hey guys it's jen and today i am so excited to share with you a little valentine's day gift guide
everything in this list are things that i'm just so obsessed with there are some things that are
smaller some things that are bigger there's a really good range so i really hope this is helpful
for those of you who are trying to get some ideas of what to get for valentine's day gifts if you're
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kinds of videos and let's go ahead and hop right into it first of all i do want to say a huge
thank you to lillysilk for sponsoring this video i'm going to start off with a few super luxurious
silk pieces from them the shirt i'm wearing right now this is just the most beautiful blouse
it has a little extra special trick to it i'm a big fan of these very feminine tops
and i love a good little [ __ ] bow like this but if you undo this you can actually wear it
as a regular collared shirt it's so so so soft and luxurious and it's super breathable you can
wear this like dressed up for an interview but you can also just wear it on a day-to-day basis with a
pair of jeans which is how i'm styling it the next gift that i think everybody could just benefit
from having at least one of is a silk pillowcase this one in particular from lily silk has silk
on the front side and cotton on the back side i personally really like cotton on the back because
it makes it a little bit less slippery when the pillow is sitting on your sheets however their
most popular ones actually have silk on both sides so if you're the type of person where you like to
rotate your pillow or just get twice as much use out of it they do have those as well but the one
i'm showing you right now is my preference it's made of a hundred percent mulberry silk which is a
really long thread it's a very very very high quality silk and i keep rubbing it because it's so
soft i love sleeping on this at night if you're somebody who has wavy or curly hair it's very very
commonly recommended to use a silk pillowcase because it just helps retain the integrity of
your curl pattern but it also retains the moisture within your hair so it just looks less frizzy less
tangly and i actually even give my daughter arya who's only four years old she has her own silk
pillowcase as well because she has very curly hair so if you have kids that have curly hair this is
also as a side note a really great gift for them too speaking of sleeping the next gift i wanted to
share are silk pajamas and is there anything more luxurious than slipping into a silk pajama set
i don't think so i just absolutely love the rich navy blue color of this one it has a beautiful
piping detail on the collar and also on the cuffs i love how these cuffs are shaped it looks
really really elegant and so beautiful and so soft oh my gosh it's soft once again because it's silk
it's going to keep you nice and cool when you're sleeping and i just don't know anybody out there
who wouldn't be so thrilled to get some silk pjs for valentine's and i do feel like it's romantic
but it's also like a very cozy thing that you can just wrap yourself up in and to me that really
feels like love i've had just so few instances in my life where i put something on and my own jaw
dropped like i just put this on and i felt like a million bucks you talk about sparking joy almost
everyone could use a really beautiful silk slip dress in their wardrobe it's just so versatile
and oh my gosh i could just dress this up for a date night and at the same time i could just
wear it to sleep as pajamas too if i wanted to because it's such a beautiful fabric and
material and feels so nice on the skin this color is just heavenly it looks so so classy i also want
to mention i'm an extremely petite person and it can be very difficult for me to find things
that fit me off the rack and you can actually customize your sizing on lily silk's website
if you're somebody who does not fit typical sizing standards i highly recommend you do
this because every single item i received from lillysilk fits like a dream like to the point
where i almost got a little emotional putting them on for the first time because i was just
so mind blowing how beautifully they fit and they hang so if this dress makes me feel that
amazing i want you guys to experience that too if you want to find any of the pieces i mentioned
in the entire gift guide i will link those all down below plus i will also link for you down
below a lilly silk coupon code which i'm actually going to order more of those but it's that good so
if you guys want to check that out i will leave that in the description box down there my next
clothing item i wanted to share is something that i feel like would suit many different people's
style it's super cozy very 2021 i think it is a tie-dye jumper from mobby this is one of my
favorite sweatshirts that i've been wearing this year i really especially love sort of these drop
shoulders with a little ruffle detail on the side and the neckline is also like a little bit of a
mock neck situation like not a full turtleneck but it's not really low so i just feel like those
little details really make it stand out compared to other sweatshirts that i have it's like
slightly less casual with sweatshirts you know it's just so cozy and it makes me really feel
like i'm being hugged all the time isn't that what we want for valentine's day i think so the next
gift i wanted to recommend is from zojirushi this is a thermos i have to say i've tried quite a few
different insulated bottles but when it comes to keeping warm things warm i really don't think
there's anything better out there this one in particular was a limited edition collaboration
with hello kitty i know they re-released some stock recently which is when i bought it so
i'm not sure if you can find this exact style anymore but i do have a couple of these bottles in
different colors and i just think they're so great so if i can find this i'll link it down below if
your dude or girl likes drinking their hot things hot and cold things cold definitely check this out
i really just love the mechanism there aren't too many pieces where it's difficult to clean
and it just does the best job at keeping your drinks insulated next i wanted to mention a
couple of my favorite beauty products i was trying to think of things that even somebody who is a big
beauty addict would still love receiving but then also somebody who's a very moderate to mild beauty
addict would still get a lot of use out of and for me that came down to these two products this is a
little mini eyeshadow palette from natasha denona natasha denona is one of the most luxurious brands
carried at sephora but they do have this little it's almost like a little travel tiny palette or
even if you want like a no makeup makeup look all the way up to doing a full glam smokey eye it has
all of the colors that you would need for that so definitely recommend that and then for lips i just
think that this is the best lip balm lipstick-ish combo that i've tried yet which i have a lot of
favorites in that category because it's just my favorite thing to wear on my lips on a daily
basis but this is from glow recipe it's their watermelon glow lip pop you can never have too
many of these i like to keep one in every single purse and always on my vanity so for both of these
even if i had them i would be so excited to get a second one this year is also one where people are
still kind of staying at home a lot and doing a lot of their nails at home so if your significant
other really likes nail polish then i feel like this is such a great gift i've tested a lot
of nail polish through the years and this is my favorite just like non-gel non-acrylic it
literally lasts 10 days on me whereas i feel like other nail polishes might last six seven
days so just to get a few extra days out of it i think that this kit is so worth it i definitely
recommend getting the opi infinite shine set it's a whole system there is a base primer you want to
get a color plus the top coat and when you use these all in conjunction it's really the longest
lasting regular nail polish i found the colors are super beautiful in particular you're going
to want to look for the one with the shiny silver cap and use it as a set my next gift is a lot more
utilitarian it's funny i actually got this for ben for christmas but i feel like i use it just
as much as he does so if you are both people who like getting gifts that are very practical
i just really really love this this is a leather man i think the one that i have is called the rev
but there are a lot of different variations of leathermans that have different things in them
it's sort of like a swiss army knife but i find that the shape and function of these is a lot more
practical than a swiss army knife just because a lot of the pieces are much larger there's pliers
there's wire cutters i think my favorite thing is the plastic package opener and then of course
there's your standard utility knife which we use all of the time opening cardboard boxes or
packages and i also particularly really appreciate the phillips head and flathead because for the
life of me when i'm looking for a screwdriver i cannot find one this has just been so useful and
i am very passionately passionately recommending this my next gift recommendation is actually a
gift that ben had gotten for me and it's a board game called wingspan you don't have to really
be an expert in anything to play and enjoy and especially good for times in quarantine for
instance this can just be played with two players so if it's just you and your significant other
you can still have a really really good time playing it all of the little pieces are super cute
you basically just collect a bunch of birds and like breed them and make them better you literally
roll the dice out of a bird feeder it's really adorable and really fun to play highly recommended
if you and your person of interest likes to play games together which we really love it
if you have somebody who really loves to cook in your life this is just going to be a mack daddy of
all cutting boards this is one of ben's favorite things in the kitchen he is the chef in our family
and i have to agree i think it looks really great it performs really great and it's definitely
something that we're going to keep forever so this is an end grain cutting board the reason
you want to look for an end grain cutting board versus just whatever cutting board you find is
that when you're cutting it with the knife because the grains are on the end when you slice into it
the knife is going to be cutting into the grain and then they'll sort of self-heal by closing up
the fibers after every time you use it also you're not going to be hurting your knives
because they're going to stay sharper for longer since when you slice into it it's not going to
be basically chopping the fibers instead it's just going to slice into those end grains and
then they go back together so it's better for your knives it's better for the cutting board
and the longevity of the cutting board this one in particular is a little bit on the pricier side
but i feel like it's one of those things that like i said you're just going to keep around forever
and really love and use extremely well it is another one of those kind of utility items but i
feel like in terms of decor it's so aesthetic it's super functional and something that's going to
be used a million times so such a great gift the last gift i wanted to share is actually a candle
it's from a brand called homesick and i think it's really particularly great in times like what we're
going through right now where we can't always be around our loved ones all the time these candles
are actually scented with each state in mind so if there's a particular location that means a
lot to you or somewhere where you had a really great memory or took a vacation or have family
i feel like these just have an extra layer beyond just getting somebody a pretty candle the scent
of these really kind of fills the room ben and i of course have the kansas candle because that is
the state that both of us grew up in and it just means a lot to us we like having this on display
as a little tribute to where we're from if your significant other you know is from a different
location than where they're living this could be just a really thoughtful reminder to them so yeah
homesick candles so that is it for the gift guide i really hope you guys found this helpful and
sparked some ideas of things that might be really amazing gifts for your significant other if you
enjoyed it or found it helpful please hit that thumbs up button and leave a comment down below
letting me know what you plan on getting for your significant other because i would love to hear
more ideas i still haven't gotten ben anything yet he's filming this so i'm also keeping it a secret
so let me know that in the comments and i will see you guys in the next video love you guys bye