27 Gifts to Give Your Beauty BFF, From Face Masks to Fragrance (2024)

There are few things better than spoiling a best friend with the best of beauty. Whether it be treating yourselves to matching limited edition lip balms, stocking up on face masks for DIY spa night, or simply spoiling your best friend with their favorite products, the options are endless. The holiday season is notorious for the best sets and seasonal offerings, but this year's list takes the cake. We searched the internet high and low to find everything from the best fragrance sets to makeup must-haves. Whether you're looking for a deal or ready to splurge, scroll on for the 27 best gifts to give your best friends this holiday season. Fair warning, you might want to save a few for yourself.

Summer Fridays The Mini Neutrals Lip Butter Balm

Everyone can appreciate the gift of a chic lip product—especially in an adorable mini size. Lip balms are kept everywhere and anywhere—on the nightstand, in every purse, and at the office. This four-pack features one of the highly coveted Summer Fridays formulas in some of the most popular shades.

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette

While the cute gift sets and mini bundles spark joy when you open a gift, limited edition packaging is the gift that keeps on giving well after the holiday season. Want proof? Just look at this year's Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette. The six-pan palette is universally flattering and ridiculously high quality. But this is the only time you can snag the gorgeous floral casing that was created in collaboration with London-based artist Katie Scott.

Glow Recipe Dewy Skin Dazzlers Kit

With a trio of glow-boosting favorites, this set is all you need to create a perfect base for makeup on the go. It even comes with both a tinted and un-tinted version of the Niacinamide Dew Drops for whichever suits your (or your bestie's) look.

Diptyque Holiday Candle Set

Is there a better gift than a fancy candle? Three limited-edition fancy candles. Each year, Diptyque unveils its holiday scents in especially festive packaging. The best part about these candles is after you burn them, the empty glass serves as a perfect catch-all. Trust us when we say there isn't one person on your gift list (best friends included) who wouldn't love to receive this gift set.

Merit Mini Flush Balm Blush Trio Set

Merit's blush formula is lightweight and flexible, making it the perfect choice for everyday use. Plus, the tiny packaging is perfect for on-the-go touchups. This set comes with two standard shades—Mood, a soft burgundy, and Stockholm, a baby pink—along with a new, limited edition pinky-brown shade called Bespoke. Gift all three to your bestie or save one for yourself!

L'Occitane Almond Softening & Moisturizing Holiday Trio

Perfect for your BFF who loves their everything shower time, this chic L'Occitane almond-scented set comes with Shower Oil, Supple Skin Oil, and Milk Concentrate. It's the ultimate gift for some well-deserved me time—or bestie time.

Dior Volume & Glow Holiday Makeup Gift Set

When it comes to designer beauty sets, we always look for one that comes with a cute makeup bag or clutch—it's a designer bag and makeup for the price of one! This set from Dior comes with three of the brand's bestsellers, plus an ultra-cute makeup pouch.

Sephora Favorites Precious Pouts Lip Set

Four full-size, four minis, and a deluxe-size lip product, plus a generously sized cosmetics bag, all for less than it'd cost to buy three of the full-size products separately. That's the joy of the Sephora Favorites bundles. Split it among your besties or keep it for yourself (we won't tell). It's a no-brainer.

Slip Silk Skinny Scrunchy Ornament Gift Set

Yes, you might be thinking to yourself that hair ties are more of a practical gift. But these hair ties are different. They're chic, good for your hair, and cute—and who can't use some extra ponytails?

Nécessaire The Body Wash Discovery Set

Beauty lover or not, these Nécessaire body washes are an absolute luxury and a joy to have in the shower. This mini set is perfect for elevating a vacation shower or figuring out your perfect scent.

Fara Homidi Essential Holiday Lip Set

Fara Homidi might be an if-you-know-you-know beauty brand right now, but we are willing to bet it won't be long before you see her everywhere. Keep your BFF in the know and get to know the next big thing with the brand's essential lip compact and the smudge and contour lip pencil.

Danessa Myricks Beauty Lightwork VI The Freedom Palette

If your BFF is a makeup lover, this palette is the perfect gift. It features 18 mesmerizing illuminating pigments that work on the eyes, lips, and cheeks. Plus, all three sections of the palette are magnetic and stackable, making it the ultimate shapeshifter.

OSEA Malibu Undaria Body Bestsellers Gift Set

Want to be the ultimate best friend? Introduce your bestie to the luxurious world of OSEA's elevated body care staples. Slathering on this lotion and oil is the perfect combo for ultra-soft skin. It's also perfect for those extra-cold winter nights.

Dr. Jart+ 10-Mask Mega Mix Gift Set

Spa night is every night with this mega-kit of Dr. Jart+ sheet masks. It's perfect for your skincare-obsessed friend—or split them amongst all your besties for an epic group masking session.

Gisou Honey Gloss Hydration Heroes Hair Set

This coveted collection of Gisou's bestsellers is the perfect gift for your coquette-loving BFF. From the pink packaging to the dreamy honey scent, these products elevate your vanity as much as they do your hair routine. The set includes full sizes of the lip oil and hair perfume, plus generously sized minis of the hair oil and mask.

Saie The Glossybounce Lip Gloss Oil Vault

We get it, nine shades of the same lip gloss might seem a bit much, but this formula is that good. And if nine lip glosses feels like a lot for one person, just split them up among your crew. Everyone wins!

Glossier Glossier You Eau de Parfum Set

When we love a fragrance, we want it with us at all times—at home, at the office, or on the go. And if there was any fragrance that caught our attention this year, it was the viral Glossier You. That's what's so great about this duo, which features a full-size bottle and travel spray of the iconic second-skin scent.

Makeup by Mario Master Mattes Eye Shadow Palette: The Original

If you scroll on #BeautyTok, you'll quickly realize just how popular Makeup by Mario has become as a brand. While there are new launches every year that seem to be even better than the last, this is the definitive eyeshadow palette. In other words, it's the ultimate gift for any makeup wearer, whether they're a pro or just beginning their journey.

Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Icons On the Go Set

There's a reason Pillow Talk is so popular: It's that good. This set is perfect for your luxe-loving bestie who's a sucker for a classic. It includes everything you'll need for that signature Tilbury glow, featuring one lipstick, lip liner, highlighter wand, and cream eyeshadow.

Byredo Les Mains Suede Hand Wash & Hand Lotion Gift Set

For your best friend who loves to elevate everything in their home, we present this fancy set of hand soap and lotion. These Byrdeo formulas are famous for their luxurious lather and sophisticated scents. In other words, we wouldn't be surprised if this was secretly already on their wish list!

Topicals Faded Under Eye Brightening & Clearing Masks

Everyone needs a good set of eye masks, and these are among the best. They're not gooey or slimy like most eye masks—they stick to the under eye for the ultimate de-puffing and brightening effect. Plus, the pink packaging makes for a cute selfie after application.

Hotel Lobby Candle Votive Candle Collection

Hotel Lobby Candle makes some of the best-smelling candles with scents that actually last for hours (seriously, you can smell them even when they're unlit). This mini votive set features four of their best-selling scents plus one mystery scent, which is rumored to be a sneak peek of their next drop. The perfect gift for your candle snob bestie.

Chanel Le Lift La Crème Main

If you are searching for one beauty gift that, while maybe smaller in size, is an immediate crowd-pleaser, look no further than the Chanel Le Lift cream. We'd call it the chicest hand cream money can be. Need we say more?

Pat McGrath Labs Luminous Legends: Mega Eye Shadow Palette

It isn't the holiday season without a Pat McGrath Palette. The formulas are unmatched in pigment, wear time, and bendability. With matte, shimmer, and metallic finishes, this is the perfect gift for any makeup lover.

U Beauty The Plasma Set

If you ask us, sometimes the best gifts are restocking your friends on their favorite luxury beauty items. U Beauty's Plasma Lip Compounds come at a hefty $68 per tube. But for just $10 more, you can get a full size plus two minis. Your lip balm-loving BFF will thank you!

Maison Margiela Advent Calendar

Advent calendars can be tricky. Sometimes, the samples end up being so mini that it can feel almost not worth it. We want great products, and with two mini candles, two adorable mini fragrances, a set of mini shower gel and lotion, and a deluxe sample-sized perfume, this one from Maison Margiela delivers. This gift is perfect for the friend obsessed with smelling good.

Crown Affair The Style To-Go Set

Crown Affair knew what they were doing with this epic holiday set. The Leave-In Conditioner, Finishing Gel, and Texturizing Air Dry Mousse are already staples in many consumers' routines, and that chic mini brush is just the cherry on top of an epic gift set.

Ami Colé Flush Hour Cream Blush & Lip Oil Set

You've probably heard of Ami Colé's award-winning skin tint or lip oil. But in case your best friend needs a proper introduction, the brand made this set complete with two full-size products. It is the perfect way to gift some of the industry's most sought-after formulas.