Smells like lemongrass and cedar, so it doubles as summer perfume. Good Flower Farm’s DEET-free bug spray from northern Wisconsin, in a 4 fl oz or 2.7 fl oz travel bottle.
Silk on one side for the cool, cotton on the other, lavender either way, sized to cover both eyes and stay put. Baudelaire Japanese eye pillow, made in the USA.
On damp skin right after a shower, with extra for elbows, knees, and heels. Ursa Major Golden Hour Body Butter, shea and vegan squalane, 6.7 fl oz glass jar.
Rich in the jar, thin on the skin, and the cream the Golden Hour line is named for. Ursa Major Golden Hour Recovery Cream face moisturizer, 1.57 fl oz.
Two stable forms of vitamin C that won’t oxidize and turn orange in the bottle. Ursa Major Brighten Up vitamin C serum, 1 fl oz glass pump, vegan, Vermont.
For people who like suds, in the travel bottle. Ursa Major Fantastic Face Wash Traveler, a sulfate-free foaming gel cleanser, 1 fl oz, spearmint-cedar-lime.
No sheet, no twenty-minute wait: five minutes, then a damp washcloth. Ursa Major Vital Spring hydration face mask, hyaluronate and flaxseed, 1.69 fl oz.
Finishes dry to the touch, though give it a minute before you get dressed. Ursa Major Golden Hour Dry Oil for body and hair, rose-sandalwood scent, 5 fl oz.
Lighter than the Body Butter, heavier than the Dry Oil, layers under either. Ursa Major Golden Hour Body Serum, meadowsweet and sea buckthorn, 5 fl oz.
Goes on under moisturizer, or mix a pump straight into it. Ursa Major Forest Water hyaluronic acid serum with lupine peptides and tremella mushroom, 1 fl oz.
Nothing complicated: damp or dry skin, morning or night, or whenever. Ursa Major Botanic Buzz everyday body lotion, Herbal Citrus scent, 7.4 fl oz glass pump.
A wake-up-and-go shower: eucalyptus, peppermint, and citrus, matching deodorant a few feet away. Ursa Major Hoppin’ Fresh sulfate-free body wash, 10 fl oz.
Three minutes on, then rinse; Ursa Major says overnight is fine too. Bright & Easy fruit enzyme face mask, pomegranate, hibiscus, willow bark, 1.57 fl oz.
For anyone who’d rather not feel their moisturizer. Ursa Major Fortifying Gel Moisturizer, water-based with willow bark and aloe, herbal scent, 1.7 fl oz.
A birthday card dressed as a Kodak VHS label, for the friend who still remembers rewinding. Highland Park Paper Co retro birthday card, 16pt stock, blank.
Birthday wishes on a clean grid for the friend who alphabetizes the spice rack. Highland Park Paper Co birthday card, A2, kraft envelope, made in the USA.
Mack’s® Ultra Soft Foam Earplugs with Travel Case, 10 Pairs
Mack’s Ultra Soft foam earplugs for the snorer next to you and the hotel hallway: 10 pairs, travel case, NRR 33. Roll tight, pull the ear back, hold. USA-made.
Mack’s Pillow Soft silicone putty earplugs, 6 pairs with case, for the light sleeper and the lap swimmer. NRR 22, reusable up to five times, made in the USA.
Mack’s kids-size silicone putty earplugs, 6 pairs, bright enough to spot on the pool deck. NRR 22, ages 6 and under, made in USA, reportedly a frog tattoo too.
America’s first combination candy bar, says Goo Goo: caramel, peanuts, marshmallow nougat, and milk chocolate in one round cluster. Nashville, 1912. 1.75 oz.
The one for the kitchen sink: an August garden that lasts into January. URSA Tomato and Pine liquid hand and body soap, 8 oz glass pump, blended in Milwaukee.
Reads clean without smelling like a cleaning product; the shop’s bestseller. URSA Sunrise Sage liquid hand and body soap, 8 oz glass pump, Milwaukee-made.
The quiet one, for the bathroom rather than the kitchen. URSA Lavender and Wood liquid hand and body soap, hand blended in Milwaukee, 8 oz amber glass pump.
Sted’s Salty Licorice mini, 0.5 oz: salmiakki’s gentler cousin, licorice powder and sea salt in organic white chocolate. Buy two; someone will want the other.
Malt and caramel in the finish, from the beans alone. Sted’s Nordic Milk mini, 0.5 oz of Scandinavian-style organic milk chocolate for the Christmas table.
The milk chocolate Sted’s founders’ Scandinavian relatives used to mail over, remade in Minnesota from four organic ingredients. Nordic Milk bar, 2 oz.