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Hello, and welcome to my Christmas Gift Guide for 2023!
I have lots of beautiful products to share with you this year from brands, both big and small, for the adults in your life.
Doing these gift guides each year allows me to discover lots of new products and brands as well as brands I already know and love, and it helps me find the perfect gifts for my own loved ones – and plenty for me to add to my own Christmas list too!
I hope you enjoy having a browse through and hopefully finding some great gift ideas for your loved ones this Christmas.
I have divided it into sections so you can click to head straight to a particular section if you would prefer.
Table of contents
This Rock Rose gin makes a really lovely gift for a gin lover. Dunnet Bay Distillers have created a winter edition of their delicious Rock Rose Gin. Perfect for Christmastime, it features spruce tips as a hero botanical, adding fragrant pine notes to this juniper-led earthy gin.
The Winter Edition gin has been created with thoughts of bracing walks, roaring fires and dark nights in mind – all of which I love to enjoy during the colder months, as well as plenty of gin!
The suggested serve is with tonic and garnished with fresh apple or toasted sage, both of which sound so tasty!
Dunnet Bay Distillers also do a refill pouch for their gins, saving you money and helping the environment; the pouches can be returned to them for free to be fully recycled!
The multi-award-winning Dunnet Bay Distillers is located in the wilderness of the far north of Scotland. They create spirits that celebrate the heritage and provenance of Caithness, and they pride themselves on using local hand-foraged botanicals.
This is a great gift for a gin lover this Christmas – I know I’d love to find it under the tree.
Where to buy: Dunnet Bay Distillers or Amazon £39
Everyone who has an air fryer seems to rave about them, and everyone who doesn’t have one seems to want one, so this would make a brilliant gift for those who fall into the second category.
An air fryer cooks healthier food faster whilst also saving on energy costs, and this Tower Vortx Dual Basket Air Fryer has loads of great features.
This large 7.6L Air Fryer has 6 preset functions and dual basket technology, including Smart Finish, which means that you can set it so that your food in each basket is ready at the same time.
You don’t need much (if any) oil, so it’s a much healthier way of cooking, but you still get all the flavour as well as lots of crispiness.
It’s really simple to set up and straightforward to use right out of the box, and I’ve been enjoying cooking more and getting dinner on the table much more quickly! Whilst I’ve only used the air fryer setting so far, you can also use it to roast, bake, dehydrate, defrost and reheat!
Where to buy: Tower £129.99, currently £79.99
Another one for the gin lovers in your life, the Unwins Homegrown Gin Cocktail Garden Kit allows you to grow your own botanicals to add to your G&T.
The pretty wooden box for your windowsill contains everything you need to grow delicious botanicals that you can add to your gin and tonic, creating lots of tasty variations.
The kit includes mint, basil, lemon balm and orange-scented thyme seed sachets to grow (which all sound delicious in a gin and tonic, and I can’t wait to try them!), plastic pots, labels, compost, as well as gin infusion bags and recipe cards.
It’s a lovely, thoughtful gift for anyone in your life who enjoys a good gin.
Where to buy: Amazon or Marshalls Garden £12.99
I’d never heard of Madhūka before, but it sounds delicious and has loads of health benefits, too. Madhūka is a naturally sweet caramel sprinkle found in the forests of India and used for centuries by locals.
This natural superfood is said to be tastier than cacao and be better for you than caramel, with a nutty, caramel-like taste, and contains vitamins, minerals and fibre, along with natural sugars.
Madhūka, more commonly known as Mahua, meaning nectar, is the flower of a tree with many health properties that local communities enjoy in food, medicine and beauty.
ōForest is a new food brand which is hunting down unique ingredients from the world’s forests and creating delicious products.
Madhūka is their first range and includes a range of plant-based teas as well as Madhūka Nibs and Madhūka Powder (to add flavour to baking, smoothies and more).
Madhūka Nibs have a crunchy texture and bittersweet flavour and make a great snack or topping for breakfasts, yoghurt bowls and desserts. Madhūka Powder is rich in vitamins and minerals and provides a flavoursome addition to smoothies and porridges, as well as in baking and marinades.
The Madhūka Starter Kit gives you a chance to try all three of their Madhūka products, and it makes a great gift, particularly for someone into health and wellness and trying new things!
The starter kit contains:
• 100 g Madhūka Nibs
• 125 g Madhūka Powder
• Madhūka ‘Earth’ Tea
Where to buy: ōForest £20
I love Asian food, and this Korean Variety Box from Kelly Loves really appeals to me. It contains snacks, meals and drinks, including ramen, nori snacks, green ice tea, kimchi and more to give you a taste of Korea. The products are all palm oil, MSG- and GMO-free, too.
Kelly Loves offer a wide range of authentic and clean Asian food, and I really want to try making sushi for the first time with one of their great kits. They have a great range of foodie gifts and smaller stocking fillers available this Christmas.
Where to buy: Kelly Loves £28.99
I bought some CleanCo a few months ago now and have really enjoyed drinking them as an alternative to alcohol, but also just as a lovely drink. I’ve made many ‘clean’ Margarita’s with their ‘Clean T’ – a non-alcoholic Tequila and they are so tasty! I feel like I’m still enjoying alcohol when I have them, but with less guilt!
Clean G Rhubarb is another of CleanCo’s brilliant products, created by entrepreneur and British TV personality Spencer Matthews (I’m a big fan of his wife, Vogue Williams and her podcast with Joanne McNally!).
This pink drink is made in small copper pot gin stills and is bursting with fruity aromas of London dry gin, rhubarb and red berries, and goes perfectly with tonic and garnished with fresh lime and raspberries!
CleanCo Clean G Rhubarb won gold at the IWSC (International Wines and Spirits Competition) in 2021.
All of their non-alcoholic spirits are low in calories and contain no sugar or sweeteners, and they are also vegan and lactose and gluten-free. They really do taste good, so they make a lovely drink to enjoy this Christmas either an alternative to alcohol if you are driving or just want to drink less (or don’t drink at all), are pregnant over Christmas and feel like you are missing out, or just as a tasty drink!
Where to buy: CleanCo and selected supermarkets £16
Ombar is all about making great quality chocolate that moves away from chocolate as the cheap, sugary junk food it has become and instead creating cacao-rich, nutrient-dense chocolate that is as sustainable as possible.
They don’t roast their cacao beans as the nutrients and minerals are damaged by heat, so instead, they use unroasted cacao processed at cool temperatures.
All of their ingredients are vegan and organic and use whole, unrefined coconut sugar – a healthier alternative to the refined sugar in most chocolate. They even add probiotics to some of their chocolate bars!
For Christmas, they have created a winter edition Spiced Orange and Hazelnut Truffle bar, as well as these cute baubles that make a great stocking filler or for hanging on the Christmas tree. They contain 16 mini bars of delicious organic and Fairtrade chocolate in fully recyclable and plastic-free packaging.
Ombar is a really ethical company, only sourcing cacao from cooperatives owned by farmers growing a variety of crops, never large monoculture plantations. They pay higher than fair trade prices for native Ecuadorian cacao, which means they are able to offer farmers a stable income, and this additional premium goes straight to projects that benefit their local community as they are all part of the global Fairtrade scheme.
For all of their chocolate sold, they donate to Fundación Jocotoco’s reforestation of rainforest in Ecuador, where they sustainably source their cacao.
Honestly, the chocolate is so good – rich and tasty without having that bitterness that dark chocolate has and the flavours I’ve tried have all been so delicious. I’m going to order some of the Christmas baubles to gift to family because the tiny bars are so great and yummy!
Where to buy: Ombar, Holland & Barrett, Amazon or Waitrose. Christmas baubles £7.99, bars from £3.29
These Treat Trunk snack boxes are a great idea; filled with a selection of healthy snacks for either children or adults, as well as a new mum box, you can get a subscription to have them delivered monthly or as a one-off box.
I love finding new healthy snacks that I enjoy, and you get a great variety in these boxes with lots included that seem more like a treat than something ‘healthy’. The snacks in Treat Trunk boxes are always nutritious, delicious, and sugar-sensible.
All boxes are vegan, and you can also note any allergies or dietary preferences and include a message for free with your gift. You can choose from three sizes of box – mini (10-15 snacks), full-size (20-25) or a letterbox option, as well as a 20-snack box specifically for New Mums.
Treat Trunk is a small family-run business founded by Sally Wade, a mum of 2 and personal growth enthusiast. Helping to heal anxiety and trauma, healthy snacking has been life-changing for Sally; now she wants to share her joy with the rest of the UK. She is passionate about supporting people to improve their health whilst still enjoying a treat.
Where to buy: Treat Trunk full-size box £35.99, mini £19.99, letterbox £13.99, New Mum £32.99. Gift subscriptions are also available.
This spice tin from Spice Kitchen comes with a gorgeous silk sari gift wrap, so it makes a really lovely gift. It won Gift of the Year last year and is perfect for anyone who loves to cook – whether they are pretty inexperienced or a master cook!
The Spice Kitchen Indian Spice Tin contains a collection of artisan Indian spices carefully selected for flavour and freshness, giving you everything you need to make fragrant, tasty and authentic Indian dishes at home.
The Indian Spice Tin (or Masala Dabba as it is traditionally known) is a staple in every Indian kitchen, containing the core spices you will ever need to make virtually every Indian curry and create tasty recipes.
Each spice can be used singularly or blended together to create an endless array of recipes, and you will only need to buy the fresh ingredients to make a delicious curry! You can reuse the tin and the individual ones inside, so it’s also useful and eco-friendly.
It’s a lovely tin (and smells amazing, too!), and my husband will love to find this under the tree.
Where to buy: Spice Kitchen £35
The packaging for Secret Garden Gins is so beautiful, and this gift set makes such a gorgeous Christmas present.
The distillery is nestled at the foot of the Pentland Hills in Edinburgh. All of their gins are made using botanicals grown in their own Secret Herb Garden, and each is specially selected by hand and dried naturally to create a unique-tasting gin that is full of flavour with no preservatives, sugars, colourings or flavourings added.
The Christmas Gin Gift Set contains two 200ml gins made with all-natural ingredients – a Christmas gin and their traditional organic Wild Gin – a London Dry gin that showcases the wonders of Scottish wild plants growing in the Distillery’s gardens. They come in beautiful bottles in a lovely box, so it’s perfect for gifting.
Where to buy: Secret Garden Distillery £30.95
These types of LED facial devices are so popular right now, and this one from Magnitone was named the best-value LED Mask by The Independent!
Magnitone Get Lit Tri Colour LED Face Mask is designed to promote the appearance of smoother, glowing skin at home using LED technology.
With three different LED settings, the face mask targets a variety of skin concerns, such as fine lines and blemishes, to promote the appearance of a supple, glowing complexion in just 15 minutes.
The device is lightweight, portable, and comfortable to wear and makes a brilliant gift this Christmas for someone who is into skincare.
Where to buy: Magnitone or Amazon RRP £75, currently £59
These beautiful leggings from Lovall (formerly Love Leggings) are super soft and cosy and make a great Christmas present for someone who is always cold or outside a lot. I have the dark grey marl, which is a really lovely colour for winter, but they also come in black. They are available in petite, regular and tall lengths and go up to a size 28, which is brilliant.
They’re lovely and thick and so snuggly and warm to wear, with the cosy lining and a high-rise waistband that offers some control too. They are such great quality and completely none see-through and will be perfect to wear throughout the colder months and any snow we get!
Where to buy: Lovall £32
These Christmas pyjamas, also from Lovall, are so incredibly soft to the touch and come in three lovely designs (these White Xmas ones are my favourite). I love the simple but Christmassy design and colours that can easily be worn all winter, and they are so enjoyable and cosy to wear. My daughter also stole them off me and our them straight on when she saw them!
They are currently an absolute bargain at £16 for this design, so it’s the perfect time to get some for a lovely Christmas present for someone special.
Where to buy: Lovall £25, currently £16
This sterling silver bracelet from Bloom Boutique is so pretty and delicate, and it’s easy to wear alone or with other bracelets as a stack, as I do. It’s great quality, and I love it; I’ve worn mine non-stop since I got it.
Bloom Boutique have a great range of beautiful jewellery, and many of the items can be personalised, making it an extra special gift for Christmas for anyone who loves jewellery or even for a young girl who loves jewellery too. My daughter loves to wear a necklace sometimes now, so I’ve got her one for Christmas.
There’s so much on their website that I would love, so I think I will be adding a few bits to my own list!
Where to buy: Similar here: Bloom Boutique
These beautiful handmade soaps were created by a community-interest company as part of a long-term mission to support some of South Yorkshire’s most vulnerable people.
The range of soaps marks a significant milestone for Rotherham-based Labre’s Hope, which was founded by young entrepreneurs Aaron Probert and Joash Nelson Piercy earlier this year in a bid to provide vital support to tackle long-term homelessness as well as offer a unique chance for individuals who have found themselves living on the streets to rebuild their lives.
Working in close collaboration with the South Yorkshire Housing Association and homeless charity Crisis, Labre’s Hope has successfully supported 18 people and currently employs 13 members of staff, all of whom have been affected by homelessness.
Each employee receives a living wage to help them secure a home of their own and is also supported by weekly coaching and well-being sessions to help them learn the skills needed to enjoy a clean start to their lives. Face-to-face employment support is also provided to help them realise their career goals.
This range of soaps features five different scents designed to help relax, reinvigorate, and refresh. They are manufactured using plant-based, sustainably sourced materials. The soaps are specially formulated to be gentle on the skin and avoid using products that are harmful to the environment, such as palm oil, commonly used in soap production.
I love how the brand is raising awareness of homelessness, actively supporting and employing people who have been affected, and equipping them with the vital skills to help them rebuild their lives.
The soaps are all beautiful and smell wonderful, and make such a brilliant gift. Solid soaps are becoming a lot more popular again as they are free from all the plastic packaging you get with a shower gel or hand soap.
By purchasing these soaps for a Christmas gift, you are also supporting a great cause and an ethical business.
Where to buy: Labre’s Hope £39.79 for a customisable set of 6 soaps
Moshulu is a Devon-based retailer selling shoes, slippers, accessories and more, and they make a beautiful range of snuggly, colourful and comfortable slippers that would make a lovely present this Christmas. I love these Tiree sheepskin mule slippers; they’re so comfortable and cosy and come in a lovely range of colours – I love this neutral tan colour.
Their mule shape makes them easy to slip on and off, and they are also super lightweight due to their EVA soles.
Where to buy: Moshulu £65, currently £55
I have used Palmer’s Cocoa Butter products since I was pretty young and went to America for the first time, so the smell brings back such fond memories for me, and I still love using them now.
Not only do they smell amazing, but they are really moisturising and feel so lovely on the skin. They use ethically sourced cocoa butter, and the products are vegan-friendly.
Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Daily Skin Therapy is such a classic product that moisturises, softens, smoothes and relieves dry skin. It can also help to blend and smooth out marks and scars.
The solid formula jar version of the product is so rich and lovely and great on the very dry skin many of us get in winter. The emollient-rich formula melts into the skin, creating a protective barrier that locks in moisture to leave the skin smooth and supple. It’s lovely to slather yourself in it after a bath or before bed.
New to me is the lip balm or ‘Swivel Stick”, which is also lovely to use and great to keep with you. It would be great for travel, too, as it’s so portable. It can be used on the lips, but it’s great for a quick swipe across dry skin, and I’ve been using it lots on my hands, as well as a lip balm.
Palmer’s Swivel Stick is based on the original ‘solid’ formula and has all the benefits of pure cocoa butter, plus is enriched with Vitamin E to smooth dry or damaged skin on the go.
Where to buy: Amazon, Boots and most supermarkets Daily Skin Therapy £6.49, Solid jar £4.29, Swivel Stick £5.13
These products are beautiful and make a gorgeous gift, thanks to the sleek and stylish packaging. I often buy a hand cream for some of my family, and this is such a good one.
The soothing shea hand butter helps to repair dry skin and protect your hands. It’s made with 100% pure, unrefined Shea Butter of the highest grade, plus Cocoa Butter, Crambe Seed, Hemp Seed, Sunflower Seed, Rice Bran and Cedarwood Oils.
It’s creamy and rich in fatty acids, with vitamins A and E and natural soothing properties that absorb quickly into the skin whilst forming a protective barrier to help seal in moisture.
The Shea Foot Butter is a restoring and rich foot butter with a healing blend of 100% pure, highest grade unrefined Shea Butter and Cocoa Butter, infused with Neem, Tea Tree, Baobab and Sweet Almond Oils.
This intense blend is rich in fatty acids, vitamins A, D, E, and F, and has natural soothing properties, which are absorbed into the feet to nourish, hydrate, and protect skin from moisture loss.
Where to buy: Aviela Pure Shea Hand Butter £16, Pure Shea Foot Butter £19 (or cheaper with Subscribe & Save), £30 for The Pamper Kit
This great little skincare set makes a lovely Christmas gift with lots of different products to try, from crystal energy and organic skincare brand AEOS.
The products contain active plant extracts, essences and essential oils, and on top of that, AEOS believes that their skincare can have a direct beneficial effect on the human energy field. They produce spagyric quintessence tinctures – liquid gems and crystals prepared using ancient alchemical techniques over a 12-month which sees solid crystals transform into a liquid form.
Paired with cutting-edge skincare formulas, spagyric crystal quintessences provide a unique approach to holistic skincare and well-being.
“By separating, purifying and re-combining materials, only that which is most pure and beneficial is united in our spagyric crystal quintessences supercharging our skincare to help deliver therapeutic effects for body, mind and soul alike.”
The Starter Kit Pink supports the heart chakra, encouraging kindness, caring and love towards yourself. It is designed for 4-5 days of use, both morning and evening, giving you the chance to try the products. It would also be a brilliant set to take away with you if you don’t have loads of luggage space.
The starter kit contains:
Where to buy: Aeos £9.50
This hand wash and cream set from ARRAN Sense of Scotland is really lovely and will make a lovely gift. The coastal-inspired Kildonan has a delicate, velvety scent and is inspired by the tranquil, breathtaking, sun-soaked shores of secluded Kildonan in the south of the Isle of Arran.
With notes of violet, pea, Lily of the Valley, cedar, orris, ambrette and Cashmirwood, Kildonan encapsulates a summer paradise and is enriched with minerals and skin-conditioning essential oils to leave skin soft, nourished and caressed with delicate, long-lasting fragrance.
The products smell beautiful and would make a lovely gift this Christmas.
ARRAN Sense of Scotland is a family-run business that makes a beautiful range of body care, hand care, grooming essentials and gifts, proudly made in Scotland and inspired by the Isle of Arran’s breathtaking scenery.
Where to buy: ARRAN Sense of Scotland £33
Our Remedy is a health and wellness brand that makes brilliant award-winning CBD oils aimed at women to help with relaxation, balance and having happier periods! The female-founded company are the first totally plastic-free CBD company in the UK, and all of the range is made in the UK and all vegan.
Our remedy has some gorgeous Christmas gift sets this year, including the Wellness Duo, which contains both Pretty Peaceful and Moon Swings CBD oils in 500mg doses.
Pretty Peaceful is a restorative sleep blend combining CBD with lavender, sweet orange and geranium for a soothing and balancing boost. Moon Swings is designed to support you during your time of the month, with CBD combined with peppermint and clary sage to help balance your moods and give you a boost.
CBD oil can help with menstrual pain and cramps, hormone imbalances and food cravings, plus it can help you have better sleep and help with anxiety too.
I love using Our Remedy’s CBD oils and use them most days. It tastes so nice and minty (unlike some CBD oils!) and is really easy to take with just a bit popped under your tongue, or you can add it to a drink if you prefer.
This is such a gorgeous brand and product, and I love its whole ethos. The packaging is all beautiful, and the gift sets come in a nice box, making them a great Christmas gift.
Where to buy: Our Remedy £35.99
A brilliantly sustainable gift idea, these reusable sanitary pads are from Trade to Aid – a social business whose profits all go to funding menstrual education and hygiene programs. Not only that but for every pack of pads bought, another pack is donated to a refugee in need of period products.
Sadly, as many as 3 in 10 girls in the UK struggle to access sanitary products and as many as 1 in 10 girls in Sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their periods, with many leaving school completely after they get their first period. So this is a wonderful business to support and give these great reusable pads as a gift for someone or for yourself so you or they can have a more sustainable period.
These great reusable pads are comfortable and secure, so much more comfortable than single-use sanitary pads, and so much better for you, too. They are also made of recycled and reusable materials, reducing waste and keeping plastic out of landfills and oceans even more.
Each pack of Trade to Aid reusable pads contain 6 pads – 2 light flow, 2 medium flow and 2 heavy flow, so they’re great for all of the different days of your period, and they are easy to wash and will last for years too.
Where to buy: Trade to Aid £29.97
I’m giving this to my daughter for Christmas, and she is going to be so excited! She’s obsessed with waffles after having them for breakfast whilst we were on holiday in Portugal, with chocolate sauce, but hopefully, I can encourage her to have some fruit with them at home, too!
The Vonhaus Dual Round Waffle Maker makes two waffles in the time it takes to boil a kettle! It has a compact design and wrap-around cord, so it’s easy to store (which is so important to us because we have far too many kitchen gadgets!) or it fits neatly on the side.
It’s really easy and quick to use and also to clean. It has a cool-touch handle so you can check on them easily, and the deep, non-stick plates create thick fluffy waffles – I can’t wait!
Where to buy: Vonhaus £39.99, currently £36.99
I didn’t even know this was a thing, but I love it! The Rectangle Bioethanol Tabletop Fireplace from Vonhaus is elegant and stylish with the natural stone and a great addition to your home or the garden on cool summer evenings.
I love having a fire on, but we don’t have one in our house, so this is a great alternative to get some of that lovely cosiness and warmth a fire brings.
Even better, the flames are smoke and ash-free and can reach a quarter of a metre in height, whilst the wind-resistant glass prevents them from blowing too far.
The tabletop fireplace can burn for up to an hour and is lightweight, so it’s easy to move around whenever you want to. You don’t need gas or an electrical connection; you just pour some bioethanol fuel into the canister to create eco-friendly flames.
It comes with a fire extinguisher and a safety guide with tips and precautions to ensure a seamless, worry-free experience.
Where to buy: Vonhaus £37.99, currently £31.99
I love receiving candles and giving them as gifts, and this one from The Copenhagen Candle Company is lovely. Their range of natural wax blend candles are vegan, cruelty-free and really affordable for such good quality.
The Amber Classic Luxury Scented Candle is a rich woody leather scent that merges oud with the warm oriental tones of amber and burns for 60-65 hours.
The company is family-run and was inspired by the founder’s Danish roots and passion for fine fragrance. Each product is curated, designed, and manufactured in their own factory by people who care and work ethically and sustainably in everything they do.
The factory is solar-powered, they use recyclable products wherever possible and are working towards becoming carbon neutral.
Where to buy: The Copenhagen Company £17
This is an epic toolbox with everything a DIY enthusiast needs! The Vonhaus Premium Tool & Socket Set comes with 256 hand tools and accessories, allowing you to cater to a wide range of jobs in and out of the home.
It is ideal for simple home maintenance as well as larger DIY projects – whether you’re putting up shelves, assembling furniture or making car repairs – the set offers quality tools for smooth and quick application.
Made from heat-treated carbon steel and chrome vanadium bits for enhanced strength and durability, the tool kit is designed to withstand heavy use.
The set comes complete with a blow-moulded, heavy-duty carry case for easy storage and transportability. The tools and accessories are logically laid out within the case, and it’s easy to locate the tool you’re looking for.
Where to buy: Vonhaus £89.99
CampWild has launched ‘Prescribe The Wild’ – an adventure gift set for those seeking a unique nature-based experience or gifting to loved ones, prescribing time in some of the UK’s wildest places to reconnect to nature.
Apparently, 70% of UK adults agree that being close to nature improves their mood, making Prescribe The Wild an ideal gift for adventurous people who love wild camping and have always wanted to try it or for anyone who is looking to buy an outdoors-based activity experience for a loved one.
The responsibly sourced gift set is contained in a stainless steel mess tin and includes:
CampWild is revolutionising access to nature and unlocking Wild Spaces, by working with landowners across the country. These Wild Spaces are designated areas of private land for wild camping and adventure.
This has unlocked spaces in British rainforests, on the banks of waterfalls, lakes and streams, in the corners of wildflower meadows and in ancient woodlands! Each Wild Space is unique and offers an intimate experience in nature.
All of the money for the Wild Spaces Prescription contained within the gift set is paid to the host of these Wild Spaces and, therefore, reinvested into protecting and conserving them.
CampWild allows individuals to discover wilder places across the UK and experience them responsibly and sustainably, all while safeguarding the interests of the landowners and custodians.
This is a lovely gift for those who love camping and outdoors!
Where to buy: Campwild £75
I absolutely love getting some flowers for a special occasion, and these Christmassy ones from eflorist are absolutely beautiful. I love the big white blooms of the chrysanthemums and the white avalanche roses alongside the green foliage and golden pine cones. They are exactly my taste – being gorgeous for Christmas without being overtly ‘Christmas’.
But if you love all things red and Christmassy, then eflorist also have loads of other beautiful bouquets available to gift (whether that’s for someone else or just as a treat for yourself!) in bright reds and oranges, baskets of flowers and poinsettias and some bouquets even come with free chocolates too!
Snow Fall comes in bud, with each flower blooming at home so you can enjoy them over Christmas, and they come carefully packaged and held in place so you know they’ll stay in perfect condition until they arrive.
All of their bouquets and plants are sent via tracked courier delivery, and lots are available for delivery the same day or the next, so they’re great if you’ve left it a bit late or remembered some distant relative that you have to buy a gift for!
Eflorist delivered their first bouquet in 1947 (!) and are committed to supporting growers, dedicating resources to farming communities across the world and choosing British growers where possible.
Where to buy: eflorist from £27.99
How sweet are these pretty personalised towels from Little Print Gifts? I’ve got one for my daughter, and it’s so lovely, but it would make a great gift for anyone if you’re looking for something a bit more personal – it would make such a cute gift for a newborn with the matching flannel!
The bath towel is made from 100% Egyptian cotton, with a Liberty print band with a name across it, and you can choose from all the lovely prints available on the website.
All of Little Print Gifts’ products are made with bright Liberty Tana lawn and are crafted in the owner’s home studio.
Where to buy: Little Print Gifts £38
This book is something I really need, as I’m sure many of us do! It is written by Helen Sanderson, who has over 15 years of experience helping hundreds of people to create clear, beautifully designed, well-organised homes. The Secret Life of Clutter highlights the profound impact that decluttering can have on our mental well-being and tells inspiring stories of people whose blocked homes mirrored a blockage in their lives.
The book recommends a realistic, simple approach to decluttering and building up to larger holidays and festivities, as Helen believes that the accumulation of clutter, both physical and psychological, is one of the leading factors resulting in stress during the festive season.
The insights revealed in this book will help you understand some of the factors that may be sabotaging your efforts to make more space. It will inspire you to take action and create a home that you love, a home that reflects who you are and the life you want to live!
It makes a lovely gift idea this Christmas.
Where to buy: Amazon £14.95
The Yonex GR303 is a great badminton set that comes with 4 durable steel framed rackets, 2 nylon shuttles, a net and net posts. It will be great to play with in the garden in the summer but it also packs up small enough that you could take it out with you for the day to a country park or even on holiday and play with it on the beach!
I’ve always loved playing badminton, and my daughter now does too, and this set from Yonex would make a great gift for anyone who also loves to play.
Where to buy: Badminton HQ RRP £55, currently £43.99
The Joby Beamo is a pocketable LED video and photo light for the latest iPhone that comes with MagSafe – a magnetic technology from Apple built into the internal engineering of newer iPhone models to quickly attach to your phone. It also comes with a MagSafe sticky adapter, which adheres to the back of any device to make any phone MagSafe compatible.
The Beamo makes a brilliant gift for anyone who creates content using their phone or just loves to take the best photos using their phone. It has 4 brightness adjustment levels to use in different situations and a built-in mirror so you can check how you look before filming!
It can be used with both the front and back cameras and comes with a rechargeable battery that gives up to 4 hours of continuous use!
Where to buy: Joby £45.95
This is such a great Christmas present for anyone who vlogs or creates video content, or wants to get into it – including my daughter who is desperate to be a YouTuber!
The JOBY GorillaPod Mobile Vlogging Kit has everything you need to create content. It has a GorillaPod tripod to fix a smartphone anywhere to get the best angle, the Beamo LED light to make sure the footage (and you!) is properly lit, and a Wavo Mobile microphone which is compatible with phones to capture the best audio.
It’s designed to be portable and lightweight so it can easily be used out and about, and the GorillaPod mobile rig can be either gripped, stood up or even wrapped around something! You can also add or remove different parts depending on what you need.
Aspiring bloggers or Instagrammers will love to find this under the tree!
Where to buy: Joby or Amazon £197.95, currently £149
I love these wireless earbuds – they are so good, and having the noise cancellation makes such a difference. They are packed with clever features, including an AI Multimodal Adaptive System, which combines multiple sounds and algorithms to give the strongest noise cancellation, the best sound quality and the clearest calls.
The adaptive ear-matching technology detects your unique in-ear shape and how you wear them to generate highly tailored noise reduction parameters, which is so clever!
The sound quality is great, and they fit so nicely in your ears, so they are really comfy to wear. They have a brilliant battery life of 27.5 hours, can be speed-charged for just 10 minutes to give an hour of playtime, and can be paired with two Bluetooth devices at the same time, which is so handy!
These have actually replaced my (more expensive) very well-known make of ‘earbuds’ as I think they’re great, and the noise cancellation is such a huge bonus.
Where to buy: Amazon RRP £99.99, currently £69.99
This Waboba Woofpack Pet Dog Toys Set contains three interactive, fun retrieval toys for dogs for air, land and water play. It includes a rubber flying disk and two different balls and is perfect for puppies and dogs who love to get active outdoors!
The Jetwag disk is a durable, soft rubber frisbee that flies far and high and is suitable for dogs of all sizes to retrieve at the beach, park or in your garden.
The orange tailwind ball is super-bouncy and ultra-durable, with a textured surface for extra grip. It’s a particularly great toy for high-energy dogs.
The yellow Fetch ball is an especially fun retrieval toy for water-loving dogs that bounces on water so it is brilliant for the beach!
Waboba Woofpack is a great gift for your beloved pup, encouraging healthy interactions between you.
Where to buy: John Lewis or Amazon RRP £22.99, currently £15.83 at Amazon
A lovely feel-good gift for any animal lover – you can purchase a Christmas dinner or a toy for a cat or dog in rescue with animal welfare charity, Miracle’s Mission.
Victoria Bryceson’s charity, Miracle’s Mission, is a non-profit animal welfare organisation that works with sick, injured and difficult animals. Her mission is to provide a place of safety for animals in danger, to educate on the need for neutering both pets and strays and to neuter stray dogs and cats to prevent the birth of more dogs and cats onto the streets.
Miracle was a dog who was rescued from the streets of Borneo at one week old before her tiny eyes were even open. She had several injuries and was very weak, but she made a miraculous recovery and is now strong, happy and healthy, living with her adopted brother Ben and sisters Star and Tess. Victoria is now working towards saving many more stray dogs and other stray animals all around the world, starting in Borneo, where Miracle was rescued.
You can donate to Miracle’s Mission here.
You can buy someone a Christmas Dinner or a toy for a dog or cat, and it comes with a certificate to present to them. It’s such a sweet extra gift to give to someone caring, and it’ll make a big difference to the quality of life of a dog or cat at this time of year, too. I’m going to gift one to my daughter because she cares so much about animals, and she will love that we have helped one enjoy their Christmas a bit more!
Where to buy: Miracle’s Mission £5
I hope you have been inspired by these brilliant Christmas gift ideas and that they’ve helped you find the perfect Christmas present for your loved ones in 2023.
Most of the products featured in this gift guide were sent to me for inclusion, but all words are my own. See my full disclosure policy here.
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