Mother’s Day Gift Guide TMML-Style
Mother’s Day is only one week away. I am still stuck on the fact that it is already May – where did the past 4 months go?
If you’re like me – running at top speed doing a bit of everything all at once, you may have forgotten to grab Mother’s Day gifts for the moms in your life! Below are some of my go-to gift ideas – let me know what you’re planning on picking up!
THE GIFT OF SCENT
I believe that scent is deeply a personal preference, but if you don’t know which fragrance would best match your gift recipient, there are MANY neutral scents that will fit the bill.
You don’t have to break the bank to find a quality candle.
If perfume is something you’d like to gift, I highly recommend the Sephora Travel Sampler. For $35 it includes 8 sample-size fragrances ranging from sweet vanilla gourmands to musky skin scents. What’s so cool is you can then take the included scent certificate to any US Sephora store* or Sephora.com to redeem for a travel size perfume of your favorite featured fragrance at no extra cost!
There are a handful of perfume sampler sets available – definitely worth a look!
SUNNIES
Living in South Florida, sunglasses are more of a necessity than a “want”. Getting older, and I am speaking for myself but think others reading this as well, I need a bit of help when it comes to seeing. My ophthalmologist jinxed me when he said that once I turned 40 I am going to need reading glasses. Lo and behold I turned 40 and I have issues reading…and I love to read. I didn’t want to get readers – I held back and long as I could. Then I didn’t want to get progressives, but I caved.
GlassesShop was kind enough to send me a pair of prescription eyeglasses and prescription sunglasses to try out. The ordering process was super easy. I perused the hundreds of styles and used their face shape detector to see which style best fit my face. I got my prescription from my eye doctor and in less than a week the glasses were at my doorstep!
SELF CARE
Motherhood brings with it a lot of new responsibilities, those which make us wish there was more than 24 hours in a day. I tout the importance of self-care but rarely ever indulge myself in something that should be categorized as a “need” and not a “want”. Acts of self care look different to each person, but the most common are:
- Massages
- Facials
- Exercise
- Manicure/pedicure
- Taking a nap (yes, please!)
- Reading a book
…basically taking time for yourself and recharging your battery. I recently went for an Oxygenated Treatment at a local Massage Envy and walked out glowing. This brightening and oxygenating treatment that detoxified my skin and infused it with antioxidants. It’s best to get one before an event (and not at 5:30pm on a Thursday lol) because your skin really does glow – and feels great!
Gift ideas geared toward self care include:
- A gift card to their favorite spa or nail salon, maybe even booking the treatments together and making a day of it!
- A pampering-themed gift basket: face masks, eye masks, body butter/lotion, hand cream, a candle, a book
What are you going to pick up for the mom in your life this Mother’s Day?
