The Best of Beauty for This Lunar New Year
Attract good luck and fortune for the Year of the Snake with limited-edition makeup, skincare, fragrance and more.
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On January 29, Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year) ushers in symbolic traditions across eastern and southeastern Asia, welcoming good luck, wealth, and prosperity. This year is the Year of the Snake, representing intelligence, intuition, and creativity. Those born in the Year of the Snake are said to be wise, mysterious, and sympathetic toward others.
Beauty brands are ringing in the auspicious holiday with limited-edition products and sets, collaborating with renowned artists for striking red-and-gold packaging and illustrations. Here, we have listed a few of our favourite covetable items for the upcoming festivities.
J’adore l’Or Essence de Parfum, Dior
Gold, a symbol of prosperity in Chinese culture and deeply embedded in China’s heritage as a symbol of protection, is synonymous with gifting during Lunar New Year. With notes of orange blossom, jasmine, and centifolia rose, Dior’s J’adore fragrance with a golden bottleneck makes an ideal present.
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Rouge Allure Velvet Les Perles, Chanel
A refined, compact case of four matte lipstick shades, this new set from the maison, featuring gold trim, is ideal for one bouncing between Lunar New Year festivities and different makeup looks.
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The Magnificent Volume Set, Oribe
For the hair-care and fragrance brand’s two exclusive sets for Lunar New Year, Oribe tapped textile artist and designer Chris Chun to design the packaging. Chun was inspired by the mystic knot, a symbol in Chinese culture of harmonious flow and endless luck.
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First Care Activating Serum VI Lunar New Year Edition, Sulwhasoo
This bestselling serum from the Korean beauty brand has a lightweight feel and aims to improve levels of hydration, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, and give the skin a radiant glow.
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The renowned French jeweller Francesco Truscelli (L’Atelier Truscelli) has reimagined Guerlain’s iconic fragrance bee bottle as a striking case for the original perfume created for this Lunar New Year. Featuring a bottle with a gilded serpent accent adorned with 47 Swarovski crystals on its head, Rouge Bonheur is a blend of rose, ginger, and earthy cedar.
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Double Serum Lunar New Year Limited Edition, Clarins
To use in morning or evening skin-care routines, Clarins’s popular serum is suitable for any skin type—dry, oily, combination, normal—and natural ingredients make up 95 per cent of the blend, including 22 plant extracts such as aloe vera, oat, and turmeric.
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This foundation product from the South Korean skin-care and makeup brand Tirtir comes in a deep-red compact case. Tirtir’s most popular makeup item, this cushion foundation is available in 20 shades and is ideal for the person on the go who needs touch-ups throughout a busy day.
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Lunar New Year Powermatte Lipstick, Nars
In a mauve pink and brown shade, Nars has released an exclusive lipstick with a lightweight feel, named Powermatte for its ability to keep the bold colour on lips for up to 10 hours.
