Whether it’s for birthday present, Christmas gift or simply just to brighten up someone’s day, we’ve rounded up some thoughtful gifts to send to your loved ones. From the perfect care packages and well-being gifts to cute home comforts, we’ve got you covered.
Beards & Daisies Houseplants (& subscriptions)
Beards & Daisies deliver gorgeous plant and pots right to your door, beautifully packaged with a personalised massage guaranteed to cheer anyone up! They also offer range of fantastic plant subscriptions were you can benefit from their range of unusual and rare houseplants monthly or quarterly, with a perfectly fitting ceramic pot.
Find out more www.beardsanddaisies.co.uk
Rare Birds Book Club Subscription
A monthly subscription delivered straight to your door (in fact, it fits through your letterbox). The Rare Birds Book Club champions books written for women, by women and offers the choice between two surprise reads each and every month. After devouring the month’s read, members are invited to follow up in the digital book club where they can discuss everything from favourite characters to the wish list of who you would like to play the main heartthrob in a movie.
Check out their website for more information about the monthly subscription.
Christmas cheese & wine hamper
hampers.com have an extensive Christmas range of hampers on offer, from cheese & wine to chocolate and alcohol free, there is something for everyone. Last order date for Christmas is going to be the 22nd December (midday) for delivery on 23rd December, perfect for a last minute gift you can send.
Curate a self care gift box to send
Treat your loved one to some TLC this Christmas with a stunning gift box from Walter & May, with some wonderful stocking fillers perfect for this festive season. Some of these products include books, face masks and chocolates perfect for those who want to treat themselves or others! Add this inexpensive book to your box – the perfect addition for those who want to sit down and escape for a while, losing yourself into a new book.
Sam’s Larder Luxury Christmas Hampers
If you’re looking for the ultimate ‘foodie’ gift this Christmas then look no further, Sam’s Larder is sprinkling festive cheer with their luxury range of food and drink hampers. Made up of four readymade hampers to suit all tastes, as well as the option to create your own, these gourmet gifts will be sure to satisfy all appetites.
Each hamper has been carefully curated by Sam and Fanny and celebrates the very best of the Larder, where artisan producers take centre stage to ensure every ingredient is the finest it can be. Choose from ‘Here comes Santa Claus’ – complete with Good & Proper English Tea as well as Love Coco Salted Caramel Biscuits, it’s the perfect choice for any tea lover in your life. ‘Let it Snow’ is an ultimate delight as it includes Pommery aplenty, to ensure everyday feels like Christmas.
Spa and Beauty Indulgent Choice Voucher for Two, £50
Everybody needs to take time out for a bit of pampering every now and then, and we all have our own idea of how we would like to relax. This voucher allows two people to choose their own experience from a list of top-rated spa days and salon treatments. From facials to mud-baths, manicures to makeover photoshoots and massages to lounging by the pool, there is something that will tickle everyone’s fancy. However you want to unwind, this is the perfect excuse to take time out from it all. Simply select your location, choose your experience and enjoy a moment of pampering!
Treat Trunk Healthy Snack Boxes
Treat Trunk snack boxes are the perfect gift to send during lockdown for a loved one (or for yourself!), with subscription, one off and gift options available. Treat Trunk snack boxes are nutritious, delicious, sugar sensible, vegan friendly, fun and full of surprises. They offer guilt free, convenient snacking and healthier options people actually want to eat. Boxes can be personalised at checkout to adults, kids or both and names can be added to a sticker inside the box. We try to accommodate allergies and dietary requirements.
Prices start at £19.99 a month for a mini box on
subscription www.treattrunk.co.uk
Wearable Blanket Hoodie to keep them warm
Made portable, cosy, and designed to last, these wearable blankets make a suitable gift for all. This wearable blanket hoodie would make a great addition to this year’s Christmas list, available in a range of colours. Gift the gift of warm and comfort during these winter months.
Serenity Box Co
Serenity Box Co – the UK’s first CBD subscription box company, which launched last year as a way to safely guide those new to CBD – has launched a new Summer luxury wellness box, which can be purchased as a one-off gift if desired. Full of some of the market’s best CBD products, like each box, it contains a CBD oil, generally the most popular CBD product, and a selection of other hand-selected quality products.
Little Cupcakes Variety Box
Send Them Cupcakes is a nationwide cupcake delivery company for all events and special occasions, from birthday’s to Christmas, with a vast range of different flavours and designs available. The little Cupcakes Variety Box includes a box of 12 tempting treats for just £25.90.
Visit the website to find out more.
Hydroponic Glass Water Plants
These fascinating water plants are grown without soil, and allow you to see the plant develop and grow, as everything is visible in the water. The beautiful roots are exposed in a glass cylinder of water, quite literally bringing houseplants back to their roots. The lucky recipient can create a stunning display in their home and watch nature do its thing – it’s the gift that keeps on growing and your friend will remember you’re thinking of them every time they spot it!
Words With Wine gift box
Words with Wine was created by Anna Smith during lockdown whilst reminiscing about her separate book club and wine club she attended before lockdown. Missing the community aspect of both clubs and never straying far from her go to wine or book genre, she decided to combine the two and create the UK’s first wine and book subscription club.
Every month Words with Wine will send you the book of the month, along with a full size bottle of wine to enjoy whilst reading your book. You choose your subscription, monthly, bi monthly or one time purchase. What’s in the box is a secret until it arrives.
BlissBox Self Care Box
BlissBox, an ethical and gorgeous beauty subscription service and small business perfect for anyone needing a little me-time. Swap stress for self-care with this stunning new subscription service. BlissBox also offers the option to purchase a singular BlissBox for the perfect gift for a friend or loved one.
Birtelli’s Pizza at home kits
Independent pizzeria Birtelli’s have created a gourmet make-your-own pizza kit which is now available for delivery nationwide. Delivered fresh to your door, in environmentally-friendly packaging, Birtelli’s pizza kits give you the chance to craft your own stone-baked Birtelli’s pizza at home, using the same restaurant-quality dough, and premium British ingredients used by the chefs on site.
With people across the UK spending more time indoors, but still craving the restaurant experience, Birtelli’s pizza kits make for an interactive, restaurant-calibre dining experience in the comfort of your home.
Escape Room in a box – family fun!
Escape Room In A Box is perfect for special occasions during lockdown and suitable for all the family, creating an escape room at home provides hours of entertainment! Teamwork, creativity, logic, and attention to detail will be needed to unlock the door and make your escape in time!
Please note, this is not suitable for people living alone – it needs 3-6 players, so is very suitable for family groups etc. I’ve attached our Reviewer’s Guide which should answer any questions you have.
Echor Sleep & Wellness range
Echor was created during lockdown (an incredible positive in such a strange time), with a beautiful range of sleep and wellness products that make the perfect ‘thoughtful’ gift to send to a loved one. The range includes an Aromatherapy End of Day candle (£24.99), a gorgeous essential oil pillow mist (£14.99) and a black out eye mask (£12.99) (loved by people with eyelash extensions due to its design). The products could also be bundled together as a more luxurious gift.
Read more about the range here.
Home Office Desk organiser
This beautifully crafted desk organiser makes the perfect practical gift, helping to keep the table tidy, bringing functionality to the work space while working from home. Ideal for pencils, pens, keys, phone and desk accessories.
Buy on Not On The High Street here
Magic Word Bracelets
Magic Word Bracelets focus on empowering words, and these unique and inspiring bracelets are the perfect mood lifting gift to send to family and friends you can’t see over the next few weeks.
Magic Word Bracelet are available in gold, sliver, rose gold and gun metal grey, with varies colours of string. You can have any word, numbers or symbols stamped onto them to make them really unique, and they coming beautifully gift wrapped straight through your loved one’s letter boxes.
Sugar Coated wax
Made from pure sugar syrup and water, Sugar Coated is the future of hair removal and the ethical alternative to waxing and perfect for removal at home. Sugar Coated covers every hair removal need with a full body kit, as well as specific to leg hair, facial hair, bikini line, underarm and arm, and even hair removal on tattooed skin.
Teapigs Cold Brew bottle kit
Tea drinking at home has increased massively, so this is a great gift to send to a loved one. From the popular pick n mix option – where you can choose 12 mini ‘piglet’ packs to the pre-set bundle options, as well as teaware.
You can find their range of gifts here.
No Secrets Luxury lockdown gift set
NO SECRETS, a small British beauty brand here in the UK have this gorgeous and pampering “Luxury Lockdown gift set.” The perfect present to upgrade your soak and add a little luxury!
Lorna Veale, the founder of No Secrets, created the range after years of struggling with health issues linked with toxic cosmetics, cleaning products and environmental nasties.
Check out the gorgeous range of gift sets here.
Sassy Shop Wax Melts
Sassy Shop Wax’s mission is to connect people and memories through love of fragrance. They are making a dent in the wax melt industry and historically, founder Keely Parsons would make the beautiful stock all month and then sell out of everything in just 15 minutes of the website opening.
They have a range of popular wax melt bars in a variety of scents and also have bath and body products as well as segment pots and room sprays available. The perfect gift to cheer up a loved one in isolation or to celebrate a birthday in lockdown.
Check out the full range here.
Staycation ‘Night In’ box
The ultimate Staycation Night In box is perfect for anyone unable to travel this year. Ideal for a family of four, includes a brain teasing puzzle (crack the code with a series of clues and puzzles), a movie and Karaoke (because we all love a good old sing song). Not to mention a suitcase-load of snacks to keep the whole family going throughout your stay-cay at home.
Piccolo’s baby subscription box
Nipping to the supermarket is difficult enough with a little one in tow, let alone in lockdown – but Piccolo’s customised baby subscription box supports mums and dads by giving them one less thing to worry about. Offering a full range of products tailored to their specific baby, why not send new parents a box of balanced, healthy meals and recipes for their children delivered to their door, to help them to avoid any stress or worries about meal planning and grocery shopping.
Find out more about the baby subscription boxes form Piccolo here.
Foga plant shake gift box
FOGA, creators of instant whole plant smoothies made from freeze-dried fruits and vegetables, have just brought out a new 14-Day Care Package for people to send to loved ones currently in lockdown. The Care Package consists of 14 Plantshakes packed with nutritious fruits and vegetables and a Plantshaker.
To help support the front line NHS staff who are working tirelessly to help the country through this time, FOGA will also be offering them a 40% discount off the Care Package. For every one sold, they are donating a meal to health workers and vulnerable people via compassion London.
Find out more here.
VEX Gift Card
You can’t go wrong with a gift card or voucher when it comes to gifts you can send. VEX is the ideal present for those who ‘have everything’, or when you simply don’t want to tie-down a budget to a single gift they might not like.
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