This might be a little late for the more organised amongst you, but personally, I'm always a bit of a last minute girl when it comes to things like Mother's Day. If you're planning a last minute shopping trip this weekend, or having a browse online, I thought I'd let you all know about my two favourite places to shop for Mother's Day treats for both the smaller budgets and luxury gifting.
Miller Harris is one of my personal favourite high end fragrance brands. If you want some of the most intriguing, sophisticated scents on the market, they're the brand for you.
Rituals is my high street lifestyle brand of the moment. It's affordable, good quality and they believe in making every routine in your daily life a 'ritual' (right down to the washing up!)
If you've got fragrance in mind, you can't beat the Noix de Tubereuse gift set from Miller Harris. It contains a 50ml fragrance and a 200ml body cream for £60. If you're a Miller Harris regular you'll know that this is a fabulous price, as the scent alone usually retails for £62. Noix de Tubereuse is one of my favourite scents from Miller Harris. An oriental fragrance with tonka bean, orris, amber, mimosa and violet, it's a perfect 'mum' scent.
My most recent discovery while browsing my local rituals store is the gorgeous Eau de Parfum No.1: Ginger Essence & White Tea. It's a fresh, clean scent that is unique yet likeable. It's also been discounted for Mother's Day at £29.90. (It's actually top of my personal wish list at the moment too, so I'd thoroughly recommend trying it even if you're not browsing for mother's day!)
If body creams are your mum's thing, my luxury option has got to be Miller Harris L'air de Rien. It's my all time favourite scent from the brand and the body cream is indulgently rich and creamy. It's on the pricier end of the spectrum at £52, but it's a true luxury product.
My budget alternative is the Honey Touch body cream. It smells divine, with Indian rose and Himalaya honey and is also discounted for mothers day at £9.90.
Last but not least for the candles. If your mum's a candle lover my top recommendation at this time of year has got to be something fig-based. I've been obsessed with fig fragrances recently. They are so fresh and mood-lifting.
My luxury choice is Miller Harris' Figue Amere scented candle. This is a salty variant on the usual fig-based scent but it's light and intriguing. £36.
I've also been loving my 'Under a Fig Tree' home fragrance sticks from Rituals recently and their accompanying candle is just as divine. It will set you back £13.90. I'm not a fan of the design (let's face it, you'd rather look at the Miller Harris one!) but it's a great budget alternative.
I hope this helps some of you who are on the hunt for the perfect gift this mother's day. More than anything I hope you have a lovely day making your mum feel extra special!
If you haven't seen it already and you'd like to 'meet' my mum, then check out this video I filmed with her a few weeks ago!
I never know what to get my mum she is so hard to buy for! But not as hard as dads and brothers! Haha great ideas thanks fleur! Xxxx
ReplyDeleteI love Miller Harris products so much, they're gorgeous :) I still need to get my mum a pressie so thanks for the ideas :) x
ReplyDeleteSome lovely ideas. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, love all the ideas! Thankfully I find my mum really easy to buy for, she's so easy to please;)
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Great gift ideas there! I've never heard of the riuals candle, but i'll definitely look at those.
ReplyDeletemy mum doesn't like it when i spend to much money on her...its makes her uncomfortable so the Rituals candle is brilliant!! she would love this! actually i would to :D
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It's always interesting to see how different gift guides are. I wrote my Mothers Day one a few days ago and I haven't got a single duplicate to the ones on your list!
ReplyDeleteIf you want to take a peek you can find it here: http://confessionsofasecretshopper.blogspot.com/2012/03/mothers-day-gift-guide.html
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Love the candles! My mum would kill me if she knew I was spending money on her as she knows how incredibly skint I am whilst at uni - But I got her a top and a candle for £12, woohoo! x
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Think I'm going to treat my mum to a miller harris candle, she deserves it. Thanks Fleur xx
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ReplyDeletemothers day is on the 23th of may...at least here in Germany !?
I love rituals! it's reasonably priced but still seems quite luxurious and I love their scents for being just a little bit different
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I'm such a procrastinator when it comes to getting gifts unless I specifically know what I'll be getting in advance! These guides are really helpful :D
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I've already got my gifts but these are great ideas!
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Great ideas!!! we celebrate mother's day in May...so I'll definitely keep some of these ideas in mind.
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Is Mother's Day at a different time in the UK? lol i didn't know!
ReplyDeletemm the honey touch sounds nice! Good choices :)
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great picks fleur X
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Those candles sounds lovely. I've sorted my present already but it would be a good Birthday present.
ReplyDeleteAlso for those that were confused we actually celebrate Mothering Sunday in the UK which isn't the same thing as Mother's Day. It's a Christian celebration which is why it is always 2 (I think!) weeks before Easter.
I love Miller Harris!Great mothers day gift ideas:)
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Okay, how about things NOT from that brand?
ReplyDeleteI love Rituals candles, they are absolutely amazing, especially considering they're at the lower end of the price range. A word of warning, though: Don't buy them for anybody you live with, as the scent is so strong, they're bound to find it. :/
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Rituals is really amazing, the body cream smells so good indeed! I will have to try the fig tree candles, I am into ''good smelling'' candles lately haha :)
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One of my best friend Hank Hendricks always use to give the flowers to his mother on mother's day i like his habit.
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