Christmas Gift Guide 2021 Part 2

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Be sure to read my Christmas Gift Guide 2021 Part 1 first and enter the giveaway at the bottom of the post before doing the same to this post! Let’s dive straight in.

Wellness Gifts

Temple Spa Restitutde – £20

This is such a beautiful luxury bath product with lavender, ginger, and Tumeric. I am completely in love with the smell and I love although it’s just a bottle, the packaging makes it a complete gift in a fancy box! Temple Spa products always make fantastic gifts.

Rise Coffee Box – £20

I’ve featured a lot of subscription boxes this year that can either be bought as subscriptions, I mean who doesn’t want a year of independent and sustainable coffee brands delivered to their door? Or bought as a one-off box to get a feel for the brand and what they offer. This box contained two bags of coffee and my office has smelt amazing just with the bags hanging around! During December £1 per box is donated to Crisis UK so not only is the company already working with sustainable coffee brands, they’re also helping charities. A box would make such a great gift to any serious coffee lover!

Waken Beautiful When You Smile Set – £12

Waken Luscious Lips – £15

Funny enough, this is the brand my friend was just telling me to try! Sustainable dental products in these very fancy and sophisticated-looking gift sets. I didn’t even realise that it was toothpaste and mouthwash at first! The peppermint mouthwash is actually award-winning which is very impressive. These make great sets for something you know who loves their dental products and lip balms! The packaging is really beautiful and it’s priced great too.

Alphagreen

This is Europe’s leading CBD store and they have handpicked three of their CBD must-haves for 2022 which includes:

L’huile Stupéfiante, Ho Karan: £22 for 30ml
Alphagreen CBD Gummies – £20
Alphagreen 10% CBD oil – £30 for 10ml

I love CBD gummies and really enjoyed these at 25mg per gummy, you just have to be careful not to eat them like sweet gummies! I love that some skincare was added to the mix with the face and body oil. CBD oil has been more and more popular in beauty products.

Colgate Max White Overnight Teeth Whitening Pen – £20

Now, this is pretty impressive, it’s said to ‘reverse 15 years of discolouration caused by food and drinks in just 3 weeks with continued use. It’s also enamel-safe and does a great job at teeth whitening.’ Sign me up! I don’t have very naturally white teeth anyway so this would be perfect. One pen will give you 35 nightly treatments meaning you should definitely see the effects from this one brush.

The Dead Sea Co Mineral Mask – £45

I absolutely love a facemask and everyone knows it, but I especially love a mud mask. This is cruelty-free, 96% naturally derived ingredients, and fragrance-free but unfortunately, that does mean that its natural fragrance really does give off the name of the brand! It’s a 3-in-1 that will brighten, purify and hydrate. It comes with a mask brush which makes applying the mask really delightful!

Wilde Fruit Bright Spark Enzyme Oil – £15

This is an oil for oily skin and I absolutely need more of that in my life! Oily skin is oily because it’s not hydrated enough, then we use stripping things that tell our skin to produce more oil, it’s an endless cycle. Oils like this help us to rebalance our oily skin, but you have to keep up with it! This uses papaya seeds to reduce breakouts and berries like strawberries and blackberries to nourish the skin and reduce inflammation. It’s an impressive cocktail of ingredients.

Alma K Recharge Travel Kit For Men – £16.50

I always think a gift set that comes with a travel bag is such a great gift for Christmas. All of my bags from these types of sets have been used over the years, including all the ones I’ve bought for the men in my life too. Whether you store products in it or razors, they always come in handy, plus you obviously get to use the products that come inside it first! This one contains a Shampoo/Shower Gel, Shaving Cream, and Aftershave Balm.

Arran Lochranza Mens Wash Bag – £45

For a larger budget then you can get more luxurious gift sets like this beautiful one from Arran, Sense of Scotland. I absolutely adore the smell of this bath and shower gel, patchouli, and anise, beautiful! It also comes with a soap bar, shaving gel, and aftershave balm. Alfie’s claimed this and already used up most of the shower gel, definitely a hit! The bag is super high quality and is already being reused!

BeWater Gemstone Water Bottle – £29.95

This is the clarity glass which is amethyst and rock crystal, the idea of these is that gemstones in water can change the water’s structure and pH levels. If you’re into crystals it makes a really fancy gift. They come in both Glass and Tritan plastic that has a smaller eco-footprint than glass. You’re meant to fill your bottle, leave it for 10 minutes and then enjoy. They look absolutely beautiful and they’re very well made.

Bedroom Athletics Damon Slippers – £25

Christmas is always an amazing time to buy new slippers for a loved one. I always try and get something a little more solid than what they’d usually wear, just so they last longer! The quality of these Bedroom Athletic quilted felt upper slippers is so cosy and warm, my dad was immediately impressed by them and has worn them every day!

Esme Blanket Hoodie – £40

A wearable blanket? Count me in! Well, I would be in except Alfie pretty much claimed this the second it arrived and now he even sleeps in it! It’s one size fits all and fits up to me and Alfie, so pretty good but of course, bigger is always better. It’s extremely soft and cuddly, the quality is really amazing. Alfie’s completely obsessed and they definitely make a great gift during this frosty Christmas. It comes in pink, grey and blackberry which is a lovely light blue.

24 Days to Explore Men’s Advent Calendar – £40

Unfortunately, this was sold out the second it arrived at my house so I couldn’t have done anything to show you quicker but I will say it’s a great gift to look out for next year or whatever variation comes of it. Completely made from cardboard, but as you can see by Coco sitting on it, very sturdy. It makes a great gift of all the essential everyday men need from Toni & Guy to Lynx and V05! It was even on offer when I first saw it at around £29, a serious bargain! It’s very well made and thought out.

Fun Gifts

Little Lilac Makes

I actually asked for one of these Disney Cups last year whilst asking about everyone’s favourite small business, but the brand sells out so quickly and I can definitely see why. Isn’t it brilliant!? It’s such great quality and the print is amazing! You can get them made for either hot or cold drinks, I got cold for mine and I’m so so happy with it. You have to be quick and order in advance, but that’s just the way when something is handmade.

Sniffe & Likkit Dog Gift Sets

With over 12 million dogs now in the UK, you’d have to be a monster not to get your pooch a Christmas present. This brand is solely dedicated to dogs and has an amazing range of gift sets this year, with everything from scented cologne sprays to dry shampoos, actual shampoos, doggy treats, and more.

Mutt Cracker Gift Sets are £7.50 with bigger gift sets going up to £24.

Red Letter Days Merry Christmas Box – £49.99

This is such a fantastic gift if you don’t know what to get someone or want to treat them to something they can pick. I’m a massive fan of Red Letter Days, it’s actually how we were introduced and came to love spa days and weekends away! With this Christmas Box, you are buying someone the choice of over 2625 experiences available in the UK. These can be anything from zip-lining, 4×4 off-road driving, spa days, restaurants, and more. The voucher is valid for 24 months so they can go whenever suits them!

Inspirited Create Your Own Gin – £49.99

I actually had so much fun creating this Gin! It’s a completely interactive experience where you create your own gin based on your favourite flavours and ingredients. You start by picking the spice, now some things are preselected as the base of a gin and what a gin needs to be a gin, so you can’t change them, these are juniper, orris root and coriander. You can then add fruits, citrus, florals, nuts and more exotic things like lemongrass and matcha. There’s only one gin drinker in our family (although I will dabble) and she likes fruity things but wanted to be surprised, so mum and I picked out strawberry, raspberry, rose petals, and orange sweet.

It comes along with a scent packet which you use your gin bottle to crush and then as you’re drinking your gin you’re meant to see if you can pick out the different flavours whilst smelling the pack. What a lovely touch! Of course, you can have it personalised too and the bottles are rather lovely.

Transformulas Marine Miracle Eyezone – £30

This impressive beauty bauble fits right in on my red themed tree and doesn’t it look lovely? It’s called a miracle eye cream as it’s meant to perform miracles, with visible results in just 7 days and minimised lines and wrinkles after 30 days! Transformulas is already an impressive brand so this doesn’t surprise me at all. Bauble gifts are always so lovely as they’re a bit different, you could even sneak them on the Christmas tree early and wait for them to notice!

Paw & Glory Pet Portraits – Start from £20

I don’t want to be picking favourites but I think you’ll agree, oh my actual god right?? This is utter PERFECTION, I nearly cried once I saw it! I’ve wanted a pet portrait for a while but I’ve just never gone ahead with it but after seeing this? I’d recommend it to literally everyone. The QUALITY, the DETAIL, the precision! Look at their eyes!? This is the best thing I’ve ever seen. It’s now my desktop background and it just brings so much joy to look at.

I know what you’re thinking, they must take a long time? Don’t worry, you can get your pet portrait on express delivery. There’s even 20% off with XMAS21! Seriously even if you just buy the digital version for someone to use as their screen saver, it’s such a brilliant gift and we’re all obsessed with it. We ended up with a canvas but we don’t have a frame spare and with the glare, I thought it was just best to show you the digital version so you can see the insanely good quality.

Tech Gifts

Toff London Men’s Dart Batons Watch – £99.99 down to £54.99

Toff London has a huge range of personalised watches, from everything from animals to a Pride collection. You can even add your own photo or pick from their wide range. They’re hand-assembled by the family business in London and come in two sizes 42mm and 38mm. You can pick from silver, gold or rose gold and can personalised the dial too!

Apple Watch Strap – £59

Perhaps someone you’re buying for already has an Apple watch, in that case, why not get them a fancy watch strap or two? They come in lots of different styles and materials including leather for something really fancy.

RÉDUIT Spa device – £179

I could easily write an entire blog post on this device, it’s so fancy and I always love trying out new fancy skincare devices. So this was created by the ex-CEO of FOREO, another seriously good skincare device. This is powered by the ‘world-first proprietary technology’ and I’ll leave the link so you can read more about that. So this spa device combined with the RÉDUIT Skinpods delivers faster absorption and visible results due to the pods having 50% fewer ingredients than other products, because they’re so concentrated.

I have 4 pods to try out, Ageless Mist, Hydro Boost, Precision Sheild, and Pearl Diffusion. Each 5ml pod is meant to do up to 30 treatments which are incredibly impressive. I’m on about 4 currently so I will report back on that. With how the product is distributed in a mist way it means that your skin isn’t clogged with products, something that often breaks me out! A treatment takes just 15 seconds meaning products are applied thoroughly and quickly! You can even get pods to be used on your hair!

Hoover’s H-HANDY 700 handheld vacuum – £99.99

If you don’t have a handheld hoover then you are truly missing out! They are SO convenient. Little spill? Get the handheld! Quick clean up? Handheld! Brushing the cat? Handheld! We use ours so much and wouldn’t be without one now! This one has a 12 minute run time which is more than enough time for quick splits and mess. Super easy to empty and clean with a o.15L capacity which is great for chunky cat biscuit clean up!

Giveaway Time!

And finally for my Christmas Gift Guide 2021 Part 2, another giveaway! I’m giving away a Nixplay Touch Screen Smart Photo Frame at £179.99. You can connect your Instagram account and have it show your Instagram feed photos, it can even play 15-second videos!