These 53 Holy-Grail Beauty Gifts Come With Our Editors' Seal of Approval
Welcome to Who What Wear Gifts. With the festive season fast approaching, we wanted to curate the ultimate gift guide of the pieces we truly think are worth it, so you’ll know your chosen item will be treasured for years to come. Featuring everything from luxury homeware and editor-adored beauty products to showstopping handbags and forever accessories, whether you’re choosing for a loved one or yourself, consider this the perfect destination for all your gifting needs. Happy shopping!
At Who What Wear UK, shopping is what we do. It's what we're good at. And if you're currently reading this, we have a hunch that you appreciate all forms of retail therapy just as much as we do. We trust, then, that the term "Christmas shopping" isn't going to make you break out into a cold sweat. So let's cut to the chase: festive season is coming—this we know, and it makes sense to start scouting out the perfect Christmas gifts for your nearest and dearest ahead of time. And one category that always goes down well is beauty products.
Beauty buys always make brilliant gifts. Sure, we all have favourite products upon which we rely, but still, there's nothing quite like receiving that new cult makeup palette you couldn't justify buying for yourself or unboxing a hair tool gift set that'll make your hair look salon-styled. No matter who you're shopping for, we've done all the hard work for you.
From the must-have fragrance gifts to advent calendars and luxury beauty treats, we've assembled the best beauty stocking fillers and beauty gift sets, all of which we're personally coveting. Scroll ahead for the best beauty gifts we all have on our wish lists in 2024.
Shop Our Edit of the Best Christmas Beauty Gifts:
The limited-edition Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit palettes are highly anticipated every year, and gifting one will earn you major points. Choose from three palettes which contain a mixture of finishing powders, bronzers, blushes and highlighters.
This is one for the person who has everything. Any Diptyque candle is bound to please, but the large Ambre candle will leave even the trickest of recipients on your gifting list delighted.
Merit's Flush Balms are perfect for the minimalist makeup lover, and this gift set contains three mini sizes in the shades Mood, Stockholm and Bespoke—a new limited-edition shade. It's the perfect beauty stocking filler.
Give the gift of glowing skin—Currentbody's latest LED mask promises game-changing results.
Know someone who is never without their Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment? The matching phone case is bound to delight.
Got a secret santa to buy for? The L'Oréal Paris Panorama Mascara is an affordable crowd-pleaser (and a Who What Wear Next in Beauty Award Winner, FYI).
You can guarantee any fragrance lover will love Glossier's new You Doux scent, with creamy sandalwood and warm, skin-like musk.
I don't know anyone who doesn't love this game-changing moisturiser. It leaves skin glowing and flawlessly primed for makeup.
What could be better than the gift of great hair? Dyson's Airwrap gives salon-worthy results, and this year's limited-edition colourway is so pretty.
You can count on Chanel for a beautiful Christmas beauty gift. Our pick? This sleek travel fragrance on a chain. The set contains three 7ml vials of Chanel N°5.
For the beauty lover who wants to bring facials into the comfort of their own home, you really can't go wrong with FaceGym's Youthful Active Roller to unlock a serious glow.
Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm is elite, and I'm tempted to buy this adorable set of minis for myself too.
Bouncy blowouts aren't going anywhere, and this GHD hot brush takes your hair from wet to bouncy blowdry effortlessly.
Everyone loves this hydrating serum—it's the perfect luxury gift for the skincare lover.
TikTok's favourite liquid blusher comes in this cute miniature size—a great stocking-filler.
A practical yet elevated gift that will be gratefully appreciated by those who love luxury home comforts.
Celine's new lipstick and golden case is a covetable present for the fashionable friend.
This scent comes approved by every single beauty editor.
When in doubt, anything from Westman Atelier is a winning beauty gift.
You'll get into the good books of your recipient if you treat them to this sought-after and editor-loved moisturiser. Try it once and you'll be hooked.
Anything from Victoria Beckham Beauty will excite any beauty lover. But the plum, vanilla and tonka bean blend of the new 21:50 Rêverie Eau de Parfum makes it a seriously chic fragrance gift for the festive season.
From creating a smokey eye to giving subtle definition, this eye pencil is seriously hard-working.
If you missed out on a beauty advent calendar, I urge you to consider Harvey Nichols' 12 Days of Fragrance Advent Calendar. It includes favourites from Byredo and Parfums de Marly along with plenty more niche fragrances to explore over 12 days.
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I've been burning Beauty Pie candles constantly, and they smell three times their price. The Chocolat scent makes a great candle gift for a home-fragrance lover with a sweet tooth.
For the indecisive fragrance fan, this Byredo discovery set is the perfect gift. It comes with 24 minis and a £150 code to redeem against any 50ml or 100ml fragrance once they've found their favourite.
Hourglass Phantom Volumizing Lip Glossy Balms are a hit with everyone, and this set allows you to try both the shades Mystic and Trace.
A set of five iconic Diptyque candles? Be still, my beating heart.
It doesn't get any better than Baccarat Rouge 540 for the fragrance fan.
A Dior lip oil will always be appreciated. You can even have your recipient's name engraved on it, too.
Secret santa, sorted. (And let's be real—we're buying one for ourselves too.)
Westman Atelier's Baby Cheeks Blush is second to none, and this beautifully stylish set comes with three miniatures to try.
Anything from Jo Malone London will go down a treat, but these miniature festive colognes are particularly cute.
Laneige's cult lip mask comes in so many flavours, and this set lets them try the best in mini sizes.
Having smelt every Christmas-tree-scented candle going, I can confirm that this one is still the very best (and most authentic-smelling) of the bunch.
Everyone who tries Phlur's TikTok-viral Missing Person scent says it's love at first smell, and this set includes a 50ml bottle plus a travel-sized vial for spritzing on the go.
Body mists are having a moment, and this trio of Phlur's most-loved scents would make a great gift for the niche-fragrance fan.
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If your recipient loves a blowdry, this set includes everything they need to create a bouncy blowout at home.
Who doesn't love a bow hair accessory come party season?
Good things come in Frederic Malle bottles—specifically, Portrait Of A Lady, which is as timeless as fragrances come.
NuFace is the go-to facial tool to lift, sculpt and snatch your face without stepping foot in a clinic.
Maison Margiela Replica by the Fireplace is the ultimate winter perfume.
I can't believe how many cool fragrance brands are included in Space NK's Fragrance Advent Calendar. From Glossier to Byredo and Diptyque to Boy Smells, there's something for everyone here with 18 surprises inside.
Dyson's Corrale hair straighteners will be their gift of the year.
Featuring a bottle of Baccarat Rouge 540 and the accompanying body lotion and candle, this makes a very luxe gift for fragrance connoisseurs.
If you're buying for a haircare obsessive, this set will allow them to try all of Ouai's best products.
The pigment in this pressed-glitter shadow is nothing short of spellbinding—perfect for party season and beyond.
Charlotte Tilbury has some of the best festive gift sets, but this blush and highlighter duo is my top pick.
111Skin sheet masks are amongst the best money can buy.
This post was originally published at an earlier date and has since been updated.
Eleanor Vousden is the beauty editor for Who What Wear UK. She was previously deputy editor at Hairdressers Journal, health writer at Woman & Home and junior beauty editor at beauty website Powder. She has also contributed to Wallpaper and Elle Collections with written and styling work.Working as a beauty journalist since 2015 after graduating in fashion journalism at the London College of Fashion, she has been highly commended at the BSME Talent Awards for her work on Powder and also contributed to the title winning Website of the Year at the PPA Awards.Eleanor’s journalistic focus is to provide readers with honest and helpful beauty content. Through words, video and live broadcast, she has interviewed several celebrity makeup artists, hairstylists and top dermatologists throughout her career, as well as celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Scarlett Johansson. She has a particular interest in finding solutions for acne and eczema, which she has experienced firsthand. She has also amassed a large collection of fragrances and can never say no to a new candle.When she’s not writing or testing the latest beauty product or treatments, she’s on the seafront in her hometown of Brighton and Hove, where she lives with her partner and her miniature dachshund.
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