Episode Transcript
[SPEAKER_00]: Hello good morning and welcome back or welcome to Morning Ray.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is your official holiday gift guide episode.
[SPEAKER_00]: I know it is cutting close to the holiday season.
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you've done your shopping.
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you're scrambling for last minute gifts and this [SPEAKER_00]: Episode is a blessing in disguise, but nonetheless you guys still said you wanted to hear it when I put a poll in my broadcast channel on Instagram at a land of Bloomberg So here it is.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm currently reporting live to you from Cape Town.
[SPEAKER_00]: I head to the game park tomorrow morning and then I'll be in plaid.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'll be recording all of these episodes while I'm away So that they can air on time and we can keep up with the end of the year schedule because you know [SPEAKER_00]: My new year, new you series comes up very soon, very soon as the next week, the three part series.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm super excited for you to have that, but nonetheless, I'm excited for today's episode.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you follow me on Instagram, then you would have already seen many of these gift guides on my Instagram stories.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're still safe there so you can go to my Instagram highlights and there's the gift guide highlight there, or you can go to the show notes and click to go to where all my gift guides are linked.
[SPEAKER_00]: But I'm going to break it down, explain my method to the madness and why I put all these items perfectly curated for you under each of these lists.
[SPEAKER_00]: We have gifts for him, it gives for her, it gives for her under $100, it gives for the wellness lover, it gives for the tech lover, it gives for the home lover, it gives for the parents, the jewelry lover, the in-laws, and my dream, which list if you will.
[SPEAKER_00]: So we're going to get into it.
[SPEAKER_00]: But I just want to give a little recap of everything that has gone on in the past week while being here in Cape Town and I had a day in London and also discuss my current paves because you guys know.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love that.
[SPEAKER_00]: It may be a current pave can be a gift idea for you.
[SPEAKER_00]: We went to London on our way to Cape Town.
[SPEAKER_00]: We had a nice 13 hour live in London and it was so nice to get to be in Soho and Marlbone and get to see [SPEAKER_00]: My favorite coffee shops and stores and everything and catch up with some friends, but the day was really nice and I love London during the holiday season.
[SPEAKER_00]: It is truly so beautiful and magical and if you ever have the opportunity to go, I highly highly recommend that you take it.
[SPEAKER_00]: Since being in Cape Town, the weather has been a whirlwind of emotions.
[SPEAKER_00]: We have had some very [SPEAKER_00]: We went to the vineyards.
[SPEAKER_00]: We did a whole peninsula tour.
[SPEAKER_00]: We went to the most western, most south western point of Africa, which previously used to be called the Cape of Death.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think I could be about doing that.
[SPEAKER_00]: But we got to see a lot of incredible things, a lot of history, a lot of sightseeing, and we also had a few beach days.
[SPEAKER_00]: We went to Clipton and I can't remember the other beach that we went to, but both very beautiful.
[SPEAKER_00]: All the beaches here are stunning.
[SPEAKER_00]: We've had a lot of food, a lot of steak.
[SPEAKER_00]: Pasta, we went to a really good Italian restaurant in Lyon.
[SPEAKER_00]: Really really good.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think it was in green point.
[SPEAKER_00]: I've spent a lot of time by the V&A Waterfront.
[SPEAKER_00]: We went to a market today and I've taken quite a few classes at a Plotty Studio that I found called Scalped.
[SPEAKER_00]: Scalped Pilates.
[SPEAKER_00]: I really liked the reformer classes.
[SPEAKER_00]: It did not love the mat sculpt.
[SPEAKER_00]: It was a bit too hectic and all over the place for me, but still good work out and on the less super aesthetic work out studio.
[SPEAKER_00]: Very L.A.
Miami.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you will, they have all the balla accessories, like the angle weights, the hand weights, the mats.
[SPEAKER_00]: You name it, they have it.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's very, very cute and there's a little coffee shop.
[SPEAKER_00]: And they're the coffee has been really good here.
[SPEAKER_00]: What else?
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, it's been like very nice family time.
[SPEAKER_00]: My cousin came and joined us.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm excited to go to the Game Park and then to go to Platte and be with the rest of my family.
[SPEAKER_00]: And my boyfriend, which will be a ton of fun, and obviously a very different pace.
[SPEAKER_00]: Blow of things, then this leg of the trip, but I'm excited nonetheless, and I can't believe it's already been a week of this journey.
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[SPEAKER_00]: After I work out or sometimes before I'll just put it in my water and drink it as I'm working out.
[SPEAKER_00]: I've noticed better energy, recovery, way more consistency in workouts and I'm feeling leaner and stronger than ever before.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Her name is, I have been loving at Classical Reformer over being on a mega lately.
[SPEAKER_00]: I find, I don't know, I feel like this is so random, but I feel like my core has gone a more defined again, and maybe that is doing Classical more so than on the mega.
[SPEAKER_00]: So take with that with you, what you will, what you will.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I just genuinely have been really loving it again.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love that it's lower intensity, low impact.
[SPEAKER_00]: Mega and degree can be really high intensity, despite being low impact.
[SPEAKER_00]: And there's something so nice about...
[SPEAKER_00]: Classical reformer and I think also because I'm going to be getting certified in the start method and all of that.
[SPEAKER_00]: And by start, it's really nice to kind of get to play around on a classical machine again.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I really have been just loving what you're able to do on those machines, the types of movements and flows and sequencing that you get to do.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is really random, but I got a little travel size dove intense repair shampoo and conditioner and I really been loving it.
[SPEAKER_00]: I actually had the full size that they gave to me in PR and I gave it to I think I gave it to my cleaning lady.
[SPEAKER_00]: because I didn't think I was going to like it but it's honestly been incredible and it's super affordable and I hear Abbey Young who is a hair wizard if you will on TikTok talk about it a lot and so it lives up to its hype.
[SPEAKER_00]: I've been an eye shadow stick girlie.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love the NARS eye shadow sticks.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have a brown shade and then a light shimmery one for like in a corner situation Really really love it.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'll link both of the shades that I have in the show notes so that you can take a peek But they're they're so easy to use you can either blend them in with your finger or with an eyeshadow brush It's so simple [SPEAKER_00]: foolproof, like if you feel like you can't do eyeshadow and have no idea what you're doing, eyeshadow sticks are so good for that and they're also really easy to throw in your purse in your bag to take traveling.
[SPEAKER_00]: You don't have to worry about your eyeshadow palette cracking or breaking or anything like that and it's super easy to bring around.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think I previously spoke about this, but the hourglass tubing mascara I have been obsessed with tubing mascara, it has truly changed my life.
[SPEAKER_00]: It is so much easier to take off.
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't feel like I'm ripping my eyelashes out and I feel it makes my eyelashes look really long and lengthened and still voluminous and I've gotten quite a few compliments asking one of done or what's on my eyes.
[SPEAKER_00]: So, highly recommend it is worth the investment and the packaging is just so locks that I love.
[SPEAKER_00]: But let's get into the gifts for her under 100 as our starting point.
[SPEAKER_00]: Let's see this load.
[SPEAKER_00]: Okay, so I have quite a few different little things on here.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like naturally a lot of these are wellness and beauty focused, but they kind of really are a mix of all things.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I have these little monomore match boxes from the site cupcakes and cashmere.
[SPEAKER_00]: They are so cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: They are these little match boxes that say monomore [SPEAKER_00]: hearts like an ace of heart and everything.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're really, really cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: I a really good hand soap is also a really cute idea you could even do a hand soap and a matching hand lotion for them to keep near their washroom based in like the sink.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love a good sand towel one.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have [SPEAKER_00]: At home, I have the Asap, but this brand that I link to here is really, really nice.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's also from Cupcakes and Kashmir, and the brand is Love, Lune, Love, Lune.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think that's how you pronounce it.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's sandalwood, cardamom, cedar, and amber, and it looks really, really nice.
[SPEAKER_00]: A good throw blanket is always a good idea.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love a lot of heaven mayhams Things they have beautiful earrings the baby knot earrings and all gold are absolutely stunning.
[SPEAKER_00]: They also have MacBook cases that are very chic and stylish.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love the rosy 13 case.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's beautiful.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could also get the pocket Mason Pearson nylon hair brush [SPEAKER_00]: a nice little piece of luxury that your girlfriend or your sister or whoever could just throw into their purse.
[SPEAKER_00]: I always love having a comb on me to fix it my hair, but amazing Pearson brush is something that will last them forever.
[SPEAKER_00]: Cycler has a really good, a sacred, central ritual set.
[SPEAKER_00]: It comes with a body lotion, body wash, and then the body gouache.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could also get something really nice from parachute home.
[SPEAKER_00]: They have this really beautiful cotton robe that's striped.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's in the color bone and tobacco, and it looks so cozy and comfy.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love my sheets from parachute homes.
[SPEAKER_00]: So, I can only imagine that this terry stripe robe is to die for, and have been only especially in the colder months.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could also get someone for under $100, this is going to confidential mint roller, the bank mini or the big bottles, create and barrel also has those adorable little iconic glass cups.
[SPEAKER_00]: No, the one's the anthropology also has, so create and barrel also has.
[SPEAKER_00]: They have these ones with little hearts, which are really cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: Vanilla skin body mist from Flur is to die for and it's something that everyone will love.
[SPEAKER_00]: The Rhodes skin peptide.
[SPEAKER_00]: I prep it deep puffing eye matches are also great.
[SPEAKER_00]: These are also a lot of things like the smaller things.
[SPEAKER_00]: Would be great for stalking stuffers.
[SPEAKER_00]: I would think.
[SPEAKER_00]: Sniff also has a really stunning, higher-end laundry detergent.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's in the scent old money, highly, highly recommend.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's a liquid laundry detergent to throw in with your linens, and your bedsheets and all of that.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could get the Martha Stewart, the cookbook, 100 favorite recipes, skims, times, slip, [SPEAKER_00]: hair scrunchies are really cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could get the crown of fair microfiber towel.
[SPEAKER_00]: I've been loving using a microfiber towel on my hair, obviously.
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't have it here with me right now while traveling, but it is incredible for hair health and a lot more gentle.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could get the holly collection, gold's a pleak mini round cocage from La Croissette.
[SPEAKER_00]: Believe it or not, it's around 53 [SPEAKER_00]: it's like rippled around the sides and it's really chic and pretty but those are some things that you can get for her under $100.
[SPEAKER_00]: Moving on.
[SPEAKER_00]: Gifts for the wellness lover.
[SPEAKER_00]: These are kind of things of all varying price points.
[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously number one on my list here is the aura ring.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like everyone and their mother.
[SPEAKER_00]: Once an ordering, so you can get them the size and kit, there is a special size and kit that is for a gift and then essentially you would attach a gift card to it, so that they can then buy the ring or if you know what size they would be, then you can do that.
[SPEAKER_00]: Give a guide that you can click on to in the show notes, but every one seems to be talking about vibration plates, or maybe I'm just on that side of TikTok.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have been eyeing the A6 Jail Kiano 14 sneakers specifically, the ones in midnight, and there's another color pattern that I also really like, it is me one moment.
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't mean this right now or let's see, I don't care.
[SPEAKER_00]: So, Birch and Per Silver are also really cute or the white and graphite gray are really cute color pattern, but I love the A6 Jale K on O14.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could also get a slip silk pillow case.
[SPEAKER_00]: I had personally been loving, sleeping with my silk pillow cases.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also got one's off of Amazon, it was a pack of two for $50 a little cheaper.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you will, I feel like everyone also really wants a red light mask.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love my current body one, and if you use Codalana, you'll get 10% off in the category of face tech devices.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love my 4-0 bar 2.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also love the new face.
[SPEAKER_00]: They have the mini plus starter kit, which is a little bit more affordable, and honestly, it does the same thing, and it comes in pink, so why not?
[SPEAKER_00]: The hatch, alarm clock, which you guys know, I have spoken about this time and time again.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love my hatch.
[SPEAKER_00]: They don't any more sell the restore too, I believe, but the restore 3 is available in it truly has changed my mind.
[SPEAKER_00]: My boyfriend has the Philips hue one, so you could also look at that as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: Bollabangles or any Bollah at home Pilates workout accessory is a great gift idea for the wellness lover.
[SPEAKER_00]: Filtered shower heads are definitely something that they would be into.
[SPEAKER_00]: The jewelry one is one that is highly recommended and adored by many.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could also stock up on any of their favorite supplements if you know of any protein powders or collagen or different things that [SPEAKER_00]: Your wellness loving friend or family member loves, you can definitely re-up on that for them because as we know supplements can be expensive.
[SPEAKER_00]: I personally love array.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love their bloat.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love their sleep.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're magnesium.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're calm.
[SPEAKER_00]: all of honestly, so much of the right, cowboy colostrum is literally my god send.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love it.
[SPEAKER_00]: The let me grow hair and anti shedding supplement is amazing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe they're in to Mount Tape and want to try a mouth tape out.
[SPEAKER_00]: This can be confidential.
[SPEAKER_00]: Mount Tape is great.
[SPEAKER_00]: The tape her mouth tape is also amazing.
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe they are super passionate about [SPEAKER_00]: Their hair health.
[SPEAKER_00]: So on top of the silk pillow case, you could pair that with some slip skinny scrunchies.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have the ones in dark brown.
[SPEAKER_00]: You can kind of match it to the hair or just get black or the fun skims.
[SPEAKER_00]: ones that are pink, white and brown.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could also get a really cute slip ex-skims contour sleep mask.
[SPEAKER_00]: They have this cherry blossom candy heart print, which is just adorable.
[SPEAKER_00]: The 111 skin face masks are a bit bougie, a bit more expensive, something that you probably wouldn't really buy for yourself, but it is a great gift, so maybe checking in on that and again, these are all linked in the shop my link that I have for my gift guides below in the show note.
[SPEAKER_00]: gifts for the tech lover.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have recently gone to my hands on the Sony WH1000XM6 wireless noise canceling headphones and after now traveling them on a 22-hour travel journey I can say [SPEAKER_00]: I do like them more than my Airmax Pros.
[SPEAKER_00]: There's so much lighter.
[SPEAKER_00]: I find my Apple Air Pro Maxes.
[SPEAKER_00]: Search over my head by on top where they're resting because they are quite heavy.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also really love that with the Sony headphones.
[SPEAKER_00]: You can put it on different settings.
[SPEAKER_00]: So there's this fun setting that you can control from the app that you download onto your phone.
[SPEAKER_00]: called Cafe Mode, and it essentially makes it sound like there's music playing in a cafe like it sounds kind of distant.
[SPEAKER_00]: The cinematic mode is also incredible, like the sound quality is far superior to the Apple ones.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I love Apple, like I'm an Apple snob, literally have wireless, not wireless.
[SPEAKER_00]: Wired Apple headphones in my ears right now, but the Sony headphones were chef's kiss.
[SPEAKER_00]: Again, for the tech lover and or ring, if they were from home and ergonomic set up, I love my Logitech MX Master line, so I have the MX Master 3S wireless mouse.
[SPEAKER_00]: It is incredible, and I also have the MX Keys keyboard, and I have the one that's made for a Mac.
[SPEAKER_00]: Just so just make sure you know what kind of computer they have, and iPad Pro.
[SPEAKER_00]: is something you can't ever go wrong with for someone who loves tech.
[SPEAKER_00]: You can even get all the accessories that go with it if you have the budget, or if they have an iPad, you could get accessories for the iPad, like the laptop, not the laptop, the keyboard case, a pencil, a baby, a screen protector, whatever it is.
[SPEAKER_00]: I absolutely love my Kindle if you know.
[SPEAKER_00]: They love reading and they're always on the go.
[SPEAKER_00]: A Kindle is such a great gift.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have the Amazon Kindle Paper White, the 7-inch, the newest version, and I absolutely love it.
[SPEAKER_00]: And you could also get a case for it.
[SPEAKER_00]: Or if they already have a Kindle, you could get fun Kindle accessories for their Kindle.
[SPEAKER_00]: The Bose Ultra Open earbuds are really great for someone who is commuting and wants something at nice and small and allows you to still hear the outside worlds.
[SPEAKER_00]: If they're super into fitness and health much like the ordering, maybe they're super into running or high rocks or cycling, a garment for runner 1165 is a really great gift idea.
[SPEAKER_00]: If they love hosting at home and love music, any Sonos speaker product is incredible.
[SPEAKER_00]: I've also heard really great things about the Sonos headphones.
[SPEAKER_00]: But I have a Sonos speaker at home.
[SPEAKER_00]: My parents, we have the move, which is the portable smart speaker, which is really nice because you can relocate it, it's wireless.
[SPEAKER_00]: And the Sonos race sound bar is incredible, especially for an at home TV setup.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could also get them a really cute phone case from Kastify, or if you really want to, [SPEAKER_00]: onto gifts for the home lover.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love a good candle.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm truly a slot for a good candle.
[SPEAKER_00]: Sniff candles are incredible.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love boy smells.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love, um, I can't I think of the name.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, I can't think of the name right now.
[SPEAKER_00]: If it comes back to me, I shall mention it.
[SPEAKER_00]: But I love a good sniff candle, the sweet ash.
[SPEAKER_00]: I've burned through a way too quickly because it's just burning at all the time, but it is a 50 hour burn.
[SPEAKER_00]: Candle, they do have big ones that I think are over 100 hours.
[SPEAKER_00]: I want to say, but don't quote me on that.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is really niche, but you could get really nice steak knives or a knife set, something aesthetic.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have these jean duba still leg oil.
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know how it's pronounced that.
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know, they're really cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're the ones that have the kind of the white handle with the silver, really, really cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: Anything chrome silver based, I love, so I have a serving bowl [SPEAKER_00]: a nice bar tool set with snack bowls that are all chrome.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's polished stainless steel from CB2 which are really cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also got a four piece block marble bar tool set for your drinks as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: So your strainer, your measure for your shots, all of that bottle opener.
[SPEAKER_00]: CB2 also had these really cool.
[SPEAKER_00]: beautiful gray marble coasters it's a set of four and that comes with a stainless steel or chrome holder and then they also had these marble salt sellers where you could put the salt and pepper.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you really want to ball out a new coffee machine, if you know they love making their coffee at home, the Delongi list specially set touch with cold brown auto latte art technology espresso machine is something that's been on my list.
[SPEAKER_00]: You guys also know that I love [SPEAKER_00]: My Breville Barista Pros, that's also a great gift with that you could get some cute mugs, which I do have some a link on the gift guide.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you know that they love taking baths, you could get them this really nice bath catty that I linked from Ghee and Co.
[SPEAKER_00]: I just discovered McGee and Co.
[SPEAKER_00]: They have really, really nice home stuff.
[SPEAKER_00]: With that could be cute to gift some really nice aesthetic.
[SPEAKER_00]: good quality bath towels and you could do a body soap, you could do laundry detergent, you could do abs and salts, maybe a bubble bath, a candle if you will, like give them a little bath wellness kind of vibe, you can give them the matchboxes I spoke about earlier, anything smeg is incredible and under for the home lover, I put Ari and skim's PJs because they're [SPEAKER_00]: So comfy, cute, and chic, and if you're able to get your hands on the new gap and summer Fridays club, so so cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: Now for the jewelry lover.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm having an identity crisis.
[SPEAKER_00]: I went to a Google event and Gemini told me that silver is my metal.
[SPEAKER_00]: But all my jewelry is pretty much gold, and so now I'm like, do I go back to silver?
[SPEAKER_00]: Does silver actually look better on me?
[SPEAKER_00]: Does gold look better on me?
[SPEAKER_00]: when I'm tan gold looks better, but they both kind of look good.
[SPEAKER_00]: Nonetheless, I am obsessed with real fine studio if I could choose anyone to make my engagement ring and my wedding ring not that that's happening anytime soon, but I would have her do it.
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't remember her name, but I follow her on TikTok and Instagram.
[SPEAKER_00]: but real fine city, they have this beautiful heirloom signet ring.
[SPEAKER_00]: It is absolutely to die for so unique, so one of a kind, so beautiful, um, majority, or eight, door sea, ringconcierge.
[SPEAKER_00]: They all have beautiful pieces, which I have linked on the [SPEAKER_00]: shop my gift guide.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have these nice chunky silver hoops you can also get them in gold.
[SPEAKER_00]: I've also been loving the drop diamond earrings like it's a really close huggy so it sits right underneath the earlobe and then the diamond hangs and they're really beautiful.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also have been loving eternity bands of all like varying diamond shapes and sizes, so I linked a few on there.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also love when it's kind of like a dome ring and then the stones are set in the ring.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also love diamond studs, so I linked a pair from Ring Concerage, which I think are really beautiful, and then with that it would always be stunning it to gift [SPEAKER_00]: a jewelry travel case, heaven mayhem has a really beautiful travel jewelry case, so you could also give that to the jewelry lover, if you know there are someone who has a lot of pieces, they like to travel with a lot of pieces, this is a great gift for them as well, on to gifts for him, what you've all been waiting for, I swear, men are probably like the hardest to shop for, so let's get into it.
[SPEAKER_00]: Okay gifts for him.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like I have to get really creative over here because shopping for men is almost impossible but at the same time it is so simple.
[SPEAKER_00]: So easy and there's quite a few things that you can make sure you check off before things get a bit more complex.
[SPEAKER_00]: But I always love to recommend a good card case.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like all the men in our life could always need a new wallet [SPEAKER_00]: In to the gift guide, so I have one from every other Thursday, which is a Canadian brand, and then I have a few more booze-you-one, so I have a Saint Laurent Money Clip, a Saint Laurent credit card case, a Botega one, because I think they're so pure it pretty.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you like Scotch or Whisky, a glossed canter is always a good gift idea.
[SPEAKER_00]: I know all of her men love to go golfing, so a personalized golf ball gift set is always a great idea.
[SPEAKER_00]: If they like whiskey as well, there are these glass whiskey glasses that you can get customized with a handwritten note on the bottom from you.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like men don't have toiletry bags, so I've linked this really beautiful leather double zip toiletry bag and it's absolutely stunning.
[SPEAKER_00]: A good hoodie, a good cashmere quarter zip from Ralph Lauren is always a good idea.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have a hoodie linked from cherry.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have some t-shirt links from cherry as well, some from alwood, which I love and then a few [SPEAKER_00]: Options from Ralph Lauren.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like it is a nice way to give something a bit more upscale But it's an essential that you know They will wear and love a good boxer brief set from skims is always a good idea What else do I have on here?
[SPEAKER_00]: I put the Therabody JetBoots Prime, I swear all the men that I know are into fitness are always wearing the JetBoots in some capacity, whether it's from Therabody or some other brand, they're always going in getting like the lymphatic drainage soup pants on.
[SPEAKER_00]: A good pair of headphones, I linked the Bose ultra-open earbuds, or you could do the Sony over the year ones that I mentioned.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is something that I'm planning on gifting at some point, but it's the Louis Carmen roadbook.
[SPEAKER_00]: Essentially, it's a leather notebook.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's quite expensive.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's an investment, but basically you can fully customize the leather, the charms, the stitching, the embroidery, [SPEAKER_00]: all of that.
[SPEAKER_00]: You can add engraving, accord, paper type, travel pouch, ad-lucky charms, a diary, or the Jack portfolio.
[SPEAKER_00]: And it can fill with three separate refillable notebooks, expandable up to six.
[SPEAKER_00]: And it's a full-grain leather, tent, and leather, tent in Italy.
[SPEAKER_00]: And it's absolutely beautiful.
[SPEAKER_00]: I saw Claudia Saluski on box hers a few months back.
[SPEAKER_00]: And if you know the man in your life loves to journal, they love to write things down.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is a really great gift that they can keep with them for pretty much forever.
[SPEAKER_00]: This old and sewn cherry collection, which has a candle, a deodorant, and a body wash, is absolutely to die for, and then I linked a few hot spags and a few other things for your gifts for him.
[SPEAKER_00]: Gifts for her, just a general.
[SPEAKER_00]: Gifts for her.
[SPEAKER_00]: I put the, what is it called again?
[SPEAKER_00]: The classic waffle monogram pouch from a boat.
[SPEAKER_00]: These are all the height right now.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have one in white with my initials.
[SPEAKER_00]: I got it for my friends, Bachelorette, and I absolutely love her.
[SPEAKER_00]: I've been using her for all of my makeup.
[SPEAKER_00]: My cosmetics and traveling.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also love the save vanity case, both the full size and the mini.
[SPEAKER_00]: Ag Alias clip on clogs are so cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think they're cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're kind of a tube for the row.
[SPEAKER_00]: clogs slip-ons, but they have the fur inside so they're nice and warm.
[SPEAKER_00]: Think of like an elevated slipper crown that crown affair brushes are absolutely to die for.
[SPEAKER_00]: I also put some scams soft lounge PJs on here because they are so heavenly, but they are a bit pricier so maybe she wouldn't buy them for herself, but she would wear them all the time if she were gifted them.
[SPEAKER_00]: I linked a few perfumes that I've been loving, the Flair Father figure I get so many compliments on.
[SPEAKER_00]: My boyfriend absolutely loves it.
[SPEAKER_00]: My mom loves it on me.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I linked that in there that I have in my home to Lary Travel Case is a great gift idea.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then I also put a few of the road skincare.
[SPEAKER_00]: kits on here, they have quite a few really good gift kits, so there's the winter kit, which comes with a mini glazing milk, a mini barrier breader, I think, a lip tint, and then the bubble bag.
[SPEAKER_00]: There's also the on the go set, which has the glazing mist, a lip peptide, the eye patches, and then the compact mirror, which is so cute, I have it, I love it, I love throwing it in my bag.
[SPEAKER_00]: There's also the scented peptide lip tint set, which has all the new lip peptide, [SPEAKER_00]: tint treatments and it comes in a really cute case so it's perfect for a gift.
[SPEAKER_00]: Under here I have a few miscellaneous boots, shoes if they have a pair of boots or sneakers that they've really been wanting.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think that's always a great gift idea.
[SPEAKER_00]: Again, the Kindle is incredible accessories for the Kindle.
[SPEAKER_00]: M.A.J.
[SPEAKER_00]: clips you really can't go wrong and anything from Aberjay, whether it be slippers, pajamas, etc.
[SPEAKER_00]: are so good.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure any girl would die for over those.
[SPEAKER_00]: Gillette gifts for the parents and in-laws.
[SPEAKER_00]: A hatch alarm clock is something they never knew they needed and now can't live without.
[SPEAKER_00]: Fellow electric poor over-cuttles are to die for.
[SPEAKER_00]: We all know our parents are in-laws love having tea before bed.
[SPEAKER_00]: At least I know mind-do and I also love having tea before bed and the fellow kettles are just absolutely beautiful.
[SPEAKER_00]: They heat up water so quickly and they're timeless.
[SPEAKER_00]: The oxyton has an almond and dutch indulgences gift set, which is heavenly.
[SPEAKER_00]: You know that your mom, your mother-in-law, would absolutely love this.
[SPEAKER_00]: You can't go wrong with a cashmere sock, something so basic and essential, but elevated and taken to the next level.
[SPEAKER_00]: With that side, the average age is all long.
[SPEAKER_00]: PJ site is so perfect and a great gift.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you know that your parents, with you and all your siblings, are maybe your in-laws have a lot on their calendar and they live by their calendar.
[SPEAKER_00]: The Skylight calendar is an incredible wall planner.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's 15 inches.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's a wall planner.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's digital.
[SPEAKER_00]: You can have a calendar in there.
[SPEAKER_00]: You can put a chore chart in there and it will become the ride and die.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could also gift from ballerina farms.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're baked good box.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's a really cute and thoughtful gift.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then if you know they love traveling anything from Yeti so the Yeti Tundra 45 the Yeti Roti 24 a car organizer are all super great gifts.
[SPEAKER_00]: More so for him you could do the gram leather golf ball pouch and t-set.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could do a gram leather travel gift set.
[SPEAKER_00]: You could also do the reverence duet set which is from a sop it's their hand and [SPEAKER_00]: Handsop and lotion set.
[SPEAKER_00]: The bold embroidered waffle pouch is also a great idea for them.
[SPEAKER_00]: Any sort of egg or Jenny came slipper is also fabulous.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then lastly, my dream wishlist.
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe these are things that you want to purchase, maybe these are things that [SPEAKER_00]: could be a gift for someone.
[SPEAKER_00]: Whatever it may be, I love the chrome smeg.
[SPEAKER_00]: Toaster.
[SPEAKER_00]: I like the two sliced toaster.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's cute.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love all their chrome appliances.
[SPEAKER_00]: The delongi, especially satech espresso machine, is something that is on my list.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lola blankets.
[SPEAKER_00]: The driftwood color specifically is on my eye.
[SPEAKER_00]: I want that blanket so bad.
[SPEAKER_00]: It looks so cozy and I'm [SPEAKER_00]: Careway home has these stunning mini-gloss food storage.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's an 11-piece set.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have Tupperware, but these are just way cuter and the careway ceramic cookware set is also stunning.
[SPEAKER_00]: I really want to switch to the dip teak, hand wash, and hand lotion, and I think their packaging is so beautiful.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love that it's glass, and it's so pretty.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I would kill for the Sabre ivory 20 piece flatware set, if you know, you know, it is so beautiful.
[SPEAKER_00]: Cyclard, they're vanilla verve essentials.
[SPEAKER_00]: I love the vanilla verve scent, Maddie has it, and I smelled it when I was in LA, and it's so good.
[SPEAKER_00]: The Dorsey Maxwell earrings are absolutely stunning.
[SPEAKER_00]: Those are those drop diamond earrings that I was talking about and I also just love a good Diamond stud, a good classic diamond tennis bracelet is on my list and any of the M.E.J.
[SPEAKER_00]: Hair Clips my light blue one broke of the big I think hair clip and I really want to replace her with the late J [SPEAKER_00]: Let's say color, but that's kind of everything that is on my dreamwish list right now.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is kind of my dream list.
[SPEAKER_00]: If there was no budget or limitations, if I could also throw a portion on 11 on there, you know I would, but you know I want to buy that for myself.
[SPEAKER_00]: Anyways, this is our holiday shopping gift guide.
[SPEAKER_00]: I hope that maybe this inspired you, maybe there are things that I mentioned that you're going to purchase, maybe it inspired you of other things to purchase, whatever it is.
[SPEAKER_00]: I have everything that I talked about in today's episode linked in the show notes below under my holiday gift guides for 2025.
[SPEAKER_00]: I wish you all a happy, happy holiday season, whatever it is that you celebrate Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and I hope you have a lovely, lovely time shopping and celebrating the holidays.
[SPEAKER_00]: With your family, I will still have an episode up for you right before Christmas on the 22nd, which also happens to be my sister's birthday, happy birthday, George, but I hope you all have a lovely rest of your week.
[SPEAKER_00]: and I'll chat to you soon.
[SPEAKER_00]: Bye guys!
