LifeOrganizers gift ideas for the Home, Office, Lifestyle, Travel, Clutter-busting and Eco-friendly alternatives.

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LifeStyle Gifts

This Beauty Bag Essential saves you space in your holiday clutch. This multipurpose compact can be used as a bronzer, blush, highlighter and eye shadow. 3 products in 1 aint bad.Go on and get yourself a little GLOW of your own this holiday season.

Price $38.00 available online from Bobbie Brown .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep Lingerie Tidy and Fresh while you Travel this Holiday Season. This great laundry bag takes the work out of keeping your delicates organized and smelling fresh. The bag has two compartments and is made from 100% cotton.

 Price: $18.00 available from Soma Intimates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Travel in Carefree Comfort

Great for Traveling too!

Carry it along on holiday-  hotel rooms always have too few power points - to keep the camera, camcorder, phones and iPods for the the family all charged daily.You will likely only be spending a few hours a day in your room and the rest out site-seeing. Make the most of those hours to keep gadgets charged.

What the experts say: "The Sanctuary is the ultimate charging station and desk organizer. It has 12 built in connections compatible with over 1500 of today's most popular electronic devices, one of which includes a USB connection provides a hundred more possibilities."

 

Ideal for Home Use: The Sanctuary Price: $120.00 Available from CableOrganizer.com 

Ideal for Vehicle Use: PowerStation Traveller™ Price : $32.00. Available from CableOrganizer.com 

 

 

 

Easy maintenance Capri's. When I travel I always carry a pair of these made from 100% taffeta polyester . They wash and dry in no time. Using a small amount of travel detergent I wash these in the evening at the end of the day and they are dry, crisp and wearably creaseless in a few hours. Getting caught in the rain wont bother you too much now. Wear these with a comfortable pair of Crocs and you will be able to ride the water theme park rides and be dry sooner than if you wore jeans.

Price: S28.00 Nike Online has a great range available. or check your local Foot Locker.

 

 

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 Green Gadgets.

Save the Planet and reduce energy bills while sitting at your Desk. This eco-friendly device conserves energy that is normally overlooked at the touch of a button puts your computer into eco-sleep mode. The savings calculator records the amount of carbon units and, money and power you've saved each time you use the ecobutton™ .

What the experts say: "A domestic user running a single computer can make an equally valuable contribution to the environment by saving over *650 pounds of CO2 per year and approximately *$30-50 in electricity per year just by using the ecobutton™ regularly."Eco-button.com . 

Price:  £14.99, Available from Gadgetshop.com (UK), US currently unavailable.

 

 

 

 

Slash Utility bills this Holiday Season: this handy power strip does more than power appliances. The P3 Kill A Watt™ records electricity usage and calculates what you should be paying overall on your next utility bill. I use it to track the power usage of my household appliances and to track current leakage, that's fancy talk for keeping track of how much electricity is being used while an appliance is in sleep mode. This electricity monitor stood out for me because it also has space for over-size plugs, surge protection and a memory function so you don't lose your records in case of a power-outage. All in I liked this product and found it easy to use.

 Prices for Energy cost meters start from  $29.95 at CableOrganizer.com

 

 

 

 

 

Perfect Pictures on the Go. This pocket sized gadget turns any standard water bottle into a camera tripod. The universal mount fits most cameras. 

Price $10.00 available from SFMOMA .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Kitchen Space Savers

Save Space in your Fridge.This nifty bottle rest lets you stack multiple bottles of wine or beer or cans against a fridge wall similarly to the way a doorstop works. Use two and create a sturdy pyramid of bottles. No more rolling about and lots of of extra space saved for pudding. These also mean that your wine rack is now uber-portable, just pack-up a pair of slim wedges and go. 

Price: $12.00 for a pair . Available from SFMOMA (US) and the Gadgetshop (UK) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fold out Kitchen Spice Rack. This truly touched my heart. As a curious cook, I am always on the look-out to try a new exotic recipe and that usually entails a few new spices to be added to the pantry. This space saving wonder keeps spices organized and out of sight. I just love it. It will save the frustration of pulling out every drawer to find the vanilla pods.

Price: $24.95, available from Spicestack.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Written by Leanne Naidoo

 

 

*Prices Quoted at time of Publication.