The Ultimate 2025 Holiday Gift Guide: Beauty, Fashion, Home & Wellness Picks

Summary

Podcast Summary: Lipstick on the Rim — "The Ultimate 2025 Holiday Gift Guide: Beauty, Fashion, Home & Wellness Picks"
Hosts: Molly Sims & Emese (Emisha) Gormley
Release Date: November 18, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this spirited and ultra-practical episode, Molly Sims and her best friend Emisha Gormley share the ultimate 2025 holiday gift guide, covering standout ideas in beauty, fashion, home, and wellness. With a blend of personal anecdotes, industry insider tips, and a genuine love for gift-giving, they offer listeners a rapid-fire, chatty rundown of what they're buying (and wishing for) this year. The tone is candid, playful, and geared toward creating magical, thoughtful moments—whether for loved ones or a little self-gifting.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Art of Gift-Giving

• Holiday Shopping as a "Sport":
  • Emisha calls holiday shopping her sport, sharing her love for finding thoughtful, personalized gifts.
  • "Gift giving for me is my love language. I love finding a gift that I think someone's gonna love." (Emisha, 03:58)
• Personal Touches Matter:
  • Both hosts stress the value of gifts people wouldn't usually buy for themselves, like high-end hair brushes or custom photo books (13:12, 14:18).

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Beauty Picks

• Westman Atelier Mini Trio (05:04):
  • Limited edition, holiday-exclusive blush trio in a pale blue box—universally flattering and luxe.
• Fragrance Sets:
  • Dries Van Noten ($200, luxurious presentation)—ideal for fragrance lovers (05:38).
  • Perfume Mini Sets from Vireo, Perfumehead, Maison Detto—"they feel so luxe... typically under $100" (Emisha, 06:09).
• Haircare Gifts:
  • Shoutouts to Crown Affair (clips, combs, and a "waffle" hair towel that "doesn't move") (06:33).
  • Wise Beauty's holiday revitalizing eye set—features an ice-cold lymphatic glass globe and brightening products (06:55).
• Discovery Sets "Hack":
  • "A great time to try out brands... Buy these sets! Buy one for yourself, buy one for your mom, your sister, your friends." (Emisha, 09:04)
• Stocking Stuffers:
  • Violette, Summer Fridays, and Wise for lip balms and mini sets (09:36).

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Fashion Favorites

• Quince for Cashmere & More:
  • Affordable Mongolian cashmere, Italian wool coats, denim, and silk—all "at a third of the money" (Molly, 01:29, 24:46).
• Scarves:
  • White + Warren, Freya, and "the one under $500 is... Kajuden" (France)—"beautiful, double-ply cashmere in every color" (Emisha, 24:59).
• Heart Love Earrings ($150):
  • Lovely yellow gold drop earrings, great for mother-in-law or sister-in-law gifts.
• Jenny Bird & Jennifer Fisher Jewelry:
  • "So much costume jewelry... such a fun way to elevate an outfit and it's a great gift to give." (Emisha, 33:40)
• Dorsey, Shylee Rose, Adina Reyter:
  • Noted for colorful beads and unique, on-trend gold necklaces and hoops (33:01, 33:21).
• Wolford and Hosiery:
  • "Anything Wolford—sheer, tight, it's always looks good. A legging, always great." (Co-host, 34:47)
• Cashmere Socks by Claire V:
  • "One of those things you're not gonna buy yourself." (Emisha, 31:56)

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Home & Wellness Hits

• Kitchenware:
  • Caraway (sleek cookware), KitchenAid (stand mixers, food processors), Smeg (chic design appliances), Braville (countertop ovens), Ninja Slushy Maker ("good for margaritas and the kids—it's real good", 20:24).
• Personalized Gifts:
  • Shutterfly photo books, mugs, pillows, tumblers—"sentimental, thoughtful... gifts that last forever" (Co-host, 14:18).
  • "I think these are good gifts. If you have any pictures of your friends... it's very thoughtful." (Emisha, 16:02)
• Textile Gifts:
  • Boll & Branch sheets ("A great gift. No one's gonna buy themselves sheets... So soft." 21:37).
  • Hermes throws and ashtrays (for "the person who has everything") (19:03).
• Candles & Decor:
  • Loewe holiday candles, Flamingo Estate food and candles, big sculptural candles ("doubles as decor", 19:37).
• Tech & Family Gifts:
  • Sonos, Bose, AirPod Max headphones, Apple Watch (for graduation), Ray-Ban aviators—"Everyone looks great in them" (31:13).
• Wellness Picks:
  • Sage essential oil sets/diffusers, Virtuvi diffusers, Higher Dose sauna/infrared blankets, Therabody face wands and boots (22:02, 22:53).
  • AG1 supplement for busy lifestyles, easy travel (16:19).
• Socks & Slide Shoes:
  • Uggs and Birkenstocks in every color—"the kids love it" (28:00).
  • Rothy's fur-lined clogs ("comfortable, cute, made of recycled plastic", 31:56).

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Gifts for Men & Teens

• Men's Fashion:
  • Bottega carry-on, Gucci loafers, Everlane basics, Viori and Lululemon sweats, Faherty hoodies (23:31–24:06).
• Teen/Tween Gifting:
  • Bobble Bar bead kits, personalized phone cases, Jellycat plushes, Adidas Sambas, Nike Dunks, Roller Rabbit, White Fox, Goat app for sneakerheads (26:09–28:56).
  • Boys' gifts: Fear of God sweats, Supreme, Psycho Bunny, cologne (Creed), David Yurman jewelry (29:35–29:58).

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Giving Gifts People Wouldn't Buy Themselves:
  • "One of those is a really beautiful brush... like the Mason Pearson or Crown Affair. Who's going out and buying themselves a nice brush?" (Emisha, 13:12)
• On Sentimental, Personalized Gifts:
  • "It's called throughout the years. I'm not gonna look at it. It'll make me cry. But look how pretty." (Co-host, 14:17)
  • "There's just a connective tissue there... have coffee with your niece or... grandkids." (Emisha, 14:48)
• On Family Gifting and Holiday Memories:
  • "Last year, I sent Junior's red velvet cheesecake to Molly and it was a total hit... my dad still brings it up months later." (Molly, 10:29)
• On What Makes a Gift Great:
  • "It's doing something that you know is personalized. It's picked out." (Co-host, 14:18)
• On Shopping & the Festive Spirit:
  • "Guys, we just did your entire Christmas list. You're welcome!" (Emisha, 34:34)

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Timestamps for Key Gift Categories

• Beauty Gift Guide: 05:04 – 10:29
• Home Entertaining/Kitchen Gifts: 20:08 – 21:37
• Personalized/Sentimental Gifts: 14:17 – 16:02, 21:06 – 21:37
• Fashion & Accessories: 24:46 – 33:01
• Kids & Tweens: 26:09 – 28:56
• Men’s Gifts: 23:31 – 24:46, 29:35 – 31:13
• Wellness & Tech Gadgets: 22:46 – 23:31

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Memorable “Gift Whisperer” Shopping Tips

• Try holiday discovery sets to sample luxe brands affordably (09:04).
• Personalize whenever possible—names, photos, favorite colors—especially for grandparents or long-distance family.
• Buy something they’d never buy themselves, but will treasure (the “investment brush” principle).
• Go for mix and match sets: socks, balms, mini beauty kits, or kitchen accessories.
• Find special collaborations and limited editions for that “wow” factor.

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Final Thoughts

The episode delivers a sparkling, comprehensive guide to gifting in 2025, with every suggestion grounded in the hosts’ lived experience and insider access. Molly and Emisha keep the advice concrete and actionable, prioritize meaningful connection, and don’t forget to have plenty of fun along the way.

As Emisha declares when signing off:
"Guys, we just did your entire Christmas list. You're welcome!" (34:34)

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Transcript

[Molly Sims]

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[Emisha Gormley]

Like you've had eight hours of sleep.

[Molly Sims]

In a green juice, even if you haven't. What I love most is that everything from Merit feels effortless and wearable. Clean formulas, beautiful packaging and products that.

[Emisha Gormley]

Make getting ready simple again.

[Molly Sims]

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[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Want to give it away.

[Molly Sims]

That's exactly what happened with my first quince order. Everything is so soft, so beautifully made, I was genuinely tempted to just keep it all for myself. Quince has basically taken over my holiday shopping list this year. They've got those Mongolian cashmere sweaters that are buttery soft and only $50 when they normally cost at least $200 or more, the kind you'll wear over and over again. Then there's the denim that somehow goes with everything. Silk tops and skirts for when you need to look a little more pulled together. Cozy beanies and scarves and down that actually keep you warm without feeling bulky. But The Italian wool coats, those are my absolute top pick. They look totally designer chic, structured and luxurious. But the price won't make you panic. And that's the magic of quids. They work directly with trusted factories that meet high standards for craftsmanship and ethical practices.

[Emisha Gormley]

By cutting out the middlemen and markups.

[Molly Sims]

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[Emisha Gormley]

And I'm Emisha Gormley. We're two girls obsessed with one thing, beauty.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

And by that, we mean everything that makes you look and feel beautiful.

[Emisha Gormley]

We're calling on our favorite health experts, industry insiders and friends to answer all.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Your beauty questions with a drink in hand.

[Molly Sims]

Definitely with a drink in hand.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

You're listening to Lipstick on the Rim with Molly Sims. How is it already? The holidays? It's Christmas. It's Hanukkah.

[Emisha Gormley]

I know. I swear. We were just talking about summer and summer travel and now we're like in full blown holiday shopping mode.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I mean, we're in deep holiday shopping.

[Emisha Gormley]

Which is a sport for me. So it's okay, guys.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Every year for her it's a sport for me it's not much of a sport. But I've done my big gift guides for shop My shelf. You've done yours for our substacks. And also just to know we're going to have this whole episode pretty much in our show notes. So just listen. You don't actually have to write it down. But we also on each of our shop my shelves and our substacks, we have gift guides for beauty, health, wellness, men's kids, fashion. It was kind of fun.

[Molly Sims]

Fun.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

We also did it under 100, which is good because people want to know.

[Emisha Gormley]

I love, like, gift. Gift giving for me is my love language. I love finding a gift that I think someone's gonna love. Makes me so happy when I see them excited about it. So that is why I genuinely love holiday shopping because it's like a chance to like really be thoughtful in what you give.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

We were in November. We got to go to this Claire V. Pop up that we did with Wise Beauty in Silver Lake. And the shop was so amazing and it got us so sparked with ideas, her charms, her bag, everything.

[Emisha Gormley]

I mean, it's on my list of what we're gonna chat about. Cause I literally was like, I have to add that into my gift card.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I want this, like, coffee kind of mug. Cause I'm trying not to do the plastic. Cause of the microplastics with the heat going to the top. Whatever I'm learning. But today we're very excited. You have two gift whispers in your presence. What we're gifting, what we're not gifting, what we're seeking. We're actually hoping to. But we're gonna start with beauty. Okay. If you're gifting any beauty lovers in your life, your girlfriends, your wives, your friends, older daughters, here's what we recommend.

[Emisha Gormley]

This is it. I actually there's a beautiful little Westman atelier does an amazing little trio. They're these mini versions of their. Their cheeks, their little, like, love, whatever. They're. I can't remember the name. They're blush, what it's called. But they come this season for Christmas. They are coming out with like a little pale blue version. And there is a limited edition every season. They do one for holiday. And it is the prettiest flush of, like, a reddish color. It is gorgeous. And it's only in this little holiday trio.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Dries Van Noten. They have some amazing holiday fragrance sets.

[Molly Sims]

Beautiful.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

They are so beautiful. They're around $200. We have also early she Jamie Chanley. It's a tween kind of teen line that Scarlett and Maeve are obsessed with. They now have their mini sets, which.

[Emisha Gormley]

Are so cute for, like, the packaging is beautiful.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Packaging is fun. It's beautiful. The girls love it. It's clean.

[Emisha Gormley]

I also love you. You introduced me to Vireo. Vireo and also Perfume Head. I think those are such great stocking stuffer gifts. They feel so luxe when you get these little mini sets because you get like 10, 11, 12 little mini tiny bottles of fragrance. Maison Detto. They all do them. They are typically under a hundred dollars.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

And we had Diana Cohen on from Crown Affair. Her clips, her comb. She has an amazing hair towel that just. It's so good. It's like a waffle. You stick it in the back. It doesn't move. It soaks up all the. I think I love her products.

[Emisha Gormley]

I actually use her towel the other day.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I used your towel. Today.

[Emisha Gormley]

We have to plug your beautiful, wise holiday gifts.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Oh, my holiday gifts are good. We have a revitalizing eye set that has a glass white globe that you can put in that little cup of ice for two minutes. For circulation for lymphatic. It is so good. It's like a cold plunge to your face. And it comes with the Wide Awake brightening eye pen. And then, of course, your overachiever eye patches. And it's a beautiful. Oh, yeah, I have it here. Okay.

[Emisha Gormley]

But also, if they're still around, guys, they may have sold out the Klair. Voila.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Oh, the choo choo.

[Emisha Gormley]

The choo choo. That bag is a. You know, if you're getting something for, like, a group gift for. If you're doing, like, a group gift for friends, I've got to tell you, that is such a cute gift idea.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

It's such a cute. And it's got a great lip bag charm in gold. It's heavy, so you can put it.

[Emisha Gormley]

On the chic velvet clutch.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

It's a chic velvet clutch. And it's that color that's in. It's that chocolate brown.

[Emisha Gormley]

Maroon, plummy chocolate browns.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Beautiful. But this is in for a treat. And look how pretty this is.

[Emisha Gormley]

It's so good.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

And it gives you kind of a step by step, honestly, my favorite, which I know this is November, so we're well on our way. I saw our numbers yesterday. We have kind of a build your own bundle at Wise with a chocolate satin bag that I showed you today.

[Emisha Gormley]

And the chocolate in it.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

We did a chocolate collab with compartes, which is collagen, champagne, sea salt, and it is so delicious. You can go on the site, build your bundle, but the satin bag that you get when you do the build a bundle with the full size is so freaking chic. So this is what I'm doing for all my teachers is the revitalizing, and then for all my friends, I'm doing kind of the build your own bundle because everybody wants the freaking bag. But super exciting.

[Emisha Gormley]

I did your wise holiday gift last year for all the nurses at the hospital, and it was awesome.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Yeah, we do it. I'm doing it for Dr. Levine, Dr. Bakshanda, Dr. Hokaka, all the crew. Okay. So I do love a set.

[Emisha Gormley]

I just think it's also. Listen, I also love a gift to myself. And the holidays are a great time to try out brands because they do these really great discovery sets that are meant to be gifts. But if you're thinking of trying something out that's new and you didn't want to buy the full size of it, buy these sets. Buy one for yourself. Buy one for your mom, your sister, your friends. They're a great way to try new products. I'm like, I definitely think it's like a good little hack.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Me too. It's just like a little mini set you can try and if you like it, you can, you can.

[Emisha Gormley]

And you can also use it to travel.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Exactly. Violette, she has great set. Summer Fridays has their. Their lip butter balm wise has new it girl out. But the. The girls, they love the balms.

[Emisha Gormley]

They love a lip.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

They love a lip. They love a body mess the road. Love.

[Emisha Gormley]

They love all of it.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

They love all of it. Frankie's on the pier on Frankie's on the whatever. Here in la, they now have a great site for all the young girls hair. I think Crown affair, Crown Affair, macmillan.

[Emisha Gormley]

All of them are doing a great.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Product from Chris because a lot of women are, you know, in the holidays and they're trying to pull back their hair, make a sleek ponytail, make a sleek bun. He has a wand for all the unnecessary flyaways. It is excellent.

[Molly Sims]

Every year around the holidays, I swear I have the same thought. I want to host and make everything from scratch, but life gets so busy and suddenly it's the week of and I'm just scrambling. That's where Gold Belly comes in. It's this amazing site I order from all the time, where you can get the most iconic famous foods from restaurants all across the country and they ship it right to your door. It's basically my secret weapon for holiday hosting and gifting. This year, I've had my eye on Ina Garden's coconut cake. You can literally have one of her signature desserts delivered to your house. It's so chic, so festive, and honestly, who doesn't want to say they're serving Ina Garden's cake? Last year, I sent Junior's red velvet cheesecake to Molly and it was a total hit. Perfectly packaged, fresh and so good that my dad still brings it up months later. That's what I love about Goldbelly. It's an experience. You can send lottery macaroons to your best friend, Joe's stone crab from Miami to your foodie uncle, or Russ and daughter's iconic bagel and lox brunch cake kit for the morning after the holiday chaos, everything arrives beautifully packed and ready to serve, which makes hosting way less stressful. So if you're looking for that perfect gift for everyone on your list or want to impress your friends and family with an unforgettable meal and make hosting a breeze this holiday season, go to goldbelly.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code LIPSTICK that's goldbelly.com code LIPSTICK for 20% off your first order.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

If you've listened to our Holiday Gift Guide episode a couple weeks ago, then you know Emisha and I consider holiday shopping a sport and one of our Go to places for finding the perfect gifts. This is Macy's. Macy's honestly makes it so easy, especially if you're down to the wire. They've curated gifts by Persona category and price point. For the someone in your life who thinks they're a chef, the KitchenAid artisan stand mixers one of a kind Green Pan cookware or classic Le Creusette Dutch Oven is truly the perfect gift okay for the homebody in your life. Ugg Hoodies slippers are the chef's kiss. And for your most stylish friend, you can't go wrong with the Sam Edelman studded ballerina flats or suede Coach bag. Plus, Macy's has amazing deals going on with the Macy's Great Gift Sale happening now through December 24th with up to 30 to 60% off gifts that truly don't disappoint. They're dropping new curated lists every day for kids, for her, for him, all the last minute lifesavers you can pop in store for quick access or order online by 1221 at 5pm Eastern for guaranteed Christmas delivery. Maisie's Great Gift Sale happening now through December 24th with up to 30 to 60% off gifts that truly don't disappoint.

[Molly Sims]

I.

[Emisha Gormley]

I have to say I think also one of the things I like about the holidays or any gift giving time is to give somebody a gift they might not buy themselves. And one of those is a really beautiful brush.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Love.

[Emisha Gormley]

It's one of those things you don't really go, I don't want to spend a lot of money on a nice brush. But there are so many beautiful brushes. The Mason Pearson is an investment brush. You can get the little mini one for like I think they're around $150. There's Le Bomb Bross Universal Crown Affair to your point.

[Molly Sims]

Beautiful brush.

[Emisha Gormley]

They're just really nice gifts that I think sometimes we don't really think about. But like who's going out and buying themselves a nice brush?

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

No one. It's like you bought me the Hermes scarf which I am obsessed with and now I wear every day. Yeah, Flamingo Estate. I want to give a little bit of for your like the woman who loves to cook great olive oil, balsamic candles, jam. I don't know anything you get we're doing The Chef's Kiss holiday set. It's just a great chic set to give someone. Well, listen, I love personalize. We did our holiday gifting, our holiday cards with Shutterfly. And you know, I'm all about. I think. Cause I lost my parents and I've made my brother this incredible book. I know you guys can't see it. I'll put it on social. But it's just, it's called throughout the years. I'm not gonna look at it. It'll make me cry. But look how pretty.

[Emisha Gormley]

It's so pretty.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

It's doing something that you know is personalized. It's picked out. But I love my custom photo book. You can do mugs, you can do tumblers, you can do wine glasses. It's sentimental, it's thoughtful. You guys, I did this for Stewart, which I'm gonna hold up right now. It's our pillow that has Ruby. Look at Ruby. I know she's on a diet. She's hefty. But we're gonna, we're gonna, we're slimming down and then we have magic.

[Emisha Gormley]

I know.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

And the kids are obsessed.

[Emisha Gormley]

You know what? I actually got this. Here's this for my in laws because you know, we don't live close to them. And I think it's something so nice to have as like I don't know, when they're having their morning coffee, they can see their grandchildren. Like there's just a connective tissue there that I think you get to see them and have coffee with your. Your niece or your nephew or your grandkids. Oh, my custom tumbler.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

How good is that?

[Emisha Gormley]

I love. You know, this is how I'm going to be drinking my, my water in. This is when I'm gonna do my electrolytes and my. Your dream water is going to be going in here.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

You guys. We're gonna have dreamurphy on in January and. And she's gonna talk about this thing called Drea water, which now we're gonna drink after our monogram personalized Shutterfly tumbler. But again, I think you can do fun things. Honestly, these are the gifts that kind of just last forever. Like truly. Like I love the books, I love the mugs. I think that was everybody dealing with the fires. You know those sentimental things, those mugs that you've had since there. Those pop up photos that you won't get to replace. Like, I think these are good gifts. If you have any p. Pictures of your friends that you know, you don't like. I love this event, like totally they're amazing.

[Emisha Gormley]

It's just anyway, it's very thoughtful. I think they're thoughtful gifts. I think it's not just going online and like checking out and shipping something. You're really putting thought behind it and that comes through when you get the gift.

[Molly Sims]

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[Emisha Gormley]

I'll mix it up while I'm making.

[Molly Sims]

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[Emisha Gormley]

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[Molly Sims]

We talked about everything.

[Emisha Gormley]

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[Rachel Zoe]

Can I tell you a true story in Covid? In the darkness of COVID I had a cat eye every single day where nobody saw me. Not one soul. And when I had Covid, not even my ex husband saw me or my children. And you know what I did? I went into my bathroom, I did a black liquid liner, put on lashes, black liner in the waterline, a full lip, did my hair and sat in my bed. And that is what I did. And I looked at myself and I said, you are not a well person. I said, are you fucking okay? You have 104 fever. You are like contagion right now.

[Emisha Gormley]

If you love fashion, beauty, or bravo, this Rachel Zoe episode is a must. It's out now.

[Molly Sims]

Make something that means something.

[Emisha Gormley]

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[Molly Sims]

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[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

An Hermes throw. If you're looking for someone who has everything and they're super rich and it all works.

[Emisha Gormley]

If you're trying to get something on their private plane.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

If you're trying to give somebody something, had someone, two people call me and they're like, what do you give somebody that has everything? An Hermes rope. It always wins.

[Emisha Gormley]

And also, if you want to get something, Hermes is a nice gift, I also think. And the price point is a lot less than an Hermes throw. Their ashtrays are beautiful.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Do you remember when I used to do all that? I used to collect them.

[Emisha Gormley]

They're beautiful.

[Molly Sims]

They're.

[Emisha Gormley]

They're around like an expensive gift, but they're like 500, not $2,000.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

The Loewe Ivy incense set is stunning. It's one of those pieces that doubles as decor.

[Emisha Gormley]

Also does great holiday edition candles. They're like mini, and it comes packaged beautifully.

[Molly Sims]

You don't have to wrap. You don't do anything.

[Emisha Gormley]

And they're like four or five mini versions of their candles. And sometimes they do holiday scents.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I love the big candles too. When someone will go off and a couple of people go and give, like, a big candle, they're stunning. I love it. Healthy wellness. No, let's do kitchen.

[Emisha Gormley]

Kitchen. Okay. Okay.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Caraway, Anything caraway. Great, beautiful, beautiful, super chic kitchenaid for if you need, like, a food processor.

[Emisha Gormley]

Our place is great. I actually just got an air fryer from them.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Braville is also a good company. Like, if you want, like a toaster kind of oven.

[Emisha Gormley]

Smeg. I think smeg is so chic.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Smeg is so chic. Also. We got last year. Well, we got the. We got the Ninja. It's like a slushy slurpee, but you can do, like, alcohol. But we did it for the kids, but now we end up making margaritas. Margaritas. But it's really good. And honestly, it's like having your own icy at home. It's real good.

[Emisha Gormley]

I'm into that. I'm into that. Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Those are kind of things.

[Emisha Gormley]

What else do I have for home? I had something else for home on the tip of my tongue, and I just. It just slipped my mind.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Picture frames, you know, anything that you can feel like you've kind of put thought into it. That's why I love all the shutterfly stuff, because it's like, ah, I love it. And they do great holiday cards. We did our holiday cards with them as well.

[Emisha Gormley]

Yeah, they. Anything personalized. I'm into.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Me too. And they make it easy. Thank God. Except for our taking the kids Christmas photos.

[Emisha Gormley]

Oh, God. I can't. Mike won't take a family picture day.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

That I dread. I try to cancel it every year.

[Emisha Gormley]

Can't do it.

[Molly Sims]

I know.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Home. I know this is gonna sound crazy, but if you know it's a king or a California king. Bowl and branch make great sheets. It is a great gift. No one's gonna buy themselves sheets.

[Emisha Gormley]

They're so soft.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

They're so soft.

[Molly Sims]

They're cold.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

They're good. I love them. A great, you know, alarm clock. I know you love the hatch.

[Emisha Gormley]

I love my hatch. I love my hatch.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

A diffuser, which is always good.

[Emisha Gormley]

I need a good new on my list this year is an air purifier. I need a good air purifier.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

You know what we love is sage. We love Kenna and I. And if you are here in la, the century city mall, they have a standalone store. And I actually pulled. They're like just these, like little rollerball. They come like five to a local little travel set.

[Emisha Gormley]

Okay.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Trying to de stress on the weekends. And I've been using it and I have to tell you, sage is such a good brand. So I finally went in there with Kenna and they have diffusers, they have rollerballs. They have.

[Emisha Gormley]

They have their diffuser.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

It's so good. There's also virtuvi that makes a really good diffuser.

[Emisha Gormley]

I also think a great gift is the higher dose infrared blanket or their sauna blanket.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I should say their sauna blanket.

[Emisha Gormley]

They have a hat that's amazing. If you want red light. If your husband wants to get a little red light therapy but doesn't want to, like put the mask on.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Exactly.

[Emisha Gormley]

Therabody too.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Sarah body, the boots, the iri cryo.

[Emisha Gormley]

Heat, Thera face wand. It's so good. So good.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

That's a great stocking.

[Emisha Gormley]

So it's a great stocking stuffer. It's a great gift if you have. Especially in the winter, if you have sinus infections, the hot setting on it. I always talk about using it to depuff but the hot setting on it for any sinus infection. It feels so good on your face.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

What else I think for guys, I think it's really. Listen I. If you're going to. I know this is like. It's pretty looks what I do for him, but he gets me so much stuff. But that Bottega carry on for a minute. If they travel as much as our husband. It's so chic. It's so worth the money. I love a Gucci loafer for a man. I love the Everlane. Great basics. I love viori for men for basics.

[Emisha Gormley]

Lululemon too. Honestly. They make great sweatpants. Faherty makes great. Mike loves a good Faherty moment. And let's talk about girlfriend gifting because I, you know I gave you that beautiful Hermes scarf but I found a brand, two brands actually that do beautiful like double ply cashmere under $500 bandana print in every color under the sun that you can imagine. They're so chic. The One Under 500 is a brand. I'm going to say it wrong, but it's. It's Kajuden. K J U T N. It's out of France. They're beautiful. Their scarves are beautiful.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Talk about taking the middleman out. Quince. Quince is great for cashmere sweaters for leather. It's great. I mean you can buy some great pieces that are a third of the money and are beautiful.

[Emisha Gormley]

Freya is the other scarf brand. So those ones are even less. They're around 200 for cashmere scarves and they have beautiful big prints. You can wrap them up around yourself. I think they make really beautiful.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I wore a tulip white.

[Emisha Gormley]

Warren White and Warren.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Listen, I pulled out the White and Warren to go to Princeton, New Jersey in. In October. You know that gift good gifts to give to your friends for 10 years.

[Emisha Gormley]

And if you. You know sometimes I always find I get a lot of dms. What type of my sister in law. What about my mother in law? The scarves are great. I think there's a really great brand. We met the founder of IT in Austin, if you remember. Heart Love and it's shop Heart H A R T. And she does these really beautiful little earrings. They're drop earrings in the shape of a. It's like a bezel yellow gold heart. They're $150 every time I wear them. Dorsey is beautiful. So many good.

[Molly Sims]

I'm actually wearing my Dorsey right now.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

A Dina Rader can do start someone. A necklace. They also have the mini for the girls.

[Emisha Gormley]

They also have silver.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

You don't want in the gold. I think for the kids. I mean, listen, a tennis shoe. I think the number one gift right now is a freaking jelly cat.

[Emisha Gormley]

I literally, I wrote to a jelly cat. They had all their. How did we ever think when we had our babies and we're buying them the jelly cat lovies, did we ever think that we would be. Oh, my gosh, there's a limited edition jelly cat. I mean, I had to track one down for Grace for her birthday.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

We are going in a week to the Pop up in New York City.

[Emisha Gormley]

Oh, it's amazing. We did that for Grace's birthday last year.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Grace said to me today, he was on his bed. He was laying there. He was super cute. He'd gotten out of the shower and he was like, look, I've got my meal. And it was his jelly cat hot dog.

[Emisha Gormley]

Oh, my God.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

His jelly cat drink and his jelly cat hamburger. And in the same time, a couple of weeks ago was Frankie Salaka's 14th birthday, and she put six jelly cat on her little list. You know, the girls are doing these lists now.

[Emisha Gormley]

Oh, makes a PowerPoint.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

It's like a. Basically like a PowerPoint slide. It's cute.

[Emisha Gormley]

Well, the other great gift for anyone looking for girls gifts that are in the tween teen area, it's bobble bar for me from, like, the bead kits they have. They have these bat bead, bead kit bag charm things that are unbelievable. They're like 28. I have bought. I want to say, like, you're talking.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

About the box where they make them.

[Emisha Gormley]

So there's the big box of, like, beads. And you can have them personalized so it can say Scarlet, Maeve, Lily, Grace on the actual boxes. But then they sell, like, you can buy personalized do it yourself bag charm kits for like, $28. They have the personalized phone case that like, all the teen girls have with their names on it. I got it for my niece, Rory. They're really cute and their prices are great. It's just a fun way to personalize things for the young girls. And they love that.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Uggs.

[Molly Sims]

Uggs.

[Emisha Gormley]

Oh, yeah.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

In every color, in every shape. Uggs at Birkenstock. That is such a good.

[Emisha Gormley]

Oh, yeah.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

The kids love it.

[Emisha Gormley]

And the girls are also into it in Adidas. Samba.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

They love a samba. They have the Liberty Prince in blue. And in pink out.

[Emisha Gormley]

There's a girl at Grace's School that has silver sambas. And they're so. They're like a metallic silver with white. They're so cute. I'm like, so cute.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

That's a good gift. Katie J. Lovey J. Fancy that, everybody.

[Emisha Gormley]

Roller rabbit, White fox.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Lily just did a great collab.

[Emisha Gormley]

Great.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I want to give a little shout out to Lily again. Tweens, teens our age. It's a great gift. And they love all the roller rabbit, Nike, all the.

[Emisha Gormley]

All the dunks.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

All the dunks that are out there for the boys. I mean, there's a couple great sites if you have tweens and up called Goat.

[Emisha Gormley]

Yep.

[Molly Sims]

Goat Lacrosse.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

No. Well, goat grace of all time. Lacrosse. But there's an actual app called Goat. And it's more like an auction. It's very complicated. It's pretty cool. Fe F E A T U R E is really good. And StockX. So those are three sites you can go to. And they're very trustworthy. And again, try to get on the day and because, you know, the prices change literally every day. Those are three great, cool sites.

[Emisha Gormley]

I don't. I need to get more well versed in the boy stuff.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

The boys is like, fear of God. They love the sweatshirts. Psycho Bunny. They love the big Baggie. They love Supreme. He loves a sweatpant and a sweatshirt. They love hair products. Brooks is obsessed with cologne.

[Emisha Gormley]

I mean, I bought him a Creed bottle for his birthday.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

And you got him his necklace.

[Emisha Gormley]

I got him his chain, his David Yurman chain. I got to take Brooksie. I gotta tell you, it was secretly one of my favorite days of 2025. Him and I crushed the Short Hills Mall.

[Molly Sims]

We held hands walking through Brooks.

[Emisha Gormley]

He's my godson. I was like, where do you want to go, baby? Whatever you want. And he was like, well, I'm not sure. Let me see. So then he found. He was like, I really would like a chain. And I'm like, well, I don't really feel like your mom would be happy if I bought you, like, a big, thick gold chain. I was like, let's find something, like, a little more understated. So he found this, like, beautiful silver chain from David Yurman. And then he still was like. Like, he kept sniffing cologne. And I'm a sucker. I was like, whatever you want. Whatever you want. And the salesperson was like, are you buying Creed for the kids?

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Okay, so this is a family gift, a male gift, a sports team mom gift. The Yeti Hoppers are amazing. I. I love yeti. Everything about it. And the apple and sonos headsets and bows. Bows and bows. Those are all great gifts.

[Emisha Gormley]

Yeah. The AirPod Maxs are like an apple.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Watch if they're old enough. Brooks got an apple watch for graduation.

[Emisha Gormley]

Told me that I was ruining his life.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Ruining his life.

[Emisha Gormley]

Okay, he's gonna be fine. He's gonna be fine.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

That's all right. Also, if you know your girlfriend, I'm just gonna throw this out there. A great Ray Ban.

[Molly Sims]

Oh, yeah.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Everyone looks great in the black Ray Bans. You have it. Or the aviators. But a gray sunglass, there's something about.

[Emisha Gormley]

Wearing a Ray Ban Aviator. Like, you could be wearing, like, a really expensive outfit and like, like, look a little stuffy, and you put the Ray Ban aviator on and all of a sudden you just look cool.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I know. I love a little Jenny bird for.

[Emisha Gormley]

My girlfriend and Claire V. We were.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Just at Claire V. She's a great heart. Necklace, necklace, Amazing.

[Emisha Gormley]

So cute. I also love to give cashmere sauce socks.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Claire V. Because you never buy them again.

[Emisha Gormley]

One of those things you're not gonna buy yourself. Claire V. Had really beautiful cashmere socks, and they had, like, the cute little heart, like, right on the ankle. I just, I love, love that. Oh, you know what else I love is a great gift to give your friends. And again, a great price point. Rothy's makes these, like, fur lined, like, Birkenstock looking slides. I think everything that's Rothy's is made out of, like, recycled plastic. They're comfortable, they're cute. Like, I have them by my front door at all times. That's when I run out of the house to pick the kids up, drop off, run an errand. I just slide my feet in and they're like these like, fur lined love. They look kind of like Birkenstocks, but they're clogs. You're not supposed to call them.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Favorite daughter is great for both young and older.

[Molly Sims]

And J. Crew.

[Emisha Gormley]

Our beloved Olympia.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Our beloved Olympia. So good.

[Emisha Gormley]

There's so much goodness at J. Crew that you just. You can't go wrong.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

What was the other thing I was thinking about the other day that I was like, oh, that would be a great gift. I mean, I do love a picture frame.

[Emisha Gormley]

Or Shylie Rose. You want to see fine jewelry?

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Okay, so I'm actually doing a gift guide. I put all her new hoops on them. I'm actually wearing Shiley Rose today and Adina. But I. This collar thing, I've had forever. Jumbo link. It's amazing. And you know what I love about Shylee? I Love her new bead collection. And like the hot pink.

[Emisha Gormley]

The pops of color.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

The pops of color. It's great going into spring and summer.

[Emisha Gormley]

There's a lot of great jewelry brands right now at all price points. Whether it's a Shylie or an Adina.

[Molly Sims]

It's an investment.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Thatch Thatch.

[Emisha Gormley]

Thatch.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Thatch Thatch is the bag company.

[Emisha Gormley]

Thatch Thatch is great. I just, I think that there's so many cute brands out there right now that like are giving beautiful. Like Jenny Bird to your point, like Jennifer Fisher. There's so much costume jewelry and it's such a fun way to elevate an outfit and it's a great gift to give. I think if you know your girlfriend's style. Everybody always could use a cute gold hoop or a gold necklace or a statement pinky ring or something.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Last year we gave all of our wise and a lot of my friends the heart Kuyana leather bag. It was so chic. We had it monogrammed. I think I did. We did coral and I think we did not coral. We did white. Like a cream and almost like a dark, dark red. It was super chic. Kuyana makes the best leather accessories.

[Emisha Gormley]

They really do.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

They're leather and the prices are very high end prices are amazing. I mean, I guess that's it. Good lord.

[Emisha Gormley]

Guys, we just did your entire Christmas list. You're welcome.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

You just in, but can I find one another something? I know this is gonna sound crazy, but they're so in right now and it's such an odd gift, but anything Wolford.

[Emisha Gormley]

Oh yeah. Love a wolford.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Love a wolford. Sheer, tight. It's always looks good. A legging, always great.

[Emisha Gormley]

I love a good legging with a knee high boot.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Love a good legging with a knee high boot with a totem jacket.

[Emisha Gormley]

Oh, so good.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Zara. Zara. H m. I mean they're on fire. Mango, Costco, all of them. Okay, we're just going to be.

[Emisha Gormley]

We could just sit here and keep talking. Instead we're just gonna say bye to you and go shop.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

Yeah, we actually are gonna go shop right now, but there we go. It is 11 5. You still have about six weeks left to go. I mean, Black Friday coming right up. I mean people go all out. It is crazy.

[Emisha Gormley]

I can't wait.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I can't wait.

[Emisha Gormley]

I can handle the cold up until Christmas. Then after that I go into a deep dark depression for three months.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I do not like the time change that has come upon us.

[Emisha Gormley]

No, I hate it. I really hate it.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

I do too. Okay, well get to gifting. And because we love you guys so much, shutterfly.com lipstick on the rim you will get free shipping on your order.

[Molly Sims]

Yep.

[Emisha Gormley]

Go, go start shopping. Your little elves are signing off.

[Co-host (possibly a friend or collaborator of Molly and Emisha)]

We're signing off. We will see you next week. Thanks for listening to Lipstick on the Rim with Molly Sims and my Ride or Die. Emisha Gormaly. We are so excited to bring to bring you guys along on this journey with us. You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at Lipstick on the Rim and at Molly B. Sims. Or you go to my blog where you can dive just a little bit deeper into my favorite products, trends and [e-mail] and don't forget to check out our video episodes on my YouTube channel, Molly Sims. This podcast is production with Sony Music. I wanted to give a special thanks to my team, Rosie Cummings, Ken Orion, Sophine Kevorkin and everyone at Sony Music Music. Don't forget to listen and follow wherever you get your podcast so you never miss out on the fun.