collaborative post | The festive season is an incredibly busy time of year. There’s always so much to do — running here and there to fetch and carry kids, meeting out-of-town friends who are in town for the holidays for a “quick” drink, and putting the finishing touches on the Christmas Day menu. There is also gifting to think about.
We have the perfect thing to keep you fresh and relaxed and take care of your gifting conundrum: a luxury beauty and skincare hamper! Curate one as a gift for a loved one or to give yourself a little self-care moment during the busiest time of year. Here’s how to put the perfect hamper together.
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Option One – Shop Bought
One way to take on the task of creating a luxury beauty and skincare hamper is to let the experts do the hard work for you. Fortunately, many high-end brands release skincare gift sets and personalized beauty hampers during this time of the year, so they are already made-up, you just have to choose the products you’d like inside. If you’re gifting yourself (which is always a good idea), you already know what you like.
If you’re creating a gift for a loved one, do some “digging” to find out which brands and products would best suit them and their needs. If you’re a last-minute person — like so many of us are — check the shipping options for the fastest possible delivery time.
Letting the experts help you out is also a good option if you are not yet a proper skincare and beauty aficionado. You’ll be able to learn from the pre-packed hampers and begin to understand the components of a hamper better for next time.
Option Two – Make Your Own
The second option when curating a luxury beauty and skincare hamper is to build the selection yourself — from start to finish. While this will be a more time-consuming option, it often pays off to put time and effort into your well-being or into the gifts you give over the festive season. Taking the time to put together a gift like this tells the recipient that you know them well and they mean a lot to you.
What You’ll Need
Here are the basics that we suggest when you’re creating a hamper for her:
- Hamper basket
- One bath product
- One body product
- One skincare product
- Two makeup products
Here are the basics we recommend when putting a hamper together for him:
- Hamper basket
- One bath or shower product
- Two body products
- One skincare product
- One skincare tool
If you don’t have a basket to hand, you can also use a drawstring pouch, or tote bag to hold these exciting products. For her, we recommend a basket or tote bag; for him, we recommend a wooden storage box or reusable drawstring bag.
What To Do If You’re Sending It In The Post
If you are shipping your gift instead of presenting it in person, we advise putting the whole basket or bag into a box rather than a soft bag; a box provides a solid external shell, which means no products will be squished or broken in transit. Also add lots of bubble wrap or packing peanuts just to ensure nothing is damaged on its way to the recipient.
Things To Know
There are a few things you need to find out before you purchase any of the products you’ll be including in the hamper:
- Does the recipient have any allergies?
- Does the recipient have any specific skin conditions or concerns?
- What skin type does the recipient have (face and body)?
- What are the recipients’ preferred scents and favored brands?
- Does the recipient have any specific skincare or beauty needs; for instance, have you heard them lamenting their inability to find the perfect mascara?
By asking yourself these questions and finding all the answers before you purchase, you will know that whoever you’re gifting (if you’re not creating the hamper for your use) will appreciate and be able to use every item in their hamper.
Some Excellent Options
These are our top choices for all the basics we recommend you include in the hampers for both him and her:
- Bath or Shower Products: Milk Body Cleanser or Sugar Lemon Body Wash, both by Fresh.
- Body Products: Maison Margiela Replica Jazz Club eau de toilette for him, St. Tropez Self Tan Berry Sorbet Bronzing Mousse for her.
- Face Care Products: Horace Lemon & Mint Beard Oil for him, Kat Burki KB5 Eye Recovery Masks for her.
- Makeup Products: Merit Beauty Solo Shadows, Rare Beauty Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter
- Skincare Tools: Foreo Luna 3 Facial Cleansing Brush for Men, BeautyBio GloFacial Hydro-Infusion Pore Cleansing, and Blue LED Clarifying Tool.
Adding any of these options to your carefully curated skin and beauty hamper says, “I know what I’m doing, and I want you to have the best of the best.” These products are award winners and ones that deliver the results they promise.
