Do you have someone on your gift list who is serious about hairstyling? Whether it’s friend who is obsessed with salon-quality products, a family member who covets the latest styling tools or even your own hair stylist you’ve been seeing for years, treat them to the best in hair care this year with a gift they deserve. From a high-performance blow-dry balm to an interchangeable curling wand kit, here are some of our favorite salon-quality gifts for hair stylists, professional or otherwise.

9 fabulous gift ideas for hair stylists

Moroccanoil Getaway Glam Travel Essentials Volume Set

Travel hair care sets make fabulous gifts for aspiring hair stylists—who wouldn’t want a fresh lineup of fun products to bring on their next trip? This quartet of minis from Moroccanoil is all about maximizing volume, with the Extra Volume Shampoo and Conditioner as well as Root Boost, a texturizing spray designed to give hair a lift where it matters, right at the roots. It also contains Moroccanoil’s signature treatment oil to help smooth and nourish hair with antioxidant-rich argan oil and linseed extract.

PHYTO Phytodefrisant Anti-Frizz Blow Dry Balm

When it comes to hair stylist gifts, you can’t go wrong with a professional heat-styling product. This blow-dry balm from PHYTO safeguards hair without traditional silicones, instead relying on a botanical complex of plant extracts and guar gum to help tame frizz and guard strands against humidity and the damaging effects of heat styling.

K18 Leave-in Molecular Repair Hair Mask

A hair repair mask like this one from K18 is a great gift idea for someone with bleached or color-treated hair. This innovative treatment contains K18Peptide, a patented peptide that helps repair broken keratin chains in hair that’ve been damaged by heat styling, chemical treatments, color treatments or bleaching. Since this hair mask works as a leave-in treatment, it can be applied after washing to towel-dried hair so you can continue styling as usual after a four-minute wait time.

usmooth Revolution Hair Dryer

A new professional-grade hair dryer is always on the top of everyone’s gift list. This 1875-watt hair dryer uses ceramic ball infrared technology to dry hair quickly and a powerful ion generator to provide either positive ions for volumizing or negative ions for a smoothing effect. What hair stylists love most about this hair dryer, however, is its lightweight feel and silent fan that helps reduce noise—two features your they will surely appreciate when using this tool on the job or at home.

L’ANZA Keratin Healing Oil Renewing Luxury Set

An in-demand gift for hair stylists, this limited-edition keratin healing oil set from L'ANZA contains a shampoo, conditioner and hair treatment all featuring Phyto IV Complex, a proprietary blend of plant oils. When used in tandem, these products deliver a boost of hydration to parched hair, shorten drying time and provide heat protection for a mane with body and bounce they’ll love to show off.

Pureology Strength Cure Mini Kit

If you know someone who is interested in the latest products for color-treated hair, then they will love this four-piece set from Pureology. The Strength Cure Shampoo and Conditioner contains keravis, a plant-based protein that works to strengthen hair and astaxanthin, an antioxidant that helps repair damaged strands. It also includes the Color Fanatic Multi-Tasking Leave-In Spray, which nourishes hair with fatty acids, as the Style + Protect Soft Finish Hair Spray helps keep your hairstyle in check. All products are sulfate-free and formulated with Pureology’s patented Antifade Complex

VIRTUE Fan Favorites Kit

It's very likely that the aspiring hair stylist in your life has already heard about VIRTUE and its innovative signature ingredient, Alpha Keratin 60ku, which is an exclusive protein that effectively repairs hair by filling in the cracks of damaged cuticles. This hair care set makes a great gift for a hair stylist because it features four of VIRTUE’s most popular products, all in one box: the Recovery Shampoo, Recovery Conditioner, Restorative Treatment Mask and Healing Oil.

CHI Interchangeable Curling Wand Kit

Looking for a hair-care gift that can be used at home, at the salon or on the go? We've got just what you're looking for. This versatile curling wand kit from CHI does the job of three curling irons in one space-saving tool, and it only takes 30 seconds to heat up. Just choose the barrel attachment you want to use (1-inch, 1.5 inch or tapered), snap it into the wand base and you’re ready to start styling.

Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate Holiday Kit

Chances are, your hair stylist’s own mane has seen plenty of blow-drying and heat styling as of late. Redken’s Acidic Bonding Concentrate was developed with an acidic pH and a complex that's included in their formulas to help take heat-ravaged hair from dry and damaged to smooth and soft. This three-step system contains Redken's Acidic Bonding Concentrate Shampoo and Conditioner as well as the Acidic Perfecting Concentrate Leave-In Treatment.

Looking for more gift ideas? Shop even more hair stylist gifts or explore other great gift ideas for everyone on your list this season at LovelySkin's 2021 Holiday Gift Guide.