Our Beauty Writer's Favorite Gifts For Skincare Lovers

My favorite part of gift-giving is the hunt for that perfect present…the one the skincare lover didn’t know they needed but soon won’t be able to live without. This roundup highlights my favorite beauty and skincare gifts of the year. From extravagant advent calendars to the latest tech, from makeup sets to covetable stocking stuffers, each one is a guaranteed win for the skincare lover in your life.

Stocking Stuffers For Skincare Lovers

Jones Road Beauty Miracle Balm

This light-reflecting balm is a multitasker. It can be used as a highlighter, blush, bronzer, lip balm and eye shadow, depending on what shade you select. It makes skin look like it has a healthy glow and the skin nourishing ingredients such as jojoba oil and caster save skin from the dry, cold, bitter air. The large size makes a great gift but the mini miracle balm trio with three new and exclusive holiday-inspired shades makes an amazing stocking stuffer.

Noto Botanics Rooted Oil

It’s rare to find a palo santo scented product that smells exactly like the real thing, but this oil from Noto comes closer than pretty much anything I’ve ever tried. Apply it wherever you’d put perfume, or rub it all over your hands and run it through your hair. (skincare, body care and hair care in one!) It’s made with essential oils like Argan oil known for it’s for nourishing, anti-aging, and anti-inflammatory results. And because it’s oil, the scent is relatively subtle, so it’s hard to go overboard no matter how much you use. They made a travel size version (.35 oz) which makes it a perfect stocking stuffer!

Clean Skin Club Single-Use Face Towels

It might sound strange, but these towels have become a permanent fixture in my daily skincare routine and I honestly can’t live without them. Dermatologist tested, these towels reduce the risk of bacteria exposure, reduce redness and lock in hydration. They are versatile for travel used as a sunscreen or makeup remover and are especially great for people with sensitive skin who need a product they know won’t cause them to break out. If your skincare lover has sensitive skin like me or travels a ton, this is a really thoughtful gift they will love and use daily.

Covetable Gifts for Skincare Lovers

Therabody TheraFace Mask

We’ve all seen them: those robotic-looking light up face masks. If you are wondering if they work and are worth the investment, the answer is YES. Everyone can benefit from adding an LED face mask to their skincare routine and what better time of year to gift one to your favorite self-care enthusiasts. This mask has won countless awards for its ability to promote glowing skin and relaxation. Red light therapy has anti-inflamatory and collagen stimulating properties while the blue light therapy is perfect for oily and acne prone skin. The best part of the Therabody mask is that while the LED lights are doing their magic, it also gives you the most fabulous face and head massage! This is one of those skin care gifts someone may not purchase for themselves but would be ecstatic to receive.

Chanel La Creme Main Hand & Nail Cream

If there is one time a year that you should splurge on a luxurious gift, it’s the holiday season. And if there is one product to splurge on, it should be this hand and nail cream. The cream smells like walking through a floral garden. The texture is velvety and it leaves hands feeling soft and hydrated and nails nourished and strong. Who couldn’t use that this time of year when we need to combat dry skin daily? The cute egg shaped container and the fact that it’s Chanel makes this splurge-worthy cream for beauty lovers a “must have”.

Biologique Recherche Lait Dermo-S

High praise goes to this uber gentle, milky cleanser that is amazing for dry, sensitive or irritated skin. It removes makeup, impurities and daily grime without stripping moisture and it leaves skin feeling soft, nourished and clean. This amazing product is great for aging skin (check), reactive skin (check) or acne-prone skin (check) so you know it will work no matter what the lucky recipient’s skin type is. Some more benefits are that it doesn’t cause redness, tightness or irritation. This is one of the best beauty gifts that is sure to become a daily skincare essential!

The Best Skincare Gift Sets

Skincare sets are a great way to gift multiple products and right now there are some limited edition sets offered for the holidays.

Tata Harper Tata’s Daily Essentials

It’s time to treat your skincare obsessed friends to something luxurious and at this price, you might as well grab one kit for yourself. Tata Harper has been one of the best botanical based skincare companies for fifteen years. This beauty award winner is known for their signature green bottles and this kit is an amazing gift to try seven of their best selling travel size skincare products. Their skincare is filled with ingredients like hyaluronic acid to address early winkles and lack of firmness and enzymes that exfoliate to refresh dull looking skin.

In this set are the Regenerating Cleanser, Resurfacing Mask, Hydrating Floral Essence, Rejuvenating Serum, Restorative Eye Creme, Reparative Moisturizer, Retinoic and Nutrient Face Oil

Augustinus Bader The Illuminating Collection- Limited Edition

This three-piece set featuring Bader’s award winning formulas are designed to cleanse, hydrate and brighten. Each product works in harmony to support skin renewal and reveal a more luminous complexion. It’s a perfect gift containing the brand’s most beloved essentials. What I love about this brand is their use of soothing botanicals that visibly firm, plump and even out skin. The cleansing gel, eye patches and face cream also contains ingredients like vitamin c which combats dark spots and vitamin a that improves regeneration and moisture retention. The result?  Radiant, youthful-looking skin. And who wouldn’t want that?

In this set are The Cream Cleansing Gel, The Eye Patches and The Cream

Dr Barbara Sturm Advent Calendar

I am a sucker for an advent calendar and this is one of the best skincare gifts you can give. Maybe it’s because your favorite skincare enthusiast receives 24 different products to try. Maybe it’s because it’s so exciting to open a new product every day. Plus this kit is beautiful. Who wouldn’t love a touch of luxury in the shape of a festive emerald green velvet box filled with Sturm products that are proven to give results? To top it off, this holiday gift comes with a cookie cutter shaped in the iconic silhouette of Sturm’s serum bottle plus a recipe to make her festive cookies! This is for the ultimate beauty lover and this is the perfect time of year to try a favorite brand of skincare lovers everywhere.

The Best Make-Up Gift Set

Prada Beauty Clutch Set

This makeup gift set comes with four Prada beauty products and a chic clutch that can be worn out on a Saturday night or used as a cute makeup bag. In this luxurious set are the: Pradascope Mascara, Prada Monochrome Soft Matte Lipstick, 2 Prada Refillable Lip Balms and the Sleek Triangle shaped metallic clutch. If you have skincare, fashion and makeup lovers in your life, this is the perfect present.

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