If you have loved ones dedicated to their health and wellness, these local shops offer items that are both delightful to receive and beneficial to have.
Owner Morgan Noll has designed her store around self-care, featuring products that range from books to jewelry and healthy skincare items. This season, she has introduced Book Prescriptions, which are carefully curated selections of impactful books wrapped with a personal recommendation, ensuring you can find one perfectly suited for your needs.
For enthusiasts of soothing aromas, don’t miss out on the St. Louis-made Terra candles, available in both mini and double-wick styles. The double-wick versions are topped with a wildflower seed dustcover, encouraging users to repurpose the container as a planter while planting the wildflower seed paper,” Noll explains.
Creating a gift basket of indulgent items? The shop also features St. Louis-based Butter Love’s Lavender Green Tea Bath Soak along with other skincare offerings from the brand.
Owner Amanda Jokerst founded this local establishment with a mission to enhance the well-being of St. Louis residents. Forest & Meadow serves as both an herbal apothecary and a wellness center, offering a wide array of products including teas, shrubs, and bitters, carefully curated to help individuals achieve their wellness goals.
This season’s highlight is the Chaga Chai, one of Forest & Meadow’s top tea blends, which is a caffeine-free herbal combination enriched with immune-supporting ingredients like Astragalus and Chaga, mixed with traditional chai spices.
“We also provide an assortment of herbal shrubs that are fantastic for crafting botanical mocktails with sparkling water or enhancing your favorite cocktails,” Jokerst adds.
And don’t overlook the bitters, aiding digestion especially during this feasting season. Some of the most favored options include Citrus, Cacao, Warming, and Turmeric bitters.
All products in this local shop are created by women and are thoughtfully crafted to promote individual wellness and inner peace.
For the yogis in your circle, consider Yoga Rocks, a locally designed mat accessory designed to enhance stability in hands, wrists, and forearms. These silicone rocks adhere with a peel-and-stick function and can easily travel with your mat.
Procure also has a selection of CBD products, including Rxcommend CBD Relief balm, which can be applied to sore muscles and joints up to four times daily—think of it as the CBD equivalent of Icy Hot. While these products aren’t sold online, interested customers should visit the store to explore them.
To support a good cause while nurturing the soul, consider purchasing Great Rivers Greenway Tea, a green tea made with local plants found along St. Louis greenways. A portion of each sale goes to Great Rivers Greenway, which promotes healthy lifestyles and develops greenways in the area.
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Dharma + Dwell, a shop promoting sustainable living, specializes in lifestyle products and refills for daily necessities, making it the ideal place for eco-friendly stocking stuffers, including adorable compostable paper and eco-conscious ribbon for wrapping. Fill a loved one’s home with pleasant fragrances using floral shower steamers, decor to remind them to slow down, and vegan nail polish to enhance their confidence.
With locations at City Foundry STL and in the Central West End, Esther & Mila provides a variety of products designed to enhance both beauty and wellness, including skincare and bath items.
This holiday season, check out their selection of body crème. One standout is the Bright Day Crème, formulated with Vitamin C and plant extracts to address sun discoloration and oxidative damage to the skin. Their bath oils, infused with plant extracts for a relaxing soak, make excellent stocking stuffers, alongside the brand’s organic peppermint lip butter crafted with natural plant butters and beeswax. Alternatively, explore their bubble bath selections, including the Serenity, perfect for a much-needed escape.
