MY WINTER ESSENTIALS

» LUSH GOODIES
'Tis the season to be relaxing in a hot bubbly bath. I love Lush Christmas collection, and if you want my thoughts on everything I've tried so far (a lot!) you can hop here. You can see only a couple features here as I tell you a secret: Lush Christmas goodies are 50% off once Christmas day is over! Now that's when I go cray cray...

• LUSH HOLLY GOLIGHLTY » Spices and glitters and a giant holly. Christmas in a bubble bar.
• LUSH SO WHITE » Zoella's all time favorite, it has (almost) the name of a Disney princess and smells like apple pie, and *says it in a Oliver from Hannah Montana voice* I love apples.

» CLOTHING
When winter hits I think it's completely ok to pull out all the fuzzy / furry / ridiculous stuff you have. I mean, is there another way to spend Christmas morning if not in a onesie?

• ONESIE » Nothing makes me happier than wandering around the house in a tabby cat adult onesie, with my tail swinging every step I take. A great way to keep you warm and to see how long you can actually hold you pee before having to undress completely and run to the toilet.
• FURRY HOOD » Yes, it is a giant furry bear shaped hood. Yes, I may have bought it because of Liam and Eleanor 2012. Yes, I do feel fabulous when I have this on. Yes, I wear it in public.
• BIG SCARF » A super long blanket-like tartan red scarf, can I make it more obvious?

» DECORATIONS
Yes, I am that girl. The one who counts the days up to the 1st of December to turn her whole room into a Santa's little house. Judge me if you want, but I know you can't wait to click on that link to find out how to DIY that glitter tree...

• GLITTER REINDEER » That's my favorite little decoration. Chic and festive, it was a couple euros and it's always a pain to store it away once the Holidays are over.
• CHRISTMAS TREE IN A JAR » Anthropologie inspired, a fraction of the price. This little winter wonderland in a jar makes me happy just looking at it.
• CHRISTMAS LIGHTS » You. Can't. Call. It. Christmas. Without. Christmas. Lights.

» RECIPES
Ok so now's the time to throw all the good intentions out the window and start devouring everything you dreamed of during that gym class. Calories don't count in December.

• SPICED ORANGE HOT CHOCOLATE » Whittard hot choc is my fave but you can't buy it in Italy so I guess I'll have to put my DIY hat on. Luckily, this recipe from FleurDeForce sounds not only delicious, but easy peasy as well!
• GINGERBREAD COOKIES » You can't spend holidays without baking + eating some gingerbread cookies, can you? I think this year I'll even try to do the whole shebang, building the house and stuff!
• CHAI SUGAR COOKIES » Though my last experiment with a T-Swizzle recipe didn't turn out as good, I'm ready to give those chai cookies a try this winter. After all, if Tumblr says so, it must work right?

» CANDLES
I think the only time that is 100% normal to light a candle is at Christmas time, so if like me you are a bit of a candle freak, take advantage of this period and burn like there's no tomorrow! Also, it may looks a bit of a poor collection from me, but I'm still questioning wether it's ok or not to spend a tenner on a teeny tiny festive Yankee Candle (spoiler: I'm leaning towards the former)...

• IKEA PEPPERMINT CANDLES » Pink may not look very Christmassy, but those babies smell like candy cane and we all know the Holidays are also known as the peppermint era, right?
• H&M MISTLETOE CANDLE » I'll be honest with you, I have never smelled mistletoe. But if it's anything close to this candle then I think I know what my wedding bouquet will be made of..

» MUSIC
We just have one month worthy of songs about snowmen and sleighs, let's make the most of it.

• MICHAEL BUBLE' - CHRISTMAS » If you look for 'Christmas' on the Thesaurus you will find 'Michael Bublé 's voice' in the synonyms. Seriously. I wonder if he was raised on gingerbread and mulled wine...
• SHE & HIM - A VERY SHE & HIM CHRISTMAS » A different twist on Christmas songs, with Zooey's deep voice and even an inverted version of 'Baby It's Cold Outside'.
• TAYLOR SWIFT - THE TAYLOR SWIFT HOLIDAY COLLECTION » Ya know I love me a bit of Taylor Swift, and if it comes with country arranged Christmas songs, then I enjoy it even more.

» FILMS
Wrapped under a blanket with a cuppa and your dearest ones, watching a film has never sounded so exciting.

• ELF » Weirdly that has always been my little sister's favorite film. And I say 'weirdly' as she's not crazy over Christmas. But honestly, featuring a festive New York, a hilarious Will Ferrel in thighs and a little singing Zooey Deschanel who could blame her?
• THE HOLIDAY » Rom-coms and Christmas, a match made in heaven. And if there's also a little Jude Law in the mix, then it's just perfection.
• LOVE ACTUALLY» Oh, London, love and Christmas in one film. Not everyone's cup of tea, but this British classic is definitely one of my faves.

» CHANNELS

• HELLO OCTOBER » You know how much I love this little one, and though her vlogmas is not the classic 'vlogging every day' kinda think, I always find myself looking forward to 6pm every other day to see that 'Vlogmas Day ...' floating over a screen of out of focus Christmas lights.
• TANYA BURR » Tanya is so obsessed with Christmas, she would convert even the Grinch himself. If you're going to watch just one Vlogmas this year, pick hers.
• AMELIA LIANA » Amelia is doing #DailyDecember which means she will be posting a video of every sort, every day in December! Now if that's not a good way to spend the last month of the year, I don't know what it is.
• ZOELLA » Attention. Bare in mind that Zoe's vlogs will probably overload you with cuteness with features from little Nala, Pippin and Percy, and Zalfie PDAs. You've been warned.