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Limited Edition Self-Care Gift Sets To Surprise Your Best Friends With

Fretting through last-minute shopping for your loved ones this festive season? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Limited Edition Self-Care Gift Sets To Surprise Your Best Friends With
Christmas Gift Guide. Photo: Unsplash

For The Practical, No-nonsense Friend: The Advocate, Aesop


In the age of Covid-19, it makes perfect sense to step up your hygiene game. One good way is by incorporating self-care into your routine through aromatherapy. Aesop’s The Advocate gift set comprises essential oil infused cleansers and lotions for the body and hands to ensure that you have peace of mind and stay germ-free.

Inside: Citrus Melange Body Cleanser, Resurrection Aromatique Hand Wash, Rind Concentrate Body Balm, Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm
Available at B2-90A, 2 Bayfront Avenue, The Shoppes at MBS.

For The Intelligent, Tasteful Friend: Basic Care Set A, Clé de Peau Beauté

Clé de Peau Beauté champions intelligence, education and innovation, so this skincare set is perfect for your friend who lives by those principles. Products were formulated using proprietary technology to boost what the brand calls Skin Intelligence, allowing your skin to filter out pollution and non-beneficial compounds while encouraging it to absorb nourishing ingredients. The luxurious formulas leave the skin looking and feeling its best around the clock.

Inside: Softening Cleansing Foam, Hydro-Softening Lotion, Protective Fortifying Emulsion, Intensive Fortifying Emulsion
Clé de Peau Beauté is available at #01-09, 333A Orchard Road, Mandarin Gallery. Whatsapp the brand concierge here for more details.

For The Super Mom On the Go: Repair + Renew Skincare Treat Set, Estee Lauder


Just because your friend lacks sleep due to her busy schedule doesn’t mean she has to look the part. Estée Lauder’s Repair + Renew Skincare Treat Set promises to pamper your super mum friend’s skin by nourishing it with the brand’s exclusive ANR technology to ensure that her hectic lifestyle does not jeopardise her youthful looks. If anything, spending an indulgent moment with a new beauty routine might just convince her to take a step back from work once in a while to indulge in self-care.

Inside: Micro Essence Skin Activating Treatment Lotion, Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex, Advanced Night Repair Intense Reset Concentrate, Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharged Complex Synchronized Recovery
Available at Estée Lauder counters and Sephora.

For The Nurturing Friend Who Gives The Best Life Advice: First Care Activating Serum Holiday Set, Sulwhasoo

That sweetheart on whom you can count for just about anything deserves a pampering skincare set that is as reliable as her wisdoms. Sulwhasoo’s First Care Activating Serum Holiday Set includes the brand’s best-selling First Care Activating Serum, which marries time-tested traditional Korean medicine with modern high-tech formulas – thus helping to bring a glow to her complexion.

Inside: First Care Activating Serum, Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Water EX, Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Emulsion EX, Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Serum
Available at #01-72/73, 15 Stamford Road, Capitol Singapore.

For The Quirky, Creative Friend: Booster Set, Two L(i)ps

We all have that friend who can either leave us tickled pink with her unusual sense of humour or help solve problems by thinking outside of the box. That friend deserves something interesting, like this set packed with formulas that are meant for vulva care, but also safe and effective enough to be used as skincare. This is said to result in skin that is bright, hydrated and blemish-free.

Inside: Diamond Gentle Vitamin C Serum, Pout Hyaluronic Acid Serum, Bumpps Sebum Control Serum
Available at #B03-37, 2 Orchard Turn, ION Orchard.

For The Fabulous Friend With An Eye For Detail: Cheonyuldan Ultimate Regenerative Overnight Mask Holiday Edition, History of WHOO

Your outrageous friend never fails to add colour and drama to your life, and she deserves nothing less that this magnificent set from History of WHOO. Emitting a gorgeous sheen, the formulas are infused with Korean botanical extracts that help to rejuvenate tired skin.

Inside: Cheonyuldan Ultimate Regenerative Overnight Mask, Balancer, Emulsion, Essence, Whoo Jewel Massage Roller
Available at #01-31, 10 Bayfront Avenue, The Shoppes at MBS. Visit here for more details.

For The Hi-Tech Junkie: All Is Bright, Skin Inc

The latest gadgets don’t seem to faze this friend, and she’s always the one you can count on when you experience any technical glitches in your life. Gift her with this collect of products created with high-quality ingredients and the latest technology. The highlight is the Optimizer Voyage Tri-Light ++, that shines LED beams to help with maintaining and improving the complexion.

Inside: Optimizer Voyage Tri-Light ++ (in limited edition teal), My Daily Dose Of Glow Serum, Pure Deepsea Hydrating Overnight Mask, Detox Serum Booster Shot

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