Boots and Origins Offers Great Bath & Body Gift-ables!

The holidays are getting closer and closer and you still haven't found the perfect gift? Bath and Body products are little luxuries that are always appropriate and always welcome. Two companies that are favorites of mine to make your body and your spirit, soar are Boots, and Origins. Both companies that have wonderful products with great scents that appeal to everyone, and that won't break your budget. Here are some good examples:

Origins, has a wealth of pre-packaged goodies in all price ranges, and if you see something you'd rather give that isn't in a boxed set, you can pick and choose the items. Origins will package them up in one of their lime green, just-for-the-holidays gift boxes (made of 100% recycled board). The pre-packaged bath & body gift-ables offer something for everyone on your list. There are is also a special Dr. Andrew Weil for Origins Be Weil Collection $79.50 featuring five great-for-your-skin products and a set for men called "Certified Male" $35.00 with a face wash, shave cream and multi-tasking moisturizer). There's even something for the young (or young at heart): Telinho, a stuffed, toy, white whiskered spider monkey--buy him and help save the spider monkey from extinction!

My favorite Origins scent is the spicy and invigorating Ginger scent. I love this Origins Tree-Mendously Ginger Gift $59.50 featuring Ginger Float˙ Cream bubble bath for a bubbling oasis in the tub, Ginger Burst˙ Savory body wash, Incredible Spreadable Scrub˙ Ginger body smoother, Ginger Souffle˙ Whipped body cream and Ginger Essence˙ Intensified fragrance rollerball. With a Cotton Bath Mitt. It's estimated value: $73.00

Origins products are available at Origins Stores, www.origins.com and Origins cosmetics counters.

But for pleasure, economy and creating impressive gift sets that look awesomely luxe, but are modestly priced, BOOTS is the brand to buy! The products are beautifully fragranced and nicely packaged. Every day feels like a day at the spa when you're using something from BOOTS. This Mediterranean Selection set features five fantastic products from their Mediterranean collection with a different scent for each product. This is just one of the many excellent product lines from Boost. But this entire set is just $16.99 ! There's a Thyme Milk & Lemon Verbena Bath Cream 2.5 fl. oz; a 2.5 fl. oz flip-top tube of Lemon Rosemary & Walnut Hand & Nail Cream (one of my favorite items); a large 6.6 fl. 9oz jar of Almond Pistachio & Milk Body Butter (smooths skin in seconds); a 6.6 fl. oz flip top tube of Bergamot Wheat Germ & Basil Body Wash, and a hard milled Almond scented exfoliating soap with tiny buttons to massage and slough off dead skin. The nicely-boxed set has a clear cello top--just add a bow and it's ready to go!





There are literally dozens of individual scents and potions for bath and body from Boots. Most are $7.99-$9.99. This Boots Mediterranean Bergamot Mini Gift Collection with Bath Cream, Body Wash and Body Butter is just $8.99. You could even split these up for stocking stuffers and still look like a big spender.

Boots products are available in the United States at Target stores and at www.target.com

*the gift sets are limited edition, but will be available in stores until supplies run out so if you don't get what you want for the holidays........!!!!!!