November 21, 2022
The essential Christmas gift guide for HER
Let’s face it: getting the best gifts for the women in your life can be a daunting task to get right. With masses of products to choose from, is it any surprise that we go into panic purchasing mode the week before Christmas and just hope for the best?
But whether you’re shopping for your mum, best friend, sister, auntie, mother-in-law, or grandma, it’s normal to feel disheartened by the usual gift cards you’ve sent or received a million times over.
Fear not – whether you’re thinking beauty products, jewellery, candles, or something more personalised, we’ve compiled an edit of presents we’re confident that she’ll absolutely adore. From stocking fillers to the main presents.
These gifts have been catagorised by budgets in the following ways:
🎁🎁🎁More is more
🎁🎁A little luxury
🎁 What a treat
Aesthetically Perfect Skin Capsules
Who doesn’t love a skin saviour? Aesthetically perfect skin is the perfect stocking filler gift. Their travel-friendly ‘Capsule Collection’ capsules is a highly potent serum, powered by ceramides and other incredible skincare ingredients like hyaluronic acid and vitamin c. The capsules have been designed to compliment your existing skincare routine and give your skin the boost of exactly what it needs.
Budget? 🎁🎁
£70 for a full capsule mini set perfect for travel and weekends away
Holland and Barett Chrismas Beauty Calendar
Holland & Barrett has launched its Christmas Beauty Advent Calendar. The luxurious-looking calendar will feature 25 days of conscious beauty products that are kind to skin and also the planet, to keep customers looking good as well as feeling good. It also includes a select number of home accessories including a candle and essential oils. Every product in the calendar is 100% vegan, including some of the newest launches and customer favourites from Holland & Barrett’s own brands Pip & Pod, VitaSkin and Miaroma, as well as big-name brands Dr. Organic, Q+A, Evolve, Ethique and many more. 14 of the products will be full size – more than ever before – including cult favourite, Weleda Skin Food Body Lotion.
Budget? 🎁
You can get your hands on this incredible calendar for just £35 at the moment, meaning you save 80% of the original price (£180)
Wanderlust Life 14ct Gold Onyx Engraved Pendant
Wanderlust Life’s minimalist, modern gold jewellery, is the perfect addition to a loved ones jewellery collection. The jewellery features a spectrum of semi-precious stones and birthstones, all with special meanings and different properties. Engravable pieces are also a new launch for Christmas this year. Choose from key pieces including their green or black onyx engravable hearts or porthole pendants with a choice of chain or even their Pyrite fine cord necklace.
Budget? 🎁🎁
This engravable green onyx pendant sits at a glorious £98
For skincare and spa lovers in your life, IMAGE Skincare is offering the best limited-edition Christmas skinsets You can choose from ‘BRIGHTON’, ‘HYDRATE’ or ‘INDULGE’ as each set comes with three of their groundbreaking products. Indulge includes their VITAL C hydrating anti-ageing serum, ORMEDIC® balancing lip enhancement complex and I MASK hydrating hydrogel sheet mask for just £29 and these come in a gift box that can be hung up on the Christmas tree.
Budget? 🎁
INDULGE sits at just £29 for the set, but if you fancy splashing out there are options to suit all budgets
For the fitness bunny in your life, Lorna Jane is that go-to activewear brand that offers high-quality, women’s workout clothes for all levels. Lorna Janes styles are ideal for all training styles from HIIT to Yoga and even Pilates, allowing you to transition active to fashion with ease. Lorna Jane has some great snuggly winter options too, including the ‘vintage oversized racer sweat’ and weightless puffer jacket.
Budget? 🎁🎁
From $105 AUD for the oversized vintage sweater
Cellcosmet Deluxe ProCollagen Facial
This swiss luxury skincare brand specialise in cosmetic science and now offers a Deluxe ProCollagen Face & Neck facial at the exclusive White Room spa on Walton street in Knightsbridge, London. This incredible treatment is the perfect reset to skin for the New Year, going in fresh-faced and ready to take on 2023.
Budget? 🎁🎁🎁
£279 for a 60-minute deluxe ProCollagen treatment at White Room
Golden Luxe Ultimate Jewellery Set
Golden Luxe offers gorgeous waterproof/tarnish-free gold-plated jewelry in absolutely stunning sets! This jewelry is the perfect gift for that special female in your life, even for your besties because you can build your own box!
Budget? 🎁🎁
This stunning ultimate jewelry set comes with 7 pieces of jewelry in a beautiful box and is priced at a fantastic £68
The new IT suit has arrived; guaranteed to turn heads – the Sherpa Ski suit is form-fitting and flattering with ultra-luxe teddy sherpa detailing. Inspired by exploration and adventure, the athletic sherpa ski suit is the perfect mix of performance meets fashion. These are absolutely gorgeous for any female that loves the slopes.
Budget? 🎁🎁🎁
£445 for the stunning new Sherpa Ski Suit or browse their collection of options from Moritz to Cortina
Neal&Wolf Hair Gift Essentials
Bring the spa home this Christmas with Neal & Wolf’s festive haircare products and gifts which has 15 of Neal & Wolf’s best-selling salon quality products, from the Miracle Cracker, Mini Essentials Travel Kits and shampoo and conditioner duos beautifully wrapped in gift bags with festive rose gold packaging.
Budget? 🎁
There’s plenty to match all budgets including their outstanding Miracle cracker that sits at just £20
The perfect Christmas treat for the coffee lover in your life to explore the flavour possibilities of coffee created from responsibly sourced beans, lovingly roasted and delivered to their door with a Bridge Coffee Roasters monthly subscription. They have an amazing selection of coffees and accessories to tickle your taste buds and suit your pocket. Prices start from £9 and got to £2690, however, the copper premium drip kit has to be at the top of my list.
Budget? 🎁🎁🎁
A little luxury for the premium drip kit at £299
A dreamy candle that’s all about environmental impact. Each luxury candle wax melt is made from a blend of natural rapeseed and coconut wax blend, each product is hand poured in Scotland-with Sorcha being the Scot’s Gaelic for ‘bright, light.’ Each candle in the range offers around 45 hours of burn time and each wax melt in the range offers a huge 12 hours of fragrance per melt, meaning each pack contains around 72 hours of fragrance. Sorcha’s environmental impact is important too: vegan-friendly fragrance oils and are paraffin-free.
Budget? 🎁🎁
Just £28 per candle, for the perfect luxury stocking filler
Soko Chocolaterie Christmas Special
Soko, the Birmingham-based chocolaterie and patisserie supported by Michelin-starred chef Andreas Antona and headed up by Bake Off: The Professionals finalist Bharat Chandegra has launched. As much an art form as a culinary creation, each chocolate is handmade and takes three days to produce. The moulds are carefully crafted and painted with the finest cocoa butter before the product is painstakingly layered, the silky-smooth chocolate complemented by sumptuous fillings sourced with equal care and passion.
Budget? 🎁
£28 for 24 delectable chocolates with the most beautiful designs on each
PERL Cosmetics Pink Clay Mask and Illuminating oil
PERL Cosmetics seeks to shake things up when it comes to skincare. Their champion product, the British Pink Clay Mask, has received incredible feedback from customers, garnering countless five-star reviews and viral-worthy results. The perfect stocking filer to treat her with!
Budget? 🎁
£36 for the brands famous clay mask and illuminating oil set
Walter & May is a beautiful gift box brand offering ready-made boxes and the option to create your own. One of the most gorgeous boxes is Contemplation, which features a scandi vase, a scandi mug and a candle. Perfect for taking some ‘me time’ and much-needed TLC. This is the perfect gift for the minimalist in your life!
Budget? 🎁
£25 with many gift box options including personalised ones
Oiyari creates a range of natural, innovative and completely organic products with a focus on providing anti-ageing results. Backed by science, Oiyari’s incredible formulas are infused with ethically sourced and powerful sea marine ingredients, developed to address ageing concerns and common skin complaints such as congestion and breakouts.
Budget? 🎁🎁
£40 for their intensive eye serum with multiple skincare options available
Sense of Ldn Hand-Poured Diffuser
Their gorgeous Christmas-scented diffuser opens with a dark, mystical fragrance with notes of frankincense, tuberose, violets, myrrh and amber. Presented in an amber glass bottle and a gold lid, paired with rattan reed diffuser sticks to fill your room with sense. These last approximately 3 months too which is excellent.
Budget? 🎁
£26 for this Chrismassy diffuser, or £24 for their beautiful candles.
Written by Kaya Cheshire for Luxuria Lifestyle London and International