Halloween has been and gone and the sound of Mariah is beginning to fill the aisles, that’s right, Christmas is coming! To assist in your festive gifting I’ve had my planning hat on and have got some fabulous gifts to share with you! So let’s kick off my annual blog festivities with my Christmas Gift Guide Gifts Under £25!
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Christmas Gift Guide Gifts Under £25
I have beauty gifts in all categories; skincare, makeup, bath and body care, some are best shopped online and others are easy to pick up on the high street. I can’t wait to share them all with you, so let’s get down to it!
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Here are some discount codes that are relevant to the below items:
Charlotte Tilbury new customer 15% discount: amyhFA0NZ
LookFantastic 20% discount: LFTFAMYSCHAPTER
The Body Shop 20% discount: 14315
Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte Tilbury is the epitome of glamour. With a rose gold Hollywood-esque style and products with trend quicker than you can say ‘darling‘, a Tilbury treat under £25 makes for a perfect gift!
Pillow Talk mascara is all about fluttery lashes and this travel-sized offering is a great way to try a new mascara and comes in a gorgeous card bauble perfect to surprise a loved one on the Christmas tree.
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Mascara Bauble Available here*
All Charlotte Tilbury gift sets are available here*
I have a 15% new customer Charlotte Tilbury Discount code: amyhFA0NZ
The Body Shop
The Body Shop excels when it comes to festive gift sets. They have some wonderful, affordable sets to offer this year and I’d love to share two with you.
20% discount for The Body Shop: 14315
Nutty & Nourishing Shea Essentials Gift Set is a perfect treat to amplify hydration and comfort. It is enriched with handcrafted community fair trade shea butter from Ghana.
The set includes:
- Shea shower cream 250ml
- Shea Body Butter 50ml
- Shea Hand Balm 30ml
- Shea Soap 100g
- Small Ramie Lily
Nutty & Nourishing Shea Essentials Giftset is £25, worth £29 available here*
Huges & Kisses Almond Milk Hand & Lip Duo is a perfect Secret Santa gift!
A gorgeous beauty cracker that unwraps to deliver a lip balm and handcream. A fabulous stocking filler idea!
Includes:
- Almond Milk Hand Balm 30ml
- Almond Milk Lip Care Stick 4.2g
Hugs & Kisses Almond Milk Hand & Lip Duo £10 available here*
Earthy Nails
Earthy Nails was born out of a desire to create more sustainable nail products that are of the highest quality with the least impact on the environment. The plant-based nail polishes are available in 45 shades in sustainable packaging. They last well are easy to apply and don’t smell as strong as regular polish either!
Leaping Bunny is cruelty-free, and vegan.
Polishes £7.99
Fall collections £24.95 for four polishes
Earthy Nails is available here
Emolyne Cosmetics
Looking for the perfect gift for someone who is always co-ordinated? Then look no further. Emolyne is a British beauty brand that creates makeup that celebrates ethnicity, gender, age and lifestyle. The brand’s collections host 30 shades which align with each category, allowing you to pick up a matching lipstick, lipliner and nail varnish should you wish.
Two products I’m enjoying are the Velvet lip: wonderfully highly pigmented lipsticks in a creamy, velvet formula with a semi-matte finish and the Eyeshade Créme: sparkly cream eyeshadows that are buildaable and easy to use.
Emolyne Cosmetics is available here
Fenty Beauty
The brainchild of music royalty, Rihanna, a Fenty Beauty gift under the tree will make any beauty lover happy this festive season. Known for amazing inclusivity and products that always slay (as the cool kids say), you can’t go wrong with gifting from Fenty.
My recommendations are the Hella Thicc Volumizing Mascara £19, a creamy longwear formula that adds volume and drama while being sweat, humidty and transfer resistant.
The Mini Eaze Drop’lit All-Over Glow Enhancer is a skincare-makeup hybrid that adds a beautiful, natural illumination to the skin. Available in 4 shades.
Fenty Beauty Hella Thicc Volumizing Mascara £19 available here*
Fenty Mini Eaze Drop’lit All-Over Glow Enhancer £14 available here
Tropic Skincare Beauty Cracker
The Beauty Cracker from Tropic Skincare contains a collection of the brands bestselling bodycare. Body Smooth refreshing polish (50ml) is a beautiful scrub enriched with sea salts and Austrailan lemon myrtle.
Body Love firming buttercream (80ml) envelopes senses with botanical extracts whilst antioxidants care for the skin.
Tropic Skincare has a variety of crackers and gift sets to offer this festive period.
Tropic Skincare Beauty Cracker Buttery Soft collection £22 available here
CACI Skincare
CACI is renowned in the skincare world for incredible facials and a skincare line to boot. Is there a better way to treat someone this year than with some skincare therapy? I’ve picked three of my favourites to share with you.
Hydro Mask from £8.50 – Hydro mask is infused with collagen, hyaluronic acid and rose water to deeply nourish and hydrate.
Rejuvenating Hand Mask from £8.00 – Combats the signs of ageing with Hyaluronic acid, hydrolysed collagen and shea butter to soften and smooth skin.
Eye Revive Mask from £8.00 – Cucumber and green tea soothe and perk tired eyes!
I think they are a perfect fit for my Christmas gift guide!
CACI skincare is available here
Simple Skincare
Perfect to prep the skin and perfect for a pamper the Simple sheet masks make a perfect Secret Santa gift or stocking filling. Skincare is my therapy and I find there’s nothing better than taking 10 minutes to chill while treating your skin.
Simple has a range of giftsets to offer this festive period with facial sets and body care sets offered.
Simple 5pcs Gift set available here*
Simple 5pcs Bodycare gift set available here*
Skin Kind Sheet Mask Collection available here*
Byoma Skincare
A skincare brand that has truly made an impact in the last couple of years, Byoma has trended online many times! Better still, their range is in the more affordable bracket and is available on the high street! There is a great range of products to suit all.
The Clarifing Serum (pictured) is great for helping gently exfoliate and clear blemish-prone skin.
The Gel Moisturiser is a brilliant all-rounder – a lightweight moisturiser that suits most skin types.
Byoma has some great giftsets to offer this year that include these products and more! The Byoma Brightening Duo Bauble and The Byoma Starter Kit are perfect gift ideas!
Byoma skincare is available here*
Milk Makeup
Gifting this will instantly bring you “cool” credit status. Milk Makeup, a minimalist US brand, hit the UK shores a few years ago. The brand has taken off of late and while the product sizes are smaller this year, they are still their brilliant cream formulas.
Milk Makeup offers a range of cream blushers and bronzers, primers and masks, all in handy stick form.
They are small but mighty.
Milk Makeup Lip + Cheek MVPs – Werk + Smirk, Duo Milk Makeup’s bestsellers £23.50 available here*
Yardley Perfume
The classic brand Yardley makes for great gifting. With beautiful giftsets and stand-alone products, there is something for all. Recent personal favourites include the Yardley London Lilly of the Valley. A beautiful white floral fragrance with top notes of pear and heart notes of lily of the valley and freesia, enhanced with a musky base.
The matching shower gel is refreshing and hydrating with shea butter and morgina oil.
Yardley is cruelty-free and suitable for vegans.
Percy & Reed Haircare
Iconic British haircare brand Percy & Reed creates products that are silicone and paraben-free. They have some fabulous gift sets to offer this year! Let’s face it, haircare is always self-care!
Percy & Reed We Wish You A Happy Hair Day £12.50 (worth £21.50)
A gift set that is perfect to prep hair for the party season!
Included:
I Need a Hero! Wonder Balm Hair Primer: A perfect styling balm to tame frizz and add gloss.
Session Styling Volumising Dry Shampoo 50ml: Weightless and refreshing, perfect for in-between washes.
Percy & Reed We Wish You A Happy Hair Day gift set (and more) available here
Scentz 4 Me by Yardley
Perfume powerhouse Yardley brings delightful body sprays to mist individually or layer. Perfect for creating scent combinations and for fragrance discovery.
I’ve been lucky enough to try these out and they are gorgeous!! They make fabulous gifts and stocking fillers. I can see them being particularly popular with teens.
Available in 6 scents: Very berry, Passionate pear, Full of zest, Crazy coconut, and Mellow marshmallow.
Cruelty-free and suitable for vegans
Scentz 4 Me Mini Mist Fragrance Spray set £11.80 available here*
Scentz 4 Me by Yardley full size available individually £2.99 here
Milani Glided Mini Eyeshadow Palettes
American cosmetics brand Milani rose to fame in the UK thanks to the popularity of YouTubers. This led to the brand launching overseas et voila! we now have access to this wonderful, affordable drugstore makeup brand. Featuring blushers that seem to last forever (seriously, ‘hitting pan’ in a Milani blush is an achievement!) and eyeshadows in a variety of finishes, there really is something for all.
I’ve featured two of the Gilded Mini Eyeshadow Palettes created with pressed pigment powders for high-intensity eyeshadows.
Milani Eyeshadows are priced at £10.50 and are available here
NUDESTIX Lip Trio
NUDESTIX champion the ‘minimal makeup’ vibe. The brand loves effortless style with products that are vegan and cruelty-free.
Perhaps most popular are their blush sticks; cream blushers in stick form that apply easily and blend like a dream. For today’s Christmas gift guide, I want to share with you their Hydra Peptide Lip Butter Trio. The ultimate nourishment in a glossy finish with a tint!
Shea butter and avocado soften and moisturise while a 2% Tripeptide complex helps to hydrate and plump.
Nudestix is clean, vegan and cruelty-free.
NUDESTIX Hydra Peptide Lip Butter Trio available here*
also the kit is available here with 20% at time of publishing*
Matis Paris Mini Wonders Sets
Luxury French skincare brand Matis Paris has a wonderful trio of sets that make fabulous stocking fillers! Mini Wonders include travel sizes of the brands best sellers and are a great way to try them out.
The Mini Wonder Day & Night includes the Hyaluonic-Perf and Hydramood-Night – perfect for amping hydration!
Mini Wonder Scrub & Care includes the Authentik-scrub and Glow Detox – perfect for raiance and glow.
Mini Wonder Face & Hands includes the Aqua-Cream moisturiser and Cashmere-Hand – perfect for nourishing and renewing.
Matis Paris Mini Wonder Sets are £6.08 available here
Temple Spa Spa Mini Break
Spa legends Temple Spa has so many gorgeous gifts this year, there really is something to offer in all price ranges. Whether that’s a gift set or a showergel, the relaxing scents are enough to soothe tired bodies and busy minds.
This set is the Spa Mini Break and comprises of 4 30ml products: Good Hair Day Shampoo, In Good Condition conditioner, La La Lagoon Shower Gel, Peace Be Still skinbalm for £10.
In this category there is also a Lip Oil set, a grooming set and more – there really is so much choice!
Temple Spa Spa Mini Break gift set is available here
f.e.t.e Sustainable Beauty
f.e.t.e, from earth to earth, is a perfect gift for environmentally conscious vanities! f.e.t.e offer a variety of self-care products in sustainable bamboo. Featuring toothbrushes, cotton buds, toothpaste and hairbrushes there is something for all!
Giftsets are available in singles and couples and there are different sized hairbrushes to offer.
f.e.t.e bamboo gift sets are available here £18
NYX Makeup
A brand that needs no introduction, NYX is a high street giant that offers a huge range of cruelty-free and often, vegan makeup products. With an array of colourful choices and perfect priming picks, there is something for all.
This gift set features liquid eyeliner and a gorgeous pair of false eyelashes, perfect for the party season.
Feather & Down Pillow Spray
With the busy of the festive season, a gift that offers relaxation is all well received. Feather and Down offer the most beautiful sleep-enhancing body care and pillow spray. Scents of lavender and chamomile help lull you off into restful sleep.
Feather & Down Sleep Partners Gift Set £8.00 available here*
Feather & Down Sleep trio gift set £10.00 available here*
Feather & Down Serenity Duo gift set £12.00 available here*
Watch me enjoying some self care moments with Feather & Down in this reel here
Coco & Eve Haircare
Perfect for haircare lovers the Coco & Eve Hair Treats gift set contains two travel-sized hair masks to help smooth luscious locks! The set features a repair and a moisture mask to revive tired hair and is worth £28. At 60ml each, they are really good sizes for a gift set too!
Coco & Eve Hair Treats gift set up £19.00 is available here*
BARE HANDS By Margaret Dabbs Nails
Legend in the mani/pedi world, Margaret Dabbs, has some great gifting options for those who enjoy treating their nails.
If you’ve not tried a glass nail file yet then let me tell you, you’re missing out! You will never go back! A glass file lasts years and gives crisply filed nails that split less in no time!
BARE HANDS By Margaret Dabbs also offers nail buffers to aid smoothness and shine.
The BARE HANDS Sleek & Shine Duo contains the glass file and nail buffer and is priced at £12.
BARE Hands Sleek & Shine Duo £12 available here
BARE HANDS By Margaret Dabbs Crystal nail file £12*
BARE HANDS By Margaret Dabbs Super Shiner Nail Buffer £9*
Face Wash Head & Wrist Bands
Call me crazy but these may just have been my best buy of the year! A microfibre headband with matching wristbands for washing your face is simple but incredibly useful! Your hair is saved from getting splashed and the wristbands catch any water preventing it from running up your arms and wetting your top! They are brilliant and make a great stocking filler!
Face Wash Head & Wrist Bands in grey £4.99 are available here*
Face Wash Head & Wrist Bands in pink & red design £5.28 available here*
Christmas Gifts
I hope this afforable Christmas gift guide has been both a helpful and enjoyable read and one that has you feeling festive! Do keep an eye on my socials as I’ll be sharing videos of the sets over on instagram and Tiktok.
Coming up next is my Luxury Christmas Gift Guide!
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