Gifts for teens and tweens...
CLAIRE SPREADBURY rounds up her favourites
WHETHER it’s sweet smelling, bath fizzing or glitteringly gorgeous, a beauty gift rarely fails to please. These budgetfriendly top picks will be perfect for stuffing in the stockings of kids of all ages.
1THINGS
MIGHT GET MESSY
MASKING KIT, £18, The Body Shop (thebodyshop.com)
A GREAT gift for any teen with changing skin, this set comes with three masks for brightening, purifying and moisturising, as well as a cute star-print headband. 2I-
DIVINE PALETTE IN MAKING WAVES, £8.99, Boots (boots.com) WHATEVER their age, if they’re wearing make-up, they’ll find the colours in this glorious eyeshadow palette to be scrumptious.
3BAYLIS
& HARDING CRANBERRY MARTINI 3
FIZZER CRACKER, £5.32 (was £7.99), Lloyds Pharmacy (lloydspharmacy.com)
THE perfect stocking filler, these three bath bombs fizz out, leaving the bath water a Christmassy colour and your body smelling of cranberries.
4WRAP IT UP
KIT, £22.90, Coco & Eve (cocoandeve.com) LACKLUSTRE locks can be easily revived with this heavenly hair set, containing
Coco & Eve’s Super Nourishing Hair Mask and a microfibre Hair Wrap, which speeds up the drying process, and helps fight frizz and split ends. 5THE
SIMPSONS KWIK-E-MART BEAUTY SET, £10 (was £15), Superdrug A MUST for any Simpsons fans, the Kwik-E-Mart basket is bursting with a Milhouse Van Houten Face Mask, Donut Sponge, Squishee Shower Gel and the all-important Duff Lip Balm.
6BULLDOG
SENSITIVE SKINCARE WASH BAG GIFT SET, £10 (was £24),
Superdrug
THIS stylish Bulldog washbag comes complete with a range of men’s products, and they’re all suitable for sensitive skin. The face wash, scrub, moisturiser and lip balm will help keep skin calm and squeaky clean.
7OY! MY SKIN GOALS LIMITED
EDITION SET, £30, Green People (greenpeople.co.uk)
THIS three-step skin set containing a face wash, serum and moisturiser will keep breakouts at bay, is organic and has been specially-formulated for teenage skin.
8HABITUAL SLEEP GIFT SET,
£10 (was £20), Superdrug TEENAGERS need a lot of sleep to maintain good health and emotional wellbeing, so this snooze-inducing set makes a great gift for anyone who struggles to wind down. The satin eye mask comes boxed with a pillow spray, bath soak and body lotion, all of which smell divine.
9LYNX AFRICA MARMITE DUO GIFT
SET, £2.80 (was £5.60), Boots
THIS could be the craziest gift set they receive this Christmas – Lynx Africa and Marmite? They’ll either love it or hate it, but it’ll make a great talking point either way. (And in case you were wondering, we actually think it smells lovely!)
10REVOLUTION
YOU ARE A STAR MAKEUP GIFT SET, £60 (was £120), Superdrug A MAKE-UP lover’s dream, this star-shaped set is filled to the brim with 25 full-size products, including never-seen-before Revolution products, eyeshadow palettes, brow kits, brush sets and more.
11SLIP
HOLIDAY BAUBLE – ROSE GOLD, £25, SpaceNK (spacenk.com) WITH four 100% silk scrunchies, packaged in a cute Christmas bauble, these skinny hair ties help prevent hair breakage and split ends, while looking uber-cool.
12GLITTER & GLOW LIQUID EYE SHADOW
ORNAMENT, £12, Stila (stila.co.uk) STILA’S glitter and liquid glitter eyeshadow in Kitten Karma is the perfect shade for the festive season. After all, who doesn’t love a bit of sparkle on Christmas Day?
13SANCTUARY
SPA TRAVEL
TREASURES GIFT SET, £16, Boots GREAT for weekend escapes, this Sanctuary keepsake bag contains a mini body wash, bath soak, scrub, moisturiser, hand cream and body buff. 14POPGRIP
LIPS X BURT’S BEES HONEYCOMB, £24.99, Popsockets (popsockets. co.uk) EVERYONE loves a two-in-one product, and this one makes a perfect gift. A PopGrip for holding, mounting and leaning that neverout-of-their-hand mobile phone, with built-in Burt’s Bees Original Beeswax Lip Balm, so it’s always on hand too.