Clarins Christmas Beauty Crackers 2014

If beauty advent calendars aren’t your thing, what about beauty Christmas Crackers?

Following on from their success last year, Clarins have once again announced that their Christmas Crackers will be available exclusively from Selfridges from October 26^th.

 Within this box of 6 you’ll find:

Wonder Perfect Mascara 3ml

Gentle Refiner 30ml

Beauty Flash Balm 30ml

Hand and Nail Treatment Cream 30ml

Eau des Jardins 30ml

Rouge Eclat Lipstick 1.4g 

Now obviously these are more expensive than your bog standard cracker at £39 for 6, but at least you’ll be guaranteed to get something you’ll love and use, as opposed to a teenie tiny pack of playing cards and a naff joke!

Beauty Gift Sets From World Duty Free!

If you’re lucky enough to be jetting off this December to somewhere fabulous (or even not so fabulous) you may want to allow yourself some extra time at the airport to take a look at some of the lovely Christmas Gift ideas available from World Duty Free.

 

Clearly knowing that I wasn’t going to be jetting off to anywhere fun, fab or even boring this month the guys at World Duty Free very kindly sent me some of their gorgeous goodies to take a look at and to show you!

First up is the gorgeous L’Occitane Travellers Hand Cream Collection. 

 Containing 4 different varieties of L’Occitanes award winning shea butter based hand cream, it is the perfect gift for pretty much anyone, including the menfolk. 

My Dad LOVES L’Occitane hand cream as in his words “it’s nice and not oily!”  You’re not wrong Dad!

The 4 varieties in the set are;

Shea Butter Hand Cream (dry skin)
Velvet Hand Cream Rose 4 Reines
Cooling Hand Cream Gel
Cherry Blossom Hand Cream 

Clarins is one of my fave brands and their Take Off Essentials set is perfect for so many things! 

Fab for freshening up and staying gorge on flights, it also makes a really lovely introductory gift set to anyone yet to try Clarins. 

  

The bag includes;

Beauty Flash Balm 15ml

Eye Contour gel 3ml

Hand & Nail Treatment Cream 50ml

HydraQuench Cream 30ml

One-Step Facial Cleanser 100ml

 Moisture Rich Body Lotion 30ml

It’s a great all rounder of a set and you may already know how much love I have for their Beauty Flash balm which you can read all about HERE.

This pretty set is the OPI Passport to Color.

Containing 6 mini OPI shades, which are ridiculously cute looking, it’s one of those sets that doesn’t actually contain any of those naff, filler shades!

The shades included are Passion, Tickle My France'y, Charged Up Cherry, Cajun Shrimp, Malaga Wine and Lincoln Park After Dark. I’m loving the look of Charged Up Cherry, really vibrant and cute!

Twinings Festive Infusions Loose Tea Tins are the perfect gift for any tea lovers, and may I say that the Christmas Thanks variety smells amazing!

 It is a robust black tea blended with fruity Christmas cake flavour. I’m personally not a fan of crimbo cake, but if this tea tastes as good as it smells, I could be persuaded otherwise!

As for the Bottega Sparkling Wine, this bad boy will be put in my fridge until Baby B makes his/her arrival and I can celebrate in style!

All of these lovely gifts and many more amazing ones at fabulous prices are available from the World Duty Free shop at most UK airports now. 

For a full list of locations click Here and if you are travelling this December, I’m well jel!

Clarins Christmas Crackers

If you’re still on the lookout for quirky Christmas beauty gifts, or lush alternatives to traditional  Christmas items such as crackers and advent calendars, why not take a look at the beauty crackers from Clarins.

 

 Exclusively available from Selfridges, this box of 6 cost £39 and contains;

Mini Wonder Perfect Mascara

Mini Beauty Flash Balm

Mini Gentle Refiner Exfoliating Cream

Mini Hand & Nail Treatment Cream

Mini Eau de Jardins fragrance

Mini Lipstick

 

Now wouldn’t you rather have one of these burst out of your crackers than a naff little tape measure or nail clipper!

I think so!

These crackers are available to buy now exclusively at Selfridges.

Clarins Beauty Flash Balm

Winter does not love your skin. This is a Fact. 

You spend your days battling ice cold conditions and stuffy heating, so it’s inevitable that your skin will eventually suffer.

It’s just as well that Clarins loves your skin and is here to help then isn’t it!

One of my new hero products is Clarins (award winning no less!)  Beauty Flash Balm.

This little tube of joy has been rescuing women from bad skin for the past 20 years by delivering a boost of moisture to tired, stressed skin and helps eliminate the signs of fatigue and fine lines in an instant.

The balm contains olive tree extract and Witch Hazel to help soothe and smooth the skins surface and Biosabolo to help restore your skins natural glow.

It’s also a bit of a multi use product, which I love!

Use sparingly after cleansing and toning and you’ll find it makes a fab moisturiser.

Apply before you put your face on and you’ll find it a great make up base or use it as a facial mask 2 or 3 times a week for a more intensive treatment.

Clarins Beauty Flash Balm is available online and in stores and retails at £28 for a 50ml tube.