Best Mother's Day Gifts

May 14 is Mother’s Day, the one time we set aside to let Mom know we care. This Sunday, shower her with attention. Daughters, sons, husbands and significant others can give the usual flowers and dinner out or if you are looking to make her special holiday one she’ll remember with a gift, here are some ideas.

Tea Forte Tea Tasting Chest

Head to teaforte.com to order mom a selection of unique handcrafted teas. Whether you choose black, oolong, green, white or herbal, Tea Forté offers a variety of samplers and tea accessories perfect for any tea enthusiast. Their tea tasting chest, offering forty pyramid tea infusers with two infusers each of twenty Tea Forté blends is a good choice or opt for a box of their lotus, sipscriptions or couture collection boxes. They also offer loose teas , a noir selection of deeper steep black teas and a wide assortment of tea accessories. Tea tasting chest, $60. Available at www.teaforte.com.

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Glow Instant Palette

Provide an Instant Glow

The Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Glow Instant Palette is the perfect gift to keep mom looking radiant anywhere she travels. This compact universally flattering palette contains three eyeshadows, two blush shades, a bronzer and a highlighter. $75, available at www.CharlotteTilbury.com.

Cypress Grove's Mom's Favorite Gift Basket

Say Cheese

Cypress Grove has the perfect gift for the foodie mom. Their Mom’s Favorite gift basket includes three of their delicious best sellers, including the Humboldt Fog mini, Midnight Moon and Purple Haze cheeses as well as a Belize Toledo chocolate bar from Dick Taylor Chocolate. This trio features a soft-ripened, aged and fresh cheese as well as a decadent chocolate bar with tasting notes of dried plum, tart cherry and jasmine. $60, available at www.cypressgrovecheese.com.

Luphia Sweets

Dessert with a Twist

If your mom has a sweet tooth, head to www.luphiasweets.com and choose from a wide assortment of Japanese style artisanal cookie and confection gifts made in small batches using premium California ingredients. Their California icebox cookie trio featuring chocolate almond, chocolate chip walnut and salt butter almond cookies or their milk and dark chocolate almond duo gift boxes are a perfect choice for mom’s special day. $39 and $30, available at www.luphiasweets.com.

Diptyque Art of Body Care Travel Collection

Pampering Parisian Style

Take mom on a luxurious journey from the East to the Mediterranean with Diptyque’s Art of Body Care Travel Collection. This French perfume, body and face care company produces rich products designed to bring out skin’s natural radiance. Their Travel Collection includes a smoothing body polish, revitalizing shower gel, fresh body lotion and their luxurious hand balm. $50, available at www.diptyqueparis.com.

Hermés Eau des Merveilles Bleue

Smelling Fresh and Feminine

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Hermés has added another fragrance to their Eau des Merveilles line of perfumes. Their Hermés Eau des Merveilles Bleue is fresh and feminine featuring patchouile and woody and sea notes. 1 ounce, $69 at www.hermes.com.

Midnight Recovery Collection by Kiehl's

Give to Mom and a Good Cause

By giving mom Kiehl’s new limited edition collectible tin including samples from the Midnight Recovery Collection, you can help donate funds to the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children as well as provide her with soothing face care. Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate, Botanical Cleansing Oil and Eye Elixir are included in a Jeff Koons designed collectable tin. $115 at www.kiehls.com.

Urban Decay's Naked Eyeshadow Palette at Sephora

A Mother of a Makeover

Head to Sephora to get mom everything she needs for a makeover. Sephora has something for every mom, including huge choices of perfume sets, eye and lip palettes, makeup brushes and face and body lotions. Perfect for Mother’s Day is their Sephora Favorites Deluxe Perfume Sampler featuring scents by Gucci, Stella McCartney and Dolce & Gabbana, the Urban Decay Naked Eyeshadow palettes, the Tools of the Trade makeup brush set or the Sephora Favorites Sun Safety Kit with sunscreen, moisturizer, and tinted moisture lotion.