Top 10 Mother\'s Day gifts...
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travel mothers day gifts
For the mum who loves... to travel
Stick to the budget - The Yes To Carrots™ brand is a fab new range of products that are paraben-free and full of the anti-oxidant power of beta-carotene, from yes, you guessed it - carrots! This travel pack has everything your mum could need to keep deliciously clean and soft while travelling.
Yes To Carrots ‘Travel with C\' body essentials travel bag, £11.99, available at Boots and Debenhams nationwide.
Blow the budget - This oh-so-chic compact gift set contains supplies to last a month, including the cleanser and muslin cloth, moisturiser, TLC cream, Rescue Mask and deluxe hand cream. This little bag makes the perfect first class complement.
Eve Lom travel gift set, £48.94, johnlewis.com
Your mum loves... fragrance
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mothers day fragrances
Stick to the budget - The new fragrance from Ghost is an elegant scent with top notes of bergamot and refreshing fruit such as juicy pineapple, crisp apples and fresh melon. The fragrance has a blossoming floral heart of jasmine, lily of the valley and violet and is encased in a slender, ultra feminine bottle that will sit prettily on any woman\'s dresser.
Luminous by Ghost, from £23, stockists 0845 688 3343
Blow the budget - Givenchy\'s four fragrances in the exclusive Harvest collection are all divine but we\'ve chosen to feature the Ange Ou Demon 2008 Arabian Jasmine Harvest from India. Its beautiful black box featuring the fragrances star flower makes a beautiful gift. And the fragrance encased within is a heady mix of the beautifully subtle scent of Jasmine that is only grown in India and Lily for extra femininity.
Givenchy Harvest collection, £61.18, available exclusively in Harrods
Your mum loves... chocolate
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mothers day chocolate gifts
Stick to the budget - Treat your mum to gorgeous chocolatey treats for her skin with the Karin Herzog chocolate range. These products are full of vitamins, oils and of course, lashings and lashings of yummy Swiss chocolate. Products in the range include the Chocolate cleanser, treatment cream and moisturiser.
Karin Herzog Choco 2 Treatment Cream, £36, Karin Herzog
Blow the budget - The Gerard\'s Chocolate Therapy for the Body is a truly scrumptious body treatment. After an energising body scrub using Dead Sea Salts, 100 per cent pure warm cocoa butter chocolate is mixed with oils for a sensorial massage. Ahh, this whole experience is certain to induce those feel-good endorphins. A gorgeous chocolate body moisturiser is massaged into your skin so you\'re left feeling soft, scrubbed and smelling good enough to eat.
Gerard\'s Chocolate Treatment, £70 for 55 minutes, available at the cityPoint Club and Spa, thecitypointclub.co.uk
Your mum loves... new make-up
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mothers day gifts make-up
Stick to the budget - This gorgeous little petal palette from No7 has the freshest shades of pretty blooms for spring. Eye-catching pinks and shimmery greens give a pearly, iridescent wash of colour to the eyes.
No7 Petal Eye Palette, £10.75, boots.com
Blow the budget - This eye palette from Chantecaille is more like a work of art than a make-up product and is one bouquet we\'d be more than happy to accept.
Chantecaille Les Passementeries Trio Palette, £66.55, spacenk.co.uk
Your mum loves... staying in
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mother day gifts candles
Stick to the budget - This little trio of candles from This Works are a real treat for any home lover. The 100 per cent natural wax candles are hand poured and blended with essential oils, just perfect for infusing your home with warm and spicy notes of cedarwood, cinnamon, clove and orange. An opulent yet affordable gift.
This Works Black Spice Trio Candle set, £25, thisworks.com
Blow the budget - This gorgeously grand candle from Jo Malone combines three scents that work in perfect harmony with each other to leave a warm and lingering fragrance that delights the senses.
Jo Malone Fragrance Combining Candle available in three combinations, £132, jomalone.co.uk
Your mum loves... great skincare
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mothers day skincare gifts
Stick to budget - Olay remains a favourite classic beauty brand and we bet many of your mums already use a product or two. The Anti-wrinkle range takes the classic products and injects some new skin care technology into them to help erase the signs of ageing, all at an affordable price.
Olay Anti-wrinkle Firming Day Cream, £9.78, Anti-wrinkle Classic Daily Beauty Fluid, £9.78, available nationwide
Blow the budget - The Prevage range created behind the famous red door delivers anti-ageing skin care to the max. The range minimises sun damage, smooths dry, rough skin, firms up skin tone, retexturises stretch marks and dimples and leaves your skin looking youthful and full of radiance. Gosh, well worth the hefty price tag, we reckon!
Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-ageing treatment, £145, Eye Anti-ageing moisturising Treatment, £75, Anti-ageing Night Cream, £115, available at larger Boots and selected department stores nationwide
Your mum loves... being pampered
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mothers day gifts spa treatments
Blow the budget - Treat your mum to the Champneys day at one of their four spas. The day is billed as being built around the guest, meaning your mum will get to choose two treatments from a choice of six, all lasting a relaxing 55 minutes. She\'ll also be treated to a delicious lunch and unlimited use of the luxury spa facilities and 20 different classes on offer should she so wish.
Champneys Day, from £149.95, champneys.com
Stick to the budget - If you\'re budget doesn\'t quite stretch to full day of pampering why not buy some Champneys gift vouchers to use at the fab new Town And City Spas popping up around the country. The spas have luxury treatments rooms offering manicures, pedicures, massage treatments, facials and St Tropez tanning treatments. They\'re perfect for post-shopping pampering.
Gift vouchers from £10, champneys.com
Your mum loves... only organic
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mothers day organic gifts
Stick to the budget - Aubrey organics offers a gentle skin experience with their Rosa Mosqueta collection. The bar soap is soft enough to use on even the most sensitive skin, and is known to bring relief to eczema sufferers. While the oil and night crème will offer super-hydrating assistance to all skin types.
Rosa Mosqueta bar soap, £3.41, Rosa Mosqueta Rose Hip Seed Oil, £10.76, aubreyorganicsuk.co.uk
Blow the budget - All the products from the lush Organic Pharmacy are free from artificial preservatives, colourants, fragrances, petrochemicals and have that genuine seal of approval from the Soil Association. The Rose Bath Oil leaves skin soft and nourished while the best-selling day moisturiser, the Double Rose Rejuvenating Cream brings instant relief to parched skin.
Rose Bath Oil, £39.10, Double Rose Rejuvenating Cream, £35.19, theorganicpharmacy.com
Your mum loves... to relax
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mothers day relaxing sleep gifts
Stick to the budget - The Body Shop have created their own dreamy sleep collection that will help your mum relax without breaking the bank. The collection includes a shower cream, body moisturiser, essential oil and pillow and body mist that will encourage the perfect night\'s sleep.
The Body Shop Deep Sleep Soothing Shower Cream £8.30, Dreamy Pillow & Body Mist £9.75, Essential Oil £7.80, Peaceful Body Moisturiser £13.70, thebodyshop.co.uk
Blow the budget - Help your mum relax with the Cedrus sleep collection from Molton Brown. The bathing elixir and body oil with soften the skin while soothing the senses while the aroma rocks will create a relaxing atmosphere in any room.
Molton Brown Cedrus bathing elixir, body oil, aroma rocks & temple soother, £18-£30, moltonbrown.co.uk
For the mum-to-be...
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mum-to-be mothers day gifts
Stick to budget - One thing a mum-to-be does not want are the dreaded stretch marks criss-crossing her blossoming bump, and Palmer\'s Cocoa butter not only smells amazing it works super hard at keeping them at bay.
Palmers cocoa butter, from £3.50, available nationwide.
Blow the budget - Those of us here at Handbag Towers who can already testify to the damage growing another human being can do to your once flat tummy know how fantastic the Mama Mio products are at rectifying the situation. This kit contains everything a mum-to-be could need to keep her skin and body in tip top condition before the big birth day.
Mama Mio Countdown Kit, £54, mamamio.com
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