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 new Polar Piggy Banks, the eco-friendly Treasure Chests, the new Face, Body and Glow Sets! Discover our new Limited Editions, skin-friendly and people-lover!

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. 

The cherry on top? These presents are low-cost, too!

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 Polar Piggy Banks to be reused endlessly, also as a pen holder, or 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 sharpening lip-balms Maticaos, whose packaging turn into bookmarks to leave a mark on your beloved ones and our Holiday Vibes Boxes, 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: 

• Polar Piggy Bank tin: that contain great little eco-bio treasures. You can use them infinite times in a thousand ways!
• Treasure Chests: cute tin cans that contain great joys for the skin! Once emptied they can be used to keep safe your dreams and desires. 
• Holiday vibes Boxes:  gift boxes made of recyclable paper that contain organic and conscious cosmetics and precious limited editions, just like the super-glow Almond and Red Fruits - Holiday Box. And, speaking about glow, a new line full of sparks and glitter is coming with a fragrant Glow Body Cream and a Glow Lip Gloss!
• 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. 

Polar Piggy Bank: when the pack is nice and useful!

Our 3 delicious Piggy Bank tin keep eco-friendly cosmetics, good for you and the planet!

Yes, you heard right - you don't have to throw the packages away! And if you don't want to use them as a Piggy Bank, they can become pen holder or whatever you wish!

Polar Bear Piggy Bank - Face Kit

The Polar Bear Piggy Bank contains the legendary Eye Star Eye Patches, the Wow Eye Contour, and a sample of the Lift & Restore Eye Contour. Use the Eye Contour in the morning and evening to target wrinkles, puffiness, and dark circles for a wow look, and apply an eye mask whenever you want by leaving it on for 15 minutes: simply apply a larger amount of eye contour and place the silicone patches on top. These are washable and reusable indefinitely.

It’s the perfect gift for: your best friend, sister, cousin, or colleague who loves binge-watching TV shows!

Walrus Piggy Bank - Body Kit

The Walrus Piggy Bank contains a Lime and Ginger Body Cream and a Ginger and Apricot Body Scrub: these are delightful body care products packaged in aluminum tins with beautiful, custom-designed graphics. These much-loved formulas are perfect for making all skin types glow.

It’s the perfect gift for: everyone! Men and women alike will love this set and will think of you with a smile every time they open the tins :)

Arctic Fox Piggy Bank - Hand and Face Kit

The Arctic Fox Piggy Bank contains a Rose & Shea Hand Cream and a Pomegranate Lip Balm.

It’s the must-have kit to face the cold season with softness: it protects hands and lips while adding a touch of color to the gloomiest days!

It’s the perfect gift for: the mom with always-busy hands, the niece, or the aunt who loves to chat!

Treasure Chests: to each chest its treasure!

Within these cute tin cans that have eternal life, you will find little and big treasures.

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 Glow Lip Gloss a shimmering lip gloss that gives the lips a festive red touch!

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 3 in 1 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!

Holiday Vibes Boxes

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

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.

Special Package - 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 3 in 1 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 Care Box

The Holiday Vibes - Face box is the most beloved gift set by our community! It contains La Saponaria Hairband, the most requested accessory by our social media community: it's made of bamboo, incredibly soft, and ready to join us in every skincare routine.

It contains Mirtilla Cleansing Mousse, 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.

It’s the perfect gift for: everyone! From beauty addicts to skincare newbies, it’s impossible not to fall in love with this set.

Holiday Vibes - Mediterranean Hands and Body Box

The Mediterranean Hands and Body Kit It’s the gift set that contains La Saponaria's all-time classics for hand and body care: Mint & Lemon Hand Cream, Mediterranean Shower Gel, and Mediterranean Soap.

It’s the perfect gift for: everyone! Especially for those who love fresh scents.

Almonds and Red Fruits - Holiday Box

Absolute new entries in the Almond and Red Fruits Holiday Box: it contains a Glow Lip Gloss, Glow Body Cream, Almond and Red Fruits Hand Cream, and a Nail File.

It’s the perfect gift for: moms, aunts, friends, or a girlfriend who loves to shine bright!

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:  

★ Glow Body Cream - Almonds and Red Berries, a body cream with a heavenly glow-effect texture, as radiant as a starry night! Perfect for nourishing with its blend of oils and regenerating the skin thanks to fruit acids. Enriched with antioxidant pomegranate and blueberry, it's super fragrant and utterly indulgent. Its plastic-free, zero-waste golden tin is adorned with the beautiful "Shine as Bright as You Can" graphic.

★ Glow Lip Gloss - Almonds and Red Berries, a shimmering lip gloss that gives your lips a festive red touch! Thanks to a blend of 5 oils enriched with Vitamin E, it hydrates and keeps lips soft for a long time. Pomegranate and red grape provide antioxidant and reparative action, perfect for preventing dry, flaky lips. The cherry on top? It smells like sweet red fruits!

★ Lime and Ginger Body Cream, a travel-sized gift for both him and her! Our Lime and Ginger Body Cream comes in an aluminum mini container, perfect for accompanying you on your Christmas holidays and towards a bright future with minimal waste! The jar is made of aluminum and is zero waste! Its plastic-free, zero-waste box features a beautiful Christmas design that says, "Wishing You a Bright Future."

★ Eco-Hand Cream - Almonds and Red Fruits, the nourishing and repairing hand cream has a sweet scent and a lightweight yet rich texture, providing hands with all the nourishment they need. This year, it comes in new packaging!

★ 2 in 1 Nail File - Polar Bear or Arctic Fox? Choose the nail file with the design you like best: it has a wooden core and two sides with different grits to care for your nails down to every detail. They’re perfect as a little gift on their own or paired with La Saponaria's organic hand creams!

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

Firsts on the list: 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

Let’s not forget the lovers of homemade production: our DIY bases are here to help! These neutral bases are ready to use and require only the addition of active ingredients, which you can choose based on their effects by downloading the guide available on each DIY product page on our website!

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