This holiday season, Clé de Peau Beauté invites us aboard the Dreams Express.
The luxurious Dreams Express limited-edition skincare collection centres on a narrative of self-belief and inner strength, beautifully realised through the elegant illustrations of French artist Stéphane Kiehl.
Clé de Peau Beauté Takes Holiday Beauty Beyond the Expected
Fundamentally, the collection features five iconic products now reimagined in exclusive festive packaging. And there’s more to the packaging than beautiful illustrations. Uniquely, each piece narrates a chapter of a larger story about a heroine who, plagued by self-doubt, embarks on a transformative journey guided by seven mystical creatures.
Naturally, The Serum remains the cornerstone of the range. This first-step treatment supports skin renewal whilst visibly enhancing radiance and plumpness. It sets the foundation for the entire skincare ritual, much like the hummingbirds that guide our heroine to the Land of Dreams, via a gilded train. Hence, similar to your beauty routine, her quest to rediscover her self-confidence begins here.
The Serum
Radiance through colour
The colour collection introduces fresh shades designed for festive occasions. Cue the Luminizing Face Enhancer in 110 Radiant Peafowl, with its opal-inspired luminosity in a glowing pink palette. It’s represented by a fortune-telling peacock, that reminds our heroine of her own perspective and wisdom. Apart from the face, this highlighter can also be applied to the collarbone and shoulder to add some shimmer to your neckline.
The Luminizing Face Enhancer in 110 Radiant Peafowl
Meanwhile, the Eye Color Quad 504 Pastel Tea Safari combines pink sparkle, lavender, golden beige and walnut brown—each shade inspired by treasures of the sea. Here, we see a meeting of the minds between a leopard and an antelope, unlikely friends that find connection a “focus on what you have in common, rather than what sets you apart.”
Eye Color Quad 504 Pastel Tea Safari
Then, for a romantic statement, Lipstick 527 Ruby’s Spark offers a warm ruby red finish. The formula combines vibrant colour with moisture-rich skincare benefits, housed in packaging adorned with a jewelled ladybug. The insect’s ruby-like shells inspires our heroine to summon a surge of strength, allowing her to “(rise) weightlessly with newfound confidence and radiance.”
Lipstick 527 Ruby’s Spark
Lastly, for evening, La Crème offers intensive nighttime restoration. The formula targets skin’s innate regenerative potential, delivering renewed resilience and youthful density by morning. Its packaging features the majestic white stag, radiating an aura of strength and grace. Our heroine climb onto the great beast’s back, as takes her to a future briming with promise.
La Crème
A gift of strength
So what makes this collection particularly suited to gifting? Beyond the premium formulations, there’s genuine thoughtfulness in the presentation. Kiehl’s dreamlike illustrations transform each product into a keepsake, whilst the narrative thread offers something more meaningful than standard seasonal packaging: Radiance is as much about inner confidence and strength as it is about a glowing complexion.
Symbolically, the Dreams Express Collection serves as a reminder that luxury need not be ostentatious. For sometimes, the most memorable gifts are those that encourage the recipient to rediscover something beautiful within themselves.
