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    33 Cheap Add-Ons That'll Help Make Things You Already Own Better

    $20 or under items to upgrade the stuff you already have.

    1. A Luminoodle — an LED lighting strip you can affix to the back of your TV for a backlighting effect that'll create sharper images, increase color contrast, and reduce eye strain.

    A reviewer's before/after of their TV with backlighting: before with a less clear picture and brights that strain the eyes and after with clearer picture and backlighting on the wall

    2. A set of toaster-friendly bags that'll basically transform your toaster into a frying pan. That's right, they're perfect for whipping up an ooey gooey grilled cheese when you can't really manage the whole stove thing.

    A grilled cheese sandwich, and a toaster with another grilled cheese in the bag

    3. A pack of Miracle-Gro plant food *spikes* jam-packed with micronutrients to revive and nourish all the flowering or foliage plants you've alllllllmost killed forever.

    A reviewer's plant in two photos: on the left looking wilted, and on the right with the leaves standing tall

    4. A L'Oreal blowout priming spray that'll super-power your hair dryer or John Frieda hot air brush, cutting down your drying time WHILE protecting your hair from heat damage (because your arms don't need a whole workout when you're trying to get ready), all while achieving salon-quality softness.

    Hand holding the spray bottle

    5. A set of three scrubbing attachments you can simply add to any power drill to make cleaning your tub, floor, appliances, or even the wheels of your car ridiculously fast and easy.

    6. A set of purrfect chair socks that look like little cat feet. These are just about the only paws that *don't* scratch your floors — and actually *keep* your furniture from damaging your precious hardwood.

    7. An adorably gigantic, bow-bedecked headband to make your home spa night with your favorite Aztec clay mask so much better. This'll keep your hair out of your face when sheet masking, clay masking, moisturizing, or just even washing your face.

    A reviewer with a clay mask on their face and their hair pushed back with the fuzzy pink polkadot headband

    8. A set of tab divider sticky notes so you can make notes *on top* of your notes or those EXPENSIVE textbooks and find them easily, rather than scrambling at the last minute and looking through all 27 notebooks scattered around your room.

    The set of dividers sectioning off a notebook, each in a different bright color, and showing the lines on the large (quarter-page) sticky notes you can write on

    9. A dozen Bottle Bright tablets that'll deep clean your favorite and slightly gross thermos or on-the-go bottle — no scrubbing required. These'll get into all those hard-to-reach spaces and remove *all* the gunk.

    A before/after of a reviewer's thermos, on the left stained brown from tea or coffee and on the right clean and shiny

    10. An electric fabric defuzzer, because hand-picking all the pills off your favorite sweater is not a cute look. This under -$15 tool will bring it back to its former glory!

    A reviewer's before/after of a knit piece of clothing covered in pills, and then with the pills all removed

    11. An easy-to-use jewelry cleaning brush for polishing up your new-ish or decades-old precious stones. Aka spend less than $6 now and make your diamond look like it cost twice as much.

    A reviewer's solitaire ring: on the left before cleaning looking cloudy, on the right clean with defined facets and sparkle

    12. A pack of button extenders that'll immediately add a whole inch of ~breathing room~ for too-tight pants, extra comfort, or planning ahead when you go to a buffet. Let's be real: we've all unzipped mid-dinner.

    Model in jeans with an inch more of room at the top thanks to the extender that loops around the existing button

    13. A liquid-free rolling screen cleaner to clean your tablet, phone, laptop, and more back to straight-from-the-box newness. You know when your screen goes dark and you're like "Oh wow, that's a lot of dust and sneeze particles!" That's over now.

    14. A Feed n Wax Wood conditioner that'll basically erase years of damage (looking at you, drink rings) and polish up beautifully, bringing out the natural color and sheen of your pieces — whether the wood is finished or unfinished — *and* add a layer of protection.

    A before/after of a reviewer's table: above with marks and dirty spots, below shiny and polished

    15. A plant-based, paraben-free shampoo so you can feel good about *finally* washing caked-on foundation out of your favorite tools without irritating sensitive skin or leaving behind residue. The formula'll even leave the bristles soft and conditioned.

    Left: A reviewer's before image of a bunch of makeup brushes stained orange and pink right: The same brushes, but almost back to their original color

    16. A jade roller and gua sha set that can help incorporate your favorite serums and moisturizers into your skin better. Plus it's gorgeous and just *feels* amazing.

    17. Drawer dividing boxes to make that Ikea dresser seem like it was ~custom-designed~ to hold each and every pair of socks and undies. Personalized drawer layouts are less than fifteen bucks away.

    18. Sweat-resistant silicone grips that'll keep your earbuds or Airpods in your ears during even the most intense workouts.

    Model with the grips holding a pair of wireless earbuds in their ears

    19. An attachable phone handle to finally stop that thing where you're lying down and you drop your phone on your face. That hurts! Also great when you're taking photos — and it's less likely to fall from your grip than a PopSocket, IMO!

    Reviewer with their index and middle fingers looped through the black elastic handle on the back of a phone

    20. A round blindspot mirror that'll upgrade your car if you don't have automatic parallel park or fancy warning lights on your side mirrors. This'll make merging, changing lanes, and even your nightmare — parallel parking — a breeze.

    The round mirror on a car's side mirror

    21. A pack of cable-hugging critters to take a ~bite~ out of the annoyance of fraying cords. No bent cord = no exposed wires, FINALLY. Your phone is your bestie, best start treating it that way.

    The owl around the "neck" of a tablet charger to keep it straight, plus other animals including a unicorn, chick, ladybug, fish, and penguin

    22. A sturdy but cute felt purse organizer with tons of pockets for your phone, earbuds, cosmetics, hand sanitizer, Kindle, and all the other *must-haves* you usually leave in the bag you used yesterday. Your fave tote now has pockets GALORE.

    The felt organizer in pink from the front and side, and also shown organizing items in a tote

    23. A quick-drying top coat so you can finally stop waving your hands frantically before finally heading out the door. This baby'll transform your favorite polish fully into a quick-dry wonder, so it'll set looooong before you're ready to leave (like, in a few minutes after applying, max!).

    Hand holding the bottle of polish with glossy painted nails

    24. A car air freshener you can customize with three colors and over *50* scents to keep your wheels smelling fresh, whether you're carting around messy kids, keep your gym gear in the back seat, or stop for french fries and don't want your car smelling like McDonald's forever.

    The air freshener

    25. A motion-detecting toilet light that'll glow any of 16 colors — so you don't miss the bowl no matter what, trip over cords in the dark, stub your toe, or make another 3 a.m. bathroom trip mishap.

    A collage of toilets showing all the colors it can glow

    26. A three-pack of 14K gold-filled magnetic clasp converters to more easily (but still securely) put on and take off your go-to necklaces and bracelets — without having to ask for help.

    The three clasps

    27. A compact hook so you can keep your nice handbag off the floor, whether you're in the car or in a restroom with no hook (ugh don't you hate when that happens?!).

    A purse hanging from the open hook, resting on a bathroom ledge with text "the edge of this wall was just a little thinner than the width of the clip, but it did not slip off like I worried it would. It kept my heavy purse off the dirty restroom floor"

    28. A pair of soft silicone grips to keep your glasses from slipping off your face when you look down. This is one of those inventions that makes you think "Well why didn't I think of that?!"

    Model with the grips holding the glasses behind their ear

    29. A slim, protective wallet smartphone case so you can head out for the day without carrying 50,000 things — just your phone!

    The black hard case with a slot for cards and cash and the text "carry 3 cards plus cash (for the 3 people who still carry cash}"

    30. A strand of LED lightbulbsto turn *any* mirror into an old Hollywood–style vanity.

    A reviewer's round mirror with the strand of globe lights placed around it

    Look at the lighting difference these bbs make:

    31. Two pairs of self-tying shoelaces so you can head out the door in your favorite shoes for a quick jog or grocery run *truly* quickly — just slip them through the loops of any lace-up shoe and slip 'em on your feet.

    A pair of sneakers with elastic laces

    32. A pair of extra large wool dryer balls that'll ensure your laundry dries quicker and gets softer than ever, no matter how old your dryer is — *25%* faster. Those towels that take FOR-E-VER (The Sandlot voice) to dry? No more.

    A glass vase with the three large white wool balls

    33. A clip-on strainer made of sturdy BPA-free silicone so you can drain your pasta one-handed! No more overcooked pasta while you try to unearth that giant colander.

    A model draining a pot of pasta with a green strainer clipped on the sides so they can drain it with one hand

    Time to level up everything in your life.

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