Posts Tagged ‘mother’s day gifts’

8
May
2011

When we were younger we made cards and chocolate flowers for Mom on Mother’s Day. I’m sure there are those who still make the effort to do a little something special for Mommy dearest on Mother’s Day. But if you’re looking to pamper and surprise Mom a little bit this Mother’s Day, tantalize her senses with a one of these Mother’s Day gift ideas when you’re out tingling her tastebuds at one of these restaurants with Mother’s Day promotions.

Mother's Day Gift Ideas
For the glamour-puss Mom
Of course I’d be the first one to give my Mom a whole bunch of make up products. Regardless of age, a lady will never get tired of playing with make up, trying on different make up looks and looking her best. The glamour-puss Mom will appreciate transforming her look with the L’Oreal Curl Impact Collagene Mascara. With its luxe gold packaging, she can pop this beautifully designed mascara into her handbag for lashes with 13x more volume any time, any day.

Otherwise pick from Kate Long Gel Mascara with its simple nondescript packaging for long curled lashes. Honestly, the glamour-puss Mom will never complain about having too many mascaras in her basic make up must have stash!

For the au naturel Mom
If Mom is concerned about always putting her best face forward without too much effort, she’ll love you for signing her up for regular facials with a facial package or helping her keep her nails perfectly manicured with a gel nail manicure.

Mother's Day Gift
For the chilled out Mom
For all the hard work she’s done, what better way to indulge and say thank you to Mom with a spa experience. To show her how much she means to you, why not do it at home and possibly throw in a DIY foot spa and body massage (how’s that for effort) with fresh handmade spa products by Lemongrass House.

Pick from Lavender, Blue Chamomile, Rose and Ylang Ylang to set the mood at home for your spa. I particularly like the Lavender Room Spray for its calming, anti-stress and soothing properties. Perfect for helping Mom unwind from the stresses of daily routine. The best part? All products have not been tested on animals! Yay!

For the scent-sational Mom
If Mom has a nose for the finer things in life, choose from a whole range of women’s perfumes on the market that will have your scent-sational Mom feel like she’s floating on cloud nine.

Mother's Day Gift Guide
For the eco-friendly Mom
Gift the gift of green with The Body Shop’s Rainforest Radiance series. With UV protection, not only does the Rainforest Radiance series protect your hair, it meets strict biodegradability standards protecting our land and aquatic environment. Minimising the use of non-sustainable packaging resources is sure to win you extra points with the environmentally-conscious Mom.

You’ll also want Mom to take care of herself holistically with The Body Shop’s Earth Lovers™ range. Consisting of 100% biodegradable shower gels in all sorts of natural flavours like cucumber and mint, apricot and basil, these sulphate, paraben and colourant-free will leave her skin fresh and soft to the touch with organic aloe vera and real fruit extracts.

Regardless of what you do or get for Mom this Mother’s Day, it is my personal opinion that we be thankful for Mom’s tireless efforts on a daily basis. I can never express the amount of gratitude I have for the unconditional love and support I get from my Mom. Thus, I dedicate this post to my beautiful and cheerful Mommy whom I always share my beauty stash with. I love you Mom! With you, every day is Mother’s Day.

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4
May
2010

Mother’s Day is less than a week away! Have you gotten your Mother’s Day presents yet? If you haven’t, here is an idea for your gift. If your Mum loves flowers or if she loves chocolates, why not get her the best of both worlds and make her…. CHOCOLATE FLOWERS!

Our Mums have put in lots of blood, tears and sweat to raise and provide for us. So instead of buying her a present off the shelf, why not take a little time and effort to make her a present? Our mums surely deserve it.

Here’s a simple step-by-step guide to showing you how to make chocolate flowers for mum, with love:

Things you need:
- satay sticks
- chocolate Ferrero Rocher
- ribbons (both cloth and plastic ones)
- scotch tape
- cling wrap
- tissue wrapping paper

Step 1: Pierce the satay stick till midway through the Ferrero Rocher. You want to make sure the satay stick makes a clean stab yet doesn’t entirely go through the chocolate. We wouldn’t want to spoil a pretty flower would we?

Step 2: To keep the chocolate fresh, wrap a large square piece of clingwrap around the chocolate and secure the ends around the satay stick with scotch tape.

Step 3: Now we move on to making the petals of the flower. Fold a 20cm length of plastic ribbon in half.

Step 4: Leaving a margin of about 2.5cm (1 inch) from where the two ribbon ends meet, use a sharp scissors and cut lengthwise. Each cut should be approximately 5mm away from the other.

When you fan the strips out, they should look something like this.

Step 5: We will need two of these ribbon petals. Wrap them one on top of the other around the satay stick and again secure with scotch tape. This makes for a fuller flower with many lovely petals.

Your chocolate is now complete! YAY! Decide how big you want your bouquet to be and make as many stalks as it takes to fill up your bouquet.

Step 6: We’re going to individually wrap each chocolate flower before we put them all together in a larger bouquet. Fold your tissue in half so the ends don’t match.

Step 7: Carefully place your chocolate flower in the middle of your tissue wrap.

Step 8: Fold the right corner of the tissue towards the middle.

Step 9: Now fold the left one over the right.

Step 10: Finish off the wrapping by tying a secure ribbon at the base of the flower.

When you’re done with one flower, keep going until you’ve got the desired number of flowers. Bunch them together, wrap with pretty paper and you’re good to go!

When next Sunday comes around, present them to mum with a big hug and kiss, and watch her gush over them. I promise she won’t bear to eat these beautiful chocolate flowers, but you gotta make her really. These flowers don’t last forever, but the thought of you working hard to make these chocolate Rocher flowers specially for her, will.

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