metallic limited-edition terracotta jar that has been hand-crafted by the famous Virebent porcelain workshop in the south of France. Both a work of art and a bougie parfumée, the Diptyque Limited Edition Amber Scented Candle (£260), will make a beautiful decoration in your home long after you've finished all the wax.
Dyson Airwrap Styler in Blue and Copper
The Dyson Airwrap Styler in Blue and Copper (£450) is spenny but useful enough to make any beauty lover squeal with joy. The set comes with comes with a 30mm Airwrap barrel, 40mm Airwrap barrel, firm smoothing brush, soft smoothing brush, round volumising brush, prestyling dryer, blue storage case, storage bag, nonslip heat mat, and filter cleaning brush, all tucked snuggly inside a stylish leather case. If you treat yourself to this set, you could be looking at a year full of good hair days ahead.
Dior Beauty Rouge Dior Minaudière
The Dior Beauty Rouge Dior Minaudière (£156) looks like it came straight from a vintage market in Paris. The gold box — which is engraved with an image of the brand's store on rue du Montaigne — features a removable case and lipstick holder, as well as four limited-edition Rouge Dior lipstick shades created just for the 2021 festive season. And thanks to a gold chain, the minaudière can be carried as a clutch, over the shoulder, or as a tiny cross-body bag.
Joanna Czech Skincare: The Kit
Joanna Czech is one of the busiest facialists in the world, with a client list that includes celebrities in LA, models, designers, and fashion editors in New York, and socialites in Dallas, Texas, where her flagship spa is located. Before the pandemic, she also travelled along with her high-profile clients all over the world, from Cabo to Colorado, clocking in nearly 30,000 miles the month before the pandemic alone.
All this is to say that Czech not only knows a lot about skin, but also about travelling and what that does to your complexion. That's why to introduce her first ever skin-care products, Czech launched Joanna Czech Skincare: The Kit (£1,250), which includes every product she recommends to all of her clients whilst they're on holiday, regardless of their skin type. There's a toner, a vitamin C serum, and soothing serum, a lightweight face cream, and thicker face balm, a handful of face masks, cleansing wipes, and a tiny little metal spatula — all housed in one of the chicest travel cases we've ever seen (it's important to note that they can absolutely be used when you're not on holiday as well). The navy blue nylon resembles a Moncler puffy jacket and is so stylish, you could honestly take out the products and use it as a clutch in the evening.
Foreo Luna Luxe
We honestly didn't know cleansing could get as luxurious as the Foreo Luna Luxe (£5,100). It uses the brand's smart T-Sonic technology to gently remove all leftover makeup and grime with its hypoallergenic silicone bristles. What makes it extra special is that fact it has a 18-karat gold bases. Talk about luxury skin care!
Hermès Poudre d'Orfevre
The Hermès Poudre d'Orfevre (£75) is a soft gold illuminating powder for the eyes and face that's designed so beautifully, it's almost too precious to use. Almost. Once you see the candlelit-like glow it gives, you'll want to dust it on your lids, cheekbones, and décolletage every chance you get.
Pat McGrath Labs Celestial Odyssey Everything Kit
If there's one beauty brand that is worth every single penny — thanks to its high-performance formulas, incredible colour payoff, and beautiful packaging — it's Pat McGrath Labs. That's why the Pat McGrath Labs Celestial Divinity Everything Kit (£230) is at the very top of our festive wish list. The kit contains the Mthrshp MEGA Celestial Odyssey Limited-edition Eyeshadow Palette, Celestial Odyssey Luxe Quad: Bronze Borealis, Celestial Odyssey Luxe Quad: Deep Space Divinity, Blush + Glow Trio: Galactic Sun, Blush + Glow Trio: Amber Allure, and Skin Fetish: Sublime Skin Highlighter in Lunar Nude.
Slip Beauty Sleep Collection Pillowcase and Eye Mask
When people ask me what luxury beauty product I now can't live without, I always say the Slip pillowcase. It makes my hair far less frizzy, doesn't give me those hilarious (and very annoying) pillow crease lines on my face in the morning, and it's also way comfier, not to mention prettier, than my regular pillow cases. That's why we love the Slip Beauty Sleep Collection Pillowcase and Eye Mask (£119) this festive season. It comes with a white silk pillowcase and black and white polkadot eye mask.
111Skin The Diamond Edit
If you happen to have a spare £1,500 and are ready invest in some high-quality skin-care, look no further than the 111Skin The Diamond Edit (£1,500). Formulated by top Harley Street cosmetic surgeon Dr. Yannis Alexandrides, 111Skin is the epitome of luxury meets science. This beautiful edit contains, the Vitamin C Brightening Cleanser, Celestial Black Diamond Eye Mask, Vitamin C Brightening Booster, Celestial Black Diamond Cream, Celestial Black Diamond Serum, Celestial Black Diamond Lifting and Firming Treatment Mask (x3), Celestial Black Diamond Eye Cream, Celestial Black Diamond Contour Gel, Celestial Black Diamond Retinol Oil, Celestial Black Diamond Day Cream Light, Contour Firming Mask, and finally the Firming Concentrates. Trust us, this is the next best thing you'll get to a professional in-clinic facial.
Nuface Trinity Facial Training Kit
If you or your loved one wants to take their at-home skin care routine up a notch, the Trinity Facial Training Kit by Nuface (£263, originally £329) will sort you right out. This fancy tool delivers microcurrents, which helps to contour the face and neck — think of it as exercise for your face.
MZ Skin MISA Luxury Night In Kit
We all know someone who deserves a night in and the MZ Skin Misa Luxury Night In Kit (£450) to help them have the ultimate luxury experience. In collaboration with MISA Los Angeles, this kit contains the MZ Skin Cleanse & Clarify Dual Action AHA Cleanser & Mask, Anti-Pollution Illuminating Eye Mask, Rest & Revive Restorative Placenta & Stem Cell Night Serum along with the MISA robe.
Dr Dennis Gross Spectralite FaceWare Pro
Not able to get out of the house for a facial this year? Dr Dennis Gross Spectralite FaceWare Pro (£430) has you covered. Aside from the fact it'll make you look like a sci-fi movie character, the underside of the mask contains a total of 100 red LED lights, which helps reduce the the signs of ageing, and 62 blue LED lights, which help kill the bacteria that can lead to breakouts. It'll feel like you're getting a professional facial treatment every time you use it.
Cloud Nine Evergreen Collection Curling Wand
The Cloud Nine Evergreen Collection Curling Wand (£109) includes not only the brand's high quality clamp-less curling wand, but also a matching faux leather makeup bag, silk scrunchie, and a wide-tooth comb.
La Mer Genaissance Collection
Got cash to splash? There's nothing quite as luxurious as the La Mer Genaissance Collection (£845) . This beautiful gift set contains, the Genaissance Serum Essence, Genaissance Eye & Expression Cream, Genaissance Concentrated Night Balm, and Genaissance Infused Lotion.
Pat McGrath Labs Mothership IX: Huetopian Dream Artistry Palette
The Pat McGrath Labs Mothership IX: Huetopian Dream Artistry Palette (£120) is Dame Pat McGrath's most recent Mothership palettes and it's as magical and mesmerising as you'd expect. Filled with the luxurious, richly-pigmented pigments we've come to know from the legendary makeup artist, Huetopian Dream is heavy on the shimmer, with metallics, duochromes, and one triochrome that shifts between magenta, bronze, and chartreuse (it also contains three matte hues). As for the range of shades, all the colours pretty much fall in the pink and purple categories, with one flashy golden-bronze for good measure.
