Ah, Christmas. The glorious time of advent calendars, post-office mulled wines and hunting down something covered in feathers/sequins/glitter/all of the above for party season. It's also the perfect chance for us beauty stans to get our (well-manicured) fingers on some bang-for-your-buck Christmas gift sets. Hurrah.
Often limited-edition, The Christmas Beauty Gift Set is a stunning mash-up of the brand's best-sellers in very fancy packaging and honestly, we live for them. The best bit? They normally have a smidge off the RRP, so everyone is a winner.
However, one brand has gone erm, rogue and launched a gift set for Christmas for an eye-watering £1260 and we naturally have a few questions. Mainly, how good do we need to be to get one of these from Father Christmas?
Enter: Augustinus Bader's The Supreme Collectionwhich contains nine of the brand's award-winning skincare products, including The Rich Cream, which has been spotted on plenty of celeb skincare shelfies.
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The brand is loved by Victoria Beckham, Margot Robbie, Kim Kardashian, and Hailey Bieber for its scientifically backed results. Each product is hand-crafted by Professor Augustinus Bader in his own laboratory and all his formulas contain his patented TFC8® technology which is backed by 30 years of science and research.
Sounds impressive, but unless the skincare set is wrapped in gold and includes a ticket to Ibiza, we're going to have to regrettably reconsider.
However, if you are hankering after a taste of luxe this Christmas or really want to impress your mum, Augustinus Bader also does a few slightly more affordable Christmas gift sets that will go down an absolute treat.
The Hand & Lip Kit contains the brand's much-loved hand cream and lip balm, as well as an iconic blue bag to keep always. Oh, and some sachets of their best-selling The Cream and The Rich Cream to see the magic for yourself.
Slightly pricier but promises to make washing your face feel heavenly - The Double Cleanse contains AB's full-size cleansing gel and balm to remove every scrap of make-up.
Look, if it magically transforms us into Hailey Bieber or Margot Robbie, we'll take it.