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Christmas gifting season has officially arrived on the high street, and one of the most exciting launches for skincare lovers is the Boots x Bubble Beauty Icons Gift Set 2026. This Boots-exclusive collaboration bundles four full-size Bubble skincare products into a complete routine, plus a cute lilac makeup bag, for £35. Whether you're shopping for a Bubble devotee, a skincare newbie or yourself, this set is worth a closer look.

What's Inside the Boots x Bubble Gift Set

Every skincare product in this set is full size, so you get a proper supply of each:

• BUBBLE Fresh Start Gel Cleanser (125ml)
• BUBBLE Moon Walk Gentle Exfoliating Serum (30ml)
• BUBBLE Water Slide Hydration Boosting Serum (30ml)
• BUBBLE Cloud Surf Water Cream Moisturiser (50ml)
• A Boots lilac puffy zip makeup bag with a "BUBBLE x Boots — Exclusive Collaboration" label

The set costs £35 at Boots, while Boots says buying the items separately would come to £72. That makes it one of the more generous offers in this year's gifting line-up.

What's New for 2026

Bubble fans may remember last year's Boots x Bubble Icons set, which featured the Soft Launch Cleanser, Day Dream Vitamin C + Niacinamide Serum, Slam Dunk Hydrating Moisturiser and a Watermelon Talk Back Lip Treatment, valued at £61 for the same £35 price. The 2026 edition has a completely new line-up with two serums instead of one, and a higher stated value of £72. The price is unchanged.

The set belongs to Boots' wider 2026 Beauty Icons gift set series, which also includes sets from NARS, Redken, Matrix and Sculpted by Aimee.

How to Build a Routine With the Set

The four products cover a simple routine:

1. Cleanse with Fresh Start Gel Cleanser to begin your routine.
2. Exfoliate with Moon Walk Gentle Exfoliating Serum. If you're new to exfoliating products, start with a few evenings a week and see how your skin responds.
3. Hydrate with Water Slide Hydration Boosting Serum.
4. Moisturise with Cloud Surf Water Cream Moisturiser to finish.

Tip: Patch test any new product before using it all over your face. Exfoliating products can make skin more sensitive to the sun, so always wear SPF during the day.

Why It Makes a Great Gift

• Full-size products. These aren't minis, so the recipient gets real use from each one.
• A complete routine. It covers cleanser, two serums and a moisturiser in one box.
• A reusable bag. The lilac puffy pouch is handy for travel or for storing makeup.
• Exclusive. This collaboration is only available at Boots.

Where to Buy

• US: Not available (Boots exclusive)
• UK: Boots (£35)
• International: Boots Ireland

Popular Boots gift sets often sell out before Christmas, so if this one is on your list, it's a good idea to buy it early.

The Boots x StyleKorean K-Beauty Advent Calendar 2026, "K-Beauty Express to Seoul", holds 26 Korean skincare, haircare and makeup products. It launched at Boots on 25 September 2026 for £89.90, with a stated value of £302. The brands include Biodance, Beauty of Joseon, ZEROID, medicube, TIRTIR and COSRX.

Release Date

Boots and StyleKorean launched the calendar at Boots in the UK on 25 September 2026. It is one of several holiday 2026 K-beauty advent calendars, alongside the Lookfantastic 12 Days of K-Beauty Advent Calendar, a 12-product Korean skincare and lip calendar. It also arrived as Boots began its Christmas 2026 gifting launches, which include the Boots x Bubble Beauty Icons Gift Set 2026.

Price

• UK: £89.90 at Boots
• US: Not yet announced
• Europe: Not yet announced

The calendar costs £89.90. According to the stated value, buying the 26 products one by one would cost £302. The individual retail prices behind that figure have not been listed.

What's Inside the "K-Beauty Express to Seoul" Calendar

The calendar holds 26 products: 12 full-size, 7 mid-size and 7 minis. The sizes are given per item below. Because they mix millilitres, grams, sheets and pads, there is no single total volume.

Full-Size Products (12)

• Biodance – Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask, 4 EA
• Dr.Reju-All – Advanced PDRN Rejuvenating Lip Serum, 10ml
• Axis-Y – Dark Spot Correcting Glow Serum, 50ml
• Beauty of Joseon – Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask, 150ml
• ZEROID – Intensive Oint-Cream, 80ml
• medicube – PDRN Peptide Eye Cream, 30ml
• Fwee – Lip & Cheek Glowy Jelly Pot in JC02 Mellow Mango, 4g
• Centellian24 – Madeca Cream Time Reverse, 50ml
• haruharu wonder – Rose PDRN Soothing Serum, 30ml
• TOCOBO – Bio Watery Sun Cream SPF50+ PA++++, 50ml
• Missha – Airy Fit Sheet Mask Rice, 1 sheet
• Missha – Mascure Hydra Sheet Mask, 1 sheet

Mid-Size Products (7)

• numbuzin – No.9 NAD Bio Lifting Essence, 30ml
• Dr. Althea – 345 Relief Cream Mist, 60ml
• COSRX – Advanced Snail 92 All in One Cream, 50ml
• TIRTIR – Milk Skin Toner, 50ml
• COSRX – PEPTIDE-132 Ultra Perfect Hair Bonding Treatment, 60ml
• COSRX – PEPTIDE-132 Ultra Perfect Hair Bonding Shampoo, 100ml
• Round Lab – 1025 Dokdo Toner, 100ml

Minis (7)

• SKIN1004 – Madagascar Centella Light Cleansing Oil, 30ml
• Isntree – Gim PDRN Hydro Bouncy Ampoule, 10ml
• Isntree – Gim PDRN Deep Sleep Mask, 10ml
• Round Lab – 1025 Dokdo Cleanser, 40ml
• Dr.Reju-All – Advanced PDRN Rejuvenating Cream, 5ml
• haruharu wonder – Black Rice Probiotics Barrier Essence, 30ml
• Mediheal – Madecassoside Pad, 14 pads

The numbuzin No.9 NAD Bio Lifting Essence is the calendar's NAD product. The brand has since teased a separate NAD+ launch, covered in our numbuzin Next-Gen Gold NAD+ Teaser post.

Where to Buy

• US: Not yet confirmed
• UK: Boots (£89.90)
• Europe: Not yet confirmed
• Other markets: availability varies by region; more international stockists may be added.

What Makes the Boots x StyleKorean K-Beauty Advent Calendar 2026 Different?

• It includes haircare: the COSRX PEPTIDE-132 Ultra Perfect Hair Bonding Shampoo and Treatment, both mid-size.
• It includes a makeup item: the full-size Fwee Lip & Cheek Glowy Jelly Pot in JC02 Mellow Mango.
• Several products are PDRN formulas, from Dr.Reju-All, medicube, haruharu wonder and Isntree.

Formula and Packaging Details

Most of the 26 products are skincare: serums, toners, creams, masks, cleansers and pads. The calendar also contains one SPF, the full-size TOCOBO Bio Watery Sun Cream SPF50+ PA++++. Browse more Korean and other skincare releases in our category archive.

The box has a pink gingerbread-train design with numbered doors, snowmen, reindeer and a gingerbread man. The promo imagery shows the Biodance Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask and the ZEROID Intensive Oint-Cream, and both are included in full size.

Sources

• Boots x StyleKorean official promo imagery
• Beauty Calendars UK contents and pricing listing
• Beauty Detective launch and contents listing
• BeautyCalendar.com contents listing