Small Gifts, Secret Santa & Stocking Fillers Alike

The countdown to Christmas has begun and if you’re looking for some inspiration for Secret Small Gifts or even stocking fillers, you’re at right place.

Fragrant Treats

• Escentuals Fragrances – The highstreet range of fragrances, Escentuals encourages you to create endless scent possibilities with a capsule collection, comprising six carefully formulated scents to create unique and sophisticated fragrances using layering combinations. The collection uses a selection of fresh and sweet fragrance notes from white musk, to vanilla, lychee, peony, candy, and green tea.  The concept of this British brand allows you to mix and match fragrances to suit every taste and mood – giving you the option for day, night, rain, or shine and creating a completely bespoke scent each and every day. White Musk, Vanilla & Lychee are my favorite scents from this line.

• Elle NaturElle Fragrance – Mira – Elle’s NaturElle range of fragrances is all about smelling good and doing good and also Women Supporting Women across the globe. NaturElle supports the women Elle interacts with around the world from whom Elle sources its natural ingredients. Elle’s Mira program champions the education of young girls in Madagascar where Elle sources its natural Vanilla. The program ensures young girls have the right equipment to attend school. These fragrances smell lovely and are really affordable. You will not only make the gift recipient happy but will also be supporting Elle in this lovely cause.
• Grazia Eau de Toilette Signature Edition – Grazia, the iconic fashion forecaster has partnered with the leading perfume house, Takasago to create an ultra-wearable scent. A warm floral with sparkling, citrus notes. This soft fruity scent adds a subtle twist to classic feminine florals – subverting trend-led perfumery and promising to make itself a forever staple in your fragrance wardrobe.

• L’Occitane Néroli & Orchidée Intense Eau de Toilette – This limited edition feminine fragrance reveals the unique character of vanilla, enhanced by the delicate scent of orange blossom. Awakening with top notes of mandarin, accompanied by orange blossom flower and lime, the fragrance soon gives way to a warm gourmand heart. Neroli mingles with green vanilla accord revealing a gourmand base of vanilla notes that leave a warm, lingering trail. This addictive and sensual floral gourmand fragrance breathes femininity.

Skincare Treats

• REN Evercalm Overnight Recovery Balm supersize – This rich night balm helps feed the skin while you sleep, during its own regenerative process. Formulated with lipids from Olive, Almond, Borage, and Linseed Oils that have been activated for easier absorption to help intensely nourish and moisturize. An added complex of Jojoba and Sunflower Oil supports the skin’s natural lipid balance, strengthening the protective barrier, while Beta-glucan helps soothe and alleviate signs of irritation and dryness. This limited edition supersize means super nourishment.

• Temple Spa Pout Perfection Melting Lip Butter Gloss – This is a gorgeous, high-shine lip gloss cream that instantly melts on the lips to provide long-lasting, lightweight & non-sticky protection. This lip gloss cream is enriched with a blend of organic oils of castor, almond & green coffee for instant lip nourishment. The universal shade looks fab on everyone!
• Sensai Absolue Silk Illuminative cream – If a premium, luxurious stocking filler or secret santa present is on your list, the illuminative cream from Sensai’s Absolute Silk range is the one to go for! A fresh yet rich cream eases the look of wrinkles and approaches dark spots while immersing skin in moisture. Smooth and even‑toned, see skin illuminate. An absolute stunner here!

Makeup Lovers

• Glowish by Huda Beauty Blur Jam – This is an instantly smoothing, mattifying, and breathable primer that’s silicone-free and jam-packed with skin-loving ingredients for all-day hydration and 12-hour pore-blurring power! Powered by Damascus rose and prickly pear, it boosts hydration, maintains natural skin barriers, and blurs pores – we’re talking silicone-level blurring. Wear alone for a hydrated, shine-free complexion or under foundation to keep your look in place all day. Anyone who loves makeup with skin-loving natural ingredients would love to receive this Blur Jam.

• Stila Gift of Light Liquid Eye Shadow Set – This is a split-apart, travel-size trio of long-wearing, liquid eye shadows from Stila Cosmetics. This set contains two Glisten & Glow Liquid Eye Shadows in the shades Kitten Kaleidoscope and Diamond Dust, and one Shimmer & Glow Liquid Eye Shadow in the shade Starlight. This set is a must-have for a party lover and would be so handy for NYE looks.
• Lancôme Idôle Mascara – This revolutionary mascara provides an instant lash lift, and fanned-out volume effect with a weightless feel. It is volumizing and lengthening and it coats even the smallest lashes with the unique cutting-edge curved wand featuring 125 different bristle lengths and 360 micro-bristles. This clump-resistant mascara gives up to 24 hours of wear.

• YSL Rouge Pur Couture The Slim Lipstick – This lipstick combines intense highly-pigmented colour with full coverage to deliver a long-lasting matte finish. The innovative square bullet allows for easy application, with its tips helping to effortlessly shape the lip without the need for an additional lip liner. This is YSL’s first leather matte finish lipstick with a unique square bullet for ultimate precision. Whether received as a Secret Santa present or hidden in the stocking, these luxurious lipsticks are sure to bring joy to the recipient.
• Chantecaille Lip Cristal – Who doesn’t love showstopping lips? Encased in opulent gold-toned packaging, the lipstick is destined to be an eye-catching addition to any vanity and would obviously make a gorgeous secret santa/stocking filler gift. The uniquely-crafted lipstick is enriched with glimmering Pearl Pigments, not only allowing the product itself to look like a work of art but also offering the distribution of flecks of sparkle across your pout. The creamy formula glides dreamily over your lips, the buildable nature of it making top-ups on the go quick and easy, without ever leaving a cakey, crumbly finished look behind. The light-catching specks of glitter allow your lips to appear fuller and more dramatic, while the lipstick deeply nourishes and moisturizes the skin, avoiding the risk of dryness or discomfort. Not just this, you will be supporting a great cause because Chantecaille will plant a tree in Kenya through the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust for each Lip Cristal sold.

• Chantecaille Lotus Blossom Radiant Blush – When it comes to limited edition makeup pieces, nobody does better than Chantecaille. The latest Lotus Blossom Collection contains some of the most elegant pieces. Lightweight and radiant, the radiant blush gives the cheeks a natural-looking flush with just a hint of pearlescence. A gem in my opinion!
• Beautifect Pod with Blender – The Beautifect Blender is perfect for flawless high-definition makeup coverage. Providing an airbrushed finish whilst softening fine lines, contouring cheekbones, and giving you an all-over flawless look. This blender comes with its pod – The perfect companion to protect and store your Blender in a hygienic way when it’s not in use! This compact and lightweight travel pod has a beautiful rose gold design and a seamless swivel front, perforated ventilation holes for optimum aeration. Ideal size for popping in the stockings this Christmas!

• Beautifect Complete Brush Collection – Master your complexion with the unrivaled complete Brush Collection. This premium set boasts 8 pro-level brush heads to elevate your makeup and includes our luxury Beautifect Pouch. Crafted with a luxe matte gold finish; each brush is densely filled with soft premium quality vegan bristles to seamlessly apply and blend all formulas. Premium fibers hold their shape, even after multiple uses and washes. This luxe brush collection would bring a smile to the gift recipient’s face.

Bodycare Wonders

• L’Occitane Nourishing Shea Butter Collection – Deeply nourishing, soothing, and protecting, this must-have collection will soothe dry and dehydrated skin during the Winter months. The collection contains four bestselling products from L’Occitane’s Shea Butter Collection and comes in the brand’s signature gift box.
• L’Occitane Must-Have Hand Cream Trio – L’OCCITANE’s Must-have Hand Cream Christmas Gift set contains the brand’s international best-selling Shea Butter Hand Cream accompanied by two best-selling fragrances in this limited edition box. This hand pampering treat includes 30ml Shea Butter Hand Cream, 30ml Verbena Cooling Hand Cream Gel, and 30ml Almond Delicious Hands – presented in a steel tin. These indulgent, pampering treats will reveal the secret to soft, smooth hands.
• Sonic Toothbrush – Give a gift of a brighter smile this Christmas! Brush with the Philips Sonicare Series 3100 for 2 minutes twice a day for up to 3x more plaque removal vs a manual toothbrush. Philips Sonicare electric toothbrushes have a sonic sweeping motion, every brushstroke creates a dynamic fluid action to propel microbubbles deep between your teeth, removing more plaque from the places traditional brushes can’t reach. A built-in pressure sensor lets you know if you’re brushing too hard, to help protect your teeth and gums. BrushSync technology tracks how long you’ve been using your brush head, and how hard you’ve been brushing. When it’s time to replace your brush head, the light on your handle lets you know – something that was missing from my previous electric toothbrush. Once you’ve finished with your used brush head, all Philips Sonicare brush heads are recyclable with TerraCycle. Philips Sonicare Series 3100 is the best entry-level sonic toothbrush and would make a lovely Luxury Secret Santa present this Christmas.

Haircare Gifts

• Monpure Ultralight Healthy Hair Oil – The Ultralight Healthy Hair Oil is designed to intensely nourish, enhance and hydrate your strands from root to tip and revives even the weakest of follicles with enviable shine as a result. Powered by a strengthening cocktail of castor oil, vegan keratin, wheat germ oil, and Q10, a potent antioxidant, this multitasking oil seals in resilient amounts of moisture that prevent breakage. Nurturing even the most fragile follicles with its vitamin-rich superpowers, the hair-oic elixir boosts elasticity with a silky smooth, conditioning feel. Repairing damage from hair woes of the past, this hydrating antidote for dry, brittle tresses restores your mane to its former glory.

• Slip Silk 4 pure silk skinny scrunchies Ornament – Medusa Nights: The multi-award-winning Slip Skinnies are the perfect size for everyday use and won’t leave creases in your delicate hair. The Slip Scrunchie Ornament in Medusa Nights contains four luxurious hair ties. This ornament not only will look amazing on a tree but will also easily fit into a stocking.

Until next time, Ashh xo

*This gift guide includes some Press Samples and affiliate links. All opinions are my own and unbiased.