Cover The limited-edition compacts by Estee Lauder (Photo: Estee Lauder)
The limited-edition compacts by Estee Lauder (Photo: Estee Lauder)
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Unveiling the most anticipated luxury beauty releases each month, including make-up, skincare and fragrance
The glorious festive season is upon us and luxury beauty brands are unveiling their most dazzling Christmas collections, perfect for gifting or indulging oneself. This month, we explore a selection of exquisite limited-edition gift sets from renowned names such as La Mer and Dior Beauty. Each offering is designed to elevate your holiday beauty routine with glamorous packaging and exclusive products that capture the spirit of Christmas. From stunning palettes to luxurious gift sets that will appeal to both collectors and beauty enthusiasts, these festive releases are the best ways to usher in the yuletide season in style.
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La Mer
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La Mer Complete Genaissance de la Mer Collection
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Skincare gift sets put the makings of a youthful, radiant complexion in the palm of your giftee’s hand; and when it’s from La Mer, the results are even more promising. The brand’s Luxury Unlimited holiday collection includes five holiday sets made up of skincare treasures. Among them, the Complete Genaissance de la Mer Collection is the most coveted as it comprises potent and luxurious formulas. This set includes the nourishing Infused Lotion; the transformative Serum Essence, infused with La Mer’s trademark Crystal Miracle Broth and Icelandic Algae, to minimise signs of ageing; the Eye & Expression Cream to soften dark circles; and the hydrating Concentrated Night Balm which accelerates skin renewal overnight. All La Mer gift sets arrive in the brand’s signature holiday green boxes, with the option to add limited-edition charms—robot and train—for a thoughtful touch.
Chanel Beauty
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Chanel Beauty’s Diamond Dust highlighter
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Valentina Li, Chanel’s global creative makeup creator, brings her artistry to the maison’s winterinspired Christmas collection, which features magnificent pink hues including fuchsia, hot pink, and coral across products such as the limited-edition Enchanted Night eyeshadow and blush palette. Adding to the collection’s allure, the Diamond Dust highlighter, with its snowflake-embossed design, offers a radiant glow reminiscent of sunlight on snow, making it a unique seasonal must-have for beauty aficionados.
Dior Beauty
Above Dior Beauty’s Le 30 Montaigne advent calendar
Dior Beauty’s Le 30 Montaigne advent calendar
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Count down to the holidays with Dior’s advent calendars that are part of the Ball of Dreams collection. Inspired by the grandeur of Château de Versailles, the collection was created in collaboration with Italian artist Pietro Ruffo. The Le 30 Montaigne advent calendar houses miniature creations—from perfumes Unveiling the most anticipated luxury beauty releases each month, including make-up, skincare and fragrance By Andrea Saadan Beauty Confidential to skincare and the Bois des Rêves candle—in compartments that can double up as jewellery boxes. For the collectors, the La Malle des Rêves takes its design inspiration from the maison’s flagship 30 Avenue Montaigne address. Inside the drawers of its Toile du Maraiscovered wooden structure, adorned with motifs hot stamped in gold foil, are 24 exceptional Dior gifts.
Lancôme
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Lancôme Beauty Box
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Lancôme’s festive collection reimagines the brand’s rich French heritage through a magical lens, with each item collection adorned with a gold celestial rose pattern design and Paris’ most beautiful monuments. The popular Beauty Box steals the spotlight again, offering six full-sized products alongside five minis of the brand’s most beloved make-up, skincare, and fragrances housed in a golden case. Another collector’s item, The Celestial Rose Eyes & Face Palette by global creative director Lisa Eldridge, features six shades embossed with a starburst pattern and housed in a rose gold metal box.
Estée Lauder
Above Estée Lauder holiday compacts
Estée Lauder holiday compacts
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This year, Estée Lauder upholds its tradition of holiday compacts with a 2024 collection in collaboration with luxury jewellery designer Monica Rich Kosann, who is known for her whimsical designs. The limited-edition compacts, adorned with flowers and pearls, celebrate joy and indulgence. The selection includes four solid perfumes, infused with three of Estée Lauder’s iconic fragrances (Beautiful, Pleasures, and Beautiful Magnolia), and crafted in brilliant enamel and crystals, making them true keepsakes. There are also refillable powder compacts designed as four unique works of art, each filled with the Perfecting Setting Powder in various shades.
