Christmas Gifts For Men
Stop snoring and sleep better with Good Night Anti Snore Ring, rrp £29.99 a natural, non-invasive and elegant way to help reduce or stop snoring. The Good Night Anti-Snoring Ring is a special ring worn on your pinkie finger that helps you sleep at night. Pop it on 30 minutes before you go to sleep and let the acupressure stimulators go to work to open up your breathing passages whilst you sleep. There are not one, but two points inside Good Night Ring. These apply light pressure on specific points on your little finger. These help you to fall asleep and breathe better during the night. It helps your tiredness and therefore makes you more productive.
Christmas Gifts For Women
Slow Ageing Essentials face and body scrub, rrp £51 for 100mls is a powerhouse face and body skin smoother for visibly improved texture, radiance, vitality and suitable for all skin types. Dramatically improve skin texture with this exfoliating, plant butter-infused buffer for the face and body. Nourishing coconut oil, reinvigorating ginger, pomegranate and orange banish rough or dry patches while boosting microcirculation for brighter, more even tone. Naturally, stimulating citrus essential oils leave a lingering uplifting scent on the skin. Use one to three times a week as a brightening treatment. Fill one spatula for the face or one spoonful for the body. Can be massaged dry onto the body before showering, or apply to the face, activate with water and massage off. This has made such a difference to my skincare routine and convinced me to spend more on skincare, as it really does give much better results.
I am in a really good skincare routine at the moment, but am still guilty of using dispoabe make up pad and wipes. Earthbits got in touch and offered to send some reusable cotton & bamboo facial rounds for the guides, rrp £7.99. These soft yet durable facial pads are the best zero-waste alternative to disposable cotton rounds, they are perfect for removing makeup at the end of the day, apply toner or any other facial lotion. However, unlike their wasteful commercial counterpart, these ones can be washed and reused for a very long time. Just throw them in your washing machine and wash on 30 degrees. You’ll see how clean they come out of the wash ready to use again. I have been using these now since the end of August and they wash so well, I will never buy cotton wool pads again!Face oils are new to me and I have never used them before, I have combination skin and thought putting an oil on my face would make it even oilier, which is incorrect. Bunch sent me an antioxidant organic face oil, Light and fast-absorbing antioxidant face oil. It's light yellow to orange colour and it smells like warmth and freshness, with notes of frankincense, lemon, and lavender. Apply daily to freshly cleansed/toned skin before your moisturiser. It can be used on damp or dry skin. Use a few drops and massage in, using an upward circular motion, and taking care around the delicate eye area. Inhale the herby aroma before gently massaging the oil in. Little goes a long way, the bottle will last for a very long time. Suitable for women and men and retails at £38 for a 30ml bottle.The Body Butter & Lip Balm starter kit, rrp £20 will give you the confidence to keep making your own natural Lip balms and Body Butters. This will also help you save money and cut down on plastic wastage. Options are provided in the recipe cards and video tutorials if you wish to add Aromatherapy oils to the lip balms and body butters. It is a fun activity to do with a friend/child and would make a fab gift as it comes all got boxed and ready to go. The 100% natural ingredients provided will make 2 x 50g body butter and 2 x 15g lip balms. Geraldine McCullagh, creator of Me-Time Therapies Natural skincare products enjoys creating Aromatherapy blends and has a wealth of knowledge gained over the past 22 years as a Clinical Aromatherapist and also teaching natural skincare classes in Edinburgh. Amelia by Ted Baker is an elegant new addition to the Sweet Treats fragrance family. With top notes of rhubarb, almond and magnolia, Amelia stands out from the crowd. Base notes of tonka bean, maple and patchouli command attention, while dark floral heart notes of jasmine, heliotrope and liquorice add a contemporary twist for a fearlessly chic statement. The perfect Christmas gift priced at £24 for 50ml and available from Superdrug, both in-store and online.
This fabulous NIVEA skin treats trio, rrp £6 is the perfect stocking filler gift. It has everything you need to give your skin a beauty-boost and comes in an attractive star shaped keepsake tin. NIVEA Soft is a highly effective, revitalising moisturising cream for everyday use, the good morning fresh skin refreshing face mask and the NIVEA hydro care lip balm.
Christmas Gifts For Children
Children love imaginative play and I as a parent to children with additional needs encourage it, so when Wannabes got in touch I was intrigued. Created by 2 working Mums passionate about promoting Role Play for the older child. They both had children that wanted to continue the ‘let's pretend’ experience without the stigma of it being deemed ‘babyish’ by their peers. They wanted to take role play to the next level by feeling that they were playing ‘for real’. SO they created Wannabes, available in Teacher, Cafe Owner and Doctor, each pack retails at £14.99. The Doctors pack includes a name badge, patient record cards, examination cards, prescriptions and much more.
How about the gift that keeps on giving with a subscription box? The Nutritional Ninjas Bake Box is a baking box to help children learn kitchen skills at home. Each month, children receive all of the pre-measured dry ingredients they'll need to cook a tasty treat as well as recipe cards, activities and a collectable sticker. They also get access to our online cookery classes so that they can cook along with the teacher, meaning a stress-free experience for parents at home. Bake Boxes are suitable for ages 3+. Each month subscribers receive a different recipe and ingredients. Prices start from just £6.99 per month and the first box is free!
So Sand DIY is a tool case like no other, create, craft and store your very own DIY magic sand with the all in one case, the perfect gift for enjoying ASMR satisfaction on the go! With storage containers to keep you magic sand secure, use the cutting tools and the case itself to satisfy your senses and create awesome sushi-style sand patterns! The set comes with the case, 4 bags of coloured sand, 4 sandbags, 6 tools and some decorative bags. The perfect gift for your little crafter who loves sensory play, rrp £19.99.
The Elf on the Shelf and the brand new advent calendar, The North Pole Advent Train, rrp £24.95. “All aboard!” It’s time for 24 days of playable, collectable holiday fun! Count down to Christmas with a holiday-themed Advent train—the perfect size for your Elf on the Shelf to ride along! Each train car stores a miniature toy surprise including adorable mini-figures and themed accessories to brighten your holiday cheer and guarantee hours of fun! It contains 24 North Pole surprises in 4 themed train cars (Sweet Shop, Puppy Love, Snow Much Fun and Tis the Season) The cardboard train at the front is the perfect size to sit your elf in!The Omnitrix Creator Set, rrp £29.99 may look like just a cool watch, but the minute Ben discovers this device from another galaxy, his world changes forever! That's because the Omnitrix has the power to transform him into 10 different Alien Heroes, each with their own special powers. And once Ben activates the Omnitrix - It's Hero Time! With the Omnitrix Creator, you can mix and match parts to create your own custom Omnitrix or Antitrix! 100+ combinations!
Christmas Food & Drink Guide
Guylian, the world’s favourite Belgian chocolates, has ensured that this Christmas whatever everyone’s ‘new normal’ turns out to be, all Guylian lovers will be able to buy the chocolate they love from a range of convenient shopping destinations. Whether you’re keen to celebrate Christmas after a tough year, to recreate favourite memories of Christmases’ past, or shunning parties for more intimate gatherings, then Guylian has made sure its chocolate range is easily available to everyone and at budgets to suit all pockets. Available from most major supermarket with prices starting from just £1.
Bradfords specialize in hampers for all occasions and for all budgets. This lovely hamper comes on a keepsake wicker basket that I cant wait to find a use for it. This yummy hamper contains English teas, 2 types of jam, shortbread, a fruitcake and some delicious Belgian chocolates. The perfect gift for a spot of afternoon tea. The hampers are sent with a gift card that can be personalised with a message of your choice. Whether you want a full-on food hamper or just some prosecco and choccies Bradfords have you covered.
Mermaid Salt Vodka, rrp £40, from the Isle of Wight Distillery, is infused with locally sourced sea salt that enhances its smoothness and flavour - described as being ‘like the subtle kiss of a mermaid’. With salt’s ability to enhance other flavours, the vodka had already gained a cult following amongst Isle of Wight bartenders for use in cocktails. But now, it’s finally available on the mainland and is presented in a stunning, eco-friendly, bottle with sculpted scales, like those of the mythical maritime creature itself. I absolutely LOVE the bottle and I intend to use it afterwards and pop some lights into it and display it.
Now I am not a big drinker personally, but what I do love is a good cocktail, or should I say mocktail, I knew all about alcohol-free wine and beer, but alcohol-free spirits is a new realm to me! Mockingbird Spirit is an alcohol-free tequila alternative, developed and launched during the covid-19 pandemic. Made using authentic Blue Weber Agave straight from Mexico. It will taste delicious in your alcohol-free margaritas this Christmas or even on your next Taco Tuesday!! You can buy direct from Mockingbird Spirit priced at £22.99 for a 50cl bottle or try it for just £3.99 for a 5cl bottle.
My little sister is going to be 7 months pregnant by Christmas, so I was pleased to receive this Noughty alcohol-free organic vegan sparkling Chardonnay. It has been de-alcoholised to retain the rich flavour of this beautifully crafted bottle. With 2.9g of sugar per 100ml, it’s almost half the sugar content of other non-alcoholic sparkling wine. With just 14 calories per glass, it's the perfect answer to a hangover-free celebration, at just £8.99 per bottle its the ideal alternative.
Haribo is a firm favourite in our house with the whole family. This lovely selection box is new to me, I've never seen a Haribo selection pack before. This contains 6 full-sized bags of Haribo treats, perfect for sharing, or hiding away for yourself!! We are saving this for our Christmas Eve film, there is something that each of the children like, I have already warned them the Bella Stixx are ALL MINE!! You will find this in B&M stores nationwide pried at just £5.Thanks For Reading
Mandy
xx
Books For All This Christmas
In official partnership with Downton Abbey and with over 150 stunning photographs featuring stills from across the series and right up to the latest film release, this collection of 70 delicious tea recipes is a lavish celebration of the elegant institution of afternoon tea, rrp £12.99. With a foreword by Gareth Neame, executive producer of Downton Abbey, this carefully curated selection of tea recipes spans the world of Downton, from intimate afternoon tea taken in the drawing-room to glamorous tea parties in the garden, covering different types of tea, curds, preserves and creams, as well as classic recipes and serving suggestions for accompaniments such as scones and biscuits, cakes and tarts, sandwiches and savoury bites.
A cookbook to suit the whole family’s differing wants and needs, The Flexible Family Cookbook, rrp £20 is full of simple and delicious recipes to keep the whole family happy. Jo Pratt provides flexible adaptations for each recipe to account for allergies, intolerances and lifestyle choices. Traybakes and one-pot roasts make for easy and convenient timesavers, whilst scrumptious puds and simple bakes help get smaller hands involved in the cooking. Covering everything from gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free cooking and veganism, to suggestions for flavour and spice adjustments for younger or fussier palettes, this book will be a lifesaver in the kitchen and a crowd-pleaser at the table.
The Peaky Blinders Cocktail book features the Birmingham Sour, Derby, Easy Dizzy ... this officially licensed book, rrp £12.99 includes 40 easy-to-make cocktail recipes made from whiskey, gin and other tipples so that you can sip like a member of the Shelby clan. Featuring photography of the cast and settings from the award-winning BBC period crime drama Peaky Blinders, impress your guests with historically inspired whiskey and gin cocktails, choose a recipe, settle in in a good leather chair, loosen your starched collar and enjoy the moment!
From the team behind the super-popular Instagram My Therapist Says, rrp £14.99 comes this humorous guide that chronicles the exhausting task of navigating the daily, anxiety-ridden struggle that we fondly call life. Including hilarious memes MTS is known and loved for, along with checklists, prompts, questions from readers, and more, My Therapist Says is the guide you need to achieve your goals, one wrong turn at a time
This Christmas, children and adults alike will adore exploring the incredibly diverse and mesmerising wilderness beneath the waves, with Puffin’s beautifully illustrated new hardback book, BLUE PLANET II, rrp £14.99. Open up to discover stories of shimmering coral reefs in a kaleidoscope of colours, otters chasing one another through underwater forests and King penguins tip-toeing past snoozing Southern elephant seals. With a foreword from Sir David Attenborough, BLUE PLANET II is full of the incredible stories we first watched in the landmark BBC Blue Planet II TV series, reimagined and brought to life with stunning illustrations, alongside exciting facts and surprises.
The Danger Gang, rrp £12.99, The electrifying No.1 bestselling adventure from the author of The Christmasaurus and The Creakers, Tom Fletcher! Franky can't wait to move to his new town - although he wishes he didn't have to leave his best friend Dani behind. Franky's always wanted to be part of an amazing gang - just like his hero, super-spy Zack Danger! And soon, he realises that there's real danger in store for himself and his new friends. And so the Danger Gang is born.The Miracle On Ebenezer Street, rrp £12.99, shortlisted for the Specsavers Children's Book of the Year (senior category) at 2020 An Post Irish Book Awards. George is about to spend his third Christmas without his mum. Since she died, George's life has felt dull and grey; his dad has thrown himself into his work and has no time for family, and definitely no time for Christmas. A stunning modern reimagining of Charles Dickens' beloved classic, A Christmas Carol.
The Puffin Book Of Big Dreams, rrp £14.99, A brand new anthology featuring extracts from classic family favourites AND brand new stories about BIG dreams from Puffin's best-loved and exciting new authors and illustrators. This magical book also features quotes and motivational pieces from brilliant inspiring leaders, scientists and actors on their own BIG dreams. 5% of the RRP from this book will go to the National Literacy Trust, to help them continue their life-changing work.
