It’s that time of the year when holiday shopping for the best skincare gifts becomes priority number one. Whether you are hunting for the perfect stocking stuffer or a present that’s sure to impress under the tree, we’ve created this expertly edited list of our 25 must-have skincare gift picks. While some are perfect for giving, others are even better for receiving, and that means giving something special to yourself, too, because the holidays are about celebrating everyone special in your life—yourself included.
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1. Obagi Medical Day to Night Hydration Gift Set
Consider this deeply hydrating luxury gift set a serious skin pick-me-up. Packed with essential minerals and vital vitamins, the Daily Hydro Drops go hard to work to transform rough, dry, do-nothing skin into a dewy and optimally hydrated complexion thanks to a blend of Vitamin B3, Abyssinian Oil, and Hibiscus Oil. The Luxe moisturizing cream hydrates the skin with biomimetic peptides, making it feel soft and supple. Come morning, the skin will emerge baby-soft and with a new lease on life.2. NuFACE TRINITY+ Smart Advanced Facial Microcurrent Device
This limited-edition holiday gift set is one of the best skincare gifts to give and receive. Perfect for when the skin needs a bit of sculpting for a more snatched jawline and better-defined cheeks, this FDA-cleared microcurrent device leaves the face instantly lifted and contoured with fewer forehead lines and less sagging skin around the neck. The beauty-obsessed in your life will thank you for this one!3. PCA SKIN Hyaluronic Acid Lip Booster
Looking for the ultimate skincare gift that also makes for the perfect stocking stuffer? This hyaluronic acid-, peptide- and vitamin E-infused lip plumper floods the lips with moisture while enhancing their volume and leaving them feeling smooth and soft. Wintertime dryness and chapped lips are instantly a thing of the past.4. EltaMD AM & PM Therapy Duo
One prerequisite for healthy, youthful skin is ample hydration, and one of the easiest ways to ensure that the skin is well-hydrated year-round is with this AM and PM facial moisturizer kit. Each sheer, non-comedogenic formula keeps the skin optimally hydrated all day, while willow bark and niacinamide create smoother, more evenly toned skin that appears more radiant over time.5. NuFACE Ionplex Hydra-Gel Power Patches
The secret to perking up tired-looking eyes is one of the best skincare gifts you can give to yourself. Like self-care in a patch, these hydrating and brightening under-eye masks are infused with a proprietary electrolyte solution and hydrating glycerin, arginine amino acid, and magnesium to revive tired eyes while smoothing away fine lines and wrinkles. Run the NuFACE FIX Microcurrent Device over the patches for even more of a wake-up effect.6. Skin Gym Microcurrent Sculpt Bundle
Get more out of your daily beauty routine with this microcurrent bundle. It exercises the facial muscles, lifting and sculpting them while allowing all the other skincare products in your routine to absorb that much better.7. Slip Pure Silk Queen Gift Set
Any beauty guru will be happy to open this super cute pure silk pillowcase and coordinating scrunchie, which makes every day a good hair day. Harnessing the power of the brand’s slipsilk, both the scrunchie and pillowcase stop hair damage and breakage dead in their tracks while promoting shinier, thicker, softer, and more durable hair. Plus, sleeping on the silk pillowcase reduces skin friction and causes less stretching and sagging.8. Dr. Whitney Bowe Beauty Skin Cycling Program - Exfoliate + Firm + Hydrate + Barrier Recovery
From the board-certified dermatologist who made skin cycling a household beauty term comes this all-inclusive skin program and one of the best skincare gifts of the season. Powered by two active ingredients, the trio makes carrying for the skin an effective yet easy process with reduced irritation while making your products work smarter, harder, and better for you. Layer on the Exfoliation Night Resurfacing + Brightening Serum, a gentle tripe acid exfoliant with AHA, BHA, and PHA on night one of the program, then use the Retinal Night Advanced 0.1% Retinal Firming Treatment, which features a potent form of vitamin A on nights two and three, and, finally, apply the ultra-hydrating, ceramide, squalene, and hyaluronic acid powered Bowe Glowe Microbiome Nourishing Cream every night to lock in hydration and restore the skin. The result? Brighter, smoother, firmer skin with less irritation.9. ISDIN The Look of Your Dreams Set
Send tired-looking eyes packing with this ultra-illuminating kit, which promises brighter eyes in just a few steps. Inside, you’ll find the Essential Cleansing for a deep-down clean, the skin-brightening K-Ox Eyes to wake up the eyes, and the super-hydrating Hyaluronic Concentrate for a beautiful lit-from-within look.10. HydroPeptide Glow Like A Pro
This kit is the best skincare gift for your friends and family who always want glowing skin no matter where life takes them. Packed inside this bag are all the skincare essentials for achieving luminous-looking skin thanks to five brightening formulas that promote visible, more radiant skin in minutes. 11. Exuviance Age Reverse+ Starter Set
One of the easiest ways to stop the signs of aging is with this does-it-all kit featuring the brand’s best sellers from the AGE REVERSE + Collection. Peptide technology fuels the formulas, so skin appears healthier, stronger, and more youthful the more you use it.12. Medik8 The Night Shift Overnight Smooth & Firm Duo
Retinal, a derivative of retinol that works 11 times faster, has long been the secret to firmer, smoother, more youthful-looking skin that defies aging. Packed inside this holiday-inspired box are two skincare must-haves: Crystal Retinal 6, which helps to smooth, brighten, and firm the skin overnight, and Advanced Night Ceramide, for optimal skin comfort and nourishment.13. Dermalogica Cleanse and Glow Gift Set
Who doesn’t love a fabulous cleansing set? We know we do. That’s why this one is one of the best skincare gifts, and it is sure to make Dermalogica fans smile from ear to ear. Packed with all the necessities for the ultimate double cleanse glow, plus cute, reusable wristbands to prevent water from dripping down your arms, you’re bound to find a new cleansing favorite amongst the bunch.
14. Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Luminous Legends Kit
Dr. Dennis Gross's Skincare products have earned cult status for a good reason: they work! If plump, hydrated skin sits high on your holiday wish list, then you'll want to snatch up this limited-edition offering of the brand's bestsellers, including a pink FaceWare Pro LED mask, a full-size DermInfusions™ Fill + Repair Serum, four Vitamin C Lactic Biocellulose Brightening Treatment Masks, and five Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peels. Together, the LED mask and skincare routine leads to fewer fine lines and wrinkles, improved elasticity, and brighter, visibly firmer, healthier-looking skin.
15. Avène Skin Restore Bundle
If shopping for the perfect skincare gift set for someone special with sensitive skin leaves you empty-handed, add this skin-soothing bundle to your cart stat. Rich in skin-calming thermal spring water, C+ Restore to reinstate a healthy skin barrier, and copper and zinc sulfate to promote a healthy skin environment for optimal recovery, the cleanser, micellar water, spring water, and cream work to restore a damaged skin barrier while promoting optimal skin recovery.16. SENTÉ Pigment and Tone Corrector with FREE 15ml Dermal Repair Cream
Skin discoloration doesn’t have any place showing up this holiday season and beyond, so gift yourself two powerful products that will enhance your skin tone and reduce the appearance of dark spots. Free of hydroquinone, this duo relies on cysteamine HSA to target inflammation-induced hyperpigmentation. Whether you use it short or long-term, you’ll notice brighter skin with far less redness.17. Neocutis Exclusive Lifting Neck and Eye Duo
The eyes and neck are two areas that succumb to the signs of aging quickly, which is why this duo is one of the best skincare gifts of the season. The velvety-smooth formula glides over the skin while a blend of peptides, vitamin C, growth factors, and glycolic acid works hard to increase skin elasticity for a more sculpted, hydrated effect.18. Revision Skincare D.E.J Age-Defying Power Regimen
Before committing to full-size skincare products, give the trial-sized versions a test run to ensure they fit your skin and skincare routine. This set of age-defying products that address visible signs of aging is the perfect way to get acquainted with the Revision Skincare line and some of its best sellers, including the D·E·J Face and Night Cream, the D·E·J Eye Cream, and the D·E·J Daily Boosting Serum.19. Estée Lauder Nighttime Experts Skincare Set
This is the perfect skincare gift for those on your holiday gifting list who are on a quest to achieve healthier, wrinkle-free skin. Let these best-sellers do the heavy lifting to reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles and plump the skin while you get your beauty sleep so that come morning, skin looks perfectly hydrated, smoother, and more radiant.20. Natura Bissé Diamond Cocoon Sheer Holiday Set
Mature skin requires special TLC, which is just what these best-sellers offer. The perfect skincare regimen for mature skin that raves firmness, tightness, and smoothness, each of the Essential Shock products penetrates deep into the skin to hydrate, revitalize, and firm thanks to a bevy of potent anti-aging actives such as hyaluronic acid and collagen.21. Natura Bissé Essential Shock Holiday Set
Mature skin requires special TLC, which is just what these best-sellers offer. The perfect skincare regimen for mature skin that raves firmness, tightness, and smoothness, each of the Essential Shock products penetrates deep into the skin to hydrate, revitalize, and firm thanks to a bevy of potent anti-aging actives such as hyaluronic acid and collagen.22. BIOEFFECT EGF Firming Favourites Set
Aging skin doesn’t stand a chance against this power-packed skincare couple consisting of the EGF Serum and EGF Eye Serum to deliver visible results to the face and eye area. Packed with a high concentration of the unique BIOEFFECT Barley EGF, this couple helps to soften the look of fine lines and wrinkles while improving skin elasticity and hydration for all around more youthful looking skin.23. BIOEFFECT EGF Power Performance Set
When serious skincare sits high on the holiday wish list, give them this powerful age-defying skincare set for maximum results. Both the EGF Power Serum and EGF Power Cream were designed to support healthy skin barrier function and target the signs with plant-powered biotechnology of growth factors. The formulations also contain hyaluronic acid, the active ingredient NAG to help diminish hyperpigmentation, niacinamide, and barley beta-glucan for skin that looks, acts, and feels more radiant and youthful.24. Sunday Riley Wake up with Me Complete Brightening Morning Skincare Set
Fans of Sunday Riley will fall head over heels in love with this seven-step morning skincare routine, which is packed with peptides, vitamin C, lactic acid, and caffeine to exfoliate the skin, rejuvenate a dull complexion, reduce the look of puffiness and dark circles, and impair glowing, radiant skin.25. Sunday Riley Win Win Good Genes Lactic Acid Duo
Lactic acid is one of the most underrated skincare ingredients, but it does wonders to help clear up the skin and stimulate new collagen for fewer lines and wrinkles on the surface. This lactic acid-powered skincare duo features a full-size and travel-size of the beloved Good Genes serum so you can have soft, soothed, refreshed, and radiant skin at home and on the go.The Bottom Line
Skincare gift ideas are always a crowd-pleaser for special friends and family members. But they also make good gifts for treating yourself this holiday season. Although skincare gifts may be at the top of your shipping list this year, it’s essential to make good skincare habits a daily ritual and honor your skin all year. Elise Minton Tabin is an award-winning beauty journalist, editor, and beauty expert with more than 16 years of experience. She previously held the title of Executive Beauty Editor at NewBeauty magazine, where she reported on beauty, plastic surgery, anti-aging, health and wellness. She was also instrumental in the launch of the beauty supplement brand Hush & Hush. A self-professed beauty junkie and retinol and sunscreen pusher, Elise knows what’s new, what works and who’s the best to go for every procedure under the sun.
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