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Mini guide: 5 Christmas handy gifts (stocking stuffers and co)

Mini guides are back for Christmas and gifts shopping again! I’ve picked 5 different presents for the whole family and they all share something in common: they’re handy and small, 5 stocking stuffers or tiny gifts!
Everyone needs a warm hug, is it a microfiber blanket that becomes a plush or a plush that becomes a blanket? Fluffy and fun, it’s a brilliant idea by Pusher, another of my favourite design brand: koala and penguin, but there are also little and big owls!
Make-up pochettes are ok but if they contains some make-up, they are instantly transformed into the perfect gifts. Maybelline has some “sensational” Christmas pochettes featuring its brand new Lash Sensational Intense Black mascara and the Expert Eye eye pencil.
No one like root growing, especially when one is totally satisfied by one’s hair colour!
This Root Touch-up compact by Madison Reed is the most elegant thing ever seen, as well as a smart idea. A sleek box with mirror and a flat brush, to retouch your root on the go and carry with you everywhere for make-up touch ups too thanks to its mirror. Madison Reed is a cruelty-free hair care and hair colour brand and its products are ammonia, harsh chemicals and gluten-free.

Probably you know someone who takes care of his beard a lot, because beards are very in and both guys and men are sporting this style.
A bit hipster? Yes, but for the bearded man in your life there’s this custom handcrafted key chain with handy beard comb made in Texas with wood and acrylic tortoiseshell material that gives this pocket comb by miniFab Etsy store a retro finish.
Girls just wanna have fun and soft lips! Eos, the house of the spherical lip balm, has a special Holiday kit for 2015
: 3 lip balms, enriched with vitamin E and shea butter, in three delicious tastes which are Sweet Mint, Pomegranate Raspberry and Vanilla Bea, plus two sheets of sparkly decorations for nails or your eos. They are paraben, phthalates, gluten and petrolatum-free!
Check all my Chirstmas mini guide and shopping gifts ideas here.
Which one would you like to find in your Christmas sock or inside a colourful cracker?


Valentina Chirico aka Valens

Valentina Chirico: a past as archaeologist, a present as editor between London and Bedfordshire. An expat born in Southern Italy from an expat family. She holds an MA in Egyptology from the University of Birmingham and contributed as a co-author and postgraduate ambassador to the UoB PG Recruitment Blog before fully embarking on online editing. She covers the role of Senior Writer and Language Specialist for a global marketing company. Besides archaeology and arts, this alumna loves travelling and shares an uncommon sense of humour. Online since 2009 with ValentinaChirico.com and later with ItalianMemories, Valentina is a storyteller and wants to inspire you a good laugh or to aim higher, to the stars.

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