If you’re looking for something yummy but low calorie for Valentine’s Day, I’d consider CHOCOLAT White Chocolate Organic Body Butter. I know you can use some zero calorie chocolate in your life! Rich body butters and real vanilla extract for silky delicious skin. I like the whole white chocolate slant too; many chocolate body products are overwhelming, but vanilla extract tends to mellow chocolate scents out.

If you’re not into chocolate, a basic vanilla body treat like the certified vegan SHEA YOU LOVE ME Vanilla Bean Organic Body Butter will still spread candy-like Valentine’s Day love. Both of these would be cool as Valentine treats for a girlfriend too.

If you’re looking for a sweet homemade Valentine’s Day gift, try whipping up a batch of homemade Organic Lavender Vanilla Sugar Scrub.

+ Juliet’s Room Organic Skin and Body Care

Would you look at this adorable organic tee! This shirt and many others are available at wenifnotnow’s Etsy shop – all of the items there are so darn cute. Actually, while I do think these tees are cute, what really drew me to them is the fact that they’re hand dyed, and most have some hand painted adornment, which gives each shirt a great unique look and color.

The organic poppy long sleeve tee is the perfect example of that unique quality I was talking about – check out that wee bit of red paint added – very nice. Not all the items at this Etsy shop are organic, but there’s enough to choose from that it’s worth a visit, plus everything is hand dyed and hand painted. There are some super cute organic baby items too (if you happen to be a mama, big sis, or what have you).

Oh yes… and the bags. Here’s the thing. This bag above, the Elephant Messenger bag is not organic cotton, but my deal with reusable bags is as follows – I’d rather always have sustainable materials BUT when it comes to bags I have a little give in me, because I’d rather see someone carrying around almost any good canvas or cotton bag (organic or not) rather than a plastic toss away bag; you know. That’s my take on bags. Also, I’m a total sucker for messenger bags, frayed edges, and little flowers, so this bag is too cute not to share.

Visit wenifnotnow to see more pretty hand dyed organic tees.

+ Organic Cotton Scoop Neck T Mink with Flying Owl

+ Organic Long Sleeve Scoop Neck Poppy T shirt in Moss

+ Elephant Messenger Bag

Burt’s Bees Super Shiny Lip Gloss would make a nice quick stocking stuffer for a natural kind of girl. IF you don’t mind the Burt’s Bees and Clorox deal. Warning – small rant coming right about now…

Personally, I’ve been thinking about the damn Clorox issue for months and months, and can’t come to a totally firm decision. I don’t buy Clorox cleaning products for sure, or support their whole “Look at us and our Greenworks products” issue when clearly they still support bleaching away the environment like mad. I don’t think the whole Sierra Club getting paid to support them deal is cool either. So you could say that I’m not on board with Clorox.

That said, I always did like Burt’s Bees. It’s was a little depressing when Clorox bought them but at the very least, at least Clorox isn’t totally greenwashing. They don’t  hide stuff about their “green” products, which to me is a bonus, as some major companies do try to trick consumers.

As of right now, I’ll still buy a Burt’s Bees product now and again. Mainly because I really like their Beeswax Lip Balm. I’m looking for one I like as much, but haven’t found one yet. I’d like to find a nice organic one; we’ll see. Anyhow, For my birthday I got a trio set of the Burt’s Bees Super Shiny Lip Gloss. My trio came with all the colors you see above, except Zesty Red.

I liked them overall. They’re nice and shiny, plus taste yummy. I can’t quite place the flavor (each is a bit different) but tropical fruit comes to mind. My favorite color is the Sweet Pink. I don’t love the Pucker Berry color, because it seems to accentuate lip problems – for example I accidentally burnt my lip in a freaky incense incident (don’t ask) and for about two days I had a little scar. The Pucker Berry color made the scar stand out (bleh).

They’re also made with natural ingredient and don’t dry out your lips. I’d recommend all but Pucker Berry as a good stocking stuffer. While I didn’t try the Zesty Red, it’s a cool color that resembles other lip glosses I have and like, so I’m betting it’s cool.

Now, what do you think of Burt’s Bees? Are you still using their products or did you quit?

Super Shiny Lip Gloss

+ Burt’s Bees