11 beauty Christmas crackers that seriously beat the plastic-packed competition

Perfect your Christmas day mani with a quick flick of an easy-to-use file then polish it off with a glossy coat of plant-based, mauve colour. 

Key features:

9-free, natural formula

Manicure perfecting file

Up to 7 days of glossy wear

Available at: 

$25 at Sephora

$24.95 at Myer

$19.49 (usually $24.95) at Look Fantastic

Experience L'Occitane’s cherry blossom scented bath and shower gel, hand cream and mini perfume after you rip open this deluxe beauty Christmas cracker. 

Key features:

Feminine floral scent

Hydrating 

Travel-sized

Available at:

$39 from Adore Beauty

$39 from The Iconic 

$39 from L'Occitane

Talk about a practical gift! This genius beauty Christmas cracker contains five silk scrunchies in various sizes and patterns to suit a myriad of styles and occasions. 

Key features:

Anti-crease

Delicate on hair 

Cute colours

Available at:

$35 (usually $50) from Look Fantastic

$50 from The Iconic

$35 (usually $50) from RY

If you've got any blondies in your life, giving them the gift of totally toned tresses will earn you the title of 'star gifter'. When they crack open this bon bon, they'll reveal a practical travel-sized blonde shampoo and conditioner within. 

Key Features:

Blonde-toning duo

Perfect travel size

Maintains hair vibrancy

Available at:

$15.90 at Oz Hair and Beauty

This hydrating, glow-inducing mist is a handbag essential on hot summer days when you’re in the need of roaming SPF top-ups. It layers beautifully over makeup and fits neatly into a beach bag too. 

Key Features:

Non-comedogenic

Perfect for top-ups

Brightening, nourishing ingredients 

Available at:

$31.90 (usually $39.95) at Naked Sundays

Instead of getting them yet another candle (although, can you ever have too many?), try giving them the scent they already know and love, but in a wearable form! Yep, you'll be getting a taste of what's to come before you even crack open this elegant cracker.

Key features:

Contains Midnight In Milan 1 x 50mL Body Lotion & 1 x 5mL Eau de Parfum

Delightfully sophisticated scent

Perfect handbag size 

Available at:

$19.95 from Adore Beauty

$19.95 from Glasshouse Fragrances

$19.95 from Oz Hair and Beauty

Picture this, you've just eaten your weight in ham, now it's time to sit down and relax with a Christmas film. What could make it any better? Talking your fam into giving you a hydrating hand massage that's bound to leave the room smelling incredible and give your hands a gorgeous hit of moisture.

Key features:

Best-selling fragrance

Long-lasting scent

Formulated with nourishing rosehip and apricot kernel oils  

Available at:

$14.95 from Myer

$14.95 from Adore Beauty

$14.95 from RY

TBH, we'd do most things for the sake of aesthetics, especially when it comes to Christmas. So, seeing a stunning custom Alémais print adoring skin care-packed bon bons we just knew that these had to be the finishing touches to the tablescape. 

Key features:

Pack of six

Mix of skin care and accessories 

Classic bon bon surprise nature

Available at:

$60 at Go-To Skin Care

How many Christmas crackers show you really care? Not many, but this sun-safe (always make sure you follow directions for use), ultra-hydrating and all round seriously cute bon bon is here to differ. 

Key features:

Sun-safe

Cute colour 

Ultra-hydrated ingredients (shea butter, vitamin E and hyaluronic acid)

Available at: 

$22 at MECCA

If your family are a little boujee, then they'll love this luxe, hydrating and seriously scent-filled cracker. Designed to give you a taste of three of their most iconic scents along with their different offerings (cologne, body wash and hand cream), this cracker is a true triple threat.

Key features:

Pack contains: Wood Sage & Sea Salt Cologne (9ml), Lime Basil & Mandarin Body & Hand Wash (30ml) and Blackberry & Bay Hand Cream (15ml)

Perfect for testing scents 

Ultra-luxe minis 

Available at:

$80 from Myer

$80 from Jo Malone

$80 from David Jones

What's that we see? Mistletoe hanging from the doorways! Get ready to pucker up by cracking open this coconut scented, lanolin-rich cracker. Bonus points for having a matching, nourishing, vitamin E-rich hand cream.

Key features:

Pack contains 1x 101 Ointment Multi-Balm Coconutter 10g and 1x Coconutter Hand Cream Intense 25ml

Packed with vitamin E

Fun tropical scent

Available at:

$19.95 from David Jones

$21.75 from Cult Beauty