Ted Baker Beauty Gifts and Boots Christmas Advert 2012

It is that most wonderful time of the year.. the one when all the major stores introduce us to their Christmas adverts. There is quite an air of anticipation when they are due and this year was no different with many adverts broadcast on the same night!

Have you caught the Boots Christmas Advert? I saw it first last week and have to admit that it did put a smile on my face. I felt it was heartwarming and thought the soundtrack music was apt - Elton John's 'Are You Ready For Love?' 

If you haven't seen it - It is a montage of stories showing women and their friends and families giving and receiving gifts, inspiring their loved ones to do things that make them feel good. The tagline is 'let's give gifts that keep on giving' and the final image says 'let's feel good'. The idea being that you give gifts to make the recipient feel good into the year ahead and longer.

Boots used real-life couples and relatives in the advert and I felt that it was demonstrated by the banter between them which appeared really natural.

In the spirit of the advert, the lovely people at Boots have sent me these fabulously affordable beauty gifts from their Christmas Gift Selection.

Ted Baker The Name On Everyone's Lips £15

Daylight

With flash

A beautifully designed ballerina tin houses 4 crayon style lipstick pens (very much the style of the moment by the look of things!). The choice of shades are wearable, have decent pigment and glide on smoothly.

Ted Baker Precious Partner £12

To be honest I think that this gift is great value just as the cosmetic purse alone. It is a really pretty dark purple satin feel bag with a picture of a dancing ballerina on the front, inside it is lined with a sweet ballerina shoes print.

Contents

Scented Votive candle
Origami Hand cream
Soap
Body Spray (rose, sandalwood, raspberry and a hint of vanilla)

Both items are available from Boots, as part of the Ted Baker beauty range.

*PR Samples

Ted Baker Launches Nail Duos

I couldn't resist sharing these Nail Duos from one of my favourite fashion brands, Ted Baker. I love the cute packaging and the shades look good too! Each pack comes with two complementary polishes - A base shade and a glitter.

Pictured above is gorgeous pink Cherry Bomb and Sugar Rush

 Above - Give nails the midas touch with Golden Girl and Totally Twinkle 

Dance beyond midnight with Blue Moon and Space Dust

Each Nail duo costs a rather wallet friendly £8.50 and is available from Boots and selected Ted Baker stores

BeautySwot Best Christmas Gift Guide Under £50 - 2011

If you still haven't got your presents all wrapped up and need some ideas, worry not as I have picked out my top picks of Christmas gifts and they all cost under £50!

Whether you are looking for a Secret Santa present or a stocking filler a trip to a Lush store is a must.

I really love Latte Lip Tint - £4.95 for 10g

Latte is a moistursing lip balm and tint that leaves a beautiful bronze shimmer on your lips. As well as looking gorgeous on the lips, it smells incredible thanks to the ingredients of icing sugar, fairtrade coffee, vanilla powder and vanilla absolute.

Ted Baker Cosmetic Purse - £8 - Selected Boots Stores

I was drawn to this pretty fairy print bag whilst out shopping on Saturday, the bag comes in various sizes and prices.

Aromatherapy Associates Little Star - £10 for 7.5ml

How about a gift that doubles as a decoration for the tree? This little star contains Deep Relax luxurious bath and shower oil.

It must be the year for decorative gifts as Paul & Joe have packaged some fabulous shades of eye shadow inside eye catching tree decorations.

Paul & Joe Ornamental Select Select Eye Colour - £12

Fa-La-La-La-La -Bronze

I have shown just one of the shades here but they are available in 5 beautiful colours, each one having its own outer packaging print. Shades are

001 Fa La La La La - Bronze
002 Deck The Hall - Green
003 Midnight Clear - Blue
004 Silent Night - Purple
005 Joy To The World - Pink 

These are highly pigmented eye shadows that are formulated to be easy to blend.

Available at Fenwicks, Bond Street and Harrods.

Nails Inc The Show Stoppers - £15

I love the shades in this set of 5 glossy mini nail polishes


Finsbury Park – Gold Glitter

Gloucester Place - Metallic Deep Red 

Regents Palace – Deep Metallic Purple

George Yard - Metallic Champagne

Chelsea Manor Street – Gun-metal Shimmer

Once again Benefit have brought out some must have limited edition Christmas kits with something for everyone.


Benefit Ticket To Glossytown - £19.50

Fans of lip gloss will love this set of 6 mini glosses all in gorgeous and wearable shades -

So frisk me (gilded berry)
Nudie-tude (goldspun twist)
Spiked punch (juicy coral)
Life on the A list (bubblegum pink)
Foxy lady (diamond rose)
Kiss you (clear fuchsia)

Give someone the gift of the glow with this great set -

Tess Daly Tricks of The Trade Face And Body Glow Kit £22 - Available at Marks and Spencer

This set featuring best selling products provides everything you need to for radiant glamour 

Body cream 200ml
Highlighter compact 15g
Lip balm stick 3g

Perfume is such a personal choice and yet remains one of the top gifts at Christmas. To avoid bottles sitting in cupboards unloved the clever people at The Perfume Shop have come up with the perfect solution

The Perfume Shop Vivabox - £39.99

Vivabox is a collection of 7 sample size designer perfumes -

BOSS Orange, Beyonce Heat, Paco Rabanne Black XS, Giorgio Armani Code, Emporio Armani Diamonds, DKNY Be Delicious EDP, Carolina Herrera 212 VIP


Once the recipient has tried them out and picked their favourite there is a voucher which they can take along to The Perfume Shop to swap for a full size bottle of their choice.

Way back in August I had a preview of the wonderful gifts on offer at Elemis for Christmas, below is the one that caught my eye the most.

Elemis Superstars Face and body award winners - RRP £45 

This fabulous gift set from the Christmas Starlight Collection not only has a lovely white bag to hold all the products but also contains some of my favourite products from Elemis and will be a real treat for the lucky recipient.

Inside -

Papaya Enzyme Peel - 50ml Full Size
Cellular Recovery Skin Bliss Capsules -14 caps
Pro-Collagen Marine Cream - 30ml
Frangipani Monoi Shower Cream - 50ml
Skin Nourishing Milk Bath - 125ml
Frangipani Monoi Body Oil - 35ml

L'Occitane are always a favourite of mine to visit at this time of the year as they have such great value gifts and this year is no exception. Many of the products are packaged in boxes complete with a gift tag so there is no need for you to do your own wrapping.

My choice would be

L'Occitane Delightful Almond Collection (Ltd Edition) - £46 

This wonderfully scented and body nourishing gift collection includes:

500ml Almond Shower Oil
250ml Almond Milk Veil
50ml Almond Delicious Paste
3 x 50g Almond Delicious Soaps

Happy Shopping!

My 'Lust Have' Christmas Wish List

This Ted Baker Make-up Bag - £22 - is so pretty! Available from www.tedbaker.com or Ted Baker stockists.

It is big enough for all my beauty essentials and has a fab print inside too - best of all it is wipe clean.

Bobbi Brown Sparkle Glamour Quad - £30 Available from www.bobbibrown.co.uk and Bobbi Brown Counters.

This stunning palette contains 1 highlighter and 3 smouldering, smokey-eye-shadows, all infused with fine, light-catching glitter!

Jo Malone Red Roses Cologne £34 for 30ml - Available from www.jomalone.co.uk

I am a huge fan of Roses, in pretty much any form so this scent containing seven varieties of rose and balanced with lemon and honeycomb makes it onto my must have list.

Connock London Candle £36.80 - Available from www.connocklondon.com

I would like this as it is infused with the sensual, exotic fragrance of Hawaiian flowers with floral notes of Jasmine and Gardenia. It will evoke memories of my Honeymoon in Hawaii - good times!

Blusher Brush from Shu Uemura - £41 - Available from www.shuuemura.co.uk and Shu Uemura counters.

Blusher Brush - 20B - One of the best blusher brushes out there - Made of Pony Hair, it has soft, flexible bristles for sharply defined cheeks and precise and delicate shading.

And finally this gorgeous and luxurious looking Burberry Make-Up - Available exclusively from Harrods

Burberry Beauty Sheer Eye Shadow in Trench or Gold Trench £22

I love the fact this is a light and creamy long-lasting formula and is embossed with the signature Burberry check! It also comes in a compact case with a brush and presented in a pouch with embossed check design.

Burberry Lip Cover in Nude Beige £22

Obviously this is not a picture of the Nude Beige but it gives you an idea of the type of packaging that it comes in. This is beautifully designed and really must take a place in my cosmetic bag...The Lip Cover is a satin lipstick contained in Burberry check casing. Benefits include - continuous hydration, anti-aging ceramides for fuller lips and UV filters to protect from environmental damage.

I hope you enjoyed reading what is on my list, what is on your 'lust have' list this Christmas ?