Usher in the festive season with Dior’s Atelier of Dreams and its Holiday 2021 Collection, which includes its new exclusive creation: the Rouge Dior minaudiere—also a tribute to the iconic address, 30 Avenue Montaigne, the original location of the House of Dior.

The Rouge Dior minaudiere includes a removable case and lipstick holder, which can also be repurposed as a clutch, and the iconic Rouge Dior lipstick featured in a couture limited edition, and comes in four shades. Don’t forget to make it more than just a Christmas gift with Dior’s extraordinary Art of Gifting. This year, the luxury maison collaborated with London-based artist illustrator Alice Shirley to create midnight blue and gold gift packaging to celebrate the season in the chicest way possible.

Visit selected Dior boutiques and counters to add a personal touch to your gifts to make them one-of-a-kind for the ones who matter the most. At Dior’s Engraving Atelier, you can also tailor your gift with custom engraving by adding initials or a name of your choice. You also have the option of adding embroidered initials and the house’s iconic festive motifs on an exclusive Dior Christmas pouch to create the ultimate gift for that special someone.

Available at Dior Beauty boutiques, Dior Beauty counters, Dior E-Boutique and Sephora.

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For its festive collection, the Chanel Make-up Creation Studio drew inspiration from No. 5 and 100 years of celebrity. The golden hues of the iconic fragrance have been transformed into make-up for the eyes and face, while lips and nails are draped in red.

At the heart of this new collection is the signature Les 4 Ombres eyeshadow palette with the No. 5 aesthetic, featuring a satiny amber shade or as a pearly ivory white. For the first time, two exclusive shades of the brand’s long-lasting liquid eyeshadow Ombre Premiere Laque Glitter are available in a glittery finish to celebrate the Christmas spirit.  

Rouge Allure No. 5 is also available in five shades, including two new releases: Emblématique and Légendaire. The emblematic Chanel lipstick is housed in an exclusive packaging embossed with a golden number 5.

Available on the Chanel Fragrance and Beauty E-Shop, sg-eshop.chanel.com and at Chanel Fragrance and Beauty boutiques.

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'Tis the season to pamper your loved ones, friends (or yourself) and luxury South Korean beauty brand Sulwhasoo has released its highly-anticipated Holiday Collection 2021.

Drawing inspiration from delicately beautiful paintings of the Joseon Dynasty in the 18th and 19th Century, Sulwhasoo’s Holiday 2021 packaging features the brand’s most precious, rare and prized beauty treasures that will get your skin all set, prepped and glowing this festive season.

The First Care Activating Serum Holiday Set is perfect for anyone who is new to brand as it contains some of its bestselling products including the First Care Activating Serum, Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Serum, Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Water EX and Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Emulsion EX. 

The global best-selling, skin-loving First Care Activating Serum is a classic offering as it soothes, hydrates, energises and strengthens the skin while optimising the efficacy of the products that follow. Complement this set with the Hand Cream White Breath, which works to give the hands a little TLC. Infused with a precious and rare sea pine nut oil, it strengthens skin’s moisture barrier while protecting it against external aggressors with its antioxidant-rich properties. 

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For the festive season, renowned British hair car brand GHD has released a range of gift sets that will make excellent presents for your friends and family who take great pride in keeping their hair in check.

Our pick is the Platinum+ Styer Gift Set which includes the Platinum+ Black Styler, a paddle brush, and a heat resistant pouch that makes it extra convenient to bring this styling tool with you on trips overseas or staycations. 

The GHD Platinum+ styling tool features an innovative predictive technology that senses and adapts to your personal hair needs and offers 20 per cent more hair shine, and twice more colour protection. Use it with the brand's ever-popular paddle brush for added smoothness and shine. Pro trip: You can also use achieve soft curls by twisting the ends of your hair using this heated tool—we love a multi-tasking beauty product.

Available online on Sephora and Zalora.

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Pairing your scents is always fun when it is done using Jo Malone's colognes. This limited-edition set of four fragrances includes a crisp White Moss & Snowdrop Cologne and three miniature colognes to layer with. The three mellow scents are English Pear & Freesia, Blackberry & Bay and Myrrh & Tonka.

Wear the perfumes on their own or experiment with layering in true Jo Malone style to create personalised pairings if you have yet to try mixing things up in the scent department.

Available at Jo Malone London boutiques, via the Jo Malone London Concierge Service and Sephora. 

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Every Christmas, Maison Guerlain never lets down beauty aficionados. 

For this year's festive season, the House's iconic Rouge G lipstick takes on its most stunning look thus far. Atelier Baqué Molinié crafted a precious case to house the lipsticks, making the entire product a veritable jewellery masterpiece. The Rouge G Prestige Edition case is presented in a gift set, accompanied by the best-selling no 214 shade: a flamboyant, satiny red.

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It's been a challenging year, so why not encourage a little indulgence every morning and evening? 

Indulge in La Prairie's breakthrough caviar science with its Skin Caviar Luxury Ritual set that promotes lifting and firming. Infused with the potency of caviar ingredients, this ritual helps lift while profoundly enhancing the appearance of firmness. This five-piece set includes Skin Caviar Essence-in-Lotion, the first step in your lifting and firming ritual, Skin Caviar Liquid Lift, the gravity-defying serum, Skin Caviar Luxe Cream, which offers a unique dimension of sensorial indulgence, Skin Caviar Luxe Eye Cream, a lifting indulgence for the eyes and Skin Caviar Luxe Sleep Mask, for extra indulgence at night. 

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Help your loved ones start the new year on the right note with a brand new skincare regime that places emphasis on cleansing, repairing and nourishing. This festive set by botanical brand MTM Labo is the perfect kit that features the right tools that will help anyone develop a healthy skin foundation.

The brand's Festive Homecare – Daily Care Trio includes the custom-blended micro-foaming cleanser; custom-blended moisturizing toner; custom-blended nutriment moisturiser; ultra-soft cleansing brush and a waterproof toiletries bag. Our favourite in this kit is the cleansing brush which is made with ultra-delicate synthetic fibers that are super gentle on the skin.

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Give your best girlfriends a glow-up this Christmas with Glow Recipe's limited-edition skincare sets. Our pick is the Watermelon Glow Magic holiday set which includes the highly-raved Watermelon Glow PHA+BHA Pore-Tight Toner in full size, the TikTok famous Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops in a trial-ready midi size and the Watermelon Glow Hyaluronic Clay Pore-Tight Facial. These products will help the skincare junkie in your life create an all-new balancing, pore-clearing, and hydrating routine—one that will no doubt help the skin achieve a natural glow with regular use. 

Glow Recipe is also all about embracing real skin so if your loved ones prefer using skincare products that are clinically effective with natural ingredients, this brand is made for them.   

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Who needs Santa when there’s Rihanna, founder of Fenty Skin and Fenty Beauty? All jokes aside, Queen RiRi did not come to play this holiday season with several beauty kits to treat your loved ones.

Our pick is the Before-Bed Set 3-Piece PM Essentials, which is the first-ever limited-edition Fenty Skin x Fenty Beauty set that will assist you in getting your #FentyHolidayFace on.  This three-piece set comes with a full-sized Fenty Skin Fat Water Niacinamide Pore-Refining Toner Serum, a mini Fenty Skin Instant Reset Brightening Overnight Recovery Gel-Cream, and a full-sized Fenty Beauty Pro Kiss’rLuscious Lip Balm in the shade Hint Hint. Now, who’s excited to go to bed?  

Available for a limited time at Sephora.sg and in-store at Sephora.

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Shine bright like a diamond with this little kit by Fenty Beauty. The Bomb Posse is packed with matte, shimmer and metallic finishes that are loaded with rich, smooth & blendable colours with a long-wear and crease-resistant formula. Use this to prep your festive make-up look that will last all night—yes, even after all that merrymaking.

Available for a limited time at Sephora.sg and in-store at Sephora.

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Clear skin for Christmas? Sign us up. In fact, the cult favourite DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro is part of one of Dr Dennis Gross’ Christmas beauty sets, the Merry Smooth and Bright kit, which comes paired with the brand’s latest launch: the Advanced Retinol + Ferulic range. The full set includes the DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro, Advanced Retinol + Ferulic Texture Renewal Serum, Advanced Retinol + Ferulic Triple Correction Eye Serum and Alpha Beta Extra Strength Daily Peel (5 Applications).

Pro tip: Use the hands-free DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro for a comforting at-home treatment for your skin every day for just three minutes each time, for two weeks straight and you will start to experience clearer skin and fewer lines.

Available at Sephora’s e-store and in-stores at Sephora.

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Mac Cosmetics has an impressive collection of spellbinding holiday gifts this year. Its festive Hypnotizing Holiday collection includes kits that feature some of the brand’s best-sellers and never-before-seen shades. And the best part? All the products come dressed in hypnotic optical-illusion packages.

Explore the flagship-exclusive personalisation service with any lipstick purchase and add a unique touch to any Mac lipstick with your choice of design and text on the bullet. Complimentary gift wrapping for all purchases is also available.

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This gorgeous makeup and fragrance set by Gucci Beauty is perfect for the boldest beauty lovers in your life. Designed specially for the holidays, the limited-edition trio of Rouge a Levre Mat lipsticks are given a festive makeover with a new retro black print with gold hearts and stars, reflecting Gucci Beauty's playfulness and the time of the year. 

Gucci Bloom is the first fragrance family developed under Alessandro Michele's vision, representing the vitality and diversity of women through its floral scents. The scents are characterised by a trio of Jasmine Bud extract, Tuberose and Rangoon Creeper. 

Available at Takashimaya, Tangs, BHG and Sephora, and online at store.takashimaya.com.sg, tangs.com, bhgsingapore.com.sg and sephora.sg.

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This chic holiday gift set will instantly make your beauty BFF's Christmas extra vibrant. The set contains five Lip Maestros in the shades 400, 405, 102, 206 and 524, and comes in an exclusive red pouch.

Armani Beauty's Lip Maestro liquid lip has long been regarded as one of the pioneers in the matte lipstick category. Not only does it offer an intense colour payoff, the lips appear fuller and plump with a non-sticky, smooth texture all day long.

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The Chantecaille Holiday 2021 Makeup Collection may just be what you and your friends need to add a festive sparkle to your look during this celebratory period.

Perle Lumière is luxury beauty brand Chantecaille’s answer to a holiday highlighter that does the trick. This delicate highlighter powder-balm is also packaged in an exclusive and covetable compact encrusted with pearl baubles. The creamy formula is gentle on the skin and gives it a gorgeous, lit-from-within glow. The subtly-radiant powder also illuminates the face with a delicate, instant-filter effect. Talc-free and weightless, it feels silky upon application with zero dusting and the softly shimmering light rose shade works universally on all skin tones. Each ornate pearl compact is completely one-of-a-kind and hand-adorned.

Pair this with the limited-edition Lumière Eye Sheen, a sparkling, luminous rose gold eye shade infused with light-catching, colour-shifting pigments that help you achieve a statement eye look with just a subtle touch of shimmer on the lids. This cream-based velvety-soft formula is comfortably lightweight and adheres to the skin for a smooth finish.

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This year, multi-award winning homegrown beauty brand Est.lab has teamed up with local lifestyle influencer Andrea Chong to give back to Ground-Up Initiative, a non-profit community aimed at cultivating holistic solutions for a happier, liveable, and sustainable future for modern society.

Together, they curated four exclusive Christmas Holiday Kits featuring some of Est.lab’s best-selling and most popular products, including the newly launched VitaLift A+ Intensive Youth Restoring Capsules and the multi-award winning OptimaLift A+ Intelligent Eye Revitaliser Tri-Action Massager. Each kit also comes with an exclusively designed gift by Chong. In the spirit of giving, SG$10 will be contributed to GUI with every purchase of Est.lab’s limited-edition Christmas Holiday Kits.

Available online and at all Estetica Beauty Studios from 5th November.

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For the ultimate festive gift, Dolce&Gabbana Beauty introduces a limited-edition make-up collection, inspired by the celebrations of the holiday season. Each product is adorned with a golden crown, giving it a regal look. The Royal Gloss Shine Lip Plumper brings extra shine and volume to the lips with a shimmering crystal-effect formula that instantly hydrates and plumps the lips while the Royal Shadow Liquid Eyeshadow offers a pearlescent tint that is both intense and shimmery. The long-lasting formula has a refreshing cooling texture and comes in two jewel-like shades: Vibrant Green for a striking emerald gaze, and Baroque Bronze for a sophisticated metallic look.

Available at the Dolce&Gabbana Beauty flagship store at Ion Orchard.

This limited-edition set will help your loved ones (or yourself) get you looking festive-ready by brightening, toning and protecting the skin for the end-of-year celebrations. With seven well-loved pieces (including the MT Metatron MT Cleansing Gel, a bestseller in Japan) from the Japanese skincare brand’s range of products, each item is beautifully wrapped in a holiday-themed box that is presentable enough to be gifted to fellow skincare and beauty junkies for Christmas. 

Available at Isetan Scotts, and official retailers.

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Every day is truly a gift with Lancôme's luxurious beauty advent calendar for 2021. The exclusive calendar is filled with 24 beauty surprises in the form of iconic miniatures including skincare, makeup and fragrance must-haves. Count down to Christmas by opening a magic box every day and discover four beauty routines made with Lancôme best-selling essentials that suit different moods. Tip: look out for beauty tips and application advice on Lancôme's social pages.  

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Remind your loved ones to give their skin a little #TLC with this limited-edition B.A Lotion Xmas Coffret by Japanese brand Pola. The kit comprises the B.A Lotion in full size, B.A Cleansing Cream, B.A Wash, B.A Milk, B.A Cream, B.A Eye Zone Cream and B.A Light Selector. Most of the products come in miniatures so they are highly convenient to pack along with you on trips or staycations. 

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