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your shopping cart What Strategist Readers Bought This Month: Magnesium Spray and AirPods Plus shoppy-shop bargains and more. By Katherine Gillespie
gifts A Toy Reviewer’s Guide to the Best Holiday Gifts for 2-Year-Olds Building toys, art supplies, dress-up clothes, and everything else you need to nurture their blossoming imagination and independence. By Liza Corsillo
christmas gifts The Best Beauty Advent Calendars to Buy Before They Sell Out From Belif to Byredo. By Tembe Denton-Hurst
beauty It’s the Last Weekend to Shop Amazon’s Holiday Beauty Event Stock up on staples or do some extra-early Christmas shopping before the sale ends Sunday night. By Sam Daly
air quality The 8 Very Best Humidifiers They’re the ones that are easiest to clean. By Michael Zhao
sales Our Best Overall Underwear Is $5 Right Now — and 57 More Great Deals Including Catbird charms, Hanna Andersson pajamas, Advent calendars for kids, and a garlic-shaped candle. By Sam Daly
adult 31 of the Very Best Sex Toys for Men It’s time to get familiar with the P-spot. By Dominique Pariso
packing and gear Did You Know Nalgene Makes Excellent Travel Bottles? They’re as indestructible and leakproof as its drinking vessels. By Katherine Gillespie
pillows I Snore So Much Less When I Sleep on This Fugly Pillow It’s designed to keep you more upright to help prevent snoring. By Amelia Jerden
our shopping cart The Strategist Haul: What the Editors Bought in October “I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’d ever found a limb-specific lotion, and it works incredibly well.” By The Editors
women’s apparel Practically Everything Is at Least 30 Percent Off at J.Crew It’s not every day that J.Crew cashmere’s on sale. By Ambar Pardilla
kids’ fashion The Best Kids’ Socks, According to My Picky Kids Socks that are comfortable and cute and stay put — for babies, toddlers, little kids, and tweens. By Youngna Park
games I Discovered Plastic Puzzles, and I’m Not Looking Back More affordable than wooden puzzles, more sensory than cardboard, and you have to solve them without end pieces. It’s a whole new puzzle experience. By Leah Finnegan
christmas gifts A Toy Reviewer’s Guide to the Best Holiday Gifts for 3-Year-Olds Including a quiet basketball, a toy-mouse ballet studio, and a wind-up electric train. By Liza Corsillo
furniture This $800 Article Couch Is the Best Bet for the Price Unanimously found to be comfortable by our testers. By Erin Schwartz