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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

                          HOME INTERIORS & GIFTS, INC.

                                       and

                           THE GUARANTOR NAMED HEREIN


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                              SERIES A AND SERIES B

                   10 1/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008

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                          FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                            DATED AS OF JULY 3, 2000

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                     UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK

                                     Trustee

        This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of July 3, 2000, among Home
Interiors & Gifts, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), the party
identified under the caption "Guarantor" on the signature page hereto (the
"Guarantor") and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee.


                                    RECITALS

        WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as
of June 4, 1998 (the "Indenture"), pursuant to which the Company issued
$200,000,000 in principal amount of 10 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
(the "Notes"); and

        WHEREAS, Section 10.01(h) of the Indenture provides that the Company and
the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture in order to execute a
guarantee (a "Subsidiary Guarantee") to comply with Section 4.13 thereof without
the consent of the Holders of the Notes; and



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        WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture, by law and by
the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company, of the Guarantor
and of the Trustee necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid
instrument legally binding on the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, in
accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;

        NOW, THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture and in
consideration of the above premises, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee
covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective
Holders of the Notes as follows:

                                    ARTICLE 1

        SECTION 1.01. This First Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the
Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed
in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.

        SECTION 1.02. This First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective
immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee.

                                    ARTICLE 2

        From this date, in accordance with Section 4.13 and by executing this
First Supplemental Indenture and the accompanying Subsidiary Guarantee (a copy
of which is attached hereto), the Guarantor whose signature appears below is
subject to the provisions of the Indenture to the extent provided for in Article
11 thereunder.

                                    ARTICLE 3

        SECTION 3.01. Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and
the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and
shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all
capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective
meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture.

        SECTION 3.02. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties,
responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be
assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this First Supplemental Indenture. This
First Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to
all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and
effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made
applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.

        SECTION 3.03. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND
BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.



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        SECTION 3.04. The parties may sign any number of copies of this First
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such
executed copies together shall represent the same agreement.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written
above.



                                    HOME INTERIORS & GIFTS, INC.



                                    By:
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                                           Kenneth Cichocki
                                           Vice President of Finance and Chief
                                           Financial Officer



                                    GUARANTOR:


                                    LAREDO CANDLE COMPANY, L.P.

                                    By:    Spring Valley Scents, Inc.,
                                           its general partner


                                           By:
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                                                   Kenneth Cichocki
                                                   Treasurer


                                    TRUSTEE

                                    UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
                                    as Trustee


                                    By:
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                                       Name:
                                       Title: