Everyone’s favourite, Boots, has pulled out rather a lot of stops this year with their Christmas beauty gift selection. Not so much the chintzy gifts of previous years, this year, they’ve brought out a great collection of gifts! With some fun collaborations with Fearne Cotton, Strictly Come Dancing and Gok Wan, there’s something for everyone. These are some of the gifts that we think... 

Back in 2009, Sharon Lowe, owner of The Pure Emporia, had a number of friends and family suffering from serious illnesses.  Wanting to do something helpful, she started investigating the ingredients in the products that are used in skin and body care items.  Her investigation grew into an all consuming passion which resulted in her creating a database of over 4,000 ingredients and their varient names. Her... 

Anti Ageing is something that all of us are going to think about at some point in time. We’re either forward thinking and will plan ahead, we’re maintaining our skincare, or we’re desperately trying to turn back time.  No matter where you go, there’s a phenomenal amount of information out there, the beauty counters are overflowing with products and information, and the science... 

With a selection of products for the discerning beauty buyer, BeautyExpert.co.uk is like stepping through the doors of a luxury department store beauty hall, but without the hassle of playing elbow hockey with other shoppers!  The products are there, they’re luxurious, they’re most definitely for someone who knows what’s what, and their Christmas Shop is crammed full of essential... 

You’ve got the perfect lipstick, and it gets discontinued. You found the eyeshadow to end all eyeshadows, but it was limited edition. You’re like me, pale, but yellow toned, and finding a foundation to suit your colouring is virtually impossible. Well, this is where it all ends! Cosmetics a la Carte, the only bespoke cosmetics service, will fix that little annoyance in fairly quick time!... 

I love BeautyBay.com not least because they stock the most incredible amount of products, but also because they just seem to ‘get’ what Christmas Gift Giving is about. They haven’t gone overboard with the gift ideas, despite the phenomenal volume of products they carry in their permanent line, but they’ve got it just about right. They’ve let me wander around their Christmas... 

Fresh. The name says it all. Every bottle or tub that you open simply smells Fresh! Clearly that’s the point, and when you get a product that is inspired by nature, and fragranced by nature, you don’t want it to smell like it’s been formulated in a lab, you want it to smell like it was just picked from the garden and bottled then and there. I’ve tried so many of the Fresh fragrances,... 

Everyone has heard of the fantastic Boots Advantage Card.  You buy your shopping, the points per pound get added to your card, you collect up the points, then use them to purchase more products in the future.  Simple! It’s been around so long that I can’t remember when it began.  All I can tell you is that my advantage card is still in my maiden name, and I got married in 2002… Anyway,... 

It’s quite well known that Mandara Spa is a hit here at MAF, with heavy coverage in our Christmas Gift Guides, and mentions elsewhere throughout the site. The ability to get a little bit of tropical luxury in our own homes is not something to be sniffed at, but the incredible scents in these bottles and pots of loveliness definitely is! When this came to our attention, we couldn’t hold... 

Zuneta, that website full of luxury and decadence.  You know that whatever you buy, it’s got luxury all over it, inside it, on it, and encapsulated in their perfect selection of products. We asked Zuneta for a look around their Boutique Store, and a nosey at their Christmas Shop, and this is what we came up with!   Beauty Queen Gift Set, with Essie Mink Muffs Nail Polish, Beauty Blender... 

Saturday 26th November would have been Sophie’s 25th birthday. The Sophie Lancaster Foundation aims to Stamp Out Prejudice, Hatred and Intolerance Everywhere [their fantastic website and Facebook page will tell you more] The aims and objectives of the Charity are as follows: To create a lasting legacy to Sophie. To provide educational group-works that will challenge the prejudice and... 

We did it! 12 Hints of Christmas, all there for you to Print and Hint, or direct your chap to Click and Buy! But incase you’d forgotten, here’s a visual roundup of every product that we included! (click the red numbers to jump to that page!) We had our 1st day that suggested gifts for a friend The 2nd suggested stocking sized treats Our 3rd day focussed on bathing treats Day 4 saw us go...