Hautelist: 25 New Beauty Launches To Add To Your Cart To Look PHAT This Diwali!

The Diwali season is already upon us, which means the beauty prep has already begun. Here are our favourite picks!

The Diwali season is already upon us, which means the beauty prep has already begun. From getting your skin to look fresh before the makeup goes on to finally giving your hair that shine, the pre-Diwali GRWM is basically an annual ritual. So, we’ve rounded up the beauty, bodycare, and fragrance picks worth adding to your festive prep, because looking good for Diwali is a non-negotiable.

1. For The Glow-Up

If you’re chasing fresh, brighter-looking skin before the festive makeup starts piling on, then Foxtale Gluta Vitamin C Brightening Serum should be your best friend. This deserves a spot in your daily routine and will be the first step to getting your skin Diwali-ready.

2. Lightweight SPF

Festive season means running around with your family for shopping and last-minute plans, so a good and lightweight sunscreen is a non-negotiable. And Heliocare’s Water Gel Sunscreen is one which will easily slip into your morning routine without feeling like another heavy step.

3. This Season, Smell Expensive

Choose YSL MYSEL L’Absolu Spray Parfum because a good Diwali outfit deserves a good perfume to go with it. This is the one to reach for when you want your fragrance to be the final touch before you head out for all the parties.

4. Bringing Back The Champi Before Glam

Before the heat styling, blowouts, and elaborate festive hairstyles begin, give your hair some time off with Indē Wild Champi Hair Oil. A proper champi is the pre-Diwali ritual we’ll always get behind.

5. The Ultimate Festive Lip Colour

Lakmé 9 to 5 Lip Crayon is easy, fuss-free, and made for keeping in your bag always. This is the kind of product you’ll want around when your lipstick inevitably needs a little touch-up just before those Diwali group pictures!

6. A Flush Of Colour

PHlush pH Changing Cheek & Lip Tint Oil is for those days when you want your makeup to look fresh rather than over the top and fully done. This tint works across your cheeks and lips for that easy pop of colour.

7. For That Extra Attention Your Skin Needs

Pre-Diwali is a good time to get a little more serious about your skin care, and adding Dr Melaxin TX Serum & TC Cream to your routine would be a good decision. This is for when you want to give your skin some extra TLC before the festive rush begins.

8. Make Your Showers More Fun With This

A good body wash can even make a regular shower feel part of the getting-ready process. And Hibiscus Monkey Body Wash brings exactly that and some fresh fragrance to your everyday body care routine.

9. Keep Your Lips Happy And Hydrated

Dry lips right before Diwali? Absolutely not. Keep Dot & Key’s New Crème Lip Balm on your bedside or wherever you’re most likely to remember to use it to get those glossy and fresh lips before every picture.

10. Your Favourite Skin Product

When you’re already juggling a million Diwali plans, multitasking skincare steps is always welcome. That’s why you go and get Codeskin Beta Glucan Barrier Defence Hyaluronic & Sunscreen. This brings hydration, barrier care, and sun protection into the mix.

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11. Your At-Home Facial Moment

Swiff Beauty’s Korean Facial KIT is for the pre-Diwali pampering session when you don’t want to leave the house but still want to feel like you’ve had a proper beauty appointment.

12. For The Lip Gloss Girlies

If your go-to Diwali look is more glossy than matte, then Forever52 Lipsy belongs in your makeup bag. Swipe it on before heading out and keep it close for quick touch-ups.

13. Smell Like A Fruity Cocktail

Your body-care routine will have a fruity flavour with MCaffeine Guava Tini Range. This brings a twist to the shower, which feels very on-theme for this festive season. Right?

14. The Ultimate Moisturiser

Good makeup always starts with good skin prep, and Formularx Hydra Veil Plus Ceramide Moisturiser is the best for it. Reach for this when your skin needs that extra layer of hydration before you get started with your festive glam.

15. For Your Diwali Night Fragrance

If you like your perfumes a little moodier and less predictable, Nasu Khus Noir is the one to have on your radar. This is the kind of fragrance that everyone will be asking you about throughout the night.

16. Don’t Forget Your Scalp

Between all the styling, dry shampoo and festive hair experiments, your scalp needs some attention too. So consider The Derma Co. Dandruff & Itch Control Shampoo a practical addition to your pre-Diwali hair routine.

17. For That Extra Glow

Some days your skin just needs a little extra something. Add Unconditional All Rounder 543 & Glow Drops Milk Ampoule Serum to your routine when you want to give your pre-Diwali skincare the extra glow-focused step.

18. Everyday Skin Protection Sorted

Himalaya’s Sun Protect+ Ultra-Light Sunscreen offers SPF 50 PA++++ protection against UVA, UVB and blue light. Enriched with jojoba, wheatgerm and vitamin E, its quick-absorbing, sweat-resistant formula leaves no white cast, making it an easy everyday pick.

19. For All Those Outdoor Errands

Diwali prep involves a lot of stepping out, shopping, salon appointments, gifting runs, and everything in between. Lumisca Tan Ban Scarf is a handy addition when you’re trying to protect yourself from all the sun exposure.

20. Give Your Nails A Moment

Formula X because your nails are going to be in every festive picture anyways. Whether you’re going for a full manicure ot just cleaning things up, this can be very helpful.

21. For That Lit-From-Within Glow

This moisturiser is for anyone who likes their skin looking glowy even before the highlighter comes out. With hyaluronic acid, niacinamide and SPF 10, its formula hydrates the skin while giving a radiant finish. It also doubles up as a makeup base.

22. Your Festive Fragrance Wardrobe

For the fragrance lovers who like having a different scent for every mood, Namoly & Co Velvet Sky Perfume is another addition to the rotation before the festive calendar gets busy.

23. For A Fun Shower

If your bodycare routine needs a little glow-up, Dence’s Bright Edit is worth a look. It is designed to tackle dullness and uneven-looking skin tone and also has a fresh mandarin and gardenia fragrance that makes your everyday shower feel a little more indulgent.

24. Keep It In Your Bag

Hand It Over Hand Gel because Diwali means crowded spaces, shopping, travelling, and approximately a hundred things happening all at once. Keep a hand gel handy, and you’re sorted.

25. End Of A Ritual

An untinted lip balm for everyday nourishment, Veil of Veda’s Bare Silk Lip Balm combines shea butter, black seed oil and peptides to hydrate lips, support the skin barrier and help reduce the appearance of pigmentation.

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First Published: November 05, 2026 12:00 PM