The Sustainable Gift Guide for Her

Getting the right balance between a gift that is practical yet pretty yet sentimental can be a right challenge… Add in the fact it has to be sustainable too and the task seems impossible! Don’t worry, we have put together a list of lovely eco friendly gifts for her that will leave her smiling ear to ear.

Becoming more sustainable is something we all must do, and starting by buying eco friendly gifts for others is great. The fact you have landed on this post suggests you are trying to buy more earth-friendly gifts (go you!) or you are buying for someone who only wants to receive eco friendly gifts (go them!).

Edible Gifts

Let’s kick this off by starting with something we can all agree on – food! I don’t know many people who turn their nose up at delicious food, especially not on their birthday. Not just this, but getting an edible gift is a great sustainable option (providing the food meets Earth-friendly standards); by gifting food and drink, you are almost guaranteeing that the gift will be used and not thrown to the back of a cupboard never to be seen again.

You might be thinking ‘A bar of chocolate isn’t going to cut it for her birthday’, but let me show you these incredible hand-decorated biscuits from Biscuiteers. They come in all sorts of themes and can be personalised, as well as a stunning keep-sake box that your special person can keep to store other items in.

How are these biscuits an eco friendly gift idea? Aside from them being edible and arriving in a beautiful reusable tin, the business clearly puts sustainability as a priority. Their letterbox biscuit packaging is fully recyclable and they use biodegradable cellophane when selling individual biscuits. Click here to read more...

Clothing and Accessories

It wouldn’t be an eco friendly gift guide ‘for her’ if we didn’t include clothing… However, this is a difficult one to get right in terms of sustainability. Because sustainability has become somewhat of a buzzword, lots of big brands have latched onto it and this can lead people into thinking they are purchasing clothing that is good for the planet. Newsflash, it isn’t!

Of course, we have to include ourselves in this list! Elosa loungewear and underwear are great eco friendly gifts for her. You could gift her a pair of knickers - our Isabella thongs - or treat her to a full set. All of our tops have been designed to be worn inside the house and out and about, along with our Eve trousers which provide the perfect combination of comfort and elegance. Not to mention, our pieces come wrapped like a gift using 100% biodegradable packaging, so we’ve done one bit for you! Shop our collection here...

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You are sure to be buying better quality and more eco friendly items from small fashion brands where the clothing is made by just a few people.

Gaia garments is a brilliant eco-friendly fashion brand – they make fully reversible garments including tops and skirts that are a great versatile piece for the wardrobe. With everything made from lyocell (a fibre that produces little waste and made from a renewable resource), these pieces don’t cost the planet like much of the items on popular shop floors.

Skincare and Beauty

If she likes to take care of her skin and do a facemask every once in a while, this could be a great eco friendly gift idea. Most of our skincare products come in plastic packaging which is terrible for the environment, so making a few switches to our beauty routine can really help us in becoming more sustainable! By gifting someone something to try which they might not have thought of, you’re helping them on this journey.

One item that everyone has in their bathroom is soap (we hope). However, the vast majority of us have liquid soap stored in a plastic dispenser rather than a solid soap that requires no plastic at all. And guess what… they’re exactly the same thing!

Gifting someone some lovely handmade solid soap is a lovely eco friendly gift idea. They might not have considered this simple and easy switch to reduce their plastic usage and lower their carbon footprint.

Check out this soap gift set from the little soap company – their solid soaps are 100% natural and vegan, organic, and plastic free including their packaging.

As part of the same gift, you could gift her a soap dish to go with them. As many of us are used to using plastic bottled soap, most of us don’t have one of these lying around!

This adorable little soap dish is handmade in the UK and is something your special person can keep for years to come.

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If you think something like soap might not cut it for the person you’re gifting, why not get something a little different. We found this make your own facemask kit – not only a sustainable gift idea but also something fun that they can do on a chilled evening!

This kit is handmade in the UK, organic, vegan and plastic free. A great eco friendly gift idea for her!

We hope this might have given you some food for thought when buying eco friendly gifts, and please let us know any other ideas you have!