Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but i'm here to give yous my insight on the perfect gifts for him. I'm going to basically list out presents that I have bought this year for my dad, brother, boyfriend etc and all these things will vary in prices! Now I like to be prepared so I started buying Christmas presents about two months ago, and before I did I looked up a few videos on youtube and read some blogs for some inspiration and I was really very disappointed. Most of the videos were all DIY lovey-dovey gifts that may work for some people -but are far too sickly sweet for me. I prefer to get someone something that they have wanted and that they will use. That's the thing with men- they don't often want a lot which makes them hard to buy for, but once you get them something that is practical and they will use 9 times out of 10 they will love it. Right i'm going to jump right in and start.
Going to start off with a very universal and obvious gift..... Videogames. This year I have purchased... Splintercell, Call of dutys, Grand theft Autos, L.A noir, Tomb raiders, and loads more for xbox's and playstations as I just find that although these aren't the most thoughtful of gifts, it works a treat every time. I have bought these for my boyfriend, my brother and just some close friends in generall. Going along with the games, you could also get accessories for the gaming console that your man has -headsets, steering wheels, chairs, wireless remotes etc. Oh, and on a side note I would advise for yous to look online on amazon and ebay as I have found that a lot of the games that are still new and sealed are a lot cheaper on there rather than buying them from the shop. Just make sure of shipping times so that your package will arrive before Christmas!
Next is another universal gift and it is.. Aftershave! I am in love with three aftershaves in particular and the prices range from rather cheap to kind of expensive. The great thing about this present is that there are always sales on in Chemists and Pharmacies and you can always get a real bargain with aftershaves. The three I would suggest would be. John Paul Gautier - now this one is at the top end of my budget. I bought this last year for my boyfriend as I absoloutely adore the smell. I got this in a gift set for 90 euro I believe. The next one is sort of middling in price I suppose and it is the One Million aftershave. This is my least favourite between the three I've said however I do really like the smell and the staying power from this one is amazing! I bought this this year for between 50-60. Last but not least is the wonderfully priced Callum Best aftershave giftset. This comes with a lotion and the aftershave in a lovely box for an incredible 11 euro guys! This stuff smells divine I can't even tell you how much I love this one. I find it quite similar to the John Paul Gautier one but I find that this one has far better staying power and the scent is more prominent. I would definitely recommend this for any man in your life, it's an absolute bargain!
Next is something a little random and can be a little pricey too. An external harddrive. I bought mine for around the 150 mark and it is a Toshiba 2TB one. These are great as they hold hundreds of movies, pictures, albums, everything and you can just plug it into your tv or laptop and watch/listen to any of them. I know that boys love that kind of stuff so depending on what budget you have and what your man is into I think this could be a very good gift. Also, to be a little bit sentimental and personal you could put pictures of the two of yous and songs and things onto it before you give it to him.
Next on the list is boxsets. People love a good boxset and at the minute I would recommend Homeland, House of Cards, American Horror Story, Supernatural, True blood,orange is the new black, the list is endless. The thing is with a boxset you could really get something to suit anyone. There's series', documentaries, programmes about everything nowadays and there's nothing nicer during these cold months then snuggling up at the end of a hard day in front of a fire and watching the next episode of your favourite series.
Next one will not be for everyone and it's novelty things- particularly Marvel heroes in this case. For some reason my 22 year old boyfriend has an obsession with this stuff! However I don't mind at the minute because there are lots of gift ideas that come to mind including marvel hero mugs, toiletries bag and set, earphones, jocks and socks, t-shirts, wallets, phonecovers ets. There are so many little stocking fillers you could get with that, and you could broaden that out to whatever suits your man aswell. For example he likes formula one- boxsets, mugs, key rings, there's loads of novelty things to suit most people.
Next is the classic clothes. Unlike ourselves, men aren't that interested in clothes and I know I wouldn't go out and spend a bomb on a whole new diesel outfit or tommy hilfiger as there wouldn't be enough appreciation for it because to men clothes are just clothes. So I would recommend not going overboard in this area. In jack and jones they usually do good deals like 2 t-shirts for 25 and things like that and then ofcourse there is the classic socks and jocks. Men love getting socks and jocks as often you'll find that they're the one thing they don't really buy themselves.
Also there is the traditional watch or wallet, concert tickets or a weekend away for two. There are so many gifts out there and I really hope that after reading this you get somewhat of inspiration out of it and get some idea of something to get that special someone.
This is only a handful of the ideas I have but I better stop here or this could turn into a very very very long post and ain't nobody got time to read all that! As always thank you so much for reading this far! Will be talking to yous again soon!
- Meganxo
