Holiday Gift Guide, Best Eco Beauty Stocking Stuffers Under $20
On the first day of Christmas (or Hanukkah, Bodhi Day, Kwanzaa, Samhain, Winter Solstice) my true love (mate, significant other, friend with benefits) gave to me… Oh, you know the rest. What do we all want this holiday season? Eco-friendly gifts for a more sustainable future. EcoStiletto delivers with Fashion, Beauty, Living and Jewelry Gift Guides publishing all month long, featuring the crème de la (organic) crème in each category, plus $100 in weekly giveaways for Members from now thru February.
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How’s that for a season that keeps on giving?
In the spirit of the day, we just had to include Sweet Beauty’s Candy Cane White Chocolate Scrub, made with organic cocoa butter and cane sugar, essential oils of peppermint and real candy cane pieces. 12.16 WIN ONE OF FIVE $19 SWEET BEAUTY CANDY CANE WHITE CHOCOLATE SCRUBS and try not to nibble.
Terra Firma Cosmetics is our go-to for mineral makeup and affordable, chemical-free skin care like their signature Micropolish, which leaves skin glowing and makeup application flawless. 1.6, 1.14 & 1.21, WIN ONE OF THREE $100 TERRA FIRMA COSMETICS GIFT CERTIFICATES, plus 25% off with “ecostiletto25” at checkout through December 31st.
Japan brought us the Prius; now it brings the most amazing new oil-fighting, all-natural, fragrance-free Tatcha blotter papers which, according to lore (read: their website), are the 300-year-old beauty secret of the Japanese geisha. Who knew? 1.15 WIN ONE OF EIGHT $12 TATCHA JAPANESE BLOTTING PAPER PACKS.
David Babaii does Kate Hudson’s hair, so you’d think his eponymous line of cruelty-, sulfate- and paraben-free styling products would be expensive too. Not exactly. The line retails for about $10 per item, and 10% of each purchase donates to WildAid to protect endangered animals. 11.25 WIN A $100 SET OF DAVID BABAII FOR WILDAID STYLING PRODUCTS.
With his chemical-free New York studio and nearly 20 years of formulating totally clean products that really work, John Masters is our eco-beauty idol, but his Blood Orange & Vanilla Body Milk cranked up our idolatry one notch further. 12.22 WIN ONE OF FIVE BOTTLES OF JOHN MASTER ORGANICS BLOOD ORANGE & VANILLA BODY MILK Namaste.
Burt’s Bees’ paraben-free cleanser leaves skin glowing—and its $10 price tag can’t be beat. 12.15 WIN ONE OF TEN $10 BURT’S BEES RADIANCE CLEANSERS.
Holiday travel can wreck your sleep. For just $17, we found an aromatherapeutic solution in Essence of Vali’s Travel Sleep Set at Bella Floria, a new natural and organic beauty boutique. 2.9 WIN ONE OF FOUR $25 BELLA FLORIA GIFT CERTIFICATES, plus through New Year’s Eve, get 15% off with “ecostiletto” at check out.
It’s not just for curly locks, Weleda’s $14 signature Rosemary Hair Oil can actually improve texture and control oiliness in straight-haired girls, too.
Need some TLC? Look no further than Jurlique’s new Love Balm, which moisturizes, soothes, softens and protects—especially the extra dry skin that comes with the season—via organic and biodynamic ingredients sourced on the company’s proprietary Australian farm. 1.13 WIN ONE OF TEN $15 JURLIQUE LOVE BALMS.
Eco-beauty maven Spirit Demerson clued us in to these all-natural Aromatherapy Personals, which roll-on to pulse points like perfume but contain essential oils that really do affect your mood. Try Crave Control before you hit the holiday party—and Aphrodisiac after. 12.25 WIN ONE OF FOUR $25 SPIRIT BEAUTY LOUNGE GIFT CERTIFICATES, plus 15% off through December 31st with “ECOSTILETTOH09” at check out.
Shea butter is not only fabulous for your skin, when it’s Fair Trade sourced it can support entire communities in places like Togo, Africa, where Alaffia’s founder organizes a twice-yearly bike drop to keep girls in school. 2.3 WIN A $135 ASSORTMENT OF ALAFFIA SHEA BUTTER SPA AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS.
Sensatia’s 100% natural botanical skincare is made in Bali, so its no wonder their Cleopatra’s Rose Facial Hydrate feels like a vacation. 1.29 WIN ONE OF FIVE $18.95 SENSATIA CLEOPATRA’S ROSE FACIAL HYDRATE.
Yes, it’s winter. No, you can’t forget sunscreen. We’re particularly enamored of the Surf-Vival Organic Face Stick, a powerful concoction of zinc and titanium oxide that’s totally chemical free. Packaged in a pocket-friendly stick, the water-resistant screen goes on white but quickly rubs clear, leaving you with SPF 30 protection for hours. 1.22 WIN ONE OF 15 $12.99 SURF-VIVAL ORGANIC FACE STICKS, just in time to hit the slopes.
For many of us, chapped lips can only be remedied by one thing: Blistex. Even if you’re petro-chem shy, childhood habits die hard. Thankfully, Blistex just launched the first USDA certified, 100% natural lip hydrator that contains an external analgesic (that’s a pain killer, in case you don’t have a dictionary handy) in a tube applicator. 12.18 WIN ONE OF 25 $1.99 BLISTEX NATURAL COOLING COMFORT TUBES, then pucker up.
Buy a product, save an acre of endangered rain forest. That’s the formula behind Save Your World natural and organic beauty products, the first in the U.S. to contain organic Yerba Maté and organic Aloe Vera. We are hooked on the new Color-Safe Save Your Hair shampoo, which is 67% organic, totally chemical-free, and smells absolutely amazing. Just like saving the world should.
Supermodel Josie Maran knows from makeup, so when she told us about her new lipglosses—with JMC’s signature dulche de leche flavor and chemical-free formulation—we stuffed stockings with one in every color when we gave six of these away in October. Thanks, Josie!
