The Budget Fashionista

In another thread I posted about the $6.50 pocket mirrors I was buying my cousin's daughters for Christmas. I started looking around last night for other cheap but fabulous small gifts I could buy for other female relatives.

I've posted before about how much I love Lollibomb Beauty products. The products are vegan and smell soooo good. Through their Etsy store they have some great deals going right now. Through Sunday, you can get $1 shipping on any items. But my favorite deal is the 3-pack of 1/2 ounce samples of their amazing body frosting. You get to pick the "flavors" and the shipping is free! All for only $5.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7419517

I'm sure more will come as I poke around the 'net style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

I've moved from things that smell edible to things that are actually edible. Chocochoco House is most famous for their chocolates that resemble little handbags and shoes. While those are delcious and pretty, their newer stuff blows it out of the water.

For the under $10 theme:

Ginger in Hawaii: 2 oz of sugared ginger dipped in Hawaiian dark chocolate. It looks sooo pretty in its package and is $7.

For slightly more than $10 ($14 to be exact):

6-piece Karma of Cardamom: Six smiling little Buddhas in dark chocolate with a belly full of dark ganache flavored with cardamom. Each Buddha is dusted with jade luster dust.

I'm getting the latter for my best friend as a belated birthday gift. Cardamom is one of her favorite flavors.

http://www.chocochocohouse.com/

Each time at Target post-Christmas, post-Thanksgiving, post-Valentines and post-Easter, I’ve managed to find super $5- $10 gifts that end up being Christmas presents and save me over $100 each year for presents.
I also get a lot of useful stuff from Big Lots