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Just because a gift isn’t expensive doesn’t mean it can’t be thoughtful, practical, and fun. There are many reasons why you might want to keep your gift under $25 — maybe you have a lot of gifts to buy or you’re trying to stay on a budget. Whatever the reason, there are tons of great options for every occasion.
We’ve curated a comprehensive list of affordable finds. We even thought outside the box with gifts you might not have thought to give, like lottery tickets that give proceeds back to charity. We’ve found gifts for everyone’s tastes including fashion, food, home, beauty, tech, and everything in between. So whether you’re in the market for a handheld milk frother for the at-home barista in your life or a self-filtering water bottle, we’ve got you and your wallet covered.
Check out all 54 gifts under $25:
Amazon
PowerLix Milk Frother, available at Amazon and Walmart, $12.74
A milk frother is an unexpectedly convenient tool to have around the house, and it can make a frothy latte or cappuccino that tastes closer to what you’d find at the cafe.
We’re huge fans of this one in particular and even ranked it best overall in our guide to the best milk frothers.
Anthropologie
Rug Mouse Pad, available at Anthropologie, $23
This adorable mouse pad is sure to spruce up any home office or workspace (and rack up many “where did you get that??” compliments). It’s made of woven nylon and comes in either red and blue.
Crate & Barrel
Hip Wine Glasses, available at Crate & Barrel, $7.95
There’s nothing that screams elegance more than a nice set of wine glasses. At only $7 each, Crate & Barrel’s stemware styles are the perfect guest to accompany your next charcuterie board.
Momofuku
Momofuku Soy Sauce & Tamari 2-Pack, available at Momofuku and Amazon, from $20
Chef David Chang, the founder of Momofuku, did one of the best things he could for his line of restaurants: Make the ingredients he uses there available to purchase. This soy sauce and tamari combo pack are easy on the wallet but big on your taste buds.
West Elm
Claudia Pearson City Tea Towels, available at West Elm, $24
Brooklyn artist Claudia Pearson has illustrated everything from children’s books to New Yorker pages to tea towels. Her quirky hand-drawn city maps add a sentimental touch to any kitchen.
Urban Outfitters
Faye Jersey Knit Beanie, available at Urban Outfitters, $10
Complete your winter look with this extremely warm beanie that feels as cozy as if made by grandma. This holiday season will feel a little less cold each time you step outside with this stylish beanie.
Target
11″x 11″ Room Essentials Letterboard, available at Target, $13
This square letter board brings a personalized touch to birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, or dinner parties. The light grain finish offers a sleek, modern look that’ll match different living spaces.
Jack Black
Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm Trio, available at Amazon, Sephora, and Jack Black, $19
A lip balm set is a perfect gift for any beauty lover. Each flavored lip balm is infused with vitamin E and green tea and provides SPF protection.
Amazon
3D Moon Lamp, available at Amazon, $19.99
This Saturn-shaped moon lamp gives off a soothing ambient glow to brighten up their room. Whether they use it as a subtle night light or as a room accessory, they’ll have fun matching the lamp to their mood with its 16 color options.
Amazon
ZIMASILK 100% Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, available at Amazon and Walmart, from $24.99
Crafted from organic mulberry silk, this pillowcase is gentle and cool on hair and skin. Plus, you can choose from 36 colors to match your bedding.
Odin Parker
Handmade Felt Herbs, available at Odin Parker, $22
Whoever you gift these to doesn’t need to have a green thumb to keep these cute felt plants alive, and that’s what makes them an even sweeter, thoughtful gift. They make great decorations in the kitchen, a bedroom, or really anywhere around the house.
Amazon
Dash Mini Waffle Maker, available at Bed Bath & Beyond, Amazon, and Williams Sonoma, from $12.95
This tiny waffle maker is perfect for single-serving breakfasts, or for meal prep (just freeze your waffles ahead of time). We ranked it our favorite miniature waffle maker in this guide. It’s compact for confined spaces, heats up in a few minutes, and has a non-stick surface that’s easy to clean.
Amazon
Javy Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate, available at Amazon and Walmart, $17.95
The coffee lover in your life will undoubtedly appreciate this gift. Javy comes in various flavors, and its concentrated formula gives the drinker more bang and caffeine for their buck.
Sephora
Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5, available at Ulta, Target, and Sephora, $7.50
This Hyaluronic Acid serum is a must-have product that deeply hydrates the skin, leaving it plumper and moisturized for those with dry or sensitive skin during these upcoming cold days. It’s also one of the best products we’ve ever tested.
Uncommon Goods
Bedside Essentials Pocket, available at Uncommon Goods, from $15
Whether it’s your remote controls, books, or reading glasses, your bedside or couch essentials will fit perfectly in this convenient felt pouch. It slides between your mattress or under your couch cushion without looking like an eyesore.
Amazon
Tulip One-Step Tie-Dye Kit, available at Amazon, from $16.12
Tie-dye clothing continues to stick around, but they don’t have to spend a fortune on a tie-dye sweatshirt to join in on the trend. This easy kit gives them the gift of a fun passion project or a hands-on activity with friends. It comes with five colors of dye, gloves, and rubber bands.
Ban.do
Ban.do Work It Out Water Bottle, available at Ban.do and Amazon, from $19.95
You’ll never forget to stay hydrated with this 24-ounce marked water bottle. It has an easy-to-carry plastic lid and removable silicone mouthpiece that makes it just as easy to clean as it is to drink from.
Ulta
Mario Badescu Spritz. Mist. Glow. Facial Spray Set, available at Ulta, Sephora, and Amazon, $21
Gifting beauty products like moisturizers and foundations can be challenging because everyone has specific skin types and shades. However, face mists are your best bet if they’re obsessed with skincare and need something refreshing for the summer. We can’t get enough of Mario Badescu, and its mists are no exception. You can learn more about Mario Badescu sprays in our guide to the best face mists.
Amazon
“Burn After Writing” by Sharon Jones, available at Amazon and Target, $6.99
This bestseller went viral across TikTok because of its unique approach to self-reflection. With inquisitive prompts, the notebook works as a giant confessional you can quite literally burn after writing. It’s also one of our favorite guided journals.
Target
We’re Not Really Strangers Card Game, available at Target, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble, $25
This card game is unlike any you’ve played before. Its three carefully crafted levels of questions spark connections and stimulate reflective conversations. You’ll leave the game making friends out of strangers or diving deeper into your friendships.
Food52
Five Two Reusable Straw Set, available at Food52, $25
Food52’s reusable straw sets come in a pretty color palette, and each pack includes carrying cases and cleaning squeegees. They can toss one set in their bag, leave one at work, and keep one in the car.
Amazon
Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay Mask, available at Target and Amazon, from $9.99
The Aztec Clay Mask has been called “the world’s most powerful facial” and it’s also under $10. It can be mixed with water, but it works best with a little bit of apple cider vinegar.
Read our full review of the Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay Mask here.
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Subscription, available at Disney+, $7.99/month
It gives you unlimited access to movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and 20th Century Fox, and costs just $7.99 a month or $79.99 a year after a free seven-day trial. Read everything there is to know about Disney+ over here.
Artifact Uprising
Large Format Prints, available at Artifact Uprising, from $19
Artifact Uprising makes luxury prints at accessible prices — and they make especially thoughtful gifts that look like they should cost much more. Get one of their favorite photos printed on archival fine art paper for $22 and up, or thoughtful cards for as little as $1.45 per custom card. You can also make a color series photo book for $22, a set of prints for $9, and a personalized calendar on a handcrafted wood clipboard for $30.
Uncommon Goods
Date Night Bucket List, available at Uncommon Goods, $20
Never run out of fun and new date night ideas — and take some of the pressure off deciding on an activity.
Amazon
Takeya Deluxe Cold Brew Coffee Maker, available at Amazon, Target, and Takeya, from $21
This cold brew maker is as inexpensive as it is convenient, and it can save hundreds of dollars per year on iced coffee. It easily fits into most refrigerator doors, is simple to use, and makes a good amount of cold brew at once. If they need more than one quart, there’s also a two-quart option. We even named it the best budget option in our guide to the best cold-brew coffee makers.
Read our full review of the Takeya Deluxe Cold Brew Coffee Maker here.
Amazon
Aquis Original Microfiber Hair Turban, available at Amazon and Target, from $20
Aquis’ cult-favorite hair towels have inspired a slew of rave reviews online, including one from our own team of product reviewers.
The towels are made from a proprietary fabric called Aquitex that’s composed of ultra-fine fibers (finer than silk) that work to reduce the amount of friction that hair experiences while in its weakest state. Plus, it speeds up drying time by as much as 50%.
West Elm
Textured Dip Bowl, available at West Elm, from $5
These minimalist dip bowls are ideal for snacks, condiments, and the basics they love to cook with frequently.
Amazon
“Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook” by Carla Lalli Music, available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, $15.89
This is the cookbook to beeline it to if your recipient loves to host friends for dinner. You can find more great options here, too.
Sephora
Slipsilk Mini Scrunchies, available at Sephora and Nordstrom, $22
Silk is often used in products like headbands and pillowcases to reduce friction and breakage of hair, and these hair ties serve the same purpose. Designed to keep hair from catching, crimping, and pulling, these hair scrunchies are gentle on strands and around the wrist.
Baggu
Baggu Standard Reusable Shopping Bag, available at Baggu and Urban Outfitters, $14
Baggu bags are popular for a reason — they come in over 40 fun prints and fold down to pretty much nothing even though they can hold 50 pounds of stuff.
Amazon
Brita Premium Filtering Water Bottle, available at Amazon, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Target, from $14.63
The Brita water bottle has a built-in filter that can improve the taste of water by reducing its chlorine content and smell. It can replace an estimated 1,800 single-use plastic bottles each year.
Amazon
Jason Markk Repel Spray, available at Amazon, Jason Markk, and Urban Outfitters, $17
This Jason Markk spray repels water and oil to keep your shoes free of stains and water spots. It’s water-based, so it’s okay to use on a variety of materials — from suede to nubuck leather to canvas and others. It sprays a fine mist that covers large areas both quickly and evenly.
Uncommon Goods
Upcycled Record Coasters, available at Uncommon Goods, $18
These upcycled coasters are made from reclaimed vinyl records and sealed against moisture. Each set includes a variety of music genres.
Nordstrom
Incase Phone Cases, available at Incase and Amazon, from $11.97
Incase probably already makes sturdy laptop cases, and its phone cases are great for many of the same reasons. They’re lightweight, add another layer of protection, and allow for some fun personalization.
Scribd
Scribd Membership, $11.99/month
Enjoy unlimited access to hundreds of thousands of books, audiobooks, and magazines for less than $12 a month with Scribd. If they aren’t a bibliophile already, Scribd will make them one.
Herbes de Provence
Herbes de Provence in Ceramic Crock, available at Williams Sonoma, from $14.95
Switch it up for the cook in your life with this tasty herb mix. The classic blend of thyme, basil, savory, fennel, and lavender hails from the South of France, and Williams Sonoma recommends using it to accent poultry, meat, sauces, and soups.
Smith & Cult
Smith and Cult Nail Polish, available at Smith and Cult and Amazon, $18
Smith & Cult’s rich, chip-resistant nail polish comes in 52 colors and is the kind of beautiful bottle you leave out on the vanity because it’s just that nice to look at. The formulas are vegan, cruelty-free, and don’t have potentially harmful ingredients like formaldehyde or camphor, among others. It’s easy to see why we included Smith & Cult in our guide to the best nail polish brands.
LottoLove
Scratch-off Donation Card, available at LottoLove, $25
When you scratch off a card from LottoLove, you won’t win any money. Instead, you “win” a charitable prize that’s donated to someone in need. There are four possible prizes, which help provide clean water, solar light, nutritious meals, or literacy tools. To date, LottoLove and its charitable partners have impacted lives in over 60 countries.
Sephora
Tower 28 Beauty ShineOn Jelly Lip Gloss, available at Sephora and Tower 28, $15
Tower 28 makes soft lip glosses with subtle color and a non-sticky, moisturizing formula with ingredients like raspberry seed oil and rosehip oil. You can pick from 10 different colors.
Food52
Beeswax Reusable Sandwich Wrap (3-pack), available at Food52, Amazon, and Walmart, from $14.99
Beeswax Sandwich Wrap is made from cotton infused with beeswax and natural oils. It acts as an eco-friendly substitute for plastic sandwich bags, and it can be reused over and over and over again.
Amazon
Monin Mini Coffee Syrup (5-pack), available at Amazon and World Market, from $9.99
Did anyone say cocktails? Monin’s coffee collection has everything needed for café-inspired drinks, be they cocktails, lattes, coffees, or teas. It includes five syrups ranging in flavors from amaretto to Irish cream. Plus, Monin has a recycling initiative that works to improve the health of bee populations.
Amazon
Tile Mate, available at Amazon and Tile, $24.99
How nice would it be if every time you lost something, you could find it within a few minutes? Use your smartphone to make the Tile Mate ring aloud, and you’ll be able to locate your keys or wallet using the sound.
Sephora
NARS Velvet Matte Lipstick Pencil Duo, available at Sephora, $20
NARS’ velvet matte lipstick pencils are travel-sized so your giftee can bring them on trips or easily throw them into purses and pockets for on-the-go use. The formula is non-drying and long-lasting, and they can be used to line, define, and fill in lips with colors that range from subtle to rich.
Sephora
Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask, available at Sephora, Amazon, and Laneige, $24
Laneige’s hyper-successful Lip Sleeping Mask uses a combination of vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, minerals, antioxidants, and fruit extracts to form a protective layer over the lips to lock in moisture overnight. It has over 13,000 ratings on Sephora, and an average rating of 4.4-stars out of five.
Amazon
Tribe Cell Phone Armband, available at Amazon and Walmart, from $11.98
If you’re going to buy an armband for a runner, you’re probably going to wind up buying this version from Tribe. It has over 40,000 reviews on Amazon (with a 4.4-star rating overall) and, while it’s not the most perfect out there, it’s frequently recommended for its water-resistant and no-slip design.
Tommy John
Second Skin Casual Sock, available at Tommy John, $16
Tommy John is another company responsible for some of the very best loungewear and underwear on the internet. Its socks have light compression to support blood flow, and the “comfort cuff” design means you should be able to peel them off without finding marks left over.
Amazon
Lamicall Adjustable Cell Phone Stand, available at Amazon, from $10.39
Whether they use it as a desk accessory or to prop up their YouTube search for “how to chop onions” while they cook at home, a lightweight, adjustable phone stand comes in handy more often than you’d expect.
Artifact Uprising
Custom Softcover Photo Book, available at Artifact Uprising, from $17
For a sentimental gift under $25, we recommend these beautifully designed photo books that look like personal magazines, curated by you for them.
It’s a 10
It’s a 10 Miracle Hair Mask, available at Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond, from $11.99
Perfect for color-treated, heat-styled, and otherwise damaged hair, It’s a 10’s hair mask deep-conditions strands with a blend of moisturizing ingredients like oat kernel extract, apricot kernel oil, sweet almond oil, and linseed extract. We tout it as the best overall pick in our guide to the best hair masks.
Amazon
Genuine Fred Big Brew Elephant Tea Infuser, available at Amazon, $11.06
Gift them some relaxing time spent sipping their favorite tea (which you could pick up as an accompanying gift, too).
Bioderma Sensibio H2O Makeup Remover, available at Amazon and Walgreens, from $15.99
Bioderma’s makeup remover is a cult favorite among makeup artists, celebrities, the average person, and the Insider Reviews team. We call it the best overall in our guide to the best makeup removers, and we also mention it in our roundup of French pharmacy skincare products.
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Live concert and game tickets, available at Stubhub, from $15 per person
Once it’s safe to attend live events again, is there a good concert, play, or game you think they’d love? It doesn’t have to be expensive to be impactful. Grab tickets and make a night of it — or, if you live far away, make sure they get to go with a friend or two.
Amazon
The Hat Depot 300N Unisex Bucket Hat, available at Amazon, from $11.99
Whether you’re shopping for someone who loves bucket hats or someone who has yet to try one, this accessory is a great fashion accessory. They’ll get protection from the elements while looking stylish wherever they go.