Rare Beauty's Holiday 2026 Gift Sets are five limited-edition makeup sets, three currently Sephora exclusives and two Ulta Beauty exclusives. They cost $23 to $54 (US) and went on sale on September 12–13, 2026. None of the five sets share a shade.
Rare Beauty's other Holiday 2026 launch, the Rare Beauty x BÉIS Limitless Collection of a lip and cheek kit, pouches and luggage, is covered in a separate post.
Release Date
The sets launched on September 12, 2026. At Sephora, they went live in the Sephora app that day, and wider availability followed on September 13, 2026. Both Ulta Beauty sets went online on September 12, 2026. Sephora currently lists Violet Faves as online only.
Price
US: each set costs less than buying its items separately. Here is the set price, the separate-purchase cost, and the discount for each:
- Bestselling Faves (Ulta Beauty): $39 vs. $65 (40%, the largest)
- Luminous Faves Lip Duo (Ulta Beauty): $23 vs. $38 (about 39%)
- Mauve Faves (Sephora): $29 vs. $43 (about 33%)
- Hope Faves (Sephora): $54 vs. $78 (about 31%)
- Violet Faves (Sephora): $34 vs. $48 (about 29%)
UK and other markets: Not yet confirmed.
What's Inside
- Violet Faves: 3 items, all minis (liquid blush, liquid luminizer, lip gloss)
- Mauve Faves: 2 items, both full-size (lip liner, lip oil stick)
- Hope Faves: 4 items (1 mini blush, 2 full-size products, 1 keychain)
- Bestselling Faves: 4 items (3 minis, 1 full-size brow gel)
- Luminous Faves Lip Duo: 2 items (full-size lip liner, lip gloss)
Per-item sizes are not listed in the sources used for this post.

Shades and Products
Sephora's three sets carry most of the collection's new colors. Ulta's two sets mostly use existing bestselling shades at lower prices.
Violet Faves (Sephora, $34)
- Mini Soft Pinch Liquid Blush in Spirited
- Mini Positive Light Liquid Luminizer in Lovestruck
- Mini Positive Light Luminizing Lip Gloss in Twinkle
According to Sephora, two of the three shades are new and exclusive. Both the blush and the luminizer have had earlier mini shade launches, covered in our posts on Rare Beauty New Shades of Mini Soft Pinch Liquid Blush and Rare Beauty New Shades of Mini Light Liquid Luminizer.
Mauve Faves (Sephora, $29)
This set has two full-size lip products in new limited-edition shades: Kind Words Matte Lip Liner in Darling and Soft Pinch Lip Oil Stick in Heart. Sephora describes both shades as rosy mauves.
Hope Faves (Sephora, $54)
Hope Faves has no new shade. It is built around Hope, Rare Beauty's existing bestselling nude-mauve, and contains:
- a mini dewy blush
- a full-size matte bouncy blush
- a full-size lip gloss
- a matching Mini Puffy Tote Keychain
Bestselling Faves (Ulta Beauty, $39)
Ulta lists this set as Bestselling Faves 4-Piece. It contains:
- Mini Soft Pinch Liquid Blush in Happy
- Mini Positive Light Luminizing Lip Gloss in Glimmer
- Full-size Brow Harmony Flexible Lifting Gel
- Mini Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara
Luminous Faves Lip Duo (Ulta Beauty, $23)
This duo pairs a full-size Kind Words Matte Lip Liner in Lovely, described as a warm mauve, with a Positive Light Luminizing Lip Gloss in Flash. Flash is a new limited-edition sheer champagne with gold, pink and silver pearl, and it is the only new shade at Ulta. For another Rare Beauty set that pairs a cheek and a lip product, see Rare Beauty Mabel Mora's Go-To Duo.
Where to Buy
- US: Sephora (Violet Faves $34, Hope Faves $54, Mauve Faves $29); Ulta Beauty (Bestselling Faves $39, Luminous Faves Lip Duo $23)
- UK: Not yet confirmed
- Europe: Not yet confirmed
- Other markets: availability varies by region; more international stockists may be added.
What Makes the Rare Beauty Holiday 2026 Gift Sets Different?
- The five sets are split between two retailers, three at Sephora and two at Ulta Beauty, and no shade appears in more than one set.
- The new limited-edition shades are Darling, Heart and Flash, plus two new Violet Faves shades. Hope, Happy and Glimmer are existing shades.
- Bestselling Faves is the only set in the five-set lineup with products beyond cheeks and lips: a brow gel and a mascara.
Formula and Packaging
The Violet Faves lip gloss has a pink chrome cap. The Hope Faves and Luminous Faves glosses have limited-edition rose gold caps. According to Sephora, the Kind Words Matte Lip Liner in Darling is creamy and waterproof, and the Soft Pinch Lip Oil Stick gives "juicy, buildable color." More launches are in our makeup releases category.
Sources
- Rare Beauty holiday collection page
- Sephora product listings (Violet Faves, Hope Faves, Mauve Faves)
- Ulta Beauty product listings (Bestselling Faves, Luminous Faves Lip Duo)









