Men's Gift guide

I find men so hard to buy for, but it depends on the man because obviously some are easier to please than others. Some men are happy with a bottle of alcohol and that's all, easy enough. But others aren't that easy to please. 

I have thought of a few ideas all quite different so hopefully you can find some ideas. 

You can always go for clothes or shoes depending on the person because some men or fussy, or some wouldn't appreciate that. 

Playstation or xbox games are a safe bet most of the time and there is enough out there to please people.
GTA 5 has just come out on playstation 4 and xbox one, so thats an idea, or call of duty. 

There are a lot of fragrance sets available, you could buy just a aftershave or in a gift set, some times that is the better deal to do. 

on superdrug you can get a bottle of one million, the best smell ever, for only £46 at the moment. That is a very good deal. 

http://www.superdrug.com/Paco-Rabanne/Paco-Rabanne-1-Million-Eau-de-Toilette-Spray-100ml/p/521195#.VITkXKSsWkg

There is also a gift set which is the 50ml version with a shower gel and that is £41. It comes in a very nice tin, which he could keep if he wanted. 

http://www.superdrug.com/Fragrance/Fragrance-Gift-Sets-For-Him/Fragrance-Gift-Sets-For-Him/Paco-Rabanne-1-Million-50ml-Edt-Gift-set/p/326401#.VITksaSsWkg

A good website to look on is 
www.fragrancedirect.co.uk
It's cheaper and you can find a lot of good deals on there for anyone, or you can just hunt around if you have the time in shops and the internet to find a good deal. Some cities or towns have small independent shops that sells these sort of sets so if you have one of them check it out first. 

I have found some really nice skin care gifts for men, but i know some men are too proud to admit to using moisturisers and face scrubs, but if you know someone who would appreciate that sort of thing here are a few suggestions. 

There is a really nice set from Clinique for £34, which is ok price wise depending on who its for and what budget your on. 

http://www.clinique.co.uk/product/13561/32905/Holiday-2014/Great-Skin-for-Him?cm_mmc=GoogleBase-_-ShoppingFeed-_-Holiday2014-_-GreatSkinforHim&gclid=CIbgtYHNt8ICFW3ItAodv20AQA

It includes a scrub a shaving gel, a post shave soother, a moisturiser and a nice little bag to put it all in. Overall i think it's a really nice set that includes a lot for the price. 

On the other end of the scale there are cheaper altentives out there like this Nivea men set that is only, £6.67 at the moment on sale, at boots but it is only £10 originally anyway. 

This has less things than the clinique but it depends what you want to spend.

http://www.boots.com/en/NIVEA-MEN-Cool-Calm-and-Moisturised-Gift-Set_1484986/

It includes a shaving gel a face wash and a moisturiser. A very good deal i think. 

Most men love gadgets, so why don't you buy them a gadget if they are more of a manly man. What about a nice phone case, or now everywhere you can find portable chargers, cool little chargers. Get your hands on one! 

Charlie

Yes its kind of cheating, but i thought when i buy presents that are beauty ish related i will share with you because if your struggling for things to find maybe these little stocking fillers will help. something so simple for £4 yet a nice gift idea is this charlie set. It contains 4 body spray minis at 50ml. It has Charlie pink, Charlie Shimmer, Charlie Bittersweet and Charlie Red. 

Yes its not exactly the best present in the world, but for someone a little picky its easy and simple. 

Perfume

You can't beat a beautiful perfume. 

I like perfume but am not a huge user. I use it for special occasions, or whenever I feel like it. 

I received a new one for Christmas, so just want to do a quick mention. It's the 'Britney Spears midnight fantasy' 

Obviously she has lots of fragrances, and I have tried quite a few! 

Fantasy - everyone had this when I was at school but I wasn't a huge user.

 

Curious- couldn't stand this perfume but my friends wore it ALL the time annoyingly! 

Believe- I loved this perfume! I received it as a gift from a friend one Christmas, I hadn't even heard of it let alone smelt it. But I loved it and was gutted when it finished!!

Britney has so many perfumes, but I don't think I will buy myself any other one any time soon. 

Midnight fantasy is really nice, I can't describe it but it's sweet and floral, so if you don't like that I wouldn't go for it. I think it's a young scent, maybe even younger than me, but it was a gift. So if you have a young teenager birthday coming up, this is an idea. I don't think it's very expensive too!! 

Fragrance direct!

I'm sure most of you know exactly what this is, if you don't I think it's time you learnt. It's amazing, basically it's an online beauty store that sell 90% of things but cheaper! Some things a lot cheaper! Like Essie nail varnish, more than half the price cheaper. from makeup, to hair. Fake tan to skin. Most things you want you can buy here! Cheap delievey too! Check it out!  I've only used the website once, but a big order. It's really good and has lots of brands to choose from. 
Obviously they sell lots of perfumes too, as you can tell by the name of the store! 
The only one bad thing about this website is the stock. Every time I look I never know what they will have in. I can never find the one thing I want, but I guess if you want to try lots of things and are not fussy about things then this is the place for you! 
Check it out now :) 
www.fragrancedirect.co.uk 
I believe they do shop abroad too, but I'm not 100%.. 

Perfume time!

Perfumes :) 

We all love a good fragrance, weather it be something sweet, floral, or something less in your face. Everyone has different tastes, I have 4 to talk about today, that vary in price, but all ones I have and have been using. The first one I have to talk about is Paco robanne ' lady million ' I love this perfume I got my first bottle a while ago and have got it many times again. The packaging is very nice gold and metal it makes it look expensive, and I'm not saying its cheap, I can't say a price because everywhere is different but it does vary. So normally I just always ask for a lot of perfumes for christmas, because people hate buying perfume for them selves, and the prices soon add up. This year I got it in a gift set it looked beautiful and my partner got the same but the male version ( we got many his and hers presents. It was our first Christmas living together. Here's a picture below. 

The next one is a bit different. It's fruity and is cheaper. It's from the body shop. I think it's all a new collection they have started doing but I'm very grateful. 

        I have always used this fragrance in body butters and scrubs for a long time. I love the smell it's heavily smelling but doesn't get to much like some of the other sweeter smells. Drum roll please...... PINK GRAPEFRUIT! This stuff is delicious ( smelling, I haven't eaten it xD) it's the body shops best smell. It looks like this and comes in a 30ml bottle. Which is annoying because it goes so quick because it's addictive. But I have to keep buying it because it's the best thing in the world. It's £8.50 for the little bottle which isn't to bad. They do lots of other fragrances in this range, so whatever your favourite is try them :). 

          Next up....DKNY. As people know this brand have so many different perfumes your spoilt for choice, so I didn't decide which one to get. One of my family members did, thinking they would know I would like it, and I do :) it's beautiful. They got one from the apple range. ' red delicious ' it's a beautiful smell but since then I have smelt a few others from this range and now know which one to ask for for Christmas ( cheeky me ) I am very grateful they bought it me because I know any perfume is expensive and goes up each year. And don't get me wrong I do really like this one I just prefer others.

And last on the list is 2 very cheap perfumes that are still ok :). It's 2 from the britney spears collection. And it's the 2 oldest ones which makes them the cheapest. On the top we have fantasy, I'm sure at some point every one has had a smell of these and if you haven't I'm honestly very shocked. I haven't got these ones recently it was more my sisters perfume but I used it when I wanted to. It's a really nice perfume, and recoommend anyone to buy it, it's a smell that nearly everyone can tell what it is ( if they know haha ) it's a good cheap present for a young person just starting out in perfume. 

The one underneath is called curious. And this is my favourite one. I still have a new bottle now. It's sweet yet nice and fresh. It's a really nice smell. I also like the packaging, neither of these products look cheap. This is why I give them a thumbs up 

These 2 are the best value for money.coming in at £20 each for a big bottle. That would be a decent amount to spent on something as a present and not look cheap :). Thank you for reading. 

                                               Nicola xxx