Last updated: 30/09/2024
With the holidays just around the corner (yes, we know... *where* has the year gone?!) and gift buying season in full swing, you may (or may not) have found the perfect *big* present... But have you thought about ideas for stocking fillers?
While the best ideas for stocking fillers may be mini in size, they’re primed to have a mighty effect once your loved one has looked inside. With that in mind, we’ve collated a list of all the best stocking fillers guaranteed to put a smile on their (and your) face. Think: everything from make up stocking stuffers and scent-sational fragrances to mini body care luxuries, skin care sets and more...
So, what are you waiting for? It’s time to put on your Santa’s little helper’s hat and delve into our favourite ideas for stocking fillers.
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THE BEST MAKE UP STOCKING FILLERS
Go for gold this holiday season with Natasha Denona’s Baby Gold Eyeshadow Palette. Housing three of the brand’s signature shades, these bite-sized pans are primed to make peepers pop all night long. Oh, and it features a satin ribbon, so it can be disguised as a decorative ornament too!
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Boost their brow game over the holidays (and beyond), courtesy of Benefit’s Lil Brow Loves Mini Brow Set. Featuring the brand’s bestsellers – we’re talking the Precisely, My Brow Pencil, Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Gel and 24-Hour Brow Setter – these must-have minis will have arches fluffier and fuller in no time.
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Take your make up application to luxurious new heights with the EXCLUSIVE Hourglass Complexion Essentials Brush Set. Featuring a trio of limited-edition brushes — housed in a custom designed dragon illustrated tin — these base players effortlessly blend your concealer, buff your foundation and add a pop of colour (or chisel your cheekbones) with its collection of multitalented, soft-touch bristles.
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THE BEST SKIN CARE STOCKING FILLERS
Bright eyes and big smiles… That’s exactly what OLE HENRIKSEN's Banana Bright Eye Crème is serving up this season. Powered by vitamin C and featuring real gold (yes, you read that right), this skin care saviour is on standby to cover up tired eyes and last night’s antics… Shh, we won’t tell if you don’t!
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Give the gift of smooth and soft skin this holiday season with Paula’s Choice’s Multi-Level Exfoliation Trial Kit. Featuring the bestselling Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliation – the salicylic acid infusion that addresses congested, oil-prone skin *and* the ultra-gentle 6% Mandelic Acid & Lactic Acid Liquid Exfoliant. Bursting with hardworking AHA’s and BHA’s these treatment solutions help to remove excess dead skin cells to reveal your skin’s natural radiance below...
SHOP ALL PAULA’S CHOICE >>> The Ordinary’s Firm and Plump Collection is specifically created to leave your complexion feeling hydrated and looking nourished (no matter how many festive parties you attend). The three-piece set is a collection of tried and tested essentials that help to support a smoother more radiant complexion. Included is the Natural Moisturising Factors + HA Serum, the Multi-Peptide + HA Serum and the Retinol 0.2% in Squalane. Working together by combining the hydrating properties of hyaluronic acid, squalane and natural moisturising factors, this threesome enables your skin to appear brighter, look more supple and feel suitably quenched...
SHOP ALL THE ORDINARY >>> Gift some glow this holiday season with Biosaance’s Rapid Radiance Set. Ideal for those with dull and uneven skin, this sized-to-try set features everything from a hydrating algae infused eye cream to a resurfacing night serum, barrier boosting moisturiser and a vitamin C and rose face oil... Working to boost brightness and revive your glow, it’s the perfect skin care partner to bring back your complexion's luminosity.
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THE BEST HAIR CARE STOCKING FILLERS
Do you know someone who loves a silky-smooth mane? Make their hair care dreams come true with Color WOW’s Dream Smooth Kit. Starring three of the brand’s humidity defying bestsellers, these hardworking strand-enhancers ensure your locks look and feel like silk. Featuring the Colour Security Shampoo, Color Security Conditioner and the iconic Dream Coat Supernatural Spray, the beauty bundle defends tresses against humidity, heat and flyaways.
SHOP ALL COLOR WOW >>> Guide them on their hair care journey with OLAPLEX's Mini Strong Start Hair Kit. The perfect present for those wanting to take their locks to new lengths, this covetable collection contains everything needed to boost softer, smoother and shiner strands. While the No.3 Hair Perfector (a pre-shampoo treatment) leaves tresses stronger after just one use, the No.4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo and No.5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner provide everyday hydration. It’s a win-win!
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Did you know the average person spends a third of their life in bed? With that in mind, why not optimise your bestie’s beauty sleep with Slips’ Silk Pillowcase? This bedtime beauty not only looks great on display, but also works wonders for skin and strands too. Preventing tresses from twisting and damaging throughout the night, it keeps locks in tack and diminishes signs of bedhead come sunrise.
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For those who enjoy TikTok’s ever evolving ‘clean’ aesthetic, Larry King’s Flyaway With Me Kit makes every day into a good hair day. Pairing the brand’s beloved A Social Life for Your Hair with a dual-ended bamboo brush and comb, this duo keeps flyways at bay. Plus, lending locks a sleek sign off, it’s the ultimate secret to slick back buns, bob, ponytails and more...
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THE BEST FRAGRANCE STOCKING FILLERS
Whether you’ve tried Kilian perfumes before or not, the Kilian Mini Discovery Set Icons features an array of the brand’s most famous fragrances for you to fall in love with. From the iconic Good Girl Gone to Love Don’t Be Shy, Straight to Heaven and more, the set features five handbag ready 1.5ml vials, with scents ranging from floral and fruity to dark and aromatic. Picking a favourite is going to be hard...
SHOP ALL KILIAN >>> Do you have a fragrance-fan in your life? Gift them Jo Loves' A Miniature Fragrance Discovery Collection for a seriously transcendent olfactory experience. Featuring seven of the brand’s most iconic scents – think Pomelo, Mango Thai Lime and Cobalt Patchouli & Cedarwood, the set spans across a range of fragrance families from fruity and fresh to rich and sensual.
SHOP ALL JO LOVES >>> Expand your giftee’s fragrance wardrobe with Fresh’s Fragrance Discovery Set. Boasting six of the brand’s bestselling eau de parfum , there’s something to suit whatever scent mood . From the florally, velvety Rose Morning to the woody Cannabis Santal or the gourmand Sugar Lychee, there’s an alluring aroma to fall in love with over and over again.
SHOP ALL FRESH >>> The perfect partner for someone who prefers the summer months over the winter, Kopari Beauty’s Hair & Body Mist Set keeps the sunshine going (even in the mist of winter). Featuring four lock and limb scents, inspired by different holiday destinations, teleport your senses to Malibu, the Seychelles and beyond with these sweet and fruity fragrances.
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THE BEST BODY AND WELLBEING STOCKING FILLERS
A body care bestseller that *everyone* is obsessed with, Sol de Janeiro’s Bum Bum Jet Setinstantly transportsyou to the sun-soaked beaches of Copacabana. Featuring a triad of body care essentials –that ensure your limbs feel soft, smooth and suitably nourished – – the gift set also features the Brazilian 4 Play Shower Cream-Gel that not only cleanses your body, but leaves skin superbly soft thanks to the conditioning addition of coconut oil. SHOP ALL SOL DE JANIERO >>>
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Creating an indulgent experience in your bathroom is L’Occitane’s Almond Spa Experience Kit. Featuring a luxurious loofa to help remove dead skin cells, the Almond Shower Scrub to exfoliate and finally the Almond Shower Oil to cleanse and hydrate, the collection is infused with the much-loved sweet and nutty aroma of Provençal almond... Delicious!
SHOP ALL L’OCCITANE >>> Don’t neglect their palms and pout this gifting season with Caudalie’s Thé des Vignes Lip & Hand Duo. Quenching even the driest of skin, this sweetly scented pairing is powered by antioxidants and hydrating skin saviours to soothe, soften, remoisturise *and* protect against environmental aggressors...
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IDEAS FOR STOCKING FILLERS FAQS
What do you put in a traditional stocking?
Traditionally, stockings are filled with sweet treats, books, fruit and small personal care items like lip balms, hand creams and body lotions. But really, you can add in whatever you want (or whatever fits inside the stocking...)
What are Christmas stocking fillers?
The concept of hanging stockings is steeped in legend and folklore. It is believed that Saint Nicholas (a Greek Bishop known for his generosity) herd about a poor man who couldn’t afford dowries for his three daughters. So, Saint Nick secretly dropped bags of gold down the man's chimney, landing in his daughters' stockings that were hung to dry by the fire. Nowadays stockings are filled with small presents, fruit, nuts and books.
Do you open stockings first or last?
There’s really no wrong or right time to open stockings! This tradition totally depends on your family and what order you like to do things on the day. Some people open stockings on Christmas Eve while others open them first thing Christmas morning. Some people prefer to open them once the bigger gifts are opened and others after they’ve had their breakfast...
Now you know the best beauty ideas for stocking fillers, head over to our festive gift guide to discover the Beauty Treats To Please The Friend Who Already Has Everything… Don’t worry, you can thank us later!
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