If you were to ask me, as the expert here at CR on gifts, the best beauty gifts are often the ones that come highly recommended. Bonus points if they’re little luxuries one would otherwise be hard-pressed to buy for themselves.

With the holidays quickly approaching, I turned to my trusted colleagues for their takes on beauty and skin care products that would make the perfect present. Here’s what they had to say.

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