Thoughtful Secret Santa Gift Ideas

Secret Santa gift ideas for her

Looking for the best Secret Santa gift suggestions? Here’s all the inspiration you need:

1. Cleanser and makeup remover

Cleansing is one of the most crucial steps in any skincare routine and a soothing cleanser is a must-have. Surprise your loved one by getting her a gel face wash that eliminates dirt, dust, and impurities from the skin without making it feel overly dry. Make sure you choose a lightweight, silicone-free, paraben-free cleanser that is infused with active ingredients such as vitamin C to help achieve maximum benefits. If you wish to add a little extra love and care, you can also add a gentle makeup remover micellar water to your ‘Secret Santa gift for women’ wishlist. This will help her flaunt perfectly clean, radiant, healthy, and happy skin all the time.

2. Day and night serum

If your friend or colleague is struggling with hyperpigmentation, wrinkles, dryness, and sagging skin, get her a combo of vitamin C face serum (AM application) and vitamin C overnight serum (PM application). The vitamin C serum for AM usage will help reduce dark spots and acne marks in just a few days and leave her complexion looking bright and spotless. On the other hand, vitamin C overnight serum will help her prevent dark spot reappearance and gift her radiant skin every morning. This will surely help your friend protect her skin from everything including the harsh UV rays of the sun.

3. Moisturiser and SPF

We all know that daily moisturisation is the key to happy and healthy skin. So, level up your Secret Santa gift kit by adding a daily moisturising cream. Another great Secret Santa gift idea to protect her skin from sun damage and external aggressors is to invest in a broad-spectrum sunscreen. If your girl abhors sticky skincare products, win her heart by gifting her a serum sunscreen with SPF 50. If she is a sun protection freak, gift her a mist sunscreen SPF 50 so that she can apply it over her makeup frequently. Agree or not! Serum and mist sunscreens are amazing gift ideas. So, this year you can even be your own Secret Santa and pack these sun protection partners for yourself. After all, you deserve only the best!

4. Sheet mask

One of the best Secret Santa gift ideas is a sheet mask as it helps to trap moisture and hydrates the skin instantly, making it look healthy and radiant. You can go for a hyaluronic acid sheet mask as it hydrates and plumps your skin and leaves you with smoother and firmer-looking skin. Remember, when it comes to sheet masks, there are countless options to choose from – vitamin C sheet mask (brightens dull skin and fade away dark spots), charcoal sheet mask (detoxifies the skin), or coconut eye masks (reduce fine lines and re-plump eye contour area). Gift your loved ones bright and youthful skin by making sheet mask a part of the Secret Santa gift set.

5. BB cream

Is your colleague a passionate follower of the skinimalism trend? If yes, then gifting her a BB cream can prove to be one of the best Secret Santa gifts. BB cream suits all skin types and delivers sun protection, an even-toned complexion, and healthy-looking skin. This type of tinted face cream offers both skincare and makeup benefits making it a potential morning multitasker.

6. Hair color

Do you have a colleague who walks into the office with new hair every few weeks? Here’s the perfect Secret Santa gift idea for her – a hair color kit. Gift your mate sachets of brown, burgundy, red, black, or all the above hair color shades to achieve a hassle-free, salon-like experience at home. This will give her a long-lasting, natural-looking color without burning a hole in your pocket. You can also add a gentle shampoo, nourishing conditioner, and heat protectant serum in the hair colour kit to help her maintain the health of her hair.

Now that you have your Secret Santa gifts for her in place, let’s help you with some secret Santa gifts for guys.

Secret Santa gifts ideas for him

Not sure what to gift your work buddies? Let us be your guiding light.

1. Facewash

Help your guy friends achieve healthy skin and keep skin woes at bay by gifting them a face wash for men. If your friend has oily skin, go for the oil clear face wash and in case he’s looking for something to deal with pimples, opt for the anti-pimple facewash.

2. Serum and moisturiser

Got tired of convincing your male bestie the importance of wearing moisturiser? This Christmas, gift him hydrated and glowing skin by adding vitamin C serum gel to the Secret Santa gift kit. A serum gel delivers optimal hydration, moisture, and instant cooling sensation to the skin. What’s more! This type of lightweight gel can help reduce dark spots and add superior luminosity to the skin. Pair this with an anti-pollution moisturiser (to prep his skin to combat dust and pollution) or anti-pimple cream (to help his skin fight pimple-causing bacteria) and voila! You have a perfect Secret Santa gift for guys that will help them prevent acne, dark spots and uneven skin tone, protect them from the sun, and keep their skin feeling healthy all the time.

3. Beard oil

Most men invest a lot of time and energy in keeping their beard on point. If you are looking for a thoughtful Secret Santa gift idea for one such ‘beard-o', we have the perfect suggestion for you. Gift them a customised beard grooming kit. Not sure how to do so? For starters, you can get him a beard oil to increase hair strength, and shine, nourish hair strands and reduce inflammation and add other beard grooming and beard care products.

4. Face mask

Pamper your friend with the oh-so-needed warmth and goodness of a face mask. You can opt for a detoxifying face mask that will intensely hydrate and purify the skin while also unclogging and tightening pores.

5. Shampoo color

Have a buddy who doesn’t prefer the salt-and-pepper look and likes to keep his hair vibrant all year round? The shampoo hair color can come to your rescue. This shampoo-like hair color is super easy to use and gets the job done in the blink of an eye. Also, there are many shades for you to choose from natural black, black-brown, and burgundy, depending on your friend’s likes and needs. Unsure of which shade will suit him the best? Here’s a quick fix for you – try the Garnier Virtual Try-On tool. Just upload a picture of your guy friend and select the best-suited shade virtually, without any hassle.

So, what are you waiting for? Spread some love and cheer with the above-mentioned Secret Santa gifts ideas, and see your loved ones grin from ear to ear. Need more skincare and hair color-related product recommendations? Browse through a wide range of Garnier skincare and Garnier men's products to become the most generous and loving Santa of the year!