4 Beauty Gifts that Give Back

This shower gel, packed with coconut oil and soothing shea butter, is produced by women in a West African cooperative who are paid four times the average wage and receive full medical benefits, in beauty company Alaffia's effort to advance gender equality and alleviate poverty in the area. (Coconut Reishi Chai Shower Gel, $10; Alaffia.com)

It's like four presents in one when you give him the L’Occitane L'Occitan Collection Set ($75; USA.Loccitane.com), which includes an eau de toilette, aftershave balm, shower gel and bar soap. A donation of $10 from each sale goes to Dress for Success, which helps women in poverty achieve economic independence by providing resources to help them enter the workforce.

When you buy one of these limited edition tubs of Kiehl's rich Grapefruit Whipped Body Butter ($38; Kiehls.com), you’re helping to provide 340 meals through Kiehl’s support of Feeding America, a network that offers food and resources to 46 million people across the country.

With every sale of this 100 percent vegetable-based, paraben-free soap, one soap and one month of clean water will be provided to a Haitian child in need. It comes in three fragrances—my favorite is the Juniper Berry, with notes of red currant and vanilla. (Hand in Hand bar soaps, $6; Target)