I Love... Christmas Gift Guide

When it comes to Christmas, I Love have the most amazing collection of products and everything you could possibly imagine from candles and bath salts to mini collections and bubble bath.

Whether you have a bath or a shower, like body creme, body lotions, hand cream, spritzers, scrubs or a mixture of everything, this is what is on offer right now!

Mini Treat Boxes (£4) - The perfect Stocking Filler at just £4 each, these Mini Treat boxes contain a little bit of everything.

I have both Chocolate Fudge and Strawberry Cream scents and inside each of the Mini Treat Boxes, you will find a Bath & Shower Crème (100ml), nourishing Body Butter (50ml) and beautiful body puff. 

Up next we have the Cheesecake Bath and Body Treats and again they make such a fabulous stocking filler as they cost just £5 and they are available in 6 different flavours which include - Strawberry Cream, Minty Choc Chip, Raspberry Ripple, Chocolate Chip and the two which I have - Lemon Meringue and Mango.

Inside each of the boxes you will find a Bath & Shower Crème & an exfoliating Body Puff and they literally smell just incredible.

If you know someone who loves to spend a lot of their time in the bath, then this Lots of Bubbles gift set would be the perfect gift.

The best seller from I LOVE. Packed with 6 indulgent bath & shower crèmes in Chocolate Fudge Cake, Strawberry Cream, Raspberry Ripple, Mango Cheesecake, Lemon Meringue and Minty Choc Chip. Each bottle is 100ml and the set costs just £6.50 and these Bath 7 Shower Cremes are perfect for travelling with too.

The final product within my collection of I Love... is a product I have never tried before but one I absolutely love and it comes from the Home Scents section. The Vanilla Milk Candle (£15) - This Candle comes packaged inside its own uniquely printed pouch which protects the candle in transit and it is so incredibly well made.

With 40 hours of burn time, this particular candle is one of a collection of five which includes English Rose, Elderflower Fizz, Violet Dreams and Exotic Fruit. I am not a huge fan of anything overly scented with Vanilla because it gives me a headache, this one if much softer and really beautiful once it has burned for around an hour. To go with the candles you can also purchase the same scented Reed Diffusers too.

I love... is a bath, body and beauty brand that lovingly creates gorgeous, deliciously scented products. Designed to cleanse, nourish, refresh and pamper your skin, the beautiful range is an everyday treat for anyone who just adores a deliciousness! Mango & Papaya, Raspberry & Blackberry, Strawberries & Cream and Coconut & Cream are the tried and tested favourites but look out for our seasonal limited edition scents! If you need some last minute stocking fillers that won't break the bank, then these are just brilliant.

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Christmas with Heyland & Whittle

The house has been cleaned to within an inch of its life, I have de-junked and cleared out things that should have been cleaned out years ago, the Christmas decorations have been up a few weeks, the tree has survived the cats, there are presents under the tree and all of the food is bought ready. 

The last thing I do is to ensure the house smells like Christmas and this year, it is smelling pretty amazing thanks to Heyland and Whittle.

Heyland & Whittle is a quality soap and home fragrance manufacturer based in England. We create what we believe are outstanding natural products with tradition, style and authenticity for a discerning market.

Inspired by our original location on a farm in rural Surrey, Heyland & Whittle produce a range of handmade soaps in the traditional cold-processed method, using only the very best natural ingredients. Essential oils, herbs and spices are combined to create our sulphate and paraben-free range. 

Whether you want candles, reed diffusers, soaps, room spray, hand creams, body scrubs or even hand lotion, Heyland and Whittle have absolutely everything for you to have at home.  Then you have the decision as to whether you want your candle in a glass jar, in a tin or as a votive. Your Reed Diffuser, which can also match the scent of your candle if you so wish. 

I absolutely love candles and have one burning the entire time I am at home. I tend to change the fragrance with the weather and the seasons but at Christmas Time, I like scents that define Christmas to me.

Earl Grey (£25) is one of those fragrances that could be used at any time of the year, it is bold, it is citrusy and if you are a fan of Earl Grey tea, then that scent has been transported into this candle and it smells as good as a freshly brewed cup. Made from a blend of sustainable soy wax which burns very evenly down the glass, it has a burn time of around 40 hours.  It smells absolutely incredible before it has even been lit and the fragrance very quickly comes to life and filters throughout the house.

As mentioned, you can choose a Reed Diffuser to match the fragrance of your candle should you wish.  One of my favourite candle fragrances from Heyland & Whittle is Clementine and Prosecco (£35), which is the exact candle burning as I write this post.  To intensify that scent, we have the Reed Diffuser.

With its cork stopper and rattan reeds, the fragrance comes to life really quickly.  What I like about Reed Diffusers is the ease of using them.  Once the reeds are set up in the oil, you simply turn them upside down every week to ensure that fragrance remains strong.  These products tend to last for up to 4 months before you need to refill the oil and replace the reeds.

When it comes to soaps, I like something that is a lot more exciting than shop bought supermarket soap.  Heyland & Whittle have some incredible sounding soaps and right now in my bathroom right now is Queen of the Nile (£6).

This soap is one that is seriously rich and creamy whilst at the same time being very fragrant. This soap which is free from parabens and sulphates is made with goat's milk and cocoa butter with essential oils - patchouli, vetivert, ylang-ylang and sweet orange. Luxurious and moisturising, this soap suits dry skin types.

Finally within my little stash is the Clementine and Prosecco Room Sachet. Currently hanging on my Christmas Tree, this Room Sachet smells absolutely incredible.

Scented exactly the same as the Reed Diffuser and this sachet is just as potent. Whenever I walk past the tree, it is the first scent I get and they are ideal for hanging on wardrobes, on doorknobs and even in cars.

Heyland & Whittle is an incredible company who have managed to take the fragrances and bring them to life through candles and Reed Diffusers and I now have my eye on the Kitchen Candles especially the Tomato and Basil scent.

Do you have some favourite scented products that you use for this time of the year?

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Floral Street Christmas Gifting

Floral Street is one of those places I keep meaning to go in to but have just not found the time to do so yet here I am today with this wonderful gift set that would make any fragrance and candle fiend happy.

Floral Street a brand built on the streets of London. A city where girls are proud to be themselves, proud to represent their culture. This formed the axis for our collection of contemporary floral fragrances. Only these are no ordinary florals. FLORAL STREET is about breaking with tradition. It’s about peeling back the curtain of the secret world of fragrance. It’s about ease, modernity and joy.

Featuring on many social feeds with their brightly coloured fragrance bottles and boxes, Floral Street is described as being a collection of incredible fragrances built with them in mind and created by one of the best noses in the world.  

First out of the beautifully designed box is the Floral Street Bauble and inside the even more stunning packaging is the Ylang-Ylang Espresso Fragrance which sits within the Oriental family and is for both men and women. 

Described as being For the rebels. The thinkers. And the leaders: a powerful fragrance with its own electric current. A strikingly modern blend of red rose, ylang-ylang and jasmine crossed with coffee, cream and pepper. 

If you love the scent of coffee, then you will love this because, for me, it is one of the dominant fragrance notes, it is the first one you detect before the Ylang-Ylang comes to life and it is quite unlike any fragrance I have tried before. It is fun, it is sophisticated and it has incredible staying power!

This is a great handbag sized bottle which works so well as an introduction to the brand and to the scent and it has certainly made me want to try others from the range.

I absolutely love candles and I often tend to reach for different fragrances at different times of the year, almost like choosing my mood with the weather. Floral Street have a whole host of candles within their collection and whilst I am intrigued by a candle called Lipstick which sounds incredible, I have Fireplace.

The description reads: What better place to curl up beside than at the foot of a fireplace? Crackling wood, smoky fire and cashmere blankets. It is, well, the dream. That dream’s realisation is Fireplace, a blend of Tuscan Leather, Birch Leaf, elevated with a touch of raspberry, to imbue your room with a cosy, winter-evening warmth.  As soon as the candle it removed from the box, there is something warm about the fragrance and for me, it brings back memories of sitting in front of my parents' coal fire as a teen all snug and warm.

Floral Street products are available via John Lewis, Feelunique and prices start at £14 working upwards to £50+.

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Stocking Fillers for Christmas

The gifts I really enjoy shopping for are stocking filler presents, there is a lot of variety, they tend to be much more fun and you can get some seriously amazing products at fantastic prices. Whether you are buying stocking fillers to complement the gifts you have bought, for your works secret Santa or just because it has caught your eye, I have some pretty amazing products to share.

No stocking filler or gift buying can be complete without something from Soap & Glory in my opinion. Christmas is all about those Star Gifts and for just £10 you can grab the Soap & Glory The Zest of Times set from Boots. 

Nestled inside a tin you will find, as you might have guessed from the name, five products from my favourite Soap & Glory range - Sugar Crush. Include is a 75ml Body Wash, 50ml Body Scrub, 50ml Body Buttercream, 50ml Hand Food and Puffy Eye Attack Mask Under-Eye Brightening Hydrogel Patches.

The Little Beauty Parcel from Feelunique is an absolute must-have. Packaged inside this pretty little box is a beautiful toffee-hued mini lip gloss by Anastasia Beverly Hills. 

Described as being a warm light brown, this lip gloss offers an opaque, high-shine colour all without being sticky or tacky on the lips.  For just £6 it is worth grabbing as soon as you see it.

From Erborian we have the 1,2,3 Glow Cracker (£18 here).  I have featured Erborian on my blog many times and this cracker is such a great introduction to the brand.

Inside are three incredible products - Glow Cream to add a subtle glow to your skin, CC Cream DORÉ which brightens the complexion and BB Cream Nude to hide your imperfections and create the perfect "Baby skin" effect.

I have mentioned Feather & Down a few times on this blog and this stocking filler is simply divine.  

The Travel Essentials Kit (£12) which is perfect for staying calm on the go. Inside there are four products - Pillow Spray, Sleep Butter, Relaxing Roll On and Melting Shower Cream.  Each one can be used on their own or together to make that little pampering treat even more effective. 

As far as I am concerned you can never ever have too many Makeup Brushes, more so if you have got yourself a Stylpro Brush Cleanser!  Real Techniques have so many incredible brushes and my collection is quite extensive.

The Bright Eyed and Merry Kit features a collection of four brushes which are perfect for creating that perfect eye look - The first brush is the Shading Brush which is described as being Short + dense for max colour pickup and even distribution.  Then we have the Crease Prep Brush and it has dense angled bristles to layer a light nude shadow onto the lid for an even base and smooth crease shadow application.  The third brush is my favourite brush of the set and it is the Defining Crease Brush, it has long fluffy bristles ensure a light and precise application of shadows in the crease.  Finally, there is the Large Smudge Brush and again it has a densely packed head for a controlled blend allover eyelid.  As with all Real Techniques collections, none are ever complete without a little mini and this Mini Buffing brush is perfect for travelling with or keeping in your makeup bag.

If you have someone to buy a gift for that likes to use sustainable beauty products, Beauty Kitchen has some amazing stocking fillers on offer.  I absolutely love the Beauty Kitchen Celebration 4 Pack. 

Inside there are four products, all of which are 6ml each and give you a real insight into what the brand. The first product is the Seahorse Plankton 5 Minute Miracle Mask, then the Seahorse Plankton Beauty Boosting BB Cream, the Abyssinian Oil Facial Moisture Cream and finally, one of my favourite products from the brand which is the Free From Wonder Balm.

I happen to love the Too Faced 'Better than sex' mascara and to have it as a tree hanger is quite special, who wouldn't want to see this hanging on their Christmas tree? This mascara has a collagen-fuelled formula and a specially shaped brush to enhance the volume, length and impact of your eyelashes.  

Priced at £10 from Too Faced and John Lewis.

Aside from clothing, FatFace has a whole of beauty products to discover and I have two stocking fillers in my guide to share with you.  The First is a Trio of Lip Balms (£10) and they come beautifully packaged inside a cracker style box.  

There are three decorated tins and each one contains a lip balm in one of three fragrances - Mint, Wildberry or Raspberry.  The second product is the Red Hand Care in a Bauble (£6.50) stocking filler and inside this bauble is a tube of Hand cream and nail file.  Both of these are incredibly cute gifts and perfect for that stocking.

I love discovering new perfume brands and Christmas is the perfect time for doing this.  I am already a fan of the brand Clean Reserve who have many beautiful fragrances. The Clean Reserve Warm Cotton [Reserve Blend] Eau de Parfum Travel Spray (£20 from Space NK) is a great Stocking Filler idea. 

It is a Fresh Floral fragrance and has notes of benzoin, Vetiver and Watery Ozonic and the three come together to give it a lovely scent which lingers on the skin.

I am really liking Sanctuary Spa at the minute and for Christmas, there is an amazing kit that has everything in you could need.

This Must Have Mini set (£10 here) contains four deluxe mini products which include: 

• Body Wash (75ml) - This aromatic cleansing body wash has an infusion of essential oils and Jojoba beads which gently transform into a delicately fragranced foam to leave your body feeling cleansed, moisturised and silky smooth.
• Body Lotion (75ml) - This body lotion is light and hydrating and uses a blend of Aloe Vera and Jojoba Oil which quickly absorbs in to leave skin feeling replenished, soothed and lusciously moisturised.
• Body Scrub (50ml) - This gentle daily skin polish is infused with natural Pumice and essential oils, this uplifting and refreshing gel scrub smooths and refines skin to leave it feeling velvety soft.
• Foaming Bath Soak (75ml) - This is my absolute favourite Sanctuary Spa product and it creates a bath full of nourishing creamy bubbles which smells just incredible. Enriched with Wheat Proteins and soothing Aloe Vera is gentle on skin to leave it feeling velvety soft and supple.

If you have never tried a product from Sanctuary Spa before, then this kit is such a wonderful introduction and it is just perfect if you are off on your travels too.

The Beatitude Peace Christmas Cracker (£10) is a great introduction to what is a really lovely brand.  If you know someone who really lovely their bath oils, then Beatitude is the place to be looking at.  

Inside this cracker is the Peace bath oil which is enriched with the essential oils of Ylang Ylang, Lavender, Mandarin, Petitgrain and Cedarwoood which all have calming properties to help melt that stress away. 

The Venus Glide Spa Kit (£14.99 here) is an absolute essential at this time of the year, especially for getting glammed up for going out.

The giftset comes with a ComfortGlide Spa Breeze razor, two extra blades AND a bath pillow for those days you want that to pamper yourself.

Then finally we have Face Halo - I have been intrigued about this product since I read about it in a magazine. Face Halo works with either cold or warm water. 

The water loosens your makeup allowing the HaloTech fiber strands (which are 100 times finer than a human hair) to reach deep into your pores to remove and trap makeup, giving your skin a healthy and invigorating clean in half the time - this is known as the Halo Effect! On sale in Boots for just £7, it is worth trying.

Pretty much all of these products you can find on your high street, so whilst you are rushing around grabbing your sprouts and panic buying, these can be shoved into your baskets too!

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