Christmas Beauty Gift Guide 2024
It is mid October and Christmas time, that very special time of the years is drawing upon us.
If you are looking for gift inspiration, here at Story Magazine we have been on a mission to bring you the best in gift ideas. As you know we compiled our annual best Christmas gift guide 2024 here and today we bring you another wonderful festive gift curation. One filled we awe that will bring you and your loved ones wonder and delight.
This roundup will highlight the dreamiest in beauty, skincare and home fragrance product for your gift-buying consideration this Christmas. These are the most luxurious experiences in beauty, skincare and home fragrance.
It is our hope that each item will inspire the most wonderful of Christmas experiences this year.
Welcome to our luxury Christmas beauty gift list this year. We hope you have the most aspirational festive season.
1. Zakiya Roman Candle, £55
We just discovered Zakiya, a premium brand that aims to bring Fine Fragrance into your home. We are delighted by this brand and confidently say you will be too. Zacharoula Lamprianidou’s brand, the senior fragrance evaluator for Molton Brown has dedicated Zakiya’s brand ethos on quality, sustainability, and inclusivity, offering a cruelty-free and ethically conscious choice for consumers. The brand celebrates beauty in individuality with each candle as inspired by mythical characters and rituals of the past, reminding us that uniqueness is a source of beauty.
What else do we love about Zakiya? These are candles that not only have premium and performing character but also have place of pride as part of any home decor, however luxurious. Aesthetically these candles look like high design meets the beauty of art.
We recommend their ‘Roman Bath’ candle which contains lavender, chamomile and basil and a middle note of jasmine. Fill the home interiors of someone you love (or yours) this festive season with this relaxing and revitalizing fine fragranced candle.
Shop it here.
2. SkinCycles Lasting Lips Advanced Lipid Replenishing Lip Balm, £45
We have the pleasure to introduce you to SkinCycles, a cosmeceutical range that bridges the gap between advanced dermatology treatments and effective at-home skincare founded by Alice Henshaw, of Harley Street Injectables.
What is extra special about SkinCycles? It is the meeting place of the ease of the ‘at-home skincare’ experience meets the efficacy of medical-grade level skincare meets the best in luxury experience.
We recommend their Lasting Lips Advanced Lipid Replenishing Lip Balm. This is the luxury experience with efficacy that your favourite beauty connoisseur deserves this Christmas. SkinCycles Lasting Lips has been formulated to fortify and nurture the delicate skin of the lips. Delivering profound hydration, repair and refined finish, this anti-aging lip balm smooth wrinkles and hydrates the lip mucosa.
SkinCycles is incredibly special. Any of their products would make a treasured gift.
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3. Legology CELLU-LITE Anti-Cellulite Oil, £62.50
We invite you to transform your legs with the incredible leg care brand, Legology. At Story Magazine this brand is in our top 10 beauty brands. We can assure that this is not just another beauty brand.
Their mission is to make fine products that have lasting impact on leg shape and cellulite. Legology is second to none. The pairing of product efficacy and high-end experience makes for wonderful products. You might have heard of their Air-Lite shaping leg cream which has become the trusted staple for those who want to feel great from their feet up.
Our current Legology object of affection? The aspirational Legology CELLU-LITE Anti-Cellulite Oil. This is the golden grail of anti-cellulite oils. It is expertly formulated anti-cellulite treatment with active aromatherapy oils that aim to target cellulite with superb drainage abilities, targets and smooths affected areas directly.
This is truly the gift for that special someone or perhaps even for yourself.
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4. Spritz Wellness Joy Essential Oil Aromatherapy Candle, £28
Despite us only recently discovering Spritz Wellness we have become firm enthusiasts. Founded by Laura Colucci in West Sussex, the 100% natural brand ethos embodies a balanced lifestyle of wellness, natural living, nature and living with purpose.
Are you looking for a luxurious well-being gift idea? We have just the thing! Spritz Wellness’s Joy Candle. This is an all natural soy candle made with essential oils hand-poured in the UK with a 100% natural fragrance.
This candle will usher you or your loved one into an inspired home fragrance experience with its grounding and festive cinnamon and orange scents.
Why this candle is worth making your gift lists this year? It will fill rooms with a natural fragrance whilst adding the benefits of aromatherapy to a holiday season experience. Another bonus? Spritz Wellness has a strong affinity to the sea and are dedicated to keeping it clean. A portion of proceeds from products sold are donated to Surfers Against Sewage.
Shop it here.
5. Pelegrims Tomato Fig and Black Pepper Reed Diffuser, £65
Now for your consideration is the incredible Pelegrims, a skincare range using grape extracts (including Pinot Noir) from Westwell vineyard in Kent as their star ingredients. The polyphenols in the seeds, skins and stems contain amazing anti-oxidant properties. Although wine-based skincare is well established, Pelegrims is doing it like no one else. Founded in 2021 in England’s Kent, it is the brainchild of natural formulator Alex Verier formerly director of Haeckels and backed by Sommelier trained Jerome Moisan. Pelegrims are different in that they are using a single vineyard, single vintage range with a small batch craftmanship approach that boasts a 20 miles from vineyard to lab supply chain.
We love this ‘vineyard to skin’ skincare brand that is the perfect intersection of authenticity and science which is inspired by pre-industrial and regenerative principles.
We are enamoured with their Tomato, Fig and Black Pepper Reed Diffuser. This is an extraordinary product with thoughtful high-design that delivers a luxurious extraordinary experience. Inspired by exploring the glorious English countryside through sun drenched days. Here refreshing Tomato vines, luscious green leaves and Fig fruit is aspirationally balanced with the alluring spice of Black Pepper.
Pelegrims is revolutionary and this is truly the gift to end all gifts. Give them the gift of wonder this festive season with Pelegrims. This reed diffuser comes in a luxurious black gift box, making gift wrapping optional.
Shop it here.