Goop’s go-to gift guide
Ridiculous but awesome might be a good place to start when it comes to Gwyneth Paltrow’s gift selections via her lifestyle brand Goop.
Prices go high and low in a range of categories, including gifts for hosts, animal lovers, travellers, ‘‘dreamers’’, lovers and the under
18 crowd. But it’s her over-the-top picks that often generate buzz. This year, that includes a
US$16,500 ($24,240) at-home float tank from Royal Spa, an antique, hand-carved canoe (with oars!) for
US$7995 from Jayson Home and the Personal Yellow Submarine that goes for, well, price upon request, from Y.Co. And for the rest of us? Here are some highlights.
Housewarming
When the claro walnut timber, mirrored glass and burnished brass bar cart for US$10,450 is out of reach, there’s always the Psychic Vampire Repellent sprayable elixir, a mist that uses a combination of ‘‘gem healing’’ and aromatic oils to ‘‘banish bad vibes’’, US$28, from Paper Crane Apothecary.
The kids
Sadly, the tot-size Christian Louboutin ballet slippers in satin, glitzy gold and silk – and price tag of US$250 – have sold out. There’s always the grey alpaca beaniestyle rabbit hat with long floppy ears for US$56, from Oeuf NYC.
Got a teen worth a US$1499 gift? There’s a skateboard hybrid with a huge rubber wheel at the centre for use on a range of terrains, called the Onewheel.
Stocking stuffers
A cool little wooden cube speaker with a built-in amplifier and crafted out of natural-hued beechwood. It offers four to five hours of playback per charge, US$50, from Kikkerland.
The animal lovers
The Meeko Half-Tone Tepee by Max Bone is a US$160 cotton canvas tent for your dog.
A US$375 device from Petcube will fling treats at your dog or cat. It’s also a two-way audio speaker and HD camera with a night vision option, and sound and motion alerts.
The dreamers
Try the Moon Juice Brain Dust, US$38. It’s ‘‘an enlightening edible formula alchemised to align you with the mighty cosmic flow needed for great achievement’’, says Goop. What’s in it? Organic astragalus, shilajit, maca, lion’s mane, rhodiola, ginkgo and stevia.
For the gift recipient near, in or willing to travel to Landers, California: There’s a structure there called The Integratron described by its operators as a ‘‘resonant tabernacle and energy machine sited on a powerful geomagnetic vortex in the magical Mojave Desert’’.