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  • Everything Gingerbread This Christmas In Home Bargains!

    A fragrance and visual design which is very popular this time of year and for Christmas, is gingerbread. Not surprising. The scent is perfect for colder seasons with it being spice heavy and warming. And the actual design of a gingerbread man is incredibly cute! So you will find lots of products that have this theme. I found ALOT in Home Bargains which could tick a lot of gifts off many people’s Christmas list. What did I spot in Home Bargains for home fragrance, bath and body products scented or inspired by gingerbread?

    Everything gingerbread in Home Bargains!
    Gingerbread House Bath Set

    A fun, and quite large gingerbread house style box contains a vanilla scented body lotion, bath shimmer and gingerbread shaped bath fizzer. Quite a sizeable gift idea, nicely packaged, full sized products and only £2.99.

    Gingerbread House Bath Set
    Ashton & Moore’s Gingerbread Biscuit Hand Wash

    It’s great to see seasonal hand washes. Great for practical use and for gifting. This practical hand wash is nicely themed and packaged, incredibly generous in size at 750ml and only £1.49!

    Ashton & Moore’s Gingerbread Biscuit Hand Wash
    Wickford & Co’s Luxury Air Freshener

    It’s easy to forget about fragrancing the car if you drive (I do). So it’s great to see seasonal scents available rather than the typical ones available all year. This is quite an attractive looking air freshener and only £1.49.

    Wickford & Co’s Luxury Air Freshener
    Wickford & Co’s Pack of 3 Air Fresheners

    If you want other scents besides gingerbread, but still seasonal, this pack of 3 car air fresheners is perfect! This set includes gingerbread, warm apple & cinnamon and mulled wine. These air fresheners are the cardboard type which we’ve all used at some point, and costs only 99p.

    Wickford & Co’s Pack of 3 Air Fresheners
    Candy Lane Gingerbread Reed Diffuser

    Reed diffusers are a great home fragrance alternative to a candle or wax melt, and Candy Cane Gingerbread Reed Diffuser looks well made, great size of fragrance (100ml), and like all the other products I’ve seen well packaged to give as a gift. £2.99.

    Candy Lane Gingerbread Reed Diffuser
    Wickford & Co’s Gingerbread Scented Gift Set

    This possibly could be a new gift set for this year as I haven’t seen it before. But included in this is a reed diffuser (100ml) and a candle (125g). It’s a shame the box doesn’t have a similar colourway as the items inside it, in my opinion, but does look festive. £3.99.

    Wickford & Co’s Gingerbread Scented Gift Set
    Wickford & Co Gingerbread Wax Melts & Candles

    Both the wax melts and the small jar candles are always popular. I’m not surprised because they both smell so good with a good strength to them both. I’ve used the wax melts and find these are really good, especially for only 79p. The jar candles are only 99p so equally just as cheap!

    Wickford & Co Gingerbread Wax Melts & Candles

    So these are just a few gingerbread inspired, scented or packaged home fragrance, bath and body care products I’ve found in Home Bargains. And guess what? All were under £4.00! So if this is a scent you want to gorge on for yourself or gifting, it might be worthwhile having a look at some of these products in your local store.

  • Christmas Gift Ideas For Under £10.00 in Sainsbury’s

    Christmas is well and truly on it’s way, and we all know it! People have been buying Christmas trees, wrapping paper and gifts consistently for a few weeks with many putting the finishing touches to ALL of their Christmas purchases already. If you haven’t started Christmas shopping or looking for some inspiration for gift ideas, look no further. The supermarket Sainsbury’s has lots of great pampering gifts that are fun and affordable. So what does Sainsbury’s have to offer Christmas gift wise for under £10.00?

    Christmas Gifts Idea For Under £10.00 in Sainsbury’s
    Festive Bath Fizzers

    There were quite a few festive inspired bath fizzers available in the gift section in Sainsbury’s. Bauble design, reindeer, gingerbread man, snowman, snowflake. All great in look, good sizes, different fragrances and priced between £1.50 and £2.00 each when using their loyalty Nectar card (£3.00 to £4.00 without).

    Festive Bath Fizzers
    Raspberry Ripple Bubble Bar Wand

    This grabbed my attention because it’s very similar in look to one that LUSH sell, but fragranced and priced differently. A great alternative to a traditional bath fizzer or bath bomb. Will be reusable as it’s on a stick and will be fun and easy to use. £3.00 using a Nectar card, £6.00 without.

    Raspberry Ripple Bubble Bar Wand
    Let’s Go Multipack Fizzer x 6 Gift Set

    This is ideal if you want to give a bath lover a more substantial set of fizzers rather than individual ones. This gift set contains 6 different shaped and coloured bath fizzers. Fragrances included are passionfruit, chocolate and pink grapefruit. £4.50 with Nectar card, £9.00 without.

    Let’s Go Multipack Fizzer x 6 Gift Set
    Cath Kitson 4 Christmas Crackers Hand Creams

    Visually this is a beautifully presented selection of 4 hand creams with each housed in a cracker. These are in 3 different fragrances: 2 x Red Berry & Cedar, Tea Rose & Hyacinth and Lavender & English Chamomile. Each hand cream is 30ml so perfect pocket size. This collection costs £9.25 with Nectar card and £18.50 without.

    Cath Kitson 4 Christmas Crackers Hand Creams
    Cath Kitson Red Berry & Cedar Hand Cream Trio

    3 hand creams all fragranced in Red Berry & Cedar, but with different designs on the tubes. Another set easy on the eye and great for those who love the look of the brand, and of course use hand creams. £4.50 with Nectar card, £9.00 without.

    Cath Kitson Red Berry & Cedar Hand Cream Trio
    House of Nails Inc Nail Polish Gift Set

    Honestly, I found this set containing 3 Nails Inc polishes gorgeous! The packaging was stylish and festive. The colours are a great selection of classic, Winter and party ready shades. This is one gift set I would be very happy to receive. £9.00 with Nectar card, £18.00 without.

    House of Nails Inc Nail Polish Gift Set

    These are just a few pampering products I found in Sainsbury’s which caught my attention. Some would make ideal stocking fillers, Christmas Eve box additions and some perfect small gifts. In my opinion prices are great BUT only if you use a Nectar card! Without it you pay full price, so be warned!

  • Autumn & Winter Scented Wax Melts By Home of Honey

    Do I have a favourite season for using home fragrance? Autumn and Winter are my favourite times. I spend more time at home wanting to feel snug and cosy, and home fragrance products help to maintain that vibe. Autumn and Winter scents tend to be more richer, heavier, and spicier than scents geared towards Spring and Summer, and I love it! So having a package of wax melts kindly sent to me by wax vendor Home of Honey Candle Co, filled with these types of fragrances, was a welcomed delivery. So what wax melts did I receive?

    Home of Honey’s Autumn & Winter Scented Wax Melts
    Fragrances

    These wax melts scream Autumn and Winter! A great mix of fragrances which are traditional and well known for these seasons. So very much tried, tested and loved. They would appeal to the majority of people, that’s why they are popular in general. I received:

    Caramel Pumpkin, Golden Autumn, Cinnamon & Vanilla, Apple Spice, Vanilla Bean Noel, Candy Cane and 12 Days of Christmas.

    12 Days of Christmas Wax Melts
    What type of wax melts are these?

    All of these wax melts, except one, come in a wax melt snap bar. Long and rectangular, and you snap off how much you want to use and melt. 12 Days of Christmas is a selection of individual wax melt shapes. No need for snapping, just put directly into your wax warmer and go!

    Apple Spice Wax Melt Snap Bar
    How do they look?

    Each wax melt snap bar, although shaped the same, look different. All have a creamy base colour to them, but each have embedded on the front different coloured glitter that nicely reflects the fragrance.

    Caramel Pumpkin is covered in a mix of red and gold glitter. Golden Autumn is gold. Cinnamon & Vanilla is gold with iridescent shards on the top. Apple Spice green. Vanilla Bean Noel is multiple glitter all in pastel shades. Candy Cane festive red. And finally, each wax melt is coloured differently (pink, orange, yellow, blue, cream etc) in 12 Days of Christmas Part 1, but no glitter visible that I can see.

    Candy Cane Wax Melt Snap Bar

    The wax melt snap bars are all in clear sleeves finished off with white bows, which is very cute. 12 Days of Christmas Part 1 wax melts are housed in a large, clear plastic case finished off also with a ribbon. On the front each of the scents of the wax melts are mentioned. What I like about the labels on these wax melts is the Autumn scented ones have a pumpkin on the label and the Winter/Christmas ones have trees on them. Such a lovely idea and good attention to detail.

    Gingerbread Wax Melt Snap Bar
    First impressions?

    Beautifully presented and packaged. The wax melts themselves look so good you want to melt them immediately and from what I can smell with some of these (not opened them all yet), they smell as good as they look! Great mix of fragrances, all perfectly themed for the seasons, easy to use wax melt forms. What is there not to love so far?

    To purchase Home of Honey’s wax melt snap bars, they only cost £2.50 and come in a variety of fragrances. 12 Days of Christmas Part 1 costs £8.99 which is great value for 12 differently fragranced wax melts. If the seasonal wax melts aren’t what you are looking for, there are plenty of other fragrance types and wax melt shapes on the website to purchase here.

    Caramel Pumpkin Wax Melt Snap Bar

  • Candle Gift Ideas For Christmas in Home Bargains

    Many people love candles to fragrance their homes or use as home décor items. That’s why they make the perfect gifts especially for Christmas. Autumn and Christmas inspired fragrances are now available in shops, which is a great way to make any room in a home feel cosy and comforting. For teachers, neighbours, friends or gifts for yourself, candles are an affordable purchase which most people love to receive. Here are a few candle gift ideas for Christmas I’ve spotted in Home Bargains…

    Candle Gift Ideas For Christmas in Home Bargains
    Wickford & Co’s Christmas Advent Tealight Calendar

    There are two versions of this advent calendar. Both contain 24 tealights in 4 different fragrances, which is Gingerbread, French Vanilla, Mulled Wine and Warm Apple & Cinnamon. The difference between the two is the packaging. Each one is beautifully boxed in a traditional individually doored advent but are coloured differently with a different design on the front. Both festive in appearance, great size and only £3.49.

    Wickford & Co’s Tealight Advent Calendars
    Wickford & Co Large Jar Candles

    Gingerbread has to be one of the most popular scents for this time of year. But let’s not forget other fragrances available in the large Wickford & Co glass jar candles. Warm Apple & Cinnamon and Mulled Wine are both available, great for the Autumn and Winter season fragrance wise and perfect look wise as well. Weighty and large and only £2.99 each.

    Wickford & Co’s Large Candles
    Candy Lane Jar Candles

    Nicely presented with modern illustrated labels that has a traditional twist to them, is what makes Candy Lane candles stand out. All come in clear glass jars with a tin lid, and are a good size. These come in Gingerbread, Snowflake Wishes and Nordic Pine, which covers many different fragrance types e.g bakery and spicy, fresh and woody, sweet and slightly fruity. I’ve bought these as gifts in the past and they always go down well. £2.99 each.

    Candy Lane Jar Candles

    Have you seen any of these in your local store and have you bought them any of them? If you’re struggling to buy a small, inexpensive gift for someone and not too sure what to buy, definitely have a look at these.