22 Luxury Beauty and Wellness Gifts for Your Pickiest Self-Care Obsessed Friends

From a beauty director with zero chill.

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If there was ever a time to surprise and delight your loved ones with a few luxury beauty gifts, the 2025 holidays are definitely it. What a year! Between the election, Brat summer, the Olympics, and keeping everything demure, I'm confident no one needs reminding of how tumultuous the past 12 months have been. It's why I'd much rather reveal all the luxe self-care presents I'm scooping up just in time for holiday shipping deadlines (I'm the world's worst gift procrastinator).

Taking care of your body and mind is imperative no matter what season it is, but the stress of travel, wrapping up work projects, and desperately trying to fit in all those holiday parties (with the accompanying food and booze) can leave you feeling particularly lackluster. That's why your friends and family not only deserve an opulent beauty and wellness moment—they need it to make it to the new year in one gorgeous piece.

Allow me to take one more thing off your December to-do list by sharing the 22 luxury beauty gifts I'm giving this holiday season. No judgement if you decide to order a few for yourself as well.

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Hannah Baxter
Beauty Director

Hannah Baxter is the Beauty Director at Marie Claire. She has previously held roles at The Zoe Report, Coveteur, and Bust Magazine, covering beauty, wellness, fashion, and lifestyle. Her writing has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Allure, The Cut, Elle, InStyle, Glamour, Air Mail, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Byrdie, Nylon and more. She is also the founder of Anxiety Beer, a bi-monthly newsletter about the intersection of culture and mental health. In her spare time you can catch her reading too many overdue library books, thrifting, or hanging with her hairless cat, Norman. You can find her on Instagram and TikTok @hannahbaxward.