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    22 Useful Things Our Readers Swear Are 100% Worth The Money

    Smart little life-improving finds.

    We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about the most useful products they own (plus saved up their recs from the comments on other posts) – here's what they actually swear by!

    1. Wine Away, which deserves a gold medal for all the wine and coffee spills it's cleaned up over the years. (It fades the stains, like, instantly.)

    2. The ~Furminator~, which is exactly what it sounds like: a brush that gently extracts all the loose hair that your dog would have shed anyway, so you can keep it contained instead of letting it coat your furniture, clothes, and everything else.

    3. A bottle of Trader Joe's Everything But The Bagel Seasoning because it'll instantly add a salty, garlicky, onion-y crunch of flavor to everything you anoint with it, from avocado to popcorn to roast veggies and SO much more.

    4. A set of sheets so soft anyone who touches them will pretty much instantly envy them — aka, ask you nicely where you got 'em so they can grab a set for their beds.

    5. An eyeliner with wing stamps — it makes perfecting your wings super quick and easy, so if you get 'em now and start practicing, you'll both look great on video chat *and* be able to whiz through this part of your makeup routine once you start doing it regularly again.

    6. Some ultra-absorbent microfiber cleaning cloths because you like to get your money's worth out of a product, and these can be repurposed for dozens of different uses.

    7. Did You Feed The Dog, a switch pad to make sure your pups (or kitties or fish or piggies) can't ever trick multiple humans into feeding them two breakfasts and three dinners.

    8. A jar of the cult-favorite Aztec Secret Bentonite Clay Mask because it really can banish acne with regular use.

    9. The classic Magic Erasers so you can up clean all kinds of impossible-seeming stuck-on messes without wearing yourself out in the process.

    10. Some acne patches that you stick on any blemish before you go to bed, then wake up with a clear (or at least significantly clear-er) face, because they spend the night absorbing a bunch of gunk lurking beneath the surface of your skin.

    11. A compact and affordable battery pack — TBH I've been using my battery pack as much as ever even though I'm staying in the house all day because I'm lazy. When my phone hits 10% in the early evening, it's easier than finding an outlet downstairs for my charger!

    12. The Sidewinder, which is designed to tame your unruly MacBook cable so it stays nice and neat whether it's in your bag or under your desk (or dining room table). It can wind both ends up into its circle in less than five seconds!

    13. A 25-foot HDMI cable so you can hook your laptop up to your TV for streaming but still use it to check email / do work, too.

    14. An alarm clock to wake you up with a chill, gradual sunrise — the way all of our bodies ~evolved~ to wake up — so you don't even feel like hitting the snooze button and have plenty of time in the morning.

    15. A set of anti-chafe lace bands that'll let you walk in your dresses — even if only through the grocery store one morning a week and around the block once every afternoon — without a single complaint from your thighs.

    16. A lightweight, mini-sized vacuum perfect for quickly picking up dust, dirt, and debris on hardwood floors and low-pile car carpets.

    17. A pair of acupressure wristbands that just might help relieve your nausea caused by riding in the car (motion sickness, why???) or pregnancy.

    18. An airtight food storage set because they keep pantry staples fresh for longer than the original packaging ever possibly could and they'll make everything easy to find — that's money + time saved.

    19. A weighted blanket — every time you wrap yourself in it, you'll feel gently cuddled, which can help you deeply relax despite some of your daily stresses.

    20. And a cozy U-shaped body pillow that people love for pregnancy but also can be supportive whether you have back pain or just want a consistent cuddle buddy every night.

    21. A silicone menstrual cup because once you get the hang of it, you'll save money and the environment AND just generally be much less inconvenienced by your period.

    22. An Instant Pot so you can pull off that modern-day miracle: putting a healthy meal on the table every night that takes less than an hour to go from prepping veggies to eating the first bite.

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