In case you forgot (despite our reminders) to pick up a gift and now its Valentine’s Day and you have nothing. Don’t despair… gift cards are still a great way to go! Many of them can be ordered online and emailed or printed out. Here are 5 different types of gift cards to cover partners of all interests.

• Lush: If your partner loves long hot baths, warm cozy showers, and skin soft as silk – a Lush gift certificate is a great last minute gift. They sell bath bombs, bubble bars, shower jellies,  hair products, massage bars, lotions, perfume sticks and so much more.

• WaySpa: Does your partner deserve a few hours of pampering and utter relaxation? Perhaps a spa day is the way to go. As previously mentioned they are referring 15% off gift certificates and there are around 2,200 locations to choose.

• Amazon: If you are somewhat unsure of what your partner might like, perhaps the relationship is in its early stages, Amazon is the way to go. For the bookworm it has books and eBooks, for elected techno-geek it has electronics, for the movie lover it has plenty of DVDs and so much more.

• Etsy: If your partner is a big fan of arts & crafts, home made, local sources, eco-friendly, and/or vintage then getting an Etsy gift certificate will bring a smile to their face. You can find anything on Etsy and it really appeals to the individuals trying to support small businesses.

• Swarovski: If your partner likes anything that glitters – she will positively glow with a Swarovski gift certificate. You pick out the amount and let her choose the piece that most complements her style – whether a necklace, earrings, ring, or even an ornament.

These are just a few ideas for those last minute situations. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Lush Canada is having their awesome buy one get one free offer for Boxing Day! Buy one holiday item or soap and get one free and/or buy a holiday pre-wrapped gift or a year round pre-wrapped gift and get one free. Only soap and year round pre-wrapped gifts made before November 1, 2011 qualify for this offer (and holiday ones of course).

• Shop Lush Canada for the best B1G1 Free Sale

This sale starts December 26th @ 12 AM PST! It has got to be one of my favourite Boxing Day sales because you just can’t beat a deal like that. Besides: the gifts come pre-wrapped! I want to score some Snow Fairy because it is pink, glittery, and smells sweet! I need some new soap so this Angel’s Delight is on my ‘must buy’ list.

I might actually splurge and get this 12 Days of Christmas Box Set. Since it is BOGO free – I can get two! It has a huge sample of 12 different holiday treats! I always shop Lush’s Boxing Day Sale… because it is the bomb – the bath bomb!

Do note – products sell out really quick on this sale. also, previous Boxing Day sales the website has been sluggish so please be patient. This deal is available both in stores and online

Expiry: Unknown

Lush Canada is giving away a free $10 e-gift card with purchase of $100 or more. Only 1 card will be issued per order and it can only be redeemed between February 1^st and May 31^st 2013. You will receive your e-gift card via email and it can only be redeemed online. This offer will end on December 24^th 2012.

• Click here to shop Lush.ca

I love the idea of this FUN product. This is a multipurpose mold-able soap that combines soap, shampoo, bubble bath and a malleable toy into one single roll. Each colour has its own unique scent, like fresh baking or candies. These are all preservative-free and Lush will donate 2.5% of their total sales to FUNd.

Children love bath time, but are not necessarily excited about the getting-clean and hair-washing part. Wouldn’t it be great if they loved getting clean? I think that’s very possible with these different kinds of FUN.

The different colours and scents are:

• Yellow – comforting vanilla smelling like ice cream cones and cookies
• Red – orange peel, smelling like a mandarin grove or fresh squeezed OJ
• Blue – lavender and chamomile for relaxing sleepiness
• Green – lemon & lime peels – for perking up
• Pink – vanilla and Tonka confection – creamy candy bubbles

These are all priced at $6.95 and are 8.8 oz of FUN that can be molded into anything. I wouldn’t mind trying these myself, for the effects that is.

Shipping: Starts at $6 and depends on order size and service chosen.

(Expiry: 24^th December 2012)

Lush still has some wonderful items you can get that are buy one get one free! Load up on Jilted Elf Jelly or try out a Candy Mountain in your bath and get an additional one free.

• BOGO Free on Jilted Elf Jelly – $10.95

• 2 for 1 on Candy Mountain - $6.65

Once you are going through checkout the extra free items (one per item in your cart) will be added on to your order. If you go for the Jilted Elf Jelly I believe you can have a Candy Mountain for your ‘get one free’ as it is worth less than the jelly.

Reviews:

Very easy to use, bought 3 bars because they were on sale and saw the good reviews. Great long lasting bubbles, pretty pink water and nice light scent. I only need to use about 1/5 of the bar and my tub is over flowing with bubbles. The only reason I took a star off is because I was looking forward to a little bit of mint in the scent but the vanilla and sweetness is nice too

I LOVE this shower jelly. It beats all of the other year-round ones for me. It’s cute, it’s glittery, and it’s green. The scent is very relaxing. The scent lingers lightly on your skin and makes you smell/feel fresh. Will definitely be repurchasing.

I just bought 6 Candy Mountain bubble bars, and thus got 6 free (yay!) which = 12 in total! I only paid $6 in shipping, a really a great deal!

Expiry: Unknown

Lush Canada is having their awesome buy one get one free offer for Boxing Day! Buy one holiday item or soap and get one free and/or buy a holiday pre-wrapped gift or a year round pre-wrapped gift and get one free. Only soap and year round pre-wrapped gifts made before November 1, 2011 qualify for this offer (and holiday ones of course).

• Shop Lush Canada for the best B1G1 Free Sale

This sale starts December 26th @ 12 AM PST! It has got to be one of my favourite Boxing Day sales because you just can’t beat a deal like that. Besides: the gifts come pre-wrapped! I am hoping to score a Little Green Bag and then get Rocket To Me for free. Though i do have to admit, Mr Frosty is very tempting. My hubby loves marzipan so I might have to pick up some Snowcake soap just for him.

Thanks so much to Mooser Cecilia for posting this in the community forums for us. This deal is so good it is hot!! Keep checking the Lush Boxing Day sale and the Bargainmoose Boxing day dashboard!

Over at Lush Canada they are offering free shipping again but this time they are also adding a free $10 e-gift card with all purchases over $100 – an extra bonus!

• Click here to shop at Lush Canada

No coupon code necessary and the details of the deal are as follows:

• Free ground shipping when you spend $100 or more
• Free E-gift card when you spend $100 or more

I love buying gifts for friends and family at Lush Canada because there is something for everyone.  Make sure you take a look at their Lush Gift Finder in the sidebar on their website as it is a very useful tool when finding a gift for someone specific. Personally, I like their bath bombs when I need to relax after a long day.  I have used the keep it fluffy bath bomb in orange and I love it! I also really like their lotions especially the lemony flutter cuticle butter for my hands.  The lemon smell is so fresh and it does wonders for your cuticles.

(Ends 12th December 2011)

Not only is Lush introducing 15 new products to try out, but they are giving away FREE E-Gift cards and FREE Shipping with purchases.

• Click here to shop at Lush

No coupon code necessary and details of the deal are as follows:

• Free Ground Shipping plus a FREE $10.00 E-Gift Card when you spend $100.00 or more

• Free Air Shipping plus a FREE $10.00 E-Gift Card when you spend $120.00 or more

Expiry: 28th November 2011 for the Free Ground and Air Shipping and 24th December 2011 for the Free E-Gift Cards

Lush is featuring some new products this season and some of them sound so delicious.  For the person who can’t live without their coffee in the morning try this new Latte Lip Tint for $6.95 or their new Dream Steam Toner to relax at night for $2.95.  If your looking for a gift, they have a great feature on the Lush main page that will help you select a gift for someone special.  Just scroll down and on the left hand side click the arrow that says “choose one” and let them help you pick a gift!

A rare Lush Canada deal: for all you lushies out there! Spend $100 online at Lush Canada and receive a $10 e-gift card for free!

• Shop Lush Canada for awesome bath and body products

Lush makes a fantastic gift. A friend of mine and I tend to just exchange Lush presents! I love their Bath Bombs, especially Twilight ($5.95) . I always have their Comforter Bubble Bar ($9.95) on hand, though I have had a longing for Blue Skies with Fluffy White Clouds ($10.95) lately. I haven’t found any of their body lotions to my liking, but I LOVE The Olive Branch Shower Gel ($9.95 – 100 ml).

Fine print:

Only one e-gift card will be issued per order. Offer for $10 e-gift card is valid from November 1 – December 24th. All qualifying orders must be placed by 11.59 pm PST on December 24th to be eligible for the $10 LUSH e-gift card. The e-gift card can only be redeemed between February 1, 2012 – May 31, 2012. On February 1, 2012 you will receive the e-gift card via email at the address you used when you placed your order. E-gift cards can be redeemed online or in store,

Be sure to check out their Lush Gift Finder in the sidebar on their website: VERY useful!

Lush rarely has promotions or sales of any kind (except for their legendary boxing day sale) so this offer is pretty nice if you have been just waiting for something to stock up on your favourite Lush goodies. Lush is offering free shipping with a $99 minimum spend. Regularly you would spend $6 – $10 on shipping depending on the weight. I suggest teaming up with some friends/family to take advantage.

• Check out the heavenly products at Lush Canada

An important notice: Due to increasing ingredient costs Lush will be raising prices on it’s products August 1st! This weekend is the last weekend to get Lush Products at their ‘old price’ before they costs go up.

I think I have tried over 100 things from Lush: in fact I know I have. Between gift baskets and my own special preferences I could be called a true Lushie. If you walked into my bathroom you would notice a Rock Star Lush soap by the tub and the Comforter Bubble Bar, Vanilla in The Mist soap by the sink and a whole load of Lush products in the cupboard. I just ran out of my absolute fav shampoo in the world Big. I am also out of Bath Bombs right now. By my bed is Dream Cream and Fair Trade Foot Lotion.

So if you need any help on deciding on what Lush products are the best: drop me a line! I have tried a whole bunch and might be able to help out.

Lush had ran out of Holiday products to sell at 50% off, but evidently the elves did some digging and found more on the back shelves! There are 4 wonderful products now in stock that you can load up on for 50% off.

• Click here to shop leftover 50% off Holiday bath goodies

Lush has in stock:

• Angel’s Delight: Was $5.95 / Now $2.98
• Mandarin’s Tea Party: Was $6.95 / Now $3.48
• Glogg (500 ml): Was $24.95 / Now $12.48
• Winter Bath: Was $3.95 / Now $1.98

All of these products have ranked 4 star or higher. I have had the Winter Bath Bomb and it is quite nice. I have some Mandarine’s Tea Party soap that I haven’t used yet. I would love to try Angel’s Delight. Not so sure about Glogg!

While you are there you might want to check out the special Valentine’s Day products they have.

Lush is clearing out the holiday goodies with 50% off all holiday items and gifts. So if you missed the BOGO free sale, this… is just as good.

• Click here to shop Lush.ca holiday items

• Click here to shop Lush holiday wrapped gifts

I suggest getting on this offer stat as everything is going quick. They still have some Glogg and Sugar Plum Fairy in stock, as well as a couple wrapped gifts. I have a couple Sugar Plum Fairy and though I haven’t used one yet, they smell very nice! The Christmas Cracker wrapped gift has a Cinders in it, which is one of my favourite bath bombs! It smells awesome, makes lovely popping sounds.. just close your eyes and imagine you are in front of a fire. The Secret Santa wrapped box would be exciting… not knowing what you would get.. it could be anything!

This is one of Lush’s most extraordinary offers… buy one holiday item, get one free. Buy one holiday gift or pre-wrapped gift and get one free. Max of 10 freebies per order. Fabulous!

• Click here to shop Lush

Certainly a wonderful time to stock up on all those Holiday favourites that are only around this time of year! Here are some examples of pre-wrapped gifts you might want to team up together:

• Buy Have a Sweet Christmas ($14.95) and get Christmas Cracker ($14.95) for free
• Buy Relax, Take a Bath ($19.95) and get Greetings From… ($19.95) for free
• Buy Christmas Tweets ($27.95) and get Christmas Present ($27.95) for free
• Buy Winter Garden ($69.95) and get Sweet and Dreamy ($69.95) for free
• Buy Shower Me With Lush ($89.95) and get Think Pink Gift ($89.95) for free

And for the big time lush lovers:

• Buy Lush Legends ($199.95) and get Wonderful Christmas Time ($199.95) for free

Wow.. that is a lot of free stuff.. and there are tons more gifts and individual products that are BOGO free.

How to Order:

Add any in-stock holiday item or soap, pre-wrapped gift or year round pre-wrapped gift to your shopping bag. During the checkout process a drop down menu will appear and you can select the free holiday item or soap of your choice of equal or less value.

Only the first 10 holiday items, soap, holiday gifts or year round pre-wrapped gifts in your bag will be matched with free product(s) so add products in order of preference.

If an item in your bag sells out before you checkout, the next qualifying item in your bag will be matched with a free product.

Wow, Lush is throwing a Black Friday party, and only online!

• Get free ground shipping + a $10 E-Gift Card when you spend $100
• Get free 2 Day Shipping + a $10 E-Gift Card when you spend $120 or more
• Get free 2 Day Shipping + a $10 E-Gift Card + a Limited Edition Perfume when you spend $150 or more

Free shipping people + $10 back in an E-gift card!

• Click here for glorious Lush shopping (Expired)

You will need the following coupon code to make the above splendour happen:

• Coupon Code: BLKFRI10
• Expires: 29th, November 2010

II just bought the Candy Cane Bubble Bar and it smells like HEAVEN… if heaven was made of pure sugar.

Lush has come out with their own gift guide to help you with your holiday shopping. Certainly if someone is shopping for me this is one of the holiday gift guides I hope they use

• Click here for the Lush Gift Guide

I love their catagories… “romantic and girlie”, “tough and manly” plus a special section for stocking stuffers. They have special things you wont find any other time of the year like Sugar Plum Fairy Scrub, so be sure to check it out!

They also have a really cool section for those who don’t celebrate christmas with items like this Fizztival of Lights gift box and this Matryoshka.

Also, don’t forget Lush’s promo: buy $100 worth of stuff and get a $10 gift card.

Wow, Lush has a deal on! If you buy $100 worth of product (so easy to do… trust me) you will get a free $10 e-card to use on a future purchase. Lush rarely has deals such as this so I was quite pleased to find it.

• Click here to shop Lush.ca

Lush can tell you best how to get and use this card so I will copy and paste the fine print:

* Only one e-gift card will be issued per order. Offer for $10 e-gift card is valid from November 1 – December 24th. All qualifying orders must be placed by 11.59 pm PST on December 24th to be eligible for the $10 LUSH e-gift card. The e-gift card can only be redeemed between February 1, 2011 – May 30, 2011. On February 1, 2011 you will receive the e-gift card via email at the address you used when you placed your order. E-gift cards can be redeemed online or in store, void at all LUSH Macy’s locations. Gift cards, shipping and taxes do not count towards order total for offer eligibility. Offer valid for online and phone orders only. Not valid for prior purchases.

If you are going shopping may I suggest the Comforter Bubble Bar for lovely mounds of bubble in your bath (my personal favourite), and Sultana of Soap… a soap I once in a while splurge on.

They still have some Halloween goodies in stock and their Christmas items are in!