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Little Luxuries: Christmas Gifts I’d Love to Receive
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items The little luxuries I’d be very happy to unwrap. Beautiful everyday pieces, a few playful details and gifts that feel personal: think cherry red, butter yellow, polished black and lovely textures. A mix of small treats, thoughtful upgrades and a few ...
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Style, home & everyday luxuries
A little jewellery
Hair accessories & little finishing touches
Style, home & everyday luxuries
Small treats, useful upgrades and a few generous presents, chosen for their colour, texture and everyday appeal.
For the friend who would happily spend all morning at a Paris café. The mosaic lettering and touch of gold make a simple coffee mug feel personal. Choose her initial and add her favourite coffee or chocolates. A lovely small gift, with one practical ...
Bistro Tile Stoneware Mug: Monogram Edition
For the friend who likes her bathroom shelf beautifully simple. A hand cream is useful, but this understated tube makes it feel like a treat to keep by the bed or in a work bag. I’d choose this fragrance-free option when I don’t know someone’s favour...
Nécessaire The Hand Cream (Women)
For the home lover who appreciates a proper little indulgence. Baies combines blackcurrant and rose, and the familiar oval label looks beautiful on a bedside table. This would be my candle splurge for someone whose taste in fragrance I already know. ...
Diptyque Baies Berries Candle
For the friend whose dinner parties always turn into a long evening around the table. A beautiful deck in a brass-toned metal box is the sort of useful object I’d happily leave out on display. More of a special host gift than a stocking filler, and l...
Anthropologie x Papier Playing Cards
For your sister, your oldest friend or someone you’ve shared a lovely trip with. I’d choose the butter-yellow frame and put a proper printed photo inside before wrapping it. The scalloped edge brings just enough personality to a bedside table. It’s t...
Philippa Scalloped Picture Frame
For the friend who loves a hotel bed and an early night. A silk pillowcase feels like a lovely everyday indulgence, especially in ivory or a warm caramel shade. I’d give one beautiful pillowcase rather than a bundle of things she won’t use. Check her...
slip Pure Silk Pillowcase
For the friend who wishes every bathroom felt like a boutique hotel. Bergamot and hinoki bring a fresh, woody mood, and the simple bottle looks lovely in the shower. I’d choose the full-size pump for a gift; the travel bottle is a smaller add-on. A u...
SALT & STONE Bergamot & Hinoki Body Wash
For the friend whose winter wardrobe starts with a beautiful coat. I’d choose a rich red scarf to brighten grey days, or brown for someone who loves warm neutrals. Cashmere makes a useful gift feel special, and there’s no clothing size to guess. A ge...
Nordstrom cashmere scarf
For the friend who prefers a small bag and keeps everything edited. This neat leather card case has a proper fold-over shape and an extra slot at the back. Black feels timeless and works for almost anyone. I’d choose it as a thoughtful everyday upgra...
MAISON de SABRÉ Leather Card Case
For someone who deserves a slow Christmas morning. The classic piping and relaxed shape make these feel like proper grown-up pyjamas, with soft stretch modal rather than stiff cotton. Navy, chocolate or pale pink would be my choices. This is a more g...
Eberjey Gisele Long Pajamas (Women)
For the friend who loves a market morning and a little humour at home. This tiny hand-painted tote opens to keep rings and little treasures inside. I love the green stripes and baguette detail: playful, but still lovely on a dressing table. A sweet s...
Petite Market Trinket
For the friend who loves warm light, a good book and staying in. Baltic Amber has a woody, softly spiced scent, and the patterned amber glass feels festive without being covered in Christmas motifs. This small jar is my more affordable candle pick: l...
Voluspa Baltic Amber Small Jar Candle
For the friend who always has a lip balm in every bag. Cherry brings a sheer red tint and glossy finish, so it feels festive without being a full red lipstick. A small beauty treat I’d slip into a stocking or pair with the silk scrunchies. Choose a c...
Lip Butter Balm - Summer Fridays
For the friend whose best recipes live on scraps of paper or in a hundred screenshots. I’d choose the Recipe edition and write one favourite family recipe inside before wrapping it. There’s space to record recipes, notes and little adjustments. A use...
Anthropologie X Papier Guided Journal
For the friend who makes even a weeknight table feel considered. The etched clear glass catches the light beautifully and works with linen, colour or a very simple white tablecloth. I’d give a pair with taper candles so the gift is ready to use. Hold...
Pressed Glass Etched Candle Holder
For the friend who loves a little 90s polish. You know I can’t resist a good pair of frames, and these slim ovals would look lovely with a coat, simple knit and hair tucked back. Black is my easiest gift choice. They’re a smaller shape, so I’d buy fo...
Outta Love Sunglasses by Le Specs
For the friend who always brings home more than she planned. A fold-away BAGGU is a small present that earns its keep, from groceries to an extra bag on holiday. Black is the understated choice, and it packs into its own pouch. I’d use it as part of ...
Standard Baggu
For the friend whose saved folder is full of beautiful interiors. AD at Home brings together extraordinary homes and the people who give them personality, with nearly 500 pages to linger over. I love the soft pink cover and burgundy lettering: beauti...
AD at Home: Architectural Digest Hardcover Book
A little jewellery
Sculptural silver, warm gold, modern pearls and one beautiful statement brooch. Pieces I’d wear with a fine knit or a crisp shirt, chosen to feel personal and work well beyond Christmas. Choose the metal she already loves, and check for pierced ears ...
For the friend who wears the same favourite earrings every day. These little chunky huggies have enough shape to feel polished without taking over an outfit. I’d choose gold for someone who already wears warm metals, and silver if that’s her usual fi...
Madewell Chunky Huggie Hoop Earrings (Women)
For the friend who likes her accessories to do a little work. The sculptural gold-plated chain brings warmth and shine to a simple knit or rolled-up shirt sleeve. A lovely affordable finishing touch for Christmas lunches and everyday outfits afterwar...
Bold Chunky Chain Bracelet
For the friend who likes a sculptural detail with her simplest outfits. A smooth silver pendant on a black leather cord feels very right now, but I’d wear it well beyond the party season. Lovely over a cream knit or tucked into an open white shirt. T...
Madewell Sculptural Pendant Cord Necklace (Women)
For the friend who reaches for silver rather than gold. These fluid little drops bring the sculptural jewellery mood into something easy to wear, with a neat one-inch drop and lever-back fastening. I’d pair them with a charcoal knit and hair tucked b...
Sculptural Drop Earrings - Robert Lee Morris
For the friend who makes a blazer and jeans look special. This long gold-plated rose is a beautiful way into the brooch revival: romantic, sculptural and lovely against black wool or cream tailoring. I’d wrap it for someone who enjoys one statement d...
Last Rose Brooch
For the friend who loves pearls with a modern twist. One irregular cultured pearl on a smooth snake chain feels beautifully simple, with more personality than a perfectly matching strand. I’d choose gold for warmth against a cream shirt, or silver fo...
Ettika Cultured Baroque Pearl Pendant Necklace
Hair accessories & little finishing touches
The finishing touches I’d happily unwrap: warm tortoiseshell, soft buttercream, black velvet and a little gold or sparkle. Small everyday upgrades alongside a special party piece, chosen to look lovely long after Christmas.
For the friend who always twists her hair up with whatever is nearby. This simple gold hair pin makes a low bun feel considered, and it’s a lovely little stocking filler at around $10. I’d pair it with the silk scrunchies for an easy hair-accessory g...
Kitsch Metal French Hair Pin
For the friend who treats a good claw clip like an everyday essential. Buttercream has that soft, warm colour I love, and the oversized shape feels much more considered than a basic plastic clip. This is one of Emi Jay’s bestselling shades and a love...
Big Effing Clip® Hair Claw in Buttercream - Emi Jay
For the friend who loves a beautifully simple party outfit. A generous black velvet bow with a cream blouse or fine black knit is such a lovely Christmas combination. This handmade Jennifer Behr piece is my hair-accessory splurge, for someone who wil...
Jennifer Behr Wide Velvet Bow Barrette (Women)
For the friend who always has a hair tie on her wrist. These slim silk scrunchies make an everyday essential feel like a small treat, and the black-and-white mix is easy to wear. I’d tuck the boxed trio into a stocking or pair it with a lovely brush....
Pure Silk 3-Pack Skinny Scrunchies (Nordstrom Exclusive)
For the friend who would happily swap another pair of earrings for something a little different. This fluid, gold-toned barrette is jewellery for the hair, with a sculptural shape that looks lovely against a simple low ponytail or half-up style. I’d ...
Ettika Liquid Wave Barette (Women)
For the friend who likes a little sparkle, kept simple. These three slim crystal pins are lovely worn together above one ear, or just one tucked beside a low bun. I’d pair them with a black knit and a red lip for Christmas drinks. A pretty small gift...
3-Pack Crystal Bobby Pins - Ettika
For the friend whose style is a white shirt, good denim and beautiful sunglasses. A slim tortoiseshell headband brings that polished 90s feeling without trying too hard. This French-made acetate piece is the everyday option I’d choose alongside the m...
France Luxe Skinny Headband (Women)