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GIFTS TO GIVE FOR SECRET SANTA: THE BEAUTY EDITION

 

Whether you’re buying a gift for Karen in finance (who you’ve spoken two words to since you started your job), your work bestie or you’re looking to spoil your nearest and dearest, here at Cult Beauty we’ve rounded up the best gifts to give for secret Santa – no matter the budget. 

SECRET SANTA GIFT IDEAS  

From make up marvels and hair care heroes to skin care saviours and fragrance favourites, we’ve got the perfect gifts to give for secret Santa no matter who’s name you draw… 

BEST SECRET SANTA GIFTS UNDER £30 

Featuring six of the brand’s standout strand saviours, Olaplex’s Mini Essentials Kit is the ultimate secret Santa gift for anyone craving better hair today, tomorrow, and years from now. Packed with Olaplex’s innovative formulas, these travel-sized and deluxe must-haves transform dry, damaged, and dull hair from pre-wash to styling. Soft, shiny, glass-like locks? Consider them signed, sealed, and delivered!

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Give the gift of an instantly glowing complexion this holiday season with VIEVE’s Glowbe Trotter Set. Packed with three travel-friendly makeup icons — the Skin Dew, Lip Dew, and Skin Nova — this coveted collection of lip and skin essentials is the perfect Secret Santa treat for anyone looking to level up their luminosity.

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Why not broaden your secret Santa’s fragrance wardrobe this season with MALIN + GOETZ’ Fragrance Discovery Kit. Offering specific and intense aromas, each of these 6ml vials unite everything from peppery notes and sharp citrus to warm woods, earthy florals and dark and dramatic leather, amber and spice. Allowing your giftee to try-before-they-buy, this is the perfect secret Santa gift for even the most perfume-shy giftee.

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If your Secret Santa prefers the sweet scents of summer over winter spice, Sol de Janeiro’s Spritz the Season is the ultimate treat. This set unites five iconic body mists that transport you from chilly British skies to the hot, seductive beaches of Copacabana. Wear them alone or mix and match for tropical breezes to warm summer nights it’s the perfect sunny escape in a gift!

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Dive into dew with Glow Recipe’s Watermelon Glow Dewy Skin Routine. Uniting four fruit-filled favourites to tone, hydrate, highlight and soothe, this Secret Santa gift is the ideal way to boost radiance, tackle dullness and even out your skin tone. Bursting with juicy watermelon extracts, niacinamide and gentle exfoliants, it delivers a glow so good it could light up a Christmas tree.

 

 

Amp up your Secret Santa game with Milk Makeup’s The Werks Set! What’s inside this glow-packed gift? First, the creamy Lip & Cheek in ‘Werk’ gives a perfectly blendable rosy flush. Next, shine bright with the ‘Lit’ highlighter, glide on the glossy Odyssey Lip Oil in ‘Werk Trip, and finish with a travel-size Hydro Grip Set + Refresh Spray. Fun, fresh, and ready to werkit’s the ultimate mini makeover kit in one limited-edition package! 

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Bring the glow this holiday season with Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked DEET Palette. Packed with six luxe powders that illuminate, sculpt, and set, this palette lets your Secret Santa experiment with radiant highlights, soft contour, and a lit-from-within finish. Perfect for glowing skin and festive-ready looks!

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‘Tis the season to… slumber! So why not treat your secret Santa to the ultimate wind down session with ELEMIS x SLIP Dreamy Skin Collection? A four-piece set dreamt up to upgrade your evening routine, this nighttime ritual not only cleanses away the day with ELEMIS’Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm andPro-Collagen Energising Marine Cleanser, but quench’s your skin’s thirst with ELEMIS’ Pro-Collagen Night Cream while ensuring some sweet shut eye with SLIP's special edition eye mask too.  

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The ultimate cosy companion, HigherDOSE's Infrared Sauna Blanket V3 not only keeps them warm during the colder climes, but also helps comfort and calm sore muscles too. Made from a blend of 35% bamboo and 65% combed long-staple organic cotton, the self care staple raises your body’s thermal energy while its far infrared rays prompt a deep sweat that encourages your system to dispel all unwanted toxins. Now they don’t need to leave the house when wanting a spa session!  

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Uniting skin care-grade technology with the understanding that healthy hair is essential for opulent styling, Oribe’s Gold Lust Collection is the answer to soft, smooth and shiny swishes. Filled with the collection’s bestsellers (we’re talking the Gold Lust Repair & Restore Shampoo, Conditioner and Nourishing Hair Oil), this lock-loving routine will ensure they provide mane character energy at every festive event – think office parties, NYF and everything in between.

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Powered by Epidermal Growth Factors, BIOEFFECT’s EGF Power Cream Routine Set is your secret weapon against fine lines and wrinkles. Exclusive to Cult Beauty, this Secret Santa-ready gift includes a full-sized EGF Power Cream plus luxurious samples of the bestselling EGF Serum, EGF Essence, and Micellar Cleansing Water — all tucked into a festive forest-green velvet pouch. Targeting lines, wrinkles, dark spots, and dehydration, this supercharged set is your express ticket to supple, radiant, and luminous skin.

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Take your Secret Santa game to the next level with Dr. Dennis Gross’ Skincare DRx SpectraLite EyeCare Max Pro Device! Hands-free and super easy to use, this at-home light therapy tool takes just three minutes a day to target the full 360° eye area. Regular use helps minimise fine lines and deep-set wrinkles, while reducing puffiness, dark circles and uneven skin tone — making tired eyes look refreshed and radiant in no time.

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GIFTS TO GIVE FOR SECRET SANTA FAQS 

What are Secret Santa rules?

For secret Santa members of your group – whether that be family, friends or co-workers – draw names at random to be their gift giver. Then typically, the secret Santa is given a wish list of gift ideas to choose from to give to their chosen giftee. After opening their present, the giftee has to guess which member of the group was their Secret Santa. 

What to get someone for Secret Santa last minute?

Getting a last-minute secret Santa gift needn’t be stressful. When it comes to these festive gifts anything goes. The most common gifts to give for secret Santa includes everything from scented candles and discovery fragrances to face masks and make up brushes. And if you’re really stuck on what to get, a gift card is always a great option.   

How to spice up Secret Santa?

There are many ways to make you secret Santa game more interesting. The most popular option? The Yankee Swap (otherwise known as Dirty Santa). Here each participant supplies a wrapped gift and places it in a centre location. The participants will then randomly draw a number and the person with the lowest number goes first in selecting which gift they want. They unwrap the gift for all to see. On subsequent turns, each person has the choice to either unwrap a new present or to steal another's. When a person's gift is stolen, that person can either choose another wrapped gift to open or can steal from another player. Each gift can only be stolen a specified number of times per game (two is common, which means the third holder of the gift keeps it). The game is over when everyone has a present. 

So, now you have all the best gifts to give for secret Santa it’s time to put you elf hat on and pick the perfect present for your lucky giftee. 

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Trifonia Asmar
Trifonia Asmar Writer and expert

Cult Beauty’s Senior SEO Copywriter, Trifonia started out in the industry when bold brows were just becoming a ‘thing’, and shares a passion for all things fashion and beauty. Currently embracing her curly girl journey (after endless years of straightening her strands), she is finally reverting to her natural ways! When Triffy isn’t busy testing out the latest curl-saving solutions, you’ll find her binging the latest reality TV show or on a long walk listening to her ever-evolving country music playlist.

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