With lots of Christmas inspired posts on Style Me Curvy from here on in, first up is just some of the beautiful gift ideas available from The Body Shop. They’ve covered a great selection for family members and friends, whether you want a statement gift, to a stocking filler or just that something extra.
The Gift That Keeps Giving
These schoolbook inspired gift sets are something a women at any age would love particularly as it highlights an important cause from the Body Shop’s initiative with the War Child charity to give a child affected by war the gift of education. The sets are part of their fair trade gifts which have also been ethically made by their supplier in Nepal. So essentially for every schoolbook gift set purchased money will be donated to the cause, you can find out more about it here which I think is wonderful.
The series comes in Love, Peace and Joy. Today I just have Peace and Joy featured. The School Book of Love comes in a frosted cranberry scent. The Schoolbook of Peace comes in an oh so Christmassy glazed apple scent and its sister Schoolbook of Joy is that of vanilla (my favourite). As someone who travels regularly my eyes instantly lit up as they are ideal for trips with their generous miniature sizes. Both come with a good sized lip balm, a love heart soap, 60ml shower gel and a 50ml body butter. Price: €23/ £15 each.
The Super Girly Gift
As gift sets are plentiful around this time of the year, having the option to create your own is a nice touch particularly if you know exactly what items a person tends to go for. You can purchase this body shop canvas beauty bag for €10.95 / £8 and add what you wish as you go along depending on your budget. There are a number of options for various age groups. The pieces I have featured here would be an ideal gift for girls in their teens to twenties. The Utterly Unique manicure set is great for a girl who really loves her beauty tool kit, this is handbag friendly and great for packing in the suitcase too! For makeup, a pastel eye shadow palette is a good choice as with it’s simple easy to wear shades. The packaging is slim and sleek for makeup bags and comes with a neat mirror which is always an essential for a girl on the go. A nude lipstick is always a winner. This one has similar qualities to Mac with a beautiful soft sheen to it which is what I really liked and if you want to add some extra Christmas cheer to the bundle you can add on a glitter gel eyeliner. My favourite item from the photo is this French boudoir inspired bottle which contains fine glitter pigments. It’s extremely subtle and smells incredible! For best results, apply moisturiser first followed by some spritz of this gem and you’ll be guaranteed it will last the night. The Utterly Unique Manicure set – €12.95 / £10 Boudoir Glazed Apple Sparkler – €22.50/ £15 Glitter Eye Liner – €11.95 / £9 Dolly Pastel Eye Palette – €22.50 / £15 Utterly Unique Beauty Bag – €10.95 / £8 Colour Crush Lip Stick – €12.95 / £10
Stocking Fillers
For a small stocking filler or a token present these cute festive sponges along with apple glazed bath salts are a perfect gesture this Christmas. Regardless of your choices from above, the recipient of your gift will be guarantee to smell amazing ( and smell like Christmas too!) 🙂 Details: Glazed Apple Bath Sprinkles – €10.95/ £7 Penguin Sponge-€6 / £5 Polar Bear Sponge– €5 / £4 Lou. x
