Holiday gift guide 2012: Gift-wrapped presents that save time

Every year this eco-friendly cosmetics brand rolls out more than 30 holiday gift sets filled with its handmade, natural, vegetarian products. None of the bath, hair, face or body loot is tested on animals, and they all come in recycled packaging. Each has a cheeky name and is accompanied by complementary items: For instance, the Secret Santa includes a fizzy bath bomb and honey-smelling soap ($12). Your little sister will go crazy for Stardust ($55), which features two bath bombs and three soap bars packaged in a glittery, star-shaped box, or you can splurge on the Wonderful Christmastime box ($200) full of 24 items sure to last until next season.

The Museum of Modern Art’s three plentiful shops stock 25 of its most popular products prewrapped for you to scoop off the shelf. Each of the pretty red boxes is filled with goods such as Alberto Mantilla hugging salt and pepper shakers ($30), an X-mini portable speaker ($32) and Claus Jensen and Henrik Holbaek tea infusers ($30). Pick up Hedwig Rotter modern fruit bowls ($15 each) for the relative you don’t know well and Charles & Ray Eames coasters ($20), featuring the famous Eames chair, for the dad who has everything. • 11 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves • 44 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves • 81 Spring St between Broadway and Crosby St

Check out this affordable beauty chain for more than 80 classic favorites and new products packaged in holiday trimmings. The best part: None of the sets are priced at more than $35, with most around $15. Take antibacterial soap-and-lotion sets ($13–$19), in scents including pumpkin and cherry blossom, as chic hostess gifts, and clear boxes dressed in pink or red bows ($13) and filled with popular mists and shower gels for a coworker.

While this lingerie shop does have sexier holiday gifts—such as pom-pom panties ($22), lace garter slips ($68–$88) and silk gowns with thigh-high slits ($198)—you’ll also find more than 30 universal prepackaged presents for gals. Our favorite picks come from the Pink collection and include faux-fur earmuffs ($25) in pretty pink boxes, ultrasoft socks  ($20) and T-shirt–and-legging sets ($40) for the lady who desperately needs a day in loungewear.