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On a similar gift-giving topic as earlier today, I’m curious to know how you feel about regifted gifts and whether you do it? Its not just this Christmas season when gifts abound, but at other times too. It just seemed interesting because this is the time when the most gifts are exchanged 🙂

Re-gifting is where you pass on as a gift to someone else, something you received as a gift that may not suit you or that maybe a duplicate of something you already own, or perhaps just something not to your style or taste. I personally don’t feel bad if a gift I gave was regifted because I would rather an unwanted gift goes to someone who would appreciate and use it, than sitting around gathering dust or expiring.

I know not everyone feels that way and I do know some people feel affronted if their gifts are re-gifted. Naturally of course, I don’t expect to receive it back myself, nor do I expect to have it re-gifted right in front of my eyes. Done on the quiet, I’m not fussed. But done in front of me? Not polite.

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I read Viva Woman’s post last week about whether her readers liked to gift beauty products, where the comments were quite a mixed bag; and I was surprised to see it was mostly no.

I, however, personally do. I love giving nice beauty items I like or that the recipient may not normally buy for themselves, because I feel that beauty items are an self indulgence. It’s a way to spoil someone because it’s for them and them alone, unlike a box of chocolates that is usually shared 🙂 That said, like everything else, gift giving and the reasons behind it are a personal thing so there’s no right or wrong way.

However my question to you is, do you like RECEIVING beauty products as gifts?
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