100 gifts for every taste and budget

ONE OF THE MOST PLEASANT and at the same time tedious nuances of New Year's bustle - buying and receiving gifts. During the last week, we methodically offered various options - from beautiful underwear to gadgets, and in the final wish list we put all of them together. It is too late to order gifts online, but many of the options below can be bought offline or find similar ones, and even with winter discounts.

Gifts for couch potatoes

Audio system

A good sound is a masthead of any self-respecting couch potato. It is no secret that a high-quality sound system is often expensive, but here you can also find your own adequate time crisis option. To begin with, any three speakers and a subwoofer already sound better than an iPhone in a bowl or a speaker built into the monitor. A good portable speaker is in principle a win-win option, but it is even better to invest at least in a simple system. The lovely JBL III Creature speakers are like friendly aliens and sound very good for their price.

LEGO set

LEGO is trying hard to please adult lovers of designers, which is only a new series with outstanding architectural structures. Collecting huge Lego with your family or friends in the holidays is an ideal way to have a good rest without leaving your home. The Millennium Falcon or the imperial walker AT-AT has long become real objects of desire, which the hand does not usually raise itself. So, if you want to please the fan, feel free to make a choice in favor of such a set, the main thing - do not show the result to Harrison Ford, otherwise he will brutally break everything.

Projector

The projector is an expensive pleasure, so it is best to give such a gift to a clubhouse without stint. Perhaps in your house watching movies is the main entertainment? In this case, you donate it not so much to a specific person as to a whole family or company: let such thoughts reconcile you with the godless price. The result is sure to meet all expectations. Good projectors, with resolution starting from 1024 on the wide side, and even better with Full HD, will turn home movie screenings into a real celebration. With this gift, you can never leave the house, looking up from the sofa or chair, just to make coffee or take out the chips from the dryer for vegetables.

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Winter scents for home

Jo Malone London Lavender & Lovage

Jo Malone is the quintessence of careless British aristocracy, unbanal simplicity and relaxation, which only people who have a life, obviously, have been able to afford, can afford. Jo Malone's candles (this one, with lavender and lovable, bitter clean smell of wet herbs) are even better than the brand’s fragrances, capable of focusing on reincarnation. You take off the black bow, open the metal lid, light a candle - and now you are no longer in a rented Moscow apartment, where it would be good to sweep the floors, but somewhere in a cool, but cozy house overlooking Regents Park.

Kobo Candles Artemisian Lemongrass

Fashionable American eco-friendly brand deals exclusively with candles and does it well: they at Kobo Candles smell magically, are beautifully decorated, and there are a lot of them in the assortment of the brand (and descriptions are such that I want to try everything). The smell of Artemisian Lemongrass in a jolly green box is fresh and fresh, herbal and lemon-spicy.

Bath & Body Works Twisted Peppermint

The range of Bath & Body Works is extremely diverse, in the Christmas collections are mixed warm gourmet and icy "snow" flavors. The cold mint smell of Twisted Peppermint will probably sound good in summer when you want to refresh yourself, but why not burn this candle in winter. It smells like candy cane mint candies, which, due to cultural realities, are not associated with Christmas, but still with fresh snow and sweet icing on the cake - the result is a surprisingly festive aroma.

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Chic lingerie

Dress For Love & Lemons

The number of fans of this Australian brand is already in the millions, so calling it “young Instagram brand” is becoming more difficult every day. However, the For Love & Lemons team doesn’t change its aesthetic ideals and still makes unusual, but quite simply tailored lace underwear that really looks cool in the Instagram square. The price is usually above average, but tolerable. From their assortment, I want to buy almost everything, the best looking dress is a peignoir made of a flesh-colored mesh with a finish of the finest lace and velvet ribbons - it will look great on a naked body and over black or beige linen. Particularly inventive can, by the way, come up with how to wear a dress in a less private setting (say, with pants and body).

Bodie Journelle

Journelle is a Claire Shamber project entirely dedicated to underwear. Formally, he has an offline store in New York, but for obvious reasons, the online marketplace is much more popular. Claire managed to turn Journelle into a lingerie counterpart of Net-A-Porter in terms of variety and quality of sampling: everything is really very beautiful there. In addition to third-party brands presented in the store, the project has its own Journelle Collection line - inexpensive and cool. This weightless lace bodysuit with silk ribbon and a super-deep neckline at the back just there. Under his clothes, of course, you don’t bother him much, but such things are bought and not for business meetings. In addition to this nuance, we don’t see flaws: the body design is as simple as effective, and the model itself looks comfortable due to the absence of cups. This is in addition to the obvious.

Scour fleur du mal

When they say "special clothes", it seems, they mean exactly that. There is little practical in it, but the founder of Fleur du Mal, Jennifer Zuckarini, has never relied on utility: this brand has lace and crystals embroidered with almost everything. At the same time it is impossible to reproach the designer with bad taste - she perfectly feels the line between boudoir stylistics and vulgarity. This thin bra with mesh embroidered sequins, closing the nipples, especially suitable for girls with small breasts - a serious support, he does not mean. And yet, if we consider it as “something special,” from time to time, owners of large breasts may also wear this. For a more comfortable fit, the length of the band under the breast is adjustable.

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Coloring pages for adults

Indie Rock Coloring Book

There are hundreds of coloring pages inspired by the actors, and one indie-group, but which one. "Indie Rock Coloring Book" drew illustrator Andy Jay Miller for the Montreal-based charity project Yellow Bird Project. The latter usually produce T-shirts for different groups, but this time they decided to put them on paper. The owner will be able to paint pictures-tasks of their favorite musicians from Bon Iver and Iron & Wine to the Bloc Party. Someone needs to help release a new record, someone to finish drawing hair, and someone to find the lines from the song.

Lost Ocean

Today, coloring for adults is primarily associated with complex black and white patterns. Scottish Joanna Basford instilled a love for them, whose success has launched a whole fashion for coloring among those over twenty. We have already talked about the "Mysterious Garden", while the other absolute bestseller of the artist is a book of illustrations about the wild nature Enchanted Forest. It is worth paying attention to the third collection of pictures, the newest one. His stories about the world are not earthly, but underwater. Fans of Basford waited for the "Mysterious Ocean", like Christmas itself, and finally, you can buy it.

Thrill murray

As it is easy to see, we really like the coloring. In addition to the exquisite book of Basford, we also suggested paying attention to a slightly different book: a coloring in which the main character is not an overgrown garden, but Tom Hiddleston. In fact, this is a whole series of books for creativity "Color Me Good", in which you can have a hand in the appearance of a variety of people from Taylor Swift to Ryan Gosling. When done with them, go to the coloring of other authors called "Thrill Murray". In it it will be necessary to paint Bill Murray in the most different his images. Bill Murray - impersonation of the phrase "my best present is you", so while you color, be sure to include the new Christmas film by Sofia Coppola "A Very Murray Christmas".

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Gifts for parents

Nespresso Inissia Coffee Machine

The cheapest and simple capsule Nespresso coffee machine for a couple of years as a masthead for everyone who likes to drink coffee at home, but has not matured, either morally or financially, to buy an "adult" coffee machine. Parents will definitely appreciate the simplicity of the gadget (elementary management, washing and cleaning is even easier) and compactness (not more than a toaster). As for the coffee itself, Nespresso has a rich line of different flavors, limited collections regularly appear (for example, now there is chocolate-ginger coffee in it, with amaretto and cardamom), a stock of 100 capsules can be ordered on the Nespresso website - delivered right to the threshold. In general, you will have a reason to run to your parents more often for a cup of coffee.

Pool Subscription

What could be better than to swim from the heart in the pool when there is snow and gray outside the window? Such a gift will be equally liked by sports parents, it will allow workaholics to distract and switch and shake up those who stayed at home. Swimming often and knowingly is recommended for aged people - such physical activity strengthens and invigorates, but at the same time does not overload the spine. Depending on the interests and training of parents, you can buy them a pair ticket, arrange classes with a coach or write to the group on aqua aerobics. Prices for a swimming pool vary greatly depending on the city and even the area. For example, a subscription for 10 visits to the pool in Moscow’s Olympic Stadium will cost 3,150 rubles, and a six-month card to the Trud pool on Varshavskoye Highway with unlimited visits in the morning is slightly more expensive than 11,000 rubles. Outside the capital, prices are much more pleasant.

Annual subscription to a good magazine

Thick paper magazines have their own unique charm. It is clear that most of them can be read online for a long time, but the most worthy ones are much nicer to hold and store. In the end, both we and our parents spend too much time staring at the monitor or the screen of a smartphone. An annual subscription to an interesting magazine is a gift that mom and dad will receive almost every month again and again. The main thing here is to choose a publication that will meet the parents' hobbies: theater-goers - Theater magazine (3515 rubles), lovers of high syllable - Prime Russian Magazine (1500 rubles), for fans to read about art - The Art Newspaper newspaper (1600 rubles) , well, or a universal option for those who are interested in a little of everything - Esquire (2160 rubles).

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Beautiful Kitchen Gadgets

Kitchen Scale Bugatti UMA

A frequent cause of frustration in the kitchen is an error in proportions. Kitchen scales with a timer, such as Bugatti UMA, can help avoid culinary failures. Bugatti is a family business that has been selling kitchen appliances since 1923 and is still one of the market leaders in this segment. These electronic scales will help to determine the exact weight of the products, and in any units of measurement, as well as weigh several ingredients in one bowl, accurately determining the total weight and weight of each separately. When there is no time for cooking and, accordingly, weighing, Bugatti UMA can be used as a vase, for example for fruits or sweets. And just a timer with a beep in the kitchen will not be superfluous.

Electric kettle Smeg KLF01PGEU

How many times a day do you boil water? Imagine that the same time you will look at the Smeg electric kettle and enjoy its appearance alone. Smeg made a whole line of gadgets for the kitchen with a design in the style of the 50s: there are blenders, mixers and toasters of unearthly beauty. But back to the kettle: the volume of 1.7 liters will allow a large company to drink tea, the stainless steel body will ensure durability and environmental friendliness, and also in the filling - an automatic shutdown function and a removable washable stainless steel filter.

Beater of the Nespresso Aeroccino3 milk foam

You don't have to be a barista to make a great latte or cappuccino. Aeroccino in combination with a Turk completely replaces a bulky coffee machine: it makes hot or cold milk coffee foam in a few seconds, and can also just warm up the milk. The gadget works simply: you need to pour milk into the cappuccinator, press a button and watch how thick foam is quickly understood. Depending on the volume and temperature of the milk, the preparation of foam will take from 30 to 60 seconds. Then you can put it on a spoon with cappuccino coffee with milk or make a latte, pouring the foam along with the heated milk into the cup and adding a few shots of espresso. The foam itself can be decorated with cinnamon, cocoa or chocolate chips. Of course, this will force a little tinkering in the kitchen, especially in the morning, but there will be more joy from coffee.

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Gifts for active friends

Fitness tracker Misfit Speedo Shine

Like all decent trackers, Speedo Shine accurately records the distance traveled on foot, jogging or cycling, and counts the calories spent on training. Unlike the base models of the brand, this tracker is also intended for swimmers: it is waterproof at a depth of 50 meters and can count the number of swims. Super Thin Speedo Shine does not require recharging and synchronizes with the Misfit app for iOS and Android, with which you can keep a power diary, monitor weight, and if you buy a Misfit Beddit device in addition, you can create a sleep schedule. The tracker comes with two straps - black and white. In general, if at some point you decide to keep the tracker yourself, just go to any other item in this list.

Monocycle CXM A8

In one bad French film, the parents of the protagonist constantly bought new equipment that was soon removed from production (like a Betamax player or an idiotic slicer). We are convinced that monocycle does not apply to such. This compact device turned out to be much more intuitively controlled than its predecessor, the Segway, and has already gained worldwide popularity, and the reason is practicality on the verge of vice. The CXM Model A8 with a resistant plastic case weighs less than 13 kg, without recharging it travels up to 50 km at a speed of up to 20 km / h and is highly stabilized. The A8 is several gifts in one thing at once: it works like a Bluetooth speaker, can charge the phone and tablet and is very likely to pump up its calves. If the price of a monocycle makes your eye twitch, just remember how much an iPhone costs today.

Flying in a wind tunnel

Flying in a wind tunnel is a gift that will please both beginners and professional skydivers. The air flow, beating up at a speed of 200 km / h, raises a person in special equipment to the height of a three-story house and holds there for 1-3 minutes. A nice bonus is that the certificate can be "stretched" into several sessions with the participation of a large company. So, when sending your friends to the airbag, consider the probability that in the coming year you may find yourself there with them.

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DIY gifts

Origami lamp

We are sure that among your friends there will be those who have just moved and are in dire need of simple interior decorations. Lamps and lampshades, perhaps, one of the most popular items for self-made experiments. There are a lot of DIY-lamp options, from small lamps to the table in pretty annoying cans, to large suspended ones, the creation of which does not do without a balloon. Simple lamps, inspired by origami and Japanese kusudam, are everywhere today, and it’s not difficult to make them yourself. The main thing is to understand the principle of constructing a scheme for such a lampshade, after which you can come up with your own, which will definitely be no worse than IKEA.

Plant terrarium

Undoubtedly, self-made terrariums look a little less luxurious than purchased ones, but, to be very, very neat, you can make it so that you can not tell. Succulents, mosses and epiphyte plants today are loved by everyone for their simplicity, and transparent mini-greenhouses perfectly complement them. If you want to donate such a terrarium to a plant lover, try building a DIY kit. Instead of a ready-made mini-garden, attach the filling separately: let the one who receives it as a gift be able to arrange lichens, pebbles and other beauty to your taste.

Color block clock

A watch is almost the simplest thing you can do on your own, and such a gift will look surprisingly solid. In fact, all you need is good taste and the movement itself, which is sold in any shop for creativity. Minimalism and simplicity are the best allies of anyone who wants to make something non-lucky as a gift, and watches like those above are excellent illustrations. If you feel the courage to do something more risky, then try your hand at creating a mirror in the style of mid-century modern - a popular DIY project that, however, will be problematic to pack to present as a gift.

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Aromas in beautiful bottles

Bottega Veneta Knot

Winner of the audience award and numerous international awards for beauty - bottle Knot Bottega Veneta. On the lid there is a knot resembling a clasp of woven leather on the most popular clutch Bottega Veneta. But Knot is loved not only for the knot and beautiful heavy smoky glass. He is loved for the restrained and fresh aroma of orange blossom and lavender, the astringency of Mediterranean herbs, the softness of powder and musk, the faint smell of glove suede. Knot can decorate and still life on Instagram, and landscape, and a portrait of a sophisticated girl. The author of the composition, perfumer Daniela Andrie, knows his audience and makes it not the first such fragrance (in her portfolio is the entire Prada Infusion series).

Valentino Uomo

On the contrary, budget beauty - Valentino Uomo. It smells like coffee and chocolate, myrtle and nuts, a little bit of cola and skin. The author of the composition is one of the most promising young perfumers Olivier Polzh. Now he is working for Chanel, and not for his father's (Jacques Polzh - "nose" at home) protection, but for his services.Valentino Uomo has many awards: it is named the best men's fragrance of 2015 in France, and its prickly bottle, beautifully refracting light, was recognized as the best bottle for men's fragrance in 2015 all over the world. Although not love him for it. Relaxed and sweet Valentino Uomo is understandable, accessible and not going anywhere to disappear from the shops.

Aedes de Venustas Palissandre d'Or

For Aedes de Venustas vials, a coarse diffuser can be hidden by glass-colored glass and an unusual gold lid that resembles a vintage lighter. Irregularly shaped, weighty, with a thick bottom, they confidently fall into the hand. The lid comes off spectacular click. The colors for the glass are chosen to be extremely sophisticated, as we say, “intelligent”: lilac-pink for the Signature fragrance, smoky blue for the Copal Azur, gray for Iris Nazarena, and the most popular among the British Oeillet Bengale is a dark purple velvet box and a bottle . The novelty of 2015 - the spicy, smoky Palissandre d'Or, made by the famous perfumer Alberto Morillas - performs in a reserved gray-brown color. Palissandre d'Or smells of all kinds of wood - from dry weightless rosewood chips to dark cedar resin.

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Gifts for the house no more than 1000 rubles

Beautiful enameled glass

There is one big problem with gift mugs - as unfortunately, it is they who first of all fight. The better the drawing and the more expensive the cup - the more tears. To avoid this problem, we offer an alternative - an enamel glass for coffee and tea. With this, nothing will happen, even if you carry it with you on picnics in the summer every day. The color scale is especially good - muffled shades will suit any set of dishes.

Casket

Glass caskets with large lids - a multifunctional object that everyone can use at their discretion. In the kitchen, you can keep loose products in them, in the bedroom - decorations, in the bathroom - cotton pads. In addition, these boxes immediately refresh any interior. We liked the option on the H & M website - it looks at the same time as an elegant gift and a suitable piece of interior for everything.

Decorative plate with a pattern

Pictures, photographs, objects with characteristic prints and drawings should be given only if you are 100% sure that the thing will please the person for whom it is intended. You also need to remember that funny hipster inscriptions on the cup are unlikely to please the boss, and posters for movies or albums in general can be interesting only for you. At the same time, there are rare plots that will leave few people indifferent. A licked red-breasted bullfinch on a porcelain plate is a great gift for any winter holiday. The price of a plate is a little more than we planned, but the bullfinch on it is so cute that it is a sin not to make a small exception to the rule.