Toast your health BoozBarz: One of these handcrafted glycerin soaps – displayed in a martini glass you supply – will take your houseguests by surprise. The gin martini cake is scented with juniper, while the apple martini smells of that ripe, juicy fruit. Confetti-filled packaging makes these great for gift-giving, too. (3.5 oz.) $10 each or 3 for $25, Carolyn’s Comforts. | Not just for guacamole Burt’s Bees Avocado Butter Hair Treatment: With nourishing avocado oil, nettle leaf powder and rosemary leaf powder, this pre-shampoo treatment (for both men and women) restores sheen and manageability to winter-ravaged and blow dryer-damaged hair. This pea soup-colored scalp and hair goo can be tough to comb through, and it needs to be left on for 15 minutes. Eye-opening citrus scent. (4.34 oz.) $9.95, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. | ||
Tea-riffic salts Karen’s Body Beautiful White Tea Bath Salt: Glass milk-bottle container and ribbon make this a handsome gift. While you steep yourself in this relaxing bath, the scent of a tall glass of sugared iced-tea, garnished with lemon, is released. (21.1 oz.) $18, Karen’s Body Beautiful. | Cracking up Gilden Tree Shea Butter Balm: This little, portable jar packs a big (healing) punch. The masculine Zen Forest scent (soon to be renamed Kirin Forest) is made from a secret blend of essential oils. Comprised of 95 percent shea butter balm (with beeswax and vitamin E), it melts on contact with your skin, soothing and calming those dry, cracked areas – especially on hands, feet and elbows. (1 oz.) $6, 119 Smith Street Spa. | ||
C’mere honey Karen’s Body Beautiful Honey Oatmeal Moisturizing Body Lotion: Made with olive oil, this mildly scented lotion deeply moisturizes without leaving behind an oily film. (8 oz.) $10, Karen’s Body Beautiful. | Good clean fun Smackers Make Your Own Bath Gel: Creativity for Kids kit includes enough ingredients to make three travel-size containers of bath gel, including clear gel base; strawberry, peach and vanilla fragrance tubes; and food coloring. Tools (dropper, funnel, mixing sticks) make kids, ages 7 and older, feel like (clean) mad scientists. (Magic markers to decorate labels are not included.) (8 oz.) $16.95, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. | ||
Best foot forward Burt’s Bees Coconut Foot Creme: Soothe those boot-bound feet with this vitamin E-fortified creme with a strong aroma of sweet coconut and a bright note of peppermint. Slather on the deeply penetrating botanical oils before bed and cover with cotton socks to banish rough, callused skin. (4.34 oz.) $9.95, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. | It fig-ures Karen’s Body Beautiful Fig Tea Sugar Body Scrub: No need to use lotion after using this exfoliating and moisturizing sugar scrub. Buffs off dry skin and leaves what remains smooth and soft. Unique heavenly fragrance lingers after rinsing with water. (21.2 oz.) $20, Karen’s Body Beautiful. |