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Red alert: The best beauty gifts to celebrate Lunar New Year

By MiNDFOOD

Red alert: The best beauty gifts to celebrate Lunar New Year
The must-have beauty gifts to help celebrate Lunar and Chinese New Year 2024.

Get ready to welcome in the imminent Year of the Dragon! As the celebrations around the Lunar New Year commence, beauty brands have dressed some of their best sellers in striking red limited-edition finery for the occasion. 

The Lunar New Year is a period where a number of countries and cultures including China, Korea, Vietnam and Singapore mark a new year based on the first new moon in the traditional lunar calendar. 

The first day of the Lunar New Year in 2024 is Saturday, February 10, which is the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese Zodiac. 

Vietnam’s celebration is called Tết, short for Tết Nguyên Đán, and this year country will also welcome in the Year of the Dragon.

The celebration of the new year is the perfect time to gift tokens of affection and good wishes in the form of beauty products adorned in red – a colour considered to bring good fortune and joy. Plenty of beauty brands have come to the party with reverent or playful packaging to mark the festivities.

There are also nods to the dragon, the only mythical — and the most powerful — creature of the 12-animal Chinese zodiac, so the Year of the Dragon is considered special. Those born in the Year of the Dragon are said to be strong and independent, ambitious and driven and willing to pursue their dreams. 

These are some of the most desirable options for Lunar New Year 2024:

MAC Cosmetics Lovestruck Luck

M.A.C.’s Lovestruck Luck range is packaged in shimmering red and includes a range of products including a 6-pan eyeshadow palette, blush and nude-toned lipsticks with a glossy finish.

Lunar New year 2024 skincare

If you’re needing to stock up on iconic skincare serums and moisturisers that are staples in a well-rounded skincare routine, these options offer a bit of fun. Estee Lauder’s Advanced Night Repair and Multi-Recovery Eye Cream come in chic chrome packaging. Clinique this year dresses up iconic Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm and Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion+ in elegant red and gold. 

Makeup items following the limited edition red theme include Clinique’s dragon-etched Cheek Pop Highlighter; Tom Ford’s Eye Color Quad; and Bobbi Brown’s scallop print-cased Luxe Eye Shadow and Blush & Highlight Duo.

Jurlique‘s Exclusive Edition Rose Body Oil is a luxurious choice for those less focused on makeup or facial skincare and cares for the skin on the body with rose extract and nourishing plant oils.

Gift sets with dedicated Lunar and Chinese New Year packaging are a popular choice. You can’t get more red than Carolina Herrera’s Very Good Girl EDP set, while Sisley Paris collates its best-sellers in a stunning skincare set.

Glasshouse Fragrances forgoes the red but delivers a captivating limited edition candle scented with champaca, sandalwood and amber to welcome the new year in.

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