Spending and Saving

Unemployment-Friendly Gifts: Your Best Girl Friend

Just because you’ve been laid off doesn’t mean you feel good laying off on giving. We’ve come up with a list of thoughtful, unique and inexpensive gifts for every friend and family member.

Best Friend (Or Sister, Daughter, Or Niece!): Lipstick Queen Fired Up Gloss
This gorgeous, fire-engine-red lip gloss will look good regardless of her complexion. Poppy King, the owner of Lipstick Queen, is a big proponent of all women wearing red lips, and she’s so confident in this new gloss that she’s donating 100% of all Fired Up Web profits to Count Me In, an organization that supports women-owned businesses. Even better, it’s only $14.

More Unemployment-Friendly Gifts:

For Mom

For Dad

For Grandparents

For Your Host or Hostess

Tomorrow: Something your favorite kid–and his parents–will enjoy.

Lauren Sherman is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based journalist. She’s been covering the fashion, retail and luxury industries since 2004. She founded The Fashion Beat in Oct. 2009 after working for four years at Forbes.

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