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Buying gifts for another adult at Christmas can be a daunting task. Whether you’re buying for someone else or drawing up your own list for Santa, a little inspiration is always welcome.
The Sudscription Box
Harbour Soap £14.99
If you or your loved one likes all things smelly but want to stay eco-friendly too, the Sudscription Box from Harbour Soap is ideal. It smells lush AF, and containd 5-6 beauty and home products, all made using natural ingredients. This box contained a shampoo bar, a beautifully scented soap and soap bag. bath crumbles and wax melts.
The Natural History of Magick
Amazon £14.99
This enchantingly illustrated natural history of magick, compiled in the 1920s by the globetrotting naturalist Professor Conrad Gessner for his grandson, is now unveiled for readers of today.
Featuring a gold foil–embossed cloth cover, a ribbon marker and sprayed gold edges, this gorgeous volume is filled with intriguing sketches and precise notes detailing the secret world of magic, a natural force hidden all around us. It is a stunning book for any one interested in the wonder of magick.
Little People, Big Dreams
Amazon £7.99
We are huge, HUGE fans of these books and have quite a collection growing. These books are lovely illustrated books detailing the life and careers of inspirational people; everyone from Marilyn Monroe and Ru Paul to Coco Chanel and Freida Kahlo.
More Taste & Less Waste Cookbook
Dairy Diary £9.99
This fab new cookbook shows you how to create delicious food whilst minimising food waste. Each delicious recipe has a stunning colour photograph, cook’s tips and information on preparation, storage and freezing. Plus boxes to write your own notes and tips in.
Only Curls Cleansing CoWash
Only Curls £16
This cleansing co-wash is a hybrid between cleanser and conditioner. The creme-based co-wash uses the mildest, non-foaming cleansing ingredients, and amazing natural oils which together remove build-up and moisturise the hair. It works beautifully on curly and dry hair!
Dairy Diary
Dairy Diary £9.99
This special 40th–anniversary edition of the iconic Dairy Diary is the perfect choice for planning your busy life. It has recipes, plenty of space for noting down appointments on its week-to-view pages, and looks pretty to boot!
Buy A Gift Voucher
Buy A Gift Various prices
A gift experience always goes down well because you can find something for everyone, whether it is a spa day, afternoon tea, racing a car around a track, or enjoying cocktail making.
Earthy Nail Polish
Earthy Nails £24.95
With sustainability hot on everyone’s minds this year, the In Bloom Earthy Nail Polish Set is the perfect treat for nails and the environment due to its clever sustainable and anti-microbial bamboo cap, 21-free ingredients, and
plant-based Cassava, Corn, and Sugar Cane. With four high-shine and long-lasting colours included these vegan and cruelty-free polishes are an A/W nail dream.
Colour & Learn Pencil Case
Eatsleepdoodle £12.95
Kids can discover and colour the stars, planets and spacecraft in our solar system with this fun colour-in space pencil case! Featuring the order of the planets on one side and the historic moon landing scene on the other, there are also astronauts and rockets all ready to be coloured with the enclosed pack of ten wash-out pens (which fit neatly inside the case). When the kids are ready for another space adventure, simply pop the pencil case on a warm machine wash and the ink disappears completely, ready for more out-of-this-world discovery.
SEAMS Hand Cream
SEAMS £14
Melting quickly into your skin SEAMS non-greasy formula has 9 powerful, natural ingredients that help mend, moisturise and soften very dry rough skin and condition nails, fast.
With a Biomimetic Lipid Complex known to mimic the lipids in your skin SEAMS helps lock in moisture and restore from within, so that hands will feel soft, supple, and smooth.
Go Glam – Shimmer Me Body Art
Spin Master £24.99
Express your style and create your own glam glitter tattoos with Cool Maker Shimmer Me Body Art.
This all-in-one temporary tattoo set for girls has everything you need to customise your own body art, including: four metallic foil cartridges, two colours of glitter, a glitter brush, gems, a roller and 180 double-sided sticker designs. With so many trendy and cute designs, you can mix and match to style your body art, your way.
Treasure Trail
Treasure Trails from £9.99
These themed self-guided trail booklets take explorers on a circular outdoor walking route of approximately two miles. But it’s not just any walk; there’s the challenge of solving clues along the way to crack a Detective Mystery, Treasure Hunt, or Spy Mission. Each puzzle incorporates clues on local landmarks, signs, statues, monuments, images, engravings, and other eye-catching features. There are more than 1,200 Treasure Trails to choose from across the UK, with locations varying from cities/towns to villages and rural areas. It’s a great way of getting outdoors with the kids, doing a fun activity together, and getting the whole family’s steps up!
Peach Liqueur
Ocado £17
The ultimate shortcut to making delicious cocktails that taste professionally made, Giffard has just landed in the UK – the favourite of bartenders around the world, Giffard gives everyone the power to be a mixologist. Create a blackberry gin and tonic or peach margarita in seconds; all it takes is 25ml of Giffard liqueur.
Giffard recommends its most versatile flavours for Christmas cocktails that never miss; its classic mint, raspberry, and blackberry, as well as its newer rhubarb, peach, and grapefruit, each offering something innovative and fresh for the festive season.
Mega Spin YoYo
Selfridges, £10
Yo-yoing is set to make a comeback and the brand new Wicked Mega Spin Saturn will take your skills to another planet!
Gone are the days of fixed axles; the Saturn features a super smooth ball-bearing axle providing ultra-long spin times – you’ll yo-yo like a pro in no time! Want more? How about super bright colour changing LED lights to really make your tricks light up the room!
Wild Wisdom Journal
This journal is designed to be a space to gather your insights. Track your menstrual cycle tendencies whilst keeping an eye on the phases of the moon, held within the container of nature’s seasons.
The diary section of the journal is laid out in a week-to-view format, with a seasonal/lunar-inspired prompt for you to look at at the start of the week. There is lots of space to record how you are feeling each day and also pages to track your yearly cycle overview. Pause and reflect at the seasonal shifting points of the solstices and equinoxes and set intentions. Get to know the moon phases and how they overlay our day-to-day.
Children’s Shoes
Wynsors Various prices
Shoes are always a great choice for a gift – no one can ever have too many shoes and boots! I loved these little black ankle boots with heart details!
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic
Amazon £16
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic, edited by award-winning journalist Lilly Workneh with a foreword by #BlackGirlMagic originator CaShawn Thompson, is dedicated to amplifying and celebrating the stories of Black women and girls from around the world; features the work of over 60 Black female and non-binary authors, illustrators, and editors; is designed to acknowledge, applaud, and amplify the incredible stories of Black women and girls from the past and present; and celebrates Black Girl Magic around the world.
Clkr Phone Accessories
Amazon £20.99
The CLCKR car mount is a unique product that allows you to store your smartphone whilst in your car. The 2-part mount comes with a small magnetic silver clip that slides onto your CLCKR Stand & Grip allowing it to magnetically connect to the air vent attachment. The clip is unobtrusive and when not in use can be removed and stored on the air vent attachment. With a small surface area and durable black rubber, the mount looks sleek and is long-lasting.
Wax Melts
A Melt In Time £3.99
Designed to stimulate the senses while being gentle on the planet, its amber-and-musk range scents are particularly warming and festive including Vanilla Cinnamon, Sandalwood Myrrh and Amber Orange
Men’s boot’s from Palladium
Palladium £100
When it comes to men’s boots, you can’t get much funkier than these! A cult classic from the Palladium archives, remixed, revamped, and retooled for urban adventure. As an iconic brand that has based itself on the spreading of good vibes through the power of music and style, Smiley is the perfect partner for a Palladium collab. This chunky sneakerboot blends a tall, bold look and military-inspired design with an all-over Smiley print that always brings the fun. Not just a shoe, rather a platform for expression, happiness, and individuality.
After the Rain Arran Gift Set
Introduce loved ones – or yourself – to this timeless blend of lime, rose and sandalwood with ARRAN’s After the Rain Discovery Set. Includes a 30ml Bath & Shower Gel, Shampoo, Body Lotion, and Soap.
My Squishy Little Dumpling
Smyths £9.99
These adorable interactive characters have BIG personalities and the cutest accessories to match. My Squishy Little Dumplings fit in the palm of your hand. Squeeze their cheeks to pop out their unique personalities! These squishy interactive toys have over 50 reactions, light-up cheeks, and cute sounds. Dress them up, tickle them, shake them and toss them.
Nerf BUNKR Competition Pack
Argos £40
No longer do you have to take cover from foam darts behind kitchen tables or basement couches. Transform any environment into a giant Nerf battle zone quickly and easily with the 4-piece Nerf BUNKR competition pack featuring realistic designs and multiple shapes. Nerf BUNKR battle game cards (included) provide strategy and tactics to make every battle one-of-a-kind.
Island Bakery Lemon Melt Tin
Natures Health Box £9.49
- 180g.
- Organic.
- Vegetarian friendly.
- Produced to a pure & simple recipe.
- Packed with 2 trays of totally irresistible lemon melts biscuits.
- Irresistible tangy treats dipped in ridiculously rich white chocolate.
- Presented in a tin featuring the lively, Hebridean seascape surrounding Island Bakery.
To complement the delicate texture and flavour of each biscuit, they have been half-drowned in a gigantic vat of ridiculously rich, melted white chocolate.
Harry Potter enamel pin
Wizarding World £8.95
Perfect for Harry Potter fans – these cute enamel pins are great for jazzing up a bag or a jacket!
JBL Safe Sound Headphones
JBL £69.99
Whether on-the-go or learning at home, give your child great JBL Safe Sound. Fine-tuned for kids’ ears and heads, they’re comfortable and easy for even the littlest kids to use. Learn, play and explore safely, with under 85dB volume and child-friendly, safe materials that won’t damage or break. Up to 20 hours of battery life means long-lasting fun for the whole week, and you can recharge in just two hours. Active Noise Cancelling keeps kids focused, and a built-in mic lets them chat to friends and teachers easily. It’s never too early to appreciate JBL Safe Sound: quality sound has no age.
I dip into lists like this one for new Year birthdays as well as Christmas. Thank you for the ideas.
This is a great gift guide, only wish I had seen it earlier