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

If you’re planning to glam it up on New Year’s, nothing is better than a little body sparkle. I used to be way into glitter (as in I probably needed a glitter self-help group). You know what though, it’s hard to find natural and organic shimmer products.

If you can’t find a product you like, you can always snag a nice shimmery organic eye shadow – of which there are plenty, and divvy it up on your bod. It won’t be quite as sparkly, but it’ll work; if you mash it up a bit it helps. If you really want to go all destroyer style, mash up your shimmer shadow to a fine dust, then mix a little in your hand with some organic lotion and smooth onto your skin – this helps to distribute the color and shine better.

All that said, there are some good shimmer products available:

Zosimos Botanicals has some pretty cool cruelty free, talc free, Shimmer Dust products going on. The Icy Shimmer Dust above would be a great winter accessory.

Golden Amber Glitter from Nezza Naturals: body glitter balm made with 14 karat gold and amber resin for a sweet earthy scent. Nezza products are free of parabens, sulfates (Sodium Lauryl, Sodium Laureth or Ammonium Lauryl), synthetic thickeners and animal products. No animal testing either.

LUSH has a fairly wide array of fresh and natural shimmer products, such as the neroli, vanilla and rose scented vegan Glitterbug Sparkle Bar above. The Glitterbug bar has a blue-violet-silver tint with loads of shimmer and shine. Simply warm a little in your hands and rub onto your body. LUSH also carries a vegan Candy Fluff dusting powder that looks awesome – gold and iridescent sparkles along with what LUSH notes is a, “Sweet-as-a-strawberry-sundae-topped-with-creme-brule-served-on-a-bed-of-marshmallows scent.” Sounds yummy.

If you’re looking for lip shimmer, I’d try a Vegan Lip Gloss by Gabriel – I’m desperate to try the Ambrosia (shimmer) and Nectar (shimmer) (numbers 1 and 7 in the line above). Not all are shimmery though, but the glosses that are look great. In order from left to right the shades are: Ambrosia (shimmer), Champagne (shimmer), Diva (shimmer), Mocha Ice (matte), Caramel (matte), Venus (matte), Nectar (shimmer) and Passion Fruit (shimmer). These shiny lip glosses are available at Vegan Essentials.

Last up, an entire limited edition sparkly kit – the Sugar Plums Set by Korres. Everything you need for a shimmery, shiny, holiday colored evening.

Included in this kit:

• Plum Lip Butter with Shea Butter, Rice Wax, and a shiny, tinted finish
• Plum Cherry Lip Gloss with cherry oil and vitamins E & C
• Plum Sunflower & Evening Primrose Shimmering Eyeshadow with sunflower and evening primrose oils

The entire set is mineral oil, silicone, propylene glycol, and ethanolamine free and available at Sephora for a limited time.

What’s your fave natural glitter product?