The Ultimate Christmas Beauty and Wellness Gift Guide 2025
As the days grow shorter and Christmas gets closer we are all on the hunt for the perfect gifts for ourselves and our loved ones. Beauty and wellness products are a great gift to give. What better than a pressie that is indulgent or boosts and uplifts well-being? Here are some of our favourites. Deck the halls with these delightful picks!
Strong Woman Era: How to Embrace Your Strength and Elevate Your Life, By Sarah Hooton, £6.22
This book will boost a new phase of growth, fulfilment and success. A guide that enables you to harness your power through resistance training.
Filled with helpful tips, practical advice and energizing affirmations, this wellness and weightlifting companion will support it’s receiver on their journey to becoming their strongest self. It is published by Summersdale Publishers.
Smuuti Skin Watermelon Lip Mask, £7.90
What is better than an overnight lip mask that keeps them conditioned and softened – prepping them for daytime lip makeup? One that is 100% vegan! Smuuti Skin’s Watermelon scented lip mask is all the above. A perfect beauty gift for this Christmas!
Barley Designs “One step at a time” wall art print, £12
Katie Leach of Barley Designs a bright colourful minfdul prints company started creating her prints when her husband was very ill with cancer (he’s doing well now). At the time, she needed something to brighten her days and a reminder of hope to hang on the wall.
We love her “One step at a time’ wall art print. It not only adds interest to a space but it is a good mindful reminder that everyone could use!
Paused.com NAD+, £39
A new product is coming to Paused.com on 30th October and what more than an essential supplement from the award-winning premium supplement brand as a gift for a loved one this Christmas? We love the Paused.comn NAD+ supplement because as one ages our bodies produce less NAD.so adding a supplement to your routine is important. Paused.com’s NAD+ has a wealth of benefits including improving focus and energy,promoting muscle recovery and improving symptoms of age-related conditions. It is available exclusively at Holland & Barrett from 30th October.
Blissli Soft Haze Candle 220g, £22
We love Blissli! This brand is all about hand-poured home fragrances designed to bring calm, creativity, and joy to everyday spaces without any toxins.
Blissli’s Soft Haze candle is a jasmine, amber and vanilla soy candle that will uplift wellbeing this festive session. Aptly named this soft-focus blend is calm, dreamy, and gently grounding. A beautifully bottled scented home fragrance that grounds? Just what the doctor ordered in a busy and sometimes stressful world. A true luxury, this hand-poured 100% natural soy wax candle that is free from parabens, phthalates & synthetic dyes and that is vegan, cruelty-free & plastic-free is perfect for moments of stillness, creative dreaming and slow moments.
Give this candle to a loved one and give them the gift of bliss.
Prada Paradigme Eau De Parfum Spray 50ml, £85
Paradigme is the new signature masculine fragrance by Prada. This is set to be a hero fragrance and we absolutely love that this is a fragrance that transcends traditional preconceptions by asking – what if there’s another way? The man in your life will adore this fragrance in a bottle lacquered in an intense and alluring black to green graduation that at the heart has an iconic Bourbon Geranium reinvented with floral rosy facets. This is an avant-garde but sophisticated ambery woody signature that oscillates between enveloping warmth and exhilarating freshness. This is that extra special gift for that special man this festive season and it is available at The Perfume Shop.
The Gratitude Colouring Book: A Joyful Journey of Colour and Creativity (Paperback), £8.99
Summersdale Publishers have the perfect gift to help you or a loved one this Christmas to nourish their mind. Anyone who finds this under the Christmas Tree this year will benefit as the practice of Gratitude is a powerful tool and this colouring will help one grow a deep sense of gratitude as one colours beautiful illustrations and count one’s blessings. It has mindful mantras and daily affirmations, inspiring quotes and simple tips to help one bring gratitude into their life. At an accessible price of £8.99 what is there not to love?
Tina Turner Tina ‘Rio ’88’ Scented Candle, £44.99
There is nothing as fabulous as a luxury merchandise product. This one in question will delight your loved one this Christmas. The Tina Turner Rio 88 Candle takes its inspiration from Tina’s record-breaking 1988 performance in Rio de Janeiro. Perfect for her admirers and others alike the scent that it fills a room with transports you back to Tina Turner’s electrifying performance at Maracanã Stadium, Brazil in 1988.
This luxury limited-edition scented candle personifies her flamboyant, vivacious character, whilst capturing the warm spirit and exotic ambience of Rio.
Lino Cosmetics All-In-One Serum with SPF 50, $64
An all-in-one serum is always a good idea and this one by Lino Cosmetics with SPF 50 was just the named an Oprah Daily Sun O-Ward winner! This is luxury at an accessible price and combines SPF, Moisturizer, Vitamin C, Primer, and Anti-Aging Serums. We are obsessed! Need further reasons to snap this for yourself or a loved one this Christmas? There are lots – It makes for multitasking simplicity, is a mineral-first formula – 24% non-nano zinc oxide for serious sun protection, with no white cast and has the ingredients proven to work; vitamin C, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and green tea extract.
Me Time Therapies Soothing Night Oil 50ml, £22.99
If you are after a thoughtful wellness gift look no further. Me Time Therapies’s Soothing Night Oil is a natural essential oil blend that is an effective sleep aid, offering more than just aromatherapy—it includes an accompanying guided meditation to help readers unlock truly profound relaxation and achieve better night’s sleep. Give the gift of deep relaxation and better sleep with this luxurious, high-potency solution. It is also cruelty-free and vegan.
Chloé Atelier des Fleurs Cedrus Eau de Parfum 50ml, £115
The house of Chloé has played an indelible part in fashion history so far. Founded by Egyptian-Parisian Gaby Aghion in 1957, the label went on to produce the world’s first line of luxury ready-to-wear clothing. This Christmas what better than to give a stunning perfume from such an iconic luxury brand? Part of the Chloé Atelier des Fleurs collection, Cedrus is a stunning inimitable smoky, woody fragrance with notes of moss, sandalwood, cardamom that is much more than just a perfume, this is an unforgettable sensory experience. One encased in an elegant pleated bottle. This is the gift that will keep on giving far beyond Christmas day.
AlumierMD Vitamin Rich Smoother Serum 30ml, £84.50
There is nothing more exciting under the Christmas Tree than luxury skincare that is medical grade! AlumierMD is one such brand and at Story Magazine we are firm enthusiasts! One AlumierMD product that would transform every skincare experience is the Vitamin Rich Smoother Serum. Give your loved one the gift of unlocking best skin ever this priming serum enriched with a potent 15% Vitamin C + E blend for a smoother, radiant complexion. It primes skin for flawless makeup application whilst instantly smoothing the skin, diminishing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while shielding against the effects of free radicals.
Livava Home, The Blue Garden Fresh Mint & White Chocolate Candle 220mg, £18
If you are looking for a gift that makes for the perfect affordable luxury pressie, Available at Livava Home is The Blue Garden Fresh Mint & White Chocolate Candle is just what the doctor ordered! With a scent profile of cool fresh mint and sweet white chocolate, this luxury hand-poured candle is crafted with care from soy and rapeseed wax. Uplift a loved one with it’s uplifting but comforting fragrance.
Yves Saint Laurent LIBRE VANILLE COUTURE Eau De Parfum 100ml, £121
If you want a gift that will dazzle this festive season this is the one! LIBRE VANILLE COUTURE is the new limited-edition feminine perfume by Yves Saint Laurent. A golden delight, the decadently sensual reinterpretation of LIBRE, radiates gold inside and out! With this perfume all that glitters is certainly gold. The LIBRE bottle is transformed into a precious untamed jewel dressed inside and out with gold. Outside, its sharp, geometric silhouette, is enveloped in richly textured metallic gold, inspired by the Saint Laurent wardrobe and what a wardrobe that is to be inspired by!
And the fragrance itself? An ambery, gourmand twist on LIBRE’s renowned floral signature which is a pure rush of golden vanilla caviar, dripping in sensuality. With top notes of Mandarin Oil, Neroli Oil and Lavandin Heart Provence and at heart orange Flower Absolute, Jasmine Sambac Absolute, Diva Heart Lavender and Living Orange Flower Ourika it’s base notes are Patchouli Oil, Vanilla Caviar Accord (Vanilla Bourbon Absolute (P)) and Rum Absolute.
This perfume is a dream; ultra feminine, wonderfully sensual and boldly sophisticated. Ir is available at The Perfume Shop.