42 Products You'll Be Tempted To Add To Your Cart
Some TikTok-viral Biodance bio-collagen sheet masks that deeeeeply penetrate skin with oligo-hyaluronic acid and ultra-low molecular collagen — the combination of which helps to refine pores, improve elasticity, and visibly moisturize your skin.
A ChomChom roller ready to put your regular old lint roller to shame. Forget ripping off sheets 'til you run out — this collects everything in a neat little compartment you simply empty out.
Some Lee Beauty callus remover that eliminates the hard skin on your hooves (ahem, :::clears throat::: feet) if you're too terrified to face the glorified cheese grater at your local salon.
A couch caddy so you can keep your three comfort beverages and TV remotes right by your side — no worries about spilling or losing anything between your cushions.
A reed diffuser — in your choice of nearly a dozen scents — for those who've had some ~spooky~ experiences with candles. Incredible scent + no open flame? Yes, please!
A Venus Visage teeth whitening pen to help brighten your smile by four to eight shades with regular use. This is sure to help whether your stains are due to coffee, tea, more coffee, wine, yet more coffee...or soda.
A bottle of COSRX snail mucin repairing essence that addresses dullness and dehydration with — yes 😌 — 96% snail sludge that's harvested in a *100%* ethical and environmentally friendly way. Thanks for sharing the goods, friends! 🐌
A phone/tablet/Kindle stand so you don't have to sacrifice peak comfort to hold your device at a convenient angle. Add a remote-controlled page-turner to the mix, and you can even bundle up completely.
A tube of Essence's Lash Princess mascara to give you a falsies-level look for less than 5 bucks. It seems questionable, I know, but for confirmation you need only to look at the 263,000+ 5-star reviews!!
A "snackle" box you can fill with all of your favorite goodies so you can park your butt on the couch and not have to get up for anything anytime soon. You could even use it to make an adult Lunchable or a massive spread of chips and dips. 👀
A colorful pan — from BuzzFeed's Goodful line — that's not just cute but has the ability to kick all of your other dented and scratched pots to the curb as it can pan fry, sauté, sear, boil, simmer, blanche, braise, poach, deep fry, stew...and more but I'll stop myself there.
Some Elizavecca Cer-100 collagen coating hair protein treatment — it's just $7 and reviewers claim it delivers results just as impressive as another brand that may or may not rhyme with ~PolaFlex.~
An as-seen-on-Shark Tank seat gap filler you can pop in your center console to ensure you never drop another french fry, phone, or credit card into that evil little crevice!!!
A "flossing toothbrush" with two layers of bristles. One layer is regular firm ones, and the other is longer ones that are 10 times thinner and mimic floss as they get between your teeth but are gentle on your gums.
A veggie chopper so you can dice up an onion as impressively as former VP Kamala Harris. If you haven't seen it, I'm gonna need you to open another tab and promptly google "Kamala Harris and Mindy Kaling cook masala dosa" because, man, it is a thing of beauty.
A Simple Modern tumbler if you're looking for an option that will keep your drink cold for 24+ hours and don't really care about the name brand. 🤷♀️ It also comes in a bunch of pretty pastels and checkerboard prints, sooo it's really a no-brainer.
Some of L'Oreal's 8 Second Wonder Water which will visibly moisturize your hair so you can whip your 'do around just like a Jennifer (your choice of Aniston/Garner/Lopez) in a hair commercial.
A satin pillowcase that will prevent you from flipping and re-flipping your pillow in a desperate bid to chase the cool side.
A Tonymoly blackhead scrub stick that may be smol but is mega mighty. With a few swipes, it gently removes blackheads, whiteheads, and excess sebum so your T-zone can get a much-deserved breather.
A leave-in conditioner for little ones with curly locks that are prone to tangles and breakage. Keratin, plum seed oil, and olive oil combine to leave them with shiny, healthy, incredible-smelling ringlets you can't help but sniff.
A grooming glove so you can give your pet all the love they desire while covertly brushing away mats and tangles, too. Use it on wet or dry fur (it's great in the bath) and on your feline friends as well.
And a fur-eliminating broom capable of squeegeeing enough fur from your carpet that if magically animated — you know, like those brooms in Fantasia — it would transform into a Pekingese.
A pack of K-Cup cleaning pods that're basically like a full-body tune-up for your coffee maker. Just look at the nasty stuff it flushes out!
A bottle of dog spot repair if your puppy has a favorite pee spot and it shows... This stuff will get new grass growin' in no time so you can get ready to host your legendary BBQs.
A tub of The Pink Stuff that can clean anything you throw at it be it shower fixtures or toothpaste-covered countertops.
A tub of Juno & Co.'s cleansing balm as it combines the powers of pearl barley and vitamin E to brighten skin, reduce hyperpigmentation, refine texture, and remove impurities (or, say, 10 layers of mascara).
A set of Miracle-Gro spikes guaranteed to revive your potted plants with all of the micronutrients they've been missing. They're safe to use with any indoor plant and work for a full two months.
A HyperChiller beverage cooler that allows you to turn hot coffee into iced coffee in 60 seconds flat. Just make a promise to yourself — that you'll fill the container with water and keep it in your freezer so it's always ready when you need it.
A magnetic meal planner you can stick right to your fridge so you can easily keep track of the week's menu and any groceries you may need to pick up. Go ahead and write down ice cream bc you know whether it's on there or not, you're gonna buy it. (As you should.🍦)
A pair of prism spectacles if you always have a boatload of work to get done but just can't drag yourself out of bed... Now, you can still clock in or finish that essay you've been dragging your feet on without even sitting upright.
A decorative cat towel that'll silently watch you microwave your day-old pizza or scroll TikTok on the toilet.
A set of heel caps so you don't become one with the Earth during the 10+ summer weddings you have coming up.
A set of magnetic air fryer cheat sheets you can affix to your fridge and then quickly crosscheck when you're in the middle of making chicken fingers. That way, you don't have to wash all the eggs and breadcrumbs off your hands and fumble with your phone to pull up Google.
An angled dry-erase desktop whiteboard where you can jot down notes or play a game of M.A.S.H. while you're half-paying attention to an all-hands meeting.
A scalp care brush so you can treat your noggin to a salon-worthy massage right at home. The tool can also help get rid of dandruff so you can spend less time worrying about it accumulating all over your dark tee.
An easily washable drip catcher if *nothing* grinds your gears quite like a soapy counter puddle after you just spent precious minutes cleaning dishes because you're not part of the 1% (AKA – the dishwasher-owning class).
An OG Tamagotchi that'll bring you straight back to 1997 when you beggeddddd your mom for your first digital pet. If you need a refresher on how it works, you'll raise your lil' guy from egg to child to adult, all the while feeding it, helping it use the bathroom, giving it meds, and disciplining it if (when) it gets too annoying.
A trio of hydrating lip sleeping masks for just $10 (!!) if you've been hesitant to drop $$$ on a singular Laneige lip mask.
A pair of stylish teardrop earrings if you want the luxe look of Bottega Veneta but don't want to drop the equivalent of a mortgage payment on them — especially with how often you misplace things.
A Subtl Beauty 5-in-1 starter stack which comes with a concealer, highlighter, bronzer, lip and cheek balm, and shine control powder all in one tiny package. That way, you can slip it in your purse when you leave the house and not even have to worry about someone snatching it out of your medicine cabinet.
And a desktop punching bag so after you hang up on a meeting that most DEFINITELY could have been an email, you can shake off your stress.
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