Christmas Gift Guide

Yay! Christmas! Exciting!
I love everything about Christmas but I think I love choosing and giving gifts the most (just slightly more than I like receiving them!).
I've picked out a few of the most desirable and best value gift sets from some of my favourite Indie Natural Beauty brands in the UK.

Shop Indie this Christmas and make both your recipient and our lovely brand owners very happy!

Meadow Skincare 
 Starter Set £35.00

Meadow Skincare were without doubt, one of my favourite brand discoveries this year. Their comprehensive starter kit featuring mini sizes of the entire capsule range would make a beautiful gift for someone just starting out on their green beauty journey or for someone who already loves skincare but would be thrilled to receive something out of the ordinary.
Meadow Skincare products are 100% natural, vegan, organic, waterless and small-batch.
The beautifully presented starter kit currently has the option of being presented in a specially decorated Christmas box (just £1).
It contains 15ml Gently Nourishing Cleansing Balm, 5ml Hydration Boost Moisturising Balm, 5ml Soothe and Calm Face Mask, 5ml Gently Resurfacing Facial Exfoliant plus 5ml Overnight Replenishing Oil.
It also comes with a bamboo supersoft eco-friendly wash cloth (seriously the nicest face cloth you will ever meet!) and a gorgeous dinky little sustainable wooden spoon.
Read my review of this kit here.

Photo Credit: Lime & Lilac

Lime & Lilac 
The Monogram Gift Set £52.50

Here's a fabulous opportunity to experience the entire range from Lime & Lilac.
This beautifully presented gift set comes in a sleek and classic black box wrapped with a white ribbon and sealed with a monogrammed Lime & Lilac sticker. 
In the box you will receive a full size (50ml) Passionflower Cleansing Oil; a 30ml glass bottle of the stunning Capri Body Oil and a 5ml sample of the iconic Light Facial Oil. Also included in the set is a super soft Bamboo face cloth from Ellyfante.
This would make a seriously luxurious gift for someone you love (or heck, as a treat to yourself, why not?). Everything about these Lime & Lilac products sings luxury and style.
Read my reviews for Light Facial Oil, Capri Body Oil and Passionflower Cleansing Oil.

Photo Credit: Nudge Boutique

Nudge Boutique
Citrus Hair & Body Gift Set £15.00

Nudge Boutique are offering a range of exciting and reasonably priced Christmas Gift sets this year, including a Travel Skincare Gift Set (£20) which contains travel sizes of the Saffron Glow Facial Oil Serum and Kokum Body Boost Butter; a Saffron Glow Clay Mask Gift Set (£20) which contains the Clay Mask plus two purple cotton facial cleansers; a Shampoo Gift Set (£9.50) which contains two Organic Apple Cider Shampoo Tablets (choice of fragrances) with a shampoo bag, presented in a kraft gift box with raffia ribbon.
But my choice would have to be the Citrus Hair & Body Gift Set!
I'm a recent convert to Nudge's shampoo tablets and am absolutely smitten with them. Add in some of the deliciously decadent Kokum Body Boost Butter and you've got yourself an absolutely stellar gift set that will not fail to win the recipients heart. But here's a tip - if you're ordering, you should seriously consider adding in a bottle of the Saffron Glow Facial Serum to the order as a little Christmas treat for yourself! You can thank me later when you experience the unreal glow for yourself!
See my recent Nudge Boutique Shampoo Tablets Review.

Boho Vegan Cosmetics
Private Members Club Body Butter and Body Wash £13.50

Isn't Christmas the time when we all deserve a little bit of glittery joy in our lives?  We might need a new pair of practical slippers but I bet we all prefer receiving an extra special sparkly treat under the tree?
This special limited edition duo release from Boho Vegan Cosmetics is that gift!
You won't go wrong with choosing any of Boho's gorgeous swirled and whipped body washes and butters, they are all impeccably presented with maximum delight in mind and the scents are just amazing and so long-lasting.
But the latest offering, the limited edition Private Members Club Body Wash and Body Butter Set is my choice for the ideal Christmas gift.
Scented with Tobacco Leaf, Tonka Bean and Cacao and topped with iridescent gold sparkles this super rich and luxurious body wash and body butter set is sure to bring a big helping of festive cheer into anyone's life.


Boho Vegan Cosmetics are offering free gift wrapping on all orders in the run up to  Christmas, including a snowflake decorated Christmas gift bag and tag and wrapped in snowflake tissue paper.

Eden Days Body*
Shave Set £20

I'm guessing that a lot of us will be aiming to give the gift of plastic-free this Christmas. I know that I'm following the 'one change at a time' ethos to try and eliminate plastic from our household.
When I spotted this fabulous zero waste 'Shave Set' from Eden Days Body a while ago, my heart leapt! Not only is it incredibly great value but it also solves one of the main areas where I was looking to ditch the plastic. 3 out of 4 of my family members use plastic razors with disposable heads, and my 16 year old will probably join those ranks soon too - that's a LOT of unnecessary plastic waste every year!
This is a super value unisex gift set, featuring a bar of Shave Soap with organic Redbush and scented with Sandalwood, Cedarwood and Bergamot Essential Oils; a wooden shave brush with synthetic bristles; an aluminium soap tin; a reusable stainless butterfly steel safety razor and a box of five extra blades.
Eden Days are also offering a huge range of gift sets, from stocking fillers to entire body and face sets, ranging in price from £5 to £49.50 - check out their adorable printed fabric gift bags!

Natures Notes London
The Pitch Black Soap*
The Lambada Soap*
£6.50 each.

So it seems like cassettes have made a come back (God, I sound old!). Back in my teens, to give someone a mix-tape cassette was pretty much a declaration of love, especially if they paid a lot of attention to hand-writing sleeve notes and certainly if they had sat through John Peel's Radio One show and managed to tape individual songs without cutting off the intro and the end of a song (the more obscure the band, the deeper the love!).
So these handmade soaps from Natures Notes London with their absolutely brilliant cassette tape packaging would definitely make a fabulous gift for someone you love.
Natures Notes have got all styles and tastes covered from 'The Flower Power Soap' to 'The Purple Reign Soap'. 
In an absolutely genius twist, all of Nature Notes soaps are inspired by particular songs, with the scents and colours chosen to reflect the mood and feel of each song.
The two soaps I've chosen for under the tree are The Pitch Black Soap and the Lambada Soap.
I absolutely cannot choose a favourite between these two - both scents are out-of-this-world good! 
'Pitch Black' is a gorgeously moody, exotic spicy and sweet blend of Frankincense and Turmeric whilst 'Lambada' has a carefree and wild uplifting warm, spicy scent of Sweet Orange, Patchouli, Cedarwood and Ginger.

 Check out Nature's Notes on Etsy and head for the 'Sleeve Notes' in the descriptions for each soap where the formulator explains their inspirations behind each soap - brilliant stuff!
You can read my recent Brand Overview for Nature's Notes here.

Photo credit: Ellyfante

Ellyfante - Bamboo Face Cloth Boxed Set
Currently £12.99 with free UK shipping

Those out-of-this-world super soft flannels that I mentioned which come in both the Meadow Skincare Starter Set and the Lime & Lilac Monogram Gift Set? Well, they're both from Ellyfante!
Incredibly soft and gentle on the skin, these flannels are ideal for any age and any skin type. But their super gentle texture makes them particularly suited for sensitive skins and babies. Ellyfante also offer a huge range of baby gift packs made from super soft bamboo fabric.
Ellyfante are currently offering a gorgeous decorated gift box with six of these beautiful face cloths for just £12.99 with free UK shipping.
The cloths are super soft, super absorbent and are OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified thus being free from any harmful chemicals.
You'll receive six face cloths, individually rolled and tied with ribbon. They arrive presented in a decorated box with magnetic closure.
These wash really well and retain their softness after repeated washing.


Disclaimer: Products marked * were sent to me as PR Samples to be included in this gift guide. Links are not affiliated.