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When it comes to holiday gift-giving, everyone appreciates a gift they can use and enjoy often. That’s why we love to give skin care that helps support healthy, protected skin. To guide you in your holiday shopping, we enlisted Drs. Joel and Daniel Schlessinger of Schlessinger MD—both board-certified dermatologists, Mohs surgeons and cosmetic surgeons—to share some of their top picks for practical skin care gift ideas.
Whether you’re looking for a useful Christmas gift to stuff into a stocking or a versatile gift for an office holiday exchange, these practical ideas will help your loved ones reap the benefits of healthy skin all year long:
This pocket-sized skin fix tops our list of useful Christmas gifts for anyone on your list. Interestingly enough, its invention was a family affair. LovelySkin Medical Director Dr. Daniel Schlessinger created the product as a teen when he couldn’t find a product to heal his dry, chapped skin during cold Nebraska winters. Together with his father Dr. Joel Schlessinger and grandfather Bernie Schlessinger (who has a PhD in physical chemistry), they created a medicated balm to address dry skin, chapped lips, eczema, psoriasis, bug bites and more. It contains 1% hydrocortisone as well as shea and cocoa butters to soothe skin and help it heal. “Once you try it and see how useful it is, you’ll want to make sure you have a tube stashed within reach at all times, especially during the winter,” Dr. Daniel Schlessinger says. It also comes in a smaller version for lips in vanilla and unflavored.
A hand soap that’s equal parts gentle and effective can help get you through cold and flu season when the combination of frequent handwashing and wintry weather can take a toll on your hands. Drs. Joel and Daniel Schlessinger recommend this hand wash for their patients who struggle with dryness and cracking on their hands when using a traditional hand soap. It combines germ-eliminating sodium hypochlorite with hydrating glycerin and is free of steroids, parabens, antibiotics and triclosan.
This all-over body cream is a LovelySkin staff favorite. It helps provide long-lasting hydration for extremely dry skin and helps smooth and soften rough spots, such as elbows, hands and soles of the feet. A blend of seed oils (linseed, safflower, meadowfoam and avocado) give this formula the consistency of a body butter with a rich texture.
“This is my go-to face sunscreen for daily use,” says Dr. Daniel Schlessinger. It provides broad-spectrum, mineral-based protection from both UVA and UVB rays with 18% zinc oxide and features vapor dispersion technology to reduce white cast during application. The formula also features vegan squalane to prevent moisture loss and a plant-based ingredient called HydroSeal to provide forty minutes of water resistance. As an eco-friendly bonus, the packaging is made from 100% recycled ocean-bound plastic.
LovelySkin CEO Dr. Joel Schlessinger is a fan of this untinted face sunscreen, and he’s not the only one. The formula has earned its fair share of awards in the skin care world, including the title of 2024 NewBeauty Award for the Best Oil-Free Sunscreen.
The all-mineral formula provides broad-spectrum protection with 10% zinc oxide. “I love the no-show finish of this facial sunscreen,” says Dr. Joel Schlessinger. “It has a lightweight texture that feels great going on, and I always tell my patients they will be more likely to use and reapply a sunscreen they enjoy wearing.”
Because the recommended amount of sunscreen to cover your body is about one ounce—think of a shot glass—it’s easy to use up your favorite formula quickly. Help your loved ones replenish their sunscreen stockpile with this all-mineral broad-spectrum sunscreen from ISDIN. It provides a triple defense against sun damage, pollution and dehydration with 12% zinc oxide and skin-soothing ingredients such as aloe leaf juice and chamomile extract.
Not technically a sunscreen but an equally important player in your sun-protection lineup, this oral supplement helps bolster your body’s natural UV protection by strengthening your immune response with Polypodium leucotomos extract derived from tropical ferns. “I recommend HELIOCARE to my patients who spend a lot of time in the sun whether it’s required for their profession or hobbies such as outdoor sports,” Dr. Joel Schlessinger says. You can learn more about how HELIOCARE works on the LovelySkin Blog.
Give someone special on your holiday list the gift of radiance and rejuvenation with these three anti-aging skin care products from SkinCeuticals. This kit features two powerful face serums: the cult-classic C E Ferulic Antioxidant Serum to help fade fine lines and wrinkles and the brand-new Cell Cycle Catalyst Skin Surface Renewal Serum to boost cell turnover.
The final treatment in this skin-care trifecta is SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Interrupter Advanced Corrective Cream, a super-concentrated anti-aging treatment that improves the appearance of deep wrinkles and protects skin from future environmental damage.
This delightful duo matches Revision Skincare’s multitasking tinted moisturizer with a plumping lip treatment. Revision Skincare Intellishade combines the natural-looking sheer coverage of a tinted moisturizer with the UV protection of a broad-spectrum sunscreen. The formula also features anti-aging ingredients such as peptides, plankton extract and ubiquinone to help diminish fine lines and wrinkles with regular use.
YouthFull Lip Replenisher contains hyaluronic acid and antioxidants to add immediate volume to lips while smoothing lip lines over time.
We love when brands offer minis in their gift sets because it’s a great way to introduce friends to new products they’re sure to love. This limited-edition gift box from Eminence Organics features miniature versions of three of the brand’s most popular face serums: Citrus & Kale Potent C+E Serum, Strawberry Rhubarb Hyaluronic Serum and Marine Flower Peptide Serum.
These serums—and all of Eminence’s skin care formulas—are inspired by natural, plant-based ingredients, many of which are grown on the company’s organic farm in Hungary.
This skin care set from ALASTIN Skincare makes a practical gift for anyone who gets skin-resurfacing treatments or other cosmetic procedures at their dermatologist’s office. These two products—the Regenerating Skin Nectar and Restorative Skin Complex—are meant to be used before and after these types of treatments to help reduce recovery time and enhance results. They both contain TriHex Technology, an innovative complex that boosts the production of healthy new collagen and elastin in the skin.
When a useful Christmas gift can also be luxurious, it’s the best of both worlds. This rich and soothing facial cleansing oil from French skin care brand Avene helps balance skin while removing makeup, dirt and excess oil. It also helps support your skin’s moisture barrier with jojoba seed and evening primrose oils and reduces dry skin-induced itchiness with I-Modulia, a patented complex Avene developed over twelve years of research.
The skin care aficionado on your list will love this next-generation facial serum from SkinMedica. Five forms of hyaluronic acid ensure both immediate and long-lasting hydration and a proprietary vegan collagen complex helps attract and retain water for smoother, plumper-looking skin. Another key component is Advanced VITISENSCEⓇ Technology, which helps support skin health with a blend of plant-based ingredients including lotus sprout extract, passionfruit seed oil, avocado oil esters and vitis flower stem extract.
This rejuvenating body lotion makes a useful gift for mom or anyone else on your list who wants to improve visible sun damage and skin texture. It contains afaLUXE™—a dermatologist-developed blend of amino-based filaggrin antioxidants, vitamin C and Dead Sea minerals—to help improve dark spots, uneven skin tone and rough texture with gentle yet effective exfoliation. With continued use, it also helps support moisture retention and skin elasticity.
Do you have more holiday shopping to do? You can check out our top ten self-care gifts to spoil yourself with for the holidays as well as dermatologist-approved holiday gifts for teens on the LovelySkin Blog.
Aaron serves as Editor at LovelySkin. Since graduating from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2016 with degrees in Creative Writing and English, he has immersed himself in the beauty industry. When he’s not writing about the latest beauty trends, he spends time cuddling his dogs, scouring antique stores, playing tennis and hiking.
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