My Fabulous Festive Christmas Gift Guide 2021 #Review

My Fabulous Festive Christmas Gift Guide 2021 #Gifted

Exciting times ahead, as the cold nights set in get cosy and snug in front of the roaring log fire, and as you hear those jingle bells getting that little bit closer, it’s now time for you to help the big man out himself, aka Santa Claus, by planning your 2021 Christmas gifting.

Put the kettle on or grab a glass of wine sit back relax and enjoy my Fabulous Festive Christmas Gift Guide offerings. Whether your lovely gift recipient is a foodie, tea lover, chocoholic or into fitness and beauty, there is something for everyone. In no particular order here are my marvellous Christmassy recommendations.

Prestige Hampers

Fabulous foodies can have a very Merry Christmas with Prestige Hampers fabulous Family Christmas Hamper. Prettily presented in a lovely lidded handcrafted seagrass basket, there is a whole range of scrummy treats for you and your family to enjoy and the hamper makes a perfect gift to family and friends.

Included within are some super refreshments including New English Teas in a cute Big Ben Tower Clock box along with 3 mini Waters Edge wines: Pinot Grigio 187ml, Rose 187ml and a Merlot 187ml.

Savoury and sweet offerings included the Yorkshire Sea Salted Crisps 100g, Farmhouse Biscuits Black Olives Biscuits 100g, Mathew Walker Luxury Christmas Pudding 100g, Ooh Chocolate Honeycomb Milk Chocolate 50g, Belgian Fancy Salted Caramel Truffes 80g, Belgian Chocolate Thins 125g, Mrs Darlington Raspberry Jam 113g and Orange Marmalade 113g.

Hoogly Tea

Calling all tea lovers, because Tina Gloggengieser, from Aarhus in Denmark, has created the very special and bespoke Hoogly Tea range using a whole range of healthy and natural ingredients.

All Hoogly teas are ethically sourced, fair trade, and both made and packed in the UK.  The mixed selection 4 tea pods in a gift box is the perfect way to mix and match flavours such as the classic Earl Grey, English Breakfast, herbals Chill out mint, Classic Green, Cosy Chamomile and then seasonal offerings such as Christmas Cake.

The Winter Warmer gift set includes a handcrafted mini hot water bottle, one ceramic mug with a bamboo lid/coaster and a golden spoon with your choice of Tea in a box of 5 tea pyramid bags and 15 pyramid bags.

SOINVOUGE

Gorgeous gifting begins right now, as the team at SOINVOUGE have some brilliant beauty gifts that will definitely provide that extra sparkle for the festive party season.  Making for lovely gifts or simple for to to buy to make yourself feel pampered and ready to party.

The So Eco Ultimate Brush & Sponge Set is the full package providing 9 expertly selected tools to give you the best flawless make-up application every time.

The Brushworks professional detangling hairbrushes are ideal to make sure that you have silky and tangle free hair this party season.  The brushes are easy to use with an ergonomically designed & contoured brush handle and the flexi-soft tapered bristles, that are gentle on the scalp and help to reduce damage caused by brushing which results in fewer split ends.

Make sure to get in a few winks, so to help for a stress-free nights sleep why not opt for a silk eye mask or even go all out and upgrade to the sleep kit (not pictured), but I have it and it is brilliant, that in addition to the eye mask includes a silk pillow case a scrunchie.

Sous Chef

Calling all you Chefs and Fabulous Foodies, as the lovely Sous Chef stock a range of ingredients, equipment, tableware and gifts which is the perfect way to spoil your family and friends this Christmas.

This marvellous Medium Fruit Extra Virgin Olive oil presented in this stunning polka dot terracotta bottle make for a gorgeous gift. This high end olive oil is made from peranzana olives only grown in the Apulian region of Italy. Made even extra special and unique as every Frantoio Murglia terracotta bottle is handmade and hand-painted, so a piece of Apulian artwork in itself. Also, the bottle helps keep the oil in top notch condition, by protecting oil form exposure to light.

The cute characterful Aviator Robin Felt Tree Decoration, hand crafted in Nepal by Adele Zara Collinson who founded Felt So Good, is made using natural dyes and is biodegradable too. Now, who wouldn’t want this little handsome chap on their Christmas tree!

Wanting to make sure your Christmas stockings are full of cheer well how about this lovely mini bar of wonderful Willie’s Cacao Milk of the Stars 54% Milk Chocolate made with beans from an Indonesian Island; Surabaya in Java.

Chocolate and Love

Chocoholics raise your hands in the air, as Birgitte Hovmand and Richard O’Connor, loved up couple and founders of Chocolate and Love have exactly what you need chocolate, chocolate, and you guessed it more chocolate.  Their yummy Chocolate is Fairtrade, Organic, ethically sourced and are environmentally focused.

Chocolate and Love’s luxury and prettily presented chocolate boxes make for the perfect gift.  The lovely Milk Hazelnut Chocolate Gift Box that includes 4 80g bars; Milk Chocolate with caramelised hazelnuts and sea salt 50% cocoa, Creamy Dark with cacao nibs 55% cocoa, Sea Salt dark chocolate with caramel 55% cocoa and MINT dark chocolate with mint crunch 67% cocoa.

The Christmas Creamy Dark Chocolate Gift Box includes 4 80g bars with a marvellous Merry Christmas Sleeve Rich Dark chocolate 71% cocoa, Orange dark chocolate 65% cocoa, Creamy Dark with cacao nibs 55% cocoa and the Sea Salt dark chocolate with caramel 55% cocoa.

Finally, the very cute Madagascar Napolitain Chocolate Gift Box, that contains 42 mini chocolate napolitains perfect to have with a cuppa, as Christmas after dinner chocolate offerings and I also like to use these to create my own advent calendars.

Love Leggings

For the Fitness fanatics, Yoga Zen in us or those than just want some everyday comfort Love Leggings have something for everyone. The LL team are an absolutely lovely bunch, and their extensive online range is impressive. 

The Energise full length, high waisted 4-way stretch leggings have a flattering seam design with 4 practical pockets, shape retention technology in a sweat-wicking and quick dry fabric are practical, look flattering and make you feel those positive energy vibes.

There are also the focus, revitalise, lounge ranges and so much more, the lucky gift recipient is spoilt for choice and will feel empowered and motivated by such a thoughtful gift not just for Christmas, but will also put a srping into their step ready for the new year in 2022.

Now, don’t panic, because if you didn’t have Christmas all wrapped up before, I am sure that you will now, as all these brands all deliver direct to your door, so it saves having to brave the cold weather and all those Christmas crowds.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

Thank you for reading 😊

Melanie xx