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It can be tough choosing ethical gifts for people, whether you’re buying for a vegan, or you’re vegan yourself and don’t want to compromise your morals.

There is a huge range of suitable options out there, from tasty treats, top-notch designer bags, and extravagant blow-out trainers.

We have compiled a list of some of our favorite ideas to help inspire you.

1. LaBante London Mystery Gift Box

LaBante London is a vegan-certified brand producing luxury handbags and sunglasses. The company has put together a special gift box for Christmas.

The Mystery Gift Box contains a surprise LaBante London handbag, a sterling silver item of jewelry, and vegan chocolates. Valued at over £120, it is the perfect vegan Christmas gift for someone you love.

The price of the gift box is £69.90.

2. Eden vegan perfumes

Buying for someone who loves scent? Brighton-based Eden Perfumes offers a range of handmade options which replicate famous perfumes without the animal testing.

It uses vegan ingredients including jasmine, vanilla, passion fruit, musk, saffron, oud, sandalwood and others.

Eden Perfumes also offers refills in order to save waste. Refills start at £15, with new bottles available from £18.

3. Zero Waste kit

Know someone who’d like to be more eco-friendly? How about putting together a zero-waste kit for them?

Some essentials include re-useable bags, cups, bamboo straws, and travel cutlery. You could also look at toiletries, including a bamboo toothbrush, or bars of soap. Just make sure you’re not buying duplicates or items the recipient doesn’t need!

Zero Waste Club sells a range of reusables, priced from £1.99.

4. Vegan treat box subscription

Snack lovers will appreciate a subscription to The Vegan Kind’s Lifestyle Box, which includes a range of treats, as well as recipes cards, and lifestyle items (previous examples include a bamboo toothbrush, dry shampoo, and a book).

You can opt for a range of subscriptions, from a one-off box to a year’s worth. Boxes are delivered at the beginning of every month.

Prices start at £8.

5. Stella McCartney for Adidas Stan Smith trainers

If you want to go all out and treat someone to a hugely extravagant gift, you could always opt for a pair of vegan Stan Smith trainers by Stella McCartney for Adidas.

The shoe – called the ‘Stella Stan Smith’ – has a few special tweaks, including a color block heel panel and stars (McCartney’s signature) stamped down the side.

McCartney describes her version as ‘a modern update that retains the classic appeal of the original’.

The ‘Stella Stan Smith’ costs £235.

*This is a paid for advertorial for LaBante London.

Maria Chiorando

Maria is the editor of Plant Based News. As a former magazine editor, newspaper reporter, and features writer, her work has been published by The Guardian, The Huffington Post, and various regional newspapers, as well as Vegan Life magazine and Vegan Trade Journal. She has interviewed a huge range of people, from Prime Ministers to authors, activists, pop stars and actors, and enjoys the varied range of topics writing for PBN allows her to tackle.