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It’s possible to spend between seven and 14 years of your life in the menopausal transition. That’s a lot of holiday seasons that might also involve symptoms like heightened anxiety, vasomotor symptoms including hot flashes and night sweats, trouble sleeping, pain during sex, and more.
You or anyone you love going through perimenopause or menopause is going to need some extra TLC. The Flow team used our expertise to compile some of the best self-care and wellness menopause gifts, from luscious body butters to nourish dry, tired skin, to a cozy heated neck wrap for sore muscles. There are even some sexual wellness items and sweet eats that made the list, if you really feel like treating yourself.
Here’s our menopause gift guide: Grab something for your sister, best friend, hair stylist, and most importantly, don’t forget yourself.
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Stripes Travel-Size Hydrating Face Kit
Image Credit: Stripes Naomi Watts’ menopaused-focused Stripes skincare line is an absolute must for anyone on your list. This travel skincare set gives you a sampling of all the best facial products in the line, and also happens to be small enough to toss in your toiletry bag and into your carry-on. You can continue your regular skincare routine while on-the-go: Use the minis of skin barrier-boosting, soothing Resting Clean Face, hydrating hyaluronic acid-packed The Power Move serum, and finish it off with Dew As I Do, a firming and brightening vitamin C-rich face cream.
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Philips One by Sonicare Battery Toothbrush
Image Credit: Target Did you know that the dip in estrogen levels during menopause can cause both dry mouth and increased risk of gum disease like gingivitis? Paying a little more attention to your oral health is important during this time, but you don’t have to spend hundreds to get a quality clean. Talk about being motivated to brush: This bright, sunny yellow electric toothbrush with travel case will give your morning a lift.
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Become by femography Anti-Flush Everyday Bra
Image Credit: femography Let’s talk about the most infamous menopause symptom: hot flashes. They’re a pain even when you’re sitting still, but can be worse if you’re out running errands or in the midst of a workout at the gym. Here’s a gift that should be on anyone’s wishlist: an anti-flush sports bra. You can wear this as either a medium-impact workout bra or as an everyday layer underneath your clothes. The Anti-Flush technology fabric works to help regulate body temperature: It reacts to a sudden spike in body temperature by drawing moisture and heat away from your skin, and if you tend to get a chill post-hot flash, the fabric coating assists you in bringing your temp back up. Revolutionary, no?
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Bearaby Calmer
Image Credit: Bearaby Musculoskeletal pain is super common during menopause, often affecting the neck and back. It might be especially painful if you sit at a desk all day. We suggest curling up on the couch with this heated, weighted neck wrap from Bearaby. Heat it in the microwave inside its own microwaveable tote for just a minute, and the two-pound, heat-retaining clay wrap will add a gentle touch to your neck and shoulders, helping relieve pressure and relax muscles. If you have an injury you’re working through, it can also be popped in the freezer to alternate between heat and ice.
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JISULIFE Handheld Portable Turbo Fan
Image Credit: Amazon This one’s self-explanatory: Here’s the perfect gift for anyone who tends to get surprise hot flashes during the work day or wakes up at night with brutal sweats. This portable turbo fan is tiny but mighty. It can keep you cool for up to 16 hours before needing a battery recharge. Keep it on your desk or nightstand for whenever you need a little breeze.
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Quay Hardwire Blue Light Glasses
Image Credit: Quay If you struggle to get a good night’s sleep due to insomnia and menopause-related sleep disturbances like night sweats, a pair of blue light glasses are one more thing you can keep in your toolkit to combat a sleepless night. Slide these stylish Quay blue light glasses on while you’re watching TV late at night or reading on an e-reader. Blue light glasses can block blue light that might delay your sleep, and help induce melatonin, thanks to the dimmer lighting.
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54 Thrones African Beauty Butter Deluxe Tin
Image Credit: Sephora Hormonal changes in the skin can lead to changes in the skin barrier’s function and dry skin as a result, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association. This calls for a luxury gift like this 54 Thrones African beauty butter set. It’s a collection of the brand’s most heavy-duty hydrating, nourishing shea butter hand and body butters in scents like Egyptian Lavender + Moroccan Mint, and Ugandan Vanilla + Ethiopian Honey, all of which will soak right into your skin.
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Crave Wink+ Vibrator
Image Credit: Amazon It looks like it could be a tube of lip gloss in your purse or your travel bag…but it’s not. The Crave Wink+ Vibrator is sleek and subtle, and has an optional waterproof silicone tip in case you want to take it in the tub. And though it’s a super fun gift on its own to bring for a grab bag with your girlfriends, you can also pair it with a gift subscription to Make Love Not Porn, founded by Flow Advisory Council member Cindy Gallop, to dial the present up a notch.
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Hu Chocolate Winter Collection Variety Pack Gift Set
Image Credit: Target Searching for the perfect hostess gift for a friend’s holiday party? You can never go wrong with a chocolate gift set. These organic, vegan, and paleo bars come in flavors like cashew butter and vanilla bean and peppermint crunch (yum!). Plus, studies have shown that dark chocolate can be beneficial to postmenopausal women’s heart health, so it’s a win-win.
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Dodow Sleep Aid Device
Image Credit: Amazon As many as 61 percent of people report insomnia post-menopause. There are a million remedies that you might have already tried to help you drift off, but you may not have tried the Dodow Sleep Device yet. It helps you focus on a dim light and follow it to slow down your breathing, in order to calm your brain and get fully ready for bed. Choose an eight-minute or 20-minute mode to train yourself to fall asleep faster.
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FACEGYM Active Blast Instant Release Collagen Booster
Image Credit: Nordstrom Skin tends to lose 30 percent of collagen in the first five years of menopause. That’s why a starter pack of this FACEGYM Collagen Booster is a must-buy gift. The collagen-boosting Active Blast spheres dissolve into a water-based serum like the Hydro-Bound Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid and Niacinamide Serum to give you a skin evening and tightening boost every day of the week.
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Kitsch Cooling Satin Pillowcase
Image Credit: Amazon A satin pillowcase not only looks dreamy on your bed, but has a few other benefits for your hair and skin. It’s a smooth landing for your hair, preventing breakage in fine strands, and it doesn’t absorb moisture from the skin, which can help you wake up with a smooth complexion morning after morning. That’ll keep you nice and cool through the night, too.
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TUSHY Basic 2.0 Bidet Toilet Seat Attachment
Image Credit: Amazon A bidet makes for a cheeky white elephant gift at your friend’s holiday soiree, but it’s also one of the most useful gifts out there for anyone in menopause. The changes in hormones during the menopausal transition can affect your GI system, and may result in more severe IBS symptoms for people who already have a diagnosis of IBS. And it’s easier to deal with the crummy symptoms when you have a sleek bidet toilet seat attachment. It not only is a quick install and gives you a solid clean, but has a self-cleaning feature.
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Apollo Neuro Wearable
Image Credit: Amazon The Apollo Neuro Wearable is cool tech device that can be an extra support for anxiety and sleep troubles you might be experiencing. You can wear it as a brand or clip it onto a sports bra, so that its soothing vibrations can help to calm and regulate your nervous system. You can program your Apollo Neuro to different rhythms, to zone in on your focus, energy, calmness, or to fall asleep, if insomnia is something that’s a concern for you. A new feature even keeps track of your movement at night, and prompts relaxing vibrations to make sure you stay asleep.
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Uberlube Silicone Lube
Image Credit: Amazon Pair any kind of skin-to-skin play with this fan favorite Uberlube lubricant. It’s fragrance-free and doesn’t have potentially harmful chemicals like parabens. Since it’s made from a smooth silicone, it’s not meant to be sticky, but to give you a little extra glide and comfort during sex.
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Hush Iced 2.0 Cooling Weighted Blanket
Image Credit: Amazon This weighted blanket is a splurge, but totally worth it for a great night’s sleep. The Hush Iced 2.0 has a cooling bamboo cover and microfiber interior beads that keep you chill through the night. And the 20 pound weight will keep you cocooned under the covers and help you relax.
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VEGAMOUR GRO and Protect Gift Set
Image Credit: VEGAMOUR Thinning hair is a common experience during and after menopause. Vegamour’s GRO and Protect Gift Set is a must-have kit to keep hair luscious and healthy. This set contains their hero product, the vegan GRO serum, packed with ingredients like turmeric to prevent hair loss at the root, plus the HYDR-8 Deep Moisture Repair Mask and Deluxe GRO Revitalizing Shampoo and Conditioner duo. Tuck the whole set into The Essential Bag, and you’re good to go without gift wrap.
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