Tracking down gifts for teenage girls that are actually cool enough to impress her is a mammoth task. Even if you were a teen girl yourself not too long ago, shopping for one can be a bit nail-biting. It isn’t for lack of trying, of course. Or for a lack of gifts for teenage girls out there. In fact, the shops are filled with adorable gift ideas for teens – from Airpods to personalised iPhone cases and *all* the TikTok-recommended beauty products. It’s just that what’s considered “cool” by anyone over the age of 20 often isn’t by fussy teens.
Teenage girls are SO clued up on music/celebs/everything pop-cultural, so there’s no getting past them. Oh, and since the difference between thirteen-year-olds and nineteen-year-olds is tremendous, so is the difference in what they want.
But here at GLAMOUR, we love a challenge (read: not ending up on the Whatsapp group of *enter name of teen girl in question*). So, as our favourite stores – from Glossier to Urban Decay and Urban Outfitters – begin to accelerate their offerings of Christmas gifts for teenage girls , we’ve curated the ultimate gift guide full of genuinely great gifts she’ll actually like. Y’know: “trendy” “tween” bestsellers that could actually end up in one of her Instagram reels.
We’ve found a collection of sheet masks that she can take to her next sleepover, an essential oil diffuser to level-up her self-care routine, a personalised makeup bag, a *gorgeous* jewellery box to house her sterling silver stud earrings and a Fujifilm polaroid camera.
Elsewhere, there’s a Glossier water bottle, a rose gold friendship bracelet from Monica Vinader and a mood-boosting cardigan from trending brand of the moment, House of Sunny. It’s called the High Tide cardigan and everyone on Instagram is wearing it. Oh, and let’s not forget the gadgets: consider treating her to some new Airpods, a wireless phone charger with her initials on, or a ring light so she can up her selfie game. You’ll never be short of birthday gift ideas again.
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