Present ideas for 17 year old Dd

[MrsSJG]

I have at the moment Dr Who dvds
make up and perfume. I have no idea what else to get her, any other ideas? I have asked her but got the usual "I don't know"

Driving lessons, new clothes (a shopping trip with lunch out?), iTunes voucher, headphones?

we have just come off itunes so that's out, oh how I wish she had stuck with her iphone
she's had her driving lessons paid by her nan
Dd is a pain in the bum for clothes, I never get it right any more

slushy cup
sewing machine,
water speakers
diary
bean bag
hair dryer
hudl
bracelet
my soon to be 17 yr old wants a fish?

She loves dr who (only Matt Smith)
my little pony and random stuff, she's so difficult to buy for nowadays. Why oh why can't she be 6 again and like baby dolls and prams again

you can get a good pair of tweezers,
a smelly candle for her room,
hot water bottle with cover,
nail file with nail polish,
a good watch ,
a box set of something that you could also watch Downton Abbey, Roots,
CSI etc

jewellery? i could make something special

Tickets for a concert or show?

Voucher for her favourite shop.

Dd (17) is getting
Make up
Body shop stuff
GHDs
Good make up brushes
Perfume
Money for the sales

Other ideas I've had for her to bulk up her pile
A favorite food hamper
A box of Coca-Cola (her favourite soft drink)
A cake decorating book
Underwear
Pyjamas
A book to read

Ive also been collecting makeup and perfume samples to make her an advent calendar so might throw in a boots voucher to buy something that she likes for that.

Vouchers for the sales.
Ticket master vouchers
Festival tickets
Spa day (for both of you?)
I pad?

2 festival tickets and a tent and sleeping bag

Cinema voucher
Handbag
Calendar of her favourite actor/pop star (DD has a half dressed Tom Daley)
Concert tickets
Some lakeland Dr Who biscuit cutters

Some great ideas here! Would she enjoy a shopping trip with you - you agree to buy her clothes to a certain amount and then go to eat? Friend just did this with her DD.

thanks for the ideas, you are certainly giving me plenty of ideas

Tickets to see a favourite band?

Cinema vouchers, tickets for a gig or show, massage voucher,nice underwear,Urban Decay make up,books, session at the nail bar, amazon voucher,chocolate slab from hotel chocolate.

Not a major present but I've just bought and put by a light up makeup mirror I found in Boots the other day for £20. Seem a good size and decent quality. I wouldn't mind one myself..

This one but it was cheaper in store

Ooh, fairy lights for bedroom

I bought the make up mirror last year for my daughter and my niece. They use them all the time. I liked it so much I bought one for myself too.
Would also add boots vouchers, Starbucks vouchers and a glass emery board from Champneys. They cost £10 but last for years and are so good for your nails. You could always add some nail polish as well.

she already has fairy lights for her bed and has more make up than boots has she also has a very very nice bracelet made by Cherry (buy from her she saw into my head and made what I wanted and it's beautiful) Thank you again Cherry Cinema tickets sound like a brilliant idea for her as well along with the mirror

Tickets to a concert, festival tickets. Last year mine went to New York with a friend. Good jewellery or a quality handbag.

If you are near a Cineworld you can get an unlimited cinema card for £16 a month. Yes, you do pay for the year which is quite a lot but we got it for DD1 (also 17) and it is briliiant, she loves it. Because the £16 is monthly we don't notice it that much. It would make a fantastic main gift that she'd love you for all year. I don't know if other cinemas do similar but it would be worth enquiring.

DD1 also does not know what she wants and I know what you mean about it being easier when they were 6! She's into some american sitcoms so may get her Big Bang Theory season 6, Friends boxsets as she's just got into that and How I Met Your Mother. If there is any TV your DD is into you can often get DVDs of them. Or recent film releases - DD1 adored Gatsby (mainly because of Leonardo DiCaprio) so I will put that on her list too. If she's into films and hasn't seen them and you want DVD ideas, Now You See Me is brilliant and had DD1 and I enthralled from start to end and We're the Millers is very funny and she was laughing about it with friends for ages afterwards. Both good movie night films for that age.

Books she's just read the Mortal Instruments series which I believe there is one out as a film. That seems popular among her friends. For stocking fillers MUA Make Up Academy stuff was recommended a while back on mumsnet and we've found it brilliant, dirt cheap and as good as much pricier brands. They have some good eyeshadow palettes for next to nothing and some nice bright nail varnishes in mad colours.

I can't generally buy clothes for either of my DDs (14 and 17) as it's hard to get right - they each have their own style, nothing like the other! But I can generally get away with Primark fleecy pyjamas (or onesies for DD2 who seems to like the mens ones in extra small best) and top shop knickers.