As we approach the end of the year, our fave beauty brands are starting to drop their much-anticipated festive makeup, skincare, and fragrance launches. We’ve been waiting all year for these holiday beauty launches.
Here are the absolute must-have holiday beauty buys (that we’ve been legit waiting for all year long). These beauties are way too special to pass up.
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Hourglass Cosmetics
Hourglass is known for it’s cruelty-free luxurious cosmetics encased in beautiful packaging. It’s no surprise they comepletely wowwed the beauty community with their holiday collection this year. We’re literally obsessed with the Hourglass Ambient Light Editing palette (Dhs391, Sephora). It contains three best-selling and three new shades of highlighting, bronzing, and blush powder to give you a beautifully lit complexion whereever you go. We love to mix the two blushes using the deeper shade on the apples of our cheeks and gently sweeping the lighter one up to our temples.
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Charlotte Tilbury
It may seem like everyday is a holiday to Charlotte Tilbury, but she really does pull out all the (glam) stops when festive season arrives. This year is no exception and we are drooling over all her limited edition makeup and skincare sets. The one we have to have? It’s Charlotte Tilbury’s Beauty Dreams & Secrets (Dhs750, Charlotte Tilbury). Containing some of our fave products like her Goddess Skin Clay Mask, Beauty Light Wand in Spotlight, Legendary Lashes mascara, and Matte Revolution in Pillow Talk Medium, this treasure trove of makeup and skincare products is at the top of our beauty wish list.
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Net-A-Porter
Every year, we not-so-patiently wait for Net-A-Porter’s advent calendar. It oozes pure luxury and features both mainstream and boutique brands. This year’s Net-A-Porter 25 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar (Dhs1280, Net-A-Porter.com) is filled with both full-size and mini products from our favourite brands, including Sunday RIley, Victoria Beckham Beauty, Mauli Rituals, and Tata Harper. Who wouldn’t want 25 days of opening these little beauty surprises?
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Kiko Milano
Kiko Milano is doing the most this holiday season to serve us some serious glam. The Kiko Milano Holiday Fable Enchanting Lipstick collection (Dhs55 each, Kiko Milano) features four super sparkly metallic lipsticks. With so much shimmer and shine thanks to its pearls and metallic reflects, you’ll look like a Christmas present this season at all your festive parties. We love the way these lipsticks make our lips feel so soft while delivering some serious colour and shine. The wavy look of the lipstick itself makes for some seriously gorgeous pics for the ‘gram.
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Sephora Collection
If you feel like you’re not quite in the holiday spirit (yet), take a look at the Sephora Collection’s festive offerings. Before you know it, you’ll be stirring a cup of hot cocoa with a candy cane, watching Elf, and not-so-patiently waiting for all your holiday makeup and skincare goodies to arrive. We have *major* holiday heart eyes for the Sephora Collection Merry & Bright Palette (Dhs110, Sephora). This intensely pigmented 16-eyeshadow palette is not only the perfect gift for your friend (and yourself) but it’s also environmentally friendly. We’re so excited to create some gorg holiday lewks with this beautiful matte and shimmery palette.
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Fenty Beauty
Fenty Beauty’s Diamond Bomb All-Over Diamond Veil, (Dhs190, Sephora) is a limited edition and sparkly face and body palette in 3 universal tones inspired by Fenty’s Beauty’s iconic Gloss Bomb shades. With hues of rose nudes, dusty pinks, and rich browns, this palette is ideal for show-stopping glam. Made for all skin tones and featuring 3D shimmer finish, this jelly-like powder melts into skin and leave you glowin’ for all your festive parties.
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Youthforia
Youthforia’s 4 For U holiday bundle (Dhs292, Youthforia.com) contains their TikTok viral BYO blush that self-adjusts based on your body’s own chemistry to showcase your perfect flush. The kit also contains dewy lipglosses in shades Coral Fixation, 3AM, and Play With Fire as well as two magnetic pans to stack your products. This set is perfect for anyone too tired AH to take off their makeup at night.
The makeup is formulated to act like skincare and it’s *actually* good to sleep in. #genius
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Huda Beauty
Huda Beauty’s rose quartz themed House of Huda 12-Door Advent Calendar (Dhs719, Hudabeauty.com) contains the best of Huda Beauty and Wishful skincare. Featuring 12 fan-favourite makeup and skincare products, this calendar contains a Huda Beauty Obsessions eyeshadow palette, Mini Power Bullet Matte Lipstick in Interview, Wishful Yo Glow Gingerbread Latte Enzyme Scrub, and so much more.
Between the chic packaging, bomb makeup, and moisturising skincare products, we’ll be buying one of these advent calendars for ourselves *and* our bestie.
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YSL Beauty
Yes, please. Just yes, yes, yes. The YSL Beauty Advent Calendar (Dhs1105, Yslbeauty.ae) is a sumptuously luxurious blend of the best of YSL’s makeup, skincare, nail polish and fragrance products. Including the new Libre fragrance in addition to their other popular scents, a selection of Rogue Pur Couture Lipstick shades, and anti-aging skincare, this beauty calendar is at the top of our wish list.
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Slip
Sleep like the queen you are with Slip’s Celestial Nights crystal embellished mulberry silk eye mask and hair tie set (Dhs322, Net-a-porter.com). These luxurious and dreamy amber-hued silk sleep accessories are made of 100% mulberry silk. While you slumber, the Slip hair tie reduces friction and prevents hair from breaking.
The silk mask is gentle on your skin and blocks out unwanted light for the sweetest of dreams.