Holiday Gift Guide Part 7 — Picks for In-the-Know and On-the-Go Urbanites

Do you tend to wait until the eleventh hour to get your holiday shopping done?
Do you tend to wait until the eleventh hour to get your holiday shopping done?
Whether it’s your mom, sister, best friend, or co-worker, chances are you know a lady who is juggling so many obligations that she can’t remember the last time she slept over 5 hours — much less the last time she took a vacation, had a massage at a spa, or even went to the nail salon for a manicure.
We’re easing on down the gift giving road!
Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving!
Christmas is coming!
Last year, Softsoap aimed to bring a winter wonderland feel into your bathroom with a limited-edition collection of hand soaps with charming holiday-inspired scents: Spiced Berry Bliss, Enchanted Sugar Plum and Wintermint Wonderland.
Last April, I wrote about a fantastic new innovation from Dove: the Clear Tone deodorant range.
Only two more days until hordes of trick-or-treaters swarm the streets in their elaborate costumes, clutching pumpkin-shaped baskets or printed totes and asking — nay, demanding — candy.
Every October, L’Occitane reveals a new limited edition collection of shea butter products with distinctive packaging meant to conjure up excitement for the holiday season, lure in long-time fans of the brand’s shea range (like yours truly, who has been known to carry a 100ml tin of shea butter in her always bulging handbag), and attract new and hopefully soon-to-be-undyingly-loyal customers.
Last time I visited Puerto Rico, my stepmom led me to one of the hedged shrubs in front of the house she’s been sharing with my dad for over a decade now and, dipping her hand into the thicket of leaves, plucked out this gorgeous white blossom and said, “Mira, una gardenia.” I caressed the velvety soft, yellowish white petals and, enthralled, leaned in to smell the tropical blossom, letting the sweet, feminine fragrance fill my nostrils.