Jazziepickles

UK Beauty and Lifestyle blogger

Cute stocking filler ideas on a budget

Hey lovelies, I hope you’re all warm and well!
Isn’t Christmas a wonderful time of the year, so much festivities, laughter, dancing and endless attempts at trying to find the end of the sticky tape. For me, I love giving at this time of year, finding little cute gifts for the people that are special to me. Money is tight this Christmas because me and Shane are saving hard for our house and wedding. Unfortunately I can’t spend what I usually would. So, if like me you’re on a tight budget this year, I’ve got you covered. Cute Stocking filler ideas that won’t break the bank! Thank me later!

Stocking filler ideas

Stocking filler ideas

MINIATURES OF HER FAVOURITE PRODUCTS: Soap and glory are by far my favorite bath and body brand. I love the quirky packaging and incredible scents so why not pick up a few of her favourites in a cute miniature. Ideal for travelling or trying out new things without buying full size!

LASHES: December is party season, and I feel like no makeup look is complete without some fluttery lashes. It just pulls a look together. I don’t know about anyone else but I feel my confidence rocket when I’m rocking some cute falsies!

JEWELLERY: I’ve been a collector of Pandora charms for a good few years now. I love getting a new charm to add to my bracelets. I totally get that some charms are crazy expensive but there are some more affordable alternatives and often these are the ones that I like the best!

SKINCARE: Winter months leave skin feeling a bit dry, tired and in need of some serious TLC. So skincare is a great gift this time of year. There are loads of affordable treatments, masks and sets from high street brands these days and quality skincare doesn’t have to cost the earth. Besides, once all the festivities are over, she’s gonna wanna kick back and relax.

NOTEBOOKS/PLANNERS/JOURNALS: Each year I promised myself that I’m going to be more organised, document my year, plan things out and keep on top of everything, and while this never happens, a good notebook or journal makes me feel like I’m half way there.

NAILS: Not everyone has the time or money to go and get their nails done in a salon every two weeks, so press on nails or cute polishes allow for a little “me” time and are great for events, parties or just a well needed pamper evening with the girls

NOVELTY GIFTS: I always see cute little joke presents stocked up by the tills in almost every shop running up to Christmas, and while they aren’t the most practical it can certainly lead to a few giggles.

PRACTICAL GIFTS: A gift you know will be put to good use. Things like earphones, wallets, travel mugs and cute phone cases!

Hopefully that’s helped some of you out this year, and you can still get something cute for a decent price!

Thanks for being here!
Kisses and Love
Jazziepickles
xoxo

A Disney lovers gift guide.

Hey lovelies, I hope you’re all warm and well!
As some of you may know, I’m obsessed with anything Disney! Growing up I had all the movies on VHS. I’d watch them until the tape wore out and then cry because I couldn’t watch them again and again. My favourite has got to be Beauty and the Beast. I love this movie so much because of it’s magical unconventional love story and the recent live action film was just as special as the original. I was inspired to do something a little different with my gift guide this year and decided to do a Disney gift guide.
So you can get the perfect gift for that crazy Disney fanatic in your life! (we all have one!)

Disney gift guide Mrs potts and chip

As mentioned above, I love beauty and the beast and with the highly anticipated film of the year (for me at least) was realised, so was a bunch of super cute items from the film. I adore my Chip mug from The Disney Store . I use it quite a lot when I fancy a brew, and what better way to serve it than from Mrs Potts herself. My teapot is from Primark and a very kind lady at work kindly bought me from oxford street.
CHIP MUG: £14.99 – Disney Store
MRS POTTS: £15 – Primark

Disney gift guide bambi bath salts

Bambi is a film that really pulls on my heart strings. To this day I still can’t watch without crying. So after you’ve wiped away the tears, treat yourself to a soak in the tub with these bath soak salts. The gentle scent of wild woodland flowers is soothing and calming. I think this makes a perfect little stocking filler, or just a little treat for yourself.
BAMBI BATH SOAK £3.99 – Mad beauty!

Disney gift guide colouring book

Colouring has been a relaxing past time of mine. I find it very therapeutic to just sit down and get creative in a colouring book. My lovely fiance got the this last Christmas and I haven’t had the time to sit and colour so I’m going to start in this book from January and hopefully complete it. There’s so many pretty Disney inspired graphics and designs you can transform into your own with a little time and patience. If you know an avid colourer than this might be the perfect gift for them!
DISNEY PRINCESS COLOURING BOOK £10.50 – Amazon
Disney gift guide beauty sets

Two incredibly cute pamper gift sets that have packaging so pretty, you won’t want to open it. I love the beauty and the beast themed “Beauty dome” it comes with 4 rose scented products including soap, body wash, hand cream and body lotion. This gift set really captures a big part of the movie and I love that it is full of goodies!
BELLES BEAUTY DOME £15.99 – Mad beauty

The Alice in wonderland duo pamper set is adorable, unfortunately the box on mine came a little damaged but I was very kindly sent a free replacement that was fine! The set consists of  bubble bath and body lotion, both sweetly smelling of ginger and pear, which isn’t a common scent for beauty products but I really liked how different it was! Taking a bubble bath after a long week at work is the perfect way to wind down and slathering on some body lotion keeps your skin smelling great and feeling soft!
ALICE PAMPER ME DUO £7.99 – Mad beauty!

 

So, there we have it angels, my Disney gift guide. Hope you loved it.
Let me know in the comments below what your favorite Disney movie is, and why

Kisses and Love
Jazziepickles
xoxo

Have you caught up with yesterdays blogmas post?

Bounce your way into the new year || BLOGMAS

Hey loveliess, I hope you’re warm and well!
Growing up in Welwyn Garden City, there wasn’t much to do as a youngster. Times are changing and there’s a fantastic new trampoline park opening in the sports centre. An amazing opportunity for kids and adults to have fun, keep fit and do something a little bit different. I was lucky enough to be invited along to the new Welwyn Garden City trampoline park and took my 11 year old brother along with me.

Welwyn Garden City trampoline park

The indoor park has loads of great features, loads of fun for all the family, but before you bounce there’s a short safety briefing video to watch. It outlines park rules and ensures everyone has a fun safe session. You are required to wear special grip socks in the park which allow for better bouncing and you can keep the socks for your return visits. The size of the indoor park is a little smaller than that of other local trampoline parks but I feel there’s a lot more to offer!
Park features
40 joining trampolines to jump between and bounce walls along the edge.
Two long trampolines for gymnastic style tricks and flips
Two basketball hoops
Trapeze swing and landing foam pit
High jump into landing foam pit
16 player dodge ball area
Two player gladiator style activity

Welwyn Garden City trampoline park

George loved the trampoline trapeze, swinging from a bar and landing in a super soft foam pit. I did have a go but I got stuck in the pit and looked silly trying to get out (while losing a sock in the process) He also enjoyed dodge ball and the bounce walls. We had a lot of fun testing out the park before the launch date and I’m sure we’ll be returning in the future! The staff at the park seemed enthusiastic and friendly while helping the little ones, joining in games and over seeing everyone is keeping safe while they bounce, which was refreshing to see!

Benefits to trampolining:
Improves balance and co-ordination
Firms and tones muscles
Increases oxygen capacity
Stimulates metabolism
Improves circulation
Strengthens bones
Fun fact: 30 minuets of trampolining can burn up to 100 calories (That’s the same as two jaffa cakes)

Welwyn Garden City trampoline park

To my knowledge, the park is set to open to the public around the 4th of December 2017 and there will be sessions for toddlers in the mornings, other children in the afternoon and private party bookings which sounds super fun! I asked the receptionist on pricing and she couldn’t give me a definite answer but told me children’s prices will be around £8.50 and £10.50 for adults, which I think is quite reasonable and in line with other local competitors. The park is located in Gosling sports centre, Welwyn Garden City. There’s an onsite cafe, spa and other sport activities on offer too.

Me and George had a great afternoon bouncing around. Big thank you to Better extreme for allowing us early access, I hope the launch goes well and I’m looking forward to coming back for more fun!

Let me know if you’ve ever been trampolining and if you enjoyed it below

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Bloggers I’m currently loving

Hey lovelies, I hope you’re all warm and well!
It really makes me smile when I see bloggers supporting each other and sharing the love, so I thought I’d share with you all the beauty and lifestyle bloggers I’ve been loving lately. All these girls are amazing, I know how much they put into their blogs and I love reading their posts! These are the girls that keep me inspired and motivated and I’m so proud of them all!

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Empress Mimi Lingerie Subscription || Review and discount code

Hey lovliesss, Hope you’re well!
Nothing is better than wearing great underwear, am I right? Something sexy but supportive that feels comfortable and doesn’t break the bank. Empress Mimi is all of the above, and more. A cute new lingerie subscription box starting at £25 that is delivered straight to your door with some super adorable lingerie. Who wouldn’t want that? I was super happy to work with Empress Mimi and they sent me over their mermaid box to review for you guys. They were also so kind to set up a code for my lovelies to save some money!Lingerie subscription box

So, like I said, Empress Mimi is a lingerie subscription box with 3 different packages to chose from.
Mermaid box- 3 cute panties £25  a month
Siren box – Lacy lingerie set £40 a month
Empress- Full lingerie set and accessory £70 a month

Review.

I was very pleased with the items I was sent over. I recieved 3 different lace panties that all fit perfectly and felt super high quality. The fabric is soft and the lacy is delicate. I received a sexy full lace red pair, a lace bottom nude pair and some teal all lace panties, obsessed! For those days where I need a quick confidence boost, I know these will be perfect.
The undies came packaged in a fancy little box and came with a gold pouch for storing, I’m a big fan of the packaging Empress does, it feels special and fancy, love love love !

As mentioned above, Empress Mimi has given me a discount code to share with you beauts to save 15% on your first box! Use code JAZZIE15 at checkout, you’re welcome!

If you’re interested in signing up head over to the empress mimi website or to have a browse at some of the lovely goodies you might get, pop them a follow on instagram to keep up to date.

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Jazziepickles

 

Disclaimer: These products were sent for reviewing purposes. All opinions, thoughts and photos are my own.