Christmas is edging nearer, so to avoid the dreaded last-minute rush, it’s time to stop procrastinating and start shopping for your loved ones…and maybe even drop a few hints for your own wishlist items!
To save you spending hours traipsing around the crowded shops, we’ve rounded up the best gift ideas that will make the perfect presents and stocking fillers for your friends and family.
From cocktail sets and chocolate to skincare and robes, we can’t guarantee you won’t keep these affordable yet lush gifts for yourself.
Christmas Goodies Hamper
This hamper with delicious gourmet treats is the ideal Christmas gift for staff, clients or work mates with a sweet tooth.
The mouth-watering basket includes Duke’s Cashew Cookie, Bauducco Wafers, Ferrero Rocher and Cabell De Brue Giovanni.
Christmas Goodies Gift Hamper – Assorted, $30, Big W
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Touch Lamp
This is a perfect Secret Santa gift or a quick stocking filler if you’re on a budget. The detailed, 3D-printed globe light looks exactly like the moon, and features a touch base so you can simply tap to turn it on and switch it between white and a soft yellow hue.
Moon Led Rechargeable Touch Lamp, $34.99, Yellow Octopus
We all know there’s nothing more frustrating than not being able to decide which skincare product to buy for someone, or yourself.
Thankfully Sunday Riley has you covered with this $135 bundle, which has a whopping $264 worth of skincare goodness packed in.
The gift box features a complete skincare routine featuring Sunday Riley favourites. Designed to be used in the morning, this set includes cleanser, essence, treatment serums and eye cream.
While buying the sought-after Chanel Boy Bag might be a bit of a stretch on the wallet, the French fashion house’s coffee table book Chanel Catwalk is the perfect (and affordable) luxury Christmas gift for your fashion-inclined friends.
The best-seller was the first book to gather every collection ever created by Karl Lagerfeld in a single volume.
Now fully updated to include Lagerfeld’s final collections for the house and those of his right-hand and successor, Virginie Viard, this $110 revised edition includes twenty-eight new collections.
We might be heading into the warmer months, but a lightweight linen robe is the perfect lounging essential that can be worn throughout the silly season.
Luxury sleep retailer Bed Threads has perfected their signature 100% French Flax Linen Classic Robe.
The robe features a midi length, waist tie, and wide-fit sleeves and is perfect for layering over other sleepwear. Better yet, it’s unisex so can be purchased for the special man or woman in your life.
The $100 robe comes in a range of colours, including olive, white, rust, oatmeal, pinstripe, lavender and khaki.
You’d be hard pressed finding someone that wouldn’t be happy to receive chocolate as a gift all year round.
The artisan chocolate company has created the perfect bundle in time for Christmas, featuring their most popular treats.
For $120, including delivery, Haigh’s introductory package has all your cacao needs sorted, from milk, dark and white chocolate.
The package includes milk speckles, milk chocolate peppermint frogs, milk marshmallow kokettes, honeycomb blocks and truffle bars.
There’s a reason personalised gifts are an old faithful go-to gift every Christmas. And The Daily Edited, AKA the queens of monogramed accessories, have enough on offer this year to have your entire shopping list covered.
From phone cases, wallets, laptop bags and totes, The Daily Edited is your one-stop monogram shop.
We love the versatile Pale Pink Structured Cross Body Bag, which retails for $170 and includes up to four personalised letters. You’ll also be able to pick out which font, colour, size and text position best suits your needs.
Candles are always a no-brainer when it comes to spoiling someone, and this Christmas is no exception.
Acqua di Parma’s Buongiorno canlde from David Jones might seem a bit on the pricier side at $116.00, but rest assured, it will have your loved one’s house smelling like they’ve stepped into heaven.
With high-end yellow glass packaging, the rosemary, Jasmin and cedarwood candle isn’t bad on the eye either, and can brighten up any décor-less space.
Due to their hefty price tag, people often aren’t forking out the money to buy themselves a Fitbit.
But if you really want to spoil your workout-obsessed loved one this Christmas, we guarantee a Fitbit Versa 3 will keep you in their good books for years to come.
The handy gadget lets users keep on top of their goals wherever life takes them. The motivating health and fitness watch tunes in to your body with tools for stress management, heart health, sleep quality and more.
Cocktail making set
Treat your alcohol-loving friends and family to this 16 piece cocktail set this silly season.
It features everything you need to get started creating decadent, classy cocktails, including a corkscrew, muddler, strainer, four pouring nozzles and a wooden stand.
For $145, the gift set from The Decor House is available in rose gold or silver.
With the silly season fast approaching, and plenty of post-lockdown drinks to be had, why not spoil your loved ones with a health-conscious supplement to get them back on track for the new year?
Vida Glow’s Natural Marine Collagen box, which retails for $75, is a daily essential for younger-looking skin, thicker hair and stronger nails.
Made from sustainably-sourced fish skin, the collagen peptide supplement supports the natural ageing process by stimulating your own production of collagen.
And for any picky drinkers, Vida Glow’s formula is flavourless, so it can be mixed into any food or drink.
With international travel opening up again in mere weeks, now is the perfect time to start getting your compact hair accessories ready.
Spoil your loved ones with GHD’s limited edition, ultra-compact hairdryer.
With dual voltage setting, safeguard technology and hard case packing, it’s the ultimate travel companion for a holiday getaway.
We don’t need to tell you how important it is to lather up with SPF in summer, so treat your friend to this luxe Alpha H sunscreen pack that will keep his or her skin radiant all season long.
If you’re on a budget, this $50 bundle has you covered (literally). It includes three cult favourites – the Micro Super Scrub, Vitamin C Serum and the Protection Plus Daily SPF.
Megan Gale’s skincare routine
We all know someone who’s completely yoga-obsessed. So for your yogi friends, look no further than this $99 Synergy Regular Yoga Mat in Rose Quartz.
The 3.5mm eco-friendly mat has an absorbent and anti-slip top layer for exceptional traction when wet during Bikram or any other hot yoga styles.
Who doesn’t love a good scatter cushion? And for the warmer months, linen is the perfect breathable fabric to incorporate into a Christmas gift.
Created from superior quality linen for a relaxed textured approach to home styling, the $69 Lyon Vintage Washed French Linen Stripe cushions from Living By Design offer a timeless quality and are the perfect present if you’re on a budget.
Vases are a guaranteed win for mums, and they’re more on trend than ever before.
This season, homewares boutique Wedgwood has an exquisite offering of vases for under $200.
The White Folia Bulb Vase, which retails for $149, takes the natural shape of a planted bulb and brings nature’s beauty into the home.
You can never go wrong with gifting someone a hat, particularly in Australian summer.
This SIR wide brim ivory canvas hat, which features topstitching and a contrast binded edge, will keep your loved ones sun-safe and on trend.
Perfect for family beach outings, this $99 Adairs umbrella is the ultimate summer accessory.
The 1.8m adjustable stand, detachable sand anchor and carry bag allows for any easy set up.
And if you don’t think this pattern will be a hit with your loved ones, the umbrella comes in three other summery colour ways!
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