Top 5 Unusual Holiday Gift Shopping Ideas For Torontonians

The 2017 holiday season has officially arrived with snow and dramatic temperature drop. It might be cold and freezing, however, winter never gives GTA’s fashion lifestyle less shine, since stores and malls are always open for you to choose the perfect gift your significant someone. Here, on Street Chic, let’s talk about the top 5 gift shopping ideas here in Toronto. No more nagging, let’s get into it!

01. Deep Sea Sand Art

You want to give something unusual, and every time when someone points at it and you can proudly say it’s given by you?? Try this gift! Bring a calming presence to your office with this desk sculpture that forms natural landscapes with sand. Place this magical beauty on a bookshelf, desk, mantel, or coffee table, rotate the glass ring, and watch as delicate drifts of light, dark, and glittery golden sand shift into deserts, mountains, clouds, rain, oceans and smoke, all ebbing and flowing into one another. Check it out here.

02. Candles

Holiday is the best time for anyone to get cozy and relaxed in the sofa, doing nothing for the whole day! You definitely want that someone to be able to relax in a soothing and refreshing aroma this holiday season. Candles are always a great idea when it comes to a chic lifestyle. It brings the special holiday vibe to home, and of course, a great aroma to the rooms. Check out Diptyque

Or, try something less common: These hand-poured soy wax candles offer a remedy for homesick senses — Homesick Candles.

03. Green Herbal Tea Kit

A cup of tea is more than just a handy hot beverage. The warmth soothes your body, waiting for the tea to steep gives your mind a moment to rest, and the different herbs used can calm, stimulate or relax. This holistic tea set by Julie Pedersen invites you to sip from an array of nine herbs and three varieties of green tea from Japan, India, and Sri Lanka (there are two tins per type of tea).

Steep the loose leaf teas and herbs in the included, reusable tea bags made from biodegradable corn silk. Kit assembled in Canada.

04. Face Wash Device – Foreo Luna

If you are giving a gift to a beauty and makeup savvy, this is something that she/he will LOVE the most among all the gifts. Foreo Luna is a face washing device that rocked the the internet the whole year and has been dearly loved and adored by everyone based on the product reviews.

The unique combination of T-Sonic™ pulsations with silicone touch-points gently exfoliates dead skin cells and unclogs pores of makeup residue as well as 99.5% of dirt and oil, enhancing the absorption of your other skincare products. Foreo Luna comes in 3 different models, with cleansing brushes tailored to specific skin types. So, definitely give this to your ‘skincare expert’ friend, she will LOVE it!

05. Google Home

Struggling to find a gift to HIM? It’s not that difficult! Try something technical. Google home is one of the most talked and celebrated technical home device in 2017. It talks with you, and assist you to control your other home devices once you connect them. Thanks to Google, this Google home device is definitely a great idea for guys this holiday season.