Gift Guide: 36 of the Best Skincare Gift Sets for Every Skin Type and Budget

As a beauty editor, I’ve tested and evaluated the skincare products in this year’s gift sets from a range of brands. These are my top picks:

Best Vaults

• Glow Recipe The Glow Library
• Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Daily Peel Vault
• Sunday Riley Ultimate Vault Collection
• Drunk Elephant Trunk 8.0
• Tatcha The Luxury Kiri Collection

Best Advent Calendars

• Dr. Barbara Sturm Advent Calendar
• Augustinus Bader The 12 Days of Bader
• Paula’s Choice 7 Days of Glow Advent Calendar
• Kiehl’s 12 Mini Advent-Ures Gift Set
• L’Occitane 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar

Best Clinical Skincare

• Shani Darden Retinol Reform Duo
• Medik8 Nighttime Renew Age-Defying Face & Eyes Collection
• The Ordinary The Power of Peptides Set
• Peter Thomas Roth Eyes In the Sky

Best Clean Beauty

• Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Icons
• Tower 28 SOS Bestsellers Kit
• Biossance Moisture Miracles
• TULA Skincare Frosted with Freshness Eye Balm Trio
• First Aid Beauty Bundle Up + Hydrate
• Three Ships Mega Watt Eyes: Brightening Kit
• OSEA Super Serums Set
• Herbivore Skin in the Clouds Set
• Summer Fridays The Signature Travel Skincare Set
• Follain Back to Basics

Best K-Beauty

• Peach & Lily Glass Skin Brilliance Kit
• Peach Slices Balanced & Bright Kit

Best Luxury

• Augustinus Bader The Revitalizing Essentials
• Dr. Barbara Sturm Townhouse
• 111Skin Jetsetter Wallet

Best Budget

• The Inkey List The Hydration Edit
• Good Molecules The Super Serums
• The Ordinary The Mini Discovery Set

Best Skincare Tools

• NuFace MINI+ Starter Kit
• BeautyBio Pro Hydration Facial Set
• Shani Darden Shani’s Signature Facial Kit
• Dr. Dennis Gross Luminous Legends

For more details on each gift set, read on.

Glow Recipe fans, this one’s for you. The Glow Library is a collection of eight full-sized products for glowing and hydrated skin. There’s a cleanser, two toners, moisturizer and eye cream, plus three serums to address every skin concern. You save over $100 in this set compared to buying them individually!

The Alpha Beta Daily Peel Vault is your chance to stock up on the ever-popular peel pads created by Dr. Dennis Gross. You get a 35-day supply of the original daily pads, and a 60-day supply of the extra-strength version (which is a more intensive treatment for pigmentation, fine lines and uneven texture). 

The Ultimate Vault Collection is the ultimate treat for Sunday Riley fans. It’s filled with 11 products, seven of which are full-sized. There’s everything from the popular retinoid, vitamin C and lactic acid treatments to moisturizers, cleanser and eye cream.

The Trunk 8.0 is the eighth edition of Drunk Elephant’s annual trunks (which have been sought after since way back in 2017!). This time, you get 10 full-sized products packed inside the brand’s own carry-on suitcase. There’s a cleanser, moisturizer, face oil, exfoliating mask, and six serums (including one for the eyes, and two tinted ones).

Tatcha products are always beautifully packaged, and The Luxury Kiri Collection is no exception. It comes in a keepsake wooden box made from kiri wood (a high-quality wood used in Japan), along with a Furoshiki cloth for gift-wrapping. You get seven full-sized products, including the brand’s famous rice-based exfoliator, essence, cleansing oil, and an array of hydrators.

The Dr. Barbara Sturm Advent Calendar is a selection of Dr. Sturm’s most popular products and latest innovations (and it’s the best way to test-drive this ultra-expensive line at a fraction of the cost!). There are 24 products in all to discover, including a full-sized Hyaluronic Serum and Calming Serum.

For the first time, Augustinus Bader is releasing an advent calendar: The 12 Days of Bader. You get 12 products to try from this luxe, celebrity-loved brand, including a full-sized moisturizer, lip balm and tinted lip balm (in deep pink). Other items include the gel cleanser, essence, serums, moisturizer, face oil, eye cream, eye patches and body lotion.

Paula’s Choice curated seven of its bestselling products for the 7 Days of Glow Advent Calendar. The routine starts with a full-sized foaming cleanser and full-sized BHA exfoliant. You also get a mini AHA exfoliant, azelaic acid treatment, peptide serum, moisturizer and sunscreen.

Behind each door of the 12 Mini Advent-Ures Gift Set, there’s a skincare treat from Kiehl’s. Four are full-sized, including the brand’s beloved avocado eye cream, lip balm, toner and moisturizer. The other eight include a cleanser, serums, anti-aging face and eye cream, face mask, body lotion and hand cream.

All of L’Occitane’s most iconic formulas are included in its 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar, with 24 mini presents to discover. There are 16 for the body—including hand creams, body cleansers and body lotions—along with products for the face and hair, too.