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Today I'm sharing an edited selection of gorgeous Christmas gifts from stocking-fillers to all-out luxury, so let's get into it...
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Laneige Midnight Minis Set* | £18
If you didn't know already; Laneige is now available at Boots (including in-store!) and this set a great place to start for people who love K-beauty but haven't tried this brand yet, or even for existing fans of their cult lip mask. This formula is beloved on the internet with good reason; it's a creamy-balm textured lip mask formulated with ingredients like hyaluronic acid, plant oils and waxes to hydrate the lips, leave them nice and soft and lock in all that goodness. This is great for dry winter lips and in this set you get 5 adorable baby lip masks in the scents: Watermelon Pop, Mango, Peach Iced Tea, Berry Fruits and Gummy Bear. These are great for travel but also if you want to try a few different scents before commiting to the full size. The price-point is also on the right side of £20, making it a great stocking-filler option.
Caudalie Nourishing Hand Cream Trio* | £12
This is hands-down (no pun intended) one of my favourite hand cream formulas ever. It has a light lotion texture but provides deep nourishment that lasts all day without being heavy or greasy-feeling. It also has a beautiful light grape scent! In this affordable mini set (which could also be broken up to put in different people's stockings) you're getting a handbag-friendly tube of the original formula, a version with notes of white musk, neroli and ginger and another fragrance variation featuring rhubarb and botanical notes.
Feather and Down Serene Moon Gift Set* & Sleep Sanctuary Gift Set* | £10 & £7.50
Now we're into a couple of £10 and under options that are perfect for Secret Santa (gifts get more expensive every year, yet the budget always stays the same so it's nice to find some options that are decent at this price-point!) Feather & Down is a budget-friendly take on sleep-focused aromatherapy and I'm a huge fan of their soothing, relaxing signature scent featuring lavender and chamomile. The Serene Moon Gift Set bauble features a travel-friendly rollerball, as well as their trademark pillow spray (which I personally use every night) and the Sleep Sanctuary Gift Set contains a larger bottle of the pillow spray and also their foaming bath essence for those who like to relax and soak whilst reading a book.
L'Occitane Festive Crackers Collection* | £28.50
This is a more expensive option but I'm still putting it in with my stocking-fillers because it's a great option to purchase and you can pop a cracker into 4 different stockings or even put them next to the placemats of beauty-lovers at Christmas dinner! These crackers each contain two little minis themed around a L'Occitane signature body care scent. We have the shea shower oil and hand cream, cherry blossom shower gel and hand cream, almond shower oil and hand cream and the verbena shower gel and hand cream. These are so cute, the packaging is beautiful and it's the perfect indulgent treat for fans of the brand.
Ilia the Beauty of Balm Gift Set* | £50
This set contains a full-sized tube of Ilia's cult Lip Wrap balm and three minis of the tinted Lip Wraps. This is a lovely clear glossy lip balm formula with plant oils and humectants to moisturise, soften and hydrate the lips. It’s one of my go-to formulas to use in the morning, especially for a no-makeup day to get a clear glossy look on my lips. The tinted shades are Ripe (cherry red), Bare (soft peach) and Bloom (mauve rose). They’re sheer but offer a wash of colour for low maintenance makeup days.
Ole Henriksen Pre-Party Glow Set* & After Party Peptides Set* | £45 & £42
For skincare fans, these gift sets offer wonderful value for money and I love the theme of a set for glowing skin when you want to look your best and a reparative set to use when you get home. The Banana Bright Moisturiser is £42 on its own and with this set you’re getting three additional full sized products for just £3! The set is worth £96.40 and you’re getting their cult brightening eye cream (I really like this product for correcting, as moisturising / luminous makeup prep and for its skincare ingredients), the moisturiser (I’ve not tried this yet but it sounds promising with ingredients like niacinamide and Vitamin C for glowing and even skin) and the serum which I personally really enjoyed and I can confirm it gives me dewy, healthy skin. The After Party Set contains my beloved Strength Trainer Peptide moisturiser which contains a gentle blend of active well-ageing and skin-brightening ingredients alongside skin barrier boosters (the texture means I like it for both AM and PM too). This also comes with a mini of their facial oil, which is essentially free, since the moisturiser is worth £42 alone! I’m a big fan of this oil as part of my evening routine so I wake up with soft, plump, nourished skin.
Check out my Ole Henriksen reviews here.
Finally, let’s talk the luxury sets for people that are very special to you!
L'Occitane Nourishing Shea Butter Collection* & Luxury Almond Collection* | £55 & £68
The luxury options for the L’Occitane lover in your life are the Shea Butter and Almond Oil body care sets (again, in beautifully-designed packaging). Naturally I’m an Almond Oil girl because the scent is just heavenly but trying this set gave my dry skin a new appreciation for the Shea Butter formulas. The Shea set comes with two big full-sized products and three ‘generous minis’ (that’s my terminology!) The Sensitive Skin body wash is perfect for dry, flaky winter skin that needs something gentle and non-drying. You can then lock everything in with the mini Shea Butter body lotion, which is a great middle ground between being incredibly moisturising and skin-softening whilst having a light texture. This set also contains a large tube of their classic Shea Butter hand cream; it really needs no introduction but it’s the perfect remedy for dry, cracked hands and I personally like to use it overnight so I wake up with soft, smooth hands the next morning. There’s also a mini of the foot cream which I’ve not tried yet (but if it’s half as good as the hand cream, I’m sure we’ll get along!) and a little soap bar which is non-drying and smells so luxurious. Then in the Luxury Almond collection of course there’s a full sized bottle of the beloved shower gel, which I first purchased in 2015 and have used every single winter since then! It’s a nourishing formula that lathers slightly but smells gorgeous and leaves my skin so, so soft after use. There’s also a mini hand cream in here which I’ve not tried yet but will be packing for my Christmas travels. There’s also a mini soap in the almond formula and a full size of the Almond Milk Concentrate. I can’t believe I hadn’t tried the Concentrate before! It’s a glorious nourishing body cream that feels like such a treat to use and is the perfect follow-up after cleansing with the shower oil. So, if you know someone who loves this shower oil; this is a great way to introduce them to the rest of the range so they can discover some new favourites!
Elemis Pro-Collagen Gift of Renewed Skin Face & Body 6 Collection* | £174
I got this on offer and I’m sure there’ll be a similar deal for Black Friday later this week on an Elemis set; if so, I really recommend snapping one up, because these sets are packed with full-sized face and body products to have a head-to-toe pamper session! This particular set comes with four facial skincare products; a ‘generous mini’ of the cult luxurious Pro-Collagen cleansing balm (which I regularly feature here and on Instagram), a tub of the Pro-Collagen Marine Cream (it leaves my skin soft and plump without being too heavy), the Apricot Toner facial mist (it offers a hydration boost and just feels nice and invigorating on the skin) and also the Pro-Collagen Mask (a hydrating wash-off face mask for gene your skin just needs that boost of life). For the body products, you have two full sized bottles and the choice of Vanilla Orchid (which I have here), Ginger and Lime and Frangipani. In here you get their moisturising Shower Milk and Velvet Body Butter (which is intensely nourishing but isn’t greasy or heavy). You get some amazing products in here that are a dream to use, so it’s a real treat for whoever receives it!
Liz Earle Face & Body Gift Collection* £111 (down to £66 at the time of writing)
This is great value for luxury gifting and look at all of these full-sized products! Again, this is a head-to-toe beauty gifting option and I have it in the Cardamom and Chamomile fragrance variety. In terms of facial skincare, you get a ‘generous mini’ of the Skin Repair Rich Cream (I really enjoyed this when I tried it a few years back - it’s formulated with plant oils, glycerin and shea butter for dry winter skin) or Gel Cream or Light Cream depending on your skin type, the classic Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser in its original form and also in the Cardamom and Chamomile fragrance (it’s an oldie but a goodie - this creamy cleanser is wonderful for gently removing makeup at the end of the day) which are both full-sized and also the full-sized hydrating Instant Boost Skin Tonic. For body products, we have the body wash which I of course have in Cardamom and Chamomile (which has this lovely tea-like aroma) and the Botanical Body Cream (I’ve not tried this yet but the butters and oils it’s formulated with sound promising). Plus you get several of the Cleanse & Polish cloths and a wash bag to keep everything in. It’s perfect for existing fans of Cleanse & Polish who want a top up of their favourite plus some new products to try from the brand in scents they’re maybe not explored before.
What’s on your Christmas wish list this year?
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