Eve Sleep have these amazing linen sheets – prices start at £99 for UK double set
They are so luxurious you will not be able to go back to cheap bedding. They are so stylish too.
Stonewashed for superior softness and comfort, our pure linen bedding is the most luxurious, durable bed set you’ll find. Made in Portugal, it’s available in five colour combinations.
From evesleep.co.uk
The Runaway By Hollie Overton
You can tell the writer put her heart and soul into this book. It is an outstanding thriller. It leaves you holding your breathe until the very last page.
Poetry. A Very Short Introduction By Bernard O’Donoghue.
Perfect for writers and poetry fans. Entertaining and educational: it gives a perfect overview of poetry. Bernard O’Donoghue also ask what poetry is and what is is for. Riveting.
Give Birth Like a Feminist By Milli Hill.
This book is perfect for any expecting parent. It is even a good read for those who are not. Give Birth Like a Feminist is an important read from a pioneer in pregnancy and birth. Milli Hill founded The Positive Birth Movement and her work in the field has progressed women’s right by years. She also allowed me to publish one of her birth stories in my book, Women on Childbirth. She is the best kind of woman: a woman who support other women and fights for them too. A must buy.
With Child By Andy Martin
Andy Martin spent a year with Lee Child. With Child is the diary of these adventures. I found this fascinating as a writer myself. Perfect for fans of Lee Child and Jack Reacher. A great book.
Designing Babies By Robert L. Klitzman, MD.
This book is absolutely fascinating. In-depth research mixed with personal stories creates a perfect book on the subject of designing babies. Fertility, infertility, genetics…. This book covers the medical science of making babies. it does so with a human heart. What is right and what is wrong? Robert Klitzman is a brilliant and eloquent writer.
The Children’s Forest.
The Children’s Forest is the perfect book for children and parents. This book has a lot of fun activities to get your child in touch with nature. This book is a celebration of nature and, in my opinion, is essential for children to get them outdoors and learning more about nature. For ages 3-12, it has games, songs, recipes and animal, tree and plant lore. This excellent book offers hours of fun for children and parents.
What Snowflakes Get Right By Ulrich Baer.
This brilliant book is thought-provoking and brilliantly written. Snowflakes get a bad wrap but this in-depth and passionate analysis should be read by everyone. Great stuff.
The Writer’s Creative Workbook By Joy Kenward. Illustrated By Ruth Allen.
This is a brilliant book for the writer in your life. Even the most advanced writers will find this helps get things flowing again.
One More Lie by Amy Lloyd.
This is a stunning thriller. Full of suspense and atmosphere: you will not want to put it down. It also has a quote from Frost Magazine writer Annie Clarke who is a fan.
I’ll Be Home For Christmas By Abbey Clancy.
I do not know how she manages it: as well as being gorgeous, working as a model and TV Presenter and raising four children Abbey Clancy has written this amazing book. I loved it from the first page. The characters are so vivid and the story is a glam, glitzy read that entertains right to the end. I LOVE this book.
A Mrs Miracle Christmas By Debbie Macomber.
This is the perfect Christmas book. It is a warm book that is a perfect example of romantic fiction. Perfect for an evening snuggling with some hot cocoa.
Rebel Dogs By Kimberlie Hamilton.
This book is perfect for dog lovers. Fun and well-written, it makes you happy.
Heroes On The Home Front By Annie Clarke.
The second in the series by this stunning writer. Yes, she does write for Frost, but she is a master at her craft. her novels are researched within an inch of their lives and have real heart and soul. Just perfect.
A Quaint and Curious Volume. Introduction By Sarah Perry.
An interesting and original volume. Perfect for fans of the gothic. You can read all the way through or dip in and out. A really great book.
The Oceans Between Us By Gill Thompson.
This is a truly beautiful story of triumph, loss and a mother’s love. It will touch your heart and soul. Wonderful.
Nightingale Wedding Bells By Donna Douglas.
The eleventh book in the series. Another heart-warming story that is perfect for Christmas.
Simon’s Cat It’s a Dog’s Life By Simon Tofield.
Hard to believe it is the 10th anniversary. The much-loved cat is back in this hilarious book. Love it.
Something To Tell You By David Edwards.
This is a great, if terrifying, book. Perfect for fans of science-fiction, fantasy or thrillers. A perfect combination of fiction and out-there science. A clever book and a great read.
Raw Spirit By Iain Banks.
Perfect for fans of a wee dram. Banks explores the rich history of Scottish Whisky. It has a new introduction from Ian Rankin.
This top secret book arrived. What was it? Oh just the new Alex Cross book, Criss Cross By James Patterson. It is brilliant, of course. But then it always is. Out on the 14th November.
And now for some shameless self-promotion. I have books on acting, blogging, poetry, childbirth and wedding planning. They are all great for Christmas presents obviously. Nudge nudge, wink wink.
What books would you recommend?
It’s that time of the year again… and to kick it off, we bring you our favourite festival tipples guaranteed to wow your guests and to top your Christmas lists.
Impress your guests this Festive season by creating a cocktail using a fine and majestic liqueur. Italicus is made from Rosolio di Bergamotto and was actually the main Aperitivo drunk by the King of Savoia.
This exquisite liquor is made from Bergamot from Calabria, Cedro form Sicily, Roman Chamomile, Lavender, Melissa Balm, Yellow Roses, Gentian.
The result; a finely aromatic and floral flavour with light notes of citrus which certainly mixes well with a number of mixers, garnishes and other spirits.
Italicus has already won numerous awards including a few for the packaging which is utterly show-stopping, another reason to grab a bottle this Christmas. The beautiful design will certainly wow sitting atop your bar or drinks cabinet.
Italicus can be served in a number of ways
Negroni Bianco:
35ml Italicus
35ml London Dry Gin
35l Dry Vermouth
Served: In a tumbler with 3 olives.
Italicus Cup:
50 ml Italicus
25ml Pink Grapefruit
Top with Soda add a Pinch of Salt and 3 Olives
Italicus is priced at RRP £29.95 for 70cl bottle ABV 20%
Plastic Freedom is a great website which has a huge selection plastic free products. They also do gift boxes. They have an array of eco-friendly stuff like Bean & Boy natural handmade soap, Bambaw reusable makeup remover pads, Beauty Kubes Shampoo and Helen Round’s reusable bamboo face wash set.
Plastic Freedom, the online store striving to eliminate the world’s plastic-footprint recommended these products to us and we were very impressed.
Founded by 28-year-old Beth Noy in 2018, @plasticfreedom_was started single-handedly from her spare bedroom. She now sells over 900 products that come from a number of sustainable suppliers, including vegan cosmetics, mother and baby products, plastic-free lunch boxes, kitchenware, travel accessories and everything in between.
Beth Noy lives entirely single-use plastic free herself, and some of her favourite products are: Beauty Kubes, PF x Sol Cup and Beeswax wraps.
plasticfreedom.co.uk
CLEAN TEETH, CLEAN CONSCIENCE
A new toothpaste that is 100% recyclable, with no single use plastic tube.
Unlike other toothpastes on the market, it contains no harsh soaps, antibacterials, petrochemicals or artificial colouring.
100% natural flavouring, with papaya extract for natural whitening and essential minerals to strengthen tooth enamel.
A new toothpaste that is not only good for you but good for the planet is now available in the UK. Happier Toothpaste, from sustainable beauty brand Happier Beauty, has packaging made from traditional aluminium, that is easy and energy efficient to recycle. With 1.5 billion single-use plastic toothpaste tubes thrown away every year, Happier toothpaste is a great swap to reduce your carbon footprint.¹ There’s no unnecessary cardboard box either. Even the postal packaging for the toothpaste is 100% recyclable, wrapped in 100% recycled tissue paper and posted in a reusable bubble envelope.
The toothpaste itself is also refreshingly different, containing only natural flavourings and no nasty chemicals. Each ingredient in Happier toothpaste has been specially selected to have as minimal impact to the environment as possible. Other market-leading toothpastes contain many artificial ingredients that are unnecessary and, in some cases, harmful. Happier toothpaste contains no soap and instead has a low foam formula treated with coconut oil to create light refreshing bubbles without drying your mouth. Happier toothpaste also avoids Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLS) which is commonly found in other toothpastes has been linked with causing mouth sores and ulcers, and is often used in shampoos and body wash.
Happier toothpaste also contains natural ingredients with great benefits. Papaya fruit extract is infused into the toothpaste which aids with whitening and prevents new stains from sticking to your teeth.
The toothpaste is 100% cruelty free and vegan friendly. It has also been specially formulated for sensitive teeth.
Faye Wilson, founder of Happier Beauty said: “Toothpaste is something we put in our mouths twice a day, yet nearly all of us are guilty of being unaware of what is actually in it. I created Happier toothpaste after I started seriously looking at what is in market-leading toothpastes and saw you need a chemistry degree to understand half the ingredients!
“We are completely transparent with our ingredients; explaining what each ingredient does and why we’ve included it in our toothpaste. We never use SLS, triclosan, parabens, petrochemicals, colours, artificial flavours or sweeteners.
“It is also very important to us that our products have little to zero impact on the environment. We’ve taken special care to source ingredients that are kinder to your mouth and 100% recyclable materials for our products right down to the tissue paper the tubes are delivered in.”
Happier toothpaste is available online for £12.00 per 75ml tube, with free UK shipping. It is available in Fresh Mint flavour.
For more information, visit happierbeauty.com.
Wine Advent Calender
Wine Advent Calendar: Case of 24 – £69.99
This wine advent calendar from Laithwaite’s Wine Christmas range is a brilliant idea. Have fun all December. There is a half bottle for every advent day. It has a great mix of wine. Perfect.
Tiki Lovers Pineapple Rum – Infused with Pineapple Extract – a new Rum experience
This is a fantastic rum, perfect for Christmas.
Our Tiki Lover’s Pineapple Rum from The Bitter Truth is a rum blend infused with an all-natural, pineapple extract from South America which is allowed to rest for several weeks. This gives the flavours of sugar cane time to mingle elegantly with fruity layers of juicy pineapple, while maintaining the full and complex aromas of the rum blend. Made using a careful blend of aged and unaged Jamaican pot-still rum, 3-year-old Barbados rum, aged in former Bourbon Whiskey barrels and some young column-still rums from Trinidad and Guyana.
This new rum is bold, vibrant and taste-rich with both the rum and pineapple characteristics being given space to shine.
The Serve: Brilliant in all tropical drinks and tiki cocktails.
Available from masterofmalt.com, thewhiskeyexchange.com
Price £28.95
Brut Zéro from Bouvet Ladubay
We were very impressed with this wine and we are very fussy indeed. It is a delicious and fun bubbly. It’s a limited edition sparkling dry wine from Bouvet Ladubay and the first time it has been available in the UK. It’s currently available at Lay & Wheeler.
As the name suggests, this cuvée has no dosage, and so has not a drop of residual sugar. As a result, the wine expresses abundant freshness and minerality, supported by bright citrus and green fruit.
From www.laywheeler.com
Tomatin Scottish
Fantastic whisky. These are perfect stocking fillers.
El Bandarra Red
This is juts fantastic stuff and perfect for Christmas. Xarel·lo and Macabeo grapes are macerated with 50 herb extracts such as clove, cinnamon and bitter orange. After fortifying the wine, it is given a touch of caramel and balanced in Solera oak barrels for two months.
ABV: 15%
Serve: On the rocks with a slice of orange and an olive. This is ready to go or can be topped with soda/tonic.
Available from winebuyers.com, masterofmalt,com, thewhiskeyexchange.com, drinksupermarket.com
Price £21.95
Dark ‘n Stormy Ready-to-Go Cocktail Can – The Perfect Stocking Filler
Cocktails in a can usually taste artificial or just not nice. Not so this Dark ‘n Stormy. It tastes amazing. Just as good as the same cocktail made in a bar or at home.
When you need a convenient, highly refreshing drink that can quickly hit the spot, wherever the parties at, what better than our brand new Goslings Rum Dark ‘n Stormy ready-to-drink cocktail in a can that has just launched in Waitrose!
The iconic Dark ‘n Stormy is Bermuda’s national drink and a trademarked cocktail, which mandates the use of Goslings Black Seal Rum. The name is said to have originated when an old salt observed that the rum floating on top of the ginger beer was the “colour of a cloud only a fool or a dead man would sail under.”
A true taste of Bermuda – the Dark ‘n Stormy ready-to-drink can is made using Goslings Black Seal Rum and Goslings Stormy Ginger Beer with no mixing and no ice required.
Price £2.20 for a can/ 3 for £5
Available at Waitrose.com
Gin Baubles – £35.00
The perfect gift for: The Christmas tree decorator
We love these. They look great, are a fun idea and the gin is superb. A crowd pleaser and the perfect ornament for your Christmas tree. Pickering’s Gin Baubles, filled with Edinburgh’s Nine Botanical Gin, are a fun take on the classic decoration. If the temptation is too much, the best thing about these baubles is that they’re refillable, no-one will ever have to know!
Light Up Talking Bing with Hoppity
My children are obsessed with this Bing. There have been many fights over it. Bing lights up and has a number of phrases. The toy even comes with a Hoppity fo he can whoosh away.
With over 15 fun phrases for little ones to enjoy, Light-up Talking Bing with Hoppity is sure to be a hit with little Bing fans! Bing comes complete with his ‘favourist’ toy, Hoppity Voosh! Hoppity wears a soft red cape and can be detached from Bing. Your little Bingsters will love to make their very own Hoppity ‘voosh’ through the air, just like Bing does in the show. Press Bing’s hand and watch his button softly glow as he talks to Hoppity, giggles or as the music plays and for even more fun Bing has poseable arms. Bing and his best friend Hoppity are made from super-soft textured fabrics and have beautiful embroidered detail. Approx size: 36 cm from top of ears to feet. Suitable for children aged 10 months and over.
From amazon.co.uk
This gorgeous Abbott Lyon Tote Bag in blush pink is the perfect present. It is beautiful and well made. There is a zip at the top and a lot of compartments: perfect.
Weird Fish Scarf and Gloves.
I only heard about Weird Fish recently and now I am obsessed with them. For gorgeous, soft and perfectly made scarves, gloves (and more) look no further. I love the Katy Brushed Scarf as it is so soft, long and luxurious and the Jenny Striped gloves. They have stuff for men too.
Skull Candy Grind Wireless
These Skull Candy Wireless headphones are amazing. They are easy-to-use and stylish with great sound. They also have a microphone and a backup cable. Highly recommended. I use them to listen to podcasts when I am trying to get my littlest one to bed.
Never miss a beat with these Skullcandy Grind Wireless Headphones that are designed to produce awesome sound quality. They connect wirelessly via Bluetooth and with 12 hours battery life you’ll never have to miss out on your favourite tracks.
From AO.com who also have a lot of other amazing gifts. Their service is great and highly recommended by Frost.
Taking inspiration from your favourite, comfiest t-shirt, Eve designed a pair of 100% cotton jersey pyjamas to give you snug softness with a lightweight, loose-fit stretch. And with pockets and other trendy little details, these PJs really nail the laidback style, too.
www.evesleep.co.uk
Havaianas Slim Glitter Flip Flops in Pink.
These are perfect for the Christmas season. Glitzy and comfortable, they look great with any outfit. They would fit inside a stocking easily too.
From www.houseoffraser.co.uk
Chi Chi London
Chi Chi London have an array of gorgeous clothes that are perfect for Christmas. I love their Lydia dress which is embroidered with a pink skirt. I also love this jumpsuit. Convenient online shopping and beautiful high-quality clothes. What more could you want?
So you’ve left it to the last minute but we still have time to get standard delivery on most websites so here’s what we picked out for you…
Vanilla Reindeer,
We simply loved their personalised gifts, with chocolate boxes or simply personalised gift wrap, give someone special something extra unique adorned with their face or yours or memories you share together. We picked out a personalised truffle set for someone this Christmas and we were totally impressed by the quality the speedy delivery and more importantly, they were delish! We also loved their bottle bags and range of personalised gift boxes which will impress all year round. They are currently running 30% off all Christmas Gifts and free delivery with a spend over £30.
Drinks in a Tube;
It is what it says on the… tube. As part of their Christmas collection, Drinks in a tube are providing customers with various spirits tubed as well as a selection of Vodka and Gin Christmas crackers. We tried the Premium Red Wine tasting set which comes with five premium French reds including St Emilion Grand Cru and Santenay Rouge to name a few. Each tube is 100 ml which makes it just the perfect size to travel with.
http://www.drinksinatube.co.uk
ScandiKitchen;
Their London bakery is serving up a host of Nordic goodies up until 23rd December and expect to find such things as, Beautiful Swedish and Norwegian Hampers filled with sweets, wines, beers, and chocolate. We recommend the Limoncello Mulled Wine. The Blossa has notes of rosemary, thyme and basil and evoke a typical Nordic Christmas. This year they recommend serving it with some sparkling wine as a delicious aperetif. We also need to mention the beautiful and unique bottle which would make a show-stopping gift and displaying the colours of the Mediterranean sea.
ScandiKitchen is located at
61 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7PP
