Design & Lifestyle,  Haircare & Colouring Systems,  Makeup

Mini Guide: 5 Christmas Handy Gifts (Stocking Fillers and Co)

Mini guides are back for Christmas and to save you from the gift shopping nightmare! I picked 5 handy gifts that are perfect as stocking fillers for the whole family.
Everyone needs a warm hug… There you go: here’s a microfibre 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 brands: koala and penguin, but there are also little and big owls!
Pochettes are ok, but if they contain some makeup, they’re an instant perfect gift. Maybelline has some “sensational” Christmas pochettes featuring its brand new Lash Sensational Intense Black mascara and the Expert Eye eye pencil.
No one likes root growing, especially when one is totally satisfied with 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 a mirror and a flat brush, to retouch your roots 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 gluten-free and free from ammonia and harsh chemicals. Another interesting item? The Reviving Gloss, a creamy gloss that refreshes any dull hair colour; Barolo is the perfect help for shy red!
 
Probably you know someone who takes care of his beard a lot, because beards prove to be very in if well-kept.
A bit hipster? Yes, but for the bearded man in your life, there’s this custom handcrafted key chain with a 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 flavours, Sweet Mint, Pomegranate Raspberry and Vanilla Bean, with two sheets of sparkly decorations for your nails or eos balm. They are paraben, phthalate, gluten and petrolatum-free!
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 an archaeologist, a present as an 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. Besides archaeology, beauty 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, for the stars.

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