Viking Made Holiday Gift Guide: Home and Beauty

Home and Beauty

Treat yourself or a special someone in your life with alumni-made beauty and skincare products or lower your carbon footprint with zero waste goods.

A room diffuser from Homebody Central with sticks in it.

Homebody Central 

Homebody Central offers home and body care products to promote joy, happiness, and curiosity. Selling soap, room sprays and diffusers. Shop online or at the MESO Maker's Market at 376 NE Sumner St, Portland, OR 9721.

Use promo code PSU10 for 10% off.

Two succulent plants on either side of a container of shea butter from Sumner Street Shea.

Sumner Street Shea

Specializing in 100% handmade unrefined Shea Butter infused with tropical essential oils. Their shea butter is grown and harvested from local artisans in Ghana, West Africa. Each bottle is carefully hand-manufactured and made fresh to order to ensure maximum quality and customer satisfaction.

Sustainable home products from store Way of Being, including a brush, deodorant cream, face cream, shampoo and conditioner.

Way of Being 

A low waste shop that offers sustainable alternatives to everyday personal care and home goods essentials. Visit their store at 3418 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214 or shop online.

10% off in-store for mentioning PSU or use the code PSUHOLIDAY online.

Three organic lotion bottles scented with grapefruit, passionfruit and bergamot.

Essance Skincare 

Organic hand-crafted skincare products. Shop online, at their store, 9221 SW Barbur Blvd. Suite #208 or at local retailers: Market of Choice, New Seasons Market and Missionary Chocolates at the PDX Airport.

Use code PSUALUMNI25 for 25% off your order.

Candle in a jar with the name "All too well" and a red scarf on the label.

Gather in Flame Candle Co. 

Playful and unique candles, from the scent to the name to the label, to connect you to the artists, books, and movies you love and forge connections with other fans. Also selling reed diffusers, room & car sprays, and perfume oil rollers. 

Use code PSUAlum at checkout for 10% off your order.

Chessix multi-colored dice with yellow numbers.

Rune & Board

Downtown Hillsboro's family-friendly local game store. Selling tabletop games, board games, role-playing games, puzzles and novelties and gifts. Shop online or visit their store, 238 SE Washington St, Hillsboro, OR 97123.

Reusable glass boba tea jar with a bamboo lid and straw.

BBTea Jars

Portland’s first zero waste boba kit, which includes a reusable glass boba jar and loose-leaf teas. Shop online or visit them and pop-up markets across the Portland area.