A Very Malaysian Christmas: Local Brands You’ll Want On Your Gift List
Your Christmas gift guide to some of the best Malaysian brands.
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Are you thinking of surprising your loved ones with an amazing Christmas gift but have trouble picking what to get for them?
Worry not because this list features Malaysian brands that proudly handcraft quality products. You might end up getting one or two gift boxes for yourself too!
1. Mangosteen
This giving season, we can shop and do our part for the community too. Every time you buy something from Mangosteen’s Gifts That Give Back collection, the money goes straight to MyStarfish, a non-profit, to help them build a kids’ palliative care center in Petaling Jaya.
The gift sets consist of body and hair care favourites, aromatic home fragrance products, as well as Halal-certified cookies by bake x dignity, a social enterprise under the Dignity for Children Foundation.
Chuck’s
Chuck’s has various beauty and skincare gift sets that are perfect for the beauty queens in your life. The Party-Ready Set comes in an eye-catching red metal tin and inside there are three easy makeup essentials for the eyes, lips, and cheeks.
Meanwhile, the Do Not Disturb Set is a great gift for those who need some TLC. The set comes with a box of face masks, a bottle of sunscreen, and a tube of lip jelly to keep lips moisturised.
Handmade Heroes
Handmade Heroes prides itself in creating all natural, preservative and paraben-free, all-vegan, and cruelty free products for our skin. They have various gift sets including a lip oil set, a dry shampoo kit, a Bakuchiol Boosting Bundle, and a Dewy Skin Starter Kit featuring bakuchiol booster oil and Snow Shroom Serum.
Bingka
Bingka beautifully fuses our cultural heritage with contemporary design, bringing a modern touch to home and lifestyle products. They have a range of vibrant fabric coasters, pouches in the shape of a kopitiam mug or nasi lemak bungkus, and tea towels featuring illustrations of kuih-muih. These will be great gifts for someone who loves home decorating or just moved to a new place.
Royale Culture
Royale Culture is a brand under the social enterprise Komuniti Tukang Jahit (KTJ). KTJ helps empower a community of single women, single mothers, the disabled community, and stay-at-home mothers with a working opportunity to earn a sustainable income through sewing orders.
The Kopitiam Series: Ala-Carte features adorable cartoon-like pouches that look like our local food such as roti canai, cendol, and kuih lapis. There’s also a zipper pouch that looks like a tiffin. You can playfully assemble all the pouches into your own ‘’food tray’’ or you can opt for the ready-made ones from the Kopitiam Set Meal collection.
Chocolate Concierge
Chocolate Concierge is known for its amazing selection of single-origin chocolate bars and bonbons infused with local flavours. The cacao variety used are sourced from Kelantan, Johor, Perak, and more. For this festive season, the 2025 Christmas Collection Gift Set features 12 festive creations with flavours like Apple pie, Blueberry Cheesecake, Coffee & Cookie, Gingerbread, and more.
Other local chocolate brands to check out include Cocoraw, Jaws & Claws Chocolate, Benns Ethicoa, Harriston, and Cocova.
Analogue Apotik
Analogue Apotik has a selection of solid colognes, perfumes, candles, and body and hair care products. There are no alcohol used in the products. Instead, they designed the ‘’oil de parfum’’ so the scent lasts longer in our heat and doesn’t irritate the skin. The bestsellers include the Colossus Solid Cologne, Phenomen Oil de Parfum, and the Kabukicho Bees & Soy Wax Candle.
Wunderbath
Wunderbath is back with its Christmassy gift boxes with the theme ‘’Christmas Bakery.’’ They’ve shown such creativity in making bath supplies look like festive cookies and kuih-muih. You might just get a box or two for yourself while shopping for others!
Flavrs
Flavrs takes on ordinary toothpastes by giving their versions local flavours like Tropical Pandan, Coconut Breeze, Rosy Glow, and Lavender Smile.
It might sound strange to some because who wants to taste food while brushing their teeth, but a tube of unique toothpaste does serve as a quirky gift. Quoting its founder Stephy Sam, ‘’Life is already full of routines. Your toothpaste doesn’t have to be one more boring thing.’’
To get started, you can mix and match any two toothpastes from the Holiday Collection and get a toothbrush for free. Flavrs toothpaste is fluoride-free so it contains nano-hydroxyapatite instead. Hydroxyapatite is an enamel-safe fluoride alternative.
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