Christmas Gift Guide 2014 - Under £5

With Christmas just over a month away (I seriously cannot contain my excitement!) I thought I would check out what the stores have to offer. Boots is always a winner for me, they have brought back the 3 for 2 offer.

I'm starting my Christmas Gift Guide off this year with my picks that are £5 and under.

Baylis and Harding Beauticology always produce such cute Christmas gifts. They smell AMAZING!

This gift set contains a sparkly gingerbread body wash, strawberry frosting soap and frosted cranberry body wash. Sounds good enough to eat! Available in Boots for £5.

How cute is this! Such a lovely idea, although I'm not so sure Christmas Eve is very appropriate seen a it'll be being opened on Christmas Day. I've not seen these in store yet but I'm sure that they will be. Yankee Candles are my favourite candles. Available in Boots for £2.99.

I love these from Champneys! Each cracker contains a mini bath creme. They are £10 for all four but I would split them and give as stocking fillers to friends and family, works out at £2.50 each cracker. Available in Boots.

To be honest, I'd just buy this for the tin, I love the vintage look. It'd make a lovely gift for someone who's into that. Available in Tesco, currently on offer at £5.

BHS have the most adorable range this year. I love owls and I am forever  making notes so I adore this notebook. They have a whole stationary range with owls on. I love all of it haha. This is £5 and available online and instore. They also have them in a sausage dog design and Alice in Wonderland, which I want so bad! (Put them on my Christmas list).

Owl sticky notes £5 available online and instore.

Twhoooo cute! £5 online and instore.

Prints with sausage dogs on must be an in thing this year. This gorgeous manicure set from Superdrug would make a lovely stocking filler. It's currently on offer at £3.50 instore and online.

I love have brought these back this year, I think they're a take on the Body Shop cubes. This gift set contains bubble bath, shower creme, body lotion and a body puff. Really lovely idea. I've tried a few products from the I love range and been impressed, they smell delicious! They are on offer at the moment at £3.50 online and instore.

They've also bought back the mini's! I love these, a perfect way to try the whole range of scents! And perfect for travel. They're also on offer at £4.00 online and instore.

I love these from Nivea! They also have a male version. The bauble contains a moisturising cream, roll-on deodorant, and lip balm, all in a mini version of the full size, although I'm pretty sure that the lip balm will be full sized. They're currently on offer for £4.50 online and instore.

What are you Christmas picks this year? 

Keep a look out for my Under £10 & Under £20 Gift Guides coming shortly!

Emma x

Counting Stars

I guess I'm kind of lost at the minute. I'm over thinking things a lot (worst thing to do) and full of what ifs and maybes. I really want my business to succeed but I'm extremely anxious that it will all fall through. All I can think of at the minute is if I am doing the right thing. 

 I'm really wanting to change myself as a person, I want to shift this weight, which I am going to do. I'm going to be doing Slimming World but I'm not signing up to it, I'm going to do it on my own. I've been searching on Instagram and found some fab meal ideas that look really yummy, and it's like you can eat what you want just not too much of it. I will be starting that on November 1st and I really cannot wait!

On to the Christmassy things, I love this time of the year and this year it seems to be creeping up really fast, I cannot wait to put our tree up and decorate it, and make the house all festive. I've made my Christmas cupcake samples, they went down a storm! Also I am going to do a Christmas gift guide again this year, although the shops aren't screaming out to me this year, I am determined to find some goodies.

I have got my love back for Yankee Candles, it must be the change in weather. I am currently loving a new one called "Christmas Cookie".

Are you looking forward to the Christmas season?

Summer Lovin'

So I thought I would share with you a few snaps from my summery garden..

DotComGiftShop Haul

Afternoon everyone!

Last week I had an email from DotComGiftShop notifying me that they were holding a sale. If you haven't heard of DotComGiftShop, you should definitely check them out. On their website they have the most beautiful bespoke things, whoever has designed them must have one incredible imagination. I find myself many a time browsing their selection of items and creating wishlists, this time everything that I had my eye on were in the sale. Bonus.

I picked up this beautiful Rotating Tealight holder reduced to £2.95, I read the reviews about it and everyone of them said how stunning it was. When I opened it, although it was smaller that I imagined it to be, but still so intricate and beautiful. I had to set it up myself and it is very delicate, but I think that makes it more appealing. Once the tealight is lit, it rotates itself from the given heat, and reflects light all around the room.

Next I picked up this Jewelled Heart for 75p. Bargain! I really love the simplicity of it, yet it's so elegant and beautiful. I love it.

I then bought another heart decoration, this time with a cut out of a dove on to it. Again I love it, I think it will love lovely near my window so the light can shine through the design. This was 49p!!

Again, keeping on the shabby heart theme, I picked up a larger heart, with a lovebird that hangs in the middle. Truly stunning. I just love the design of it. This was £1.95.

I also picked up these mini Jam Jar Magnets, I've been eyeing these up for a while so thought why not, I bought these for my Mum and she absolutely loves them! So I will definitely be repurchasing some for Christmas for my Grandmas, I know that they will love them too. These weren't in the sale, they were £4.95.

I love everything that I have bought, and I really recommend that you check out DotComGiftShop, they have some really beautiful and unique gifts.