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STOCKING FILLERS & SECRET SANTA GIFTS

Merry Christmas everyone. Have you bought your Secret Santa presents yet? What’s your budget? I’m sure I have something for you in the list below, although I must say it’s pretty girly down there so make sure you check out my other gift guides going live this week because there are a few more masculine goodies there 🙂

Burt’s Bees Pomegranate Bauble
This bauble is adorable and such great value. Just £6.99 for a lip balm stick and cuticle cream in a tin. Both products smell wonderful (there are two other scents available). I also love the tin bauble it comes in with a hanging string. Perfect for your Secret Santa.

Beatitude Bauble
I have included Beatitude in my last two Christmas gift guides as well because I really love their products. Pure essential oils smelling absolutely delightful and packaged in this beautiful hanging tin bauble. It really makes a lovely gift.

Sleek Make up – Layer Up
At only £2.50 this Sleek gift would be perfect for the tweens out there. Do you need to buy presents for your daughters friends? These would be ideal. Oh and you may want to get one for yourself too, the gold powder has serious Christmas kapow vibes.

Tropic – lash extension kit
This is such a clever kit that any girl in your life would love. There are two mascaras in this pack. The first being a fixing gel mascara and the second is a mascara that has extension fibres in them. Check out the link above to watch a video where you can see a dramatic difference. I know many women who get lash extensions that would love this. Sadly, I am a contact lens wearer and the brand don’t advise you use it :'(

Only Curls Silk Scrunchies
I tie my hair up every evening that I get home from work and put my PJs on. I like to get my hair out of my face and away from my cooking or taking my make up off. I also like to sleep with my hair tied up so that it doesn’t get tangled. These silk scrunchies are the perfect solution because you won’t create a ridge in your hair.

Morning Glamour Satin Pillowcase
I have wanted a satin pillowcase for years and years after many celebrities raved about them. Victoria Beckham recently said a satin pillowcase is one of her top beauty tips. Keep your hair knot free and your face free from pillow lines the next morning. Also, this particular one comes in the dreamiest powder pink.

STOCKING FILLERS & SECRET SANTA GIFTS | Megan Taylor

Sensationail Nailtural
One of my favourite stocking gifts (I have given my parents stockings since I was a teenager now) is to pop in a nail varnish. It’s such a simple gift but always so adored and it last for so long. Sensationail have a lovely range of natural nude colours which everyone will love. Another bonus is that these nail varnishes are vegan.

Fides Baldesberger Tweezers
I know, I know, tweezers seem like such a peculiar Christmas gift but when do you really go and treat yourself to a decent pair of tweezers? Tweezers can come good and bad, they can last a lifetime or just a week. These are absolutely stunning, high class rose gold tweezers come packaged perfectly for Christmas.

Patchology Poshpeel Pedi Cure
Why not treat your friend to an at home pedicure. Get her a nail varnish as seen above and this Patchology posh peel for an easy at home treat. Patchology also sell some lovely sheet masks but my favourites are their under eye patches.

Will you be buying any of these for yourself?

THESE TWO PRODUCTS MADE MY NAILS GROW

Hands up if you have dry, brittle, flaking or very short nails? Everyone I talk to seems to have woes about their nails. That is everyone except my husband! Liam’s nails grow at an alarming rate and I’m super jealous. About five years ago I had dreadful acne and was worried about my modelling and acting career. I was too self conscious and nervous to go to auditions so my amazing model agent started me off as a hand model…see, anyone can be a model hehe. The only downside to this is that I became a bit obsessed with my hands and used it as an excuse to stop washing up 🙂 . I was also very aware of times that my nails were braking or were very short. A few years later I have worked out which special tricks work for me. Everyone is different but this has also worked for a few people that I have recommend this to.

BALM BALM

Moisturise moisturise moisturise. This is the key and Balm Balm is the one. I regularly rave about Balm Balm because of its organic and natural vibe. It is incredibly pure with only 5 ingredients, all of which you will have heard of, no nasties. Something within it makes my nails sprout and I love it! It is a multi purpose balm but I most often slather it over my hands, nails and massage it into my cuticle every night before I go to sleep. I also keep a pot in my bag for auditions. If my hands are looking a little dry or I have some fly away bits of skin around my nails this balm conceals them and makes my hands look as if I have been for a manicure…literally couldn’t be without it.

SILICA

I am not one to pop the pills…but this tablet is the exception. The silica tablets I take have 200mg of natural silica along with Zinc, Biotin and Vitamin C. After a little research about silica I have come to realise why it works so well. Silica is present in almost every tissue in our body and is essential for cell growth, but only a trace is found within our bodies. It is said to have an important roll in the synthesis of bone and cartilage collagen. All sounds a little scientific, but trust me, I take one tablet a day and my nails are in great condition.

I know this a bit of a shorter blog than normal but I wanted to let you know of my secret to healthy nails ready for hand modelling jobs. I hope these products can help you too. What do you currently do to help your nails?