Christmas gifts & ideas for the social media obsessive in your life
Need Christmas gift ideas for your selfie-obsessed BFF? (Hey, in some cases, we are that friend). The one who's in love with all things social, who can't go anywhere without updating their Insta story, or using that Snapchat filter to get a great photo...
Well, we've rounded up some great presents that will make your social media savvy friend smile all year round (and we've added in a couple of blow-out gifts that are pure wishful thinking).
Good shopping, happy Christmas, and may your selfies always look merry and bright.
P.S If your friend is a cat memes enthusiast, you'll want to check out our gifts for cat obsessives guide, #justsaying.
Eat, Sleep, Selfie, Repeat
Or Snap, Gram, whatever you like: get your BFF's favourite activity added to this t-shirt and you're away.
Personalised Eat Sleep Repeat T-Shirt, £14.99, Getting Personal
Insta bubbles
Get your very favourite photo from social media, then upload it straight to a bottle of Moët like it's nbd. (There's a bit of a demand on them at the moment, so you might want to order sooner rather than later).
Personalised Champagne, £19.99, Moët
Nail that feed
If you've got a budding superstar on your hands, this will tell them everything from mastering apps and filters, to how to ask strangers to photograph you in the street (erm, you might want to draw a line at asking them to actually kneel down - that won't wash in the UK).
Capture Your Style by Aimee Song, £11.99, Abrams
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Upgrade their phone
And by snazzy we mean "one that won't blow up". No arguing with the new iPhone, although those AirBuds are absolutely ridiculous.
iPhone 7, from £599, Apple
Get them their own Instagram frame
Just the thing for New Year or their next birthday, or photos at home - choose whatever you like on the frame and they can get snapping.
Personalised Instagram Photo Prop, from £23.99, Instaframe UK
Say cheese!
You can get literally anything with a hashtag on it these days, but this wooden cheeseboard fills us with a particular love...and craving for a Godminster cheddar heart. And Stilton. And Époisses. #cheesedreams
Personalised Hashtag Cheese Board, £24.99, Getting Personal
Guerilla selfies
This is actually genius: a stick-on camera that you can take anyway, fix to any surface, and start snapping. It connects to your phone via Bluetooth so you can get the photo sent straight to your camera roll, and have a portable photo booth wherever you go.
Podo Stick & Shoot Selfie Camera, £59.95, Cuckooland
Get better photos with their dog
Dog photos are the shiz on social media, but if their beloved hound isn't one for looking at the camera, they can can use the Pooch attachment. Use the tennis ball provided, or add a favourite toy so they'll have their dog's attention. Well. Until they lunge at it anyway, so be snappy.
Pooch Selfie, £12.99, Firebox
Ain’t no dog lady! Check out the best gifts for your cat-obsessed friend.
Get photos even when it rains
Don't let the pesky rain get in the way of your selfie, this umbrella should do the trick.
Transparent #Selfie umbrella, £12, River Island
Stream their feed
Get your Instagram pictures off your phone and onto this wireless streaming photo frame at three times the size. I mean, you did get some particularly awesome pictures of the autumn leaves, it would be a shame to hide them...
Instacube, £140, Firebox
Turn their favourites into a beautiful photo album
Make gorgeous photo books, from bargainous soft-cover Instagram collections to seriously luxe hardcover numbers. We wouldn't usually include a US-based company, but these guys are brilliant, quick, and it's a doddle to upload all your favourite Insta snaps.
Photo Books, from $18, Artifact Rising
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