Stocking Filler Gift Guide 2015

Q and A a day: 5 year Journal

I am not a journal keeper. In fact, reliving my day on paper is quite possibly the worst thing I could imagine doing every night. Yet when I saw Jen from Too Dolly Makeup talk about the Q and A a day: 5 year journal on snapchat, I thought that not only was this something I could easily do, but something I might actually enjoy doing.

Each day the Journal asks a random question. It can be anything at all from What song is currently stuck in your head? To what is the most expensive piece of clothing you wore today. Completely random stuff. The idea is that each day you answer the question and then the following year you go back and re-answer the question underneath. This is done everyday for 5 years. I thought this would be a really sweet idea for a gift and I have picked up a number of these from the book depository for €17.09. You can buy yours here.

Naked weightless concealer

As far as concealers go, this is the greatest concealer ever. The Urban Decay Naked Skin weightless complete coverage concealer  is a full coverage concealer, with a seriously lightweight feeling to it.The consistency is very fluid, and you really only need the tinniest amount to get good coverage. It also sets pretty quickly and dries to a smooth matte finish. There are 8 shades to choose from, and the lightest shade, fair neutral, is quite light so should suit even very pale skinned ladies. I bought, light warm, which is suitable for anyone who is around the Mac Nc 20/25 range. You can buy the concealer here for €22.You can read a full review here.

Porcelain Catchall – Petits Secrets

This would make the perfect stocking filler for anybody!!! I would absolutely love this little dish for my own makeup table when I get my new makeup room. At only €28 from Irish website My Shining Armour, this would really be a gorgeous addition to your shopping list. You can pick one up here.

The Manizer Sisters

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you will have heard about the absolutely beautiful Mary Lou Manizer from The Balm Cosmetics. The Mary Lou Manizer is a smooth, buttery and extremely pigmented highlighter. It is a beautiful champagne colour, that would look gorgeous on fair to medium dark toned skin. It is has a beautiful shimmer to it, without a hint of glitter insight. Now to make things even better, the people at The Balm have put the three sisters in one palette. Each shade will give you a different highlighted finish to the skin. You can pick a palette up from Cloud 10 beauty here for €28.

Caudalie Gift set

I have only recently discovered the brand Caudalie, but already so many of their products have found their way into my skincare regime. The value in the these gift sets is unreal. For €19.50 you get luxury travel sized products, including their famous Beauty Elixir, the Vinosource Moisturising Sorbet, a hydrating Hand and Nail Cream and my favourite Make-Up Removing Cleansing Oil. The cleansing oil is unreal for taking off makeup!! You can pick this set up in Arnotts for €19.50 here. 

Beauty Blender

This is such a good stocking filler for beauty lovers because the Beauty Blender is so worth every ounce of hype that it has gotten. While it is essentially a sponge, it really is brilliant for bouncing the foundation into your skin to give a flawless finish and banish away an cake face. You can pick them up on Cult Beauty here for €23.

Sleek Contour palette

When it comes to powder contouring palettes, the Sleek Face Form Palette is much loved and raved about by many the beauty lover. The palette comes with a matte contouring powder, highlighter and either a blusher of a bronzer. It is all packaged in a sleek handbag friendly, matte black palette with a decent size mirror.The Sleek Face Form comes in 4 shades. Fair, Light, medium and dark. Both the light and fair shades come with a contour powder, highlighter and blusher. While the medium and dark shades come with  a contour powder, highlighter and a bronzer. All shades in these palettes are easy to work with and highly pigmented. They apply to the face beautifully and do a fantastic job of sculpting out the cheekbones.

Ban.Do Agenda

Earlier this year, the world went made for the Ban.Do Agendas. I even managed to pick one up myself and I have to tell you they are absolutely amazing!!! I am very fussy about what diary use and what I love about this is it gives you a monthly view and a weekly view, so you can see exactly what you’re at. This agenda will bring you right up to December 2016 and will set you back €27.50 here. There are very few left so grab them while you can.

Earrings

You can’t go wrong with a piece of jewellery and while we might not have the bobs to buy really expensive pieces, these beautiful earrings from Irish company My Shining Armour are perfect little stocking fillers. With so many styles to pick from, you’re bound to find something to suit. You can check out the range here.

The Body Shop Frosted Plum Scented Candle

As I am writing this post, I currently have this candle burning and the smell is absolutely divine and the smell has filled the whole house!!! Christmas really wouldn’t be Christmas without little bodyshop in your life and what I love about The Body Shop at Christmas is that each year they pick a charity that will benefit from sales of certain gifts! The Charity this year is water Aid. WaterAid operates in 37 countries across the world, bringing water, sanitation and improved hygiene to some of the world’s poorest communities.This year each single gift donation will help a family in Ethiopia have a day of safe clean water. I know we give out about water bills, but at least we can turn the tap on and know that what we are drinking is not going to harm up. You can pick the candle for €17 here

Eternal Love Stay All Day Lips Set

It seems that 2015 was the year of Stila. It was everywhere , with their liquid lipsticks being one of their stand out products this year. This Eternal Love set contains 3 liquid lipsticks including the colours, Ricco’ a your-lips-but-better neutral, ‘Beso’ a bright, blue-toned scarlet and ‘Baci’ deep, blackberry wine. You can pick up this set for €26 from Cult Beauty here.

Ban.Do Passport cover

I know exactly the type of person in my life who would love this!!!! This is such an unusual gift but on that anyone who finds themselves in and out of the airport would love. This Ban.do passport cover costs €29.41 here.