Blogmas Day 14 - Christmas Gift Guide For Her

I thought I'd do a little Christmas gift guide for everyone, for gifts to buy your friend, your girlfriend, your mum, your sister, any of the girls/women in your life. I'll try not to pick things that are too expensive so that there's a range to choose from, no matter what your price range. Since I have a range of followers from the UK and US, I'll also try to choose items from both so that one isn't left out.

The first item I'm going to choose is this jewellery holder that is from Paperchase. It's very cute, and is also available in purple. It has a little tray at the base to store loose jewellery in, such as earrings or rings.

Price : £6.00

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Another item from Paperchase (I love this store), a recipe binder. Perfect for any keen bakers who need somewhere to store all their recipes. It also contains stickers so you can label everything, and a dinner party planner.

Price : £13.75

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Everyone loves slippers, no matter what your age! These ones look super comfy and soft and are from Urban Outfitters. I personally love slipper boots as they look much more cosy than normal slippers. These ones have a fairisle print on them so they look nice and festive.

Price : £14.00 (normally £24.00)

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Another gift from Urban Outfitters, these beautiful photo frames. They come in black, white, lilac and blue. My personal favourites are the black and the white, but the other colours are nice too.

Price : £5.00

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A perfect present for any lover of beauty, the brand new Urban Decay Naked Basics palette. A present I would love to receive, or even buy myself as I'm very excited to ry it.

Price : $27.00/£20.00

Link : US or UK

 

This is exclusively from Sephora, so unfortunately none of my UK followers can buy this, and it's a great gift. This is the Lash Stash collection and contains 10 mascaras, eyelash primer, eyelash glue, and a set of false eyelashes. I bought this for myself on my recent trip, and I also bought it last year, and it lasted me all year so it'a a great find.

Price : $45.00

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You had to be expecting it, my Lush gift. I'm choosing only one, because I would happily suggest them all, but this is my favourite. This contains the products shown in the photograph, all which smell delicious. The UK receive the popcorn lip scrub however, and the US get bubblegum. I choose this as a present from my boyfriend for Christmas so I can't wait to get it!

Price : $39.95/£19.95

Link : US or UK

Hope you all liked my gift guide for her. Stay tuned for my christmas gift guide for him!

What did you think of my choice of gifts? Would you have preferred more expensive gifts to choose from? What are you buying the women in your life for the holidays this year? Let me know!

FAIRYDROPS - Scandal Queen Mascara Review

I've been promising this review for a while, so it's finally here! This has been my favourite mascara this year. I got the trial size from the LashStash collection from Sephora at Christmas time and haven't wanted another mascara since. As we don't have a Sephora in my country, I had to buy this last time I was away, so unfortunately, this isn't available to my UK readers! (unless you try eBay)

The colour of my mascara is 'Deep Glossy Black'. As far as I'm aware, there isn't another colour available, but this isn't a problem for me as I only wear black mascara, and I love one that's really dark.

I love the brush on this. The wand itself is really long which I love as I have a habit of getting mascara on my face when it's a really short. The brush itself is curved with three little bumps in it, which is great for making sure you catch every lash and get the inner corner of your eye.

This is a photograph of my eyelashes with absolutely nothing on them. I naturally have very, very short, straight eyelashes which are very light. As you can see, it actually looks like I have no bottom eyelashes they're that light. Please ignore my eyebrows in all of these photos!

This is my eyes with just one coat of mascara on. As you can see, my eyelashes look so much longer, and you can actually see the ones on the bottom! This may not look that long to some people, but if you compare it the photograph above, they're much longer!

The mascara has really good staying power and stays on all day until I'm ready to take it off at night. The mascara is also water and sweat resistant, which is what I look for in a mascara. My eyes constantly water all the time as soon as I go outside so my mascara just runs off, and they don't budge with this.

At $24, it's quite a pricey mascara, but it's one of those products where I'm willing to pay extra for if it's good. To anyone with eyelashes similar to mine, I highly recommend this.

You can look at the FAIRYDROPS mascara on Sephora here.

If you have any questions on anything I haven't covered above, please comment below and let me know!