Who hasn’t lusted after the Christian Louboutin Rouge Sheer Voile lip colours this year? Inspired by his iconic red soles, these covetable lipsticks come housed in a bullet case threaded with a black ribbon to wear around your neck – one way to inspire envy in 2016. While most colours are sold out, we love Net-A-Porter’s Petal Rose which is still available.
Alcohol aficionados will adore Crystal Head Vodka’s latest offering, the Aurora Borealis. Sold in its eye-catching skull shaped bottle still, but with an iridescent finish, made using electricity to add thin layers of colloidal metals, as a nod to the Aurora Borealis. This isn’t just a pretty face, though; the vodka is 5 times distilled and filtered through 500-million-year old Herkimer Diamonds. The perfect gift for the booze lover in your life.
Anyone who says they wouldn’t love a statement Lulu Guinness bag or purse is simply lying. If you can’t stretch the budget to gift one of her famous lips clutches, why not buy the polished leather red lip coin purse, complete with antique gold hardwear, stripy lining and leather wristlet. There never was a more stylish place to store those elusive pound coins.
For that hard-to-buy-for friend or family member who’s a whiz in the kitchen, why not buy them the Complete Truffle Hunter Hamper? Synonymous with luxury, the hamper boasts three types of truffle oil, white truffle honey, black truffle salt, minced truffle and truffle carpaccio – perfect for the most indulgent Christmas. Diets always start in January, after all…
Want to help your boyfriend, partner or Dad sort out their life? Grab them Monocle’s new book series. The Monocle Guide to Better Living examines how to improve everything from cities to the food on our table, the Guide to Good Business explores advice for would-be business leaders, start-ups and established companies, and the Guide to Cosy Homes dishes out advice on how to build homes that last, where lives can unfold and residences that inspire. For the man who has everything.
Nothing says love like making sure your favourite person is able to ward off frostbite for the rest of the winter. These Dent calf hair and leather gloves in Bordeaux are to die for, boasting 100% leather and 100% cashmere. We might just have to buy ourselves a pair, too.
There’s nothing quite like high quality cashmere to keep those chills away. We love the Brora cashmere scarf in dusky pink to keep you wrapped up against the harsh January frosts – perfect as a festive gift.
Is your partner, brother or dad a beer buff who’s passionate about all things craft? Gift them equity and shares in BrewDog, which gives them a lifetime discount in all BrewDog bars and online, a birthday beer every year, exclusive first option on all new beers and various other perks. It’ll be the coolest present they get all year.
Searching for a sleek and stylish gift that taps into the latest tech and fitness trends? Look no further – the Fitbit Flex activity & sleep wristband is the ideal present for your gym bunny friends. Coming in a variety of colours and tracking steps, distance, calories burned, active minutes and sleep, it’s the ideal buddy to help get you monitoring your health after a sluggish and calorific Christmas period.
This Jo Malone Air of Romance package is heavenly; containing the Red Roses diffuser and Red Roses room spray, it’s guaranteed to ensure anyone’s home smells like they’ve got a permanent delivery of two dozen of the popular flowers. Comes packaged in a covetable cream box tied up with a thick black ribbon – the perfect gift.