Treat mum to a at-home pedicure with this fab feet gift set from Starskin. Perfect for sandal ready feet without leaving your own bathroom!
We love the range of Crystal Clear Water Bottles from Mindful Living Co. They're a fantastic way to up your water intake and also improve your wellbeing through the infusion of natural gemstones. We're currently using this Amethyst Wand Water Bottle which is great for creating a sense of inner calm and serenity as well as improving decision making and aiding sleep too! Just what's needed to make 2023 a success!
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The new year is a great time to start a new journalling habit. We love this Press Pause Journal from Aussie Stationery Brand Axel & Ash. Simply take 20 minutes out of your day or week and let your thoughts flow. The Journal is filled with un questions, thought-provoking prompts, inspiring stories with Beau Taplin, Elise Cook & more. Plus, the beautiful hardback design in neautral grey and embossed details means this journal makes a great gift too!
You might be full of aspirations and eager to achieve all your 2023 goals but it's also really important to relax; yup, that means days were you don't actually do very much! (Watching movies and eating snacks is fine!). We love this Off-duty sweater from South Parade for our 'off-duty' days...
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Below is a few of our favourite Yvonne Ellen picks available to buy now at Poppie Snow. We hope you love them as much as we do.
Yvonne Ellen at Home
Stunning ceramics in the brand's signature designs make a great addition to your home. Perfect for dinner parties with friends, the cake plates and table accessories will really add a smile to your guests face, while the cheeky teacups make your tea or coffee even more fun! They also make a great gift for someone who loves a cheeky tipple.
Shop Yvonne Ellen - Set of 4 Cheeky Cate Plates
Shop the Yvonne Ellen 'Gin' Teacup
Yvonne Ellen Lifestyle
One of most-popular Yvonne Ellen pieces at Poppie Snow is the set of 3 Cotton Bags in various designs, which are perfect for keeping your small items, underwear and swimwear organised when you're travelling. Each set contains 1 large, 1 medium and 1 small bag with different designs and slogans all in the brands signature style.
Shop Yvonne Ellen Cheetah Travel Bags
Shop Yvonne Ellen Polar Bear Travel Bags
Yvonne Ellen Make-up and Jewellery Cases
Extending the brand's signature look to a range of Jewellery and Cosmetic cases and complimenting other products in the range; these cases are both practical and stylish and perfect for taking your favourite skincare and jewellery pieces out with you.
Shop Yvonne Ellen Large Cheetah Jewellery Box
Shop Yvonne Ellen Tiger Cosmectic Pouch
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Looking for the perfect Valentine's day gift idea for your Girlfriend, Wife or Someone Special? There's no need to stress this February 14th! |
1. Mini Heart Lola Tee - South Parade, £60
The beautiful Lola Tee by South Parade in a delicate heart print is a great gift for your girlfriend if you want something she can use time-after-time. Adorned with lots of hearts, the tee will be a constant reminder of your love everytime it's worn.
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2. Confetti Socks - Poketo, £12
Another gift that can worn time-after-time are these cute, sheer Confetti from Poketo. Sprinked with lots of confetti, these socks will look great with Vans or Converse to add a girly edge to a casual daytime look.
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3. Fun Sheet-masks - FaceTory, from £2.80
Fun Beauty Brand FaceTory have a wide range of fun sheet-masks which offer multiple benefits for your skin including detoxing, hydration, cleansing and complexion-boostings. Even better, they're budget friendly and make a great odd-on gift to a larger present.
Shop FaceTory Sheet-Masks here
4. Beauty Essentials from Kitsch, from £10
A great pick for this Valentine's Day, KITSCH, a women-owned eco-consious brand offer the ultimate selection of beauty and hair essentials. We're in love with this dreamy satin sleep set in subtle leopard print. The sleep set contains a satin pillowcase (great for looking after delicate tresses while sleeping!), A satin hair scrunchie and a practical and stylish sleep-mask.
Shop the Leopard Satin Sleep-Set from KITSCH here
5. Cheeky Cake Plates - Yvonne Ellen, £45
These cheeky slogan cake plates from Yvonne Ellen make are a great pick for Valentine's. Beautifully presented in a gift box, the set of four pastle plates features tongue-in-cheek motifs.
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7. Naughty Cards from Gemma Correll - From £3
Who said romance was dead? This straight to the point, funny card from Gemma Correll is perfect for couples who'd rather cut of the meal for two!
But if this isn't your style, we have a selection of Valentine's Day cards which are sure to suit any personality.
Shop Valentine's Day Cards here
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That’s why we are so excited about recently becoming a Mount Lai stockist, a proudly Asian female owned brand who themselves have taken their roots from traditional chinese medicine. They take a wonderful modern approach to ancient skincare rituals and the range is beautifully presented; perfect for gifting.
Who is Mount Lai?
Mount Lai was inspired by founder Stephanie Zheng’s grandmother, who has been jade rolling and practicing gua sha for over fifty years. Her grandmother treated her skincare routine as a breath of calmness in her busy life. A daily ritual, an act of self care which in turn inspired Stephanie to formulate her own collection of beauty products.
As Stephanie says’ To me, skincare is a form of self-care. It’s a way to carve out time for yourself in your busy schedule, a way to decompress from the day.’ and we couldn’t agree more.
What are the benefits of gua sha and what is it?
In layman terms ‘Gua’ means scrape, and ‘Sha’ means sand. It is a treatment that involves scraping tools over the skin in order to promote tissue drainage. Puffy eyes? This is for you!
Need a lift? This is definitely for you! Mount Lai boasts specialist tools you can use everyday and we think they are pretty special!
If you are new to gua sha then you’re probably thinking why you would benefit from it where to start, am I right?
As previously mentioned, gua sha is the practice of scraping tools over your face but why do you need to do this?
Gua Sha tools
In order to practice gua sha properly, you need the right tools and what’s so interesting is the number of different ones you can choose from but you’ll be pleased to know they aren’t overly complicated to use. They come in all sorts of shapes and often different stones which have different qualities and their main use is to scrape over your skin. Mount Lai have an amazing range of gua sha tools and we’ve decided to stock a few of them.
So that you can choose what will be best for you let’s break the Mount Lai tools down:
The Rose Quartz De-Puffing Eye Massage Tool
Intentionally crafted for the delicate eye area, the Mount Lai de-puffing massage tool is the perfect way to remove excess fluid from around your eyes.
Ideal customer: Anyone looking to reduce puffiness around the eye area.
It’s simple to use and if you are interested in stone properties you will love the Rose quartz. Rose quartz has calming properties and is known for aiding meditation and reflection. It is known as the stone of love.
We like to use ours after we’ve applied eye cream and gently sliding the tool under the eye starting from the inner corner, out to the temple. Trust us when we say, you will feel awake and brightened after using this tool!
The Gua Sha Lifting Tool
A must-have for any beauty ritual, the Gua Sha lifting tool is a game-changer! It not only promotes lymphatic drainage which results in firmer skin, but it also relieves facial tension and can help relax the muscles that contribute to wrinkles.
Ideal customer: Anyone looking for firmer, radiant and youthful skin.
Another benefit to this product is that we stock a variety of stones, ranging from Rose quartz to Jade and Amethyst so you can look into which suits your personality best. For example, the Jade stone has natural cooling properties and is known as the stone of eternal youth but the Amethyst stone is stress-relieving alongside promoting clarity and relaxation.
To use the tool, start with a serum or oil and then scrape it upwards and around the face. Each tool comes with detailed instructions to give you a helping hand as well.
In Summary
When it comes to ultimate self-care at home, we can’t recommend the Mount Lai tools enough. They not only look pretty, but they also promote so many health benefits including toning, firming, lifting, brightening alongside reducing inflammation, puffiness and dark circles which make them our go-to beauty product to add into our daily routine. What is your favourite ancient beauty ritual? We’d love to know how you keep looking youthful and look after your skin.
]]>Whilst we can blast a fan all night long, this can sometimes disrupt sleep so here are our top tips on how you can hopefully sleep better during the summer.
1.Create a restful space
Declutter your bedroom and treat it as your personal sanctuary. Before you go to bed, light a summer scented candle that will help you drift off to sleep and keep your bed linen and pyjamas light. Aery Living have created the perfect ‘Before sleep’ candle and 'Dream Catcher' candle with peaceful blends of lavender and cedar and what’s even better is that they are 100% vegan and use only cruelty-free materials so you can drift off knowing you are being kind to the planet at the same time.
2.Keep the light out
As the mornings get lighter and the sun starts to rise even earlier, the last thing you need is to be woken up by bright light shining through the blinds. Avoid being woken up by choosing a luxurious eye mask whilst you sleep. Elizabeth Scarlett has created an embroidered velvet sleep mask infused with Lavender to help you drift off. Trust us when we say that it’s so soft you won’t even realise you have it on.
Elizabeth Scarlett - Luxury Bee Eye Mask
£25
3.Look after yourself whilst you sleep
Silk pillowcases are definitely paving the way for night time rituals and we can see why. They are not only cooler than cotton to sleep on but they also promote anti-aging and help to keep those frizzy loose hairs at bay. Worried your pillowcase won’t match your duvet? There is no need to panic with our full KITSCH range available in 6 different colours and designs.
KITSCH - Leopard Satin Pillowcase
£15
4. Stay Calm
Getting frustrated because you're hot and can’t sleep sadly only generates more heat around your body and keeps you awake. We know it’s easily done and that’s why we would recommend using a facial spritz or pulse point roller. Paper Plane has created a roller dedicated to helping you drift off, infused with a soothing blend of natural oils, it has become one of our most loved bedtime rituals! The oils act as a trigger to help your mind relax and you will be deep in sleep before you know it.
Paper Plane - Sleep Pulse Point Roller
£7
5.Stay hydrated
During the hot months we all know how important it is to be hydrated and it seems obvious but drinking lots of water can help cool your body down. The recommended amount is 2 litres per day which seems like alot but it’s easier than you think. If you want to switch up your daily water intake why not use a beautiful jug throughout the day. We love the Bloomingville Lustre Gold Jug as it doesn’t only look good it’s also so easy to fill up with cold water, lemons and ice and will help you stay on top of your recommended intake.
Bloomingville - Gold Lustre Jug
£21
We hope these tips are helpful and you can enjoy your summer sleep a little bit better! What are your top tips for sleeping in the summer? Leave a comment below, we’d love to hear from you!
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1. Add a touch of fun to your plants
@nyiherlinshouseplants
We love how a crazy hair style has been created using a large, leafy plant and cute planter. Character pots and planters are a great way to add plants to your home-office or living area in a fun, cheeky way.
Recreate the look with:
If you're addicted to cacti, natural looks and earthy tones then @tribeandus is the plant-insta account for you. Offering daily snaps of various botanical and cactus displays, this is our go-to account for a plant-based pick-me-up.
Recreate the look with:
Click to shop: Scandi Boho Planter
3. Adding a splash of colour
@53houseplantsandme
Plant pots and planters are a great way to add a touch of colour to your home. Whether you decide to go with the same colour throughout, select a colour palette or go full on rainbow, the same as @53houseplantsandme, there is a great range of planters available.
Recreate the look with:
Click to shop: DOIY Rainbow Plant Pot
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'Gin & Apple Pie'
Enjoy!
and don't forget, we'd love to see your creations so make sure you tag us on social media @poppiesnow.
To shop the G&Tea cocktail set, click here.
*all recipes are courtesy of Root7
A firm favourite at Poppie Snow; Sass & Belle have always been our go-to brand for stylish, fun and unique homeware at prices that won't hurt your pocket! Each season they never fail to create a whimsical collection of homeware and gifts that are bang on-trend and seriously saught after.
A super sell-out collection released last year which is showing no sign of decreasing in popularity (and featuring on Instagram!) is their unique Frida Khalo collection which includes planters and mini plant pots, vases, mugs, stationery and lifestyle products all of which are beautifully adorned with the unique design of Frida Khalo. A must for any fan, the collection is sure to brighten up your home and have all your visitors shouting "I want one of those!".
Not too sure how to incorporate the Sass & Belle Frida collection into your home? Okay we get it... buying the entire collection might be a little extra, but editing your selection and displaying your prized Frida piece along with items you already have is a great way to add these items into your home without going OTT on Frida.
Why not check out these pieces from the Frida collection:
Sass & Belle Frida Planter, £13 Sass & Belle Frida Face Mini-Planter, £6
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