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experiences > homemade gifts > gift cards > books (any form) > physical items > digital items


✸ experiences

  • nail salon date
  • lunch out
  • parallel play @ cafe
  • theatre/plays
  • movie date
  • (window) shopping date
  • take a dance class with me
  • let me show you my favorite episodes of whatever the hell i’m into and talk about it with me w/ even 75% attention and active listening

✸ subcategory: please help me

  • … learn how to send a postcard
  • … go through my old music albums and price them for selling online
  • … generally just tag along while i get something (non-computer-related) done

(doing these things with me = legitimate gifts… i would never do these things otherwise)


✸ homemade

  • buy a book i like and annotate it with your thoughts and let me read your copy
  • playlist (i use spotify, but youtube music also OK)

✸ books


✸ gift cards

✸ i like…

  • nintendo
  • princess highway – australia
  • ropé picnic – japan

✸ i want to try…

  • popflex
  • house of cb
  • chelsea reece
  • loud bodies
  • unique vintage
  • show me your mumu
  • fayt the label – australia
  • aulieude – australia
  • aym studio – UK
  • freak’s store – japan
  • club monaco
  • arro athletics
  • the pretty dress company

✸ physical items

✸ eh?

  • 13mm weightlifting lever belt
  • 1tb hard drive
  • instax film

✸ games

✸ drugstore / personal care

  • kp bump eraser body scrub with 10% AHA
  • the ordinary lactic acid 10% HA
  • rosemary oil
  • mielle hair oil
  • jvn complete blowout styling milk
  • mise en scene hair serum
  • oribe dry texturizing spray
  • bumble and bumble finishing hairspray
  • tresemme hair protectant
  • d’alba white truffle aromatic spray serum
  • caudalie instant foaming cleanser
  • peach and lily hydrating gel cleanser
    • glass skin serum
  • some by mi retinol intense serum

✸ makeup

  • rare beauty blush in bliss
  • nars soft matte pot concealer – really good at erasing redness!
  • lancome taunt e dole ultra wear care and glow foundation – FLAWLESS
  • m cosmetics so soft bronzer stick – blends like a dream
  • elf products are good – power grip primer, putty blush, hydrating concealer, liquid filter
  • laniege glowy makeup serum (pink) – it’s a primer!
  • nars liquid blush
  • huda beauty fauxfilter concealer
  • makeup forever hd skin foundation

✸ digital items


✸ general items that are always nice to get

  • candles
  • stickers
  • bookmarks
  • washi tape
  • muji pens (0.38)
  • soap & glory products

✸ please no

  • pins and charms – nowhere to put them
  • fanmerch, unless you know i really like the artist – i’m picky :(
  • food/snacks, unless you know exactly what i like
  • embossed stickers (can’t fit in my journal…)
  • stuffed toys… i have so many…
  • memo pads… i have so many…
  • unlisted books, makeup, clothing

✸ flavor profile

  • jewelry: gold & rose gold
  • scents: floral, clean (powder), vanilla