
Daily life can get busy and sometimes hectic, which makes it even more important to prioritize self-care and relaxation. For some, it means a candlelit evening at home with a face mask and glass of wine. For others, it’s a refreshing soak in the tub with a sprinkling of CBD bath salts. Whatever your relaxation and self-care routine, we have 8 gift ideas to help you — or someone you love — rest, relax and refresh.
Find these, and other best self-care gifts amid our wide selection of luxurious products in the Whole Health Department of your local Market of Choice.
At-Home Facials
When you can put your best face forward, you feel confident enough to take on the world — or at least your world. That’s why facial care is a great start to a relaxing self-care routine. Here are a few of our favorite at-home facial treatments to check out.
- Suzie’s Lavender Foaming Wash is gentle and velvety, but effective in removing makeup without stripping your skin of the good stuff. This formula works for all skin types to open pores and promote a brighter glow.
- Mad Hippie Hydrating Routine for Dry Skin is a must for serious skin rehydration. This combination of Triple C Night Cream, vitamin C serum are made with soothing essential oils and antioxidants to protect and nourish skin, naturally.
- Evanhealy Whipped Shea Butter for Lips is one of our favorite ways to protect and moisturize the delicate skin of the lips. Featuring essential oils from raspberry seed, avocado and Moroccan Aragon, this is the ultimate lip butter.
Body Care Products to Care About
Exfoliating your skin is a quick and effective way to feel refreshed. With the right treatment, your skin can go from dull to “hello, gorgeous” in minutes. Exfoliating removes the gunk and built up dirt, oil and bacteria that’s hiding beneath your pores. Who doesn’t love to get rid of a little gunk in their lives? Here are a few of our favorite scrubs and foot masks that will leave your skin feeling smoother, silkier and suppler than ever.
- Worthy Salts Chocolate Sugar Scrub is locally made, and naturally and holistically formulated with therapeutic intent.
- Weleda Skin Food’s original formula is the holy grail of moisturizers for dry, rough skin. It makes a super nourishing foot mask, too. Simply apply mask and cover with socks.
Soothe and Refresh
Relaxing your muscles and melting tension away is one of the best things you can do for your physical and mental wellbeing. It could mean soaking in a tub with bath salts, a relaxing yoga practice or relaxing with heat therapy. There are many ways to relax your muscles and release tension after a long day. Here are a few of our favorite products for relaxation.
- Inesscents Magnesium Mineral Salt Bath – Lavender pairs elemental magnesium chloride with organic botanical extracts and pure essential oils to create this bath experience that is restorative for the body and mind.
- Mad Sass Shower Steamer is infused with essential oils to transform an ordinary shower into a blissful aromatherapy experience that’s sure to leave anyone feeling more relaxed and refreshed than ever.
- Life-flo Magnesium Lotion soothes, calms and refreshes overworked muscles, rehydrates dry skin and helps relax the body and mind.
The Takeaway
We know that when life gets really hectic and the do-do lists are piling up, self-care can feel like a luxury you simply don’t have time for. But we’d like to remind you that taking time out to care for yourself is the most important task on your to-do list. Self-care is like recharging your batteries so you can be more productive in the long-run. Try out a few of our favorite self-care products, or give them to someone you care about as a premium-quality self-care gift.
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