What's in the air? It's La Saponaria's Christmas Vibes! Our idea of Christmas includes organic, green, zero-waste, and colorful products to be gifted to your beloved ones and to the future of the environment. Find out our news: the eco-friendly Treasure Chests, the Holiday Vibes, and the Lantern Houses. And it's not over yet: there are also Maticaos and many other new skin-friendly Limited Editions.

What is the must-have of a Christmas present? It has to be made with love, it has to be sustainable, but also it has to be good and useful. This is the reason why La Saponaria's Christmas presents are so much loved: our gift ideas symbolise the love that we have for the environment and for the people who live in it, and they are aimed at making your skin beautiful and healthy with the lowest impact possible on the Earth. 

In our opinion, Christmas is the perfect occasion not only to exchange gifts with family and friends, but also it is a chance to exchange opinions on one's own idea of the world. The world that we aim at achieving is poorer in waste and richer in organic and eco-friendly recyclable materials that have a very low impact on the environment. The idea of spreading conscious Christmas Vibes come right from this concept, since our products' packaging is designed to have a second life, or an eternal one, just like our Treasure Chests. They are tin cans that contain conscious and organic cosmetics and that can be used infinite times as tiny boxes for postcards, needle and thread, colours or whatever makes you happy.

And the news is not over yet: there are also our Lantern Houses that contain eco-friendly and organic cosmetics and that turn into cute decorative lanterns, our sharpening lip-balms Maticaos, whose packaging turn into bookmarks to leave a mark on your beloved ones, and our Holiday Vibes, special packages with a high content of love and organic cosmetics.

Eco-friendly, green, and sustainable gift ideas

Here there are all our eco-friendly gift ideas: 

• Treasure Chests: cute tin cans that contain big gifts for the skin. You can use them infinite times to keep your dreams and wishes safe.
• Holiday Vibes: gift boxes made of recyclable paper that contain organic and conscious cosmetics and precious limited editions, just like the Fair Trade Body Box created in collaboration with Emergency. 
• Lantern Houses: sustainable eco-gifts whose packaging turn into tiny lanterns that bring new light to your beloved ones! 
• Maticaos: our scented and colorful sharpening lip-balms. The paper box can turn into a bookmark.
• Other ideas for a Merry and a low-impact Christmas. 

Treasure Chests: to each chest its treasure!

Within these cute tin cans that have eternal life, you will find little and big treasures. Apart from our beloved best-sellers, you can find big news, like our 2 in 1 Nail File to be used with the Hand and Nail Cream with phytokeratin, castor, and lemon to take care of your hands and nails.

Shall we open Treasure Chests one by one? 

Treasure Chest - Face Booster

The Treasure Chest - Face Booster contains a precious duo that does two special actions: plumping the skin and smoothing the complexion. Never more without it! Within the treasure chest you will find Hyaluronic Acid and a two-steps Wondermask consisting in a detox face scrub and an anti-age illuminating face mask.

It is the perfect gift for everyone, and even those who prefer an essential skincare will fall in love with this treasure!

Treasure Chest - Hands and Lips

The Treasure Chest - Hands and Lips contains the perfect combo to protect both the skin and the lips from winter season by keeping them soft, smooth, and cracks-free. Within it, you will find an Eco-hand cream with almonds and red fruits, which moisturizes and protects the hands. The texture is light but rich in active ingredients that not only provide the hands with all the protection they need, but also that leave on them a cookie scent. The packaging is made of recyclable plastic. Together with the Hand Cream, there is the Hyaluronic Biocao that leaves the lips soft and protected, while doing anti-age and plumping actions.

It is the perfect gift for mums, dads, aunts and uncles, grandparents, friends, colleagues, and classmates! 

Treasure Chest - Hands and Nails

The Treasure Chest - Hands and Nails cuddles your hands and your nails. The Hand and Nail Cream with phytokeratin, castor, and lemon has a tube made of aluminium and it reinforces fragile nails while moisturizing the hands, leaving them soft and fragrant. It is ideal to be carried in your purse wherever you go! Together with the Hand and Nail Cream, you will find the 2 in 1 Nail File for shaping and smoothing your nails with a wooden core. Use the rougher side, with 180 grit, to shorten and shape the nail, and the smoother side, with 240 grit, to smooth and blunt. The file is protected by a paper case!

It is the perfect gift for those who love to have perfectly manicured hands and nails!

Treasure Chest - Intense Gaze

The Treasure Chest - Intense Gaze contains our Eye Pencil Extreme Black for incredibly intense looks and the Bamboo Makeup Remover Wipe, which is washable and reusable. It is made in the tailoring workshop of the Cooperativa Sociale Oikos and represents a work opportunity for women in the women's prison of Vigevano. The Treasure Chest contains also a sample of our Oil Gel Cleanser, which removes even the darkest makeup.

It is the perfect gift for everyone, either for dark or natural makeup-addicted!

Holiday Vibes

Within these special gift boxes made of recyclabe paper, you will find new-entry products, which do good to your skin, to the environment, and to the people you love. La Saponaria supports Emergency, and as for this year, we have decided to create two Limited Editions in collaboration with this no-profit organisation. The former is a Revitalizing Shower Gel that contains brown sugar and organic apricot kernel oil from fairtrade projects; the latter is a Smoothing AHA Body Cream, with a light texture and a tropical scent. Fruits Acid leave the skin moisturized, smooth, and radiant. The fruit acids derive from a 100% Italian upcycling project and perform a light exfoliation, for skin that is always soft and renewed. You can buy these products separately  or all-together in the Holiday Vibes Special Package.

Fair Trade Body Box - La Saponaria for Emergency

As mentioned above, within the Fair Trade Body Box - La Saponaria for Emergency you will find a Revitalizing Shower Gel and a Smoothing AHA Body Cream that regenerates the skin, while leaving it smooth and radiant. La Saponaria has always supported all those organisations and activities that work to create a better world, and as for this year we have decided to support Emergency, which offers free treatments for victims of war, landmines, and poverty since 1994.

We have made a donation to help them to keep on with their extraordinary mission, and we have created together two products for body care in the most ethical and sustainable way possible.

It is the perfect gift to take care of your beloved ones and to let them aware of Emergency's daily efforts to help war and poverty victims.

Zero Waste Hands

The Special Package - Zero Waste Hands is perfect to achieve soft hands and strong nails and to get rid of disposable packagings. Within it, you will find the Hand and Nail Cream with phytokeratin, castor, and lemon, whose packaging is made of aluminium, and a Powdered Hand Soap to rehydrate scented with sweel almonds and grapefruit. You will also find the refill dispenser made of aluminium to keep the sea plastic free! 

How does a powdered hand soap to rehydrate work? It is very easy to use one: just pour 200ml of water within the dispenser and add the whole content of the paper bag. Close the dispenser and mix the content energically. Remove the tap so as air goes out and wait 30 minutes before using the soap. 

Fun fact: the dispenser has been chosen by our Community. During the first months of 2023, we have launched a contest on social media to let our community decide which dispenser should have come in a limited edition, and this is the winner! It has been a huge pleasure to choose it with you all. It is made of aluminium, one of the most long-lasting and one of the easiest recyclable materials ever. The design of the dispenser is minimal and elegant, which make it perfect to harmoniously enter your bathroom without being unnoticed! 

This Special Package is the perfect gift for those who care about the well-being of their hands and of the environment.

Holiday Vibes - Face

The Holiday Vibes - Face box is the perfect set to take care of all skin types! It contains Mirtilla Cleansing Mousse, Hyaluronic Acid, and a sample of Pomegranate No-age Face Cream. 

It is the perfect gift for everyone: from those who are addicted to beauty routine to those who are new to skin care. It is impossible not to fall in love with this set that contains three of the most popular and beloved products of La Saponaria!

Mirtilla Cleansing Mousse is a soft foam-based product that is perfect to cleanse the skin in the morning and in the evening. It suits all skin types, from the most sensitive to the hardest ones. It comes in a plastic bottle made of sea plastic, which is plastic coming from the sea that has been recollected, recycled, and made ready to be used again. To find out more about sea plastic, click here.

The second character of this special box is Hyaluronic Acid, which doesn't need further explanation. It is the most beloved anti-age face serum that suits all skin types. It should be used on cleansed skin before the face cream, and its plumping action is useful for all ages: it can be used by those who want to prevent wrinkles from appearing, as well as by those who need a plumping product. This is why it's one of our best sellers. We have chosen a packaging made from recycled plastic, re-bottle, which is even greener because it comes from separate collection, as opposed to normal recycled plastic, which instead comes from industrial waste.

To complete the package, you will find a sample of Pomegranate No-age Face Cream, suitable for all skin types and ready to win over even the most challenging skins!

Holiday Vibes - Hands

In the Holiday Vibes - Hands box you will find two incredible products that come in a Christmas Special Limited Edition. The protagonists of this set will take care of your hands while making you live magic experiences characterised by the rebirth of senses. It contains Eco-hand cream almonds and red fruits, which moisturizes and protects the hands while leaving a cookie scent on them. Its texture is light but rich in active ingredients to provide your hands with all the hydration they need. Together with the Eco-hand cream, you will find the Eco-hand soap almonds and red fruits that comes in a infinitely reusable aluminium dispenser. 

It is the perfect gift for friends, sisters, mums, mothers-in-law or whoever has crack hands during winter.

Holiday Vibes - Body

This box is designed to take care of the skin and of the Earth. It contains Hand and Body Solid Butter Coccola and the Almond and Ginger Shower Soap.

It is the perfect gift for all those who love to travel! The formula is highly concentrated, which makes it ideal to save some space in the luggage and to take care of oneself on the road! It is also a perfect gift idea to show that solid cosmetics have nothing to be afraid of and to envy from liquid cosmetics. Is there a cream that comes without the packaging? Yes, there is. It's a solid cream, very easy to use and super fragrant: just rub the bun over the body to moisturize ad hydrate it.

Fun Fact: our Almond and Ginger Shower Soap was first produced as a Christmas Special Limited Edition a few years ago, but you all liked it to the point of continously asking us to make it a permament product. We eventually decided to include it in our catalogue 365/365. Its fragrance and energizing power make it perfect to start a new day with the right amount of energy and positivity!

Holiday Vibes - Man

Wondering what to gift to your dad, grandfather, uncle, or cousin? Here it is the special package that makes things easier: Holiday Vibes - Man is the perfect box for all men looking for the right energy to start their day! Whoever receives this gift will stop asking you to use your skin care products, because in this case it may be you the one who wants to steal theirs! 

Holiday Vibes - Man contains CBD Anti-Ageing Face Cream, whose formula is for men skin only and scented with a  kiss-attracting fragrance; a Shower Shampoo All In One enriched with CBD and caffeine that is perfect to be used at the gym, at the swimming pool, or wherever your man wants to use an all-in-one shower product; and a sample of our CBD After Shave Balm with refreshing and smoothing actions.

It is the perfect gift for all men who wish for an astonishing skin!

Lantern Houses

To light up Christmas in your beloved ones, you can gift them our Lantern Houses. They are tiny paper box that contain eco-friendly products with light packagings made of recyclable paper, aluminium, or cloth. 

Once opened, the packaging can turn into a cute and bright lantern: just put some Christmas lights in it and hang it on the branches of your Christmas tree!

Here there are all the Lantern Houses you can choose among, as long as you want to choose just one because we love them all!

Orange and Cinnamon Lantern House

Within the Orange and Cinnamon Lantern House you will find the perfect duo for a velvety skin that scents like Christmas sweets! Put the Orange & Cinnamon Soap within the pocket of the double-use sponge, wet it with water, and rub it onto your body to moisturize and exfoliate it in one go.

For a stronger exfoliation, massage the sponge when it is dry with circular movements.

It is the perfect gift for those who love smart solution and spicy fragrances and for those who want to reduce the use of plastic!

Gingerbread Lantern House

The Gingerbread Lantern House is the perfect kit to gift to your beloved ones a smooth, velvety, and radiant skin. The products within it are super fragrant and have a packaging made of recyled aluminium, which is ideal for those who travel or attend the gym a lot! 

The content of this Lantern House are two Christmas Special Limited Editions decorated with Christmas Wishes on!

• Ginger & Apricot Body Scrub with a soft and creamy texture, enriched with Vitamin C and Mica Crystals that make your skin glow, while biodegradable cellulose granules will take away dead cells and gray thoughts;
• Lime & Ginger Body Cream to cuddle, moisturize, and perfume your skin. Its formula is rich in active ingredients and vitamins that are enclosed in a green packaging!

It is the right gift for friends, sisters, or whoever loves to travel, since both products come in travel sizes, and to take care of the body during winter. 

Snowflake Lantern House

Winter is an amazing season! It is the perfect time to wear soft sweaters while drinking hot chocolate next to the fireplace... but baby, it's cold outside! Within our Snowflake Lantern House you will find essential products to face winter. This is the perfect gifts for all your chilly friends! 

Inside the Lantern you will find both our Hyaluronic Biocao to moisturize, hydrate, and protect your lips from cracks and flakes, and our Mint & Lemon Hand Cream to achieve soft hands that last all year. 

It is the perfect gift for chilly friends who need their hands and lips to be safe from the coldest season of all! 

Star Lantern House

We all know that to achieve a star-like glowing skin you need to use the right products. Within the Star Lantern House you will find two ideal products that not by chance are among our best sellers! Whatever beauty routine one follows, the person who will be gifted with these Pure Actives will be more than happy to include them in their skin care routine!

Within the Star Lantern House you will find Hyaluronic Acid, which is highly performing in plumping the skin and fighting wrinkles, as well as Vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant that is able to neutralize free radicals and to counteract signes of times, while stimulating collagen production.

It is the ideal gift for all those who wish for a glowing skin! 

Winter Rose Lantern House

The Winter Rose Lantern House is a perfect gift idea, since it is affordable for those who buy it but very well appreciated by those who receive it! A smile will appear on the face of who will receive this gift. 

This kit contains Rose & Shea Butter Hand Cream to be used with Rose & Shea Butter Soap. Both products are formulated with high-quality ingredients that are contained one in an eco-friendly aluminium packaging, and the other in a 100% recyclable paper box. What about the scents? They will make everyone fall in love with them, and with you!

It is the perfect gift for mums, aunts, bestfriends, and girlfriends!

Maticaos: eco-friendly sharpening lip balms

Are you looking for a creative gift with few plastic in it? Maticaos are right here for you! They are temperable lip balms with soft textures. Their wooden design allowed us to create a lip balm with 90% less plastic compared to its counterparts with traditional packaging.

What about the packaging? It is a special Christmas or birthday card that can also turn into a cute bookmark! The same things happens with Maticaos: they are a double gift that will leave a mark on the people you meet and on the books you read! The paper box, in fact, can be cut and reused as a bookmark, reducing waste and enhancing your gifts with meaningful and positive messages printed on the boxes. Here's a great eco-friendly gift idea for Christmas!

The wood used for Maticaos is PEFC certified (Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes, an international non-profit organization), meaning it comes from sustainably managed forests. Maticaos have less plastic: these lip balms have 90% less plastic compared to traditional ones.

Be inspired by three different flavors:

Maticao Violet

Maticao Violet is an eco-friendly sharpening lip balm made of wood. It has a soft texture and a sweet vanilla scent, and it is perfect to protect your lips from cold and other agents by hydrating them thanks to its antioxidant and smoothing ingredients. Maticao Violet leaves a light touch of violet on your lips.

Maticao Raspberry

Red is the best color to wear on lips! It was by following this mantra that we created Maticao Raspberry, sensual and moisturizing. Just one stroke of Maticao Raspberry leaves a light touch of bright raspberry, perfect for those who love to brighten their smile with simplicity!

Maticao Peach

Nobody loves cracked lips, so if you want to gift something that not only protects the lips of your beloved ones, but also leaves a light touch of colour on them, Maticao Peach is the perfect gift! A single stroke of this maticao leaves a light touch of peach colour, perfect for those who love natural and matte finishes.

Other ideas for a Merry and a low-impact Christmas

Looking for a cheap gift that is also useful, appreciated, and meaningful? What's the right gift for colleagues, classmates, and unibuddies? It's one of our Christmas Special Limited Editions, which can be bought separately.

Here there are other ideas for a Merry and a low-impact Christmas:  

★ Lime & Ginger Body Cream in travel size format: the packaging is made of aluminium and it is zero waste, while the format is small so that the cream can be carried wherever you go!

★ Ginger & Apricot Body Scrub: the packaging is the same as Lime & Ginger Body Cream, the difference is that this product is a body scrub that makes your skin velvety, soft, and bright!

★ Eco-hand cream Almonds & Red Fruits: this hand cream moisturizes and repairs your hands, while leaving a sweet scent on them! The texture is light but rich in active ingredients that provide the hands with all the hydration they need.

★ Eco-hand soap Almodns and Red Fruits: with its aluminium dispenser that can be used to infinity and beyond! 

You may also want to choose an empty box to be filled with your favourite organic cosmetics, which are all made with good ingredients because they respect nature, its strenght, and its energy.

Why should you choose organic cosmetics?

Gifts should answer the needs of those who receive them, but we should not forget about the quality of the products we are going to choose.

Choosing organic cosmetics not only means buying high-quality products, free from toxic ingredients that are harmful both to us and to the environment, but also it means choosing vitality, energy, health, and respect for ourselves and for the Earth.

When dealing with organic cosmetics, we are referring to cosmetics that properly take care of our skin, which is the most extended organ in our body that is in charge of protecting us from infections and any other external agent, by keeping our organism balanced. Skin needs to be nourished and taken care of in the best way possible in order to be healthy and to carry out its function properly.

Taking care of our skin not only is a matter of aesthetic, but also is taking care of our health. When we do so, our skin thanks us by being healthy, vital, and energetic.

Taking care of our skin by using organic cosmetics means choosing to be conscious, aware, and well-informed consumers.

As we all know, a good call makes us feel better and be the best version of ourselves. We are looking forward to sharing our opinions with you and your beloved ones, because having the chance to gift organic and zero waste cosmetics is making a step forward in sharing awareness. Moreover, it also means to take care of ourselves with good products that harmoniously interact with our organism and that support beauty, health, and the environment. There are hundreds of alternatives when choosing Christmas gifts: by choosing our organic cosmetics you will meet the needs of your beloved ones. 

Here there are a few suggestions.

Baby Care

Our Baby Care Line - Le Albicoccole is designed for cuddling new-born and babies by taking care of their sensitive skin. 

You will find a complete line of products for cleansing and caring of babies by keeping them healthy and safe starting from their very first days on the Earth!

For the whole family

Our Officinal Balms Kit is the perfect gift for taking care of the whole family. It contains 4 hand-made officinal balms made with 100% natural and organic ingredients, plus a Mint & Lemon Hand Cream. As to tehe officinal balms, we drew inspiration from herbalist tradition: they are simple but effective products. Each officinal balm works in-depth by using the power of officinal herbs it contains.

Inside the kit, you will find:

• Arnica Balm: it is perfect to be used as a massage oil in cases of sprains and muscle aches. It is also called the balm for falls because of its relieving and decontracting power.
• Hypericum Balm: powerful against burns due to its soothing and emollient properties. It is perfect on sunburns but also on oven burns.
• Thyme Balm: a real concentrate of natural freshness that helps to find relief during winter thanks to its balsamic action.
• Marigold Balm: an infusion of sweetness, perfect for young and old, dedicated to all skin in need of nourishment, with a moisturising and restorative action for the skin of the whole body.

All products are enclosed in recycled and recyclable aluminium boxes, so they are Zero Waste: an excellent ecological and sustainable gift idea for Christmas.

For travel-lovers

The Pochette Itaca is the perfect travel kit for those who spend a lot of time away from home, for those who live in different homes and like to carry their organic, ecological and sustainable products with them at all times, and particularly for those who love to travel! The clutch bag has a handy handle, so that it can be hung or carried anywhere. 

And let's not forget the solid shampoos and conditioners, which are ideal for travelling as they are perfect for putting in your suitcase without the risk of spills in your beauty case (they are even accepted on planes in hand luggage!) The same goes for the solid creams, which as well as being beautiful are also scented and really suitable for everyone!

For DIY-lovers

And let's not forget those who love to DIY at home: we love them, we support them, and we are always very keen to involve newcomers in the art of DIY!

We therefore encourage those who would like to try their hand at self-producing their own cosmetics, but are a little apprehensive: our DIY bases come to their aid. These are ready-made neutral bases to which only the actives need to be added, which can be chosen according to their action by downloading the guide in each DIY product sheet on our website!

The only thing left is to wish you and your beloved ones a Merry Christmas! ⭐