26 Useful Products That You'll Be Tempted To Gatekeep

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18-05-2025

A storage pillow so you can open it up and be like BAM — more pillows! This lets you make the most use of your small space by hiding blankets, clothes, bedding, towels, stuffed animals, and other soft clutter. It's perfect for spaces like RVs, dorms, tiny homes, boats, and more!
A pack of pee pads that'll truly make you a next-level responsible dog parent. Since we have yet to be able to verbally communicate with our pups, these absorbent pads have a color-changing layer that can alert you to potential issues, like a UTI or dehydration.
A doorbell cover, aka the adult version of the "keep out" sign you used to put on your bedroom door as a kid. This is perfect for keeping a delivery person from ringing when you've JUST put your little one down for a nap, or if you've got a dog who goes berserk when the doorbell rings (and it's usually while you're in a meeting, of course 🫠).
A silicone ring protector that'll allow you to wear your precious hand jewelry during your sweat sesh so you can skip out on sticking it in an unsupervised gym locker. And bonus: It also protects your band from scratches!
Laneige's Neo Blurring Powder to smoothen that skin, blur those pores, and give the big ol' middle finger to the shininess that comes with having oily skin. This semi-matte powder absorbs the shine but leaves your subtle ~glow~ untouched. Reviewers mention that it looks great without looking overly powdery and makes their skin feel suuuper soft.
A nourishing Brazilian 2-in-1 conditioning treatment by Skala that you'll *especially* love if you've got some curly tresses you'd like to define. This miraculous tub of cream has castor oil and shea butter that'll help combat hair breakage and reinforce brightness and hydration.
A set of collagen-infused forehead patches that this reviewer deems "a game-changer in skincare." These magical lil' patches deeply hydrate your skin and improve its elasticity to minimize fine lines, making you look and feel ~refreshed~.
A smudge-correcting clear nail polish for every time you *thought* that mani you worked so hard on was fully dry, but that newly crinkled spot says otherwise. No big deal — this fixes it in a snap!
A weekly keyboard planner that'll delight all of the visual peeps out there. This helps you organize your tasks and see the layout of your work week. Plus! It's undated, so you can feel free to use it only when you actually need it instead of splurging on a whole dated planner only to fill up half of it.
An expanding shower liner for anyone whose shower feels like it was designed for a Smurf instead of an actual human. This liner curves away from your body so you're not constantly pushing away a shower curtain that blows toward you and limits your space. Amazing, now you have more room for your sold-out shower concert.
A pack of carborundum sponges that do their job so well, they'll basically be telling your other dish-cleaning supplies to step aside when it comes to tackling stubborn stains and gunk. These sponges are sprinkled with nano-particles that do all the heavy scrubbing for you. With these, it took this reviewer three minutes to dissolve rust stains that they had been struggling with for *months* (!!!).
A Pikk-it tool — sorry to say this, but your vacuum isn't working to its full capacity, and it's probably because of all the tangled hair/fur stuck in its roller brush. This is designed to remove alllll that gunk out of there, and it can even be used to spruce up your hairbrushes! And may I just say, way to go for being such a next-level adult that you're cleaning your cleaning appliances. You're a trailblazer, truly.
A set of espresso martini instant cocktail tea bags if your bank account is sick of you ordering those $18 espresso martinis. These let you kick back and enjoy your fave drink at home for wayyy cheaper. And all while staying in your beloved old college sweats. That's what I call victory.
A hair identifier spray because it sucks when you finish up your monthly dermaplaning session only to later realize...there was more?!?! With this, you can be sure that you're shaving alllll the peach fuzz. Plus, reviewers say the spray helps the razor glide more smoothly (which can make it less painful!).
Nyx's Pore Filler Targeted Stick — no, trust me, this one WORKS. This sensitive skin-friendly, holy grail option has a "blurring" effect to reduce the appearance of pores and smooth your skin without causing any extra shine you have to blot out.
A space-saving ceramic folding griddle that you'll wonder how you ever lived without (especially if you live in an apartment that could double as a show box). There's a built-in drip tray for grease and two temperature zones, meaning you can cook at different temperatures! Eggs on one side, bacon on the other. Meat on one side, veggies on the other. Multi-tasking at its finest, baby.
A Grim Steeper silicone tea infuser because it'll steep your morning tea to perfection and (ironically) bring you back to life.
An airtight Deli ProKeeper with a grooved bottom designed to extend the life of your deli meats and cheeses, because the thought alone of having your turkey sit in its juices in a damp deli meat package is *gag* bone-chilling.
A vacuum LED light that'll show you just how "clean" your floors are. 😬 Those pet hairs, spilled kibble, human crumbs, kitty litter crystals, and dust bunnies beg to differ...
A screen-cleaning brush so you can look out your window and, you know, actually be able to see outside without all the grime on your mesh screen blocking your view (and that one dead bug that's been there since WW2).
A no-tools-required dual-showerhead because those partner showers should be ~romantic~, which is a little hard to do when someone is toasty warm under the showerhead, and the other person is shivering in the back of the tub, giving them the death stare. Also! Parents love this thing for getting kids in and out of the shower without fights over the water.
A portable cocktail maker tool that'll make you everyone's favorite girls' night host. Use the corresponding app to list the ingredients you have, pick your cocktail (or mocktail), select the number of servings, and then follow the app instructions, which will tell you exactly how much liquid to pour. No more measuring cups!
A pack of ceiling fan carbon filters because they're unnoticeable when you stick them to your fan blades, but create a *very* noticeable difference in the air! They banish dust, pollen, smoke, dander, and other allergens as the fan spins (which will be quite often as the hotter weather approaches us).
A spinning water bottle organizer if your collection of Stanley's, Starbucks tumblers, and more is...becoming a problem, perhaps? This lazy Susan-style water bottle holder can accommodate up to six 40-ounce bottles so they stop spilling off the shelf in your kitchen cabinet.
A Maybelline volumizing brow mousse that reviewers have claimed is superior to the Anastasia *and* Benefit brow products. This lets you effortlessly fill in sparse brows, fluff up thin ones, and tame curly ones for natural-looking, full brows that belong on the cover of Vogue.
The LoudCup — a very, very, very loud cup that'll let you prove your "#1 fan" status and have everyone asking where you got it from. It'll quickly become a must-have for all the big sporting events you attend, even if it's just your kid's high school soccer team. It's also double-wall insulated, so it keeps your drink nice and cold, *and* keeps you from screaming yourself hoarse.