What to give a friend a birthday?

Birthday is the main holiday of the year for every person. Every year we think about what kind of gift will be appropriate for our loved ones, relatives and friends. But what if we are talking about the closest and dearest friend? This article will consider the successful gift options for the best friend, and also presents tips on the selection of such gifts.

In choosing a gift for a better friend, you should rely on key principles that will help you make a more complete picture of her interests and desires. Based on this, you can find the perfect gift. So, follow these guidelines in choosing a gift.

• The choice of a present should be thought out in advance. The more time you have before the birthday, the more carefully you will be able to approach the selection. Time will give you the opportunity to book trips, passes or vouchers for convenient dates, an extra month will definitely come in handy when ordering a gift in the online store - we all know how sometimes a package can go. If the gift is bought a couple of hours before the meeting with a friend, you can be sure that she will notice it.
• When choosing a birthday gift it is worth starting from the age of your girlfriend. So, for an 18-year-old girlfriend, a gift in the form of a set of pots or a set of sleeping accessories will look absolutely inappropriate. Young girls often prefer romantic and beautiful things. At the same time, for a friend over 40 years old, it is worth buying a practical rather than a beautiful and decorative thing.
• Rate the lifestyle of your girlfriend, analyze her hobbies, daily activities, interests. What is her lifestyle, does she like to spend time away from home, or does she prefer to relax in a comfortable home environment for walks? Pay attention to the things that surround her - clothing, appearance, design of the apartment and room. This will certainly lead you to some thoughts about potential gifts.
• Relatives, close friends and acquaintances are often aware of the things that your girlfriend needs at the moment. Do not hesitate to ask your friend's boyfriend (if you have one) about the same gift, perhaps, together you can buy and give something more global and valuable.
• If your girlfriend is seriously engaged in some hobby, make a start when choosing a gift from items and things that are associated with it. Look on the Internet for information about this hobby, check out the accessories you might need for it.

Gift selection also depends on your girlfriend’s current hobbies, as well as on her age. With age, the needs, interests and views of the world can change significantly, therefore, sympathy for a particular type of gift may change. The date is of great importance in choosing a gift for a friend - if it is round, then it automatically says that the gift should be more significant and creative than last year.

• If a friend from 15 to 20 years. At this age, girls do not particularly think about the practicality of individual items, so this is the best time for decorative and romantic gifts. This includes various jewelry, accessories, clothing items. Young girls live with new impressions, and therefore gifts-impressions can be great here, which will be discussed a little later.Some girls at this age, on the contrary, prefer to single out their age with all their strength, to present themselves older than they are. In this case, you should not give cosmetics, soft toys or accessories - a girl can buy all this on her own and to her taste.

• If a friend is between 20 and 25 years old, At this age, most girls pursue one goal - the desire for harmony of appearance. Gifts for this occasion are perfectly suited for expensive cosmetics, good perfumes (if you know your girlfriend's preferences), a gift for a beauty salon will be a good option. Here, small items of clothing and accessories can also look good: straps, clutches, handbags, shawls, caps. You can give a more serious item of clothing - for example, shoes or a dress, but only if a friend has repeatedly expressed her desire to purchase just such a model.

• If a friend from 25 to 30 years. Girls at that age, as a rule, already have everything they need: a family, a well-furnished apartment, a lot of jewelry and cosmetics. A gift for such a friend should be of exceptional practicality. This can be a useful attribute for the home, a set of high-quality kitchen utensils (if a friend likes to cook), a set of beautiful towels, a comfortable and warm bathrobe, or fun pajamas.

• If a friend from 30 to 40 years. At this age, girls need not so much practical gifts, but rather care. Most often it is women who are tired of everyday life and family responsibilities, who need a moment of peace and relaxation. As a gift, various elements may be suitable to simplify cooking: a double boiler, a slow cooker, a microwave oven, a shashlik cooker, a blender. Such gifts do not make your girlfriend spend more time in the kitchen, but only simplify the cooking process.

Adult women at that age already look at costume jewelry and jewelery with different eyes; these are no longer narcissistic and frivolous young ladies who are ready to fasten everything on themselves. These are solid women who are critical to any new thing. That changes in your girlfriend’s usual appearance were minimal, You can buy a minimalist necklace, a gold or silver chain, a classic ring or bracelet that matches its image. Such a gift looks solid and does not fundamentally change the bow, only emphasizing the successful features of its owner.

And remember that age is not a sentence for a woman. Your girlfriend can travel at 40 and 50 years old, go to make-up and decoupage lessons, actively spend time outside the apartment. When choosing a gift give preference originally hobbies women, not her age.

To make a gift choice as successful as possible, all gifts should be divided into categories of preferences. This list should help with the choice of a gift for a friend. It will depend on how exactly she prefers to spend time, and what hobbies she has.

For sports and active girls, gifts that relate to an active lifestyle and leisure in nature will be preferable. It can be sets of sports shoes, accessories for some kind of sport, comfortable sportswear, travel kits, if a friend likes to spend time on hikes. It makes no sense for such girls to give presents, designed to decorate the inner comfort and decoration of the house, as it is senseless to buy gifts related to cooking, cleaning or washing.

To the girls, for whom the most important thing in life is their hobby, gifts suitable especially for this hobby will do. For example, a friend who lives culinary delights and constantly improves their skills in cooking, will prefer items for the kitchen to all other gifts.

If your girlfriend is an avid cook or a real sweet tooth - there is a point in buying some exquisite sweet gift. You can order a specially decorated delicious cake or make a gift of sweets on your own. It can be all sorts of gingerbread houses, baskets of biscuits filled with fruit. The original gift will be hand-made cookies with predictions and warm wishes.

For girls who spend most of their time at home working or caring for children, they are suitable things designed to provide family comfort. For example, a girlfriend who loves to spend all her free time in a relaxed atmosphere while having a cup of tea and watching her favorite TV series is unlikely to be happy about the gym membership. For such girls it is logical to buy items that only improve home comfort: sets of dishes, beautiful linens, sets of kitchen utensils.

If you are talking about your best friend, you should know her preferences as yours. Analyze the situation in advance with the reaction to a particular gift. Remember that taking into account individual preferences, lifestyle and hobbies - your main point at the stage of choosing a gift.

There is a widespread and fundamentally wrong opinion that for pregnant women there is only one passion in life - caring for your child. However, if your girlfriend is a responsible, attentive person and a good mother, she probably already took care of buying everything you need. You also need to understand that during pregnancy, the mother's body is under great stress and requires more rest and nutrients.

Therefore, various restorative preparations will be an ideal gift option here: natural cosmetics for skin and hair care, a set of medicinal tea with a tea set. Since a pregnant woman is not able to move actively, it makes sense to donate natural sleeping elements: comfortable slippers, a bathrobe, warm blankets and a blanket.

Often pregnant girls themselves say that they would like to buy for their unborn child. You can use this knowledge and go to any store for newborns. The choice of gifts is reduced to the elements of clothing: a vest, body, sliders, overalls. It is worth giving these gifts together, as individually the gift will look cheap and not very solid. It is only worth knowing at the beginning what gender the future child will have in order to choose clothes of a suitable style and color.

As often like to say - it is not necessary that the gift was expensive or huge. A small gift may hide a far greater sense and benefit (ring, necklace, subscription, makeup kit) than in a large but irrelevant (a large toy that will collect dust and nothing more). The main condition of any gift is that it is bought and presented from the heart.

Such gifts are usually not distinguished by high price and unique design, however, they are memorable and symbolic. In the modern world is full of gifts of this type, the choice depends only on your imagination and the relevance of the present. Next will be presented only a short list of the most successful gifts.

• Set for cutting vegetables or fruits (in other words, carving). An original gift for every hostess who likes to decorate the table with beautiful and tasty dishes.

• Oscar statuette with the words “Best Friend”, “Best Mother” or “Best Hostess”. The inscription you can think of yourself, it all depends on what it is for you most appreciate your girlfriend.

• Magic ball - decorative and fun thing for lovers of conspiracies and mystical stories.

• The original decorated key keeper or safe for storing keys. A small, capacious and useful thing in every home. With her, your friend will never lose her keychain.

When talking about inexpensive and budget gifts, they often mean hand-made gifts. Such gifts are valued especially highly, because they spent not on money, but on your personal time, which is much more expensive. We will immediately divide such gifts into several categories: accessories, clothing items, decorative items for the home, culinary delights.

• Accessories: handmade jewelry and jewelry - bracelets, pendants, necklaces, rings.

• Clothing items: knitted sweater or dress, scarf with gloves, if it's a birthday in winter, knitted hat, shawl, shawl, belt.

• Decorative and semi-decorative elements: Embroidered towel, useful soap, comfortable notebook or book, blanket, blanket, made from clothes, pillowcases or pillow covers with a print, bathrobe with funny embroidery. Especially decorative: a flower or tree in a pot, a photo frame decorated in a creative way, a set of scented candles and oils, a beautiful box or box for cosmetics, a memorial sign or a medal "For the years of faithful friendship."

• If we are talking about your beloved and best friend, then you probably have accumulated a lot of joint photos. Choose the best photos and place them in a frame decorated with your hands. Or order on the Internet a print of the best photo on any t-shirt, rug or pillow. Such gifts will look both cute and sincere. Especially valuable they will be perceived if a friend will use them regularly.

• Culinary delights: cake, eclairs, cakes and other sweets made by you. You can buy an ordinary chocolate cake, and then with your own hands using cream or paste to draw the name of your girlfriend or words of congratulations on the surface.

All the options listed above are cheap enough and available for a limited budget and look not so much practical as cute. Such a gift is valued not for the cost, but for the time spent on creation and the originality of the idea.

Do not forget that the success of such a gift depends largely on the correct design. This can be a classic box decorated with a bow with a postcard, or something completely creative - you can arrange a little surprise where the gift could be found only by prompts hidden throughout the apartment.

For creative personality, only creative and unusual ideas will do. As a rule, all gifts of this kind will be associated with your girlfriend's hobbies.

• If she is a photographer, she can be happy with tickets to a photo exhibition or a subscription to master classes of her favorite photographer.
• If your girlfriend is an artist, the task is even simpler. Painting pictures is a costly procedure; a professional artist constantly lacks suitable paints and oils. Delight your girlfriend with a set of high-quality accessories for fine art. It can be paints, oils, easel, brushes, canvases. Alternatively, you can book a ticket to go to the art gallery for your best friend.
• If the creativity of your girlfriend consists in modeling and creating things from glass, clay and wood - a subscription to a master class from an experienced master will probably come in handy for her.
• For a friend who enjoys music or dancing, a real gift will be a ticket to a concert or performance of her favorite singer or actress. As a rule, such concerts bring a lot of pleasure and are remembered for a long time. Also, an ideal musical gift for a music lover would be to buy a record or tape of your favorite band.
• If a girlfriend loves informal hobbies and prefers to paint with colors not on canvas, but on her body or show a desire for this - it makes sense to buy a certificate for a tattoo session. Of course, you should not choose the time of the meeting with the master, as well as the sketch itself.
• Creativity kits for other interests. If you do not know what to buy for a friend who, for example, is engaged in sand painting - just find out more about this hobby, read about this hobby in forums, check with friends. This will certainly give you some fresh ideas.

Often, positive feelings are much more valuable than a standard real gift. Any things are quickly forgotten and lose their value, while memories and impressions will be remembered for a long time. Such a gift will be especially memorable if certain impressions and emotions are experienced by your girlfriend for the first time. Before turning to the choice of such a gift, it should be understood that each gift is an impression that carries in itself a share of extreme sports and potential danger. Contact only trusted companies when ordering tickets to such events.

• A subscription to riding lessons or a ticket for an ordinary ride on horseback. It is difficult to find such a person who would not admire the grace and grandeur of horses. A ride on a tame horse calms, relaxes and allows you to look at the world around with different eyes, as if you were in an era of beautiful princesses and knights. The danger of such an event is that any horse can behave unpredictably with each new rider. Make sure you are accompanied by an experienced manager during such a walk. He will be able to calm or pacify a horse if he does not like something. Also, check out by chance a friend if she is allergic to horse wool.

• If your girlfriend has a strong psyche and a desire to conquer the whole world - you can turn to more extreme types of gifts. As an example, contact a company that deals with flights on cornfields, jumps from a height or skydiving. But here you should pay attention to two points that have already been discussed in the article: such a gift is a potential danger to health and psyche; address only to companies with an impeccable reputation (if a parachute failed somewhere, a rope broke or a plane broke during a flight, cross out these organizations right away).

• Depending on the time of year. If the birthday falls in the summer, choose a gift associated with outdoor entertainment. It can be jetskiing, water skiing, pinball or laser tag with your mutual friends.If the birthday passes in the cold season, then you should refer to hobbies in the walls of entertainment centers and venues: take care of booking tickets for bowling, billiards, skating, in the room quests.

Gift-impression does not always have to be extreme. As an option, You can give your friend a subscription to visit the spa salon or massage salon.

It is worth taking this seriously and also choosing a company with the best reputation, you shouldn’t regret it, the quality of service will differ significantly. Depending on your friend's hobbies, you can give her a ticket to a lesson in Chinese painting, drawing in the sand or a master class in bead weaving.

There are gifts that, due to their practicality and versatility, will be relevant even after decades. Such gifts rarely look exclusive or unusual, however, have a daily significance. These gifts include: cosmetics, accessories, electronics, clothing items, small but useful accessories (notebooks, rare pens, mugs, dinner sets, sets). Next will be considered successful examples of such gifts for the best friend.

In order to properly approach the choice of cosmetics as a gift, you should consider several key factors: the type of your girlfriend’s skin, favorite color of lipstick, hair, preferred brand of cosmetics. Also you should pay attention to the conformity of cosmetics and the external image of a friend - so that it does not happen that you bought red or purple lipstick (even if you like it) for a friend who prefers calm and natural shades.

There are two types of cosmetic products: decorative cosmetics and beauty care products. Make-up is used to emphasize facial features and to form a successful hairstyle.

The following products are used as decorative cosmetics.

• For face: foundation, powder, concealer, micellar water, eyeliner pencils, mascara, blush, bronzer, highlighter, eye shadow, lipstick and lip gloss.

• For hair: crema, wax and varnish for styling and shaping hair.

Cosmetics for the care of appearance.

• Gentle soap for washing.
• Gel for the body, foam for the skin.
• Dermatological milk to moisturize and soften the skin.
• Facial cleansing products: scrubs, tonics, decoctions, lotions.
• Creams for face, skin of hands, head and legs.
• Hair care products. These can be balms, regenerating masks, nourishing decoctions, hair shampoos.

Each of these items can serve as a potential gift for a girl. It is advisable to buy natural cosmetics from the same manufacturer, as cosmetics from different companies may “conflict”, which will negatively affect your girlfriend’s skin. That is why it is preferable to buy more than one item of cosmetics, and the whole set, if funds allow. There are several advantages of buying the whole set.

• If your girlfriend will only use your kit, there is no chance of a mismatch between cosmetics. And this means the absence of acne and rashes, allergic reactions.
• The set in any case looks more solid than any one element of cosmetics. The exception here is for single high value items, for example, Chanel lipstick or Dior mascara.
• The danger of buying a separate item of cosmetics is that it may simply not be suitable for your girlfriend. If the whole set is bought, then something from it will certainly be useful.

In the current information age, it is impossible to live a day without functional gadgets and devices that facilitate communication and communication. That is why electronics is and remains a necessary and relevant gift.The list of successful digital gifts of this kind include: smartphone, spacious flash card, Power-bank, bluetooth headphones, e-book, selfie stick, good headphones with a microphone. Each of these gifts looks solid and original. Even better, such a gift would look if you put it in a beautifully designed box.

Electronics is not only a telephone and a computer, but also cooking utensils that have already been mentioned in the article, as well as photographing accessories: flashes and a lens, for example. You will need a considerable budget for some of these gifts.

Clothes and accessories are the gifts that will always be relevant to women at any age. When choosing such a gift It is worth knowing the exact size of your girlfriend, as well as her approximate taste.

In order for the gift to have a minimal chance of failure, it is worth choosing items of clothing that only partially complement the bow. These include: sweater, golf, pullover, jacket, jacket, bolero, shirt, polo. Refuse to buy entire sets of clothes, it is likely that at least one of the items will seem unsuitable for your girlfriend.

Try to match the item of clothing with the appearance of your girlfriend. Some tones and styles will surely make it old, while others will add mystery, mischief and rejuvenate the figure.

A gift in the form of an accessory will almost always please a girl if she looks solid and appropriate. The only exceptions are those cases when a woman does not wear any attributes at all, preferring a natural bow. Good accessories include:

• handbags with different design pens, clutches, roomy, but fashionable wallets;
• large or, on the contrary, minimalistic jewelry and accessories like massive pendants and earrings;
• leather or velor gloves;
• beautiful and original leather straps;
• scarves, shawls, shawls;
• beads and bracelets, chains.

When choosing accessories it is worth deciding on the color type of your girlfriend. For the “winter” color type, silver and platinum accessories will be ideal, while gold and copper jewelry are more suitable for the summer and spring color types. When choosing clothes and accessories, be guided by the appearance of your girlfriend. Do not buy clothes or accessories of bright, flashy colors and colorings for a girl who prefers calm and classic tones.

Half of the success of the gift depends on the packaging and on how exactly it was presented. In this way, even the cheapest gift can be presented in such a way that the process of getting it will be remembered by your girlfriend for a long time. When choosing a method of filing, you will be limited only by your imagination and the relevance of such a presentation in a separate situation.

Ways of registration.

• The method includes a classic gift design: put the gift in a suitable box, wrap gift paper or paper with an interesting pattern, you can decorate the box with a bow, ribbons, artificial flowers or beads. Design options for such a box - a lot, it all depends on you.

• Design in the form of nesting dolls. A small gift is placed in a small gift container, and then in an even larger volume.All this is done until you have a large, but very light gift in your hands. For such gifts are suitable small, but expensive and significant things - for example, rings, earrings, bracelets, expensive cosmetics.

• Place the gift in a larger, but less significant item. Imagine how surprised a friend would be if you give her a box from under a frying pan, and when opened, she finds there a charming accessory or a voucher for the sea.

Ways of presenting.

• Courier delivery. In this case, a gift to the apartment of your girlfriend should be delivered by a person in the costume of her favorite character or in the form of her favorite singer, superhero. This idea is difficult to implement independently, however, some firms are engaged in this.
• Pretend you forgot your girlfriend's birthday, while you yourself agree with her relatives, boyfriend or loved ones and arrange a surprise for her at home with a cake, balls and garlands. Festive mood will be provided.
• Make a friend to get a gift only after completing a certain quest or solving a puzzle.. This will add excitement and intrigue to the donation process. Just do not try to be tricky with riddles.
• Say for a friend with chocolate and a bunch of balloons. In this case, place in one of the balls any small or flexible object (decoration, ticket or certificate, accessory). When a friend decides that you are not going to give anything substantial, as if by chance you burst one ball. If a friend blames you for being clumsy - offer her to burst all the remaining balls, citing the fact that it can be beneficial for her. This is an extraordinary, but simple surprise, which everyone will appreciate.

There are a number of classic mistakes that you can make on the way to finding a successful gift for your girlfriend. The following is a list of key recommendations when choosing such a presentation.

• Do not go too far with the originality of the giftThe thing should be not only creative and unusual, but also practical, useful in everyday life. Girls positively relate to decorative household gifts, however, it will be much more pleasant for you and your friend if you can use the gift regularly.

• The biggest mistake of gifts for a friend - the choice of a common and well-known gift. For example, in your city some new brand of bag or perfume is being actively discussed. Such things are usually on everyone's lips and are not perceived as a serious gift. The exceptions are the popular, but expensive, elite accessories and accessories (expensive watches, exclusive perfumes, handbags, hats, necklaces). The problem with such gifts is that you can be far from the first to give it. As a result, your friend will have to decide what to do with two or three identical clocks or perfumes.

• Avoid the gift that will be used exclusively in the form of a dust collector. This applies to useless figurines, figurines, table clocks or coasters. Such gifts will look good only if they are related to the creativity, hobbies or hobbies of your girlfriend.

• A fatal mistake in choosing a gift is the desire to repart a thing that you personally consider to be useless. You must have told your friend about such a gift, although you may have forgotten about it.

• Inappropriate and banal gifts - the next item you can cross out on your list. As an example, you are giving a set of dishes or pans for a friend who is actively involved in sports and spends most of the time away from home. It is as inappropriate as giving a married woman with children a subscription to a strip club in your city.

• A gift in the form of money looks at least dismissive - as if you want to get rid of a friend and from the responsibility in choosing a gift. However, the money may be useful for a married woman and will be appropriate to look at the anniversary or as a gift for a round date.

• Regardless of the age of your girlfriend, do not give things that are associated with health. It should not be magnets, medical tonometers or muscle stimulator. The exceptions are relaxation items, massage mats, for example. Also a good option would be to buy a ticket to a sanatorium or a wellness center. Such a gift is perceived as a concern rather than a hint of deteriorating health.

• Avoid buying intimate lingerie. Even if you know about the approximate preferences of your girlfriend, such a gift may simply not fit in size, be too cramped or too frank. The same applies to the selection of clothes - too great a chance to make a mistake with the preferences of your girlfriend.

• Even if she repeatedly expressed her desire to buy some kind of pet, you should not immediately run to the nearest pet store. Perhaps right now a friend is not ready to care for the same guinea pig, a tortoise or a cat. The exceptions are small pets like fish, hamsters, parrots. The main thing that such a gift does not look burdensome.

• It is not necessary to give things that may hint to your girlfriend about any internal or external flaws. These include creams and masks for skin care, books and diet workshops, sports equipment such as skipping ropes, gymnastics or dumbbells, as well as the most controversial gift - weighing scales.

We hope, with the help of all the tips listed above, you can choose a beautiful, original and, most importantly, useful gift for your best friend.

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