Gift giving can be so overwhelming, an item on your list to tick off in a (usually) very stressful month. As every year, this gift guide isn’t just a gift guide. It’s a little tongue in cheek that’s supposed to give you some joy and laughter browsing it, and maybe giving you gift ideas for your nearest and dearest at the same time. And who knows, maybe there’s a person on your list that would absolutely love a reusable airplane seat cover?! On to the Holiday Gift Guide 2021!
Beauty
A not so simple soap holder
Nothing worse than that weird, slick mush soaps (or shampoo bars) leave in your shower caddy: and nothing easier to remedy. Screw the little magnetic thingummy into your bar of soap, and done! (Linked to a shop that’ll ship to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, but there’re loads of this on Etsy as well.) Truemorrow, €9,90.
A massage candle
A two-in-one-deal for the most high-strung person on your list: first, it’s a candle with a soothing scent, whose wax then turns into a calming massage oil. MUCH less messy than a massage oil from a bottle, and who knows? Maybe after that massage you don’t even want to sleep any more. Lookfantistic, 34,95€
A very, very bougie candle (well, all candles are, but this even more so)
Have I been living under a rock? Because I didn’t know that Dior made candles! So screw that Diptyque – there’s nothing more bougie than having a candle matching your perfume. Dior, $90.00.
Personalised lipstick colours? Sure!
For the lipstick lover on your list (raises hand): The YSL Rouge Sur Mesure is both absolutely superfluous and rather pricey, but it’ll enable you to actually mix your own lipstick colours with the help of the accompanying app. You can than take the mixed concoction with you in the chic compact that makes the “head” of the apparatus. (As of now only available in the US, $477.)
Non-Beauty
Sleigh the patriarchy jumper
Everybody needs a Christmas jumper with feminist messages, what can I say. (This one for 29,56€ ships from the UK, and the one pictured above for 43,77€ from the US.)
Pee in the wild!
As a person with a vagina, peeing in the wild is majorly annoying. This handy little device will enable you to pee standing up, which is about the only thing I truly envy men for. (No, that’s absolutely not true: we live in a world that’s literally designed for men, and if you want to give a great book along this little gadget, make it this one: Invisible Women.) Go Girl is $14.99 and ships worldwide from the US.
A scarf that’ll help refugees
Everybody needs a bohemian, old-school scarf that looks like your grandma knitted it just for you. This is the one: you can either order the finished scarf, or the wool and pattern for your crafty giftee. The oldest German women’s mag releases it every year, and the proceeds go to projects helping Syrian refuguees. 85,00€, ships worldwide.
A reusable airplane seat cover
Extra AND not over the top expensive, and even Naomi Campbell would cherish it. Public seats, no matter on a plane, train or cinema can be a bit icky, and here’s your solution: get a reusable, chic airplane seat cover! I mean, what’s not to love?!?!? Nice Seats have various options in their store, the cheapest is $59.00. (Also on Amazon.)
- Last year’s gift guide, for even more inspiration!
- And the 2019 gift guide, if you want to travel to the past even further.
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