Archive for January, 2015

It’s a choco-delicious gift

January 21st, 2015

Chocolates have stormed the gift market with so much ease that whenever somebody says gift, a chocolate treat is what comes into mind. The chocolate sales are up on the rise given the festivities and occasions that are being celebrated. Gone are the days when the sweet box was the gift to be accompanied with wishes, chocolate is the new sweet.

Chocolate can be gifted because, firstly the sweetness of chocolate can be controlled, and it is also available in various forms like dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, etc., hence a variety of choice is provided. Secondly, any combination of dry fruits, nuts, and fresh fruits can be mixed and enjoyed with chocolate.

Let’s see why chocolate has become a prime gift at present:

Convenient:

Chocolates are easily the go to gift when in distress, be it due to having no idea or having limited time and access. The chocolates are, undoubtedly, a lazy man’s gift. They are readily available, be it a supermarket or the store next door. They needn’t be booked in bulk to shop unlike traditional sweets.

There are many stores that gift wrap chocolates and make them feel like a present. Home deliveries of bunch of chocolates are also provided during festive seasons to further reduce the burden of carrying the soft melting piece of deliciousness to your safe haven.

Best thing about chocolate is that nobody says no to them.

Long lasting shelf life:

Chocolates have a long shelf life, more than traditional sweets, which have natural ingredients, which result in getting spoilt if unattended. Chocolates on the contrary have a longer shelf life and purer quality due to being packed and parcel from the company itself.

Traditional sweets have few takers now due to adulteration and media crying hues for mixing and mincing harmful chemicals to make the sweets in huge amount costing fewer amounts. Hence, chocolates have boomed this festive season and traditional sweets are becoming tradition.

Appealing to the eye:

The public has always been attracted to the brands, and hence, chocolate brands and quality provided by them has always been a major attraction. Producers like Mars, M&M, Lindt, Afterdark have been top leading brands for ages and people shell out money more than required for buying such top end chocolates to make their loved one feel special.

The common human emotion always believes that more costly the gift, more special it will be for the occasion. Hence, premium brands have been springing up in the competition.

Value and worth:

Chocolates have been available since long and were always branded to be kid’s goodies, before long adults started buying their way in with chocolates, and hence the value, worth and taste came into the game. It is readily available for gifts via online shopping.  The quantity and the quality provided by chocolate in the value is very satisfying than that of any traditional sweet, and hence is a major buyout gift nowadays. Chocolate always wins.

Chocolate gifting is the new tradition of saying anything you wish with a smile and sweet way. Sending chocolates to people back home is considered a ritual when travelling abroad. Many online shops now help delivering gift wrapped chocolate boxes all over the world helping consumer reach his dream. Chocolate once and for ever!

Some Tips for Beauty Gifts

January 20th, 2015

If you have a loved one, who is concerned about chemicals in their favourite beauty products, you can gift them something special. These are beauty products made at home or beauty gift hamper filled with carefully selected beauty products.

Homemade beauty products are a great alternative to products bought from stores. One can make great products at home, which are healthier substitute for commercial products and are completely personalized for the needs and preferences of the recipient.

There are so many recipes available and you will only need to decide which to make. Instead of gifting one product, you can also assemble a gift basket filled with several beauty products.

Some of the items are:

  • Perfume:

You have the option of making perfumes customized to the liking of the recipient. You can even develop perfume making into a full time hobby. Options for fragrances include stimulating scents like cinnamon and rosemary and calming scents like lavender and rose. Make a wonderful perfume by mixing together 8-10 drops of Valerian essential oil, 4-5 drops of lavender oil and 9-10 drops of Chamomile. You can adjust the ingredients to more or less, depending on your personal preference. Add the essential oils of your choice to the base of the perfume consisting of 2 cups distilled water and 3 tablespoon Vodka. Shake the box to mix thoroughly. The perfume will be ready for using on completion of 12 hours.

  • Facials or face masks:

Face masks are great for smoothening and cleansing your skin. They are easy to make and can be made with common household ingredients. Some of these are eggs, oatmeal, mint leaves, peaches, strawberries and papaya. If the beauty products are meant for a particular day or a spa party, peach facial mask will do well. Combine one egg white with one ripe pear. Whip thoroughly. This mix is meant for immediate use and has no storage life.

  • Hair care: These are shampoos and conditioners made of natural ingredients rather than harsh chemicals. Look for attractive containers such as cute plastic bottles with push dispensers. Glass bottles are also good but are risky in the bathroom if they break accidentally. Natural shampoos are simple to make: For e.g., mix 1 oz. each of nettle, rosemary, lavender essential oils and sage as well as 8 oz. Castile soap. To strengthen and nourish hair, add some organic sulphur.
  • Lip balm: it is great fun to make lip balm at home. Some of the favourite lip balms include chocolate, honey and peppermint lip balms. To make peppermint lip balm, use peppermint oil (22 drops), petroleum jelly (4 tbsp) and 2 tsp beeswax.

For preparation of this lip balm, in a pot, melt the petroleum jelly, add some beeswax and keep heating till the melting of the beeswax. Add the scented oil. Pour lip balm into special containers and allow it to cool. They make a great gift for any woman you know.

These are some of the items that can go into your beauty gift hamper. Be it Mother’s Day or birthday or Valentine’s Day, these homemade gift baskets filled with customized beauty products will be much appreciated.

5 Tips on Picking the Best Gift for All Occasions!

January 19th, 2015

Picking the best gift for somebody can be dubious. We’re discussing birthdays as well as Valentine’s Day, Christmas celebrations, Easter and house-warming gatherings and bounty more where they originated from. In this way, when despite everything you’re hauling your hair out in the wake of picking the gift for your sweetheart, considering an alternate gift can feel like a huge errand.

As opposed to worrying, following an agenda can make it much simpler and can even be fun. Ask yourself these questions:

1. Will the Gift be really of help?

Granted, a crazy gift may appear like a decent thought at the time yet it would go in the trash after ten minutes! So doing this is not wise. Maybe the beneficiary loves charming quotes or poetry. But, it would be cooler if your purchase can be utilized by the individual regularly. A piece of greeting card loses its magic after a few hours. Though it can be cherished later on yet it has no real purpose. A mug, towel or a thing for the arrangement will be utilized consistently. Keeping the functional component a centre will have you concocting large number ideas for choosing gifts.

2. Will they love the gift more than you?

Frequently, gifts are picked focused around the tastes of the buyer. While it functions admirably, it can boomerang! You are two distinctive individuals with different hobbies, recollect this and you won’t frustrate. In the event that it’s somebody you don’t know extremely well then suss them out a bit or solicit a closer companion from theirs. For instance, I used to research my friends’ interests by checking their Facebook profiles and then sent gift hampers in UK, based on their preferences.

3. Have you done some research?

Do some exploration and concoct an extraordinary thought. Take clues from some Pinterest sheets, Google cool items or make an inquiry or two. Envision the recipient’s shock when they see this new creation and wind up utilizing it regularly. Keep it crisp, it works!

4. Is it of a good quality?

Indeed, you would prefer not to spend an exorbitant price on the gift. For your own and for quality’s purpose, be insightful and scan for what will last, look great and reflect your affection for the collector. It’s the prospects that numbers clearly, yet why not make it a stunning thought to recollect?

5. When was the last time and what happened?

It appears glaringly evident yet have you purchased a present for this individual as of late? Did they like it? Make sure that what you choose this time round falls under an alternate classification, demonstrates some reasoning outside of the container and doesn’t look excessively simple.

A gift doesn’t have to be self important or lavish, anyway it helps on the off chance that it lives up to expectations both for you and the individual you are getting it for.

 

GRATITUDE FOR MOTHERS-RELISH CLASSIC CHOCOLATES.

January 17th, 2015

Though every day one must make it to the best for their parents, but mother’s is a day, celebrated to pay homage to their selfless services they rendered to their families. Being a mother is the most difficult phase of life of a woman. From child bearing until death, a mother is always at service to her kids. Be it a working mother or a house mum, all shares the burden equally. Only the motherly figure of the home gets up earliest before everyone, prepares the breakfast, lay the table, and then wake up others for the designated places to go. On mother’s day, every online store and retailers are offering mother day chocolate gift hampers, qualifying according to the taste buds of every type of mothers.

Special wrapping with loads of love and care are the speciality of the service providers working efficiently to achieve the desired results. Chocolate boxes, chocolate jars, and chocolate baskets are the variety of packaging alternatives depending upon the aesthetics of one’s mother. Again, it is contingent on the likes of one’s mother, what type of wrapping styles she admires. Some mothers are always YOUNG AT HEART and love very GIRLISH TOUCH to every gift they receive. Such mothers should be complimented with candy wrapping styles added with pink and orange ribbons. Others being more sober and plain must be presented with box wrapping styles with dark chromes, which are easy to open.

Chocolates are sweet, so are mothers. That makes chocolates more loveable and charming, when they are especially selected for lovely mothers. The online chocolate stores offer a wide variety of chocolates from dark brown chocolates to milk chocolates, also candy chocolates and white chocolates. Some mothers are not into the bitter tastes of the less sweetened chocolates, for them there is a special variety of a Belgian truffle with different forms of layering and coating on them. Caramel crunch chocolates and honey-filled chocolates are also one of the most favourite types admired and munched on by every mother. Mint flavoured chocolates are also another speciality to be offered for spicy mums. Mother’s day can be celebrated in a variety of ways, but without chocolates, it is always incomplete.

Moreover, one can make a mother’s day, a real celebration by taking one’s mother to the places she loves to go. It can be her relatives, some hang out place where she can munch on her favourite menu. A riverside excursion, botanical or wildlife park visit can also be a good way of entertaining. A small get together of her like-minded people mostly from her friends, colleagues, relatives can also add a lot to the celebrations of the day. A gathering, in which mothers do not have to work in the kitchens and do the hectic tasks of cutting and cooking, is of double joy.

In fact, mother’s day are celebrated not to make some conventional celebrations but to make the mothers believe of our love and respect. Though their sacrifices and services are priceless and no one can take their place and perform their duties the way they did. And the least one can do on this special day, is to place an order of mother day chocolate gift hampers, through the online services of the retailers all over the country. Making the best selection of best brands from Cadbury and Nestle to Hershey’s, most loved my all the mothers. Along with greeting card expressing the heartiest greetings for the warmth and love of the mother, which no one can ever replace and compensate. The online service providers make the best of her day, and will deliver the truest of one’s feelings.

VALENTINES DAY –HEART TO HEART

January 16th, 2015

Every one is waiting for that someone special in their lives, with whom they have lived their every moment. Apparently, those who are workaholic, at heart are a bunch of romantics, even if only one day of a year. That day is the day of people who are looking for the ideals of their lives. Valentine’s Day is celebrated all over the world, with a ritualistic mindset of finding a love of one’s life. However, every day is a love day if one has a soul mate in their lives. For that someone special, we are always very selective while choosing a valentines gift hamper. Keeping in view all the apprehensions of our prudent customers, we maintain all the best products and edibles for an instant delivery.

Valentines Day is celebrated in variety of ways by making romantic dinners, greeting cards, and romantic interludes. It is not meant for unwed couples only, valentine’s day is a great opportunity for the married lovebirds to make a day together as a couple and provide them with a chance of introspection into their relationship. Every celebration involves meals, meals are not meant to eat only, rather to dine together is a way to know others properly and feast on with the loved ones.

Gift selection is never an easy task, especially for the unwed couples, but the gift list is also never ending. Pets gift are a unique thought given to the gifts, as they keep reminding the person of their beloved every time, they are with the pet gifted. Pets can be of any kind, depending on the likes of the person. Cats, dogs, rabbits, lamb, chicks, birds, reptiles like iguana, etc. Digging deeper into the rabbit hole, then gift selection can be made easier if the person is a food lover. Valentines gift hampers can be loaded with the dark chocolates, coconut filled chocolates, puddings, drinking chocolates, and many other type of candies that can entice the person. We also offer other items for the hamper, like a shaving kit or scented bath sets, spa baskets, and cheese products for the cheese lovers.

Making the day special needs a good planning like planning for delightful dinner, or some candlelight feast on some serene place. Flowers and candles are the most desired gifts and the sellers often fall short of the red roses. Red roses are an emblem of love and loyalty where the red colour in itself is a manifestation of the bonding. Florists seem to be the busiest moneymakers on Valentine’s Day. For that special time, when the loved one is with you, there must be created a special ambiance by adding a romantic piece of music while having a conversation. One may also express their love with some beautifully written poem or some romantic lines. One can do this by gifting a compilation of self-written poems.

Celebrating the day with utmost efforts, one can add a speciality of aromatic meeting. This can be done through aromatic candles and flower arrangements. Fragrance flowers need to be natural like natural roses or pink lilies; chrysanthemums, Gladiolas, sweet peas, tulips and daffodils are some of the flowers that can swing the moment into a sweet memory forever. Herbs and candy flavours air freshener are quick and cheap alternatives for the aromatic ambiance. But the chocolate and freshly baked cakes and yummy puddings are the best goodies that one can enjoy with or without mealtime. A basket full of selected variety of chocolates, from every best chocolate maker. And nothing can compete with the Hershey’s dark brown less sweetened chocolate slabs when it comes to having melting delights inside the mouth. You just make an online placement and the rest will be done by us, be it packaging or wrapping or selection of the products.