Rita Amartey finds the best gifts to shower the one you love this Mother’s Day – from pampering facials to handy home gadgets, she’s got you covered
Mother’s Day is just around the corner on Sunday 10 March 2024, so if you haven’t picked out a gift yet, here’s some options for every budget.
Value Facials
What most mums really want for Mother’s Day is real time with their cherished children, so why not make your mum her favourite drink, get her feet up and the both of have a chat whilst relaxing with Champneys Treatments Revitalising Face Masks (£5/3x 35ml), which comes with 3 individually wrapped intense moisturised masks to make mum feel just like she’s at the spa, or Garnier Moisture Bomb Sakura Hydrating Sheet Mask (£3.49/28g), packed with a full bottle of 28ml serum for ultra hydration or Montagne Jeunesse 7th Heaven Charcoal & Black Clay Peel Off Mask (£1/10ml), with detoxifying clay to draw out impurities in the skin.
Homecare (S)hero
Dyson Gen5detect (from £749.99) can help make child’s play out of home cleaning – this lightweight cordless vacuum has a long run time of 70 minutes, has a single power on button for continuous cleaning and the best part is that it reveals invisible dust on hard surfaces – it’s wild! Now we haven’t stepped back into the 1940s and think mums only deserve home appliances! A recent poll revealed mums found Mother’s Day gifts for the home to be useful and we know your mum’s joints, wrist and allergies will really love this one.
Blissful Bodycare
Gift mum, the perfect pot of Lush’s Yummy Custard Body Wash (from £9/100g), packed with hydrating glycerine, aloe vera gel and vanilla-infused oat milk to give her the most luxurious and moisturised post shower skin she’s ever experienced. Plus it smells dreamy! Just scoop a dollop onto your sponge, lather and bathe as usual. For ultra indulgence combine with Lush’s Dream Cream (from £6/45g) post shower, which has every soothing product known to humankind including oat milk, rose, lavender and cocoa. We love how nourishing this wonder cream feels with no greasy residue and once your mum experiences it, she’s going to want a bigger pot.
Fragrance Fun
Marc Jacobs Daisy Drops Signature for Women (£22.40/30 Capsules) is perfect for mum to travel with, top up throughout the day or pop in her handbag. A cute play on the signature perfume, these perfume capsules have the recognisable sweet scent of flowers and wild berries, combined with jasmine and earthy sandalwood. It is suitable for all and can be applied effortlessly anywhere. We love that these are travel size single dose capsules and for safe keeping, they even come with a Daisy aluminium tin.
Super Silver Skincare
Gift the stellar skincare range from 47 Skin, a range designed to target acne, scars, and blemishes. It contains Silver Chitoderm™ which kills bacteria and forms a protective layer that helps skin cells renew, so it stops breakouts, reduces redness, and heals scars. We love the Everyday Cleanser (£29), Anti-Blemish and Scar Repair Serum (£29) and the Daily SPF (£35) – and if mum uses these products and doesn’t love them, there is a money back guarantee!
Hybrid Headphones
OpenFit Shokz (£179) has the perfect open ear design to allow busy mums to enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks while still being able to hear the world around them in crystal clarity. We love how comfortable the ear hook design feels which sits around the top of the ear, so mum will get the same security of a headphone without the discomfort of a traditional in ear bud. OpenFit is wireless, comes with a charging case and is available in black or cream.
Essential Scents
The corded Nikura Aroma Oil Diffuser (£27) will help mum create a relaxing ambience by using ultrasound aroma technology, which produces a fine mist to carry her favourite oil scent throughout the home. It’s quiet but it does also light up using different colours (optional), which can help as a calming exercise or to centre her thoughts. We love the new Chamomile Essential Oil (from £11.99/10ml), Ylang Ylang Essential Oil (from £4.99/10ml) or the Apple and Cinnamon Fragrance Oil (from £3.49/10ml) – although any essential or fragrance oil can be used with this diffuser unlike some other leading brands.
Expressive Eyes
Give mum the ultimate at home eye treatment with the Bags Be Gone Heated Eye Massager from StylPro (£29.99). This small handheld LED device not only works to banish unwanted bags from under eyes, it can also help unblock glands that impact itchy tired eyes and reduce fine lines by gently using heat, vibration and LED red light. The device is cordless with a rechargeable battery, has three different modes, and heats up between 37°C to 45°C.