Need some help with your holiday shopping? If you’re struggling to find the right gift for beauty lovers, we’ve rounded up some of the best makeup and skincare Christmas gift ideas available in Singapore to help you get started.
We’ve included gifts ranging from splendid advent calendars to small trinkets that will warm the hearts of all beauty newbies and enthusiasts.
Christmas gift ideas 2023
Treat your loved ones who adore roses and starry night skies to this intricately designed, art-inspired advent calendar from Lancôme. It features 24 drawers containing a delightful mix of fragrances, skincare and makeup products (five full-size beauty pieces and 19 travel-sized ones). It’s priced at SGD263 and exclusively available on Lancôme’s e-boutique.
It’s been a long year, and you hope to shower your special someone with well-deserved skincare treats. Usher in indulgent pampering sessions with this festive set from Drunk Elephant. It contains day and night serums, hydrating serums, moisturisers, facial oils, cleansers, and more. Plus, it comes with a travel-friendly bag too. It’s priced at SGD705.
Spark joy in a J-beauty lover’s life with this thoughtful gift set from Tatcha. The Ritual for Firm Skin is housed in a decorative box adorned with traditional auspicious patterns (kissho monyo) such as plum blossoms (ume) for prosperity. It’s priced at SGD358.
This one’s for the K-beauty fan in your life. Sulwhasoo’s revitalising two-piece skincare set consists of the First Care Activating Serum and the Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream. It’s made to alleviate the stress on the skin right after cleansing and strengthen its natural powers to activate a healthy radiance. It comes with a cute square pouch too. It’s priced at SGD265.
Ace the no-makeup makeup game this holiday season with Laura Mercier’s dreamy set. It contains three shades of the brand's beloved Tinted Moisturizer Blush: Southbound (peachy pink), Provence (pale pink nude) and Promenade (rose with golden sheen). Each one is designed to be a weightless cream blush that delivers buildable, natural, and long-lasting colour to your cheeks. It’s priced at SGD40.
Help your beauty bestie get ready for the upcoming Christmas parties with this lovely kit for the eyes and lips from MAC Cosmetics. It contains the brand’s best-selling Retro Matte Lipstick in Ruby Woo, Lip Pencil in Cherry, Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Silver Screen (eyeshadow), and the #1 M·A·CStack Mascara. It’s priced at SGD75.
Get ready to feel like a wonderful fairy godmother and make your loved one’s glow-up wishes come true this Christmas and beyond! Check out the Charlotte Tilbury Dreamy Superstar Glow Kit which contains the brand's travel-sized Beauty Light Wand Duo. Both are easy-to-use and come with a cushion applicator designed to glide onto cheekbones and deliver a soft-focused glow. It’s priced at SGD53.
Anyone getting the Glow Recipe Dewy Skin Goals limited edition holiday set is sure to look fresh and hydrated in their Christmas pictures this year! The set contains the Watermelon Glow PHA+BHA Pore-Tight Toner, Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops, and Watermelon Glow Pink Juice Moisturizer. It's priced at SGD100.
Looking for a gift for a loved one who travels a lot? The Sol de Janeiro Jet Set has got you covered! Choose between the Brazilian Bum Bum Jet Set, Bom Dia Bright Jet Set, or Beija Flor Jet Set for various travel bodycare needs. Each Jet Set comes with three products and is priced at SGD48 each.
Pamper your loved ones this holiday season with the Sephora Collection The Future Is Yours Good Holiday Treats Set. Included in the set are a hair mask, an eye cream, a liquid shadow, and even a gua sha for the full self-care treat! It's priced at SGD99.
This has everything you would need and more. The Benefit Cosmetics Making Spirits Glam Set includes everything one would be using for an everyday makeup routine. Get the Benefit Precisely, My Brow Eyebrow Pencil, Shade Auburn, The Porefessional Primer, and They'Re Real! Magnet Powerful Lifting & Lengthening Mascara for only SGD80.
You can never go wrong with the NARS Orgasm blush – whether you'll be using it yourself or gifting to a loved one. The cult-favourite blush comes in a mini duo for the holidays and it's definitely worth buying! Get the Afterglow Liquid Blush and the Multiple Orgasm in this holiday set for SGD45.
Give your bestie the finest with Shiseido's Ultimate Skin Defense Set. It includes the brand's No. 1 Ultimune Serum and its best-selling sunscreen. The duo is perfect for someone who's always out and about as it helps protect skin against harmful UV rays and external skin aggressors. It also supports the skin in becoming more resilient and radiant. It's priced at SGD170.
Can't get enough of cute gifts? Go for Skin Inc's skin-loving set with ornament-inspired packaging. It comes with the brand's Vitamin B3+ Serum and Pure Serum Mist to help soothe redness or stressed skin, strengthen skin’s barrier, and lock in deep hydration. lt's priced at SGD38.
This article was first published on 21 November 2023. Last updated: 5 December 2023.
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