If like me you are usually very swamped with work, as it does take up a lot of your time and energy I do think it's important to take some time to yourself to basically do a whole fat lot of nothing, or nothing that desires much energy. It's always important to rest, and although we are in the lead up to Christmas if you can take a day or even a few hours to yourself I can guarantee you'll thank yourself for it. These are just a few ways I like to chill on weekends and I hope this will give you some ideas for your next chilled opportunity.

Read A New Book or Magazine- For me I don't do enough reading, but it is something that I definitely want to do more of. If you love getting lost in a book and also want to switch off from social media for a few hours then i'd definitely say getting stuck into a new read is the way to do it! On the flip side, I love nothing more than getting lost in a magazine. As I work within the fashion industry reading magazines and seeing the latest trends that they are forecasting is a part of my job, but I also love a good gossip mag, and i'm currently loving reading my Grazia (£1.99) subscription, and as it's digital it means I can take it anywhere with me. Also what is great is that digital magazine subscriptions are a lot cheaper, as you get instant access instead of a physical copy which costs a lot more to make, and I prefer digital subscriptions as they are easier and clearer to read in my opinion. Leave me some book or magazine suggestions that your loving at the moment.

Pamper & Refresh - One thing I love doing in order to relax and just make myself feel refreshed is to give myself a mini pamper. Whether thats painting my nails or whacking on a face mask, it just instantly calms and makes me feel somewhat reenergised and relaxed. One of my favourite nail shades at the moment is the Essie Ignite The Night (£4.99) as it's perfect for Christmas, and I can't wait to give my nails a refresh especially for my Christmas party.

Grab a Takeaway or Visit a Local Pub/Cafe - One thing I love to do is eat, and when I say eat I mean trying out new places or cuisines. Where I live there are a few cute pubs/cafes and if I want to get out for some fresh air and try somewhere new I always venture to somewhere local and more low key, as apposed to big chain restaurants. Some of my favourites have to be independent Italian restaurants as i'm a huge lover of anything pizza or pasta. On the flip side if you're not wanting to face the world, get yourself on Deliveroo or Just Eat and try out something new!

Have a Movie Marathon - One thing I don't do enough is watch all of the films i've been wanting to watch for a while. Around this time of year I love to get my Harry Potter box set out and rewatch basically my childhood! Having said that, I really want to go and see Fantastic Beasts, but I just haven't had chance yet.

Catch Up On Your Favourite Bloggers/Youtubers - On weekends where I plan to not do anything, I always catch up on the bloggers and vloggers that I follow, as I tend to not get the time during the week. It also allows me to think of new content ideas, especially if there is popular tag going around or there is topic I also want to share my thoughts on. Some of my favourites at the moments have to be Pint Sized Beauty, The Makeup Directory & A Girl Obsessed.

So those are a few ways that I like to spend a chilled weekend, and honestly even if you manage to do this once a month you'll honestly feel amazing and refreshed!

How do you chill on the weekend?

Kicking things off with probably one of my favourite brands for their body gift sets is L'occitaine, who have recently opened a store in my local home town of which I absolutely love perusing around and smelling all of their beautifully scented products. They always have a wonderful array of Christmas Gift Sets and i've picked out a few of my favourites! Starting with the lower end of the price range is their Cherry Blossom Festive Bauble (£10), which I just love especially as you can hang this on your tree. Containing three mini's of their best selling cherry blossom scent is perfect mini for a secret santa gift or friend who just loves a good pamper, and at £10 you can't go wrong. A more mid range set would be their Secret To Beautiful Hands Set (£39), which I think is a wonderful gift to give to a mother or grandmother who works their socks off and deserves a bit of TLC once in a while. This set contains four of their best selling hand products all designed to protect and pamper your hands, and being a bit lover of their hand cream i'd love to receive this at Christmas. Lasting for a more higher end budget gift we have The Best of L'occitane Collection (£68) which as the name suggests is a gift set containing their very best selling products with an array of body washes, oils and perfumes that would make an amazingly thoughtful gift for anyone who loves or deserves a bit of me time!

Moving onto the luxury beauty items for the loved ones that you want to spoil a little bit this Christmas as I know I personally would love to receive any of these at Christmas time. One of the most highly anticipated launches and sought after products of this year has to be the Hourglass Ambient Lighting The Edit Palette (£69), which is just an absolute beauty of a palette. With five exclusive shades to this palette there is no doubt with how worthwhile this palette is and would make the perfect gift for any beauty lover out there. Another gift that any beauty lover especially those who take pride in their nails would love is the Semilac Starter Kit* (£60) which is the perfect kit for anyone who is wanting to get into doing gel nails at home. As I have acrylic nails, I love having gels on top as I find it lasts so much longer than just normal nail varnish and the colours just look so much better. I've been using this kit for a few months now and it is hands down the best one i've used, and the variety of shades means you can constantly switch up your nail colour to suit any occasion. Within this kit you get literally everything you need to perfect your nails including a top coat, base coat, UV lamp, remover pads and so much more that you really couldn't complain, and i'm sure any nail lover would love to receive this as a gift this Christmas. Another gift that I think would be perfect for any beauty lover this Christmas is the GHD Platinum Copper Luxe Gift Set (£175), which has their latest GHD Platinum Styler that i'm swooning over just for the coppery goodness, and also a heat resistant bag which is great for transporting and also protecting any surfaces you place the straighteners on, and finally two exclusive Nails Inc nail varnish shades designed specifically for this gift set. Although this set is on the pricier side, i'd definitely say it's a bargain for what you get and it is a really lovely gift set especially if someone you're buying for is wanting a new pair of straighteners.

It wouldn't be Christmas without a good perfume and the Paco Rabanne Olympea Perfume Set (£54) would make a lovely gift for any perfume lovers out there. This particular fragrance has been a favourite of mine throughout the year and is one I see more and more people enjoying! It's a very feminie fragrance with a sweet scent to it, but has a slight touch of sophistication that I just adore, and is one i'm sure would make a lovely addition to any girls perfume collection. Sticking with the scented gift ideas is a gift that would be perfect for anyone who loves their candles. The Yankee Snowflake Cookie Candle (£21.99) is a recent addition into my Yankee collection and is very different to the scents I would usually go for, but it's a lovely sweet yet Christmasy scent that isn't your typical sickly sweet scent, which I just can't get enough of. However, any Yankee Candle would make a lovely Christmas gift especially for anyone who is candle obsessed like me. Lastly on the scented theme (sort of) is a gift for those who love a good bath and deserve a little me time. At Christmas us girls always love recieving bath products, especially those that can help us relax and the Grace & Stella Bath Rocks* ($25) would make the perfect gift for that. These bath rocks aren't like your typical bath rocks as these are infused with shea and cocoa butters, argan oil and olive oil in order to restore dry and dehydrated skin, and their aromatherapy scent gets you in the ultimate relaxation mood. I personally love these bath salts as you can get plenty of uses out of this one packet, as a little goes a long way and they make my skin feel so nourished and soft after using them. All in all i'd highly recommend these as a gift for anyone who loves or deserves a good pamper.

As I mentioned in my previous gift guide, Soap and Glory have got some amazing gift sets this Christmas and another one of my favourites is their She's The Gloss Set* (£14.99), which contains four shades of well known and loved Sexy Mother Pucker Lipgloss! For any girl who loves their glosses or just lip products in general, then this would make a lovely gift. What I love is how the packaging looks like a giant lipstick, and would be perfect for storing all of your lip products in order to stop them getting lost, which I know us females are all guilty for! The last beauty product of this gift guide is a luxurious skincare product that I have been absolutely loving, and if you're buying for someone who loves skincare and trying new skincare then i'm sure they will love this. The Skin Chemists Advanced Caviar Facial Serum* (£119) and the Skin Chemists Advanced Caviar Night Moisturiser* (£119) are probably the most fancy skincare items i've ever heard of mainly for the caviar aspect and caviar extract is actually really good for repairing and reviving the skin after facing the daily toxins of our everyday environment, and I can vouch at how amazing these products are as they have completely transformed the appearance and quality of my skin these past few weeks. If you're wanting to purchase any products from their Advanced Caviar Range them make sure to use the code 'CAVBLOG1' to receive 70% off!

Moving onto the non beauty gift ideas, that I think would be lovely gifts as you make them somewhat personal to the person you are buying for. As I always say jewellery is a lovely gift to give/receive at Christmas as I think jewellery is such a special gift especially collectable jewellery items. A recent jewellery brand find of mine is ChloBo who have a lovely range of jewellery from bracelets, rings, necklaces and so much more but my favourite items from them are their collectable charm bracelets. My current favourite is their Charm Hamsa Hand Bracelet* (£90), which is the cutest charm bracelet i've ever seen and being a lover of all things rose gold it's just perfect. They have a huge variety of amazing quality of charm bracelets, with all of their charms having a meaning and what makes them so cute is that you can collect and stack these, which I think would make a perfect gift that you build on each birthday or christmas. The next gift idea, which I think would make an amazing personal gift for anyone this Christmas is a Mr Nutcase Personalised Phonecase* (£14.95) as you can design your own phonecase with someone in mind and feature all of their favourite photos or people, which is a super kind and special gift that I think anyone would like to receive. The Mr Nutcase website is super easy to use and the designing section if super easy, so if you're not the most tech savvy you'll still be able to design the perfect phone case and the overall quality of the cases is really good and they are both durable and easy to keep clean, so you won't be disappointed. Last but most certainly not least is a gift that i'd never thought of giving to anyone, but is one that I know a lot of people would love and that is a Magazine.co.uk Magazine Subscription* (£1+). They have a massive variety of both paper and digital magazine subscriptions for all ages, genders and interests, which I think would make a lovely gift especially as most magazine subscriptions last for a year! When choosing which magazines to feature, with us girls in mind I went for Glamour as it's personally one of my favourite fashion magazines and also Grazia as it's a nice mix of both fashion and gossip which I know us girls can't get enough of sometimes!

So that is my gift guide for all budgets when it comes to buying for the women in your life! I know this post was super lengthly but I hope it has given you some gift ideas in order to treat the loved ones in your life.

What gifts are hoping to receive this Christmas?

*This post was part sponsored by Spot Digital.

A couple of weekends ago The Body Shop had a massive 40% discount for a few days, and after a bit of arm bending I decided to place an order as it seemed like an offer that I couldn't pass on and I did save quite a lot when placing this order. I decided to keep this order purely for their limited edition Christmas range as I have enough skincare to last me a life time. So I thought i'd share what products I picked up and what's on offer this year from The Body Shop.

Starting with probably my favourite product of this entire haul, which i'm sure any fellow candle obsessors out there will also love and this is the Vanilla Chai Scented Candle (£10). Being a total candle lover I knew that I just had to get myself a Christmas scented candle. Out of the three scents I went for this candle as I thought it would be quite a subtle yet soothing candle, and I cannot wait to burn this just to see how the scent fills a room. Also from the same scent range I picked up the Vanilla Chai Festive Tin (£18), which contains four mini products from the Vanilla Chai range as I really wanted to try out all of the products but purchasing all full size products seemed a bit extreme, especially if I weren't to like them. I'm really excited to try the body scrub from this tin.

As I was urgent need of some new shower gel I decided that I wanted to go all out and order myself some Christmasy scented shower gels, which is what made me make this order in the first place. I decided to order all three of their Christmas scents as I love them last year, and they lasted so long. Firstly I went for the Vanilla Chai Showergel (£5), which is such a sweet wintery scent that is so indulgent and lingers for ages after using it. I also picked up the Frosted Berries Showergel (£5) as I really like this scent last year and smells even better this year! I did order the Spiced Apple Showergel (£5) but this actually was missed from my order, so I can't give any opinion on this but I loved their apple scent last year so I hope I like this one too!

Lastly I decided to order another gift set, but I will probably give this to a friend or family member for Christmas. This is the Spiced Apple Treat Box (£8), which contains two mini's of their spiced apple range and also one of those poofy things that are amazing at giving your skin a good scrub. I love these little treat boxes as they make cute little stocking fillers, and no doubt I will be featuring this again very soon!

So that is what I picked up from The Body Shop's Christmas range and i'm really excited to be cracking out the wintery scents to get me in the festive spirit!

Have you picked up anything from The Body Shop's Christmas range yet?

Apart from Lancome's last lip release I haven't ever tried any of their lipsticks, so I was really excited to try these out as i'd seen a few reviews already on these lipsticks so I was highly anticipating how good these lipsticks were going to be, and whether i'd like them! When it comes to reviewing beauty products I typically only review the ones that I do genuinely love, but also products that I know you as readers will love also and these are definitely lipsticks that i'd highly recommend splurging on!

The Lancome L'Absolu Rouge Lipsticks* (£25.50) are the latest addition to Lancome's highly loved line of lipsticks with this particular being a relaunch of their cult lipstick in order for your lip colour to really speak out more than ever. With this revamp and relaunch Lancome are bringing back their cult classic shades whilst also throwing a new range of shades into the mix in order to update with the latest lipstick trends, from perfect nudes, classic reds and vibrant pinks making the shade range totally versatile to every lipstick lover out there. With three lipstick formulas in this range it just further adds to the versatility of this range, meaning there is a formula to suit everyone including sheer, cream and matte, which you don't often see from a brand/certain product.

I very kindly received two shades from this range, of which are both stunning in their own right. Firstly we have 'Rose', which has the name suggests is a lovely rose red shade with an ever so slight pink undertone, which makes it more wearable for me as i'm not a huge fan of the classic red lip. The formula of this lipstick is a cream formula, and although I am more of a matte girl nowadays I do really like this formula. It glides every so smoothly, but is still very pigmented and it's not at all drying which is great especially as we're now in the winter months where my lips are just awfully dry all of the time. Secondly we have Nuit & Jour which is a more of a subtle peach shade and as the formula of this is sheer it does just give a lovely hint of colour whilst making your lips look glossy. As i'm not a huge fan of sheer lipsticks personally I doubt i'll be getting much wear out of this shade but if you're a lover of subtle/sheer shades then you'll love this!

My favourite part of these lipsticks has definitely got to be the packaging as i'm easily pleased, but these lipsticks are push and click style lipsticks which I just think has a level of class and sleekness to them that I just love. It also means that the lid can't come loose in your bag, thus ruining your lipstick which I am so guilty for as i've ruined a lipstick or two in my time!

If you're wanting to try out a new lipstick with wide range of shades and formulas to choose from, then i'd highly recommend trying these as they are such lovely lipsticks and no doubt you will find a shade or two to suit you.

Have you tried any lipsticks from Lancome?