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Our Team’s Festive Favourites - Buy Me Once UK

Our Team’s Festive Favourites

What are the beloved items our staff uses Christmas after Christmas? The Buy Me Once team tests a lot of products to assess their quality - but some simply become favourites forever.
What traditions do you treasure? - Buy Me Once UK

What traditions do you treasure?

We reached out to you, our Buy Me Once community to ask about your favourite things about Christmas, and the traditions that have been going for generations in your home.

We want to bring the focus back to the things that don’t require a credit card or a wad of cash. Let’s share our personal stories of traditions and enjoyments. And you never know, you might decide that 2022 is the year you start a new tradition to be passed down for generations to come.

8 questions to ask yourself during the process of gift-giving - Buy Me Once UK

8 questions to ask yourself during the process of gift-giving

Giving gifts can be incredibly stressful - and it can also be deeply rewarding. If you’re finding yourself drained by the gift-giving process, we want to help you take a step back. These eight questions will allow you to interrogate the pressures you’re putting on yourself - and help you find an approach to gift-giving that works for you.

Home-made christmas orange decorations. - Buy Me Once UK

Home-made christmas orange decorations.

A warmth filled home, citrus scents and maybe some mulled wine? Just delightful. Enjoy getting creative with this super simple and affordable way to decorate your home, your tree, your...
25 Lasting Personal Gifts for Everyone - Buy Me Once UK

25 Lasting Personal Gifts for Everyone

Buying a personal gift for someone isn’t a challenge, and the key is taste and meaning – pick carefully the items that warrant a touch of the extraordinary. Here’s our guide to the BuyMeOnce personal gifts that are all exceptionally made to last.
12 Tips of Christmas Gifting - Buy Me Once UK

12 Tips of Christmas Gifting

Tara Button can completely empathise with Christmas panic buying because that has been her default for this time of year. But, it doesn't have to be that way. At BuyMeOnce we believe a good gift shouldn't be just for Christmas, but should be for life.
Lily's Guide to Christmas Giving - Buy Me Once UK

Lily's Guide to Christmas Giving

It’s that time of year again. Christmas and all that comes with it is drawing ever closer so we've decided to share our guide to help you shop for gifts the BuyMeOnce way. 

25 Sustainable Homeware Gifts that Last - Buy Me Once UK

25 Sustainable Homeware Gifts that Last

If you’re buying something for a new homeowner this Christmas, or even someone who just loves to nest, our list of sustainable homeware gifts will be your go-to guide.
Top 6 Christmas Gifts for Beauty Lovers - Buy Me Once UK

Top 6 Christmas Gifts for Beauty Lovers

Here at BuyMeOnce, we love thorough beauty product research. We look for products that are made as naturally as possible, cruelty-free, ethically sourced and contain organically grown ingredients we can actually pronounce. We want to know what we’re putting on our skin and we love supporting communities at the same time.