SEASON OF GIVING

1 CROWNING GLORY

Alfaparf Milano Professional’s Christmas collection comprises six specially selected three-piece Semi di Lino favourites, which contain three key complexes to protect the hair, add shine and maintain the longevity of the colour. Featuring the Diamond, Volume, Reconstruction, Moisture, Curls and Smooth lines, the packaging designs are by Sergio Pappalettera, the Italian music, fashion and film artist.
RRP: from €32.50 xpertprofessional.ie

2 GET THE GLOW

Comfort Zone’s Christmas Gift Collection includes the Day & Night Hydra-Glow Nourishing Illuminating Face Kit, which is a complete, 24-hour routine for all skin types. Featuring the brand’s Hydramemory Cream, Hydra & Glow Ampoules, Renight Ampoules and Renight Cream, it comes in a box specially designed with colourful kaleidoscope patterns.
RRP: €100.75 uk.comfortzoneskin.com

3 SOUL SET

Million Dollar Facial’s Christmas offerings include the Double Cleanse My Soul set. Festively packaged, it features Dermacleanse, a lightweight gel cleanser; Glyco Wash, a brightening acid face wash; Radiate 10, an antioxidant serum; Replenish+, a nourishing peptide moisturiser; Gaga Liquid Matte Lipstick; and a Million Dollar Cleansing Pad.
RRP: €75.30 milliondollarfacial.com

4 PERSONAL FAVOURITES

This Christmas clients can create bespoke gift sets with L’Oreal Professionnel haircare. Presented in a glossy box, they can choose a selection of their favourite products, or ask their stylist to recommend the best haircare for a more personalised option. From Serie Expert Vitamino Color to Curl Expression and TECNI. ART, the gift boxes can be tailored to everyone’s hair needs.
RRP: available on request lorealprofessionnel.co.uk

5 CLASSIC HITS

There are five Christmas collections available from Image Skincare – Brighten, Hydrate, Refine, Restore and Indulge. The Hydrate kit contains some nourishing Image Skincare classics, including the Vital C hydrating facial cleanser, Vital C hydrating anti-ageing serum, Prevention+ daily ultimate protection moisturiser and a cosmetic pouch.
Trade: from €17.40 imageskincare.com

6 REPAIR AND CARE

The Olaplex fourpiece Christmas Hair Repair Treatment Kit includes a two-part system of pre-shampoo treatments for weekly use to repair all levels of damage and for visibly healthier hair.The set also contains travel sizes of No.4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo and No.5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner.
RRP: €75 xpertprofessional.ie

7 COMING UP ROSES

Healthy Oils is a range of natural, one-ingredient skincare products made in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria. It is certified vegan and promises to absorb quickly into the skin, without any greasiness. This Christmas gift set consists of Plum Kernel Oil, Plum Kernel Scrub and Rose Water, which is ideal for clients with dry and mature skin.
Trade: €39 sunaura.ie

8 GLOWING GIFT

Guinot’s Let It Glow gift set promises to give the skin longlasting hydration for a healthy glow and even complexion. It includes the brand’s Hydra Finish tinted moisturiser, which contains a two-in-one formula to moisturise and illuminate the skin; and Hydra Beauté, an intensive moisture rescue mask to rehydrate skin, restore radiance and improve tone.
Trade: €23.35 guinot.com

9 HOUSE OF BEAUTY

French spa brand Thalgo has a multitude of Christmas offerings, including three beauty stockings, two Discovery Beauty Houses, and 15 Bastide boxed collections with a gift set for every skin concern.The Face Beauty House features the Wrinkle-Correcting Gel Cream, Intensive Wrinkle-Correcting Serum and two Wrinkle Correcting Pro Eye Patches.
RRP: from €27.80 thalgo.co.uk

10 ALL SET

Schwarzkopf Professional’s range of festive offerings includes BlondMe gift sets. Clients can choose from an All-Blondes Light set that features a shampoo or treatment with a mulberry silk protein complex, for fine to normal hair; or an All-Blondes Rich set with a cashmere protein complex, which is an intense nourishing regime for normal to coarse blonde hair. RRP: €34.20 schwarzkopf-professional.com

11 LET IT SNOW

The Plantes & Parfums Walk in the Snow gift set includes a vegetal candle, diffuser and room spray. Created in France, and formulated to awaken the senses using natural ingredients, the selection of scents combines berries, pine and moss with notes of cinnamon and mandarin, to create the spirit of Christmas at home.
RRP: €59 vclairenaturalbeauty.ie

12 GRAND DESIGNS

The ghd Grand-Luxe Collection is a limited-edition Christmas range that is inspired by the 1920s. Featuring a range of the brand’s styling tools, the line includes the Helios Hairdryer, Platinum+ Styler, Gold Styler and Glide, which all come in champagne gold, accompanied by a red velvet vanity case and accessories.
RRP: from €188 ghdhair.com

13 SAVING GRACE

There are five sets from Nimue this season, including Skincare Stars, which contains Cleansing Gel, Exfoliating Enzyme and Hyaluronic Oil; and Winter Skincare Saviours, with Anti-ageing Hand Cream, Element Barrier and Hydro Lip Therapy. Other sets in the Christmas range are Daily Essentials, Daily Essentials Lite and Luxury Eyecare Collection.
Trade: from €29.50 sweetsquared.com

14 TINNED GOODS

This year’s Alter Ego Christmas Gift Sets contain a full size shampoo and conditioner that come in festive, reusable and sustainable tin boxes. There are six different ranges available to suit every client and hair type, including the Silver Maintain Shampoo and Silver Maintain Conditioner duo.
Trade: from €16 kreativesalonsupplies.com

15 MOMENTS OF CLARITY

There are seven gift offerings from skincare brand Environ, including the Clarity + Clear Confidence set.The products promise to tackle breakouts, while being gentle on sensitive skin, and feature a three-phase system that assists in improving the appearance of blemishes and related concerns.
Trade: €55.60 iiaa.eu

16 DECK THE HALLS

Voya’s Christmas gift range includes the Deck the Halls Festive Wellbeing Duo bauble, containing a luxury travel candle and Voya’s Essence essential oil; and the Comfort and Joy Luxury Bathing Gift Set, featuring the Lazy Days Seaweed Bath, seaweed soap bar and spearmint and rosemary room spray.
RRP: from €33.50 voya.ie

17 CHRISTMAS COFFRETS

DIBI Milano’s Christmas offerings include a selection of coffrets , along with an advent beauty calendar. The four coffret sets comprise curated two-piece, full-size DIBI Milano products for all skin types, packaged in festive gift boxes, while the My Skin Beauty Advent Calendar contains 24 mini-sized ones from the brand’s collections.
RRP: from €85 xpertprofessional.ie

18 GO RETRO

R+Co has launched three luxury Christmas gift sets. Each one contains a trio of R+Co products in eco-friendly, retro cosmetic bags, including the R+Co Atlantis with R+Co Atlantis Moisturizing B5 Shampoo and R+Co Atlantis Moisturizing B5 Conditioner, both enriched with B5 for intense hydration. Also in the set is High Dive Moisture + Shine Crème, which is formulated to smooth and seal the hair.
RRP: €49 xpertprofessional.ie

19 DYNAMIC DUO

Wella Professionals’ Invigo Nutri-Enrich gift set features a shampoo and conditioner duo that work in tandem to cleanse, nourish, hydrate and protect hair. Formulated with vitamin E to prevent irreversible damage, the products promise to add strength and hydration, bringing dull hair back to life.
RRP: €22.15 solosalonsupplies.ie

20 HAPPY DAYS

Advanced Nutrition Programme has curated a Happy Skin collection that features four sets of two products. The Happy Glowing Skin set includes Skin Omegas+ and Skin Youth Biome, which are designed for dry, dehydrated and sensitive skin types, and packed with skin-glowing ingredients that promise radiant, smooth skin.
Trade: available on request iiaa.eu