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Gift sets and kits (you'll want to keep for yourself)
We all have our go-to brands when it comes to our makeup staples. If you’re keen to get to know a particular range or are already loyal to one particular brand – it’s easier to buy in bulk, right? – then you’re in the right place. A makeup gift set can roundup some of our favourite beauty products, as well as few fun extras you might want to try. They also make great presents (if you can bear to part with them)…
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The Weekend Away Set, £79.99, codeeight.com
Best For:Â Packing essentials
London-born luxury beauty brand Code8 has rounded up all of the makeup essentials you’ll need for a trip away (saving you 20 percent on each product in the set), with products you can personalise to your preferred shades.
CONTAINS: Radiate Beauty Balm (choose between 11 shades), Seamless Cover Concealer (choose between six shades), 5Secs Express Lip & Cheek Tint (choose between two shades)
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Fenty Face Build Your Own Bundle, £111, fentybeauty.com
Best For:Â Customisable products
Let’s face it: sometimes you’ll buy a gift set, but you only really like a couple of the products in there (the rest are delegated to friends or dumped in the bin). Fenty’s four-step makeup kit lets you customise almost every piece, meaning you’ll come away with products you actually want to use.
CONTAINS:Â Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation (59 choices), Match Stix Contour Skinstick (seven choices), Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter (seven choices), Invisimatte Instant Setting + Blotting Powder
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Pretty Powerful Collection, £46.75, boots.com
Best For:Â A bargain
Bobbi Brown’s IWD collection in collaboration with Never Fully Dressed brings together a selection of the makeup brand’s hero products (usually worth over ÂŁ80), tucked away in vibrantly floral travel bag. All proceeds from these kits will also be donated to UK Charity Smart Works.
CONTAINS: Limited Edition Pretty Powerful Pot Rouge in Powder Pink, Smokey Eye Mascara, Mini Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick in Golden Bronze 0.9g, Mini Vitamin Enriched Face Base 7ml, Limited Edition Reversible Washbag
Wild Star Makeup Collection Set, £210, brownsfashion.com
Best For:Â An ultra-glamorous makeup kit
This set from ISAMAYA rounds up some of the brand’s hero items for its Wild Star collection, designed to give your makeup look an added (celestial-approved) glow – perfect for parties and nights out with friends.
CONTAINS: Luckykiss Diamond Lip Glow lipstick in ‘Outlaw’, Spur Stick Suede lip liner in ‘Outlaw’, Lash Lasso Lash Wrap mascara, Dazzle Up highlighter, Wild Star eyeshadow palette
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Dance Til We Drop Exclusive Gift Set, £40, lookfantastic.com
Best For:Â An all-in-one makeup routine
Packed away in a light pink travel bag, ICONIC London’s party-ready gift set contains some of its go-to hero products for a mini makeup routine on the go.
CONTAINS:Â Triple Threat Mascara 9ml, Liquid Brow Silk 3ml, Sheer Blush 12.5m, Illuminator 2.8ml
Beachy-Bronzed Beauty Bridal Makeup Kit, £131, charlottetilbury.com
Best For:Â Bridal looks
Charlotte Tilbury’s customisable makeup kits are perfect for brides who want to do their own makeup (or know which makeup will work best for their skin on the big day). It even comes with an extra mini moisturiser, so you can prep your skin beforehand.
CONTAINS:Â Luxury Palette (three choices), Beautiful Skin Sun-Kissed Glow Bronzer (four choices), Beauty Light Wand (five choices), K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick (three choices), Travel-Size Moisturiser
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Founder Kit Nude Gloss Lip and Cheek Balm, £28.50, sephora.co.uk
Best For:Â Multi-functional makeup
This makeup set comes with three of NUDESTIX’s ultra-moisturising (and non-sticky) balms, which come in a range of nudes and can be used on your lips and cheeks.
CONTAINS:Â Three Gel Color Lip + Cheek Balm
Yasmin Finney’s Statement YSL All Hours Look, £131, yslbeauty.co.uk
Best For:Â Long-lasting makeup picks
Inspired by the makeup look worn by Yasmin Finney (and created by Tom Pacheux), YSL’s All Hours kit helps you recreate the look with long-lasting products that mattify skin and lift lashes while creating a smokey eye and bold red lip.
CONTAINS:Â All Hours Foundation, Touche Eclat Illuminating Pen, Rouge Pur Couture The Bold, Lash Clash Mascara
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Fix+ Trio, £78, maccosmetics.co.uk
Best For:Â Skin prep
This set brings together a trio of MAC’s cult-favourite hydrating mists, in three delicious scents: rose, lavender and coconut. Perfect for hydrating and prepping skin before layering on your makeup.
CONTAINS:Â Rose hydrating mist, Lavender hydrating mist, Coconut hydrating mist
Dior Addict Natural Glow Set, £64, dior.com
Best For:Â Glossy lips
Dior’s three-piece lip kit is perfect for those who prefer a lighter or more natural-looking lip colour, with light pink glosses that will leave your lips looking plush and glossy.
CONTAINS:Â Dior Addict Lip Glow (shade 001 Pink), Dior Addict Lip Maximizer (shade 001 Pink), Mini Dior Addict Lip Maximizer (shade 038 Rose Nude)
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Delights Kit, £87.20, boots.com
Best For:Â Counting down the days until Christmas
We know it’s a little early, but we’d argue that advent calendars don’t need to be opened only at Christmas – especially when you see what’s in this one. HUDA’s limited-edition calendar features makeup, skincare and fragrances for a three-in-one whammy.
CONTAINS: WISHFUL mini Honey Whip Peptide Moisturizer, Huda Beauty full-size Legit Lashes 2 Mascaras in 1 Volume | Curl & Length, WISHFUL mini Yo Glow Enzyme Scrub, WISHFUL Rose Headband, Huda Beauty full-size Life Liner Quick ‘N Easy, Precision Liquid Eyeliner, Huda Beauty full-size Sweet Nude Sweet Cheeks, Power Bullet Cream Glow Cream Lipstick, Huda Beauty DĂ©jĂ Vu White Flower | 57 & Invite Only Amber | 23 EDP Intense Rollerball, Kayali gold Refillable Fragrance Atomizer, WISHFUL Thirst Trap Cocoon Mask, WISHFUL mini Thirst Trap Juice HA3 & Peptide
Featured image: Dior
