Beauty Sweep, Christmas Edition: 8 new launches and gifts for any beauty lover

Jurlique knows what a hassle Christmas shopping can be, so it’s making our seasonal errands more enjoyable by offering multiple gift sets and stocking fillers. The skincare brand’s Christmas collection 2022 places a spotlight on its signature Rose Hand Cream, accompanied by other popular products such as the Rose Love Balm and Rosewater Balancing Mist.

Give the gift of scent this season with Atelier Cologne’s winter collections. The perfumer is offering four limited edition sets plus an advent calendar, all neatly packaged in the brand’s signature blue and gold shades. Highlights include the Cèdre Atlas fragrance with its woody and citrus notes, locked in an exclusive edition bottle; and the Bois Montmartre candle with its vetiver and pine aromas, tucked into a winter-exclusive box.

In the spirit of the holiday season, Hourglass has released an Unlocked collection, comprising two special editions of its Ambient Lighting Edit Palette to create your perfect flush. Designed by London-based artist Katie Scott, the limited edition packaging celebrates the delicate grace of the butterfly and highlights the majestic and intelligent elephant. Five percent of the annual profits from the collection will be donated to the Nonhuman Rights Project, a US organisation working to secure fundamental rights for animals.

Award-winning beauty brand Augustinus Bader has launched three limited-edition holiday sets with its cult-favourite formulations. Specially presented in signature Bader-blue gift boxes, each curated set is “powered by TFC8”, the patented, cellular-renewing technology that powers the brand’s skin and hair care. T’is the season for total renewal!

Be pretty in pink this Christmas with Laura Mercier’s holiday collection. For a limited time only, the brand’s iconic products are repackaged in gilded ribbons and shades of raspberry and gold for optimal gifting. We’re eyeing the Translucent Loose Setting Powder & Puff, dressed up in a pink and gold bottle and available in Translucent, Honey, and Medium Deep.

Here’s something classy for the design lover in your life. Aesop’s 2022-23 gift collections, titled Poetry of Place, are shaped by the brand’s dedication to aesthetics and design. Four gift kits, each evoking the form of a particular Aesop store around the world, tell stories of local culture and neighbourly connection. Igneous is a Geranium Leaf body care duo inspired by Aesop Pitt Street, Sydney; Industrious is a triptych of hand care that echoes the warmth of Aesop Sounds Hannam in Seoul; Congruous comprises four hand and body care formulations with a design echoing Aesop Downtown LA; and Precipitous includes a trio of Parsley Seed Skin Care, mirroring a sense of quietude among clamour present at Aesop New Town Plaza in Hong Kong,

For the holiday season this year, Diptyque has reinvented the map of the heavens in a charming decorative setting. Wrapped in Diptyque’s emblematic script in gold and silver are three limited edition scents: Sapin (Pine Tree), which exhales woody notes blended with accents of mimosa; Neige (Snow), a silky harmony of heliotrope flowers and white musks; and Étincelles (Sparkles), reminiscent of the comforting fragrance of a wood fire with notes of coffee and cocoa. Other offers include the brand’s home fragrance diffuser and an extra large version of the Berries (Baies) candle.

Anyone like horoscopes here? Serge Lutens is shining the spotlight on marine life this Christmas with its new L’Orpheline fragrance, based on the horoscope sign of the fish, Pieces. With packaging inspired by sails, shining scales and iridescent dresses, the perfumer’s new seasonal collections are luxurious and poetic, and make for a perfect gift for the astrology lover in your life.