The Ultimate Guide To Creating The Most Thoughtful Bridesmaid Favors

Be it numerous crushes or endless gossip, your girlfriends have been with you through the thicks and thins. From deciding the shopping for your wedding and holding you calm amidst the chaos to wedding planning and throwing you the most memorable bachelorette, your BFFs are the ones you can count on. The best way to show how much you value their time and assistance during the most important milestone of your life is to gift them the most thoughtful and heartwarming Bridesmaid Favours.

How to choose Bridesmaid favors?

You can make gifting intentional and thoughtful by following some easy steps. Decide on a theme that resonates with your bond. The theme could be Bollywood, a destination wedding, or something that binds you and your besties. 

When to give Bridesmaid favors?

You must customize your Bridesmaid gifts depending on when you are planning to give them. For example, you can include wedding theme-related gifts like accessories or fabric samples if you are giving away bridesmaid favors with the wedding card. If you are planning to give bridesmaid gifts around your bachelorette, you can add personalized robes or hangover kits to suit the occasion. You can also create a bridesmaid proposal gift set to surprise your besties when you ask them to be your bridesmaids. 

How to create the best Bridesmaid gifts?

While there are many curated options available for you to buy, the best ones are that convey the love thought, and effort that you’ve put into creating these gifts. The best Bridesmaid gifts will take your BFFs by surprise and leave them awwww-ed. If you are running short on time, you can opt for pre-curated ones but if you are willing to go an extra mile to shower your besties with some love and pampering, here’s a lowdown of things you can add to your Bridesmaid Favors to make them more thoughtful and fun. (P.S. It’s not difficult at all.)  

1. Scented Candles

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Scented candles are the perfect addition to Bridesmaid gifts that are sure to prompt smiles. You can opt for eco-friendly wax candles and customize them with cute stickers.

2. Personalized leather trunk

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If you want an elegant box to put all your carefully-curated Bridesmaid favors in, you can choose a leather trunk that doubles up as a keepsake. You can also get it personalized by adding the initials or names of your besties to it. 

3. Hangover Kit

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Depending on when you are planning to give away Bridesmaid favors If you are planning a bachelorette bash with free-flowing shots, it helps to be prepared. Help your bridesmaids stay hydrated and headache-free after the crazy party by adding a Hangover kit to the Bridesmaid gifts packed with party smart tablets, energy bars, munchies, and more.

4. Travel Jewelry Cases

Be it for the bachelorette trip or for the wedding functions, you and your girls will always have a lot of carry-ons. Make their lives easier by adding a gorgeous jewelry case in Bridesmaid favors. It is something useful and it’s not just great for travel—they can safely stow their jewelry in the case all the time. With a luxurious finish, it’ll even look great on their vanity.

5. Snug Slippers

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After all of the planning, prepping, and partying, they’ll be more than happy to put their feet up in a pair of cozy slippers. You can also get it embroidered with their initials, so they won’t get mixed up the next time you’re all chilling together.

6. Personalized Dressing Gowns

Gift all your bridesmaids’ personalized robes for the morning of the wedding or for the bachelorette party. This will come in handy when you get portraits shot. These robes are also comfortable and perfect to wear while getting our hair and makeup done and these are something they can use later as well. 

7. Matching Jewellery

Jewellery is one of the most popular bridesmaid gifts you can add to your Bridesmaid favors. Cute pendants and bracelet charms are a simple and sentimental way to thank your friends for all of their love and support. You can also opt for friendship rings instead. You can add a common element to all the jewellery pieces that you and your besties can wear during one of the functions together.

8. Silk Eye Mask

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Help your bridesmaids get some restful beauty sleep after dancing the night away by adding delicate and elegant silk eye masks to bridesmaid favors.

9. Miniature alcohol bottle

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Kickstart the celebration by adding a miniature bottle of your besties’ favorite tipple to bridesmaid gifts. As an extra special touch, you can add customized labels also. If your friends are teetotalers, you can give them green tea or mocktail mixes that will help them stay hydrated. 

10. Hydrating sheet masks

After partying hard at the wedding functions, your besties will need some help looking fresh the next day. Add sheet masks in Bridesmaid favors making it easier for them to depuff their skin efficiently. 

11. Matching potlis

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Be it a lehenga or a suit, your besties would have a lot in hand (quite literally). Gift them matching embellished potlis or slings to go along with ethnic or indo-western outfits where they can store their phones and other essentials. 

12. Skin care essentials

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If it is a summer wedding, you can gift them SPF or if it is a winter wedding, you can gift them hand creams to keep their hands soft and supple. A kit of skincare essentials in Bridesmaid gifts totally fits the bill. You can buy them from one brand or individually buy minis like face cleanser, fragrance mist, lip balm, mascara, and kajal. This will leave them glowing long after the big day!

13. Satin hair scrunchies

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I have enough scrunchies, said no girl ever. Another practical item that you can add to Bridesmaid favors that they’ll thank you endlessly for. It’s zero fun trying to cut through the crowds on the dance floor when your hair is all up in your face.

14. Cute Compact Mirrors

Whether it is smudged kajal or lipstick on the teeth, a compact mirror comes in handy for quick fixes and touch-ups. Add these to your Bridesmaid gifts and they can save your besties the pain of searching for a mirror. 

15. Chocolates

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A small yet meaningful addition to Bridesmaid favors. Because for every special occasion, pehele kuch meetha ho jaye, right?

If you are craving some fun bachelorette party ideas or need help planning a bachelorette party for your best friend, stay tuned to our blog page!

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