The 2021 Gift Guide: JH Color Theory Edition
A gift guide for the seasonal synesthete. From a Himalayan pink salt room to a 14k gold toothpick...a tongue-in-cheek (and sometimes serious) guide to holiday shopping, inspired by JH color coding.
Smokey notes. JH polish in Dune meets Santa Maria Novella’s tobacco soap. The perfect gift for the friend who quit, and it smells a lot better...
Or Dune x Takazawa candles...waxy perfection the color of desert quietude — via our friends at Loq
For the color focused minimalist — a Charlotte Perriand wall sconce x Blue Nudes.
Patina is a time-honored thing, so is an 1850s lozenge. Patina x Leone Confectioners of Turin.
“Suppose I were to begin by saying I had fallen in love with a color…” Maggie Nelson’s Bluets x Blue Nudes.
When wrapped right all gifts are matryoshka-like — but this one is doubly so. A traditional ‘Inju’ Korean ink-pad is Patina first, Ghost Ranch second.
Jello as inspo — pearlescence in unlikely places. Akoya x Jello keychain, found on etsy (this one is sold out but options abound online).
Curcuma colored cocktails by way of a muddled mandarinquat. Fauna meets Yume-Boshi shrub.
Quiet decadence — Akoya x Larusmiani’s Nicholas II Caviar set.
Pure potency. Saffron threads and Carnelian beds.
A gift or a hint? Marzipan meets ancient oral care with the “oldest gum in the world” from Chios, Greece.
“A double-cream...mellow, buttery, and decadent.” JH Marzipan polish? Or a description of Sherry Gray’s ash-ripened cheese?
A modern Relic. A bronze sardine incense holder x JH gold leaf.
An unexpected floral arrangement. Ikebana meets the showstopper jelly cake.
If umami were a color, what would it look like?
1) Chanterelle meets Queens’ dried mushroom salt.
A 14k yellow gold toothpick...we named Relic for its opulence. Finding strange treasure via @ebaybae.
Give back to your mother. A donation to LA Compost meets our favorite mulch manicure.
2) Chanterelle meets a Blue Oyster grow kit.
We did not forget about alcohol. A rich amaro meets JH Artichoke plus Carob’s bittersweet tones in looks and taste.
What matches Saltillo’s sense of chalky earth and western kiln? Rare Heath on eBay.
A delicate kabuki brush with a splash of color — Agnes is all softness.
Cameo. Deco. Artichoke. A JH mix and match meets Milo Baughman micarta.
Puffy under-eyes? Sorella Apothecary glacier ice globes x JH Miso. Only one of these beauty products needs to go in the fridge.
Pragmatic pigments, earthy chartreuse...a mid-century green mask to match your Eames.
The art of arrangement. JH polish sets (or Ikebana) x Darroch and Michael Putnam's Flower Color Theory.
For the color obsessive, or indecisive — JH polish sets meet Sanzo Wada’s Dictionary of Color Combinations.
Build them an entire Himalayan salt room brick by brick, or gift them at least one salty chocolate bar. The JH ambient pink meets Maison Bouche and Beverly Hills Wholesale salt bricks.
Himalayan Pink Salt and Almond Toffee Bar, one edible adaptation on JH’s quartz-y pink polish.