Top Lunar New Year Beauty Must-Haves

Inspired by the Chinese zodiac, revered brands create limited edition Lunar New Year treasures. Year of the Snake 2025 symbolizes renewal, grace, wisdom—all sterling qualities reflected in luminous and transformative formulas, elegantly adorned in crimson and gold for good fortune.

Sulwahsoo

A K-Beauty maven and Beautytap favorite, Sulwahsoo harmonizes time-honored ingredients with scientific innovation. Ginseng is key in every formulation and a skin barrier strengthening star in the First Care Activating Serum VI. A satiny texture and healing aroma glide on for instant hydration; and the proprietary herbal blend improves overall skin health to brighten, balance, and reduce the signs of aging. It’s a chic post-cleanse step and global phenomena; one bottle is sold every seven seconds. The glittery snakeskin packaging represents new beginnings and makes this special edition totally desirable.

Tower 28

Give lips a delicious kiss with LipSoftie’s hydrating balm in new Red Bean Mochi. Made with four restorative oils and lysine, this lovely treatment smooths and soothes with a sheer finish and rosy nude tint. Clinically proven and National Eczema Association approved, it feels sweetly silken and repairs dry, damaged, irritated lips with subtle gusto. “Lunar New Year is a time for honoring Asian heritage, spending time with loved ones, and of course, eating lots of sweets,” says Tower 28 founder Amy Liu. Go ahead and treat yourself.

Charlotte Tilbury

Glam up your makeup with limited edition K.I.S.S.I.N.G lipsticks in Kiss of Mystery (mauve pink with an incandescent glow) and Kiss of Fortune (warm orange red with a matte finish). Pouts are perfected with ultra nourishing Abyssinian oil, lipstick tree extract, and cashmere soft luster. Spellbinding cases cradle the luscious colors in Lunar New Year sophistication. Embellished with majestic snake motifs and glimmery stars, these luxe collectibles are refillable for everlasting charm.

Clarins

Clarins Double Serum Eye embodies snake characteristics from Chinese mythology—regeneration, protection, vitality. And this revitalizing multi-award winner looks stunning in Year of the Snake style. A botanically boosted blend of 13 powerful plant extracts moisturizes, firms, and illuminates the eye area, reduces dark circles and puffiness, and has impressive anti-aging benefits thanks to organic wild chervil and turmeric. The two-in-one serum tightens like a gel and comforts like a cream with a featherlight touch. Eyes will smile!

Oribe

Exquisite and effective, the Hair Alchemy Liter Set and Magnificent Volume Collection shine bright for Lunar New Year. Famed artist and textile designer Chris Chun weaves tradition and modernity into packaging influenced by the mystic knot—celebrating endless gratitude, happiness, beauty, and success. Nurture healthier, happier hair with these holiday specials; the Magnificent Volume gift set includes a luxuriant shampoo, conditioner, and thickening spray; or go big with Hair Alchemy’s strengthening, volumizing, smoothing shampoo and conditioner duo. Oribe fragrances are a sensuous experience.

Blueme

Zen your space with Blueme’s 2025 Lunar New Year Collection. Curated to honor snake energy, the 8-Piece Travel Votive Candle Set offers new year wishes mirroring each name: Spiritual (palo santo and vetiver), Calm (sandalwood), Happiness (yuzu and ginger), Renew (ivy and rose), Focus (eucalyptus and lime), Romance (oak moss), Balance (white lotus and tea), and Nostalgia (bergamot)—all housed in handcrafted, refillable ceramic bowls.

The Renew Ivy & Rose Fragranced Fan Set is pure refinement; simply spritz the dreamy scent onto the bamboo fan and flutter for a blissful breeze. Chinese-American entrepreneur, Mei Xu, founded Blueme “to go beyond traditional olfactive journeys and allows users to experience ultimate tranquility and self-discovery.” I am enchanted.

Guerlain Paris

Fashioned by Parisian studio L'Atelier Truscelli, Rouge Bonheur's scarlet glass is bejeweled with serpentine flair and shimmering Swarovski crystals. The perfume inside is equally as breathtaking—an ambrosial fusion of florals, spices, and woods expresses the spirit of Lunar New Year. “Rouge Bonheur is an ode to happiness, luck, and joy! It’s the meeting of the flamboyant red rose, symbol of glory and splendor, with the vibrant fresh ginger,” says master perfumer Delphine Jelk. This is paradise in a bottle.

The House of Creed

Creed captivates with a striking Year of the Snake Gift Set where three classically adored perfumes nestle into an opulent box. Designed by interior decor brand Lala Curio, two gilded snakes entwine in the sacred ruyi knot surrounded by mandarin leaves. Travel-sized Aventus (notes of bergamot, pink pepper, jasmine, and cedarwood), Millésime Impérial (a fresh violet and musk aroma), and Silver Mountain Water (exuberant in crisp citrus), are ready to ring in love and abundance. Cheers all around!

Wishing you joy, resilience, prosperity, and a glorious Year of the Snake.