Of all the holiday gift choices out there, a couple of our favourite things to gift to friends and family are nourishing hand creams as well as scents to add a fragrant touch to a living space during those short, dark days of winter.
L’Occitane’s collection this season includes a new Rose Dreams gift set for rose-loving friends and loved ones, as well as a shea-butter-enhanced Festive Garden hand cream. Here are just a few products we’ve curated, from stocking stuffers to gift exchange ideas for creating a cozy sanctuary inside your home (or on travels).
Rose Dreams
Here’s one for the rose lovers in your life! This collection of bath and body essentials includes Rose Body Lotion, Rose Shower Gel, Rose Hand Cream, Eau de Toilette Rose and Bonne Mere Rose Body Soap. Rose Dreams is packaged in a dark pink holiday motif box accented with a cream-coloured ribbon. CAD $64/USD $59
Source d’Harmonie Harmony Home Perfume
Source d’Harmonie is a Mediterranean-inspired blend of cypress, ylang ylang, thyme and juniper essential oils, blended to give your home that warm, South of France vibe. It comes in a 100 ml/3.3 fl. oz. bottle for CAD/USD $34 with the same-sized refill at CAD $24/USD $19.
Lavender Travel Set
Treat your bestie (or yourself!) to a box filled with travel-friendly lavender essentials. The liquids and cream are all at 100 ml or under. A bar of extra gentle lavender soap fortified with moisturizing shea butter completes the set. CAD/USD $29
Winter Rescue Kit
Priced at just $20, this Winter Rescue Kit makes an ideal stocking stuffer for helping the skin survive winter. Inside a cute holiday box is our favourite 20% shea butter cream in a handy 30 ml tube plus a tin of Le Petite Remedy, a cosmetic balm that helps nourish, protect and sooth dry skin. Both products are unscented for those who are sensitive to scent! CAD/USD $20
Shea Butter Hand Cream
We can’t rave enough about L’Occitane’s 20% Shea Butter Hand Cream! Not only can it last a couple of hand washings, but the 20% organic shea butter is thick and creamy to nourish dry, winter hands. Organic honey, sweet almond extracts and coconut oil are all added to this tried-and-true formula base.
L’Occitane partners with Burkina Faso, West African women in producing sustainable shea butter while empowering their business savvy in a country that greatly relies on agriculture. The cream comes in small (30 ml/1 oz.), medium (75 ml/2.6 oz.) and large (150 ml/5.3 oz.) sizes. Small, CAD/USD $12; medium, CAD $25/USD $24; large, CAD $34/USD $29
Shea Butter Festive Garden Light Hand Cream
Containing 5% shea butter, this holiday-decorated tube of hand cream is a lighter version of the traditional shea butter cream above.
The French global brand just wrapped up a campaign with PUR Projet, a Paris-headquarted organization that helps companies to compensate their carbon emission via insetting and agroforestry. L’Occitane has earmarked $1 from each product sold to plant 10,000 native trees in North America (up to $120K).
They’ve been doing the same for every Limited Edition Shea Butter, Honey Harvest or Festive Garden individual product or gift purchase (November 26 was the cut-off date). 150 ml/5.3 oz; CAD/USD $29
Shea Butter Honey Harvest Hand Cream
This L’Occitane shea butter product packs a nourishing 20% of that lovely rich ingredient together with organic spring honey for a lightly-scented, travel-friendly winter skin helper. CAD/USD $12
Harmonious Candle Duo
For the candle lovers in your life, this duo balances pine trees (Source D’harmonie) with sea freshness (Souffle de Liberté Revitalizing). Each 140g/5 oz. candle is poured into a rounded, opaque glass jar.
They’re boxed on their own and then packed into a cute holiday-themed package with a bow, ready for giving. CAD $54/USD $49
