There’s no doubt that Mother’s Day is going to feel a little odd this year without the opportunity to visit and have a long lunch, but thankfully we have the wonder that is the internet, so you can still send your mum a gift to celebrate the occasion.
Below, we’ve curated health, lifestyle and beauty gift ideas that’ll have your mum feeling her best, even while in iso.
Lush bath products
Bath products are always a winner, but this pack by Sensori+ is completely sustainable — which is especially perfect for those environmentally conscious mums out there.
The pack includes a body polish, shower oil and oil-in-lotion body moisturiser. All of these products are natural and plant-derived and help to lift away impurities from the skin and leave it looking supple and feeling hydrated.
Sensori+ Beach & Bloom Indulgence Care Pack, $119
Natural perfume
You can’ really go wrong with perfume and these ones by Kynd Scent are lovely. Made from 100% natural ingredients, these scents are oil-based and are packaged in a slim glass bottle with a roller ball at the top. Perfect for the handbag.
There are four scents to choose from, depending on your mum’s personal taste.
Kynd Scent Botanical Beauty, $65
Seafood lunch
Celebrate your mum with oysters, prawns and fish this year — without having to go to the fish markets. While the Sydney Fish Market is still operating, this seafood delivery service by GetFish is way more convenient.
Delivering straight from the De Costi Seafoods Sydney Fish Market shop front, GetFish delivers within a 50km radius from the Fish Market. Same-day delivery is available if booked before midday and delivery will be between 4.00pm to 8.00pm. For next day delivery, customers can choose between 10.00am to 2.00pm and 4.00pm to 8.00pm.
GetFish is also delivering on Mother’s Day, so you can have fresh seafood delivered straight to your mum in a contactless exchange. Once you place the order, you’ll receive text updates once he seafood leaves the market, when the driver is 30 minutes away and also once the delivery has been made.
Glass speaker
This is probably the prettiest speaker we’ve ever seen! This speaker by Sony is made from glass, which vibrates and delivers exceptionally clear sound that spreads in a 360-degree direction.
Created to look like a glass lantern, this speaker will also make a statement in your mum’s home. It also has a candlelight mode and the illumination flickers just like a candle — simply choose between a bright or delicate flicker depending on the situation.
It also has Bluetooth and wi-fi connectivity — so your mum can stream straight from Spotify — and the battery life is around 8 hours.
Sony Glass Sound Speaker, $799
Silky pyjamas
Mum deserves to rest easy, so give her the gift of quality pyjamas this year. Ettitude sleepwear comes with our seal of approval, both for its comfortable feel on the skin, and the fact the fabric is sustainably made.
“Our bamboo is 100% sourced from FSC-certified forests as we don’t tolerate any exploitation of resource under our brand. We also are in close relationships with our manufacturing partner to make sure all our products are ethically made,” founder Phoebe Yu says.
The brand also supports women around the world with its partnership with One Girl, a non-profit organisation that supports education for girls in Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Ettitude pyjamas, from $125 for a set
A meaningful read
“Life Doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother…”
Dubbed an “inspirational must-have” by the LA Times, author Marianna Vicelich’s 11th book, Mother, documents and honours the profound human experience of becoming a mum in a selection of beautiful quotations depicting the thoughts and love of Motherhood.
The book hopes to capture the pure love and joy associated with the role of being a mother. Though every mother’s journey is different, it’s the unconditional love, shared sense of purpose, and along-the-way experiences that connect mums around the world.
Mother by Marianna Vicelich, $29.95 at Dymocks
Chic hand sani
While hand sanitiser might not be the average gift idea, it’s definitely a necessity for people these days.
Glasshouse Fragrances has created a 65% ethyl alcohol hand sani that is housed in a chic pump bottle and is filled with scents of lavender, freesia, moss and lime.
The Glasshouse Fragrances team in Sydney whipped this hand sani up in the last two weeks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 500 care packages are also being donated by the company to three Sydney hospitals in the coming weeks.
Glasshouse Fragrances Lost in Amalfi Hand Sanitiser, $29.95
Meditation app
Learning to meditate is the gift that keeps on giving. There are a number of apps and studios which teach meditation, so a simple Google will help you track one down.
Headspace is an app that features guided meditations, which your mum could find helpful in these stressful times. The best part is that she can take part in the exercises whenever she has time, so there’s no specific schedule to meet. A monthly subscription costs $12.99, while a yearly subscription is $69.99.
Headspace Guided Meditation App
Deer milk eye cream
This is definitely not your run-of-the-mill eye cream. This nourishing eye cream has been scientifically formulated with the enhanced hydration power of deer milk in conjunction with line smoothing and skin firming benefits of cucumber extract and hyaluronic acid.
Created with 100% pure New Zealand deer milk, this eye cream is super light, fragrance-free and helps with dryness, puffiness and dark circles.
Kotia Brightening Eye Cream, $54.99
Hair straightener
While your mum might already own a hair straighter or curling wand, this device is the best of the best. Dyson is well known for revolutionising everyday items and the team has done the same with this new straightener.
The Dyson Corrale™ straightener is cordless and features flexing plates that gather hair neatly together for enhanced styling with less heat.
“Turning down the heat on conventional hair straighteners might reduce damage, but it also affects styling,” the Dyson website reads. “By gathering hair, our flexing plates let you achieve the same style with less heat. For less hair damage, reduced frizz and fewer flyaways.”
A limited amount of stock will be available for purchase online at Dyson and at Dyson Demo Store – Beauty Lab in Sydney’s QVB from Thursday 30 April. The Dyson Corrale™ straightener will then be available from retailers including Myer, David Jones, Sephora and Adore Beauty from Friday 29 May.
Dyson Corrale™ Straightener, $699
Wine box
The good people over at Good Pair Days have curated a special Mother’s Day gift box, complete with three delicious new drops for the mum, plus three delectable chocolates — all packed up and delivered to her door in a gorgeous box.
With a choice from all reds, chilled or a mixed wine box, each vino comes with tasting notes, winemaker stories, food pairings and recipes so mum can make an occasion out of each bottle.
Good Pair Days Mother’s Day Box, $90
Treatment mask
Besides baking, masking is one of the most popular iso pastimes. Spoiling your mumma with a Korean-grade mask will have her looking and feeling her best.
Aceology has launched four masks that cater to every skin type and concern — one aims to brighten, while another helps lift and firm.
Filled with collagen, salicylic acid and peptides, these masks help to minimise the appearance of wrinkles, gently resurface skin and offer skin-soothing benefits. Choose accordingly to your mum’s skin concern.
Aceology Lifting Treatment Mask, $69
Endless bubbles
Not quite champagne, but almost as good. If mum loves to drink sparkling water, then the gift of limitless fizz could be just what she needs. A SodaStream both reduced the environmental impact of single-use plastic bottles and will save her money in the long run.
Right now, SodaStream has a Mother’s Day gift pack includes a chic white SodaStream plus two white bottles and any three Sodapress Co for fun flavours.
SodaStream Mother’s Day gift pack, $135
Beauty box
If you’re struggling to find a gift for your mum, consider a beauty box. The Green Edit have curated two beauty boxes, In The Glow and Luminazing, filled with a selection of natural, high performance, ethical, sustainable, vegan and cruelty-free products perfect for mum and delivered straight to her door.
To elevate your beauty box, and make it that little bit more special, you can indulge with a deluxe add on, choose from an Angove Organic Cuvée Brut or The
Green Edit Organic essential oil scented candle — or choose both.
The Luminazing box is filled with the following:
- Wild Fox Apothecary Premium Argan Oil
- Vanessa Megan Peruvian Flower Nourishing
Hand & Body Cream - Inika Organic Lip Balm
- Clean Skin Organics Essential Hand Sanitiser
- Pana Organic White Chocolate Bar
- The Green Edit Tote Bag
The Green Edit Luminzing, $99 and In the Glow, $145
Audible membership
For the mums who love to read, but may be short on time, a membership to Audible allows her access to over 40,000 audiobooks, making for an easy escape to some quality me-time.
For $16.45, you can buy mum a one-month membership, or splurge on a one-year’s subscription for $164.50. There are a range of options in between, though, so check out the gifts section on Audible to find your perfect Mother’s Day match.
Infrared sauna voucher
It is rare for many mums’ to put aside time and money for self-care activities, so this is a perfect opportunity to spoil your mum with something that will nourish her.
Nimbus & Co is an infrared studio with three locations in Bondi, Melbourne and Byron Bay. While all of the studios are currently closed, you can still purchase gift vouchers. Nimbus & Co is currently offering a buy one, get one free sauna voucher that has no expiry date.
Best of all: you can attend the sauna sesh with your mum for some quality time post iso.
Nimbus & Co Buy One Sauna, Get One Free, $45
Indoor plant
Give mum the gift of greenery this year with a stunning living indoor plant and pot delivered to her door.
Leaf Supply is one of Australia’s best plant delivery services operating in isolation. Each month, Leaf Supply fills three different pots across different price ranges with a new on-trend plant.
Leaf Supply indoor plant, $39-$99
Hair treatment
Our hair is taking a collective battering at the moment, with many hairdressers closing their salons. So, sending your mum a care package of hair-loving goodness is sure to be well received.
This shampoo and condition duo was originally designed to extend your in-salon colour and keep it strong and healthy, so the quality is pretty amazing.
Olaplex No.4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo, $49.95
Olaplex No.5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner, $49.95
Air-purifying fan
Air-purifiers are great for improving air quality at home and reducing harmful and irritating particles like pollen, mould spores, odours and yes, germs and bacteria.
This year, treat your mum to an air-purifier that will both clean the air she breathes and keep her cool and temperate. The Dyson Pure Cool Me is a personal purifying fan that does well to clean the air around her and provide a clean stream of fresh air, removing 99.95% of pollutants while it works.
Whether she’s working from home or working out, the fan is best kept in close proximity. Which isn’t hard, because it looks super cute and works with every decor style in a crisp white and silver and more moody black and orange.
Dyson Pure Cool Me, $499
Monogrammed silk pillowcase
An easy way to upgrade the sleeping experience is with a silk pillowcase.
Made from the highest grade long fibre mulberry silk, this pillowcase from Midnight Mischief comes in five different colours and can be monogrammed with your mum’s initials — so chic! It also comes with a complimentary gift box.
Sleeping on silk has been recommended by dermatologists, hairstylists and beauty experts as it’s clinically proven to absorb significantly less face cream and create 43% less friction.
Order by April 27 to have it delivered by Mother’s Day.
Midnight Mischief Personalised Silk Pillowcase, $99.95
Nourishing face oil
With winter on its way, face oil is a great addition to your mum’s beauty routine. This oil created by The Joboba Company is formulated with patented L22® — a blend of botanical oils that delivers the same ratio of lipids as healthy 22-year old skin and free-radical fighting CoQ10.
Packed with the full spectrum of vitamins (a, b, c, d, e & f) and essential omegas from anti-oxidant rich jojoba, this time machine in a bottle will boost skin hydration to nourish, plump and to deliver a healthy, youthful and radiant complexion.
The Jojoba Company Ultimate Youth Potion + L22®, $44.95
Special mugs
Tea time is sacred, so make her morning cuppa all the more special with a set of Le Creuset mugs from the brand’s new Calm collection.
Curated with tranquillity in mind, the stoneware pieces come in a soft and serene colour palette of meringue, mist grey, and new colours sea salt and shell pin. A set of four 200mL mugs will set you back $80.
Le Creuset stoneware mugs, $80
Massage alternative
While a table massage might be off the cards for now, a piece of equipment like the Theragun is a handy alternative.
Chiropractor Dr. Jason Wersland created the Theragun after he had a motorcycle accident as a way to help with the pain.
“As a chiropractor, my life’s work has always been about helping people feel their best to be able to live the life they were meant to live. My life changed the day I used percussive therapy,” he wrote online.
The percussive therapy device delivers a deep muscle treatment to help naturally soothe pain as well as relieve tension and aid in fast muscle activation and recovery.
Theragun liv, $375
A virtual beauty consultation
While you may not be able to give the gift of a facial just now, you can give mum the next best thing. A range of incredible beauty salons and clinics are offering virtual beauty consultations in the time of COVID-19. Our pick? A skin consultation from her favourite clinic that will address her skin concerns, recommend products, and discuss post-isolation treatments.
“Now is the perfect time for Mum to learn how to best prepare her skin ready for her post-ISO laser treatment. Whether it be a Clear + Brilliant to help her achieve an envious dewy skin glow and improve her skins texture and tone or a Fraxel to assist with smoothing fine lines and wrinkles, improving the effects of acne scarring and minimising pigmentation and damage caused by sun exposure,” says Dr Joseph Hkeik from All Saints Skin Clinic, who are taking part in virtual consults.
A relaxing candle
A candle is always a good gift, but this one is designed specifically to create a peaceful atmosphere in the bedroom. So, if your mum has been struggling to sleep, this could be a winner.
Filled with a soothing blend of lavender and Roman chamomile to relax and relieve stress and tension, it also helps to to dispel anxiety and induce peaceful sleep.
This Works Deep Sleep Heavenly Candle @ Mecca, $54
Luxe hand cream
Given the fact our hands are pretty ravaged at the moment, a luxe hand cream is a perfect gift.
This one by Sisley is the perfect balance of contrast between the freshness of citrus, sensuality of white floral and chypre notes, and intensity of amber and musk.
Sisley Restorative Hand Cream, $120
Exercise tool
While gyms and studios are closed, your mum might want to branch out of her current workout routine with a new device.
The Adapt X1 trainer is a cable trainer that provides a full-body workout that is highly adaptable. The device itself is small, lightweight and space-efficient and its minimal design should fit into any home.
Once mounted to a wall, the Adapt X1 allows for a number of workouts include muscle building and toning and improving cardio health.
Adapt X1 Cable Trainer, $429
Lip serum
This would be perfect for those mothers who have everything and you have no idea what to buy them. Simple but chic. And, with iso skin being a real thing, her lips are probably pretty dry at the moment.
The potent serum containing the 100% active, organic and undiluted ingredient offers a powerhouse of antioxidants and phytonutrients known for their positive effects on the skin. It’s a great overnight treatment to get lips into their ultimate state, or used as a daily treatment when lips feel dry.
Biologi Nourish Lip Serum, $24
Body oil
As we head into the cooler months, body oil is going to be necessity for dry skin.
Possibly the prettiest body oil on the market is this one by Lux Aestiva — a luxurious dry oil infused with neroli, prickly pear and meadowfoam to improve skin tone and deeply nourishing the body from head to toe.
Lux Aestiva Original Gypsy Oil, $52
