Holiday Gift Guide 2021: The 15 Best Beauty Gift Sets

Here’s our ultimate holiday gift guide 2021 for recommending the 15 best beauty gift sets this holiday season.

Skincare for women has become a top priority during the pandemic due to wearing masks and less makeup. So, what better way to show that you love someone than giving them the gift of self-care, right?

Well, if you’re a man looking for something for your wife, while your intentions may be good, holiday gifts can sometimes have underlying messages to them. To be more specific, if you’re a man in your 40s or 50s and you’re not that close to your wife anymore, she might think you think she looks old by giving her skincare products. If this is the case, it’s best to say the holiday gift is from one of your children so that she doesn’t get offended. Because honestly, she might be complaining that her skin is really dry to her friends if she’s in her 40s and 50s. It’s a common problem and our beauty gift set recommendations are practical and useful holiday gifts to give women. 

Moreover, if you know that she’s adamant about maintaining her skin and gets Botox and fillers, hopefully, she’ll appreciate the beauty gift set.

If you have a close relationship with your wife or girlfriend, present the gift with love and sentiment. You know your partner best and it’s all about how you deliver a message, or in this case a gift.

However, if on the other hand as a husband you are one of those men that is against your wife getting cosmetic treatments at a med spa, skincare is a must to maintain your wife’s beauty! Women can spend thousands on skincare and these holiday beauty gift sets make great stocking stuffers or Hanukkah gifts.

On the other hand, these gifts are great among girlfriends, sisters, mothers and daughters. Women gifting each other skincare says I love you and want the best for you.

REMEMBER IT’S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS AND THE DELIVERY IS KEY…

We have also featured a holiday gift set for men here.

Most of my recommendations are from Dior Beauty because they have great skincare products that really produce results as well as have the best mascara on the market. Plus, Dior Beauty has some of the cutest packagings – making them great for gifts! I have recommended these products because I would buy them for myself or would like to receive them as a holiday gift. I would even buy them for my mother, however she stocks up on these products frequently to maintain the freshness of her skin in her 60s.

Feel free to shop the images below with more detail about each product further down. Happy shopping and happy holidays!

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Holiday Gift Guide 2021 Recommendation 1: Aesop Departure Set

Set of seven self-care products. Vegan and cruelty-free. B-Corp- and Leaping Bunny-certified. Immediate Moisture Facial Hydrosol, 50 mL Face mist for hydrating and reviving skin. Features rose petal, bergamot peel, and chamomile bud. Blue Chamomile Facial Hydrating Mask, 15 mL Face mask for hydrating and nourishing skin. Features niacinamide, sodium carrageenan, and bisabolol. Resurrection Rinse-Free Hand Wash, 50 mL Hand wash for water-free cleansing and hydrating. Features mandarin rind, cedarwood bark oil, and rosemary leaf oil. Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm, 15 mL Hand cream for softening, hydrating, and nourishing skin. Features tocopherol and beta-carotene. Fragrance notes include mandarin rind, rosemary leaf, and cedar atlas. Rosehip Seed Lip Cream, 6 mL Cream for refreshing, softening, and hydrating lips. Features rosehip seed oil, tocopherol, and ylang ylang. Toothpaste, 10 mL Toothpaste for refreshing and cleansing. Features sea buckthorn, cardamom, and wasabia japonica. Mouthwash, 50 mL Mouthwash for refreshing and cleansing. Features clove bud, anise, and spearmint leaf.

Beauty Gift Set 2021 Recommendation 2: Laura Mercier Ambre Vanille Bath & Body Holiday Set

Ambre Vanille Cream Bar Soap: A gentle bar soap that creates a creamy lather and cleanses skin, leaving it feeling smooth and moisturized with the unique essence of vanilla warmth, tangerine & brown sugar. Ambre Vanille Body Cream: A silky, smooth crème that luxuriously nourishes the skin with the lightly whipped feel and unique essence of vanilla, tangerine, & brown sugar. Ambre Vanille Eau de Toilette: A contemporary, sophisticated fragrance that captures the essence.

Holiday Gift Guide 2021 Recommendation 3: Doctor Babor Lifting RX Set (A $282 Value)

Collagen Serum, 2 x 7 mL Collagen Cream, 1.7 oz./ 50 mL Eye Cream Day, 0.5 oz./ 15 mL Visibly smoother and younger-looking skin. Helps improve skin firmness, minimizes fine lines and wrinkles, plumps and smooths skin. Collagen Serum contains a tripeptide-1 solution to help firm skin’s appearance. ECM-Protect helps to improve elasticity. With its anti-glycation action effect, carnosine helps to improve skin tone. Collagen Cream contains a 2% Tripeptide Solution, Hyaluronic Acid Complex, and More.

Beauty Gift Set 2021 Recommendation 4 for Men: Christian Dior Sauvage 3-Piece Essentials Set

A men’s fragrance gift set perfect for the holidays. This essential Sauvage scent ritual includes a trio of favorites, Sauvage Eau de Toilette, the soothing, non-greasy Sauvage after-shave balm, and the alcohol-free Sauvage deodorant stick for odor protection. Made in France. THREE-PIECE SET INCLUDES Sauvage Eau de Toilette, 3.4 oz. Sauvage After-Shave Balm, 1.7 oz. Sauvage Deodorant Stick, 2.6 oz. HOW TO USE IT Use the Sauvage deodorant stick to protect skin against odors. Soothe razor burns with the Sauvage after-shave balm. Spray the body with the Sauvage Eau de Toilette.

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Holiday Gift Guide 2021 Recommendation 5: Christian Dior Revitalizing Eye Gift Set

Discover the Dior pouch featuring two of the House’s essentials to care for the eyes: from the eye area to the tip of the lashes. Set Includes: – Capture Total Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Eye Cream, 0.5 oz. – Diorshow Maximizer 3D (mini) – Cosmetics bag What It Does: – Capture Totale Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Eye Cream: Dior’s total age-defying eye care, for eyes that look instantly revitalized. – Diorshow Maximizer 3D: A triple-action Dior lash primer-serum-volume, curl & defini Dior Revitalizing Eye Gift Set-Beauty & Cosmetics

Beauty Gift Set 2021 Recommendation 6: Christian Dior Capture Totale Dreamskin Gift Set

A skincare set of Dreamskin’s iconic Care & Perfect perfecting formula and 1-Minute Mask face mask and the age-defying Super Potent Serum. Set Includes: – Capture Totale Dreamskin Care & Perfect Perfect Skin Creator, 1.7 oz. – Capture Totale Dreamskin 1-Minute Mask, 0.5 oz. – Capture Totale Super Potent Serum, 0.3 oz. – Cosmetics bag What It Does: – Dreamskin 1-Minute Mask: A moisturizing, skin-perfecting, Aha formula so powerful, your skin appears revitalized, smoothed and soft in a Dior Capture Totale Dreamskin Gift Set-Beauty & Cosmetics

Holiday Gift Guide 2021 Recommendation 7: Christian Dior Diorshow Pump ‘N’ Volume Makeup Set Gift Set

The Diorshow Pump ‘N’ Volume mascara and new velvet finish Rouge Dior lipstick are ready to gift in limited-edition luxe holiday packaging inspired by the Dior Atelier of Dreams. Set Includes: – Diorshow Pump ‘N’ Volume Mascara (full size) – Rouge Dior Lipstick in shade 999 (velvet finish) (deluxe mini) What It Does: Known for its fortifying properties, this Dior mascara is infused with Vitamin B5 and helps strengthen eyelashes. The Rouge Dior lipstick is formulated with red peony ex Dior Diorshow Pump ‘N’ Volume Makeup Set Gift Set-Beauty & Cosmetics

Beauty Gift Set 2021 Recommendation 8: Christian Dior Capture Totale Total Age-Defying Skincare Ritual Gift Set

Give the gift of smooth, bright and toned skin this festive season. That’s right, thanks to the Capture Totale Total Age-Defying Skincare Ritual gift set from Dior , loved ones can enjoy the beauty expert’s complete anti-ageing skincare ritual. Presented in a reusable zipped case, it’s kitted out with the Capture Totale High-Performance Treatment Serum Lotion, Capture Totale Super Potent Serum 50ml, Capture Totale Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Crème, Capture Totale High-Performance Treatment Serum Lotion and Capture Totale Super Potent Eye Serum. Dior Capture Totale Total Age-Defying Skincare Ritual gift set Includes: Capture Totale High-Performance Treatment Serum Lotion 50ml, Capture Totale Super Potent Serum 50ml, Capture Totale Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Creme 15ml, Capture Totale Super Potent Eye Serum 5ml Application: Prepare your skin to receive the skincare ritual with the High Performance Treatment Serum-Lotion. Apply Super Potent Serum on the face and the neck. Then apply the Firming and Wrinkle-Correcting Creme on the face and the neck. Finish the ritual by using the new Super Potent Eye Serum on the entire eye area Skin type: Suitable for all skin types. Limited edition.

Holiday Gift Guide 2021 Recommendation 9: Christian Dior Addict Glow Gift Set

How to celebrate the festive season? We reckon a handful of Dior ’s make-up must-haves (and icons in our beauty books) should do the trick. That’s where the Dior Addict Glow gift set comes in. Perfectly presented in one of the brand’s swoon-worthy boxes, it’s complete with the Dior Addict Lip Glow and Dior Addict Lip Maximizer that are accompanied by travel versions of the Diorshow Maximizer 3D and Dior Backstage Face & Body Primer. Dior Dior Addict Glow gift set Includes: Dior Addict Lip Glow 3.5g in shade 001 Pink, Dior Addict Lip Maximizer 3.5g in shade 026 Plum, Diorshow Maximizer 3D miniature 1.5ml, Dior Backstage Face & Body Primer miniature 5ml Application: Apply Dior Backstage Face & Body Primer complexion primer under your foundation. Use Dior Addict Lip Glow lip balm to moisturise your lips and revive their natural colour. Layer with a coat of Dior Addict Lip Maximizer lip gloss for a lip plumping effect. Apply Diorshow Maximizer 3D mascara primer-serum to care for your lashes before applying mascara Skin type: Suitable for all skin types. Limited edition.

Beauty Gift Set 2021 Recommendation 10: Christian Dior Prestige Ultimate Luxurious Gift Set

Prepping for the festive season can be exhausting, and sometimes, our skin bears the brunt. Luckily, Dior is on hand with the Dior Prestige Ultimate Luxurious gift set. Complete with the Parisian beauty mogul’s Prestige La Micro-Huile de Rose Advanced serum as well as the Prestige La Crème Texture Essentielle cream and Prestige Le Concentré Yeux cream, it’s designed to leave you with visibly firm and smoothed skin. Oh, and it even reduces the appearance of wrinkles. Dior Dior Prestige Ultimate Luxurious gift set Includes: Dior Prestige La Micro-Huile de Rose Advanced serum 50 ml, Dior Prestige La Crème Texture Essentielle cream 50 ml and Dior Prestige Le Concentré Yeux cream 15 ml Skin type: Suitable for all skin types Exclusive to Selfridges Made in France

Holiday Gift Guide 2021 Recommendation 11: Christian Dior Prestige Exceptional Regenerating Skincare Ritual Gift Set

Give the gift of intensely smooth, refined and revitalized skin this festive season, Thanks to the Dior Prestige Exceptional Regenerating Skincare Ritual gift set from Dior , loved ones can enjoy a handful of the beauty expert’s Dior Prestige collection. Nestled in a reusable zipped pouch, it’s complete with the Dior Prestige La Micro-Lotion de Rose, Dior Prestige La Micro-Huile de Rose Advanced Serum and Dior Prestige La Crème Texture Essentielle. Dior Dior Prestige Exceptional Regenerating Skincare Ritual gift set Includes: Dior Prestige La Micro-Lotion de Rose 30ml, Dior Prestige La Micro-Huile de Rose Advanced Serum 50ml, Dior Prestige La Crème Texture Essentielle 15ml Application: Prep your skin using Dior Prestige La Micro-Lotion de Rose. Then apply Dior Prestige La Micro-Huile de Rose Advanced Serum. Finish the ritual with Dior Prestige La Crème Texture Essentielle Skin type: Suitable for all skin types Limited edition

Beauty Gift Set 2021 Recommendation 12: Christian Dior Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara Set

Curl. Length. Volume. Two Dior mascara favorites, a full-size Iconic Overcurl Mascara and a mini Maximizer 3D Lash Primer-Serum, in one gift-perfect Dior Atelier of Dreams holiday box. Set Includes: – Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara 0.33 oz. – Diorshow Maximizer 3D Lash Primer-Serum 0.1 oz. What It Does: Overcurl Mascara and Maximizer 3D Lash Primer-Serum deliver 24-hour eye makeup looks. Formulated with cotton nectar, both protect and soften lashes. Maximizer 3D also features berry Dior Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara Set-Beauty & Cosmetics

Holiday Gift Guide 2021 Recommendation 13: Christian Dior – Capture Totale Dreamskin Skincare Gift Set

What it is: A rejuvenating Dior holiday gift, the Capture Totale Dreamskin ritual fights visible signs of aging with three skin-perfecting favorites in a Dior pouch. Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Fine Lines and Wrinkles, and Pores Highlighted Ingredients:- Longoza Flower: Renowned for exceptional, visibly age-defying effectiveness.- Hyaluronic Acid: Helps retain moisture and diminishes the appearance of wrinkles.Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. What Else You Need to Know: This ready-to-gift skincare set contains a Dior Atelier of Dreams case and three advanced products that target visible signs of aging: Capture Totale Dreamskin Care & Perfect Serum, Capture Totale Super Potent Serum, and Capture Totale Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Crème.This Set Contains:- 1.7 oz/ 50 mL Dreamskin Care & Perfect Serum- 0.3 oz/ 10 mL Capture Totale Super Potent Serum- 0.5 oz/ 15 mL Capture Totale Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Crème- Dior PouchClinical Results: In a clinical study examining skin appearance on 32 women: After 7 days of using Dior Capture Totale Super Potent Serum, participants noticed:- A 31% increase in skin’s plumpness – A 21% increase in skin’s firmness- A 27% increase in skin’s radianceAfter 7 days of using Capture Totale Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Crème, participants noticed skin appeared:- 79% more radiant- 84% more nourished

Beauty Gift Set 2021 Recommendation 14: Christian Dior Capture Totale 3-Piece Skincare Set

This skincare set comes in a Dior gift box and includes a full-size Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Creme for skin glowing with health, a mini Super Potent Serum for radiant and smoother skin, and a mini Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Eye Cream to visibly reduce under eye wrinkles and dark circles. Made in France. THREE-PIECE SET INCLUDES Capture Totale Super Potent Serum, 0.34 oz. Capture Totale Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Crème, 1.7 oz. Capture Totale Firming and Wrinkle-Correcting Eye Cream, 0.17 oz. HOW TO USE IT Smooth Super Potent Serum over the face and neck after cleansing. Follow by applying the Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Creme over face and neck. Complete the ritual by gently patting the entire eye area with the Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Eye Cream.

Holiday Gift Guide 2021 Recommendation 15: Christian Dior Capture Totale 3-Piece Skincare Set

This ready-to-gift skincare set comes in a luxe Dior Atelier of Dreams case and includes three skin-perfecting, anti-aging products, Capture Totale Dreamskin Care & Perfect, Capture Totale Super Potent Serum and Capture Totale Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Creme. Made in France. THREE-PIECE SET INCLUDES Capture Totale Super Potent Serum, 0.34 oz. Capture Totale Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Creme, 0.5 oz. Capture Totale Dreamskin Care & Perfect, 1.7 oz. HOW TO USE IT After cleansing, smooth the Super Potent Serum over face and neck. Next, gently massage the Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Creme into skin. Complete ritual by applying the Dreamskin Care & Perfect fluid.

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