What Strategist Readers Are Buying: Micellar Water and Electric Toothbrushes

1. The Best Beauty Stuff (From Strat-Approved Brands) on Sale for Prime Day (Off Last List)

This French makeup-removing micellar water first made the list back in April when beauty writer Rio Viera-Newton told us it not only took off all her makeup, but left her skin feeling “supple and rejuvenated.” With the price slashed by a third on Prime Day, it skyrocketed all the way to the top of the list.

2. Everything We’ve Written About That’s on Sale for Prime Day (New Entry)

The Philips Sonicare electric toothbrush gets rave reviews from both writer Stephen Haskell (“one of the best purchases I have ever made”) and enthusiastic Amazon customers (“my colleagues were asking me if I whitened my teeth”). Usually $200, at 50 percent off on Prime Day, this investment in oral hygiene was a bit easier to swallow.

3. What’s the Best Beard Trimmer? (3)

This beard trimmer, with a radial dial that lets you choose lengths down to the half-millimeter for guys who don’t want to go totally clean-shaven, claims the third-place spot for the second week in a row. Writer Kurt Soller loves how it keeps stray hairs out of the sink: “A vacuum-suction feature that collects the majority of your shaven hairs — up to 90 percent of them, according to the company, but who really knows? All I can say is that this is a godsend.”

4. I Sip My Iced Coffee From These Stylish (Ecofriendly) Straws (1)

With the New York City Council introducing legislation to ban plastic straws and Starbucks pledging to eliminate them by 2020, we’re on the lookout for a sustainable alternative. This set, from Sipwell, is proving to be a strong contender. Last week’s top seller, this set keeps going strong. As one Amazon reviewer said, “They are very close in size to the disposable ones and have a nice bend to them.” Lots of you also opted for Strat writer Bethany Blakeman’s favorite metal straws from Greens Steel. If you’re not into metal, our senior writer Lauren Levy prefers these soft silicone ones that are also biodegradable.

5. The Google Doc I Send to People Who Ask About My Skin (2)

Although they weren’t part of the Prime Day sale, these pimple healers remain in the top five. Strat beauty writer Rio Viera-Newton introduced us to the now-famous patches last year in her epic skin-care Google Doc post: “The Holy Grail. Drop everything and buy them. Not even going to explain, will just say if you pop or pick a zit, put this on immediately afterward, go to bed, and in the morning you’ll see what I’m talking about and thank me.”

6. If You Buy One Thing on Prime Day, Make It a Joule Sous-Vide Machine (New Entry)

You don’t have to be a Walter White level chemist to dabble in molecular gastronomy with this sous-vide cooker. In fact, Strat writer Maxine Builder says, it’s “arguably the easiest way to make sure meat is properly cooked every single time.” During Prime Day, the Joule was over 25 percent off — the cheapest we’ve ever seen it. Grub Street editor Alan Sytsma called the Joule “a lot smaller and sleeker” than the competition — as if we needed any more reason to add to cart.

7. If You Buy One Thing on Prime Day, Make It This Hypoallergenic Coop Pillow (New Entry)

While some of us on team Strat are firmly in the side sleeper camp, writer Lori Keong isn’t “a loyalist to any one sleep position,” so she looks for a pillow that can do it all. After trying lots of brands in the past, she fell for the Coop hypoallergenic model, writing “it’s adaptable enough to auto-adjust to my sleep positions, evenly supporting my head no matter how I’m angled.” Lori’s not the only fan of the Coop — it’s garnered more than 15,500 adoring reviews on Amazon. Discounted on Prime Day, lots of you chose to check it out, too.

8. If You Buy One Thing on Prime Day, Make It the Remington Pro Curling Wand (New Entry)

Another of our Prime Day picks, writer Lauren Ro credits this curling iron with giving her stick-straight hair natural-looking waves “for a fraction of the cost and time spent under a dryer hood.” She said the incredibly easy-to-use wand made her feel like “(almost) a hair genius.” While the price dipped to $17 on Prime Day, at around $22 the rest of the year, it’s still an affordable way to get salon-style curls at home.

9. This Korean Sleep Mask Gave Me the Most Radiant Skin of My Life (New Entry)

While we’ve got nothing against indulging in an elaborate multi-step skin-care routine, some nights you just want one magical product to do it all. For Lori Keong, this Korean sleep mask, powered by brightening and anti-inflammatory prickly-pear-seed oil from the Sahara Desert, is that workhorse. She writes, “a dime-size amount of this lightly floral-scented gel mask all over my face before bed helped me wake up looking like an angel.”

10. This 7 for All Mankind Stuff Is Up to 90 (!) Percent Off Right Now (New Entry)

It takes a lot for a sale to get us really excited, but the crazy good markdowns on these 7 for All Mankind pieces (up to 90 percent off!) definitely caught our attention. This on-trend and summery knotted-front T-shirt is a jaw-dropping 84 percent off, only $16 from an original $99. Even more shocking? It’s still available in every size.