The Ultimate Try-Before-You-Buy: Mini Gift Sets

Gifting season can be a bit stressful to say the least. If you aren’t a mind reader, coming up with the perfect present every time is exhausting. Enter: mini gift sets, aka packages that feature mini/travel-sized products by our favorite beauty brands! Whether you’re shopping for your mom, sister, BFF, coworker, or even yourself, you can’t go wrong with minis. They serve as the perfect trial kits that can help the recipient discover their new favorite beauty brand or supply them with compact, travel-ready versions of what they already use and love. Not to mention, gift sets featuring mini sizes tend to be easier on your wallet compared to the full-size versions. A win-win.

While the options are endless, here are our top tiny-but-mighty skincare, makeup, hair care, and fragrance gift sets that are sure to surprise and delight this season. Take your pick.

Skincare

Peter Thomas Roth Hello, Mask Besties! 5-Piece Kit , $19

Not sure about their specific skin type? Arm them with a solution for any type of skin day. Five mini versions of bestselling masks address every skin concern, from hydrating and resurfacing to lifting and firming. ($36 value)

Sunday Riley Morning Buzz Vitamin C Brightening Trio Skincare Set , $98

The gift of glow. This bestselling trio is specially formulated to deliver hydration and all-day radiance for every skin type. Vitamin C helps skin look firmer and plumper—while minimizing the look of dark spots and discoloration. ($150 value)

Dr. Barbara Sturm Flight Essentials Kit , $225

The only thing better than beauty favorites? An entire routine. This comprehensive skincare collection includes six potent formulas for fresh, hydrated, healthy-looking skin in a chic holographic travel bag. ($384 value)

Hourglass Equilibrium The Essentials Set , $195

Help them find their skin’s equilibrium with a five-piece skincare routine. Each product is formulated with the Hourglass Cell Balancing Complex™—a powerful blend of lipids that rebalances, restores and renews the skin barrier.

Haircare

R+Co Antigravity Holiday Kit , $48

A gift that defies gravity—five hair-amplifying minis pack in thickening and volumizing benefits to help hair swell to epic proportions weightlessly. Bonus: comes with a limited-edition R+Co Metallic Bag. ($64 value)

Oribe x Louis Barthélemy Shine & Style Travel Set, $35

Let their hair shine this holiday season with travel-sized versions of the Superfine Hair Spray and Supershine Moisturizing Cream. This super duo works together to soften hair and maintain style and comes in limited edition ancient Egypt-inspired packaging. ($42 value)

Makeup

Jouer Cosmetics Bonnes Fêtes Deluxe Mini Lip Oil Trio, $34

A gorgeous cocktail of beautiful oils come together to nourish lips while creating natural shine and slip. Never sticky and always glossy, three universally-flattering lip oils offer a look for every occasion. ($42 value)

Natasha Denona Mini Star Palette , $27

For the star in your life—this compact palette offers a gorgeous color scheme for multiple makeup looks. This mini-sized version of Natasha’s bestselling Star Palette features five rich, vibrant shades in matte, metallic, sparkling, and duochrome finishes.

Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk On The Go Kit , $54

One must-have kit for an effortless Pillow Talk look–from eyes and cheeks to lashes and lips–wherever, whenever. This 5-piece, limited edition set features classics in everyone’s perfect shade, Pillow Talk. ($82 value)

All prices listed in USD.