Christmas Gift Guide - Gifts UNDER €20 | Stocking Fillers & Kris Kindle

Hi my Loves,

I have to say, I'm impressing myself by having gotten a post up everyday so far - it's like my form of 'Vlogmas' ; does anyone else love watching people's Vlogmas' over on YouTube? I'm a YouTube junkie.

Today's Gift Guide is a collection of gift ideas under €20. I am all about finding gifts that are just a little bit different -something you can't pick up so easily yourself I suppose! I have no problem with mainstream gifts but I just love the excitement of finding and giving someone something that bit 'extra'. You guys have no idea, I am an actual elf come Christmas time - I love you give presents rather the get them; I am the WORST present receiver ever.

So let's kick off my under €20 gifts:

Tony Moly beauty products

Price - £6 - £16

www.cultbeauty.com

Tony Moly is South Korea's (and probably the world's!) cutest ever export! If you thought Benefit packaging was cute, let me tell you, you are going to die over Tony Moly!

I am a HUGE Asian beauty lover - have you seen their beautiful skin? I will take WHATEVER they are using, in bulk. Tony Moly products compare to a medium drugstore/chemist price wise, but their ingredients and concepts are rivaling high end. For the packaging alone their products make the best stocking fillers ever. Here are my favourite under €20 products (prepare to die from package cuteness overload!)

Sheet Mask Selection - £6

Panda's Dream So cool eye stick -£10

Bbo Bbo Lip Balm - £7

Choco Mushroom Cream pore pack - £16

Starskin Masks

Price - €11.50 -

www.asos.com / www.beautybay.com

I have more bargain but bomb skincare  here with the brand StarSkin! These Bio-cellulouse masks cover every skin need and are essential for all year round but especially Christmas time when you want that skin to be amazing! They also do feet & hand masks and lip masks to give you a plumper more hydrated pout!

Hydrating face mask - €9.80

Magic Hour exfoliating double layer feet mask socks - €9.80 

Glowstar peeling perfection puff - €8

VIP the Gold Revitalizing  second skin face mask - €14.40

Silkmud Pink French Clay purifying lift-away mask - €9.80

Eye- catcher eye masks - €9.80

Huda Beauty Lashes

Price - £15.50

www.cultbeauty.com

If you are an Instgram addict I am sure you've stumbled across Huda Beauty at least once or twice. Huda is STUNNING and she is an amazing makeup artist and business woman. She has a whole range of cosmetic products ranging from lip products, to lashes to nails - she's just fantastic. Her lashes are definitely one of her stand out products - they are all so stunning and look beautiful on any eyes that wear them, They are also 100% reusable and can be worn up to 12 times, some of the more expensive ones you get 20-25 wears out of.

Lana lashes #10 - £15.50

Samantha lashes #7 - £15.50

Sasha Lashes #11 - £15.50

Wet Brush

Price - €11.95

www.cloud10beauty.com

This will be whoever gets it, new BFF - this is the brush you need to keep your hair in tip-top condition. The great thing about this brush is that it is designed to be used on wet hair where as most brushes will actually cause damage if used on wet hair - this brush does the opposite!

Wet Brush

ASOS Beanie hats with baubles & Funky Slippers
Price - €12 - €20
www.asos.com

A gorgeous hat is always a good gift - especially a beautiful ASOS one! They have a great selection with most falling under the €20 mark! Also, who can say no to a cute and adorable pair of slippers - ASOS have loads.

Penguin Slippers - €12

ASOS Dragon slippers - €12.67

ASOS Dinosaur slippers - €12

Beanie with double faux fur pom poms - €20

Chunky knit beanie - €16

Extra Chunky beanie with large pom - €16

Coconut Lane MacBook Skins & Selfie Phone-case

Price - £16.50 -£20 (use discount code RBL20 for 20% off - that makes them under 20)

www.coconut-lane.com

Coconut lane do a fantastic selection of items that are perfect for gifting to people (or yourself, no judgement!). They do everything from marble cushion covers, to phone cases and the most amazing MacBook skins you've ever seen in your entire life! I literally want a MacBook just so I can buy these skins!!

Rose Gold selfie Phone case - £20 (I have this exact one myself & it's fab)

Rose Gold marble MacBook skin - £16.50

Opal Dream MacBook skin - £16.50

Liquid Copper MacBook skin - £16.50

The Dotty Lemon Notebooks & Pens

Price - €8 - €20

www.thedottylemon.com

The Dotty Lemon is another place that is gift central, honestly they have so much you need to check their site out! If I wasn't keeping this to under €20 I'd be telling you to look at their planners and journals - they are my idea of heaven! Everyone needs a beautiful notebook by their bed, I know I always keep one by my bed to jot down things that come into my head in the night and you definitely need them if you are in college - and beautiful pens doesn't hurt either!

Ban.do sweet talk pen set - €14.95

Ban.do lady of leisure & jade marble Notebook set - €17.95

Ban.do Mega Bloom Notebook - €13.95

Hope + Dreams - €17.95

Glitz n' Pieces Alphabet Goodies

Price

www.glitznpieces.com 

Another little haven full of gift ideas, they have bags, jewellery & adorable home-ware. I think Alphabet Monogram item are perfect for presents because they have a touch of personal to them and Glitz n' Pieces have a great selection:

Alphabet teacup & saucer set - €19.90

Gold Monogram necklace/Silver Monogram necklace -  €20

Missguided Phone Cases
Price - €12
www.missguided.com

Missguided are brilliant for everything we all know this, and gifts are no different. I am going to do a full Missguided gift guide over the weekend because their gift selection is that good. Here though I'm talking about phone cases which are always a great gift, especially cool funky ones. They have loads so I will link the page here but I'll show you my favourites too:

Rose Gold Glitter Flake iphone 7 case - €12

Burgundy faux fur iphone 6(s) case - €12

White Marble foil iphone 7 case - €12

Chrissy Teigen Cravings Cook book
Price - £15.39
www.amazon.com (direct link to seller HERE)

I am a huge Chrissy Teigan fan - I think she is so fab in every aspect. And I LOVE that she loves her food - her and John Legend always remind me of myself and my boyfriend in terms of being food addicts! I think she is a great role model for young girls because she doesn't support faddy eating.
Her cook book is a collection of the most fantastic recipes - all the most delicious, indulgent food - check out the baby dutch pancakes, you can thank me later! Perfect for the person who appreciates and loves food!

Calm Colouring Book

Price -

  So I've not gotten into this whole Calm colouring concept, I'm too competitive with myself and would just rush to finish it as quick as possible because that's my personality!! But, I have heard of so many people that it has really helped them and they've found it very therapeutic and the really enjoy it! So I've scoured the internet to find the best ones for under €20:

Color Me Calm -  £10.99

The Calm Coloring book - £7.98

The Passive agressive colouring book - 

With Love from,

Rebekah x

Christmas Gift Guide - The Beauty Junkie

Hi my Loves,

So we all know that person who is obsessed with their hair and/or skin right? This person may not necessarily love makeup, but they definitely like to take care of themselves and would rather spend their money on good skincare products or something to keep their hair looking A1.

This is the type of person that this guide will cater to. 

There is a few products over the €100 mark here, but lets be honest sometimes as you get older you just want one big present as opposed to 5 little presents!

Lets jump right in!

InStyler Straight up Straightening Brush

Price - €69.99

www.instyler.ie / www.instyler.com

So I'm sure you've all heard by now about the normal InStyler - it's my holy grail hair tool and when I go away I bring just that tool and I can create tonnes of looks and that is why I adore it (the InStyler Max also makes a great present BTW). Now let me introduce you to InStyler's latest release, the Straight up brush. I'm sure you've seen JML flogging their version of this on the TV but InStyler's one is a million times better. It gives you straight hair, that still has volume and shape, It leaves your hair frizz-less and you never get that poker straight fried 00's hair look. It mimics a salon finish basic blow-dry that can actually be impossible to do at home but this device literally makes it SO easy and SO quick. A Great Christmas present idea. 

Straight up brush

T3 Haircare Whirl Trio

Price - €259

www.littlewoods.ie

Yes, this is an expensive product, but worth every penny I promise!

This interchangeable curler comes with 3 barrels that will literally create any type of curl that you can imagine. It has 5 heat settings and will create everything from beachy waves, to full bodied waves, spiral curls and any other curl you can think of. It has tourmaline and & ceramic technology that helps to protect the hair and keep it looking shiny whilst holding your curls all day.

If this is too expensive T3 also do single barrel curler which are lower on the price range scale.

T3 Haircare Whirl Trio - €259

Dyson Supersonic Hairdryer

Price - €399

www.boots.ie

I know I'm whipping out the big guns with these ideas but I had to include this hairdryer.  This hairdryer reduces damage to the hair by keeping its temperature monitored & under control, drys your hair extremely fast as it is 8 times more powerful than any other hairdryer on the market, is light so it's very easy to maneuver and hold and the technology used in the hairdryer provides you with sleek, soft, frizz-less hair. If you are unconvinced you can test this hairdryer yourself, I have seen stands in Liffey Valley shopping centre where you can test it out. All the reviews on this from customers who have bought it are very promise however.

Dyson Supersonic hairdryer - €399

Pro Blow - CurlMe

Price - €40.95

www.problowgroup.com/www.cloud10beauty.com

I think most girls love and long to be able to create that bouncy curly blow-dry that you get in a salon. You know, the no frizz, voluminous, bouncy curls/waves? 

Of course you do.

Pro Blow have made this really very simply with their CurlMe invention. Basically what the CurlMe does, is it is a brush end, with detachable brush heads. So you will dry you hair with the hair dryer and this brush, roll the brush to the root, release the brush hair and clip the head in place. This will work like heated rollers and give you the most beautiful salon worthy look.

The CurlMe pack comes with a mix of small, medium and large brush heads so create different looks and you can buy extra brush heads if you so desire or need more!

ProBlow CurlMe - €40.95

Foreo Luna Anti-Aging Skincare Device

Price - €180

www.boots.ie

I mentioned this product last year in my beauty addict gift guide before it had become such a house hold name and now that Foreo will soon be collaborating with Benefit, I think they are about to get even bigger so I want to give them another mention. This is another expensive product but Foreo do stock cheaper verisons both on their website, boots.com and lookfantastic.com if you want something a little less (the Foreo Luna mini, is a smaller alternative.) Basically this device works as a facial brush to deep cleanse your skin and help your products to absorb better, the pulse of the device also help to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. The best thing about the Foreo products is that you don't need to replace the heads which can get expensive! They are great devices with fantastic reviews.

Foreo Luna - €180

Charlotte Tilbury Magic Skin Trilogy
Price - €250
www.charlottetilbury.com

Again, I have picked the set because sets make great presents but you can buy each thing in the set individually and the Magic Cream alone is an amazing present at €90 a jar.
In the set you get Charlotte's Magic Cream, the Magic Night Cream and the Magic Eye Rescue.
The three products boast a secret mix of anti-aging ingredients including Winter Daphne Stem Cell Elixir, Time Released Retinol and de-aging BioNymph Peptides. All these products help to give you 'baby soft skin' - which I don't think anyone in this world would say no to!

Magic Skin Trilogy - €250

Peter Thomas Roth Mask-a-holic 5 piece collection
Price - €56.50
www.beautybay.com

Peter Thomas Roth makes one of the best skincare brands around. FACT. His products are luxurious and this means that they tend to not be extremely cheap. This 5 piece mask set is honestly amazing value and a great idea. You can try them all out to see which one suits you best, and you can multi masks. PLUS there is a 24K gold mask in this set, which everyone in this world needs.
Each mask includes amazing ingredients that are all proven to work - and each mask caters for different skin needs. This is a total winner of a present.

Mask-a-holic 5 piece collection - €56.50

Ouai Haircare
Price - €27 - €49
www.beautybay.com

Ouai means 'Yes' in french - like Yes, I want amazing hair, thank you so much.
Ouai is a haircare brand that created by Jen Atkin; hairstylist to the stars e.g. the Kardashians, and one thing you can never not say about them is that they do not all have AMAZING hair.
Her products are intended to nourish the hair to give you the best hair of your life - what a fantastic present to get someone for Christmas!
I can't find any Ouai Gift sets unfortunately just one for curly hair, but I'm going to list the stand out products and you cab pick and mix your favourites:

Ouai texturising hairspray - €26.80 

Ouai treatment masks - €30.80

Ouai Wave spray - €26.80

Ouai Hair oil - €29.20

Ouai Curl Kit (for curly hair) - €48.70

With Love from,

Rebakah x

Christmas Gift Guide - The Makeup Addict

Hi my Loves,

Today is the first of my gift guides that I will have for you guys and I will be posting one every day until we've covered everything! Let me know below or on my social media what gift guides you would like to see. I started this series last year but a dislocated right shoulder blade had me in a sling and concoctions of ridiculously strong painkillers had me 100% out of action all of last Christmas.

That's why this year I want to be on this topic for you guys!

The only gift guide I got to cover last year was the Beauty Addict Gift Guide; and that was one of my most read posts ever - so I want to start off on the same note. This gift guide will be covering presents for the person who is a self proclaimed makeup junkie (i.e. ME) - you can even use this as inspo for your own wishlist <3

Kylie Cosmetics Kyshadow Palettes

Price - $42

www.kyliecosmetics.com

I recommend either her limited edition Holiday Palette or else her Burgundy Palette, both of these are absolutely stunning and worth every penny. They are also an essential for any makeup lover!

The Holiday Palette

The Burgundy Palette

Zoeva 'Plaisir' Eye-shadow box-set

Price - €62 (you can buy each palette separate if you prefer)

www.zoevacosmetics.com

Zoeva as a whole is an amazing brand filled with high quality & luxurious products ranging from brush sets (they are also amazing, check them out below!), to lip products, to eyeshadow palettes. I really want to stress on the quality of Zoeva products - they 100% compare to high, high end brands but the prices are way more reasonable. I adore this eye-shadow box set - firstly the whole box idea makes a beautiful gift and secondly you are literally getting a myriad of colours that will cover nearly everyone's taste. A true makeup lover would adore this set.

Plaisir Eye-shadow box-set - €62

Lime Crime Velve-tins

Price - €26

www.limecrime.com

Lime Crime's liquid lipstick offering 'Velvetines' are probably one of the best liquid lipsticks on the market; they are in my top 5 favourite liquid lippy brands! They have created the most GORGEOUS little tins with 3 mini sized Velvetines for the Christmas season and they are just a must have. My favourites tins are the 'Red velve-tin' , the 'Champagne velve-tin' and the 'Pink velve-tin'. They are all beautiful and contain some of Lime Crime's most popular shades.

Red Velve-tin

Champagne Velve-tin

Pink Velve-tin

Mariah Carey X Mac Cosmetics Collection

Price - Will vary depending on product

www.brownthomas.com/www.maccosmetics.com

This is the collection every beauty lover has been drooling about since sneak peaks dropped a few months back. This collection is being released on Thursday 8/12 here in Ireland and I can guarantee you now, the best pieces will sell out probably soon after that. If you can manage to get some of the coveted collection, you will be in the good books forever and ever. I'm not sure of prices yet but I will list my favourite items from the collection so you can focus in on those.

Extra Dimension Skin finish in 'My Mini'

It's Everything Eyeshadow Palette

I'm that Chic you Like Eyeshadow Palette

Mcizzle, I get so OOC, Dahhhlinggg, All I want, Bit of Bubble

ColourPop Lip/eye Bundles

Price - $15 -25

www.colourpop.com

Although ColourPop is cult brand in America, it's only been readily available to us over in Europe and the UK the past few months, so it still pretty unique over here. Their products are amazing quality for an amazing price and coming up to Christmas they have brought out some bundles which would make amazing presents! I am a huge fan of their eyeshadows in particular so I'll Show you my faves and some great lip bundles too:
(P.S. You get $5 off your first ColourPop order when you sign up so that basically covers shipping)

All Nighter SuperShock shadow foursome - $18

Love Line SuperShock shadow foursome - $18

Peachy Keen Supershock Shadow foursome - $18

Baby Blues Lip set - $25

For Fox sake - $25

Kiss & Tell (ultra glossy lip set) - $30

Zoeva Makeup Artist Zoe Bag Vol.1 & 3
Price - €245
www.zoevacosmetics.com

Firstly I want to point out I know that this is not a cheap present by any means BUT if you are looking for one luxurious item be it for a sister, girlfriend or even yourself - this brush set is it. If you are a hardcore makeup lover or even a makeup artist, this kit will have everything you will need forever and Zoeva Brushes are some of the best quality brushes that I own. The look so classy and professional (they are 1000% professional quality) and they are just down right beautiful. Zoeva stock tonnes of other brush sets so if this is too expensive do not worry there are so many other options on their website, these are just my favourite and they would make an amazing present.

Vol 3 

Vol 1

Spectrum Collections Brushes
Price - €77 - €95 for full brush sets (you can buy individuals or smaller sets too)
www.spectrumcollections.com 

These brushes can only be described as brushes from heaven. They are beyond aesthetically pleasing and lets face it would look AMAZING displayed on anyone's dressing table! They are also fantastic quality and the selection that you get are brushes you will always be guaranteed to use. There is loads of sets that you can buy from Spectrum but I have two favourites that I'll leave below that I think everyone will love:

White Marbelous 12 piece set - €77 

The Bomb-shell set - €95

Anastasia Beverly Hills Glow Kits

Price - $40 -$45
www.anastasiabeverlyhills.com

2016 has been the year of the highlighter I think it's safe to say - and any true makeup lover either has or wants one of these Glow Kits in their collection. They are one of THE MOST talked about makeup products on the market, and rightly so because they are amazing. There are few different Glow Kits but there are two which I think are the best;

Sweets Glow Kit - $40

Ultimate Glow Kit - $45 (This is the newest one people are less likely to have.)

SOSU Highlighter Kit
Price - €29.95
www.cloud10beauty.com

So if the thoughts of ordering a Glow Kit online has you bit like 'Meh' and you want an easier solution, SoSu's new highlighter kit is a great alternative! It is a very similar concept and the highlighting selection in the palette is beautiful as is the quality. You are also supporting Irish brands which is something that I love to do.

Highlighter kit - €29.95

Lilumia 2 Brush Cleaner

Price - $149

www.lilumia.com

If there is one thing that any makeup lover hates, it's cleaning their brushes. I struggle to think of anything I hate more! So what better than a device that does it FOR YOU?! 

After tonnes of research and reading reviews etc. I can tell you the Lilumia 2 comes out on top. The Lilumia is a machine that will clean 6 (thick brushes) - 12 (thinner brushes) at once without you have to do any scrubbing or drying. It is basically like a dishwasher for your brushes.

There are a few different finish you can get for the machine e.g. black, gold, pink, chrome.

My personal favourite is the chrome finish!

Lilumia 2 Tokyo (Chrome finish) - $149

With Love from,

Rebekah x

Sudio 'Regent' Wireless Headphones + DISCOUNT CODE & OFFER

Hi my Loves,

I hope that you are all well! I'm so happy that you all loved my Black Friday discount code post - I hope that you all managed to snag some lovely bits and pieces for presents (and for yourselves obviously!).

I know I did - lots of treats were gotten - perhaps too many treats!

 So today I am bringing you guys a product review of Sudio Sweden's latest headphone offering - the brand new Regent wireless headphone set. You might remember a few months back I reviewed their Vasa BLA wireless earbud headphones , you can read that review here (spoiler alert; I loved them & think that they would make a fantastic Christmas present) and you all loved that review. 

I thought that now would be the perfect time to review their newest headphones as coming up to Christmas we are all looking for present inspo and these are just that.

I love my wireless earbuds when I am out and about; going around shopping, exercising or commuting to work - but when I am at home or I want to watch a film, or maybe some YouTube videos or just just listen to music and shut the world out; I just ADORE a pair of classic headphones.

The Regent headphones come in two colour ways - Black with gold detailing or White with gold detailing, both are gorgeous but we all know I am a sucker for white anything (phone, computer etc, etc.) so the pair that I chose were the white ones and my brother bought the black, so I nabbed those to show you all!

While we are discussing the colours I just wanted to add that this particular range of headphones has a super unique feature that really separates them from other headphones on the market in the style stakes: interchangeable headphone caps. AND they come in white and also black marbling, so you can now have your very own marble-esque headphones, I KNOW RIGHT - every single instagrammers dream come true. I honestly nearly died and obviously chose the white marble caps to match my white headphones.

Okay so now I've showed you how aesthetically pleasing these beauties are, I want to talk to you about specs and quality which are equally as important so here are the facts: 

As mentioned above the Regent headphones are wireless and operate via Bluetooth - they boast an impressive 24+ hour battery life after a full charge.

 They retail for €129 for the headphones (extra caps cost €18.99 - read to the end for an amazing deal though!) with free express 2-3 day shipping to Europe.

Each pair comes with an audio cable, a charging cable, a guarantee card and of course all the necessary manuals to get you up and running - which is so simple by the way. They also fold up for handy storage and can be adjusted for any head size.

So here is what I loved about these headphones:

• The battery life. As a huge music lover and the owner of quite a few sets of headphones (I also come from a music loving family), I know quite a bit about them. What I can tell you is that for the price of €129, these headphones out spec everything in their price range and going up to the €150's. The average battery life for wireless headphones of €130 is 8-16 hours - with the Regent you are getting 24+ hours - this to me is amazing.
• The noise cancellation is fantastic. You can hear no external noise at all when listening to these headphones, not a peep and the other side to this is nobody can hear what you are listening to even on full volume, once these headphones cup your ears no one but you can hear the sound. Even heavy metal - I tried!
• The sound quality is superior. Exactly like the Vasa BLA earphones the quality of the Regent headphones is the best I have ever tried in wireless headphones. I have been listening to the Weeknd's latest album on repeat and there is just the perfect balance of bass ( Beats take their bass in headphones too far in my opinion which doesn't suit all songs) paired with a perfect balance of all the musical elements giving a rich, full bodied sound along with crisp vocals.
• The soft ear cups make listening to things even for hours, a dream. Have you ever had headphones that literally crush your ears and they ache after you take them off? These are the opposite to that. These headphones are so comfortable you will actually forget that you are even wearing them. These feel as comfortable, if not more comfortable than some €350 + headphones I have tried.
• Just as with the Vasa BLA, I loved that these headphones were so stylish. I love it when technology and style combine together and as I said above, the marble caps literally stole my heart.

Do I honestly need to say anymore?! Once I received these, I tested them on my family - now both my brothers have order a pair each for themselves, THAT'S HOW GOOD THEY ARE!! I highly, HIGHLY recommend them. 

I cannot believe the steal that these headphones are - in my eyes these are worth well above their retail price. These are an absolute essential for any music lover and a bonus if they love their style! 

I literally just cannot say enough good things about them.

Now for the deals and the discount code!

Until the 18/12/16, Sudio are offering a free pair of caps and free gift packaging with every pair of Regent headphones. As if that isn't enough, they have also extremely kindly extended and expanded my discount code 'REBEKAH' to give you 15% off all their headphones, including the Regents until the 28/12. 

So basically, you can grab yourself a pair of these headphones, with caps, all gift boxed AND delivered express (for free) for €110. 

As if they were enough of a steal already!

I hope you all found this review helpful and I aided your Christmas present (or self present) shopping!

With Love from,

Rebekah x

*The White Regent headphones were sent to me as gift, however as always; all my reviews are my own true opinion. My discount code is also non-affiliate, I just want to give you all some money off! X