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  • Last Minute Christmas Gifts & Stocking Fillers In Your Supermarket

    Let’s be honest. Some people are planners and get Christmas done and dusted days or weeks before Christmas, and others are last minute shoppers. Everyone is different, but everyone gets things bought and done eventually, right? If you’re looking for budget friendly small gifts, stocking fillers or even Christmas Eve box ideas, here’s a few that you can find while doing your grocery shopping.

    Last Minute Christmas Gifts & Stocking Fillers In Supermarkets
    Treacle Moon’s Body Butters

    For anyone that loves body moisturisers and especially those with a heavier texture, Treacle Moon’s body butters is a perfect purchase. These are available in 2 fragrances which is Brazilian Love and Rouge Love Story. Nicely packaged, great size, lovely fragrances and currently down to £3.50 for 200ml if using a Tesco Clubcard (normally £5.00).

    Treacle Moon Body Butter
    Treacle Moon’s Shower & Bath Gels

    These are available all year around (although some fragrances are limited edition) and are on the shelf with everyday shower gels. But how they’re packaged and how they look don’t look like an everyday product. Great packaging, generous size of 500ml, performs well in both shower and bath and great fragrances. Teaming this up with Treacle Moon’s Body Butter makes this a great and affordable gift or on it’s own a stocking filler. Usual price £2.00, with Tesco Clubcard £1.65.

    Treacle Moon Shower & Bath Gels
    Lidl’s Candles

    Lidl have a variety of their own branded candles in different fragrances and looks. They have a great mix of masculine fragrances, fruity fragrances, floral and some overall classic scents. This means whoever this candle is bought for, you will be able to find a scent they will like. Prices vary starting from £3.15.

    Lidl candles
    Heathcote & Ivory Hand Cream In Tin

    A travel sized hand cream housed in an adorable, cat decorated tin. Hand creams are always a good practical gift at this time of the year. The tin it comes in will appeal to certain people and you will KNOW who that person is. Very cute, very different and at full price is £8.00. It has been on a half price offer in Sainsbury’s recently if using a Nectar Card but unsure whether it’s still available discounted.

    Heathcote & Ivory Hand Cream In Tin

    Is it too late to buy Christmas gifts? No! Keep it simple, be focused where you’re shopping and for your sanity and time, narrow it down to a few shops where you can grab everything! And buy things you think people will like and use not just for buying sake.

  • New Sol de Janerio Dupes In Home Bargains!

    I don’t think consumers are tired of dupes on the high street are they? Everywhere you go, every supermarket you enter or store you shop in there will be some fragrance, body product or hand wash ‘inspired’ by a well known product or brand. And just in time for Christmas, discount store Home Bargains has dropped some new Sol de Janerio dupes. So what have they got?

    New Sol de Janerio Dupes In Home Bargains!
    Santa de Cruz Travel Gift Sets

    These travel sets all contain 4 pieces which included:

    • A 30g body cream.
    • 40ml body spritz.
    • 90ml body wash.
    • Body puff.

    Three versions of this set are available, with each having their own fragrance of:

    • Vanilla Almond & Salted Caramel.
    • Cherry Blossom & Sweet Pea.
    • Pink Lychee & Dragon Fruit.

    These sets costs £3.99 each and come in their own clear zipped bags.

    Vanilla Almond & Salted Caramel Travel Gift Set
    Santa de Cruz 3 Fragranced Body Spritz Gift Set

    This set of 3 40ml body spritz come in the same fragrances as the travel sets, which is Vanilla Almond & Salted Caramel, Cherry Blossom & Sweet Plum and Pink Lychee & Dragon Fruit. These come boxed and cost £2.99.

    Santa de Cruz 3 Fragranced Body Spritz Gift Set
    First impressions?

    These are good looking sets at great prices. The travel set is very attractively presented. The body spritz set I thought could have stood out more when it comes to the packaging but it still does the job. The fragrances and look of these products do have a resemblance to products in the Sol de Janerio brand, which isn’t hard to miss. Are these good dupes? Can’t answer that in regards to how these products perform compared to the ‘real’ counterparts. What I would say is expect some similarities e.g look and scents, but don’t expect exact copies.

    Availabilty

    As usual, who knows how soon all stores will get this range, how much stock will be available or how long these will last. But with Christmas around the corner, if these are Christmas gifts or stocking fillers you want, buy them sooner rather than later!

  • 6 Stocking Fillers I Bought My Teenage Daughter For Christmas

    Now that both my children are teenagers, I’ve found buying gifts for my daughter quite easy. It helps that I regularly get links sent to me from her telling me what she wants. But she’s also quite a typical young teenage girl who likes make-up, skincare and fragrance, so it’s not hard to buy her things. Are you struggling to buy small gifts for this age range? Here are 6 stocking fillers I bought my teenage daughter for Christmas 2024.

    6 stocking fillers I bought my teenage daughter for Christmas
    Collection Lasting Perfection Sheer Loose Powder

    My daughter asked for setting powder, I bought her Collection Lasting Perfection Sheer Loose Powder in Matt. This can be applied under, over make-up or used on its own to make the skin look brighter, less shiny and helps foundation last longer and stay in tact. I bought two versions just to be on the safe side. One transparent, the other translucent. I’m sure she will have fun experimenting on her own with these because I don’t have a clue about make-up I just pay for it! These cost £3.99 each from Boots, but at the time of purchasing they had a third off the price.

    Collection Lasting Perfection Sheer Loose Powder
    MUA Hydra Juice Lip Balm Cherry Kiss

    Who doesn’t love a lip balm, especially a teenage girl! My daughter loves using lip glosses and I thought MUA Hydra Juice Lip Balm in Cherry Kiss was the perfect balance of subtle colour, hydration and hopefully a look of gloss on the lips. Looks cute, will suit my daughter’s skin tone and super affordable at £2.50 from Superdrug.

    MUA Hydra Juice Lip Balm Cherry Kiss
    La Roche Posay’s Purifying Foaming Gel

    While on holiday, I bought my daughter a small version of La Roche Posay’s Purifying Foaming Gel. She says she’s noticed her skin is less spotty and smoother. This range is ideal for those with sensitive skin (although closer inspection I’m annoyed it has fragrance in it!), easy and quick to use and designed to help oily, blemish prone skin. Available in different sizes. For the 400ml size I paid £18.00 (from Boots when on promotion), but usual price is £24.00. Definitely a considered purchase, but will last a good number of months.

    La Roche Posay’s Purifying Foaming Gel
    Avene’s Thermal Spring Water

    Are facial mists actually beneficially except for very hot and sweaty days? I have no idea. But my daughter likes them and I liked the idea of this one as it literally is spring water in a can. No other skincare ingredients her young skin doesn’t need and I can imagine very refreshing to use too. Bought from Superdrug when it was under £4.00 for 50ml.

    Avene Thermal Spring Water
    Simple Sheet Masks

    Simple is a brand that myself and my daughter use. She loves sheet skincare masks and loves Simple’s masks especially. It made sense to buy them when they were on offer for only £1.00 at Boots. Hydrating, cooling, pampering and perfect for sensitive skin.

    Simple Sheet Masks
    Primark’s PS High Gloss Lip Gloss

    The make-up in Primark is always affordable in price. For £1.50 this clear, glossy lip gloss was something I thought my daughter would like and use. If a teen likes to use lip glosses it’s a must to have a clear one in their collection.

    Primark’s PS High Gloss Lip Gloss

    Despite the La Roche Posey cleanser, I thought these products were very affordable and budget friendly. All easy to use and ideal for teenagers.

  • Christmas Wax Melt Subscription Box With Glow

    I love a subscription box! Especially when I haven’t purchased one for awhile. So I couldn’t miss out on Glow’s November Subscription Box which is filled with Christmas inspired wax melts and extra seasonally goodies as well. Why did I buy this? I don’t have many Christmas wax melts and this was the perfect way to get different Christmas scents all in one collection! Cost? £25.00. So what was in it?

    Christmas Wax Melt Subscription Box With Glow
    Christmas Cookies

    A large, flat, red slab of wax with images of gonks etched into it and the words ‘Merry Christmas’. This is a stunning and fun piece of wax which is incredibly generous in size. Christmas Cookies does smell like a bakery scent. There’s vanilla, sweetness, a little buttery element to it. Mouth wateringly good!

    Christmas Cookies Christmas Wax Melt
    Cosy Night In

    Mint green in colour, flat and square shaped with ‘North Pole Express’ and reindeer images in this wax melt. Reminds me of a stamp and I love it! The fragrance has a fruity, berry undertone to it but with a hint of bitterness to it and spice. Cosy Night In is a great fragrance and an unusual one.

    Cosy Cardigan

    Same shape and size as Cosy Night In, but pale yellow in colour with the words ‘Merry Christmas’ on the top of it. This isn’t a traditional Winter fragrance. It’s quite fresh and clean with floral notes running underneath it. It’s very pretty and it smells like it’s part laundry part perfume. THIS I know I will enjoy melting!

    Cosy Cardigan Christmas Wax Melt
    Santa’s Grotto

    Soft purple in colour with a reindeer image and the words ‘Reindeer Mail Express’ on the top of it. Very cute and very festive. The actual scent of Santa’s Grotto has sweet, juicy citrus in this (smells like orange) with a slightly masculine woody element to it. It’s a great combination of scents which somehow work well together.

    Santa’s Grotto Christmas Wax Melt
    Twisted Peppermint

    Different shades of blue with an adorable snowman etched into this wax melt square. The fragrance of Twisted Peppermint is what you would expect with it’s scent name. It’s cooling, minty, fresh, sweet, with a little vanilla in this.

    Twisted Peppermint Christmas Wax Melt
    Extra’s

    Along with the wax came a key ring, a small hanging decoration, a panettone and a small bag full of chocolate, which will not last long!

    Extra goodies!
    First impressions?

    This is such a good collection! The amount of wax included will provide hours and hours of fragrance, which is incredible value! The wax melts themselves are colourful, well themed and adorable in appearance. And the fragrances are what you would hope for, for this time of year. But not the boring, predictable fragrances which get hashed out, these are a little different. I love this collection and can’t wait to start melting them over the next few weeks.

    This subscription box was for a limited amount of time and no longer available. But Glow has a variety of home fragrance, bath, body and skincare products available to buy online, with many perfect for gifting over Christmas or to treat yourself.