Right. This is always the tricky one, isn't it? Presents for the man/men in your life. It doesn't matter whether it's your Dad, boyfriend or brother, the things that are regularly paraded in front of us as suitable Christmas offerings are just so...drab! I've tried to...
Weekly Christmas Shop: Gorgeous Gifts for Under £10
The Weekly Window Shop is being temporarily replaced with the Weekly Christmas Shop - there'll be something festive each week to get you started with your shopping or give you a few handy ideas. Call it a gift guide, call it present p*rn: just know I have it all...
Palpitations: The Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar
I promised myself that I wouldn't write about any more beauty advent calendars - I could keep going for weeks, and by that time they will have all sold out and I'll have calendar fatigue and I won't have had time to write about anything like skincare or foundation or...
Lookfantastic’s Gargantuan Advent Calendar: The Beauty Secret
Hmm. I tried to step away from the beauty advent calendars this year (my post on the Clarins and l'Occitane ones was going to be my singular foray into this particular area) but the Lookfantastic offering is gargantuan. Again. Do you remember the one from last year?...
Beauty Advent Calendars for the Seriously Enthusiastic
It's only the beginning of October - the leaves are barely dropping from the trees - and already the beauty advent calendars have begun to creep onto the internet. I sort of feel that you need to be a serious beauty enthusiast to snap up anything Christmas-related...
For Those Who Love Kittens…
Last week I bought you a little edit of things non-kittenish, this week I present: FULL-ON KITTEN. And owls. And pretty floral prints. Let's start with Paul & Joe, shall we? They have something of a penchant for featuring cats in their makeup range and this...
Stylish Non-Kitten Gifts
I'm sorry, I fell down spectacularly with teen gifts this year. Perhaps because I did a "kids and babies" one and that took up most of my brain space. So here are a few bits and bobs that I thought might be appealing to the girl who likes cool, graphic stuff rather...
Luxury Candle Sets: Not For Sharing
Some great candle sets for you here; but don't think you can start divvying them up into little individual stocking fillers. Oh no. These were not made for sharing: they are little boxes of pure, selfish candle indulgence, each fragrance carefully chosen so that you...
Fancy Papery Stuff
There's something about a fresh notepad with its crisp white pages, or a beautifully bound book waiting to be opened for the first time... I can absolutely see why the term "Stationery P*rn" exists. Here's my little roundup of some of the papery things that have taken...
My Christmas Wishlist (The Gift Guide for Girls)
I've sort of restyled my last gift guide video because it occurred to me that I had a million and one things to include in my Gift Guide for Girls, but only some of them were things that I would genuinely be excited to find under the Christmas tree. So this is my pick...
The Christmas Gift Guide: Presents for Men
Some Christmas present ideas for men. I've tried to keep the whole "soap and socks" element minimal, but there are some really very smart-looking shave and grooming kits about this year and it seemed a shame not to include them! I particularly like the tattoo care set...
Mr AMR’s Christmas Wish List
I asked Mr AMR for some help with my Men's Christmas Gift Guide, thinking he would scour the internet for interesting items to add to my list. Items I would perhaps be able to order in and then, you know, show in the video. But no: twenty minutes later I received an...