2025 Holiday Gift Guide: Thoughtful Gifts They’ll Actually Use (and Love)

The holidays are here, and this year’s top gifting trends are all about elevating the everyday — think luxe beauty essentials, smarter grooming, wellness tech, and a touch of festive sparkle. Today, I’m sharing my favorite must-have gifts that are perfect for everyone on your list, whether you’re shopping for family, friends, or treating yourself, because you deserve it too!

Add a festive touch to the holidays with a sparkling rosé that’s chic, low-sugar, and perfect for gifting meet Hampton Water Bubbly.

Hampton Water Bubbly
PRICE: $29.99
SHOP: @wine.com
Hampton Water expanded for the first time in October 2024 with Bubbly – Infusing its signature blend of Hamptons lifestyle and French winemaking tradition with a playful pop of bubbles, the idea to expand into the sparkling category emerged from a desire to make the ordinary extraordinary. Hampton Water Bubbly contains less than half the sugar of leading sparkling wine brands and features Grenache, a non-traditional but key component of the Hampton Water blend. HW Bubbly fits right into the Hampton Water ethos: that rosé should be fun and easy to enjoy. It’s crafted to be approachable and effortless, and not just reserved for those rare moments. It’s perfect for holiday parties, a gift for the host, or a simple moment around the table with family, celebrating being together.

Flipz Sugar Cookie Covered Pretzels- A festive, limited-edition treat inspired by The Elf on the Shelf®! Sweet, salty, crunchy — the perfect stocking stuffer or party snack. Or, if you’re like me, a lazy mom treat for Santa! 

Flipz Sugar Cookie Covered Pretzels.
PRICE: $4.89 LIMITED TIME OFFER
SHOP: @CVS and Albertsons
Flipz teamed up with The Lumistella Company in celebration of The Elf on the Shelf®’s 20th anniversary, serving a limited-edition treat you’ll want to stock up on- Flipz Sugar Cookie Covered Pretzels. Holidays will definitely be sweeter with these crunchy, salty pretzels coated in sugar-cookie-flavored white fudge and topped with colorful icing and sprinkles.

For the beauty lover on your list, this is the kind of lip product that feels luxurious but totally everyday-wearable.

L’Oréal Plump Ambition Hyaluron Lip OilPRICE: $13.99
SHOP: @amazon
24-Hour Hydration; Infused with Hyaluronic Acid and Tripeptide, instantly volumizes lips + offers nourishing care without the sting. Plump pH has a color adapting technology that creates a unique pink shade for you. Both are available at Target.com for $10.99 and are the perfect stocking stuffers for this holiday season.

AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 CREAM – A rich yet gentle moisturizer that repairs dry and sensitive skin. The perfect winter-weather rescue for glowing, happy holiday skin, and anyone K-beauty obsessed!

AESTURA 
PRICE: Starting at $21.00 and Up
SHOP: @SEPHORA
AESTURA is the #1 Dermatologist-Recommended Brand in Korea for Sensitive Skin has been making waves in the US since launching at Sephora earlier this year. As we head into winter, keep skin moisturized and healthy with these two best-sellers from AESTURA. Their hero product is the ATOBARRIER365 Cream – It’s an incredibly rich face moisturizer that has a patented blend of ceramide capsules to strengthen the skin barrier and provide 120 hours of hydration. For an on-the-go refresh during the day, this Allure Best of Beauty 2025 winning ATOBARRIER365 Cream Mist. Like the cream, this is formulated with ceramides – You just mist on the face or even over your makeup throughout the day as needed for a boost of hydration! 

Engineered for a super-smooth finish and built with modern design in mind, the Laifen T1 Pro Electric Razor is the perfect grooming upgrade for the season.

Laifen T1 Pro Electric Razor
PRICE: $149.99 take 25% OFF through 12/5
SHOP: @LaifenTech.com & @amazon
The Laifen T1 Pro features a powerful linear motor for an ultra-smooth, close shave, and as the world’s first electric shaver crafted from a single block of aerospace-grade aluminum alloy using CNC machining, its premium look makes it the perfect giftable item this season. It’s lightweight, compact, and USB-C rechargeable with up to 120 minutes of runtime and a 1-minute fast charge for quick touch-ups – making it perfect for on the go. Plus, its detachable magnetic heads make cleaning effortless. Typically retails for $149.99, but is 25% off this Black Friday on Amazon and LaifenTech.com through December 5th, the perfect time to gift or upgrade your grooming routine.

A perfect gift for anyone on your list. The TOZO NC9 earbuds pack premium features- 45dB noise cancelling, crystal-clear 6-mic calling, powerful bass, and all-day comfort—making them an easy, budget-friendly win for every listener.

TOZO NC9
SHOP: @amazon.com
How can you beat 45dB Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling and a 6-Mic ENC for crystal-clear calls? Awareness Transparency Mode for daily living and listening. A powerful stereo bass sound with all-day ergonomic comfort.

Bring a little island sunshine into your holiday with Kōloa Rum. This craft Hawaiian distillery creates single-batch rums using pure cane sugar and pristine rainwater from Kaua‘i, offering rich, flavorful expressions that make beautiful gifts for the season.

Kōloa Rum
PRICE: $38.00
SHOP: Corti Brothers
Most of us won’t be celebrating Christmas on a beach, but you can still bring a little Hawaiian sunshine to your holiday with Kōloa Rum. Kōloa is a celebrated Hawaiian craft rum producer and the first licensed distillery on the island of Kaua‘i (kah-WAH-ee), where it has been bottling the Spirit of Aloha since 2009. Rooted in the island’s sugarcane heritage and committed to preserving local craftsmanship, Kōlo a creates single-batch rums using pure cane sugar, pristine rainwater from Mount Waiʻaleʻale (why-ah-lay-ah-lay), and traditional distillation methods. All distilling, blending, and bottling take place at its distillery on Kaua‘i, where the team partners with local farmers to develop distinctive expressions such as: Kōloa White, Gold, Dark, Spice, Coconut, Coffee, Cacao, Cane Fire, along with a range of ready-to-drink cocktails.

Adding a bit more warm and cozy to the mix, ✨ ’Tis the season for cozy nights and restorative rest. This Works has become a cult favorite for a reason — their sleep solutions are gentle, effective, and perfect for gifting. It’s the ultimate way to help someone unwind during the holiday rush.

This Works  
SHOP: @AMAZON
This Works has built its reputation on science-backed, naturally powered sleep solutions, and both of these products are perfect examples. Whether you’re looking to fall asleep faster, sleep more soundly, or simply bring more calm into your evening routine, now’s the time to try the Deep Sleep Pillow Spray and Deep Sleep Body Whip during the stressful holiday season. The Deep Sleep Pillow Spray is their most iconic product, with over  24k 4-star reviews on Amazon. The natural sleep spray is designed to help you fall asleep faster and wake up feeling more refreshed. It features the brand’s signature Deep Sleep Functional Fragrance, a proprietary blend of lavender, chamomile, and vetiver. This unique fragrance isn’t just calming, it’s been scientifically formulated to target areas of the brain linked to relaxation and sleep. Simply mist it over your pillow or bedding before sleep.


For a cozy family moment that looks cute and gives back, meet the shearling-lined TOMS in buffalo plaid – a perfect holiday gift for everyone.

Cozy TOMS Slip-Ons for the Whole Family 
SHOP: @toms.com
I’m loving these adorable cozy shoes from TOMS with their warm shearling linings and in these classic buffalo plaids that are so on trend right now. I also love how they make options for the whole family –  it’s great for Christmas morning matching moments. Plus, every TOMS purchase helps support kids around the world—so your gift feels good in more ways than one. Who doesn’t want to spread extra joy for the holidays? Plus, for a limited time, TOMS is giving our viewers 25% off with code WGN.