A New Place to Find Gifts | UncommonGoods

Hey everyone, so todays post is all about a pretty amazing site called UncommonGoods, think not on the highstreet but better! UncommonGoods as a company are working to make themselves more environmentally friendly, socially responsible and a rewarding place to work. Everyone that is full time there and even some that are part time are given free health insurance, which for us Brits is something that I think we take for granted. Having access to free health insurance is something I think we in the UK forget about as being such a luxury, and its such an amazing thing that UncommondGoods offer there staff this as part of working for them. 
All the products for sale on UncommonGoods are free from leather, feathers and fur, which is amazing as it means no animals are hurt and are therefore cruelty free. I know so many people that are going cruelty free with their makeup and clothing choices, so its always good to know that the site your on are free from animal byproducts. 
UncommonGoods offer so many different products, from gifts to home ware they've got it all. What with it coming into summer, I thought I'd talk about Wedding gifts and such like, as Summer is wedding time! 

UncommonGoods have a few of these personalised champagne bottles for sale, these would make a perfect Wedding present or even an amazing anniversary present. 

This ones not so much a wedding present, but something that if you're getting married you could use as a lovely way of remembering the date, not that you could forget your wedding day. Theres so many amazing wedding gifts on the site, a similar idea to the one above is this really cool fingerprint guestbook print. They've plenty more options online for wedding gifts too, so theres loads of options for gifts for the lucky bride and groom. Theres even loads of options of Bridesmaid gift ideas too!

These lovely little French Macaron Soap set would be a perfect little gift for your bridesmaids, or even for your macaron obsessed girlfriend, ideal as a part of an anniversary present even. Speaking of anniversary gifts, they've so many Anniversary gift ideas online too! 

Ok, so I don't know about you but this is something I've actually wanted to try for awhile, this Love is Art Kit is fairly reasonably priced and gives you and your partner the ability to create an entirely unique piece of art. I've wanted to make one of these for ages and trust me when I say that I'll be getting David to make a pretty picture with me at some point! 

Another anniversary type present I saw on their site is this lovely little print, I'd love this for my house. Its such a cute print, and would be perfect for the couple that love travelling.
UncommonGoods have so many amazing items on their site, they have a gift for every occasion, and I know for a fact I'll be picking up a few things for my friends birthdays and such like - I'm looking at you macaron soaps!  
What do you think of UnncommonGoods? Do you like the look of the items I've picked out?  

What I Got For Christmas

I love these types of posts, and so do a fair amount of other people, we're all just nosey buggars by the looks of things... Because I am many other people seem to like these types of posts I thought that I'd do one myself, I'm not bragging just doing a post that I myself like to read. 

I am so grateful for everything I got, and I definitely didn't expect half of what I got. My mum just gave me money, she'd been having a hard time with her knee , and 4 days before Christmas went into hospital to have it replaced - she's basically a robot now - so I never expected anything from her. But she sent her partner (his names Peter btw) to the bank to get money for both myself and my younger brother (Scott). 

Peter, took me by surprise too though, and bought me a little charm for my Pandora bracelet. The one he got me was this lovely little air plane charm, he got me it because in 2016 I plan on travelling a fair bit, I've already got Rome coming up in a couple of months and plans of a summer holiday. My brother also gave me money, he didn't get paid till Christmas eve and the only thing I'd asked for was a little out of his budget (I'd asked him for a electric flosser, he said maybe.) 

My friend, Gemma, gave me so much stuff! The bag she brought it in was near enough over flowing and it was so heavy! She got me a few things from Beauticology, a couple of things from Nivea, some sweets and Bomb Cosmetics.  But I have to say my absolute favourite thing that she gave me is thus really cool picture of us! It even came wrapped in personalised wrapping paper! Its the most thoughtful and cool gift I've probably ever been given - its definitely the most unique gift I've been given, that's for sure! I've not yet figured out where I'll be putting it - I'm definitely needing to gut my room and get rid of a lot of the clutter I've got in there. 

My boyfriend and his family definitely spoiled me, I didn't expect even half of what I got from all of them! His sister gave me a Lush gift set, cause really what's Christmas without Lush? She also gave me the Bubblegum Lip Scrub from Lush, I love this stuff - you definitely can't have too much of it!

His mum got me so much - its not overly much but I honestly didnt expect anything, let alone what she gave me! She got me a few items of clothing from American Apparel, a Dove body set and a box of Mike and Ikes - which I've of course already eaten! I was nice though and shared them in work on Boxing day and the 27th. 

My boyfriend, Connor, completely spoiled me though! He got me so many things I wanted and apparently he didn't even look at my blog - he just went off things that I'd been talking about! Brownie points for him. He got me the new Urban Decay Vice 4 palette - it is such a stunning palette! I mean look at it - it has so many beautiful colours and I can't wait to start making looks with this! 

He also got me Zoeva brushes! OHMEGOSH! These brushes feel amazing and look so pretty, I'm definitely looking forward to giving these a proper good try! The set I've got has INSERT THE NAMES OF BRUSHES IN THE SET I'm so happy that he got these, but I didn't realise there was such a price difference when you buy them from Zoeva compared to when you buy them from Beauty Bay (beauty bay seems to work out to be cheaper by a fair bit btw....) 

Connor went above and beyond and got me a new lens for my camera, originally he got me the 50mm but hes sent it back and has got me the 24mm instead! This will definitely be coming with me to Rome.  
Another photography type thing he got me was a Soft Box, hopefully then my blog photos will step up a bit and maybe even get back into doing YouTube...? 

Last thing he gave me was these cute little bear shaped hand warmers, he got me these cause my hands are constantly freezing! I just end up stealing all his heat - poor boy. They are so handy to have though, especially for when I need to take my wee dog out at night when its freezing! 

What did you get this year for Christmas? Did you spoil your friends and family this year? 

What I got For My Birthday

I wasn't sure if I was going to call this a "haul", but then I decided to do a separate post and video for things that I bought with my birthday money. Since this year I did get quite a few presents, instead of it just being money. I am so thankful to my friends and family that gave me gifts for my birthday, since I know that they didn't need to or have to. I love each and every thing I got, just as much as I love the people that gave me them.

             

I'll have up later things that I bought for my birthday, but for now I thought I'd share what I was given.

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