With Valentine’s Day fast approaching. Last minute shoppers are on a mission to buy for their loved ones, quickly and with ease. The one thing everyone wants is to reduce stress ahead of the big day! I am sharing Nicole’s Gin Genius tips for getting date ready.
This year Caorunn Gin, the first gin handcrafted in a malt whisky distillery. Have teamed up with industry experts to share clever tips and hacks on last-minute shopping, with zero stress.
Fashion stylist Nicole Smallwood shares her tricks-of-the-trade on how to get date ready, at the very last minute. Nicole’s tried-and-tested hacks will help you swerve all pre-Valentine’s stress so you can enjoy the lead up. That is Gin Genius!
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Nicole’s Gin Genius tips for getting date ready last minute…
1: Set a date to Valentine’s shop from your armchair
Nowadays you don’t need to leave your house to get prepped for Valentine’s Day. A great way to enjoy last minute shopping is to turn the occasion into a social soirée. Invite friends and family over for drinks and an internet shopping spree.
2: Shop Savvy
The new trend for 2022 is to rent your outfit. Loan clothes, shoes, or dresses to look fabulous without the worry of a hefty price tag. Whether it’s a gentleman’s tux or a Prada handbag, a few options include Selfridges Rental, Rotaro, Hurr or My Wardrobe HQ. Shopping savvy not only saves your pocket. But also saves the planet by promoting a new and sustainable way to buy.
3: Subscription Services
A subscription present is the gift that just keeps on giving covering Valentines, Easter and Birthdays all in one. For women there are luxury beauty boxes, delicious meals, new books, cocktail hour essentials and for men food, coffee, gadgets and wine.
4: Get party pampered at home
Get pampered for the big day within the comfort of your own home. Booking a portable spa is a great way to kill two birds with one stone. I have previously used InParlour, getting my nails, hair and tan done at once. Why not pay for your partner at the same time, sorting not only the date but a lovely gift for your loved one.
5: Let the experts do the hard work
If you can’t face the thought of shopping for your loved one, don’t… hire a personal shopper. Let the experts take the stress away from you. They’ll sort your presents in record time and provide a curated edit of must-have items, all within your budget. You can pick straight from their selections in your own home. Meaning no returns and the comfort to choose what you want. Leaving you to relax with a Caorunn gin in hand…truly gin genius.
6: Buy the perfect bottle
For zero stress and maximum style visit www.caorunngin.com and buy a bottle of handcrafted luxury Caorunn gin. Everyone loves a bottle of luxury gin! Caorunn can be ordered up until the 10th of February for Valentine’d delivery! However, if you are very last minute, buy a bottle on the day from your local supermarket, job done.
Nicole’s favourite Caorunn tipple to enjoy over the a romantic dinner is a Caorunn gin with chilled tonic and a slice of red apple, served over ice.
For more information visit www.caorunngin.com
About Caorunn
The name Caorunn is inspired by the Gaelic word for Rowan Berry, one of the 5 Celtic botanicals used in our modern London Dry Gin, which we pronounce {Ka-roon} gin. Carefully handcrafted, quadruple distilled, Scottish small batch gin that brings little moments of gin genius to any classic or contemporary cocktail.
It fuses centuries old traditions with innovative taste profiles and ingredients for an extraordinary gin that you will want to share.
In 2009, Caorunn started out on their journey to add elements of their ingenious expertise into the gin world by being the first gin handcrafted in a working malt whisky distillery. They displayed ingenuity by using five locally foraged Celtic botanicals; rowan berry, bog myrtle, heather, Coul Blush Apple and dandelion leaf alongside six traditional botanicals, juniper berries, coriander seed, orange peel, lemon peel, cassia bark and angelica root. They lovingly and painstakingly reengineered a 1920s copper berry chamber that was originally designed to extract oils for the perfume industry and gave it a brand-new life for gin lovers everywhere. The slow 4-hour vapour infusion through the Copper Berry Chamber allows for the eleven botanicals to gently infuse with the finest grain spirit to produce 1000 litre batches of refreshing, crisp, aromatic gin.
Caorunn invites people to see this process for themselves at the breath-takingly beautiful Balmenach Distillery. Guests can take a sneak peek behind the scenes. Then, just as seeing is believing, tasting becomes understanding as they are, of course, also able to sample some of the incredible Caorunn range.
Alongside Caorunn, the product family also includes Scottish Raspberry, Highland Strength and Gin Master’s Cut, meaning there is something for all tastes in each and every handcrafted bottle. You can find it in selected Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Amazon
Lots of great money saving ideas – never forget the gin
You can never forget the gin
That gin sounds amazing!! Im not sure about renting an outfit, I would be afraid I would spill wine or dinner over it haha.
I would not rent either for the same reasons as you
Fab – lots of good tips!
Great tips i always set a monring aside to look for Valentine Gift deals x
Have you seen my gift guide which has some great gift ideas