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  • Christmas Gifts For Under £5.00

    When it comes to gift giving, there will always be at least one person we want to give something small and inexpensive to. Maybe a work colleague, Secret Santa, neighbour or teacher. Whoever it is, we want to be thoughtful, nice but not over the top. So is there anything available right now that could be bought to tick off the gift buying list that would be suitable for these recipients?

    Sanctuary Spa Wellness Pillow Pack

    Sanctuary Spa‘s Wellness Pillow Pack contains a sleep mist 75ml, body lotion 75ml and a salt scrub 60g. Lovely packaging, great full body care routine and perfect gift for someone who needs to relax. £2.99 from Home Bargains. This retails in other places from £11.00.

    Sanctuary Spa’s Wellness Pillow Pack
    Nivea Feel Radiant Natural Radiance Gift Set

    Nivea Feel Radiant Natural Radiance Gift Set contains 2 sheet masks and one jade facial roller. I’m not a massive Nivea fan when it comes to skincare but it’s a popular everyday brand which many people use and enjoy. I love the fact this gift set contains a facial tool and really gives the gift of pampering. £4.49 from Home Bargains.

    Nivea’s Feel Radiant Natural Radiance Gift Set
    Nivea Men’s Festive Skin Treats

    This is one for the men, and contains a lip balm 4.8g, 3in1 shower gel 50ml and a creme for face and body 75ML. It’s a very simple and small set but a practical one. This is something someone could use everyday but this screams the perfect gift for a traveller because of the sizes. £2.75 from Home Bargains.

    Nivea Men’s Festive Skin Treats Gift Set
    Lacura’s Self Heating Chamomile Eye Mask

    Aldi’s own range Lacura includes their Self Heating Chamomile Eye Masks. Boxed, contains 5 and these are designed to help with tiredness, eye strain and generally help with relaxation. £3.99.

    Aldi’s Lacura Self Heating Chamomile Eye Mask

    So, these were my latest finds instore for gifts costing under £5.00. These can either be small gifts, stocking fillers or placed together with other items to make one larger gift.

    Happy shopping!

  • The Best Advent This Year! Glow’s Christmas Advent Calendar 2023

    I make no secret of how much I love small business Glow. It started off with my discovery of their wax melts. Then I tried out their other home fragrance products. To make my addiction even worse they started to make and sell bath and body products too (which of course I’ve tried). One way I keep my Glow habit going is through their monthly subscription boxes. The biggest and best one so far has got to be their Christmas Advent Calendar for 2023, and guess who has it? ME!

    Glow’s 2023 Advent Calendar
    What is this?

    Glow’s 2023 Christmas Advent Calendar includes 25 products labelled 1 to 25. These are a mix of wax melts, home fragrance products and bath and body products.

    Bath soak
    What’s included?

    16 tubs of fragranced wax.

    1 candle.

    1 foaming hand wash.

    1 bubble bath.

    1 bath soak.

    1 foaming bath salts.

    1 hand cream.

    1 massage oil.

    1 room spray.

    1 perfume.

    2 Christmas decorations.

    Perfume
    First impressions?

    My first thought when I opened this was WOW! The box was so heavy it was overflowing with products! The variety and sizes of these items was impressive. The wax wasn’t tiny chunks of wax, or the bath and body product were in sample sizes. The wax melts easily could be 60g plus in weight. The candle is a really good, medium size and products such as the hand cream, room spray and massage oil are in full sizes. Very generous amounts of product.

    Some of the packaging is super cute and festive too. The bubble bath, bath salts and bath soak all are housed in Christmas inspired shaped containers. The look, the sizes, the fragrances (ALL SMELL AMAZING!) blew me away and worth every penny of the £30.00 spent on this!

    This possibly could be my favourite box from Glow yet!

  • October’s Round Up, Which Products Did I Use?

    Like the rest of 2023, October just seems to have come and nearly gone in the blink of an eye. Everyone seems to be gearing up towards the Winter season now, and dare I write the word Christmas? There’s lots of products I want to get my hands on in the next few months, especially now the seasons have changed. But what did I use in October?

    Products used in October
    Revolution Skincare London’s Watermelon Hydrating Undereye Patches

    These were bought at a great price (£1.99 from Home Bargains), lots of under eye patches included so generous amounts of applications and a fun and quirky look to them. But I didn’t find Revolution Skincare London’s Watermelon Hydrating Undereye Patches the best under eye patches I’ve ever used. Probably better suited for my 12 year old daughter to use. I doubt I would buy these again for myself.

    Revolution Skincare London’s Watermelon Hydrating Undereye Patches
    Autumn Scented Wax Melts From The High Street

    I broke out of my usual shopping habits. Instead of buying wax melts from a wax vendor, I picked up three from stores on the high street. All in my opinion ideal scents for Autumn, each one were affordable, easy to get hold of and smelt really good.

    Autumn Scented Wax Melts From The High Street
    Wickford & Co’s Gingerbread Scented Wax Melts

    One of the three Autumn inspired wax melts I purchased from the high street was Wickford & Co’s Gingerbread Scented Wax Melts bought from Home Bargains. An affordable and fragrant warming gingerbread fragranced wax which is perfect to melt this time of year.

    Wickford & Co’s Gingerbread Scented Wax Melts
    Scrubee Body Butter By LUSH

    Scrubee Body Butter By LUSH really confused me. Is it a body butter? Does it exfoliate? Strangely enough it does both while you’re in the shower or bath, which is even more confusing! Great product, smells AMAZING but might be a step too far for those who like their products to be more traditional and simple to use. Although, I’ve found this is brilliant to use on the feet if you want them smoother and softer!

    Scrubee Body Butter By LUSH
    Glow’s Cosy Toes & Winter Glows October Subscription Box

    I’m still struggling to get through Glow’s Cosy Toes & Winter Glows October Subscription Box because there’s so much product in this collection! One thing both myself and my daughter have been using and enjoying daily is the body mist. Other products included were a shampoo, soap, whipped soap, magnesium balm and natural deodorant. How much of this will be left before my daughter steals more items I have no idea!

    Glow’s Cosy Toes & Winter Glows October Subscription Box
    Boots Ingredients Hyaluronic Sheet Mask

    I’m a great believer that skincare doesn’t need to be expensive. There will be skincare available on the market that will suit all budgets. Boots Ingredients Hyaluronic Sheet Mask is inexpensive, easy to use and incredibly pampering and hydrating and regularly on a price promotion.

    £1.00 Boots Ingredients Hyaluronic Sheet Mask
    CeraVe’s Resurfacing Retinol Serum

    A hard working product that I’ve been using for over a month now, CeraVe’s Resurfacing Retinol Serum tackles uneven skin in regards to texture and colouring. I’m using it to deal with issues with hyperpigmentation, and so far so good…I can see results!

    CeraVe’s Resurfacing Retinol Serum

    So this is my round up of products I’ve used in the month of October. As usual, there’s been a mix of everything from home fragrance to body butter scrubs and skincare. No favourites in this mix because they’re so varied. But one thing that stands out is how Scrubee Body Butter smells. It’s absolutely to do die for!

  • August’s Round Up, What Products Did I Use?

    Another month comes and another month is about to go. In a blink of an eye, dare I say it, I will be writing about Christmas inspired bath products and Winter scented home fragrances! But focusing on firstly August, here is a round up of the products I used during this month.

    August’s products
    Glow’s Oat, Milk, Honey & Lavender Bath Soak

    An ideal bath time treat for those who want a different kind of bathing experience. Glow’s Oat, Milk, Honey & Lavender Bath Soak is perfect for those who love botanical infused products. Immerse yourself in relaxing lavender and soothe joints in a mini sea of magnesium. Perfect for a weekly pampering session (or more) if you can indulge in you time for 20 minutes or more in the bath tub.

    Glow’s Oat, Milk, Honey & Lavender Bath Soak
    Aldi’s Lacura Moisturising Face Wash

    Yet again Aldi’s Lacura skincare range are throwing products at us that are functional and affordable, like their Moisturising Face Wash. For 99p this is an effective cleanser that has been used by myself and both of my children and has done the job of cleansing our skin perfectly.

    Aldi’s Lacura Moisturising Face Wash
    Primark’s PS Skin Eye Roller

    A great tool for the under eye that would work nicely with a daily skincare routine is Primark’s PS Skin Eye Roller. Quick and easy to use, soothing on the skin and a great way to give the under eye a pick me up if and when needed.

    Primark’s PS Skin Eye Roller
    Tesco’s Soleil Sensitive SPF30 Sun Protection Lotion

    Something many people haven’t been grabbing (but should) during the month of August is a sun protection product. Tesco’s Soleil Sensitive SPF30 Sun Protection Lotion is budget friendly product, good for all the family to use but those with darker skin tones will need to work this product into the skin a little more than others.

    Tesco’s Soleil Sensitive SPF 30 Fragrance Free Sun Protection Lotion
    Glow’s Defence Moisturiser

    Glow’s Defence Moisturiser, which I received in their July Subscription Box, is a great body moisturiser. Cooling, moisturising but light weight. Perfect to use in a rush or you don’t want thick textured body products.

    Glow’s Defence Moisturiser
    Sunday Rain’s Mango & Coconut Foaming Bubble Bar

    A good quality bath product in the form of Sunday Rain’s Mango & Coconut Foaming Bubble Bar. Good size, numerous baths can be taken with this and it foams up fabulously! I just wish it was more fragrant and moisturising.

    Sunday Rain’s Mango & Coconut Foaming Bubble Bar
    Simple’s Illuminating Under Eye Hydrogel Mask

    Simple’s Illuminating Under Eye Hydrogel Mask is on my repeat purchase list. Easy and comfortable to use, well made, freshens up the under eye area (even if it’s subtle) and widely available on the high street.

    Simple’s Illuminating Under Eye Hydrogel Mask

    So that’s August 2023’s round up completed. Did you have any products that you used which you loved this month?