This year, MAF is offering up not 1, but 12, yes TWELVE Christmas Gift Guides!

These are the 12 Hints of Christmas!  12 different categories, each focusing on beauty and every budget is catered for.  As always, we leave prices off our pages, preferring to never assume one’s budget, and instead, giving you clickable links to see more details about each item, and for those that have sensibly forwarded this on to their Husbands/Boyfriends/Other Halves, they can simply click and buy.

And if you’d rather be a little more subtle, simply Print, and Hint!

On the 2nd day of Christmas it would be nice to have a little stocking sized something to open up, perhaps on Christmas Eve over a glass of wine, or something to hang on the tree, or even a table gift.  We all have different traditions, but those tiny little parcels wrapped up with a beautiful bow often hide the most luxurious of gifts.

Lots of fun ideas and offerings, and don’t forget….

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

Disclaimer – None of the images have been subjected to any photo editing or enhancement, these are true representations of the products you would be purchasing.

 

 

Angela Langford is one of those incredible niche brands that simply oozes quality and luxury, and this trio of mini sized body washes are the perfect little stocking stuffer for a girl who wants to try something new.  These 3 50ml metal pump action bottles contain Spice of Life lemongrass and ginger body wash, Rise & Shine invigorating body wash and Take it Easy neroli and mandarin body wash.  All are true to their fragrance, and all will deliver luxury at the push of the pump.

 

 

Made from all natural ingredients, what appears at first to be simply a soap in a box, will turn into delight as the Aubrey Rosa Mosqueta luxurious bath bar is sniffed, touched and ‘oohed’ over.  With rosa mosqueta oil to moisurise and improve the skin’s texture, and borage oil to protect and soothe, this is more than just a bar of soap, it’s luxury in bar form.

 

 

 

Famed and noted for it’s Beauty without Surgery,Transformulas is known for creating incredible skincare products that really do deliver on the promise they make.  Try the Mid-Life Marine Miracle Cream for softer and younger looking skin, or the Hydration Gold Anti Ageting line filling creme with Gold Powder!  Both are available in the 15ml size, and would be welcomed in most stockings as a gift of pure luxury.

 

 

 

Benefit’s Ticket to Glossytown is a set of 6 beautiful glosses, Nudie-Tude, a soft nude beige with pink and red sparkles, Foxy Lady, a beautiful pink with icy blue brightening sparkles, Kiss You, a luxurious plum pink with pink and purple shimmer, Spiked Punch, a very pretty coral with silvery glitter shimmers, Life on the A List, a sheer pale nude with gentle frosting and So Frisk Me, a stunning deep rose with holographic micro sparkles.  A perfect stocking filler for any girl, no matter who she is, she’ll love it.

 

 

If you’re buying for someone, and you don’t know if you could get away with buying cosmetics, but you really want to give them something incredible, then Shiseido Shimmering Cream Eye Colours are the must have purchase of the season.  No matter which colour you choose, though we’ve selected the versatile shade Tin (SV810) for it’s soft and sexy grey, you’ll definitely be making the recipient a very happy lady!

 

 

Marks and Spencers are getting right ‘up there’ with their cosmetics products, and at Christmas, this set of 10 mini glosses will go down a treat with anyone.  With shades of pink, red, plum, neutral and a glittery clear gloss, there’s one for every ocassion, and all are tiny enough to fit in your handbag or purse, desk or glove box!

 

 

Burts Bees make the best stocking sized gifts, and this Christmas, the 2 options of Bee-autiful Gifts make these the ideal present.  Choose the Beeswax option, with a handsalve tin and beeswax lipbalm, or the Pomegranate duo, with cult favourite lemon butter cuticle cream and pomegranate replenishing lip balm.  A perfect little gift!

 

 

Every woman should lay her face on a Mulberry Silk Pillow Case at night, for smoother skin and glossier hair. Not as daft as it sounds, this 100% pure silk pillow case will allow your skin and hair to retain it’s natural moisture, whereas cotton pillow cases suck the moisture away. Silk is also naturally hypo-allergenic and therefore perfect for allergy sufferers, and is also beneficial to those who suffer aches and pains, itchy skin such as rosacea and eczema and may aid blood circulation and digestion when sleeping.

 

 

Estee Lauder, known the world over for quality cosmetics, makes the perfect stocking filler.  We’ve selected 3 of their latest eyeshadow duos in perfect suit-all colours; Clouds, with icy white and deep blue shimmer. Raisins, with perfect peach and plum. Vanilla Pops with a beautiful beige and mushroom.  If one of those ended up in my stocking on Christmas Eve, I’d be a very happy girl!

 

 

OPI, more usually known for it’s incredibly popular nail colours is also the creator of some fun and funky lip products.  This Dynamic Duo gives us Divine Swine from the Muppets collection, a glittery pink and silver, paired with a co-ordinating lipgloss, swirled with shimmery white, shimmery pink and rich deep plum.