I am so excited for you all to see this and I also can’t believe I am writing about the C word already “Christmas”. This year has flown by but with Black Friday and it’s huge savings fast approaching and the beauty store shelfies emptying I need to make sure you all go shopping with the best beauty ideas in your head, after all its just a few weeks now until the big day!

This is my first ever gift guide and i like to be authentic so I haven't researched ideas of how others do theirs, so I hope I execute mine in an orderly fashion. The theme I have chosen is “Stocking Fillers”. I am talking small gifts that will fit in your stockings and sacks, token gifts for people you have to buy for but don’t really want to (LOL), gifts for those that have absolutely everything already, secret santas and good gifts at affordable prices for those of you that have a gazillion people to buy for so you can stretch the purse strings.

Lets begin ……..

first of all the important shizz so no one gets @ me - some links within this post are affiliated.

My first collection and those pictured in my opening shot are :-

Luxury Beauty

Slip Pure Silk Sleep Mask – The bougiest gift in my post. Made from high grade mulberry silk and designed to help give a restful nights sleep as well as locking in moisture to your skin, preventing dark circles and eye bags. Tell me someone that won't appreciate this? Available in a multitude of colours at the following places : Look Fantastic, Cult Beauty, Net-a-Porter, Slip Silk UK & Space NK.

RRP £50.00

Milk Kush Trio – A trio of mascara, lip balm and eye brow gel. The perfect gift for any makeup junkie. Especially teens! Available at Cult Beauty.

RRP £22.00

Spacemasks – the perfect gift for stressed out tired eyes and those that enjoy relaxation and masking. A heating eye mask that relieves tiredness, eye strain and tension. The box contains a pack of 5 masks. Available at Spacemasks.com, Feelunique, Oliver Bonas, Cult Beauty, Space NK, Harvey Nichols and Selfridges.

RRP £15.00 per box

L’Occitaine Hand Cream Trio – Contains 3 handbag sixe (30ml) tubes including the bestselling Shea Butter, Almond Delicious and Cherry Blossom in a reusable tin. Available at L’Occitaine, Marks and Spencer, John Lewis and Debenhams.

RRP £21.00

Monu Skin Bath & Body Oil (300ml) – a moisturising body oil suitable for a relaxing sensual experience and a home spa day. Available at Monushop.co.uk.*gifted.

RRP £30.00 also comes in a duo set for RRP £35.00

Emma Hardie Hydration on The Go Kit – A set of 2 travel size minis perfect for any skincare junkie. The award winning Moringa Cleansing Balm and the Midas Touch Revitalising Cream. Available at Marks and Spencer.

RRP £10.00

Caudalie Cracker – Perfect secret santa gift containing 3 travel size minis. Micellar Cleansing Water, SOS Thirst Quenching Serum & Moisturizing Sorbet. In the most festive cracker packaging. Available at Look Fantastic, Space NK, John Lewis, Feel Unique, Caudalie, Cult Beauty and Harvey Nichols.

Beauty Accessories

What do you buy the lady that has everything? Top up her beauty stash with the best accessories.

Kiss Lashes – The Naked Drama Lashes are perfect for the most glamourous ladies in your life that like to get dressed up to paint the town red (or any other colour they wish). The most perfect stocking filler. Avalable at Boots and Superdrug. *gifted

RRP £7.99

Kiss Press On Nails – available in a multitude of colours and designs, the perfect on the go mani. Each set comes with everything you need to have your nails on fleek! Available at Boots and Superdrug. *gifted

RRP From £7.99

Danielle Beauty Jade Roller and Gua Sha – the cutest skin tool duo. Designed to help treat the skin to be firmer, smoother and more radiant. The tools help increase skin elasticity, increase collagen and minimise pores. Perfect for ladies over 25 and such a fab affordable gift. Available at Danielle-ltd.co.uk *gifted.

RRP £9.99

Eco Movement Bamboo Cotton Pad – the perfect sustainable gift. Made from 100% eco friendly Bamboo Cotton. Machine washable and reusable. Contains 10 reusable pads and 100% natural wash bag. Available at Amazon. *gifted.

RRP £19.99

Radical Tea Towel Wash Bag – comes in different designs and the perfect gift for someone that has everything, the lady on the move, the History loving ladies and the political feminists. Ethnically Sourced, the brand constantly donates to good causes, uses Eco friendly water based inks and is a family owned business. Available at radicalteatowel.co.uk. *gifted.

RRP £18.00

Tweezerfile – fed up with blunt tweezers? This is a fab little gadget and perfect stocking size for those pluckers! A diamond plated stainless steel blade for sharpening your tweezers. Comes in 2 different colours. Available at tweezerfile.com. *gifted

RRP £12.99

Bath and Body Goodies

Skyn Tree Gift – Contains 2 Skyn minis. X1 Iceland Berry Lip Mix & x1 Pure Cloud Cream. Available from Feeluniques Christmas 2019 collection. Worth £15.00 *gifted.

RRP £8.00

Bubu Skincare – Fun and brand new sheet & Lip Masks. 5 in the whole collection, designed to celebrate women of all shapes and sizes the founder of Bubu promotes self love and encourages her consumers to love the skin they are in. the masks are clear and glittery and ever so girly! Perfect for teens upwards. Available at prettylittlething.com. *gifted

RRP £7.00 each face mask £5.00 each lip mask.

Boho Whipped Body Butters – the creamiest fluffiest, prettiest body butters! A multitude of mouth watering scents are available. Homemade with shea butter, cruelty free and vegan friendly. Available to order on Instagram via @bohovegancosmetics or by email bohovegancosmetics@gmail.com

RRP £6.95 each

Soaper Duper – One of my personal fave sustainable brands, I actually recommend all of their bath and body products and they do have gift sets available, but I chose the Peppermint Foot Cream for this post. An eco friendly brand, cruelty free and vegan. The brand supports water aid and uses recyclable plastic wherever possible. Available at Boots and Soaperduper.com .

Foot Cream RRP £7.50

Leighton Denny Rejuvenate Hand Mask – Perfect pamper treat for those with dry overworked hands. A gorgeous 20/30 min home treatment. Available at leightondennyexpernails.com .

RRP £6.50

An array of Lush products because who doesn’t love a lush xmas?

Let it Glow Sparkle Massage Bar – Scented in the popular snow fairy sent, a moisturising bar that melts into the skin at body temperature leaving behind a shimmery fairy dust. RRP £7.50

Rudolph Jelly Face Mask – A Cocoa Powder and Orange Oil clarifying 5/10minute treatment mask. Perfect for oily skin types of those with large pores. RRP £8.00

Santas On His Way Math Melt – Like a soap on a rope but better! This melts into your bath water creating a scented sanctuary. It's also reusable so you will get more than 1 bath sesh out of this. RRP £6.95.

Snow Fairy Shower Gel – The iconic shower gel returns year after year and will make a fab present for any one kids, teens and adults. A candyfloss pink shimmer shower gel. From RRP £5.00

That concludes my first gift guide. I hope I have left you with some present inspo. Let me know what your faves are in the comments below. Happy Shopping! Try not to buy too many gifts for yourself!

Kisses

Nicola XXX

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