Christmas is my favourite time of year, and nothing gives me greater pleasure than finding friends and family their perfect present match.
In fact, I love it all — the list-making, the research, the wrapping and, of course, the opening. After much consideration, digging and delving around in the hallowed beauty cupboards at work and at home, these are a few of my favorite beauty and wellness gifts this time around. I hope you love them as much as I do.
Fountain of aesthetics and skincare knowledge Dr. Sophie Shotter cites the brand new NOOANCE Paris ELITE X600 Mask as “fabulous” - and if it's good enough for Sophie… (£599, nuance-paris.com)
Hair clips from London brand Tort Ware make the very best gifts. Amen. (From £11, tortware.com)
Elite bathing is my specialist subject, and right now I’m bobbing around amidst Wildsmith Mistletoe Bath Salts, (£56, wildsmithskin.com) and Sharmadien Read’s new 39-BC Fig Milk Oil Body Cleanser, (£39, 39-bc.com). I’ll take the Hermes Three Soaps Gift Set too, please. (£90, Hermes.com)
There are few things chicer, more useful and kinder to hair than a handmade Bonne Brosse Hairbrush, (£142, labonnebrosse.com)
This cute Moon Pill Box makes swallowing an unfathomable number of oversized supplements daily far more fun. (£65, etsy.com)
Fire up Cire Trudon’s iconic Fir Candle for fabulous forest-y vibes chez vous. You’ll get bonus points for gifting a three- or five-wick baby. I’ve been good, I promise. (from £105, libertylondon.com)
Possibly the perfect stocking filler: this makeup bag is en pointe. (£7, amazon.co.uk)
Perfumer H is the nom de fume of iconic British perfumer Lyn Harris. Swing by her Chiltern or Clifford Street stores to find the coolest smells for you or pals - Ink and Rain Cloud are my picks (From £140 for 50ml each)
A seamless meeting of style and function, LOOP X Swarovski’s bejewelled crystal ear plugs are very firmly on my Father Christmas list. (£119, www.swarovski.com)
Give the gift of good, beautifully healthy hair with Dyson’s clever, quietly brilliant and unnervingly efficient Supersonic Nural™ hair dryer. (£400, dyson.co.uk)
Hourglass’s Ambient Lighting Palettes deliver the soft-focus, ethereal skin achieved otherwise only from sitting in the low lit library or drawing room of your rich friend’s country pad, whiskey cocktail in hand at 11pm. (£92, hourglasscosmetics.co.uk)
Dissatisfied with merely smelling expensive, I intend to look and feel it too this festive season - Luckily Chanel N.5 shimmering White Gold Body Oil delivers on all counts. (£105, chanel.com)
Currentbody’s Infrared Sauna Blanket, works tirelessly to ease stress, lift your mood and guarantee better sleep - ticking three of my wishes for 2026 (£549.99, currentbody.co.uk)
