The 9 Best New Beauty Products To Try Now

This is one skincare set everyone will use to the very last drop. Offering the coveted Moisturizing Soft Cream in two sizes – one full-sized pot (60ml) and one travel size – this miracle-broth-infused formula from La Mer delivers the same barrier-strengthening, redness-relieving, mega-hydrating results as the original cream, but in a lightweight, milky texture that works for all skin types, not just dry. It’s particularly good for slathering over your usual products as the last step in your routine (aka, skin slugging) if you’re more prone to oily and combination skin, or experience rosacea. Newby Hands, contributing global beauty director

Known for crafting dewy, sculpted skin, makeup artist Gucci Westman has packaged her bestselling Westman Atelier face ‘sticks’ as a travel-sized trio that promise to define the contours of your face (with the Face Trace Contour Stick), inject a rosy tint to cheekbones, lids and lips (using the Baby Cheeks Blush Stick), and add a touch of radiance where needed (thanks to the Lit Up Highlight Stick). There are two sets offering different shades: I is best suited to fair skin tones, while II is ideal for medium to dark skin. Whichever shade trio you plump for, it’ll prove the perfect vacation essential or last-minute stocking stuffer. Malena Harbers, acting beauty editor

This new private-blend scent from Tom Ford Beauty focuses on myrrh – a classic ingredient sourced from tree resin that is currently trending in the perfume world. Think of this fragrance as the olfactory equivalent of a walk in the woods at sunset: not only is it enveloping, warming and rich (thanks to notes of sandalwood, musk and, of course, myrrh), but it also offers hints of amber and sweet vanilla. The perfect post-sundown scent, it lends itself as a daytime spritz when dabbed on sparingly, too. Alice Casely-Hayford, content director

Revered for spinning damaged hair into silk-like strands, Oribe’s Gold Lust Shampoo and Conditioner are packed with restorative oils, plant extracts and a hair-and-scalp balancing complex. If you’re already a fan of the jumbo-sized versions of these hair-smoothing essentials (cue a whopping one liter of hair goodness, complete with salon-style pump packaging), you’ll love this new-for-the-holidays bundle of both. Share it with your loved ones, or keep it for yourself to show your hair and scalp some extra love. Abigail Routley, senior buyer

When it comes to gifting your host or hostess on Christmas Day, you can’t go wrong with a little spruce for their living space, and this gorgeous candle and soap set from Loewe Home Scents does that with aplomb. It pairs the invigorating Oregano Bar Soap – a woody, amber and oregano mix that comes threaded with a chic rope cord – with the Honeysuckle Scented Candle, offering a subtle floral scent that is not only divine but also comes housed in an equally earthy terracotta pot. Rosie Jameson, senior buyer

With a compromised skin barrier leading to all sorts of complexion issues, including dryness, lines, wrinkles, redness and sensitivities, sorting those same concerns below the chin is a no-brainer. So, that’s exactly what Nécessaire has done with The Body Cream, which packs soothing colloidal oatmeal with five types of ceramides to build, strengthen and repair the delicate skin barrier on our bodies. Spiked with redness-relieving niacinamide, it’s a great winter-weather staple to heal and hydrate. Use it daily, as a weekly mask, or whenever your skin is in need of extra coddling comfort. NH

Hermès Beauty’s chic eyeshadow quads offer four perfectly pigmented, complementary hues in matte, satin and sparkling finishes. There are six gorgeous colorways to choose from, but my favorite is 06 Ombres Mordorées, which is filled with two scintillating gold and champagne shades, grounded by a deep burgundy and earthy brown to anchor any eye look. Use the mini eyeshadow brush that comes with the palette to line, shade and contour your eyes. I like using a light touch for an everyday, sheer finish, or a more heavy-handed, layered approach to dial it up for evening. MH

Starring the de-puffing, firming power of La Prairie’s iconic Skin Caviar Luxe Eye Cream (in full and mini sizes), this edit of four eye-care essentials will set you on course for a visibly brighter, more lifted under-eye area through party season and beyond. You also receive a full-sized Skin Caviar Eye Complex, which has a gel-like consistency that’s perfect for your morning skincare routine, as it sits brilliantly under concealer. Meanwhile, the Skin Caviar Eye Lift (in a mini size) can be taken over brows and lids for even more visible lifting benefits. Consider this your new eye-care wardrobe. A C-H

This luminizing, blurring powder boasts all the skin-perfecting goodness of Chantecaille’s original Perfect Blur Finishing Powder – think a weightless finish, redness neutralizers, and blurring spheres to filter out skin imperfections and soften fine lines – with an added hit of rose-toned radiance (a universally flattering hue). Buff it into skin with a brush for an IRL skin filter – you can even take it over lids for a monochromatic all-over glow. Small enough to fit in a stocking, but big on gifting appeal, this is one powder you’ll keep in your routine well beyond the festive season. Abigail Gwyther, assistant buyer

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