The Feel Good Gift Guide: 6 Gifts That Give Back
Despite all our holiday cheer, gift giving can get us down. We close our eyes and see an endless scroll of online shopping burned into our brains, set to the tune of Carol of the Bells. And don't even get us started on the pressure to buy the perfect gift. To counter some of the holiday spending hangover, we look for gifts that give back by supporting sustainable labor practices and having a charitable component too. These are the gifts we feel extra-good about giving this year.
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Photo by Alex Lau1/6Sisters Body Wash
These zesty biodegradable skincare products enlist all-natural ingredients that gently cleanse while supporting your skin’s delicate microbiome. Sisters is committed to donating 40 percent of all profits to organizations that support women’s health, starting with the EMW Women's Surgical Center, a clinic affiliated with the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project that is Kentucky’s last licensed abortion provider.
Photo by Alex Lau2/6Block Shop Sun Phase Napkins, $14
These eye-catching sunny napkins are hand-block printed by fifth generation master printers in Bagru, India. Block Shop invests 5 percent of annual profits in a women’s empowerment program that supports health, education, and skill training through monthly group meetings.
Photo by Alex Lau3/6La Causa Charlie Jumpsuit, $220
Our jumpsuit obsession has reached new heights with this pale pink cotton boilersuit from La Causa, which is made under ethical conditions in Downtown Los Angeles and helps support La Causa's current cause: The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
Photo by Alex Lau4/6Hand in Hand Bar Soap, $6
This bright bar soap perfumes suds with delicious scents like fruity cactus blossoms and bracing (a.k.a surprisingly refreshing) sea salt. Plus Hand in Hand partners with the nonprofit My Neighbor’s Children to donate a bar of soap and a month of clean water to a child in need for each bar sold.
Buy it: Hand in Hand Bar Soap, $6 at Ulta.
Photo by Alex Lau5/6True Moringa Lip Whip, $16
This pink yarrow lip whip hydrates and protects chapped winter lips with ultra-moisturizing moringa oil, cocoa butter, and candelilla wax. True Moringa works directly with a network of 3,000 smallholder farmers throughout Ghana, providing sustainable livelihoods through access to credit, agricultural training, nutrition programs, and fair wages.
Photo by Alex Lau6/6Horn + Brass Vase, $82
Artisans in Nairobi’s Kibera slum fuse brass with recycle Ankole cow horn to make this lightweight (yet striking) vase. Raven + Lily is a certified B corporation, following fair trade standards and providing micro-loans to women in East Africa.
