Hey there! Oh My God, can you believe Christmas is almost here? The month has gone by so fast. Christmas is my favorite holiday for many reasons... Christmas movies, Christmas dinner, music, cookies, receiving gifts, giving gifts, I could go on an on but I'm guessing the reason you are here is because you need gift ideas for people. All the gift ideas in this gift guide are $20 or less. I don't know about you but I want to give everyone great gifts, sadly I can't spend $30 plus for every present. This year I have managed to spend $20 or less on every gift. So without further adieu, here are the gifts I'm giving this year.
The first gift idea I have is nail polish. I personally can not live without nail polish on my nails, so I love to get it as a gift. The one I have here are from Butter London. I know, Butter London, why would you ever spend that much on nail polish? Well these two come in a set and it's only $15 for both (which is a deal being that one is like $20). I have not used Stardust, the sparkly one, but I have used the other one (I don't remember the name). I did really like how the color looked on.
If you don't have much to spend on Christmas gifts, re-gifting is always a great option. I have 2 lip glosses that I don't really like the color of. My mom had mentioned she really liked the two colors, so I am going to give them to her for Christmas.
Smelling good is a must and one of my favorite brands is Philosophy. The Vanilla Birthday Cake smells good even if you're not a vanilla person (like me).
Really cute, and cheap (wooo) gifts can always be found at Forever 21. I thought these bows wear cute and inexpensive.
You may see a trend, but I have a lot of people in my life who like bows. These ones are from a shop on Etsy. I absolutely love Etsy, I think it's a great place to find original gifts.
Guess what? More bows from the same shop on Etsy! I thought the bows were so perfect and super cute, so I got another box for my sister.
What is winter always associated with... Hot Chocolate! And of course everyone needs an awesome mug to put their hot chocolate in. I lost my picture with makes me really sad because I had another cute mug too, anyway I had to take the websites picture.
This is the only product on the gift guide over $20, but the reason I decided to put it on is because Bath and Body Works candles are always on sale. Personally, I don't believe their candles are worth $22. I won't pay over $11 for them, but they still smell amazing. I think they are such a nice gift to give, especially if you're going to someones house for a Christmas party and you need a hostess gift.
Next I have a makeup palette. There not very pigmented, but I love the packaging so much. I know that's not a good reason to buy makeup, but it's so pretty. But I do really like the dark brown color on the bottom.
I really don't drink anything besides water, but if I do, I drink tea. The raspberry limeade tea from Teavana is one of my favorites. I prefer it iced, but in the winter it is great warm. (I left a bag out the other day and my dog ate it)
I got this ornament from Crate and Barrel for a friend (and myself). I think it looks so nice on my Christmas tree and I can't wait to give it to her.
I love The Body Shop and around Christmas they always have great gift sets. I got a few gifts for people (one of them being myself) from the body shop this year because on Cyber Monday almost everything was 50% off!
A great way to save money is to buy gift sets and split them up. You can do it with any gift set, but I bought earrings from World Market and put them on sparkly paper.
I saved my personal favorite for last. My friend Rebecca loves chocolate and peanut butter, so when I found these there was not doubt in my mind these Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites were for her. I have not tried them, but I have a feeling they will be amazing.
That's it for my 2014 holiday gift guide. I sorry this took so long to get up, I was half way done but I forgot to save it and lost everything when I turned my computer off. Anyway I hope you have a wonderful Holiday season and Merry Christmas!
Love, Riley
