Beauty used to get a bad wrap at Christmas: soap on a rope, redundant bath salts and selection boxes of revolting mini fragrances.
These days, Christmas lists are packed with pampering requests, Lisa Haynes rounds up the best pretty packages.
From dazzling beauty sets and designer fragrances to spa-style toiletries, it is like the 2012 equivalent of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Here is what Santa Beauty has to offer your Christmas shopping list.
The Glamazon
Make her Christmas complete with lashings of glitz, gold and labels.
No party girl's outfit is ready without a dazzling accessory, and Estee Lauder delivers with its Swarovski Evening Bag Collection. The set contains a lipstick and crystal mirror for touch-ups in an eye-catching clutch, £38 (House of Fraser).
Even nail polishes have been sprinkled with bling. Presented in a gift box, Nails Inc's limited edition polishes with crystal caps are the ultimate in decadence for manicured fingers, £15 each (www.nailsinc.com).
The Pamper Queen
Switch her regular bubble bath for a more exotic pamper with these indulgent me-time treats.
What better gift for bathing beauties than a mini gold roll-top tub filled with festive offerings? Baylis and Harding's Limited Edition Bath Gift Set includes Spiced Orange Body Wash, Plum Pudding Body Butter and Frosted Cranberry Lip Butter, £4 (www.baylisand harding.com).
Turn your bathroom into a spa with Sanctuary Spa's Deluxe Retreat box. There are five pampering essentials with a puff to lather up with, £25 (Boots).
The Fragence Fiend
If all that festive chocolate is bringing on the guilt, indulge in a beautifying apple. DKNY Golden Delights Holiday Set includes DKNY Golden Delicious eau de parfum and Shimmering Body Lotion, £48.
The little black dress of perfumes, Guerlain's La Petite Robe Noire eau de parfum is made up of intoxicating notes of black cherry, almond and rose, from £42 (House of Fraser).
The Girly Girl
Pink, fluffy and cute, these sets are the next best thing to a puppy.
Festive cuties will not be able to resist The Body Shop's Ginger Sparkle Shower, Scrub and Moisture Collection. The reusable tin houses four spicy ginger-scented limited editions, £15 (www.thebodyshop. co.uk).
