OTHER LAST MINUTE STOCKING-FILLERS GIFT GUIDE! £10 AND UNDER X

Hedeghog Hottie from Dorothy Perkins.

Welcome to the last of three gift guides I've posted the last few days! For anyone leaving it to the very last minute, here are some gifts which are under £10.00 and make for lovely stocking fillers!

Working in OUTFIT, I get to see so many cosy looking pyjamas, fluffy socks and other comfort gifts. One of my favourite things in stock at this time of year is the 'Hotties" from DOROTHY PERKINS which are like water-bottles except you warm them up in the microwave! 

My favourite one this year is the adorable hedgehog with ice-skates and a scarf on which is lavender scented but there are so many more - unicorns, owls, dachshunds (sausage dogs) etc. They are currently £9.00 (£7.20 at the moment). I received one of these a couple of years ago and I love it!

They also have plenty of fluffy, christmassy socks in different packaging. One is the "Navy Shammy socks in a Bauble" for £5.00 (£3.75 at the moment) and another is the "Red Fairisle Sock Stocking" for £7.00 (£4.90 at the moment). Socks are always the perfect stocking fillers. 
Theres lots of discounts on and 48% off selected lines at Dorothy Perkins for 48 hours so get the discount whilst you can!

Birth Stone Necklace from TOPSHOP.

Birth Stone Bracelet from TOPSHOP.

TOPSHOP have the prettiest pieces of jewellery in at the moment! I particularly like the birth-stone range they have. They have the birthstone necklaces for £7.50 and the birthstone bracelets for £6.50 for all birth months. For someone who likes more delicate pieces of jewellery, these are lovely little gifts. 


Another gift that I think makes for a wonderful stocking filler as well as being very popular recently is an art-therapy colouring book. I have a couple of these myself! My favourites being the "Art therapy, Anti-stress Colouring Book" which can be purchased on THE WORKS website for £6.00 and the "Mindfulness Colouring Book" which can be purchased on AMAZON for £3.95. This would be a particularly nice gift for someone who works really hard throughout the year. Do not underestimate them as "childish"! They can actually be really calming and enjoyable and I'm sure many people would like to try them but may not feel the need to purchase one themselves. You could also pair them with a nice set of colouring pens too!

Happy Box.

When I'm struggling to find a nice, more personalised present I always turn to notonthehighstreet for gifts or even just inspiration to make my own gifts. There are literally so many lovely presents on there which you can personalise or buy as they are and, although some pieces are expensive, I'd always suggest having a look just to see what lovely ideas people have came up with which you can then do your own version of or search for elsewhere.

One little gift I found on notonthehighstreet was a "happy box" memories diary box for £9.95. It includes a lovely little box with 40 illustrated blank cards for a person to write on and post into the box - the idea of this is to write down and keep any happy memories to look back on in the future. The same person also sells a "worry box" worry diary box for £9.95 also. This is such a thoughtful gift for anyone who may stress a lot at work or university or college etc and I think giving this to somebody shows how much you care about them. On the back of this box it states:

Worry Box.

 "Don't fill your head up with worries, fill this box up instead. Every time you feel worried about something, write it down onto a little card and post it into the top. Once your worry is in the box, your mind will be free to concentrate on the wonderful things in life. As time passes you will realise that not all worries are worth worrying about after all"

How lovely is that?

The seller also has the boxes including an 18th/21st birthday "Wishes and Wisdom box", a non-christmas version of the "happy box", a baby shower "Wishes and Wisdom box", New baby's "First Memories box" and a wedding "wishes and Wisdom box". You can also buy the happy box and the worry box as a bundle for £16.95. A lovely present to consider for lots of different occasions!


I hope the three gift guides I have posted have been helpful and I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, thank you for reading!

Holly Amber X

FOOD & DRINK GIFT GUIDE! £15 AND UNDER X

Onto the food & drink section of stocking fillers!

Pug in A Mug Tea Infuser.

This first gift is mega cute! A "Pug in a mug" tea infuser from BOOTS for £5.00. You pull apart the pug and fill the belly with loose tea and then perch him on the side of the mug. Christmas is one of the times where you can justify buying something so simple but so cute for somebody. I'm sure there's plenty other designs of tea infusers but this one in particular I liked the most.

The second gift I'd suggest under the food & drink category (maybe more so for a man who, in my opinion, are 10x harder to buy for!) is a alcoholic-drink tasting selection. At BOOTS they have a "World larger selection" and a "Cider tasting selection" which includes 4 different drinks each for £10.00. As a stocking filler or maybe a Secret Santa present, this is the perfect price and a generic gift if you are unsure of what to buy!

Cocktail-making set.

Another alcohol-based present which is a little more fun is a cocktail shaker, syrup and accessories set from DEBENHAMS (and I'm sure many other places sell them) for £10.00. In the one I found you get a cocktail shaker with measurements marked on the sides, 6 straws, 4 glitter sticks and 3 syrups - cranberry, peach and lime flavoured margarita. £10.00 is a well-rounded price for a stocking filler or maybe a secret-santa present for someone who likes to get a bit merry over Christmas!

STARBUCKS Dusting Set.


The third gift I found which is very suited for this time of year is a STARBUCKS Dusting Set. For £10.00 you get 4 different hot-drink dustings; cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla and nutmeg. I'm pretty sure everyone's inclined towards a hot chocolate in the colder months and again, for a secret santa present, this could be a lovely little gift! 

STARBUCKS Stacking Mugs.

STARBUCKS also have the nicest Christmas mugs each year too. My favourite this year is the silver ceramic stacking mug which is £7.95. Some may think their mugs are over-priced and I wouldn't buy one any other time of the year or for myself but they make for a really nice present. 

In the picture to the right there is also a gold version of this mug but I can't seem to find it on their website!

The one thing it is acceptable to do over Christmas is eat a mountain of chocolate, yum. 

Christmas Dinner Slab.

Obviously there are plenty of chocolate gifts you can find in all of the supermarkets, THORNTONS, HOTEL CHOCOLAT etc, you are spoiled for choice. One traditional, cute design from hotel chocolat is this Christmas dinner slab which is simply milk chocolate but the design makes it very festive! You can purchase this one for £5.00.

Festive Christmas Wreath.

For someone who prefers their chocolate to have a little kick to it, HOTEL CHOCOLAT have a range of chilli-chocolates. They have 10 festive chilli-dark chocolate penguins for £7.00. They also have 6 gingerbread men cased in milk chocolate for £7.00. The designs of these are so sweet and I'd love to open one as a present on christmas day.

One last chocolate item, for those who have a particularly sweet tooth, is a Cookie & Caramel Christmas wreath from hotel chocolat for £7.00. "Generously studded with nibbly cocoa biscuits, shortbread biscuits and crisp caramelised Florentine squares" - YUM! Its a lovely present for a family to share between them (though I wouldn't judge anyone for having one all to themselves).
They also have a white chocolate version with pistachios and cranberries for a slightly more savoury taste.

Definitely have a look on the HOTEL CHOCOLAT website for all the amazing Christmas chocolates and sets they have this year! They have all kinds of flavours and designs and I think they look like a luxury-chocolate present when you open them.

With 10 days left till Christmas, I hope this has helped anyone struggling for those last few presents! 
Thank you for reading.

Holly Amber X

BODY & BEAUTY STOCKING-FILLER GIFT GUIDE! £20 AND UNDER X

Belle of the Ball, photo taken
from BOOTS website.

One of the things that brings me the most joy is giving people gifts and I must hold my hands up to starting my Christmas shopping the first week of November - you could say I was a bit eager, oops. It's usually easier to buy the more expensive 'main' presents and some may struggle to fill up those stockings with smaller gifts. So I have some suggestions!

I think I speak for all women when I say a Soap and Glory gift-set would look wonderful under the Christmas tree of Christmas morning. The display in the BOOTS stores for Soap and Glory at the moment is so exciting and to make it even better, you can find most of the sets in the 3 for 2 offer as well!

The first I'd suggest is the BELLE OF THE BALL gift-set which is £12.00 at BOOTS. The packaging for all of the S&G products is beautiful for starters. This set includes the "Smoothie Star" body wash, body smoother, hand cream and a body polisher.

Gloss it girl, photo taken
from the BOOTS website.

The Righteous butter drum, photo taken
from BOOTS website.

The second is the GLOSS IT GIRL set of 5 sexy mother-pucker lip glosses for £14.00 at BOOTS. In its cracker-shaped packaging, I think this is such a lovely present! Considering the lip glosses are usually £9.00 each on the S&G website, how wonderful is this set for the price!?

One more S&G set I'd suggest buying as a gift is the RIGHTEOUS BUTTER DRUM which is only £5.00 at BOOTS. Any one who has tried out this body butter will believe me when I say it is wonderful and for £5.00 I think it'd make a lovely little gift to add to someone's present pile!

TED BAKER "Shine On" set, photo taken
from BOOTS website.

TED BAKER have had some lovely small and big gifts for Christmas this year. One of those is the "Little Luxuries" set which is £14.00. 

This comes with a hand cream, body spray and lip balm which are have a soft floral scent - all packed into a lovely little bag. Products such as hand creams are nice gifts as I personally think a person doesn't think to buy themselves one, so getting one as a gift is perfect.

Another TED BAKER set is the "Shine On" set which includes a pair of tweezers, a mascara, an eyeliner and two eyeshadow trios with a mirror in each for £16.00. My favourite thing about this set is that it comes with everything you need for the eye-section of your makeup routine.

Sparkle and Shine Set, photo
taken from BOOTS website.

A smaller, cheaper TED BAKER gift is the Sparkle and Shine set which comes with a nail polish and a lip/cheek tint for £8.00. There are two versions, one of which come with a nude toned nail polish and a golden-toned tint and another which comes with a deep pink nail polish and pink-toned tint.

Sparkle and Shine Set, photo
taken from BOOTS website.

Eye-shadow palettes can be a wonderful gift for someone either just starting to experiment with make-up or for those who purely love make-up and trying out new looks. 

Travel-sized, Full Exposure
Palette, picture taken from
the SMASHBOX website.

One palette which would be perfect for somebody who doesn't have much experience with makeup is the SMASHBOX "Full Exposure palette" (which is £17.50 in the travel-sized version). This has all the shades needed to create an everyday look or a more dramatic smokey-eye with both matte and shimmery shades. The travel-sized version includes 8 shades (the best shades from the full-sized palette in my opinion). 

One of my favourite drug-store make-up brands is definitely SLEEK. This SLEEK Make-up palatte gift set which includes a make-up bag, the Vintage Romance i-Divine Palette, the Antique blush and two lipsticks in the shades Liquer which has a sheen finish and Vamp which has a matte finish (my favourite shade of the SLEEK lipsticks) is only £19.99!

SLEEK Make-up gift set, photo taken from
BOOTS website.

 I find SLEEK products to be such good quality, I  particularly love their eye-shadow palettes and the shades  they put together in them. The palette included in this set is probably for a person who already has some experience with make-up in my opinion as the shades are darker and maybe a little more complicated to work with as a newbie. 

LUSH is amazing all year round and for someone who only has a shower in their house (like myself) it's painful seeing everyone else with the gorgeous bath bombs. Still, some of their Christmas gift-sets don't include bath bombs! My absolute favourite scent at this time of year is "Snow Fairy" from lush which is a very sweet scent (I'm pretty sure it's described to smell like pear drops). In the "Little Snow Fairy" gift-set which is £8.50, you get the Snow Fairy shower gel and some pink FUN! 

Magic Wand Bubble Bar from LUSH.

The LUSH website has wonderful little videos at the top of the page for their products so you can see how they are used and how their bath-bombs look when fizzing in the water. For someone who does have a bath, the Magic Wand bubble bar has the same snow-fairy scent and turns to water sparkly, bubbly and pink. You can purchase it for £5.25 which may seem a little expensive to some people but I'm pretty sure this will last for 3/4 baths!

I hope this has helped anyone struggling for gift ideas! Over the next few days I will be uploading a couple more gift guides of different sorts for all of you last-minute shoppers!

Thank you for reading!

Holly Amber X