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Ideas for 16yo dd

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AlexaShutUp · 17/10/2021 17:54

DD can never tell me what she would like. I think the reality is that she earns quite well through her PT job and buys most of the stuff that she wants.

I'm so stuck for ideas. She has her own very distinct style so I would find it quite hard to buy her clothes or jewellery - I could take a guess but she would be too polite to tell me if she didn't like it. Don't really want to do vouchers as she will get those from other relatives. She is very particular about what products she uses on her skin and hair.

Don't think she really needs any tech. She has a decent phone, earpods, an Alexa etc. She isn't into gaming or anything like that. She has hobbies but doesn't really need anything for them. She doesn't really want anything else for her room as it's all exactly as she wants it. Confused

I'm totally out of ideas! Any suggestions?

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severusvape · 17/10/2021 22:33

Weighted blanket
Hotel chocolat hot chocolate maker
Sandwich toaster
Neom diffuser with some essential oils

Jumpingintochristmas · 17/10/2021 22:35

DD 16 is the same, it’s so hard.
So far I have settled on:
GHD hair straighteners
Theatre tickets - Hamilton
Gym clothes
Trainers
Perfume

Cathpot · 17/10/2021 23:30

Same situation. I’ve asked her for a ‘mood board’ of things she likes so I have a fighting chance of picking the right earrings etc, and told her not to buy anything for herself until January! We have a birthday to get through as well in the run up to Christmas . On advice of a friend I’ve got her a mini diffuser from John Lewis that charges via a USB port largely because I don’t like her burning candles. Thinking about a nice dressing gown , new trainers for sport. She loves house plants and Etsy do some really fun plant pots. I get her a mid range beauty advent calendar and she knows that counts as a gift as they aren’t cheap.
Does she do sport or yoga etc? New sports gear might work? Found lots of stocking fillers on the oxfam online shop- tote bag, photo holder etc.

Last year I got a selection box style thing of mini perfumes from Calvin Klein as an affordable way for her to try them. She liked that and eventually saved up for a normal bottle of the one she liked the best.

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