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There are lots of lovely products in this health and wellness gift guide that make great Christmas presents for those who are interested in better wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle. I hope you will find some great inspiration for Christmas gifts here.
Magnesium is a nutrient that is vital for our health and wellbeing but so many of us are lacking in magnesium, and absorption from taking it in tablet form can be very poor. When applied directly onto the skin, magnesium is quickly absorbed into the epidermis, through to the blood vessels and muscles beneath, completely bypassing the digestive system.
This means that Better You’s Magnesium sprays, creams and bath flakes provide a fast and effective method of remineralisation and these bundles are brilliant for improving your health and wellbeing as well as being enjoyable to use.
Better You offer individual products as well as great bundles such as the Magnesium bundle and the Sleep bundle.
The Better You Magnesium bundle includes:
Magnesium can help us to get a good nights sleep, so the Better You sleep health bundle is brilliant for using an hour or two before bed to help you wind down and relax. A relaxing bath or even just a foot bath with magnesium flakes can be a treat in the evening, allowing the body to absorb the salts through the skin and then the lotion and body spray can be used afterwards or just on their own.
The Better You Good Nights Start Here Sleep bundle contains:
Better You Magnesium gives you loads of health and wellbeing benefits, including:
The Magnesium Sleep range expertly blends a combination of Magnesium Chloride, to help relax tired muscles and Lavender and Chamomile, to slow sensory activity and quieten the mind.
Better You products are really high-quality and effective and the bundles make a lovely gift for those into health and wellness or just those looking to improve their wellbeing.
Where to buy: Better You or Amazon from £24.95 for bundles
CBD has risen in popularity recently as it loads of potential health benefits. It can help you to feel more calm and alert, reduce anxiety and help with sleep issues. CBD oil can also help with reducing pain whether that’s muscle and joint aches, injuries, or health issues.
CBD is one type of cannabinoid derived from cannabis and hemp plants. There are over 100 cannabinoids and CBD is known to be one of the most powerful for vitality and wellness. Life Spark CBD is Broad Spectrum which means it has lots of different cannabinoids all working together synergistically.
Life Spark Organic CBD Oil is a premium grade CBD, paired with Organic C8 Coconut MCT Oil for extra energy and brainpower. It is also organic, sustainably sourced and cruelty-free. Unlike some other CBD oils, Life Spark has a light, nutty taste so it is absolutely fine and pleasant to take, and it contains Zero THC – the part that gets one high – so everyone can safely take it and benefit from it.
Life Spark CBD Body Salve is brilliant for pain, giving fast and strong results. The organic salve comes in a tin so it’s easy to carry around with you for when you need it most. The special formulation combines Organic CBD, Beeswax, MCT, Lavender and Eucalyptus Oil.
Life Spark CBD is the fast-growing online retailer for one of the only fully organic CBD oils in the UK, and just a handful to offer Zero THC products. The Lewes based retailer, created by Amy Burgess and Joanna Szala focuses solely on CBD.
Life Spark’s CBD Oil and CBD Body Salve make great gifts for those looking to get the benefits of CBD and improve their health and wellbeing, or those who suffer from health issues or pain, or just someone interested in trying this great product!
For orders made before 29th November 2020 Life Spark CBD is offering 20% off!
I also have a giveaway to win a bottle of CBD Oil from Life Spark CBD going on right now! Go here to enter: Life Spark CBD Giveaway
Where to buy: Life Spark: CBD Oil £49.95 1000mg/30ml CBD Body Salve £36.95 500mg/30ml
Great Lakes Collagen Hydrolysate is a great gift for those into health and wellness. Supplementing with Collagen offers a wide range of benefits, including healthy hair, restful sleep and improved skin tissue strength, elasticity and smoothness.
It is also great for those into fitness as it supports a healthy musculoskeletal system strengthening bones, cartilage, joints and muscles. Great Lakes has an amino acid combination of high levels of glycine, proline and hydroxyproline, to help repair and renew natural collagen stores and rebuild your body’s vital internal tissues and strengthen bones.
The powder barely tastes of anything so it is easy to take in liquid, even just a bit of water, or your morning coffee and it contains 11g of protein per serving. Great Lakes comes in individual sachets so it’s great for travel or taking out with you and easy to use at home each day too.
Collagen makes up around a third of our body’s natural protein, which in turn is the building block for our body’s overall metabolism. After the age of 25, the body’s natural ability to replenish collagen in skin decreases by 1.5% per year, so it can make such a difference to our health if we supplement with it.
The Great Lakes Gelatin® Company has studied the benefits of collagen (and gelatin) since 1922 and in 2008, introduced the first cold liquid soluble Collagen Hydrolysate peptides. Now they aim to research and manufacturer only the best, most natural ingredients which form its supplements, each designed with care and the finest quality to help fulfil its vision for people to live healthier lives. Great Lakes products are also certified Kosher and are suitable for Keto and Paleo diets.
Where to buy: Amazon RRP £29.99 (currently £26.99)
This tasty and refreshing cold drink also has loads of health benefits. Agua de Madre water kefir helps to promote a healthy gut and positive mental wellbeing. It is fermented in London and is the only water kefir on the market with 55 billion live cultures per 100ml. Research has shown that water kefir with its high volume of live cultures is easily absorbed and has the biggest impact on your gut health, potentially helping with digestion, IBS symptoms, and in turn, help cognitive and mental wellbeing.
The live culture is added to organic fruit and ginger and left for the right amount of time to create the naturally fizzy water kefir. During the fermentation process, the sugar levels decrease and the gut-friendly flora increase so it becomes fizzy and slightly alcoholic.
It’s a lovely treat to enjoy, with loads of health benefits, and it also makes a good alcohol substitute. It contains loads of goodness and is organic, vegan, naturally fermented, and low in sugar.
Agua de Madres is available in four flavours Original, Pomegranate and Hibiscus, Passsionatefruit and Raspberry, and Elderflower.
They also make Remedio Naturale – a ginger and lemon infusion, which is a sustainable bi-product from the fermentation process of making Agua de Madre! It makes a great, immunity-boosting hot drink, or can be enjoyed in porridge or on toast.
Where to buy: Agua de Madre from £15.80 for 4 x 33cl bottles. Remedio Naturale £5.50
More and more women are looking to more sustainable period products now, and menstrual cups are a great way to reduce our use of plastics, as well as being healthier for our bodies as they are chemical and toxin-free (unlike disposable products).
Saalt Menstrual Cups are a sustainable plastic-free solution to period care and can make a great, unusual gift for someone who is wanting to try a period cup for the first time! It comes in beautiful packaging and you also get a pretty carry bag with it, so it’s easy to store or carry around with you for when you need it, and the cup comes in two colours so you can choose your favourite!
The reusable soft (100% medical grade) silicone cups are worn just like a tampon, but they collect your period rather than absorbing it. They are a great, practical option, as they can be worn for up to 12 hours without leaking and there are two firmness and size options available. They also last for up to ten years, negating the need for thousands of single-use period products over that time.
Saalt commits 2% of their revenue to donate period care to regions with the most need helping to fund initiatives in menstrual health, education, and sustainability.
Gifting a Saalt Menstrual Cup will mean money saved, plastic usage reduced and a better and healthier period too!
Where to buy: Feelunique or Amazon RRP £25
The Mindshine app is your mental fitness coach in your phone, with a great collection of over a year’s worth of exercises from the worlds of positive psychology, leadership coaching and mindfulness that can help you work on and feel better about all areas of your life.
At the moment especially with the way things have been for all of us this year, it’s especially important that we look after our mental health as well as our physical one. Mindshine makes looking after our mind accessible and simple with small daily steps to help you eventually form life-changing habits, and increase your confidence, productivity and happiness.
A monthly subscription to the Mindshine app makes a great stocking filler for those wanting or needing to improve their mental health, and the app is always there with you to spend a few minutes on wherever you are and whenever you need it. You can also get longer subscriptions so they can continue to use it and get the benefits.
Where to buy: Mindshine RRP Euros 12.99 per month, 69.99 per year, 149.99 for a lifetime
Aduna’s “Relax” Super-Tea is made from organic cacao shells and spiced with cinnamon, and is the perfect winter warmer! The Great Taste Award winner is packed with endorphin and serotonin boosting cacao, so it helps promote a sense of calm so it makes a lovely stocking filler to offer some restoration over the festive season.
It is rich in antioxidants, helping to protect cells from oxidative stress and giving you a healthy, radiant complexion. The tea has 0 kcal per cup , so it’s a brilliant, healthy alternative to a hot chocolate.
Aduna’s Relax Super-Tea is 100% natural, vegan, organic, sustainable and packed with active botanical ingredients. Plus every Super-Tea supports the creation of incomes for women in Africa, and are all plastic -free too – the tea pyramids are 100% biodegradable, the inner bag is 100% compostable and the carton is 100% recyclable.
Aduna is an African-inspired health food brand and award-winning social business based in London. Its mission is to create sustainable incomes for women in rural Africa by promoting the natural products that grow in their local environment.
Wherever possible the company sources its ingredients directly from small-scale producers, creating life-changing income streams. Through the company’s baobab fruit supply chain in Ghana and Burkina Faso, Aduna has created sustainable incomes for over 2,000 women, enabling them to provide basic needs for their families.
A box of this tasty tea makes a lovely treat as part of a food and drink hamper, or as a stocking filler and you’re doing some good too!
Where to buy: Amazon, Aduna Ocado, Wholefoods, Planet Organic, and health stores RRP £4
I hope these gorgeous products helped you find the perfect Christmas gift for someone who is into health and wellness.
The products featured in this gift guide were sent to me for inclusion, but all words are my own. See my full disclosure policy here.
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