Shiseido’s best holiday gift sets 2025: Japanese beauty icons you’ll want to keep

Whether you’re gifting or indulging, Shiseido brings a slice of Ginza’s magic right to your vanity, no flight to Japan required.

The collection features some of the brand’s most coveted heroes, including the Ultimune Power Infusing Serum, Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream, Future Solution LX Total Regenerating Cream, RevitalEssence Skin Glow Foundation, and Perfect Sun Protector Lotion, all dressed in celestial reds and luminous metallics. Each set captures that unmistakable Japanese artistry and refinement, the perfect way to celebrate the season of giving in style.

Take the Ultimune Power Infusing Starter Set ($138, worth $264), for example. A radiance-boosting trio featuring the Ultimune Power Infusing Serum, Eudermine Activating Essence, and Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream. Together, they strengthen, smooth and illuminate your complexion, giving you a lit-from-within glow.

For a complete, do-it-all skincare ritual, consider the Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream Soft Set ($185, worth $312). It includes a Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Soft Cream, Eudermine Activating Essence, Ultimune Power Infusing Serum, and the Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Express Eye Mask, keeping you looking wide-eyed and well-rested even on the busiest days. 

There’s also the Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream Set ($185, worth $312) for those who prefer just the cream.

Makeup lovers will adore the TechnoSatin Gel Lipstick Set ($96, worth $144), which features three luxurious lipsticks in wearable shades, each infused with over 68 per cent skincare ingredients, including moisturising benibana (safflower) oil and Stretch-Flex Technology for lasting comfort and a smooth finish. Consider it your secret weapon for those sneaky under-the- mistletoe moments.

For those who favour a naturally polished look, the Future Solution LX Loose Powder Set ($140, worth $235) is a complete complexion ritual in one elegant bundle. It pairs the Total Radiance Loose Powder E, enriched with botanical extracts, with the Future Solution LX Extra Cleansing Foam, Concentrated Brightening Softener, and the luxurious Regenerating Cream, essentials for a healthy glow and post-party skin rejuvenation.

Fans of the Future Solution LX range have even more to look forward to this season. The Future Solution LX Legendary Enmei Ultimate Luminance Set ($690, worth $1,169) offers a comprehensive skincare ritual featuring the Intensive Firming Brilliance Serum, Eye and Lip Contour Regenerating Cream, and Universal Defence SPF, a complete rotation that lifts, firms and protects for visibly youthful, resilient skin.

Meanwhile, the Future Solution LX Legendary Enmei Ultimate Brilliance Set ($690, worth $1,169) helps counter signs of festive overindulgence and fatigue. It highlights some of the range’s most luxurious formulations – including the Legendary Enmei Ultimate Luminance Serum and Legendary Enmei Ultimate Brilliance Eye Cream – to restore radiance and vitality. 

Shiseido is also known for high-performance SPF. Choose from the Perfect Sun Protect Clear Stick Set ($45), which contains the Perfect Sun Protector Clear Stick for on-the-go touch-ups, and the Perfect Sun Protector Lotion to shield against UVA/UVB rays and pollutants while imparting luminous, glass- like skin, or the Perfect Sun Protector Lotion Set ($70), which pairs the Lotion with the Ultimune Power Infusing Serum to fortify skin and prevent sun damage.

For the men in your life, the Men’s Face Cleanser Set ($45, worth $77) is a simple yet effective duo featuring the Men Face Cleanser and the cult-favourite Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate for refreshed, fortified skin.

Another great gift option – perfect for anyone, regardless of skin type – is the Ultimune Power Infusing Starter Set ($138, worth $264), offering the brand’s viral Ultimune Power Infusing Serum, Eudermine Activating Essence, and Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream.

Escape the holiday hustle with a soothing 10-minute BI-DO hand massage — inspired by the traditional Japanese ceremony and available at all stores and counters, with no minimum spend required. 

If you’re still perfecting your festive look, book a Ginza Holiday Radiance Makeover with a Shiseido beauty expert. Choose from three signature Instagram-worthy looks: Spiced Cranberry, Electric Lashes, and Rouge Espresso. It’s priced at $150 a session, but fully redeemable on Shiseido purchases made the same day, and available at counters islandwide.

While you’re there, explore the Skin Visualiser, a contactless tool that reveals your personal skin vitality index to guide purchases. Shiseido Club members will also receive a complimentary holiday ornament as a festive treat.

You don’t need to fly to Ginza to experience the magic, but with every $100 spent at Shiseido until Dec 14, you could win a pair of return tickets to Tokyo (worth $5,000), an indulgent Osim uDeluxe Max Massage Chair (worth $3,499), or an iPhone 17 Pro Max 512GB (worth $2,199).

Leave it to Shiseido to prove that this truly is the most wonderful, wondrous time of the year.