Beauty Bay Haul of Fame Box

 

So, you’re on the hunt for a Christmas present for a friend or loved one that is a massive beauty junkie, but you’ve literally NO idea where to start with selecting an appropriate gift for them.

Been there. Its really hard!

Ladies and gents, I’m here to tell you that thanks to Beauty Bay your search is officially over.

Say hello to the fabulous Beauty Bay Haul of Fame Box.

 

 

Beautifully presented in a sturdy, recyclable pale pink box with festive gold stars and complete with a built in gifting tag, this limited edition box is absolutely packed full of some amazing brands and products.

You’d never guess given its relatively compact size, but hidden inside the box are a treasure trove of 18 must-have makeup and skincare goodies to discover and believe me when I say there are some absolutely cracking, iconic products included within this bumper gift set.

But, don’t take my word for it- lets delve in and you can see for yourselves!

 

Anastasia Beverly Hills Mini Lash Brag® Volumizing Mascara- Wrapped in metallic pink and deepest black, this innovative, ultra black mascara is formulated with a unique blend of supple waxes, designed to create maximum volume and fullness, for the ultimate definition.

By BEAUTY BAY Nourish + Fibre Repair Hair Oil - A nourishing and reparative hair oil formulated with hyaluronic acid, castor oil, borage oil, baobab oil and fig oil for dry, damaged, curly hair.

Brushworks Makeup Remover Cloth -  A soft makeup remover cloth that removes makeup and impurities with just water.

 

 

LH Cosmetics Flash Crayon in Atria - A midnight blue, creamy makeup pencil.

Sigma Mini Brush, Mini Cleaning Mat & Sigmagic Shampoo Bundle - A handy little three-piece brush cleaning bundle that contains an angled brush, a silicone cleaning mat and a liquid blush cleanser.

 Coco Cosmetics Marshmallow Sponge Shape 2 - A super-soft, squishy round makeup sponge.

 

 

Nudestix Magnetic Luminous Eye Color in La Isla - A beautifully soft, metallic eyeshadow pencil a warm orange hue.

Laneige Radian-C Cream - A radiant, brightening, vitamin C enriched face cream.

 

 

Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Doll-Size Plumping Lip Gloss - My absolutely must have lip plumping gloss! 

Silky, soft, tingly and capable of noticeably plumping your pout, it’s a firm favourite of mine.

 

 

By BEAUTY BAY Butter Cup Cleansing Balm with Oat Lipid and Chamomile - A rich cleansing balm to effortlessly melt away makeup for a soft, clean complexion.

Spectrum Collections C02 Brush-  A flat top, contour and bronzer brush with a gorgeous pale pink handle and turquoise bristles.

 

Dermalogica Clear Start Buffing Cloth - A gentle yet effective exfoliating cloth that leaves your skin feeling super-smooth.

Linda Hallberg Sharpe Diem Sharpener - A makeup pencil sharpener, an essential for anyone’s makeup bag.

 

 

Clinique All About Clean Rinse Off Foaming Cleanser 30ml - A cream to mousse, frothy facial cleanser enriched with soothing chamomile to gently remove makeup, sunscreen and dirt quickly and effectively, leaving the skin feeling fresh, clean and moisturised.

Danessa Myricks Colorfix Foils 24-Hour Cream Colour in Nebula - A warm gold glitter cream lip, cheek and eye colour, a true multi-tasking hero.

 

 

Suva Beauty Hydra Liner Mix Cake - This innovative, two-in-one cake liner combines Black and White shades for you to get creative with your looks. The water-activated formula dries down to a budge-proof, smudge-proof finish that won’t transfer or fade. 

The matte finish delivers intense colour-payoff and can be combined to create a custom colour.

 

 By BEAUTY BAY Dark Fantasy 20 Colour Palette - Featuring 20 creamy mattes and metallic shimmers. Each shade features By BEAUTY BAY’s powerful pigment payoff, major staying power, and intense bendability.

Made By Mitchell Blursh Liquid Blusher in Peach Sugar- A super cute red-peach multi-use liquid blusher.

 

 

PLUS, you’ll find a handy, mini, natural coloured drawstring bag to store all your brand new swag away safely.

It really is the most perfect gift for the beauty obsessed person in your life.

Now you’re probably expecting this to come with a pretty high retail value. And you’d be right.

 

 

Together, the contents are worth an impressive £228.65, but before you switch off and check out declaring ‘omg I can’t afford that’, don’t worry, because you don’t have to.

The Haul of Fame box will cost you just £60, saving you a stonking 74% off the retail value.

I KNOW!!

 

 

This box of beauty joy is strictly limited edition however, so now you’ve seen it you’re gonna want to bag it while you can because once they’ve gone, they’ve gone!

Beauty Bay’s Haul Of Fame Box is available online now and costs £60.

Charlotte Tilbury Christmas Gifts

 One of the brands I get most excited over at Christmas is Charlotte Tilbury.

The sheer variety and combination of different gift sets is astounding and as you would expect, they are always exquisitely presented, to the point where I find myself popping almost every one on my Christmas ‘wish list’!

Two of my favourites this year are the Pillow Talk Push Up & Recovery Eye Kit and the Mini Collagen Lip Bath Icons.

Both sets look so stunning, drenched in rich rose gold and crisp, elegant white boxes, you just know that they are going to dazzle and delight when they are unwrapped on Christmas day.

Lets delve into the Pillow Talk Push Up & Recover Eye Kit (£55).

This limited edition duo are a pairing made in heaven.

Beautiful, fresh and glossy eyes have never been easier to achieve thanks to the combination of Charlotte’s iconic Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes Mascara and Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum.

Prep your skin before applying your makeup with this luxurious eye serum which works like an energising alarm clock for your eyes.

Banish the look of tired, puffy eyes with this chic tube of magic featuring a cooling metal applicator.

Infused with an anti-ageing, caffeine and crystal complex along with Charlotte’s 'magic 8' matrix of oils, this innovative serum refreshes, brightens, depuffs and awakens your eyes.

Inspired by the benefits of cryotherapy,  this tube features an expertly moulded cooling metal applicator which fits into the contours of your eyes, offering a refreshing, cooling sensation while you massage and depuff the entire eye area.

The serum is absolutely jam packed with a host of impressive skincare ingredients ready to supercharge your eye area, turn back the clock and erase the effects of fatigue in minutes.

It contains 2% of something called IceAwake, a bio-tech extract from Swiss glacial soil which helps to refresh tired looking skin by reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Sticking along with Swiss line, it also features Swiss Ice Wine Essence which comes from grapes which have been frozen on the vine and contains unique sugars which help to create an invisble tightening and blurring effect.

2% Replexium, a plumping-effect peptide complex also helps to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, leaving your skin feeling firmer while caffeine gives your skin a real boost, irradiating puffiness and dark circles.

This is bolstered by a caffeine complex combining alage extract with horse chestnut extract to boost elasticity and hydration while smoothing the skin while the Magic 8 Matrix containing BioNymph peptide, frangipani and vitamins A,C and E empart a gorgeous natural glow.

You’ll also find a Magic Crystal Complex within this formula, comprising of moonstone, ruby, rose quartz and amethyst which are known for their calming, protective, empowering, uplifting and soothing benefits.

Who knew!

Lightweight, silky and luxurious in texture, simply squeeze the tube to dispense a little of the product onto the cooling applicator tip.

Glide the applicator across your eye contour, using the flat side to apply the serum to the undereye area then twisting to use the ball side for a refreshing massage effect.

On and top tip- store in the fridge for an even more effective soothing and reviving experience.

Once your eyes have been awaken, its time to turn to the iconic Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes mascara.

Housed in a soft pale peach tube with rose gold detailing, you’ll find the crown jewels of mascaras.

This fabulous formula allows you to create glossy, defined, lifted, voluminous lashes in a few strokes of a wand.

Boasting not just an impressive formula but an innovative delivery system in the form of its paddle brush, you’ll never need another mascara ever again.

The silky, ultra black mascara contains a lifting polymer derived from the Larch tree which contains a natural gummy stretch and flex film former to help create a push up vertical lift and hold effect.

Enriched with lightweight natural waxes including carnauba and microcrystalline, they add body and texture to create a dramatic, weightless false lash effect.

Keratin, frequently found in haircare products creates a super strong conditioning effect on your individual hair fibres creating both a thicker look and feel to your lashes while its jet black, glossy hue instantly intensifies and defines the look of your eye colour and lashes.

Smudge proof, flake proof and humidity proof, you can throw away your lash curlers forever with this bad boy!

The brush itself is a micro precision paddle brush, featuring a load, comb and lift technology which lifts your lashes, capturing and vertically painting each individual lash.

The diamond shaped bristles on each side of the brush follow the natural architecture of your lashes, reading the fan of your lashes to magnify and amplify for an eye opening effect.

Another absolutely favourite of mine from Charlotte’s chest of treats is the Mini Collagen Lip Bath Icons (£20).

This gorgeous gift set comprises of mini plump effect, hydrating lip glosses in three of Charlotte’s most popular shades.

Inside you’ll find the cutest minis in the following shades;

Walk of No Shame: A high-shine sheer berry lip gloss, perfect for creating that just bitten, full bodied look.

Pillow Talk: A dreamy, mini sheer nude-pink lip gloss.

Refresh Rose: The original, iconic clear high-shine lip gloss for beautifully kissable lips.

Infused with some seriously impressive lip loving ingredients, these glosses don’t just make you lips look gorgeous but they help to protect and perfect them too.

 ‘Super lip’ Peptides moisturise and enhance the look of the volume of the lip while lip plumping Mustard Sprout Extract hydrates and defines the contours of your lips, creating a fuller appearance.

Marine Collagen offers a fantastic boost of hydration while Vitamin A improves the appearance of dry, cracked skin for smoother, fresher lips.

Nourishing skincare hero coconut oil softens and comforts while fatty acid rich Marula oil and antioxidant rich Vitamin C and E deeply repair and protect your lips.

Peppermint Oil  offers a refreshing flavour and organic menthol crystals create a cool, crisp sensation on your lips.

Silky, lightweight and non sticky, the glosses glide across your lips, hugging and hydrating as they go.

The super soft, heart-shaped applicator tip ensures precise and even coverage and the luxurious, sumptuously rich texture ensures your lips are left and feeling full, comfortable and wonderfully soft.

Offering a gorgeous sheen, your lips appear fuller, healthier and ever-so kissable!

You can get your hands on these two sets along with an expansive selection of other gifts at Charlotte Tilbury now.

Temple Spa Blissed Out

 Gift the gift of pure unadulterated bliss and serenity this Christmas with Temple Spa’s indulgent Blissed Out gift set.

Presented in a beautiful, rich purple box with gold stars, simply pull the golden ribbon on the side to slide out a box filled with goodies to calm and soothe a tired body and mind.

Blissed Out features three skin and soul soothing products alongside a beautiful Himalayan Salt massage stone.

Carefully curated, this collection is a complete ritual centred around you, helping to soothe your senses and relieve stress and tension.

We should all take time out from our busy lives to practice self-care and wellness and whether you’re looking to disconnect from the world for a time or reconnect with yourself o r a loved one, this exquisitely scented collection creates an aura of pure tranquillity.

The first item within this gift box is the Serenia calming & sensual candle.

This portable, aromatic candle allows you to create a peaceful escape from reality wherever you are.

 

Crafted with sensual and comforting Mediterranean essential oils including sweet orange, neroli, thyme, chamomile, eucalyptus, cypress, lavender, patchouli, frankincense and myrrh, this elegant and delicate scent fills the room, creating a sumptuous sanctuary of wellbeing.

Compliment this experience with the statuesque Serenitude calming & sensual mist.

Featuring the same intoxicating, aromatic notes of the candle, this body and room fragrance allows you to intensify the fragrant experience.

Sprtiz in the air around you and breathe in its warm, comforting aroma and let your troubles flow out from you with each breath you exhale.

 

Take your quest for relaxation to another level with the inclusion of the Serentini massage oil melt.

This luxurious, pale pink body balm instantly melts onto your skin, transforming from its sold form into a decadent, aromatic massage oil as it warms on your body.

 

Formulated with a host of Mediterranean skin-nurturing ingredients which have been chosen for their richness in vitamin E, vitamin K and antioxidant properties, it possesses the most beautiful, delicate yet discernible scent.

Featuring calendula extract along with a nourishing cocktail of beneficial oils including apricot, avocado, sunflower, hazelnut and prickly pear, the balm offers superior, long-lasting hydration and comfort along with muscle tension relief.

 

 

Silky and lightweight, it will leave your skin feeling incredibly soft, pampered and smelling simply divine.

To enhance your massage experience there is also a Himalayan Salts Massage Stone included within this gift.

 

Himalayan salt has long been used for healing in holistic therapies and are used for massage thanks to their ability to promote deep relaxation.

 When the stones are applied to the body, the heat sends a signal to the brain to turns off the stress state of being and turns on the relaxation.

 When our nervous systems are able to switch into the relaxation state of being, this allows not only our minds to relax, but our muscles begin to relax as well.

This magical, natural orb of beauty contains 84 naturally occurring minerals which are extremely beneficial for your skin and body.

The minerals in the Himalayan Salt stone assist in the detoxification process of massage; Massage alone is detoxifying because it is moving your blood and the lymph around in the body, helping to circulate the toxins out of your body.

The minerals in the stone actively help to draw out these toxins even further.

During massage the orb also helps to gently exfoliate your skin leaving it feeling softer and smoother, but that’s not all.

 

Himalayan Salt Stones give off negative ions.

For context, when there are too many positive ions in your body it can lead to inflammation, so  being massaged with the stone can help to balance the positive ions with negative ions, reducing inflammation.

You can use this stone as it is or with the assistance of hot and cold therapy by popping it in the microwave on a low temperate for 60 seconds or by popping it in the freezer for an hour or so before use.

Temple Spa’s Blissed Out is the ultimate gift for pure, positive, deep relaxation this festive period.

Blissed Out is available now from Temple Spa and costs £50.

Emma Hardie Merrily Moringa Gift Set

 If you’re on the hunt for the perfect secret Santa gift or stocking filler for the beauty lover in your life then I’ve found an absolute gem for you.

Take a gander at the gorgeous Merrily Moringa gift from Emma Hardie.

Hidden within a cute, festively gold and red box complete with red ribbon you’ll find a pot of the iconic, multi-award winning Moringa Cleansing Balm, complete with its own branded cleansing cloth.

This is not just any cleanser, this cleansing balm has won an astonishing 19 awards over the past 10 years.

Dermatologically tested, clinically tested, clinically proven and suitable for even sensitive skin, this luxurious balm deeply cleanses, hydrates, re-balances and moisturises your skin leaving it feeling wonderfully soft and expertly cleansed.

Aromatic in scent and rich in texture, this botanical balm gently removes all traces of makeup while offering a deep cleanse without stripping your skin of its natural moisture balance.

Formulate with Moringa Seed Extract, Wild Sea Fennel and Vitamin E, it balances, purifies and minimises the appearance of pores while essential oils of Orange, Neroli, Mandarin, Jasmine and Rose rejuvenat, revive and deeply condition your skin.

Glistening like a pot of gold, the soft golden balm is designed to be applied directly onto dry skin and gently massaged in to break down all traces of makeup, dirt and daily pollutants.

Unlike traditional cleansers which you can simply wash off, this decadent balm requires a little extra help, which is where the beautifully soft cleansing cloth comes into play.

 

This dual action, professional Cleansing Cloth features a gentle microfibre texture on one side to help you remove the balm while the other muslin side is to allow you to gently exfoliate and polish your skin for extra softness and vitality.

Once the balm has been massaged into your skin, soak the cloth in warm water, squeeze out the excess and use the microfiber side to gently remove the product. 

 

Then, buff your way beautiful with the muslin side using the Emma Hardie linear massage technique to invigorate your skin, stimulate blood flow and collagen production and leave your skin feeling wonderfully smooth.

I can guarantee that your skin will never feel dry or parched after indulging in this beautiful cleanser, plus thanks to its unforgettable, elegant fragrance its not just your skin that is left feeling restored and pampered, your mind will also feel quietened and calm, ready for the day ahead or an evening of peace.

 

Unbelievably, this gorgeous gift set will cost you just £12, making it perfect as a token gift, secret Santa or stocking filler, plus you’ll ALWAYS be on the good list by gifting this skincare hero to a loved one or friend.

Trust me, they will thank you forever!

Emma Hardie’s Merrily Moringa gift set is available now and costs £12.