Chinese New Year 2025: Beauty gifts for a beautiful start to the Year of the Snake

Have a beautiful start to the Year of the Snake with our list of limited-edition beauty collections. To celebrate the Chinese New Year, cosmetics and skincare brands such as Clé de Peau Beauté, Givenchy, Charlotte Tilbury and others have launched capsule collections inspired by the lucky red and gold colours associated with the Lunar New Year. Some brands have also drawn from the spirituality of this year’s zodiac animal snake, interpreting its sinuous elegance in creative ways. Here are the ones which caught our eye—why not take a look and treat yourself or a loved one to a beauty goodie to kickstart the new year?

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Diptyque

Diptyque also offers a festive gift-wrapping service for CNY (Photo: Diptyque)

La Droguerie home care series (Photo: Diptyque)

To ring in the Lunar New Year with prosperity, fragrance label Diptyque is offering its signature perfumes and candles in striking red and gold colours, along with beautiful red packets which customers can get upon purchase of HK$800. Diptyque is also spotlighting its La Droguerie home care series so that you can have a beautiful-looking—and smelling house this season.

Shu Uemura

Shu Uemura Chinese New Year Elusive Flare limited series (Photo: Shu Uemura)

Shu Uemura’s Chinese New Year Elusive Flare limited series (Photo: Shu Uemura)

If you are fangirling over Shu Uemura’s Chinese New Year Elusive Flare limited series, you’re not alone. We love the auspicious fan-shaped pattern on the packaging, as well as the limited-edition soft matte lipstick and lip gloss. The vibrant red colour of the lip accessory is sure to go with your CNY outfit as well as add a touch of glamour to your everyday look. Win-win!

Clé de Peau Beauté

Clé de Peau Beauté uses traditional enamel craftsmanship to create a collector’s item (Photo: Clé de Peau Beauté)

Clé de Peau Beauté uses traditional enamel craftsmanship to create a collector’s item (Photo: Clé de Peau Beauté)

Clé de Peau Beauté has just unveiled its Spring 2025 limited collection, inspired by Chinese Imperial enamel artistry. Think traditional enamel craftsmanship using jewellery designs from the Qing dynasty, envisaged by master of enamel art Li Peiqing. Whether you are choosing the Eye Contour Cream Supreme, the Firming Serum Supreme or the brand’s signature La Crème, with this beautiful packaging and premium product inside, you can’t really go wrong, can you?

Givenchy

Givenchy 2025 CNY Limited Series (Photo: Givenchy)

Givenchy 2025 CNY Limited Series (Photo: Givenchy)

Givenchy’s Chinese New Year collection is, simply put, fangtastic. Inspired by the spring dance of the golden snake, the packaging incorporates embossed black python print and gold embellishments, paired with the brand’s classic quilted handbag design. The collection presents three limited-edition products for the Chinese New Year: Le Rouge Interdit Intense Silk, Prisme Libre Loose Powder and Prisme Libre Skin-Caring Glow Cushion. Givenchy is also spotlighting a vibrant red lipstick, Le Rouge Interdit Intense Silk shade 331, for this auspicious time of the year.

Charlotte Tilbury

Charlotte Tilbury’s Year of the Snake limited-edition lipstick (Photo: Charlotte Tilbury)

Matte Revolution Series: Kiss of Fortune (Photo: Charlotte Tilbury)

To celebrate the Year of the Snake, Charlotte Tilbury has launched two new limited-edition lipsticks: Kiss of Mystery from the Kissing series, and Kiss of Fortune from the Matte Revolution series. The diamond shape of Charlotte Tilbury’s logo is complemented by a snake head in the packaging, adding subtle charm to the packaging.

Malin+Goetz

Malin+Goetz’s Chinese New Year limited-edition hand cleanser (Photo: Malin+Goetz)

Malin+Goetz CNY limited series (Photo: Malin+Goetz)

Inspired by the Lunar New Year, Malin+Goetz has launched its limited-edition bergamot body and hand cleanser, which comes in festive red packaging and is decorated with elegant white daffodils. The cleanser is infused with a citrusy aroma—alluding to the fact that citrus fruits have special significance during the Lunar New Year as they symbolise happiness and abundance.

Oribe

Oribe Year of the Snake limited-edition gift set (Photo: Oribe)

Oribe Year of the Snake limited-edition gift set (Photo: Oribe)

Haircare brand Oribe has teamed up with artist and textile designer Chris Chun to offer two limited-edition gift sets created exclusively for Lunar New Year 2025. The custom-crafted boxes in red, pink and gold house best-selling Oribe shampoos and conditioners that are great for adding strength and volume to the hair.

Lush

Lush Serpentine collection (Photo: Lush)

Lush has gone golden for the Chinese New Year. We’re talking golden bath bombs, a golden-coloured Sunrise shower gel infused with Sicilian lemon oil and golden sugar scrub—all perfect for a radiant glow to start the Year of the Snake.

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