Olivia Barredo
December 19, 2022

We've had a challenging year, at the risk of sounding like a broken record. These orbits around the sun sound like some of the most chaotic ever recorded. This is why we've earned a taste of luxury more than ever before. Even though we have to be frugal for most of the year, the Christmas season is the perfect time to treat yourself, your loved ones, and anybody else who deserves it.

 

But splurging is never easy to explain. That's why we went through so much trouble to make a list of the most desirable luxury gift packages, artistic items, and beauty products you can buy this holiday season.

 

There is still time to get your Christmas shopping done before all the good things are gone. Whether you're shopping for a friend, family member, or yourself this holiday season (you deserve a pat on the back!), now is the time to splurge on high-quality cosmetics like lipstick, eyeshadow, highlighter, luxury sheet masks, and perfume. This season really is the best one of the year.

 

If you want to show your loved ones that you're in a particularly happy and generous mood this year, here is a list of 10 luxury brands for you to choose from.

 

10 Luxury Beauty Brands to Splurge On

 

Anastasia Beverly Hills

 

Anastasia Soare, the company's founder, opened a salon under her own label in 1997. She's generally regarded as the one who started the present brow trend when she introduced brow shaping and products based on her patented Golden Ratio Eyebrow Shaping Method.

 

Their initial brow product line launched in 2000, and they've continued to expand their offerings ever since. Anastasia Beverly Hills has become a popular option because of its wide variety of cosmetics.

 

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Anastasia Beverly Hills is consistently ranked among the most popular products purchased from reputable cosmetics stores. The company's first product was an eyebrow line in 2000, and although that may be what they're most known for, the company now sells foundation, brush sets, and even body makeup.

 

According to the company, it produces high-end cosmetics for a dedicated prosumer market. Their products are influenced by the power that cosmetics have to provide the appearance of harmony, symmetry, and proportion on the face when applied properly. Anastasia Beverly Hills is dedicated to the creation of cruelty-free products and practices this throughout the formulation, testing, and production processes.

 

Benefit Cosmetics

 

In 1976, identical twins Jean and Jane Ford started a tiny cosmetic salon in San Francisco, which would later become the birthplace of the American brand known as Benefit. Their whole approach was one of playfulness, with kitsch packaging and quirky names for their products, which provided consumers with a welcome diversion from traditional cosmetics companies of the day. The public responded well to their philosophy, which can be summed up as "Who says makeup needs to be serious in order to be good?" As a result, the company continued to expand its operations and revenue streams. Due to their involvement, Jean's daughters, Maggie and Annie, are now a part of the "family company" that is Benefit, which has over 2000 counters in more than 30 countries.

 

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Benefit is well-known for its Benetint product, which remains the company's most popular offering. Over the years, Benefit Cosmetics has expanded its product line to include brow-shaping products, bath products, and a variety of other things.

 

Fenty Beauty

 

Rihanna started Fenty Beauty on September 8, 2017, when she was 29 years old. Rihanna came up with the name "Fenty" for her business by using her surname as the basis for the brand. The musician's goal was to establish a beauty line that was so innovative that it would completely transform the cosmetics industry. She established Fenty Beauty with the goal of integrating individuals of all different skin tones, but especially those with darker complexions, into the target audience for the brand.

 

Before founding her own brand, Fenty Beauty, she worked with MAC Cosmetics to develop a line of products and distributed some of those products via Parlux Ltd., a worldwide distributor of beauty products.

 

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Fenty Beauty is only one of the many companies that are owned by the famous Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) company. Fenty Beauty is owned by its parent company, LVMH, which also has a controlling stake in the business. Rihanna, on the other hand, is the owner of the remaining fifty percent of the company.

 

The key factor that sets this brand apart from other cosmetic companies and contributes to its success in today's market is the uniqueness of the products and services it provides. In addition to this, this has provided Fenty Beauty with a unique identity and a brand image that is incomparable to any other. Since they take into account a variety of skin tones when formulating their products, Fenty Beauty makes fantastic cosmetics.

 

RMS Beauty

 

Rose-Marie Swift, a pioneer in the clean beauty movement, is the company's namesake and driving force. The idea that cosmetics might be manufactured with better, safer chemicals while also making women more attractive was the "lightbulb moment" that made her career as a great makeup artist worth every minute. She started RMS in 2009 to try to change the way the cosmetics industry works and set new standards for cleanliness and effectiveness. She has never given up on these goals, and she still doesn't. 

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Since its founding in 2009, RMS Beauty has been winning praise for its organic, results-driven cosmetics. This particular company creates all of its products, from beauty oil to lipstick, using premium components that are preserved in a condition that is as similar to their original form as is practically feasible in order to retain the utmost amount of their original nutritional value. RMS Beauty's Living Luminizer is the best option if you're looking for a highlighter that gives your skin a healthy glow without clogging pores.

 

Estée Lauder

 

Josephine Esther Mentzer was born in 1900 in New York City. The name Estée comes from a variation of her nickname, Esty, and Lauder from Joseph Lauder, whom she married in 1930 and subsequently went into business with. Estée Lauder began in 1946 with four skincare products offered in salons and hotels. Two years later, she was given her first counter at the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in New York City. As the name Estée Lauder became more well-known, so too did the company behind it, Estée Lauder Companies. These days, the Estée Lauder Companies are a huge beauty empire that extends over 150 countries, owns 25 major brands, and has a global presence. Bobbi Brown, MAC, Jo Malone, Clinique, Creme de la Mer, Tom Ford, and Origins are Estée Lauder brands. Mrs. Estée Lauder died in 2004 at the age of 97, but her son Leonard, grandson William, and two granddaughters still hold senior positions in the company.

 

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The company's strategy remained consistent, with an emphasis on skincare and skin protection and sales limited to high-end department stores and specialty shops rather than discount retailers. A few of its more well-known offerings are the Youth-Dew line of perfumes and bath oils, introduced in 1953; the Aramis line of products for men, launched in 1964; the Clinique line of allergy-tested cosmetics, introduced in 1968; the Prescriptive line of cosmetics, established in 1979; and the Origins line of natural cosmetics, introduced in 1990.

 

Tom Ford

 

Tom Ford's origin story began in the 1980s at a sportswear manufacturer. Tom Ford, who had been working for the company for some time, was recruited by Gucci's then-creative director Dawn Melo to become the label's principal womenswear designer in the year 1990.

 

Tom Ford traveled from the United States to Milan, Italy, in 1994 to take up the role of creative director at Gucci after many years of releasing successful collections under his own name. Five years after the company's acquisition of Yves Saint Laurent's house, Tom was promoted to the position of Creative Director at YSL as well.

 

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In 2004. Tom Ford quit Gucci and started his own label, Tom Ford, which is now well-known all over the globe, a full year later, despite having reservations and conflicted feelings. People have known Tom Ford garments are of the highest quality and aesthetic caliber from the very beginning of the label's existence.

 

Champagne is served in the changing rooms at Tom Ford fashion designer shops, elevating the experience for customers to that of genuine VIPs and complementing the brand's impressive heritage and the high quality of its products. Tom's consumers have been classified as cultural and international travelers with discretionary cash.

 

Tom Ford is recognized for making garments that exude elegance and glitz. Tom Ford is well-known for his exquisite apparel, fragrant perfumes, premium eyewear, and spectacular watches.

 

NARS

 

Dapper Frenchman François Nars, a graduate of the Carita Make-up School in Paris, is another former makeup artist who has become a major cosmetics brand. As a young man, Nars was more interested in the fashion, modeling, and design of the pages of French Vogue than in comic books. He decided to become a makeup artist and soon became quite successful at it. After receiving support from influential figures in the fashion world, he moved to New York in 1984 and quickly found employment with major magazines and designers. Like many artists before him, Nars was dissatisfied with the available resources, so he launched a line of 12 lipsticks in New York's Barney's department store in 1994.

 

As a result of the overwhelming response, Nars expanded his eponymous line to include a complete complement of products. Shiseido purchased NARS in 2000, and two years later, in 2002, they introduced NARSskin, a skincare line based on NARS's expertise.

 

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NARS cosmetics are well-known for their intense colors, sleek matte black packaging, and provocative brand names.

 

BECCA

 

Rebecca Morrice Williams started Becca Cosmetics in 2001. After that, the company changed hands many times as it tried to find its place in the crowded cosmetics market. As reported by Rack, before relaunching at beauty shop Sephora in 2013, the brand was offered at worldwide luxury retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and cheap drugstores like Duane Reade. In 2015, the Shimmering Skin Perfector highlighter in Champagne Pop, the brand's most well-known product, was made in collaboration with beauty YouTuber and influencer Jaclyn Hill. Product sales shot through the roof once the hue was introduced. The first twenty minutes after its premiere on Sephora.com saw 25,000 pieces sold, as reported by Women's Wear Daily. The product changed the way illuminators are used because it is a mix of powder and cream that goes on smoothly and makes the skin look bright and photogenic. It kept the cosmetics business talking and quickly became a must-have for many. Famous people and professional makeup artists were huge fans of the item and used it exclusively for red-carpet occasions.

 

The Champagne Pop highlighter seems to be a must-have for vloggers and people who like to do their own makeup. For a long time, highlighters were a popular item. In 2019, the United States' favorite highlighter was Becca's pressed Shimmering Skin Perfector. The product has a near-perfect five-star rating on both Sephora (over 5,200 reviews) and Ulta (a beauty shop) in 2021 (over 1,100 reviews). In 2016, the company also introduced a complimentary Champagne line, which included liquid and makeup versions of its best-selling product. In only five hours, it brought in $3.5 million in revenue.

 

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In addition to being cruelty-free and PETA-approved, the brand is well-known for its ability to develop products that work with a wide range of skin tones.

 

Laura Mercier

 

Provence-born Laura Mercier attended art school in Paris, where she learned to paint on canvas before deciding to pursue a career in cosmetics instead. She attended the Carita beauty school in Paris for a year before relocating to New York in 1985 to further her career in the fashion industry. She landed high-profile clients like Madonna via her work on commercial campaigns and glossy magazine covers. For a "flawless face," Mercier debuted her own line of cosmetics in 1996. Mercier, who is deeply rooted in the frenetic world of high fashion, aimed to create a line that seemed timeless rather than seasonal. Both Bobbi Brown and Laura Mercier focus on bringing out your own inherent beauty with their cosmetics.

 

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Products by Laura Mercier are well-known around the world for not being at all creamy and extremely lightweight. They're great for concealing blemishes, dark circles under the eyes, and the early symptoms of aging. Fine lines, dark spots, and patches are no match for Laura Mercier's potent formulas. These products, from moisturizers and liners to setting powders, won't budge or smear throughout the day. However, if a Laura Mercier product has a very thick formula or leaves a sticky residue, it's best to skip it. Choose only dermatologist-approved items from this line.

 

Hourglass

 

In 1979, Henry Tay, MD, and his wife, Dato' Dr. Jannie Tay, MD, launched The Hour Glass (abbreviated as "THG"). The first shop, built at Lucky Plaza in conjunction with Metro Holdings, was the only one of its sort at the time. company founder and first 25-year CEO, Dr. Jannie Tay.

 

In 1987, the company was acquired by Metro Holdings. During Dr. Jannie Tay's tenure (1979–2004) as Executive Vice Chairman of The Hour Glass Limited, the company expanded internationally, made acquisitions, and became active as a distributor of luxury watches throughout the area. Dr. Michael Tay, the son of Drs. Henry and Jannie Tay, became the organization's head administrator in 2005.

 

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Hourglass Cosmetics is a brand that is known for making products that work well, are vegan, and don't hurt animals.

It is important to express gratitude over the holiday season to those who have worked hard to earn it, whether it be oneself, one's loved ones or the world as a whole. You should immediately spoil yourself with a wonderful experience by purchasing luxurious lipstick, eyeshadow, highlighter, sheet masks, and perfume. It is not too late to do all of your Christmas shopping before the deals come to a close.