A Women’s Christmas Gift Guide 2023 (United Kingdom Selection)

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We’ve made our list and checked it twice. When it comes to Christmas gifts, the options are endless, and the boundless choice can often be bewildering. From partners to parents, best friends to boyfriends, sisters to something for Secret Santa, finding the perfect present requires careful consideration. To help you on your way to gift-giving success, and to avoid the stress of last-minute panic buying, we’ve curated a list of gift ides to give you all the inspiration you need when shopping for your loved ones this festive season.

Partridges

Partridges Festive Delight Hamper £155 ($197)

For over half a century, luxury food store Partridges has been preparing luxury hampers filled with traditional Christmas products and other carefully selected items that make perfect presents. Presented in a smart red hamper box, the Festive Delight Hamper is an indulgent hamper, filled to the brim with delectable Christmas treats for all the family including Caspari Candy Cane Stripes crackers, a Partridges Christmas pudding, brandy butter, Walkers mince pies, and other festive delights. 

Chantecaille

Chantecaille Anti-Aging 24K Gold Serum Intense (£375) ($476)

This ground-breaking addition to Chantecaille’s luxurious, high-performance Gold Collection features new Gold Encapsulated Vitamin C for maximum radiance. This revolutionary serum boasts a formula of potent, fast-acting, and result-producing ingredients selected for their ability to recharge, smooth and illuminate the skin. With a comprehensive approach to radiance, the formula is enriched with an innovative cocktail of peptides, pure gold, botanicals, hyaluronic acid, and a new and revolutionary antioxidant Gold Vitamin C complex known for its ability to enhance Vitamin C’s stability and acting as an antioxidant. The silky, lusciously textured serum is powered by ingredients chosen for their visibly hydrating, smoothing, softening, and brightening properties and for their ability to vastly improve the look of fine lines and wrinkles. Moreover, the innovative packaging of the 24K Gold Serum Intense features a new automatic loading dropper: a simple twist of the cap to open the bottle provides a luxury experience of precision dosage and dispenses the perfect amount for a single use application.

Elisabeth Rushton

Noble Macmillan 2023 Diary (£59) ($76)

Designed to last a lifetime, Noble Macmillan’s unashamedly traditional classic leather goods are all made with luxury and practicality in mind. All their products are made in their UK, Italian, and Spanish workshops. The London store is a veritable treasure trove of leather delights, tucked away in the same Kensington mews where the company first opened over 30 years ago. The company is famous for its classic leather photo albums as well as its stylist and traditional games. The annual leather diaries, available in an array of eye-catching hues, and which can be personalised, are perennially popular, and often sell out.

Jurlique

Jurlique Nutri-Define Ritual (£129) ($165)

Jurlique’s Nutri-Define range combines potent natural botanicals with the latest in skincare technology to effectively leave every complexion looking firm, plump, and radiant. The Jurlique Nutri-Define Ritual is a veritable treasure trove of Jurlique goodies in one box, enabling you to give the joy of firm, replenished and naturally radiant skin this Christmas! Jurlique’s most luxurious gift set helps targets advanced signs of ageing, smooths the appearance of lines and wrinkles, and restores skin’s youthful luminosity. 

The set comprises :• Nutri-Define Rich Cream 50ml• Nutri-Define Cleansing Foam 100ml• Nutri-Define Eye Balm 5ml• Nutri-Define Serum 5ml

Chantecaille

 Chantecaille’s Limited-Edition Precious Metal  Holiday 2023 Makeup Collection

Chantecaille has launched a gorgeous new limited-edition makeup collection –  Precious Metal – inspired by the opulence of pure gold for a gilded, glamour-infused festive moment.The makeup collection features luxurious compacts decorated with unique gold leaf accents which reveal gorgeously embossed powders. No two are alike—each a one-of-a-kind collectible compact (£92 each). These can be used in conjunction with the Mini Buff & Blur Brush (£40), a uniquely shaped face brush with hi-tech, synthetic vegan bristles that feel soft and gentle on the skin. The oversized flat top diameter gently buffs a natural-looking amount of powder seamlessly onto the skin for a blurring effect and flawless finish. Each brush is crafted with a sleek gold casing and blonde wood handle and presented in a luxurious gold drawstring pouch.

Papier

Papier Notebook & Notecard Set (£49)($62)

Pretty and playful, Papier is an emporium of eclectic stationery designs. Since 2015, the company has created simply stunning stationery. Alongside Papier’s in-house collections, there are collaborations with up-and-coming artists, iconic brands, and fashion labels. Papier truly gives paper a magical touch: their designs foster curiosity and contemplation. The brand strives towards sustainability, too: from made-to-order products (meaning less waste and carbon emissions) to sustainably sourced paper and recyclable packaging, the brand has a strong emphasis on minimising its environmental footprint. Papier’s Notebook & Notecard Set is the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who loves to put pen to paper. Each set can be personalised, and contains 20 boxed notecards and envelopes and a smart hardback lined notebook. 

Yoto

Yoto Player (3rd Generation) (£99.99)($127)

 Inspired by Montessori principles, the Yoto player is the perfect, connected, innovative screen-free audio device that plays fun and educational audio content using either physical Yoto cards or the Yoto phone app. Boating an integrated battery, stereo sound, Bluetooth connectivity and three different play modes, it is primarily geared towards children aged between three and 12 years,  and affords littles full autonomy in choosing their audio entertainment. This is complemented by an ever-growing library of content featuring some of the very best children’s audio from authors such as Julia Donaldson and Judith Kerr plus a selection of music, podcasts, radio and more. 

Yoto Mini (£59.99) is the younger, palm-sized sibling of the Yoto. Its dinky size makes it ideal for travel. Functionality on both players is intuitive and brilliant: the controls are simple, the displays offer a useful clock function and show pixellated images corresponding to the audio material being played. If your child already owns a Yoto Player or Yoto Mini, Yoto Cards are the perfect stocking filler – there is a vast (and ever-expanding) range of titles to choose from, and you can select stories by age, creator and genre. Y children (aged six and four) have really enjoyed The Worst Witch Collection and The Chronicles of Narnia. Buying direct from Yoto is recommended: we have found Yoto provides great customer service, the Yoto website features the entire range and with every purchase you can earn Yoto Points which can be redeemed against future purchases. An added bonus – if you join Yoto Club you receive complimentary UK shipping and 10% off all orders.

Ed Rudolph

Ember Travel Mug 2+  (£199.95)($254)

Designed to be used on-the-go, the Ember Travel Mug 2+ does far more than simply keep your coffee hot. The smart heated travel mug allows you to set an exact drinking temperature and keeps it there for up to three hours, so your coffee is always the perfect temperature. Ember Travel Mug 2+ is easy to clean and is safe to handwash and may be submersed up to one meter in water. In addition, the leak-proof lid is dishwasher safe.

Terlingham Vineyard

Terlingham Bacchus Dry Gin Limited Edition Bottle, Wild Glass (£38.50)($49)

Terlingham Bacchus Dry Gin uniquely marries two of the nation’s favourite tipples – gin and wine. The gin is infused with Terlingham’s Bacchus Wine and as it is produced with seasonal wines from grapes grown just once per year, each batch of gin is limited and completely unique. This particular batch is crafted with the last of Terlinghams 2020 Bacchus wine, and there are only 1300 bottles of this once-in-a-lifetime gin!

A definitive dry gin, 100% produced in Kent, Terlingham Bacchus Dry Gin features classic juniper alongside locally sourced botanicals including rhubarb and nettle.  Notes of fresh lime, orange peel, a touch of honey abound, and the ‘magic’ Bacchus wine provides a delicate sweetness completed with whispers of elderflower.

Silver medal winner in the 2022 IWSC and Gold award-winning in The Spirits Business Spring Tasting Masters Competition 2022, Terlingham Bacchus Dry Gin is presented in an elegant 100% post-consumer recycled glass bottle, making it a beautiful option for gifting.

Alterna

Alterna Caviar Anti-Aging Multiplying Volume Shampoo & Conditioner Gift Set (£79.80)($87)

Alterna transcends ordinary haircare – with healthy, sensorial rituals and skincare-inspired formulas – elevating ordinary moments into self-care experiences that instantly transform both hair and senses. The Alterna Caviar Anti-Aging Multiplying Volume Shampoo & Conditioner Gift Set is a luxurious volumizing cleansing and conditioning system that works to boost hair fullness and volume from root to tip while retaining moisture, and protecting against daily stresses and future damage. This duo contain Marine Plumping Complex, a blend of naturally volumizing extracts, designed to thicken hair both instantly and over time, gently working to create more voluminous hair,  and is ideal for use with straight, wavy, curly, coiled and tightly coiled hair types. The result: stronger, healthier, younger-looking hair.

As well as providing luxurious haircare, the Alterna Holiday Duo gift boxes are 100% environmentally friendly, complete with 100% recyclable Kraft paper and a residue-free sleeve. This means the boxes can be repurposed as storage for trinkets, keepsakes and cosmetics making this Duo a multi-purpose gift.

Tile

Tile Pro (£29.99)

If you’ve misplaced your item, simply ring your Tile from the app, which will locate it by sound if it’s nearby. If you lose something when you’re out and about, Tile can help you locate it by showing its most recent location on a map. You can also tap “Notify When Found” so the Tile Network – every phone running the Tile app and Tile’s Network Extenders – can help locate your lost item. Each device on our network is able to help locate Tile trackers and send location updates to your Tile app, anonymously. You can also use Tile if you misplace your phone, even when it’s on silent. Just double press the logo on your Tile to make your phone ring. And you can even ask Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to find your remote, keys or anything else with a Tile on it. It’s easy to set up and makes hands-free finding even faster. Lost Tile? Now you can add your contact info so you can be reached when someone scans the QR code on the back of it. Pro is Tile’s high-end tracker. It’s ideal for keys, backpacks, athletic gear or anything else of value. Pro has a 400 ft. Bluetooth range, Tile’s loudest ring and a user replaceable battery.

 

Gin Me

Gin Me Subscription Gift Box from £47.70 for six months subscription

Looking for an impressive, easy-to-send, letterbox gift? Then look no further. The founders of London’s iconic Black Rock whisky bar are dropping the world’s best drams and gins through spirit-lovers’ letterboxes, with their Gin Me subscription boxes, meaning you can have long-distance relatives, friends who are hard to pin down and even a treat for yourself, sorted in seconds. In order to make quality spirits accessible to all – no tweed jackets, members clubs or inflated prices in sight,  the monthly pouches contain curated gins from all over the world with easy-to-understand tasting notes, pairing suggestions, and live online tastings, and the same spirit is never sent twice.

Gin Me deliver the best quality spirits at the lowest possible price by working directly with distillers and shipping in cool, recyclable, and reusable pouches. Recipients will be sent a gift box with a free gin pouch to give a taster of the delights to come, as well as a code to redeem their subscription and access to an exclusive online community for rewards, offers and recommendations on everything from whisky hotels to gin distillery tours.