Beauty Bible's Christmas Shopping Guide 2023: the stocking fillers
It’s the little things that count… All of these, we think, make ideal teacher gifts, thank-you-for-being-a-great-colleague pressies, or deserve to make their way into the toe of a pillowcase or stocking, on Christmas Day. And as ever, we only feature the brands and products we’d like to receive ourselves…
Andrea Garland Refillable Christmas Essentials Lip Balm Compacts
See above for the seasonal line-up of these. We’ve featured Andrea Garland’s unique, vintage-inspired compacts before, but they never fail to capture our hearts. You can choose from clear lip balm, a light pink rose tint, or a sheer red option, and between beeswax and vegan balms. Refills are available (and if these cute, slightly glittery designs don’t push your buttons, there are literally dozens of options, now). Adorbs.
From £16.50 – buy here
Sanctuary Spa Signature Body Rituals Gift Set
We’ve always really loved the scent of Sanctuary Spa products, and this is a gem of a collection for introducing someone else to the joys of what has always been an admirably well-priced yet pampering-feeling range, showcasing 75ml sizes of Body Scrub, Body Wash, Body Lotion, and a 30ml Hand Cream.
£12.50 – buy here
Weleda Skin Food Glow Gift Set
A great skincare introduction for a teen, a soothing gift for a friend whose skin is flaring up, a perfect choice for the eco-warrior on your present list (with its easily recycled leaf-decorated cardboard gift box and certified organic status), offering a 30ml side of iconic Skin Food Original, plus an 8ml Skin Food Lip Balm.
£16 – buy here
By Terry Star Baume de Rose Lip Care
Gosh, you can’t argue with a By Terry gift for well under twenty quid, can you? In the form of a tree decoration (which you can indeed dangle), it contains a slickable verison of legendary Baume de Rose, with its rosy scent and amazingly lip-nourishing formula. We want!
£16 – buy here
Heathcote & Ivory Nathalie Lete Christmas Hand Cream Novelty Tin
Completely irresistible, as so many of H&I’s offerings are – they truly understand ‘gifting’. Here, a fab 30ml Hand Cream (if you’re a regular, you know how we ADORE their formulas), in a tree bauble tin that will become a family keepsake, we predict, returning year after year, when of course it can be refilled. This completely has us purring.
£8 – buy here
Neal’s Yard Remedies Wild Rose Radiance Duo
Neal’s Yard Remedies are offering truly glorious gifts at every price-point, but this is a pocket-friendly cracker (well, a tree gift, actually), showcasing two fabulous products based around organic and FairWild-certified rosehip oil, great for dry skin anywhere and everywhere, with a prettily-packaged handbag-sized Wild Rose Beauty Balm (15g), winner of several Beauty Bible Awards, and Wild Rose Hand Cream (30ml).
£16 – buy here
Nails.INC Merry Minis Treatment Duo
Nails.INC have – well – nailed it with this year’s Christmas gifts, but this is someone that you can gift to anyone whose nails deserve some TLC, from teen to grandmother. Here, find full 5ml sizes of NailKale Superfood Base Coat (one of this year’s Beauty Bible Award-winners), and bestselling 45 Second Top Coat, which can also be worn (as we sometimes do) on bare nails. Under a tenner!
£8 – buy here
Feather & Down Sleep Spray Trio
Ideal for sleep-challenged new mums, menopausal friends, or anyone who values their kip, really. A veritable wardrobe of Feather & Down’s pillow mists, here, each in 50ml sizes, so they can choose between calming signature Sweet Dreams Pillow Spray (lavender/chamomile), Breathe Well (eucalyptus, peppermint, tea tree) or Calming Sleep Mist, again with lavender and chamomile, to slow racing thoughts (and can in this case be used on the face and body).
£10 – buy here
This Works Stress Check Kind Hands
Another cute tree gift – but the hand cream inside is a real powerhouse, a go-to of ours and also those Beauty Bible testers who this year awarded it a Silver (it’s previously won several times). Perfectly nourishing, sinks in fast, smells FAB-O-LA, with stress-busting neroli, lavender and ylang ylang. A total steal, with it.
£8 – buy here
L’Occitane Delicious Almond Tree Decoration
Without trawling back through endless Google spreadsheets, we’re pretty sure each of these products is a Beauty Bible winner – including, this year, the Almond Shower Oil (for the umpteenth time). We know so many people who are addicted to the sweet, creamy, almond-y scent of these products – and if you know someone, you’ll make them very, very happy with this. Find a 35ml size of the oil, plus a 10ml handbag sized Delicious Hands, and 50ml Almond Milk Concentrate, for the body.
£12 – buy here
COMING NEXT WEEK: GORGEOUS GIFTS UNDER £25
