Things to Do
Gifts for every budget
By Nedra Rhone
Nov 18, 2010$15 and under
- AfterSoles portable "back-up" ballet flats, $14.95, allow high-heel lovers a fashionable escape from painful shoes. At Neiman Marcus, Dillard's and Bed, Bath and Beyond or www.AfterSoles.com
- Jurlique Love Balm salve moisturizes and protects dry or chapped skin. Contains vitamin E, olive, soybean and safflower oils to help replenish dry skin. Scented with tangerine oil, $15 at Natural Body Spa & Shoppe (multiple locations) and jurlique.com.
- Tiny digital photo key chain in red, blue or black by Key-P-Sakes, $14, exclusively at Macy's.
- Simple Pleasures Cupcake Sweet Bath Gift Set or Winter Snowman Lip Balm Gift Set, $8 each at Kohl's.
- For bibliophiles, Atlanta based Paddywax offers the Library Collection travel tins. The signature poured two wick candle is housed in a container named after literary greats Poe, Austen, Whitman, Thoreau and Dickens, $8 at Paddywax.com.
- Plug this limited-edition mini-laptop lamp into a standard USB port, $12 at Macy's.
- Verdon Invigorating Shaving Gel, $15 for 3.4 oz. awakens with the scent of alpine waters, peppermint and citrus. Available at L'Occitane en Provence.
- The Drink Up brass knuckle mug is $10 at Macy's.
- Kohl's Cares "The Great Christmas Cookie Swap Cookbook," by Good Housekeeping, $5 at Kohls.com.
$25 and under
- The eco-enthusiast will love an iPod / iPhone case or earbuds made of renewable bamboo by iWave. The cases fit all models of iPhones or iPods. Earbuds come in three sizes with a hands-free microphone. Bamboo iPhone case, $25, or earbuds, $20, at Neiman Marcus.
- Spectrum six-bottle wall-mounted wine rack in black, $19.99 at csnstores.com, helps keep counter space free.
- Get work done anytime and anywhere with the SPI Lap Desk with Light, $20 at Ulta. Available in three patterns with a free matching laptop sleeve.
- For the holiday hostess, this post-party kit contains a tension-relieving hot or cold ice bag, an aromatherapy candle and bath fizzies to soak away the stress. From Hollywood Fashion Tape, $18 at Sage boutiques (multiple locations).
- Make-Up Designory MUDCares Palette contains four eye colors to complement any skin tone including Spanish Gold, Dulce de Leche, Cashmere and Moss. For each limited-edition palette purchased, 100 percent of the proceeds go to NextAid Organization, which builds sustainable homes for children in Africa who have been orphaned by AIDS. $25 at mudshop.com.
- Swarovski crystal initial handbag hanger, $20, at Neiman Marcus keeps handbags hanging in style. Specify one initial excluding, I, O, Q, U, X, Y, Z.
$50 and under
- Give art on a budget with the Jeff Koons Limited Edition Crème de Corps Holiday Collection. Each product features the artwork of TULIPS (1995-98 oil on canvas) from the Celebration Series. The whipped body crème is $35 for 8 oz. at Kiehl's. Profits up to $200,000 will benefit the Koons Family Institute, an initiative for missing and exploited children.
- Hard workers can lighten up with the "medium laptop case" – a play on the iconic Bloomingdale's "brown bag". New to Bloomingdale's, the coated canvas bag with strap totes a 15" laptop with ease, $45 at Bloomingdale's.
- Trudeau Blink Wine Chiller maintains the temperature of wine without the mess by using gel packs inserted in the base. The wine chiller opens automatically when the bottle is lifted and closes when the bottle is inserted to help maintain a cooler temperature longer, $35 at amazon.com
- Power Up multi-purpose solar charger keeps cell phones and other small electronics charged without electricity, $50 at Macy's.
- ThermaCheck Fleece for him or her gives a warm lightweight layer. The half-zip fleece is 100 percent polyester and resists static and lint, $30 and up at Landsend.com.
- Lorac Box Office Hit Palette, $35 at Ulta, includes 12 eye shadows, 2 eyeliners, blush, bronzer and eight lip colors.
- Atlanta's own Cinda B. has you covered with the new Kindle or Nook eReader cover from Cinda b handbags. The cover has a matching protective "envelope" pouch, interior screen-protective micro-fiber lining and multiple sure-fit straps to hold your eReader in place, $43 at cindab.com.


