Welcome to this year's Christmas Gifts Guide.

Now, a lot of you ask me for tips, whether it's for your friend or family member who really loves vintage

or you love vintage yourself

and people are asking you what to get you and you just don't know.

So here are six of my absolute favourite things

that I think will be great gifts this year.

Start with a disclaimer: None of these items are sponsored;

these are my very honest opinions;

however, some of them have been gifted to me

and sent so I can try them out and see what I think.

So I'm very much just sharing with you my own honest thoughts.

Number one:

We're going to begin with one of my absolute favourite companies!

If you follow me on Instagram - which...obviously, you should -

you will know that I wear Bésame lipstick SO MUCH.

Bésame make vintage make-up

using--either recreating historical formulas

or just the colours

using modern techniques, because let's be honest: we don't wanna put lead on our faces any more.

No, no, we don't. Nope.

And they also have this tie-in with Disney

so they will do different collections based on various Disney properties.

Like they did an Agent Carter one.

Be still my beating heart.

And Snow White.

Love Snow White.

And their latest one is Mermaid Lagoon.

So, Bésame Cosmetics have sent me complementary pieces

of the Snow White and Mermaid Lagoon series

so I can try them out and tell you what I think.

It comes in a beautiful box!

So if you're perhaps gifting to someone who doesn't live near you

and you're getting the things sent directly to them,

you know it'll be lovely when it arrives.

Now, I made a Bésame review video before,

just talking about the different products and how they work for me; the different formulas.

I think we did lipsticks, face powder, and mascara.

Put the link to that video down below and in the card above,

and I talked about different application techniques as well

for vintage make-up, because it is slightly different to how we do things today.

'The Bésame Bugle,'

which is a little vintage newspaper

that tells you all about the specific collection that you are receiving.

Bésame worked with Disney's Ink and Paint Department

to find [inaudible] and concept art that spoke to the independent and strong-willed nature of the mermaid.

So the colours are actually taken from the film itself.

I'm going to begin, however, with Snow White.

Now, every vintage girl loves a scarf.

And one of my favourite things about them is that they're a very versatile present.

It does not matter whether your friend has got hair down to her bum

or the shortest crop imaginable -

there is something that they will be able to do with a scarf.

Oh! I have a video about scarfs. I forgot about that.

I have a video about things you can do with scarfs in a vintage way.

You can watch that.

Going to be wearing that later on.

Next up, we have the Snow White's Pies, which are a variety of lip balms.

We've got gooseberry; apple; and cherry.

And one thing that's so great about Bésame

that I really love is that it makes your little dressing table look delightful.

The packaging - dear Lord, the packaging.

We've then got three lipsticks from the Snow White collection

(which is the 1937 collection).

The three colours I've got are Snow White Red, Love's First Kiss, and One Bite.

Next, moving on to Mermaid Lagoon,

which came with stickers!

Beautiful holographic packaging.

Oo, it's kind of trippy, isn't it?

This is the Treasures of the Lagoon Shadow Palette.

These are all colours that are taken from the film itself

and they're really bright and vibrant, as you're about to see.

It shows you exactly where each of the colours have come from.

We've got eight beautiful shades there;

four mattes and four shimmers.

Going to destroy my nails doing this!

This is the Pearl Shimmer Powder

It has a little magnetic opening.

Inside we have a mirror and a little powder pat.

And to match the Pearl Powder is this Golden Sand Bronzer

Again, beautifully, beautifully waved inside.

So pretty.

The non-Bésame make-up that I have always just lives in a drawer.

The Bésame make-up gets to live on the top.

And then we have three lipsticks here.

Now, these lipsticks, they are part of the 1953 collection,

but I would say they're not necessarily lipsticks that you would wear day-to-day in 1953.

The three colours we've got are Mermaid Kiss;

Waterlily Blossom Red; and Starfish Pink.

So, the Mermaid Lagoon collection is I think a bit more "out there"

than the Snow White collection.

With the Snow White, you can still get a very kind of authentic vintage look

but it's, you know, not really stepping outside the boundaries of what people think of as vintage

But that's my favourite look. That's my every-day, go-to look.

Whereas the Mermaid Lagoon, I would say, is--we've got the colours; we have the sparkle.

It's more out there.

Pin-up rockabilly look.

So it's really just that Bésame are stepping out there and really hitting all the different markets in terms of

vintage-y.

But if you have a friend who is just straight vintage.

If she doesn't wear exciting-coloured eye shadow,

go for the Snow White collection over the Mermaid Lagoon collection

when you're giving her - or him - a present.

But if your friend is a bit more, you know, 'wacky colours - why not?'

then yes, Mermaid Lagoon.

Beautiful and it's so fun.

The prices are also really reasonable.

But I would advise you to get a number of things

so that the shipping cost is obviously reduced if you are buying from another country.

Number two: books!

And not just any books - oh, no.

These books are gorgeous.

Now, I'm quite a reader, to the extent that my attic is full of not just clothes!

It's books now, too.

My wife's unaware of these yet.

She hasn't seen them.

One of my favourite ways to give presents is to give someone a subscription to something,

so whether that's a magazine or flowers that arrive every month.

Something that really keeps the gift going.

So, Bookishly are a really small company.

They're British; they're from Northamptonshire.

And they do these great series of books.

So you can either buy the series in one lump

or you can get them delivered month by month by month,

because they have subscription boxes that come with a book and maybe it will come with a little teabag or

it will come with a book and it will come with a mug.

Not just about, 'Oh, here's the book; the object itself.'

It's also: 'How do you consume the book?'

'How do you sit down and lovingly read

whilst sipping your tea?'

The series that I decided to go for, though,

are the Jane Austin series.

Aren't these things gorgeous?

There are six books in the series.

The water colour blot design looks stunning on any shelf.

I also kept the other three wrapped up so you could see

that they come in gorgeous paper, as well.

So you can have them safely delivered to your friend, knowing that they will be very excited to open them up.

The particular Jane Austen series is £40

but they do have books that are a whole other price range -

so if you're working with a smaller budget than that,

there are still options for you.

Number three:

These two things you've previously seen.

Claud and I made a video called 'Wife Saves My Life,'

where we talk about how she has...literally saved my life.

In that video, I also mention these two lovely pieces of jewellery

from a brand called Ana Luisa,

that are now Claud's favourite go-to pieces.

And she wears them so much, I thought it was a really good idea to bring them into the gifts video,

because it's a shop that has a whole kind of range of styles

and I really think you can find something there for pretty much everyone in your life.

Especially this lovely gold bracelet,

which she wears A LOT.

She kind of wears it in a day-to-day environment,

but I think it's also a piece that you could really dress up for evening time.

And then this lovely little ring here

is going to be playing a very special role in Christmastide

All the designers at Ana Luisa have previously worked for some quite big name brands

and now they make these gorgeous limited edition pieces.

They're all really unique, because everything they make is a very limited quantity,

which again is something that's kind of special; I think that adds an extra bit to a present, doesn't it?

Number four:

Now I'm gonna talk about one of my absolute favourite companies!

[Laughing] Ow!

Beautifully done, Clara, thank you.

We don't need to do that again.

[Clara laughs] J: That was... That was wonderful.

Again, if you follow me on Instagram,

you will probably be aware that British Retro are one of my absolute favourite clothing companies.

I have so many of their dresses!

They're a really fab company; everything is made in Britain from vintage patterns.

They have four styles of dress, I believe

and then they change the different fabrics and patterns.

Some of them are super vintage-y; look like you have literally just purchased something from the 1940s

and some of them are more of the Rockabilly,

where you've got skulls and...roses and all that stuff.

I keep trying to convince Clara that she should get some.

So, my favourite look and one that you've definitely seen on Instagram

is this bardot neckline, which is just off the shoulders.

Look at this check!

This is the version with a very large skirt,

but they also have some really good pencil skirt varieties.

It's pretty chilly nowadays and that's where...this comes in!

Ah...

OK.

Now, don't worry, it's faux fur.

They have these fabulous dresses; I also have this one in red.

And in grey.

And in black.

They're really good dresses, OK?

Although the others have a bit of boning in them

and that can be really nice to wear; you don't have to wear a bra with them.

Always good to find a dress you don't have to wear a bra with,

especially if you're, like, a bit larger in the...up here.

These are very stretchy,

so if you don't like incredibly tight clothes,

you don't have to worry when it comes to this particular style.

It's really great, although it's also a little thicker, so it's quite forgiving

if you wanna, you know, hide anything underneath there.

Dresses come in a range of prices, and there's always a sale tab!

So you might be able to find something that particularly tickles your fancy.

I think it's a really good first time buy, as well, if you're just looking into

vintage and retro and dressing in that kind of way

because the styles are

pretty much great for absolutely everyone, it's really just the fabrics that you're choosing from.

They also sell other things that you need to go with them,

like petticoats and accessories - I think they have accessories that are even starting at about the £4...mark.

So if you're looking for a really great present...

why don't you order yourself a dress?

And get some accessories for your friends.

Number five:

Moving on from treating yourself

to treating your entire family.

Oh yeah.

I got a personalised wreath.

Of course I did!

I originally saw these wreaths on notonthehighstreet,

which has like a whole range of different little personalised gifts

but then I looked into the actual company that makes them themselves,

and they're called Twenty-Seven and they're based in England

They make these--ah, I just love this wreath!

I just love it so much.

You get the backing plate in either silver or gold

and it comes with a little personalised family name