Christmas Haul (Part One)

Boxing Day is probably the busiest shopping day for those in the UK - there are HUGE sales and discounts and its a good time to do some shopping (if you don't mind the crowds). I had heard that Boots was having a massive 50% off sale on selected items - most of which were gift sets. I had a very frustrating time trying to browse through the products on my iPhone - my shopping basket kept emptying and I had to start all over again >< I spent one hour adding the items in and then another hour trying to pay for the stuff - very long and annoying. All of the Soap & Glory gift sets had sold out online and I was majorly disappointed. I managed to get my hands on a few of the Hello Kitty Liberty collaboration which I was happy about seeing as they were sold out the day after I had placed my order (on Christmas Day).

I wanted to go to an actual Boots store to see if they had any Soap & Glory products instore and so invited my family to go shopping on Boxing Day. There were only two gift sets left - the two that I actually didn't want ¬¬ I ended up getting only one thing and that was a Hello Kitty Liberty set that I had thought about getting but didn't end up ordering online. I really liked the design and only really got it because of the case rather than the actual products inside.

The set is called: Liberty Art Fabrics For Hello Kitty Hugs and Kisses Pamper Kit and the contents include: Bath Bubbles (200ml), Body Scrub (200ml), Body Butter (200ml), Body Spray (175ml), Eye Mask and Wash Mitt.

I haven't opened any of the products because I might be giving some away seeing as I did order a different Hello Kitty Set (the one with the shower cap) online and I think it comes with the same products.

This kit was originally £30 but I only paid £15 which I thought was a good deal seeing as it came with a decent size beauty case (which I've stored some of my unopened beauty goodies).

The Beauty Case opens from one side only and opens up with a mirror on the bottom of the lid and with a cream coloured lining inside. It is a very pretty case and pretty sturdy and I will be using this to put all my beauty products in this when I travel.

I would totally recommend getting your hands on this if you can - I think it's sold out online but check if you can get it in store. I would happily pay £15 just for the case!

A quick FYI, the contents you can see in the case to the left are not included in the set, they're my own unopened goodies that I am storing in the case. The only products included are listed and pictured above.

I also needed a medium/large sized suitcase because I will be going to China for two weeks next month (so excited) so I went to Debenhams to see if they have some decent priced ones. Initially, I wanted one of those hard cased ones but after seeing the price tags on a few of them, I decided to get a normal one but with a cute design.

I didn't want to spend too much money, I only wanted to spend around £30. I ended up getting this purple one because it was light, a good size, and was pretty cheap considering the original price was £140 and I only paid £35!! I like the colour and the design and I will be able to easily spot it when it's on that luggage conveyor belt thing ^^

I also got the Zelda game on 3DS at GAME because it was only around £20 and I was planning on getting it anyway so what better time to get it?

I went shopping again today and went to my local Boots and saw that they had some more Soap & Glory gift sets and I grabbed them as soon as I saw them! I was so happy to see that I could actually get my hands on these as they sold out online pretty quickly and were not in the Boots I went to on Boxing Day. There were quite a few left of these two gift sets as well as LOADS of Yum At Heart (which I saw on Boxing Day). The Peace Hand Love set is "a practical, purposeful, product duo featuring our glamourous scented WASH YOUR HANDS OF IT SOFT LIQUID HAND SOAP and best-selling HAND FOOD HAND CREAM, in a classically shaped sink-side metal rack". I'm not sure what Wash Your Hands Of It smells like, but I'm assuming it smells like Hand Food which is the classic Soap & Glory scent which I absolutely LOVE! It smells just like the Righteous Butter and Clean on Me - it smells sooo GOOD! I also saw that they have very nice smelling hand sanitiser too but at £2.15 or something like that, it is too expensive. The hand wash and hand cream are both 250ml and at £5 for the both of them - it's a real bargain! Considering that the full size 125ml Hand Food retails for around £4.85, you get double the amount for £2.50! I'm so happy that I managed to get my hands on this =DD

The other gift set I got was Heaven Nose one - A delightful duo featuring EAU DE SOAP & GLORY Original Pink [Formula 1] Fragrance and a jar of our similarly-scented best-selling THE RIGHTEOUS BUTTER Body Butter. I'm running pretty low on The Righteous Butter Body Lotion and decided to get the Body Butter instead because my skin gets dryer during the winter months. This set comes with a full size perfume and half sized Body Butter and was originally £16 but was marked down to £8.

A full sized Body Butter costs around £10 and the perfume costs around £16 and seeing as you get the full sized perfume as well as the half sized Body Butter, it's a really good deal. The perfume smells like all the other products I got ^^ I'm really tempted to go to Boots again tomorrow and grabbing another one of these sets but I think they might have sold out by now. Also, I've got quite a few perfumes that I still have to go through so I shouldn't be so greedy and hoard it because it's cheap ><

The last thing I got was the Carex Hand Sanitisers because they were half price at 70p each. They are handbag essentials and they smell really fresh and citrisy! These are the Grapefruit and Lime scented ones but there are other scents that are on offer. I got 3 of these when they were on offer for £1 each and I've only got one left so I thought that I should stock up on some more - Meehee!

This is part one of my haul because I've also placed an order on Boots, ASOS and Brand Alley, so I'm waiting for those to arrive and I will blog the second part of this haul when they arrive.

Go, shop the sales - but be SAFE!! Happy shopping and until next time..

- Diem xo