Now that the craziness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, let’s talk about what to buy your crunchy loved ones (or yourself) for whatever holiday you celebrate this year! Not everything will be on sale, but that’s not really the point of this post. It’s to find amazing crunchy gifts!
Stores will be listed by topic and alphabetically. For some stores, I will pick out a product or two that I think is amazing for one reason or another. Be sure to tell me if you think something should be listed here that isn’t already and I’ll consider adding it!
I’ll keep updating this gift buying guide, so keep coming back for more ideas as the holidays get closer.
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Aromatherapy/Essential Oils
Amrita Aromatherapy:
Shipping is still free on orders over $50 and a flat rate of $4.95 for orders under $50. Amrita also has some great deals on their clearance page that you won’t want to miss. All clearance items are 50% off.
Shop at Amrita!
Appalachian Valley Natural Products:
Appalachian Valley has had an ongoing sale that will continue until Monday December 7, 2015.
25% OFF Body Essentials (Shampoo, Conditioner, Body Wash, Body Lotion,
Liquid Soap, & Bar Soaps)
20% OFF Essential Oils (ML Size Bottles)
5% Off Essential Oils (Ounce Sizes)
20% OFF All Blends and All Insect Repellents
10% Off All Dilutions
5% Off All Carriers
20% Off on Hydrosols in 8 & 16 ounce sizes
10% Off on Hydrosols in 64 & 128 ounce sizes
10% Off All Creams
10% OFF Gift Sets & Baskets
As always, there is free standard shipping on orders over $35 being shipped within the United States. Almost all products are available in sample sizes and Appalachian Valley offers up to three of their 75¢ samples for free. Discount will be applied in the shopping cart.
Shopping Tip at Appalachian Valley: Create an account and sign in before shopping. By doing so, anything you put in your cart will be remembered when you return another time. You will also see more sizes available with pricing than before logging in.
Get the deal at Appalachian Valley Natural Products!
Arlys Naturals:
Get free Shipping on orders over $49.99 through the end of the year.
Get the deal at Arlys Naturals!
Aromaceuticals:
Essential oils and aromatherapy products sold by a Registered Aromatherapist. Limited time holiday gifts are available through the month of December.
Shop at Aromaceuticals!
Aromatics International:
Get 10% off your entire order until December 15, 2015. Use coupon code recipe (all lower case) in the Payment Details section of checkout.
Get the deal at Aromatics International!
Eden Botanicals:
Get 15% off Black Cumin CO2 – Organic, 15% off Cocao Absolute, and 15% off Coconut Pulp CO2 – Organic through December 15, 2015.
Get the deal at Eden Botanicals!
Essential Wholesale & Labs:
I have no idea what their essential oils are like, however, they do have a ton of raw materials for perfumers and formulators. I have heard good things about their simple lotion.
Go shop at Essential Wholesale & Labs!
Floracopeia:
You’re sure to find something on your wishlist at the Big Savings on Top Gifts sale at Floracopeia including single essential oils, aromatherapy classes, palo santo wood chips, rosey hydrosol, essential oil collections, and more.
Some of the sales require a code at checkout and others are automatically applied in the cart. Look at product details to see what is required for each item.
Shop the sale at Floracopeia!
Groupon:
Groupon always has a ton of deals on diffuser and other aromatherapy products. Although I can’t speak to the quality of the essential oils offered on Groupon (some of the companies I’ve never heard of), there is a huge diffuser selection.
Get the deal at Groupon!
Nature’s Gift:
Lots here for the essential oil lover. Don’t know what to chose? Take a look a the Samplers & Kits category for some great ideas.
Shop for gifts at Nature’s Gift!
On Hand Lotions:
My good friend, Hayna Weems is the owner of and creator at On Hand Lotions. She started out making solid lotion bars, and is constantly expanding her product line. She now carries aromatherapy roll-ons, sugar scrubs, and her most recent addition is a product called Glitter Beard! She uses organic ingredients whenever possible, often infuses her own oils from plants on her land, and puts a whole lot of love into everything she creates. (As an aside, I’m proud to say that I designed her website!)
Get the deal at On Hand Lotions!
Original Swiss Aromatics:
This company is owned by Kurt Schnaubelt, author of The Healing Intelligence of Essential Oils: The Science of Advanced Aromatherapy, Advanced Aromatherapy: The Science of Essential Oil Therapy, and Medical Aromatherapy: Healing with Essential Oils. He is a well respected member of the aromatherapy community and carries some rare essential oils that you’ll have trouble finding anywhere else.
Go shop at Original Swiss Aromatics!
Plant Therapy:
The 25 Days of Christmas sale is ON at Plant Therapy! Each day a new sale is posted that lasts only 24 hours so get these deals while you can!
On Wednesday 12/2/15 ALL diffusers are 15% off when you use coupon code Day6 at checkout! This sale includes all diffusers in the Diffuser Category as well as all diffuser refill pads and wicks! Stock up today with our HUGE Diffuser Sale!
On Thursday 12/3/15, spend $20 or more and get a 10 ml Frankincense Serrata Free! There is NO coupon code necessary to receive your FREE Frankincense essential oil. Simply spend $20 or more and the 10 ml undiluted Frankincense serrata will automatically be added to your cart at $0.
Get the deal from Plant Therapy!
Pompeii Organics
Pompeii Organics has a nice selection of essential oils, hydrosols, and aromatherapy accessories. Many of their oils are organic and all have GC/MS reports available right in the product descriptions on the website.
Find a gift at Pompeii Organics!
RBK Aromatherapy:
Robin Kessler is my good friend and is an amazing aromatherapist. She offers aromatherapy consulting and custom blending and also provides telephone suppot. For a limited time she’s offering 50% off her initial in-person consult to Mary Moms readers until the end of 2015. Located in Princeton NJ, Robin offers local aromatherapy services as well as telephone consults. Marvy Moms readers get $15 off their initial telephone consultation with Robin through the end of 2015. She always has safety in mind and will do everything she can to help with your aromatherapy needs.
Schedule your aromatherapy consultation with Robin!
RMO:
Rocky Mountain Oils and Native American Nutritionals has fully merged into the new brand of RMO. The recent launch of their new site was also the debut of their S.A.A.F.E. Promise. S.A.A.F.E. stands for Satisfaction Guarantee, Authentic, Analysis, Free of Adulterates, and Effective and Pure. In addition, they now stamp every bottle of essential oil with a batch number that you can enter on their website for a full GC/MS report.
Current deal at RMO:
20% off Mom’s Essential Kit
And, as always, there is free standard shipping within the United States.
Get the deal at RMO!
Samara Botane:
At Samara Botane, you’ll find essential oils, absolutes, CO2 extractions, extracts, alcohols, tinctures, concretes, floral waxes, oleoresins and essential oil collections, blends and synergies.
Go shopping at Samara Botane!
Scentsable Health:
Scentsable Health is owned by Shannon Dennis, an aromatherapist and fellow graduate of Aromahead Institute. She makes custom blends, stock blends, aromatherapy products and also sells single essential oils from Aromatics International.
Get one deal after another with the 12 Days of Christmas sale starting 12/1/15. Here are the deals by day (details will be revealed on the Scentsable Health Blog one day prior to each sale):
Day 1: Roll-ons
Day 2: Diffusers & Nebulizers
Day 3: Chakra Aromatherapy
Day 4: SJ Jewelry
Day 5: Aromatics Single Essential Oils
Day 6: Startin’ Right
Day 7: Red Tent Series
Day 8: Mind of Balance
Day 9: Lil Ones Kit
Day 10: Feel It
Day 11: SJ Jewelry
Day 12: Gift Certificates
No coupon codes are necessary. The sale price will be listed on the product description each day of the sale.
Get the deal at Scentsable Health!
Spa Essentials by Lola:
Cyber Week sales include:
Wednesday (12/02/15): Wellness Wednesday will get you 20% off all essential oils and accessories! Use code WellnessWednesday at checkout.
Thursday (12/03/15): On Therapy Thursday get $10.00 off orders equal to or above $50.00 by using code TherapyThursday.
Friday (12/04/15): On Facial Friday get 20% off of any products in the collection Facial Care with code FacialFriday.
Get the deal at Spa Essentials by Lola!
Stillpoint Aromatics:
Stillpoint Aromatics is having a Stocking Stuffer Sale until Midnight, Sunday, December 6th. Use code stuff (all lower case) at checkout to get 20% off 1/6 oz essential oils (exceptions are blue tansy and helichrysum italicum from corsica). There are also some holiday blends already discounted on the sale page. Please note that sale items are not eligible for further discounts.
Go stuff your stocking at Stillpoint Aromatics!
Tropical Traditions:
Lots to order from this site, including essential oils from the French company, Florihana. Check their website for weekly deals.
Go shop at Tropical Traditions!
Wingsets:
Wingsets is owned by Ann McIntire Wooledge who is a nurse, aromatherapist, and soap maker. Fabulous aromatherapy blends, oils, soaps, and more! Get 20% off your order when you sign up for their newsletter. Free shipping on orders over $65.
Get the deal at Wingsets!
Body Care
Aroma Treats:
Teri Leigh Baird is a certified aromatherapist and the genius behind the soaps and other aromatherapy products at Aroma Treats. My friend and fellow aromatherapist, Robin Kessler, uses Teri’s soap and says, “Her soaps are wonderful, makes my face feel soft and smooth. The soap is huge and lasts a very long time.”
Get the deal at Aroma Treats!
Vermont Soap:
Get $5 off your order of $35 or more with code GIVETHANKS at checkout. This is a nice source for Castile soap. Free Shipping for orders over $35.
Get the deal at Vermont Soap!
Books
Amazon:
Is a Kindle Fire crunchy? It is if you put all your Kindle books on it instead of buying the paper equivalents! The Kindle Fire HD6 Kids Edition is currently on sale for just $119.99 (down from $149.99). Amazon guarantees this to be kid-proof and if they do break it, Amazon will replace it with no questions asked! Grab one at this price while you can!
Now is the perfect time to join Amazon Prime! With a free 30-day trial you can get all of your holiday gifts shipped to you for free. Then listen to Amazon Music and watch videos on Amazon Instant Video for free on your new Kindle Fire (or computer or Apple or Android device).
Get a Free 30-day Trial of Amazon Prime!
Get the Kindle Fire at Amazon!Fire HD6 Kids
More From Amazon:
Some books that should be on every crunchy person’s list (or already in their library):
Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals-, 2e by Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young: This is already discounted, so you can get this book for under $70 after using the coupon!
Clinical Aromatherapy: Essential Oils in Healthcare, 3e by Jane Buckle: Under $35 after discount!
Complementary Nursing in End of Life Care – Integrative care in Palliative Care by Madeleine Kerkhof-Knapp Hayes: Great deal on this beautiful new book full of aromatherapy ideas that goes way beyond what the title would indicate.
Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine by David Hoffman: I got this with the B&N coupon and now I wish I’d waited to get it from Amazon for an even better price. Priced perfectly to get the maximum discount and not pay much more.
Go find a crunchy book on Amazon!
Elizabeth Ashley’s Aromatherapy Books:
Many of the Kindle edition of the aromatherapy books by Elizabeth Ashley, AKA: The Secret Healer, are currently free or discounted to 99¢. I’m waiting to hear back from Elizabeth about how long this sale will last: grab them while you can!
FREE Books:
Vetiver: An Ayurvedic Medicine: How To Meditate And Heal The Physical Body Using Medicinal Plants and Essential Oils For The Mind Body Spirit
The Complete Guide To Clinical Aromatherapy and Essential Oils of The Physical Body: Essential Oils for Beginners
99¢ Books:
Essential Oils for The Mind Body Spirit: The Holistic Medicine of Clinical Aromatherapy
50 Easy Essential Oil Recipes for Skin Care Products for Dry Skin – Make Your Own Anti-Aging Moisturizers, Night Creams,: Professional Aromatherapy Skin
75 Quick and Easy Aromatherapy Christmas Gifts Ideas: Essential Oil Recipes For Handmade Personalised Gifts
The Aromatherapy Eczema Treatment: The Professional Aromatherapist’s Guide to Healing Eczema, Itchy Skin Rashes and Atopic Dermatitis with Essential Oils and Holistic Medicine
Sweet Basil – Ocimum basilicum- The Essential Oil of Empowerment: How To Heal The Mind Body Spirit With Medicinal Plants And Aromatherapy
If you’re a Prime member and you’ve been choosing no-rush shipping to earn digital product credit, you may end up with a few of these 99¢ books for free!
See all of Elizabeth Ashley’s books!
Thriftbooks:
This is a great online used bookstore and I’ve bought some great homeopathy, aromatherapy, and herbal medicine books from them.
Get 20% off your order and free shipping when you buy any 12 books. Believe me, this is easy to do at Thriftbooks. I got 10 books in my most recent order and only spent $56.14! Use code READMORE at checkout.
Get the deal at Thriftbooks!
Education
The East-West School for Herbal & Aromatic Studies:
Hydrosols are becoming more and more popular in the aromatherapy world. There are some great books on them and The East-West School for Herbal & Aromatic Studies is the process of developing an online course to provide an even more rich learning experience.
If you don’t already know, hydrosols are the coproduct of essential oil distillation. When plant material is steam distilled it separates out into an essential oil and water soluble parts that are then divided from each other and used for many purposes. You may have seen rose water on the grocery store shelves. This is the perfect example of a commonly used hydrosol. Hydrosols have a different chemical makeup that essential oils, and have many therapeutic benefits. Hydrosols are a more gentle approach for use with children and infants than their essential oil counterparts.
Pre-registration for Hydrosols Online Certification Program with Cathy Skipper is currently available and if you sign up before December 7, 2015, you’ll:
pay just $99 (price goes up to $225 after the 7th)
be entered in a drawing to win a beautiful 20-liter copper distillation unit. Winner will be chosen on the winter solstice, 12/22/15
Core topics in the class include:
The history of hydrosols
Techniques of producing hydrosols
Biochemistry of hydrosols
Info about using different hydrosols: Learn how to use hydrosols in creams/lotions, clay packs, gels, etc.
Hydrosols in cosmetics, cooking, therapy and for animals
Hydrosols combined with tinctures, hydrosols combined or made with flower essences
Dosages and Administration
Energetic qualities
Conservation
Precautions
Monographs on a variety of common and uncommon hydrosols
This is the perfect gift for any aromatherapist or aromatherapy enthusiast! Several aromatherapists that I know are signing up for this course, including me!
Say yes to hydrosols!
Udemy:
I recently wrote about my experience with Reiki Level I, II and Master Certification at Udemy. Take a look around Udemy and find something you’ve always wanted to learn about.
Find a class at Udemy!
Homeopathy
Washington Homeopathic Products:
Get 20% off all WHP Be Gone products for the month of December. In addition, all homeopathic kits are 10% off until December 16th. No coupon code is needed and discount is applied in the shopping cart. Free shipping on orders over $25.
Get the deal at Washington Homeopathic Products!
Toys
Sweet Whimsy Designs:
Leandra Sweet is a true artist and makes amazing wooden playable art (toys) that any kid will be sure to love. I’m proud to say that I also designed her blog, The Whimsical Sweet, where she features handmade artisans from around the United States.
My son loves our nativity set handpainted by Leandra so we just leave it out all year for him to play with it. She’s also made a wooden peg doll to look like my son and can do custom sets of your whole family. She can paint anything or anyone into a peg doll or wooden toy!
Start playing at Sweet Whimsy Designs!
Miscellany Crunchy Things
The Truth About Cancer:
I wrote about my experience with watching this series when they released the new version back in October. This would make a great gift for yourself or a loved one this holiday season!
Give the gift of health with The Truth About Cancer!
Thrive Market:
Get your favorite crunchy foods delivered right to your door. Marvy Moms readers get a free 2-months membership plus 25% off your first order! Shipping is always free on orders over $49.
Get the deal at Thrive Market!
Remember to bookmark this article to come back for more gift-giving ideas (sharing is a great way to be sure you’ll find you’re way back here again)…
Happy Crunchy Holiday Shopping!
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