Christmas Gift Ideas 2022: Presents for the favourite people in your life (or yourself)
UNDER $50
Want ideas for presents that won’t break the bank but have a lot of bang for your buck? Here are a few below. Other ideas I think would be nice for a Secret Santa gift include:
A coffee pack and mug and chocolates
A battery-operated lint remover machine, honestly one of my fave appliances ever
A 2023 wall calendar
Make your own photo mug online at Snapfish -I did this for a primary school teacher gift this year myself
A universal travel plug adapter for friends and family who travel overseas a lot
Nice oven mitts as everyone puts up with rotten old ones don’t they?
A tote bag from the art gallery as they are like practical works of art you can carry around
They say good things come in threes. This Linden Leaves Nourishing Hand Cream Gift Set is not only beautiful on the outside and I would definitely keep this tin – it is lovely on the inside too with natural, fresh and floral hand creams to keep in your desk, car or bag, made in Christchurch. $29.99 for 3 x 25ml hand creams.
Gifts for Beauty Lovers
Elizabeth Arden has some iconic faves for gifting especially their much-loved lines such as Red Door, Green Tea and White Tea fragrance collections, and the ever-popular Eight Hour Cream ranges. Pictured here: White Tea Body Water Cream and Eight Hour Cream skin protectant make beautiful gifts of skincare for beauty lovers.
This holiday season, make the day of skincare lovers in your life with one of the various limited edition holiday kits by Dermalogica, which are incidentally also great value as they represent major savings too. The range starts at just $25 for the Clear Start Holiday Kit, the Go-Anywhere Clean Skin Set for $40 (valued at $50), the Powder Exfoliant Duo for $50 (valued at $66), the Peel Power-Up Set for $99 (valued at $117), the Dynamic Firm + Protect Set at $65 (valued at $92), the Glowing Skin Set for $110 (valued at $126), the Cleanse and Glow Set for $195 (valued at $283), the Personalised Skin Care Set for $255 (valued at $308), and the Brighter Skin Set (RRP $302, valued at $424), pictured above.
Gifts for fans of good health
The Beauty Chef Plump and Glow set is part of THE BEAUTY CHEF’s Holiday Collection and includes their best-selling GLOW Inner Beauty Essential – a berry-flavoured, bio-fermented probiotic beauty powder which is a personal favourite of mine – and COLLAGEN Inner Beauty Boost to work together for plumper and more hydrated skin. RRP$109.
The “I’m Looking For Something Different for Christmas” Gifts
For fans of gin and seeing their names on things, I have found the perfect gift that combines both these things in one, with a pretty label designed by New Zealand artist Evie Kemp to boot. Archie Rose of Australia now has customised gin bottles available in New Zealand to buy at https://archierose.com.au/nz/shop/ and are priced at $79 for the original dry gin, and $119 for the customised named labeled bottles such as the Megan bottle pictured above.
Know someone into reducing plastic waste and into recycling? This gift might be ideal for them! SodaStream has launched DUO, a machine with reusable glass bottles. The DUO includes a combination of dishwasher-safe glass and plastic bottles and one SodaStream carbonating bottle can save up to thousands of single use plastic bottles.
Rocksteady collection that celebrates 15 years of Boh Runga jewellery
“Rocksteady is a collection that celebrates 15 years of Boh Runga jewellery by honouring five designs that have spoken to New Zealanders at home and abroad, securing a special place in their hearts,” says Boh.
The Rocksteady Collection is out now, and presents new forms of the much loved Feather Kiss, Miromiro feather, Fan Tail, Droplet and Perfect Circle. Each design is rocked with a sprinkle of stones to mark the occasion. “Rocksteady is our commitment to creating jewellery that helps you say how much you care with more than words.” The Rocksteady Collection is available now on www.bohrunga.com and through all Boh Runga jewellery stockists.
Want to treat someone – or yourself- a time-saving gift of home service for the silly season? You can gift them a carwash, house clean, and many other useful home services on NexDo – which is like the Uber of cleaning. Plus, if anyone’s booking their cleaning online and wants to save a bit of money I have a $20 off code, MEGAN20. For example I booked the $99 house clean in NexDo which is 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a lounge and kitchen so if you use the discount code MEGAN20 it’d be $79. They’re in Auckland currently and expanding to some other centres. The cleaners are paid well and they only use ones who are rated over 4.6 out of 5, to keep the professional quality of services high.
Photos by Megan Robinson, 1st December 2022. Not sponsored, items may have been provided for review purposes.