It’s the most wonderful time of year – for every reason, except dry skin. As the weather gets nippy, the strong winds and freezing temperatures can leave your lips chapped, your hands cracked and your skin parched. Give the gift of great skin this Christmas, to a friend, loved one or even treat yourself. We’ve rounded up this skincare gift guide featuring the new holiday collection from our friends at Clé de Peau Beauté, so you can fill your stockings or shelf with supple skin this season.
The story behind the brand
The mission of Clé de Peau Beauté – French for ‘the key to skin’s beauty’ – is to achieve radiant, luxuriant skin through sophisticated and innovative skin cell science and technology. As part of the Shiseido family, Clé de Peau Beauté was founded in 1982 in Japan. The brand’s cutting edge research findings formed the core of its skincare philosophy: the concept of Skin Intelligence. Through Skin Intelligence, the skin can innately respond to both positive stimuli like nutrients, sleep and moisture, and negative stimuli such as stress, pollution or dryness, in order to regulate itself towards its optimal condition. The Clé de Peau Beauté product line is designed to support the skin to reach its most radiant state of texture, tone and contour.
The Clé de Peau Beauté skincare gift guide
Here are our top picks from the newest Clé de Peau Beauté collections this festive season:
The Clé de Peau Beauté skincare gift guide
Here are our top picks from the newest Clé de Peau Beauté collections this festive season:
1. Serum, Key Radiance Care Collection: As the first step to your routine, the serum is a staple of the Key Radiance Care Collection. Now reformulated to activate Skin Intelligence, the serum helps to enhance skin and its ability to repair and protect itself.
2. Hydro-softening lotion and hydro-clarifying lotion, Key Radiance Care Collection: Optimised to nurture Skin Intelligence, the hydro lotions use two types of formulas, to meet different needs of your skin. The hydro-softening lotion is moisture rich, to deeply hydrate your skin and actively prevent winter dryness and roughness and give off vibrance during cold snaps. The hydro-clarifying lotion is designed to clarify and boost your skin’s appearance by removing spent skin cells. Your skin will look rejuvenated and supple, with a satisfying polish.
3. Protective fortifying emulsion, Key Radiance Care Collection: This daytime emulsion hydrates your skin with a boost of UV protection. You can use it as a smooth primer for foundation or wear it under your make-up to allow it to activate for hours. Using it regularly can brighten your skin over time.
4. La crème, Key Radiance Care Collection: Luxuriate in la crème as you sleep. Known as the jewel in the Clé de Peau Beauté crown of Skin.
Intelligence, this nighttime cream activates during your rejuvenating hours. Thanks to its high concentration of Skin-Empowering Illuminator, the intensive formula regenerates spent skin cells to refresh your skin’s outer layer. You’ll wake up with reinvigorated skin, both smooth and equipped for the blustery winter day ahead. Habitual use will transform your skin’s resilience and youth.
Clé de Peau Beauté always brings the sparkle at Christmas. This year is no different. Designed to shimmer against the festive lights, the Holiday Collection is part of a collaboration with Parisian jeweller, Mr Elie Top. With inspiration taken from constellations, mankind’s own bejewelled backdrop, master to sparkle like the stars with this collection.
5. Lipstick, Radiant Sky Collection: The Radiant Sky lipstick from this season’s holiday collection is the perfect stocking stuffer. Inspired by diamonds, this lipstick’s light reflection technology sparkles and gives off bursts of each colour it reflects. With a smooth glide, the lipstick moisturises your lips throughout your wear time to evoke a shimmer worthy of the season.
6. Translucent loose powder, Radiant Sky Collection: Inspired by the radiance of a pure diamond, achieve a flawless sparkle with the translucent loose power.
7. Eye Colour Quad, Radiant Sky Collection: A perfect pocket eye shadow, this medley of colours will glam up your holiday look from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve and beyond. Choose from a celestial selection of gold, burnt-orange, red-brown and meadow-green.
8. Luminizing Face Enhancer, Radiant Sky Collection: This highlighting powder is created from finely milled synthetic opals, for an ethereal, dewy look. You’ll glimmer from the outside in.
9. Lipstick mini set, Radiant Sky Collection: A perfect gift for a woman in your life who loves a pop of colour, this mini set of lipsticks shine best when applied liberally.
10. Cleansing trio set, Radiant Sky Collection: After a night of festivities, your skin will thank you for the cleansing set trio. The cleansing oil and micellar water gently remove makeup and buildup, while the softening cleansing foam purifies your skin to leave it glowing. The cotton’s silk layer will get your skin ready for a night of beauty rest.
Explore and shop the Clé de Peau Beauté 2022 collection, available at Harrods.
