Audrey’s Top 6 Essentials!

The Christmas countdown is on – with budget treats, fabulous gifts and even a beauty advent calendar!

1. BODY BEAUTIFUL Look out for Weleda’s special limited edition range of gifts for Christmas including Citrus Body Wash Gift Set £6.95, WELEDA.CO.UK, containing a lemon-oil enriched body wash and free scrunchie to moisturise and massage skin while showering. Per fect as a stocking filler or secret Santa gift. 4. STAR PRIZE Grab a Soap & Glory Lip, Lip Hooray! £8.50, Boots lip colour trio this Christmas and you’ll be first for a mistletoe smooch! The chic set has two moisture-rich Sexy Mother Pucker plumping Gloss Sticks in sheer rose pink, nude and berry matte, all tucked into a tree-ready tin. 2. SOFT HANDS Yardley English Rose Hand Cream Cracker £4, Boots is so well-priced and prettily packaged you’ll want to buy one for all your female family and friends. It has all the moisturising benefits you’d expect from the traditional body care specialists, with the delicate, timeless scent of roses. 5. CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN Beauty advent calendars are so much fun and Candy Spa 12 Days of Christmas £25, Debenhams is no exception, with 12 bright, sweetie-inspired bath and body pampering products to discover behind each of the doors. Don’t miss your turn for a treat – they’re simply scrumptious. 3. DIY BEAUTY Beauty Kitchen The Ultimate Invent Your Own Beauty Products Kit £50, BEAUTYKITCHEN.CO.UK is something different. The tin includes step-by-step recipes, ingredients, pots and labels to create your own beauty products. Raid your food supplies to boost home-made goodies. Have fun! 6. KISSABLE LIPS A Christmas bauble with a pampering beauty treat inside – love it! Open Decléor Kiss Dryness Goodbye £12, House of Fraser and you’ll find a pot of luxurious balm formulated with nourishing shea butter and macadamia oil which melts on the lips, leaving them kissably soft.