£20 AND UNDER GIFT GUIDE (BEAUTY AND PAMPER)!

Hello lovelies!
So here is the first of three gift guides for this December based around beauty and pamper treats! 

NO7 Winter Nudes Collection

There are so many lovely pamper and beauty gifts each year! I especially love +Boots UK 3 for 2 offer they have each year on their gifts - one gift on this offer is the NO7 "Winter Nudes" nail polish collection which is £12.00 and contains 5 shades of nail polish from a metallic gold to a dark plum. 
Another gift on this offer is the Soap&Glory "She's the Gloss" set of 4 Mother Pucker lipglosses for £14.00. Considering just one of these lipglosses is usually £9.00, these four handbag-sized versions are a great deal! You could even split these 4 up for four friends as a stocking filler! 
+Soap And Glory do lovely sets each year and there's so many to choose from right now!

Below I've linked some other lovely beauty treats from boots:

• Ted Baker "Double the Dazzle" set (tinted lip balm and nail polish) - £8.00
• SLEEK Mini "Matte Me" Collection (4 mini matte lipsticks) - £5.00
• NO7 "Glamourous Nudes" eyeshadow palette (8 shades) - £10.00 or the NO7 "Ultimate Eyeshadow palette" (20 shades) - £20.00
• Soap&Glory "Glamorama" Set (Mascara, Eyeliner, Lipgloss, Face Powder, 3 Eyeshadows and Brush) - £20.00
• Ted Baker "Sparkle and Shade" set (Mascara, 2 Eyeshadow Crayons, Eyeshadow Trio, Eyeliner, Eyebrow Pencil) - £18.00
• SOAP & GLORY "Tricks of the Shade" set (2 blushes, 3 eyeshadows and lipgloss) - £14.00

Soap & Glory Soaper Spa Set

In terms of pamper treats, there are so many of these at BOOTS too! You can trust Soap&Glory to supply a brilliant pamper set each year - One of this is the "Soaper Spa" which is £20.00 and includes a shower gel, body buffer, body butter, hand cream, foot cream, headband and shower puff. A good pamper set is always welcome - there's nothing better on Christmas day than having a shower/bath with all your new products and then pampering yourself afterwards! They also do smaller pamper sets such as the "Simply the Zest" set and the "Take your Pink" set, both for £10.00.
For a more mature present-receiver, the NO7 Youthful Skincare Collection includes all the things you need to look after your skin - a hot cloth cleanser, facial oil, day cream, night cream, eye cream and muslin cloth - all for £20.00!
And of course, no pamper session would be complete without a candle! My personal Christmas favourite is the "Christmas Cookie" scented candle from Yankee which is extremely sweet to smell at first but burns a lot milder and smells absolutely yummy!

Other pamper gifts I think would make lovely presents I have listed below:

• Cath Kidston "Blossom Hand Treats" set (Hand Wash and Cream) - £9.00
• Sanctuary Spa "Pick a Treat" set (face wash, exfoliator, salt scrub, body scrub, bath soak, body wash, hand cream and body puff all in a little jar!) - £13.50
• Champney's Manicure Moments Kit (Mini Hand and Nail Cream, Hand Scrub, Nail Polish, Nail Polish Base & Top Coat & Glass Nail File) - £14.00
• St. Tropez Instant Cracker (Instant Tanning Lotion) - £5.00

I hope you enjoyed this first gift guide! Keep your eyes peeled for more to come!

Happy Christmas shopping!

Holly Amber X

CURRENT FACE-PRODUCT FAVOURITES!

Hi lovelies! It feels like ages since I last wrote a post but I'm giving my last push for my end of year exams right now, just another few weeks and my first year of university will be over with! In the mean time, I thought I'd give you all a short post on a few of my current favourite face products.

The first is the foundation I've been using for at least a month now - the NO7 Instant Radiance foundation which is £12.50 at BOOTS (I use the shade 'calico' which is the lightest shade for my ever-so-pale skin). I went into BOOTS to get a colour-match for this foundation and I can honestly say it is the perfect shade and undertone for me which is wonderful - some foundations I find to be too orange-toned but I find this to have a cooler undertone which suits my skin wonderfully. The foundation itself is very 'watery' in consistency and provides a medium coverage in my opinion which can be built up without looking too thick or feeling heavy on the skin (wonderful for summer). I prefer foundations with this type of consistency as they leave me with a dewey finish and are easier to blend out (although I think you would always need to set this with a powder for it to last longer). Lovely foundation, I really recommend it!

The second product I've been loving since I purchased it recently is the Bourjois Radiance Reveal concealer in the shade (01) Ivory (on the website they do not list the shade names which were in store but I'm guessing 'Ivory' is the same as 'Light') - this retails for £5.99 at BOOTS. I've continuously been using the Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer in the shade 'Ivory' for a very long time but I always found that the colour wasn't light enough for brightening my under eye area or thick enough to cover any blemishes. However, this Bourjois concealer has solved both of those problems and it really doesn't brighten up my eyes with a lovely radiant glow! It also has the lovely fruity scent of the Bourjois foundation which I also love and the packaging is slightly frosted - I love the design, it feels like a high end product as its quite weighty and sleek.

One last face product I've loved using lately is my Emite Makeup Diamond Heart (Illuminating) face primer which I received in a GLOSSYBOX (in a luxury-sized sample) in November and retails for around £26 on their website. I have used this a couple of times before but I feel that, coming into the summer months, I've been looking for a more dewey glow to brighten up my skin - I very rarely like a matte skin look as I think it makes my face dimensions a lot flatter. This primer just gives me that subtle sheen that I like for my skin when it's sunnier outside (not that we've had much of that lately). I'm not sure if it actually helps my makeup stay on longer but I find that if I apply this specifically under where I highlight, its intensifies my highlight and makes it look so beautiful!

I made this post slightly shorter than usual as next week I plan to upload an April favourites video on my YouTube channel which will mention a few more of my favourite products from the month of April. I will also be filming a Spring/Summer try-on haul which I am very much looking forward to sharing with you! I'd appreciate it if you'd check out my last three videos from my YouTube channel; my everyday makeup routine, my pamper routine and my April GLOSSYBOX review.
Thank you as always for reading,

Holly Amber X