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27 Beauty Essentials For A Gorgeous Valentine’s Day

January 27, 2025

Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to elevate your beauty routine with luxurious products that will leave you feeling radiant and confident. From skincare to makeup, here are the must-have beauty essentials to pamper yourself or gift to someone special this Valentine’s season. —Ashley Harris

Pixi’s LipBlush & LipMask

Pixi’s new LipBlush is a lightweight, water-based lip stain available in five shades, offering long-lasting pigment with a tapered felt tip for precise application. Double it as a lip liner for added definition. Their LipMask, available in three shades, cocoons your lips in moisture while delivering a juicy tint. Infused with botanical ingredients like Camellia, Jojoba, Pomegranate, and Vitamin E, it’s the ultimate hydration boost.

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops

Glow Recipe’s Niacinamide Dew Drops deliver a brightened complexion and soft cheek tint for a weightless cheek serum with a glowing finish.

JVN Revive Repairing Shampoo & Conditioner

Give damaged hair a second chance with JVN’s Revive Repairing Shampoo and Conditioner. Featuring ceramides, hemisqualane, and jojoba esters, this duo reduces split ends, maintains colour for up to 20 washes, and leaves your hair strong, shiny, and rejuvenated.

Maybelline Lash Sensational Firework Waterproof Mascara

For bold, lifted lashes, Maybelline’s Lash Sensational Firework Waterproof Mascara in Very Black delivers intense volume and long-lasting definition, rain or shine.

NARS New Afterglow Tempting Eyeshadow Palette

Unleash your creativity with NARS’ Afterglow Tempting Eyeshadow Palette. With nine orchid, rose, and tan shades in mattes, shimmers, and glitters, this palette offers high-impact colour and a velvet-soft texture for flawless application.

NARS Explicit Lipstick

These vibrant lipsticks offer creamy, smudge-resistant wear with medium-to-full coverage. Infused with rosehip seed oil and hyaluronic acid, they lock in moisture for a luxurious satin finish.

Milk Makeup Sticks Party Mix Gift Set

This limited-edition set features full-size Lip + Cheek sticks in Werk (dusty rose) and Rally (mauve pink shimmer), plus a Cream Highlighter Stick in Rad (pink pearl). Perfect for quick, creamy colour applications.

Drunk Elephant Bronzi and the Bloos Travel Set

This duo includes a peptide-infused bronzing serum and an omega-rich rosy serum for glowing skin.

Drunk Elephant Time to Reflect Set

Drunk Elephant’s Time to Reflect set, pairs a bronzing serum with a golden niacinamide serum for radiant, hydrated skin.

L’Oréal Paris Lumi Glow Sticks and Plump Ambition Lip Glosses

Add a natural glow with L’Oréal’s Lumi Glow Sticks or boost hydration with Plump Ambition Lip Glosses. These two products pair perfectly for a Valentine’s Day dinner date look.

Ilia Barrier Build Skin Protectant Cream

Clinically proven to reduce redness and strengthen the moisture barrier, this non-comedogenic cream is perfect for dry or eczema-prone skin.

U Beauty Plasma Lip Compound Tinted in Fortune

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with U Beauty’s limited-edition Plasma Lip Compound in Fortune, a hibiscus shade with gold shimmer designed to enhance lips’ volume and texture.

Design.Me Final Touch Kit

This winter styling duo includes the HOLD.ME Styling Stick and a three-sided detailing brush to tame flyaways and refresh your style with ease.

Peter Thomas Roth Peptide Skinjection Patches & Eye Cream

Address expression lines with Skinjection Hydra-Gel Patches and revitalize tired eyes with the Skinjection Fill + Fix Under-Eye Cream. Both feature advanced peptides for youthful, hydrated skin.

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Contour

This contour stick offers a streak-free, buildable formula for natural sculpting. Available in seven shades for a flawless finish.

Rare Beauty Bouncy Body Cream

Awaken Confidence with Rare Beauty’s body care collection, including a peach-scented Bouncy Body Cream to keep you radiant all day.

Summer Fridays Dream Lip Set

This limited-edition set features four dreamy shades of lip oil and an exclusive Glossy Pouch, perfect for soft, hydrated lips.

Rhode Peptide Lip Tint

Rhode’s Peptide Lip Tint combines the benefits of skincare with a hint of colour. Packed with shea butter, peptides, and cupuaçu, this lip tint deeply hydrates while providing a soft wash of buildable colour.

Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cream

Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cream is a cult favourite designed to lock in moisture for 24 hours, even in the driest conditions. This duo will leave your skin and lips feeling soft and pampered all season long.

Dove Whole Body Deodorant

This Valentine’s Day, stay fresh and confident with Dove’s Whole Body Deodorants. Offering 72-hour odour protection and indulgent scents like fresh roses and juicy raspberries, the Dove Anti-Friction Deodorant Stick doubles as a chafing stick for smooth, comfortable skin.

Maybelline New York’s Sunkisser Liquid Blush & Bronzer

This liquid blush and bronzer duo will add gorgeous warmth and dimension, giving you that fresh radiant finish, and glow — perfect for Valentine’s Day.

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

For a gentle end to your Valentine’s Day beauty routine, Garnier’s Micellar Cleansing Water is a must-have. Perfect for effortlessly removing makeup after a romantic evening, this cleansing water leaves skin feeling refreshed and clean without harsh rubbing. It’s the ideal addition to your skincare lineup for a soft, glowing complexion.

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