Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2014: Top Gift Ideas to Spoil Your Mum!
I love Mother’s Day, it is the perfect timing to let your mum know how much you love her and appreciate her efforts throughout the years. After all, there is no mum like our own mum, so we should spoil her and make her feel extra special.
Whenever I ask my mum what she would like, she usually says that a cuddle and a kiss are enough, but I know she loves receiving a special gift or two, who doesn’t?!
Mother’s Day is only a week away on Sunday 30th March, and I have been busy lately trying a selection of gifts for our Mother’s Day feature.
I wanted to include a wide range of gifts to suit all budgets, taste and style. In no particular order, I would like to introduce our Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2014 with a selection of gifts that I have personally tried, tested and loved.
If your mum likes sweet treats, she will love Tesco finest* Belgian Chocolate Heart Collection in a Hand Made Picture Frame Box (RRP £5.00), assorted dark, milk and white chocolate hearts made with Belgian chocolates with various fillings in a cute handmade picture frame box to keep her favourite photo.
You can also surprise her with Tesco Mother’s Day Strawberry and Cream Cupcake, sponge cake filled with strawberry jam, topped with strawberry and vanilla cream flavoured icings and sugar decorations. Not only it is pretty, it is very tasty too! It is available in single packets (RRP £1.00) or in a packet of 4 (RRP £2.00), perfect for sharing.
Asda has a range of gifts including Heart Chalkboard (RRP £3.00) ideal for your mum’ shopping lists and quick notes in her kitchen. If your mum enjoys pampering at home, NSPA has a selection of dermatologicaly tested products offering affordable spa luxury. NSPA Instant Blur Primer (RRP £6.00 or 2 for £8) is enriched with ginseng and vitamin E, it has been designed to instantly smooth and perfect the skin, giving you a younger appearance.
Your mum will smell lovely and fresh as a daisy with NSPA Bloom Fragrance Eau de Toilette (RRP £8 or 2 for £10), infused with essential oil of Vetiver. It has a gorgeous floral scent of blissful bouquets, fresh floral and petals, with tones of rose, jasmine and tuberose.
After a busy day, I’m sure your mum will appreciate a relaxing hydro massage foot spa designed and created by Elle Macpherson. Elle Macpherson Aromatherapy Foot Spa by HoMedics (RRP £74.99, on sale for £49.99) is a 5 in 1 invigorating spa with double the bubbles to normal foot spas, LED mood lighting and aromatherapy mist diffuser.
It comes with two interchangeable pedicure attachments and four integrated massage rollers for deep full foot massage. The angle base offers a more comfortable massage and easy pour water disposal. Not only will the Aromatherapy foot spa leave your mum’s feet looking gorgeous, it will also relieve stress and relax her, she will be refreshed and revitalised after her indulging foot massage.
Your mum will enjoy the intense and soothing hydration offered by Chanel Hydramax and Active Moisture Mask (RRP £39.00). The active ingredients will leave her face looking soft and silky, the moisturising formula boosts skin cell hydration and maintains an optimal level of moisture.
Chanel uses a specific process to create ultra-pure cosmetic active ingredients, which allows the formula to go through to the heart of the cells, boosting the dynamics of skin hydration. Chanel Hydramax and Active Moisture Mask has an exclusive moisturising agent Cerotonia PFA that will leave your mum’ skin feeling hydrated and moisturised, she will love it!
Zippo Hand Warmer (RRP £20.35) is small and powerful, but it will warm up your mum’s hands in no time. It comes ready to be used with a can of Zippo Premium Lighter Fluid, as well as handy accessories such as a cosy warming bag and re-filling cup.
The platinum-catalyzed glass fiber burner offers quick and easy lighting, producing a radiant heat without a flame. It is powerful, producing more than ten times the heat of traditional warmers and lasts up to 12 hours on just 0.4 ounces of Zippo’s Premium Lighter Fluid which produces little odour. Whether your mum is into winter sports, enjoy being outdoors or taking the dog for a walk, her little fingers will be kept warm with this handy and lightweight outdoor gadget.
If your mum loves gorgeous bracelets, she will fall in love with Cuffs of Love Cord Bracelet from Find Me a Gift. Cuff of Love Cord Bracelet (RRP £24.99) is available in a range of colours, purple, turquoise, pink, black, grey, beige, one will definitely suit your mum’s taste and style.
It has two stylish 14 carot white gold plate handcuffs, simbolising being locked by love, ideal to remind your mum how much you love her. I usually struggle to find bracelets that fit my small wrist, but Cuff of Love Cord Bracelet is available in extra small, small and medium. I have an extra small bracelet and I really like the fact the cords can be adjusted to fit my tiny wrists.
I love flowers and plants, I always make sure I have flowers at home, and if your mum is the same, she will love this feminine and delicate Campanula Jug. Mother’s Day Campanula Jug from Moonpig (RRP £35.00) comes with beautiful Campanulas overflow from a classy cream ceramic jug with a lovely pink ribbon.
The lovely purple Campanulas are long-lasting and it should flower for years, with appropriate care. Not only it will add a touch of colour to your mum’s home, every time that she looks at the delicate and gorgeous flowers, she will think of you and remember how much you care.
Nothing like listening and dancing to your favourite tunes, your mum can listen to music from her smartphone, tablet, laptop or MP3 player with Jam Plus Wireless Speaker. HMDX Jam Plus Wireless Speaker (RRP £59.99, on sale for £39.99) is an ultra-portable speaker which connects wirelessly from your Bluetooth friendly device with a range of up to 10 meters, without compromising on sound quality.
HMDX Jam Plus Wireless Speaker is pretty in pink and very powerful too. It only took a few seconds to connect it to my phone and to start enjoying my favourite songs. It has long-lasting rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries, which last up to 6 hours of wireless play. You can easily connect it to your computer with the USB charging cable included. Your mum will be dancing to her songs in no time with his stylish and powerful wireless speaker.
I hope you enjoyed our suggestions and ideas in the Mother’s Day Gift Guide! Whatever your mum is up to next Sunday, I hope she has a great Mother’s Day and she is well and truly spoilt!
The products were provided free of charge for review purposes. However the opinions expressed in this review are honest and my own.