14 best care packages to send as lockdown gifts - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life 14 thoughtful care packages to send to a friend who needs a pick-me-up By You Magazine - December 16, 2021 When we can’t see our nearest and dearest in person, care packages are the next best thing. The benefits of sending care packages as gifts are twofold: not only do they make a lovely surprise for your recipient, often the products inside are from small independent businesses who can do with our support right now. In fact, Etsy reports searches for care packages have been up 235 per cent in the last three months when compared with previous years. But there are hundreds of options on the internet, so we’ve whittled it down to just some of the best options that are still in stock and ready to send. From letterbox gifts that’ll make their day to luxe bundles for special occasions like birthdays, there’s bound to be something they’ll love below. The best care packages to send now Don’ t Buy Her Flowers The Book Package, from £25, Don’ t Buy Her Flowers What’s inside? A bestselling novel of your choice, a bag of Montezuma’s Giant Chocolate Buttons, a bag of Brown Bag Crisps, and a refreshment (you can select anything from tea and elderflower bubbly to gin or prosecco). Une Pincée de Provence Cafe Culture Box, £56.50, Une Pincée de Provence What’s inside? Mirabeau Rosé Wine, Lorgues Coffee Roasters Guatemala Coffee Beans, a choice of Plantes & Parfums scented candle, Puyricard chocolate and a bag of macarons. Supply Drop The Hug Box, £23.99, Supply Drop What’s inside? Your choice of tea, a linen candle, Vitamin C sheet masks, under-eye gel eye patches, chocolate biscuits, sweets, and artwork with a sweet, positive saying (you get to pick!) Thriving Box Co Keep Local Thriving Box, £39.95, Thriving Box Co What’s inside? A selection of products from local businesses across the whole of the UK, which rotates monthly. There’s at least six products in the small box and eight in the large. Boxd Mindfulness Letterbox Gift, £49, Boxd What’s inside? A Happy Self Journal, an organic chocolate bar and Friencils pencils. Gigi & Olive The Travel Kit, £55, Gigi & Olive What’s inside? Marvis mint Toothpaste, Marvis travel Toothbrush, Marvis mint Mouthwash, 24g Candy Kitten vegan & GF sweets, Carry On Cocktail Kit (choose your flavour), a jade face roller, and a set of Grace & Stella cooling Eye Masks. BoroughBox Thinking Of You Gift Box, £24.99, BoroughBox What’s inside? English Breakfast Tea from Nemi, Small Salted Caramel Chocolates 20g and Salted Caramel & Milk Chocolate Biscuits from Artisan du Chocolat, Clotted Cream Fudge Box from Buttermilk, Artisan Brownie Bites Selection from Simply Cake Co, Dark Chocolate & Raspberry Skinny Dipped Almonds from Mighty Fine and Orange Marmalade Gourmet Popcorn from Joe and Seph’s. Calm Club Calm Club Big Night In Kit, £44.95, Amazon What’s inside? A patchouli soy wax candle, cosy wool socks, a padded sleep mask, ceramic mug and mindfulness puzzle. WILDWOMAN Self Care ‘Calm’ Letterbox Gift, £28.95, notonthehighstreet What’s inside? A copy of ‘The Calm Coach’ – a book designed to help you manage everyday common stress and anxiety, a Tisserand Total De-Stress Rollerball, a WILDWOMAN A5 Print, Bird & Blend Tea and a WILDWOMAN Bookmark. The Tartan Blanket Co Self Care Package, from £32, The Tartan Blanket Co What’s inside? A Recycled Wool Knee Blanket, Bath Salts, Bath Essence, a Spacemask, Honduras 60% Milk Chocolate. You also have the option to add a candle, cashmere socks a gift note and shortbread. Faace Tired Faace Pack, £26, Faace What’s inside? A Faace mask, socks and hair clips. For every Face Pack sold, Faace donates a pack of period products to someone in need via Hey Girls. Moi-Même Boxes, from £25, Moi Meme What’s inside? It’s up to you – choose a ready-made past subscription box, or build your own. Gifts you can put inside are from brands including Rachel Jackson London, Love Cocoa, and Katie Loxton. Forman & Field The Ultimate Care Package, £79.95, Forman & Field What’s inside? H.Forman & Son London Cure Smoked Salmon, Buttermilk Chicken, Smoked Salmon Pate, Salmon Fishfingers, Smoked Haddock & Parsley Fishcakes, Hepburn’s Olde English Sausages, Hand Chopped Prime Beefburger, banana bread and a tea towel. Bookblock Create Your Own Gift Box, £varies, Bookblock What’s inside? Whatever you want! Due to increased demand, Bookblock’s ready-curated boxes are currently all sold out, but its create your own option gives you a choice of more than 400 products; you can even customise the packaging for totally personal care packages tailored to your recipient. 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