MILA Candle "Chiara"

At The Amazing Blog, one of our favourite parts of the job is finding new, home grown brands to introduce to our readers. One such brand we've come across recently was Mila's Luxury Fragrance.

Specialising in luxury lifestyle fragrances that embrace the best of British craft and creativity, Mila Luxury Lifestyle Fragrances was built on a family history of trading in essential oils that inspired the founders to further the tradition and offer a modern take on olfactory craftsmanship. With the two founders so intimately involved in the developmental process, it gives them full control over the ingredients, ensuring that only the very best are used to create their luxury range of home fragrances. And as we're always on the hunt for the latest home fragrance to evoke a sense of mood in our humble abodes, Mila's Luxury Home Fragrance are the perfect find. Available in two carefully blended scents that balance the timeless with the new, they're the perfect addition to any room - be it your bedroom or your office.

The Chiara fragrance perfectly captures the fleeting glow of first light with its sense of ritual renewal, while the powdery top notes give way to deep, exotic nuances creating a unique and deeply complex and musky fragrance. And if that doesn't sound like your cup of tea, why not try The Scuro scent? Embracing the moment of nightfall, the earthy undertones bleed through soft, velvety top layers that evoke a sense of mystery intrigue, perfect for a night-time fragrance. We tried the Chiara Candle...

Available in candle, diffuser or bath oil format, Mila's Luxury Fragrances are a decadent treat for the senses and are available to buy online.

Our Favourite Christmas Home Buys

Our next topic on "Our Favourite Christmas Buys" is home, whether you are a candle lover or go crazy about Christmas decorations, here you'll find some of The Amazing Blog's favourite picks for these Holidays.

Spice up your home this holiday season with Ancienne Ambiance’s Scented Candles. These candles are elegantly gift-boxed and created with the finest natural fragrance blends found in France. Their new look includes a line of stronger scented candles wrapped in luxurious purple gift-boxes, and a special edition line of Christmas candles. We tried and loved one of their six signature scents here in the office along with the Nativitatis candle from their Christmas line. The Phoenicia- Cedarwood Candle, one of the six fragrances in Ancienne Ambiance’s candle collection, has the scent of freshly cut cedar-wood blended with fresh herbs. The office smelt like the sweet smells of a forest, and it was so pleasant bringing the natural scent of the outdoors inside. The scent symbolizes prosperity and its roots trace back to ancient times. We also got to test out one of their two special edition Christmas candles. The Nativitatis candle is a wonderful blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. The magnificent scents had us begging for the holidays to finally arrive. This candle is the best-selling winter scent and is presented in new signature black glass and giftbox. The New-Look Ancienne Ambiance candles are priced at £36.00 and the Special Edition new-look Christmas candles are priced at £40.00. All candles burn for over 60 hours which allows the long-lasting scents to linger in your home past the holidays. The candles are available for purchase directly from AncienneAmbiance.com. These lovely scented candles will be sure to keep your home smelling nice all year round.

Looking for some truly unique and intricate Christmas ornaments to decorate your tree with? Monty’s Vintage Shop sells beautiful glass ornaments. Although unusual, these ornaments are original and quirky. Many of them are shaped as animals, from bugs to a mammoth. Monty’s Vintage Shop truly exhibits quality over quantity. Some are decorated with very sparkly jewels, and all of them are decorated with immense detail. Consumers love their newest Christmas ornaments that retail between £9.40 and £14. They can be purchased on their website here. I hope there are some left to order for my Christmas tree!

IC Innovations has a great line of cutting boards to give as Christmas gifts, but the Cheeseboard with Magnetic storage & guillotine was our favourite. This unique wooden cheeseboard includes a magnetic storage strip, a stainless steel cheese guillotine, and four specialist cheese knives. This cheeseboard is one of the most diverse of its kind on the market. This cheeseboard would make as the perfect gift to add to someone’s kitchen accessories. It retails for £25.00 and can be purchased on their website here.

Looking for a simple and more affordable home Christmas gift? You will love Ella James’ Heart Shaped Wired Baskets. These large heart shaped baskets are perfect for holding soaps, small toiletries, flannels, and other bits and bobs in the bathroom. You can purchase a set of three in the distressed white colour for £22.50 from their website here.

Are you sick of giving the traditional photo frame to a family member or friend for Christmas? Ostrich 2 Love has created an Ostrich Leather Photo Frame that retails for £79.00. This unique frame comes in 12 different colours and has three different clear slots. The frame folds over into three pockets so you can easily take it on-the-go. The folding capabilities also make it perfect to store a selection of photos or cards in. This coloured photo frame would brighten up any room. The Ostrich Leather photo Frame can be purchased on the Spirit Boutiques website here.

Cedarlia’s Hand Painted Frangipani Jugs make the perfect Christmas gift if you are looking for something different yet practical for the home, particularly the kitchen. These beautifully designed jugs really pop in their bright feminine colours. Hand painted with great care and skill in such unique designs and colours, these jugs truly have the wow factor that will brighten up kitchen shelves and can also create the most striking vase. There are three colour combinations to choose from. These jugs really do make the perfect gifts. You can purchase the jugs on Cedarlia’s website here. They retail for £27.00.

These are The Amazing Blog's Christmas picks for the home. Cute pieces that could be the perfect gift to any member of your family. From luxurious candles to unusual and beautiful Christmas decorations, we're sure you'll find something that you'll like. Tomorrow's post is on Fashion, visit The Amazing Blog tomorrow once again to discover our picks!

Fit for a Queen!

When updating our skincare regime, there are a number of factors we take into consideration. Ingredients come first and foremost; the gang at The Amazing Blog do our very best to steer clear of anything that uses parabens and additives as we like to be as picky when it comes to what we put on our bodies, as we are when it comes to what we put inside. We also like products that really work, and packaging that has a stand-out presence on our shelves. While such requirements are far from unreasonable, it is no easy feat finding a brand that encompasses all three.

KINGS & QUEENS, however, is a new and unique body-care range that does just that, with a story thrown in  for good measure. Using the skincare secrets of ancient royalty, the products are enriched with a royal mix of Pomegranate, Blue Egyptian Lotus and Malachite extracts for maximum indulgence. The luxuriously decadent collection consists of shower gels, scrubs, body butters and candles and this super-indulgent, natural body care range harnesses the beauty and wellbeing benefits of herbs and spices, favored by the aristocracy of a bygone era.

Each product has a story to tell, From Nefertiti Honey, inspired by Queen Nefertiti of Egypt who used honey as a beauty treatment, to Tsar Peter Tobacco, attributed to the Great Tsar’s fixation with aromatic tobacco, the KINGS & QUEENS team looked into the past to create a line that reflects the herb & spice obsessions developed over the ages.

One of our favourites at The Amazing Blog is the Nefertiti Honey Shimmering Body Milk, a rich and luxurious shimmering body milk with Honey, Pomegranate, Blue Egyptian Lotus and malachite extracts. It was inspired by the legendary beauty Nefertiti, the wife of an Egyptian Pharaoh, who heralded honey as the treatment which sustained her iconic looks. Not only is it a fabulously indulgent moisturiser, but it also adds a subtle shimmer to skin, perfect now that the weather's warming up!

So, whether you're looking for an addition to your skincare regime or are after a treat for a loved-one, give KINGS & QUEENS a try - it really is the ultimate indulgence!