Affordable Christmas Gift Guide For Those You Love

I have to admit I'm now well and truly operating in 100% festive mode. I've been rocking Christmas socks, drinking mulled wine and we've put our Christmas tree up. I absolutely love all the pretty decorations, delicious comfort foods and I really love Christmas Gift shopping! There's something so lovely about buying presents for the people you love. I love making my family and friends smile and I get really excited about picking out presents for them.

Sometimes it can be a little hard to know what to buy or where to buy it from so I thought I would share my little Christmas Gift guide. This is a great mix of affordable high street and independent gifts.

Candles & Smellies 

 Roast Chestnut Soy Wax Candle - Price - £16 | Buy it HERE.

I don't think I know anyone who doesn't like candles or their house smelling beautiful. I personally think a nice scented candle makes a gorgeous gift for friends, family and couples!

If you are looking for something that little bit more special I would highly recommend Valley Mill, they have a great selection of Candles, Wax Melts & Natural Soaps.

I have picked a Roast Chestnut Soy Wax Candle* which has come in a gift box and with a hand cut Welsh Slate topper, which will make a great coaster once the candle is fully burned. The candle smells gorgeous and looks really luxurious. 

Spiced Apple Wax Melts- Price £6.25 | Buy it HERE

These really do smell just like Christmas and they're so pretty too! They will make a fantastic stocking filler.

Orange and Cinnamon Soap - Price £4.00 | Buy it HERE

This soap smells both spicy and warm, it's a perfect winter scent and best of all it is 100% natural and kind to the skin. The soap is made with Coconut Oil, Olive oil, Castor oil and Shea butter.

Christmas spice scented candles from Primark - Price £3 | Buy Primark Store

Another great little stocking filler if you're on a budget, they're not as luxurious as the Valley Mill products but they smell nice and are pretty cute.

Tea Glorious Tea

Personally, one of my very favorite things to receive as a gift is Tea. Green tea, white tea, fruit tea, herbal tea. I just love them all. I think the love of tea can be a little infectious because over the years I have introduced many of my friends and family to tea that is a little more adventurous than the classic Yorkshire Tea.

I've picked out some amazing gifts for any tea lover in your life.

Teapigs Spiced Winter Red Tea - Price £4.49 | Buy HERE

I can only describe this tea as a Christmas hug in a mug. The base is made from delicious redbush (roiboos) tea, which is flavoured with orange, cloves and cinnamon. I actually received this as a gift myself last Christmas and ever since then it has been my go to tea during the winter months. 

Teapigs Mao Feng Green Tea - £3.99 | Buy HERE

Green tea, is one of the healthiest drinks in the world, however, it can be an acquired taste. This tea is gentle in flavor and would suit a green tea newbie and a connoisseur. 

Teapigs Everyday Brew - Price £9.95 (there's cheaper smaller boxes available) | Buy HERE

I don't drink, breakfast tea very often, but this English breakfast blend is probably the nicest I have ever tried. It's a combination of three top quality whole leaf black teas - Assam, Ceylon and a lovely Rwandan - which gives a balanced, malty, zesty alliance and the most perfect cup of tea. It is also a very safe option as most people love English Breakfast tea.

Teapigs Book of Tea - Price £20 | Buy HERE

This book is filled with stunning photography, fun tea fact infographics about where tea comes from and what makes the best tea, history, tea drinking culture around the world and lots of delicious recipes. This is an incredible present for any tea nut. 

Teapigs is one of my very favourite tea companies. Their tea comes beautifully packaged and each tea bag is filled with whole leaf tea, which means that every cup is guaranteed to be absolutely full of flavor. 

Jadu Tea London Spa Afternoon - Price £19.00 (re-fill bag is £9.50) | Buy HERE

This tea is absolutely gorgeous. It's a blend Chinese oolong tea, Spearmint, Nettle, Dandelion, Burdock and Milk Thistle. Spearmint helps to aid digestion and Oolong is known to boost the metabolism.

Jadu Tea London China Green - Price £19.00 | Buy HERE

This is tea is full bodied and full of flavour from Yunnan province of China which is one of the oldest tea growing regions in the world.

The reusable velvet gift box is absolutely stunning and really luxurious. They also send a little taster box with samples of different tea as a little extra with every order. You can also check out my full review of Jadu tea.

Of course every tea lover should have a gorgeous cup to drink the tea from. I've selected 3 cups which would make awesome little gifts!

1. Time For Tea , Teapigs - £10 | Buy HERE

2. Feeling Foxy, Primark - £1.50 | Buy in a Primark Store

3. Hipster Panda, Primark - £1.50  | Buy in a Primark Store

Beauty

For her

Crabtree & Evelyn Gardeners & Rosewater Hand Therapy Ornament Tin* - Price £9 | Buy HERE

Crabtree and Evelyn hand cream is one of my ultimate faovourites. This is a perfect stocking filler for any lady in your life as hand cream is an essential beauty tool during the cold winter months.

Baylis & Harding Beauticology Macaron Mini Stack Gift Set - Price £4.50 | Buy Tesco Stores

I absolutely love the packaging of this little gift set, it's so pretty! This 6-piece gift set contains 100ml strawberry Macaron body wash, 100ml blackcurrant Macaron shower crème, 50ml mandarin Macaron body scrub, 50ml raspberry cream Macaron hand & body lotion, 25g bath salt crystals and a nylon body polisher.

Kiko Milano NAIL LACQUER - Price £2.50 | Buy HERE

There are so many colours and finishes to choose from that Kiko is my new go to for nail varnishes. These will make lovely little stocking fillers.

Beauty

For him & her

I strongly believe that both men and women should look after their skin so I've picked out some products with can be used by anyone.

Bee Good Youth Enhancing Travel Duo - Price £15 | Buy HERE

This little set contains Youth Enhancing Plump & Firm Moisturiser and Youth Enhancing Lift & Brighten Eye Cream. It's a perfect size to keep with you when at the gym, on holiday or travelling for work.

Bee Good is a British company who decided to harness the power of honey and Propolis from their own bee hives. These two products are full of natural ingredients and wonderful for the skin.

Moogoo A-MOO-zing Skin Holiday Gift Pack - Price £35 

This gift sent contains: Full Cream Moisturiser 270g, Milk Wash 500ml, Shea Sorbet Butter Balm, Fresh Buttermilk Bar 130g and Cow Lick Lip balm. 

Moogoo are an environmentally friendly company who use only natural ingredients to create skin care products for sensitive and problematic skin. Their products are so natural and gentle that they are even suitable for babies!

I have to say Moogoo is probably one of the best things that has happened to my skin. The Full Cream moisturiser is amazing, it leaves my skin feeling soft, supple and smelling like fudge. 

This gift bundle would be an ideal present for your mum, dad, best friend, boyfriend or Yourself!

It comes beautifully gift packaged too. 

Sweet Treats

Candy Hero Custom Gift Hamper - Price £14 | Buy in Store or Online

I think the only person who wouldn't like this particular gift hamper is someone who is either allergic to nuts or doesn't like them.
I'm currently a little bit obsessed with American chocolates especially anything from Reeses as is Oli. I've build this gift hamper full of nutty, chocolatey, fudgey goodness especially for him and I know that he's going to love it.

If you're not into nutty chocolates, Candy Hereo has so many different sweet treats to choose from that I'm sure you'll find something you'll love. The prices are very reasonable too, especially comparing to other sweet shops.

For Him

Every Christmas Oli requests that I buy him some socks. I've spoken to a number of my guy friends and they all seem to love getting socks for Christmas! I'm not sure what it is about guys and not buying their own socks...

This year I found some really gorgeous and warm socks from Primark out of all places. They seem to have a really large range of male socks in stores at the minute. The woven boxers are from there too. They feel really luxurious and I really love the patterns!

Primark Socks - Price £5 | Buy Primark Store

Primark Woven Boxers - Price £7 | Buy Primark Store

Ullr & Skade 3D CUBE LOGO T-SHIRT - Price £30 | Buy HERE

This t-shirt has a very simple and classy design. The material is 100% combed cotton which makes it very soft to touch. 

Ullr & Skade SILVER UNITY CUFF - Price £35 | Buy HERE

I absolutely love this cuff bracelet. Once again the design is beautifully simple which is what makes it so gorgeous. It comes in a beautiful little gift pouch and I think this would make a lovely present for your boyfriend, brother or best friend.

Ullr & Skade TWO TONE BOBBLE HAT - Price £18 | Buy HERE

You really can't beat a good hat during the winter months. This bobble hat from Ullr & Skade is nice and thick and of really high quality. It also stands out from the other hats you can find on the high street.

By shopping at Ullr & Skade you'll not only be buying the men in your life something a little more unique and special, but you'll also be supporting an independent business. 

For Her

Lief Jewellery Rough Amethyst on Gold Necklace - Price £24 | Buy HERE

I am so so in love with this necklace. Amethyst is one of my very favourite crystals and this is a necklace of dreams. A lot of bohemian jewellery comes in silver, but the 18inch gold chain makes it look very delicate and elegant. There's lots of amazing jewellery pieces to choose from in both gold and silver on the Lief website. Each jewellery piece comes in a presentation box finished with a sprinkle of dried flower petals. The flower petals really compliment the crystals beautifully. Lief would receive 10/10 from me for the gift box presentation.

 All the jewellery made and supplied by Lief is created using high quality materials that are all ethically sourced. 

**Unfortunately the necklace pictured is now sold out but Any piece from Lief would make a stunning, unique gift.**

Primark Footlets - Price £2.00 | Buy Primark Store

These little slippers make you feel like you are walking on clouds, they are that soft. I would love to receive a pair of these myself! 

*Some of these items have been very kindly gifted to me, but all opinions are my own and as aways 100% honest.*

What do you think of my gift ideas? Please let me know in the comments!

Until next time,