The Beauty Denominator

I see no purpose at all in buying gift cards just to make someone shop at a specific store. For those really hard to please people on my list I prefer to just give them a gift of money and let them choose whatever their heart desires. However I can see giving a gift card to a spa or a favorite beauty salon, now that’s a nice way for them to relax and a very thoughtful gesture from you.

I personally love to get and give gift baskets, not the kind that you just go and buy already made up. The homemade ones that you create yourself with love and if you use Longaberger baskets that’s a gift in itself, but they are very expensive. I collect baskets or did, I have actually stopped collecting because I have no where to put anything else.

You can create a theme gift basket or just make it random with lots of different items. I like going to the beauty supply store and finding products that I know would be good for someones hair that they might never have tried because of price. I then create a beauty gift basket with different hair products and I also add hair accessories and other items, women love trying out new products.

Years ago I belonged to a beauty club and they would send me a new set of products once a month. That was so much fun and I really enjoyed trying out all those new lotions and makeup and all the different things they would send. It always gave me something to look forward to and I was like a little kid at Christmas time.

For men you can create a sports related basket of their favorite sport or team or maybe a tool gift basket for the handyman in your life. Gift baskets of gourmet spices and oils for the chef on your list. There are so many creative things you can do with a gift basket and it’s fun. Anyone would appreciate such a thoughtful and creative gift that comes from the heart.

I made up a Christmas basket for a dear friend of mine one year and her daughter swore up and down that it was store bought, made me feel proud that it looked professional, but my friend knew I had created it because it had all of her favorites in it, down to her favorite kind of slippers she likes to wear. Beauty is all about creativity, so release your inner creativity and beauty.