Holiday Gift Guide x Skincare sets

November 21, 2022 Megan

Today’s holiday gift guide features fabulous skincare sets for all budgets and skin types. I know skincare can be personal, but if you are in the holiday market for skincare as a gift – its always best to think about the skin type of the person you are buying for. Do they have dry skin? Sensitive skin? Knowing this will guide you in the right direction to picking up a skincare set they will love and actually use.

The skincare sets below range from exciting and new to the market to tried, tested, and true.

First…did you know singer Alicia Keys has a skincare line? Sure, you might be saying…what celebrity doesn’t these days? And that is true…I mean, Brad Pitt? Scarlett Johansson? But Alicia Keys – that is a lady with GORGEOUS skin. I will do whatever she is doing, please.

Recently released in Canada, Keys Soulcare’s ethos is about creating every day rituals that help care for your body, mind, and spirit. Incorporating beauty rituals in her routine, Alicia Keys wanted to harness ‘soul-nourishing ingredients’ that will help unlock self-love so we can all ‘shine brighter together’. And I love that. It’s so important to carve out time for yourself, away from screens so you can relax and appreciate. However that looks for you.

Keys Soulcare | Soulful Celebration Skincare set | $90

Keys Soulcare is dermatologist-developed, cruelty-free, and focuses on a radiant, hydrated complexion. The ‘Soulful Celebration Skincare‘ holiday pack is a lovely way to be introduced to this line. Featuring full-sized Golden Cleanser with manuka honey, Let Me Glow illuminating serum with Niacinamide, and the Skin Transformation Cream with Bakuchiol – this is really all that is needed to start and end the day. Just remember SPF.

Glow Recipe | Hey You, You’re Dew-ing Great Hydration Kit | $26

Glow Recipe was created by beauty industry veterans Sarah Lee and Christine Chang to elevate K-beauty to an everyday luxury. Their products are effective, fruit-forward for glowing skin.

Their ‘Hey you, you’re dew-ing great‘ sample holiday kit is not only adorable, but heavy-lifting. It’s a plumping and hydrating duo with five weights of hyaluronic acid to reach more layers of your skin, polyglutamic acid, and plum for visibly plumper, glowy skin. A great introductory set to get acquainted with a really cool brand.

Reversa | Heart-Stopper Christmas Set | $69

We know I have heart for the Canadian brand, Reversa. And their ‘HEART-STOPPER Christmas set‘ contains two full-sized products and two sample sized products. What. A. Deal!

This Reversa holiday kit is for skin that needs a little help in the hydration department as well as experiencing some collagen loss. Think of this kit as a ‘lil pick me up that will cleanse, revitalize while hydrating, reduce the visible signs of collagen loss, moisturize and protect, all while revising skin luminosity and radiance.

Herbivore | Radical Retinalts Wrinkle Smoothing Set | $60

Retinol is not for everyone. Some folks with highly sensitive skin struggle to find retinols that work for them. This Herbivore skincare kit is perfect for those who want to dip their toes in a pond where you can clearly see the bottom. No jumping off a cliff into the great retinol unknown. Using efficacious plant-powered retinol alternatives – like Bakuchiol and plant peptides- this kit will firm skin, gently.

This Herbivore kit contains three adorably-sized products:

MOON FRUIT Retinol Alternative Serum: A retinol-alternative serum that’s clinically-proven to treat signs of aging with 1% bakuchiol + plant peptides and zero irritation.

MOON DEW Retinol Alternative Eye Cream: A line-filling eye cream that instantly tightens + smooths eyes with 1% bakuchiol + plant peptides.

PHOENIX Face Oil: a luxurious face oil packed with botanical oils and CoQ10 to revitalize dry skin and replenish moisture.

Nivea | Rose and Orchid Holiday Gift Set | $20

This kit from Nivea is truly a start the car moment. Valued at $50 and on sale for $20, the NIVEA Rose and Orchid Holiday Gift Set includes five full-sized products that not only smell soft and pretty, but work wonderfully. I love their 2-in-1 lip scrub that helps smooth dry, cracked lips – the perfect party prep that will help that red lip sit pretty all night.

The rest of the kit contains: