These Beauty Care Package Ideas Will Help You Feel Close to Friends, Even From Afar

We all know someone who’s completely skin-care obsessed. They follow a seven-step regimen, can rattle off ingredients and their benefits like it’s nothing, and think going to bed with makeup on should be a crime.

What to Include: Consider grabbing them a refill of the cult-favorite serum or face mask they never let themselves run out of. Include a new jade roller or gua sha stone, a skin-care headband, some sheet masks, and a facial mist to round out the box.

That friend who always shows up late to events because they weren’t finished with their face beat would love nothing more than unwrapping a care package filled with new makeup goodies.

What to Include: Consider getting them a new eyeshadow palette from their favorite brand or a product from a holiday collaboration with their favorite beauty vlogger. Throw in additional items like a new makeup brush or two, a brush cleanser (because we could all use a reminder there), a fun makeup bag, and cleansing wipes to complete the gift.

Your self-care-loving friend – you know, the one who never answers their phone because they’re soaking in the bathtub with a good book – will be touched by the thoughtfulness behind a personalized care package.

What to Include: Consider picking out a new face mask that they can indulge in. Then, add in other items like a candle, a fuzzy new robe, a bath soak or bath bomb, and CBD gummies.

For the friend who’s constantly reading the back of products, mixing their own hair and face masks in the kitchen, and educating your group on formulations, a care package of their favorite clean beauty brands will put a smile on their face.

What to Include: Consider including their favorite all-natural face mask, cleanser, or serum as the main component of the gift. Then, add in items like a skin-care headband, a clean mascara, a body brush, and a small-batch bar of body soap in their favorite scent.

For the friend who’s always at the nail salon or painting their own nails on a weekly basis, new mani tools will be at the top of their holiday list. Given their existing obsession, you’ll want to get creative with the nail-polish colors you choose to ensure they don’t already have it.

What to Include: Consider checking if their favorite nail-polish brand released a special holiday collection this year, or get them a new polish iteration of their favorite color. Then add in staples like a clear topcoat and base coat, new files, nail-polish remover, and nail stickers.

We all have that one friend who we turn to for help with all of our hairstyling needs – whether they’re a professional stylist or not. This is the friend who’s just as likely to do your hair for a date night as they are to be there when you decide to give box dye a try.

What to Include: Consider gathering fun hair accessories, like clips and headbands, because they’re trending this year. Then, add in a bottle of their favorite hairspray, a nourishing hair mask, and a silk pillowcase (anyone hair-obsessed will know why this is important).