Mother's Day Gift Guide #2

I have already created a Mother's Day gift guide which is more lifestyle/home themed so I wanted to create a beauty gift guide. I love fragrance, makeup and gift sets and my mum does too, it is a great go to present if you are a bit stuck for ideas. Here are my picks from Fragrance Direct, this is not a sponsored post.

 1. Orla Kiely Geranium Bath & Hand Set (£9.99): I am a fan of Orla Kiely prints/products and this set looks so cute and expensive! It contains four (50ml) bath/body/hand products. A great all round gift set that definitely looks the part.

2.  Prada Infusion D'Iris Perfume Set (£45.99, 50ml): I actually have this fragrance - I bought the 100ml EDP while on a Royal Caribbean cruise a couple of years ago for....$100, I can't believe I spent that much money on one fragrance but it is my favourite fragrance of all time. It is gorgeous, fresh, floral and I think everyone would like it. This set comes with a 50ml fragrance and a body lotion. 

3. Rose & Co Patisserie De Bain English Tea Room Bath Melts (£4.99): How cute are these bath melts, I have been lusting after these sets for a while as an alternative to Lush bath bombs. I think this set would make a really nice relaxing gift. Also the price is fantastic in my opinion.

4. Macadamia Natural Oil Canteen Set (£34.99): A bit more of an expensive gift, this gift looks like a really nice substantial set. It contains the shampoo, mask, healing oil treatment and the oil infused comb. I have heard so many good things about the Macadamia Oil brand/products. The box it comes in looks pretty amazing too, great to keep afterwards as a storage box. 

5. Lancome La Vie Est Belle (£36.99, 30ml edp): I have a mini bottle of this fragrance from Lancome, it is one of their most recent fragrance releases. Firstly, the bottle is gorgeous - even the mini bottle I have has the cute bow. It is a feminine, sweet and fresh but musky fragrance - quite unique, girly but sophisticated. 

6. Ciate Mini Mani Month Set (£16.99): Now this would be a fantastic Mother's Day gift - they could open all of the advent calendar set in one or they could spread out the Mother's Day joy through out 24 days. Also who doesn't love Ciate polishes, I have at least six at they are great! The colour range and selection in this set looks like there will be something to suit everyone. 

I really want all of these sets for myself....daughter's day anyone? 

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Mother's Day Gifts With Fragrance Direct

I think this perfume gift set is the most beautifully packaged/presented gift set ever! I was able to choose this gift set to review by the amazingly lovely people at Fragrance Direct. I have made quite a few orders through Fragrance Direct before with my own money so I definitely wanted to work with them. Even though this product was sent for review it does not change my opinion of the brand/products, my opinions are my own - for more information on my disclaimer, click here.

I have the *Valentino Valentina Eau de Parfum Gift Set (50ml, £52.50) which I have to say is just so beautiful, I am a bit of a sucker for packaging and this box and perfume bottle are divine! I haven't owned a perfume from Valentino before but I do always give them a sniff when I am browsing through Boots etc. Firstly, the delivery time was good and the gift set was very well protected. 

Now, the packaging, I really cannot say enough good things about the packaging and presentation of this fragrance. The box looks like a designer hat box, it is a gorgeous pale pink with a ribbon so you can carry it I guess. The box would be great as a storage box too, it just looks so decadent, luxe and super expensive in my opinion. The set looks like a stunning Mother's Day or birthday gift. For these photos I did want to have pink flowers but I could only find red, I think I am going to start doing the typical blogger thing and have flowers in more photograph backgrounds, so pretty! The perfume and lotion bottles themselves are equally beautiful. 

The fragrance contains top notes of tuber and green apple, middle notes of jasmine, strawberry, African orange flower and tuberose and base notes of cedar, amber and vanilla. It sounds just like the type of fragrance that myself and my mum love. It smells divine, I think it would suit a wide range of ages as it is a feminine, floral but musky fragrance that I think most will love.Overall, a lovely fragrance with equally lovely packaging that would make a fantastic (and very luxe) Mother's Day gift! 

For more information on this fragrance and to view other gift sets check out Fragrance Direct, here. You can save 10% of this beautiful gift set and others by using the code: GIFTSET10 at the 

checkout (ends midnight 23rd March)! What do you think of this gift set?

Other gift sets @ Fragrance Direct:

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