By Vesi Maslenishka

It’s that time again; the time of year when we start splurging out on lovely goodies for our family and friends for Christmas. We know how difficult it can be searching for the perfect gift so we’re here to help. We have narrowed down your search with a selection of some of our favourite brands we just know you will love to share with your loved ones.

Go on, spoil someone rotten with some of these or better yet, treat yourself…

Burt’s Bees Pomegranate Gift Set

I have been using the Burt’s Bees mango lip balm and I could not recommend it more. Treat hands and lips with Burt’s Bees most popular products, which contain beeswax. I not only love this gift set because because of its multi use – you can decorate your Christmas tree with it – but also because 10% of proceeds to go the British Bee Keeping Association – find out more here.

Fake Bake Christmas Cracker

Ok, this Fake Bake Christmas Cracker would definitely be more of a treat for myself. Inside you will find their Flawless® Self-Tan Liquid and mitt, and the Fake Bake Beauty Bronzer® and Fake Bake Kabuki Brush®. I think because it comes in different shades it can be difficult to get as a gift, but as long as you know what shade you’re looking to go for yourself, it’s a nice little treat.

MY SIGN

This one if one of my favourite eye shadows at the moment – the latest collection from MY SIGN by Makeup Revolution. It’s so personal and lovely, you get a gorgeous eye palette and a lip gloss tailored after your star sign, including your own personal forecast for the year. In the eye wheel you can find a primer, eye shadows, brow powder and a highlighter – basically everything you need to create the perfect eye look. It’s also nice and compact so it’s great for travel or popping into your bag for a top up throughout the night. They are available at Superdrug and online at Tam Beauty.

Aveda gift sets

We adore Aveda here in the office. The holistic beauty brand is one of our all time faves. It’s so gentle and loving on the skin and hair, we absolutely love it. We’ve chosen the hand relief gift set because it’s a great gift for anyone, both for her or for him, you can’t go wrong.

If this isn’t up to your fancy, Aveda are actually offering amazing online handpicked services which help you handpicked and personalise gifts.

Jo Malone

Jo Malone is of course a Christmas favourite for all so we just had to include it. Their cologne selection is enormous so you can find yourself immersed in smelling the scents in store. So we’ve narrowed down your search – you can always go for a festive scent such as the Nutmeg & Ginger cologne or some of our all time faves; the Wood Sage  & Sea Salt and Pomegranate Noir of course. You can even have it engraved.

Of course if you really can’t make your mind up on which cologne to get, there’s always the minis. Five different scents inside a lovely Jo Malone box – the best thing about Jo Malone is that each purchase is so beautifully packaged, you needn’t worry about wrapping.

Elemis

Elemis have such great savings, especially this time of year. But, it’s not just us girls that need a little love so why not get your man a little something and pamper him for a change. We recommend the Elemis Smooth Operator gift set.

This little set for him is just £27.50 and inside are products worth the value of £42.50 which is a great saving. They also have amazing offers like this one on most of their gift sets so you will not be disappointment, even if you’re just treating yourself and saving a bit of money rather than buying the product individually.

Crabtree & Evelyn

We adore these little skin nourishing goodies by Crabtree & Evelyn . It includes a bath & shower gel, body lotion, hand therapy and a porcelain shaped ornament. They also do gifts for him so make sure you check those out.

Manuka Honey

Ok, this is a bit of an unusual gift but it’s a very thoughtful one at that. Gift a loved one a pot of Manuka Honey. It’s not only good for you with number of health benefits, but you can use it to create a face mask. Just pop this recipe inside, they will love that you have thought outside the box.