What Strategist Readers Bought, Saved, and Read in July: Black Honey and Bug Zappers
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Welcome back to “Your Shopping Cart,” where we break out the top products that you, devoted Strategist readers, bought in droves. Think of this as the TL;DR of the Strategist. If your like-minded brethren are buying these items, maybe you’d like to as well.
The most-purchased items this month
July on the Strategist was dominated by Amazon Prime Day. The most expensive item a Strategist reader bought wasa Frame TV for $2,698. (It’s now back to its non–Prime Day price of $3,198.) It’s not a surprise to see this Clinique Black Honey Almost-Lipstick in the No. 1 slot this month — it was amainstay of our Prime Day liveblog.

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The most-saved items this month
Good news for savvy shoppers (and procrastinators): You can now save products on the Strategist — or anyNew YorkMagazine site — with our new product-save tool. You’ll notice there are now small heart icons in the upper-right corner of all product images on articles. To save a product, just click the heart. It’ll change colors, which means it’s been saved. All saved products will then be stored in the “Saved for Later” tab of your account, so make sure you’re logged in to access this feature. (And you just need to submit your email to create an account, no payment required.) Here are the Strategist readers’ most-saved items for July.

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The millenial who’s Gen-Z-short curious
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The two readers who especially liked Naomi Ackie’s Micky 17 stuffie
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And the newly formed Ray Chen hive
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The helpful cyclists
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The Strategist editor with a very particular aesthetic
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The commenters tossing their black spatulas
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Some good summer sneakers fromSecret Strategist

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By Moonstar, a brand senior editor Winnie Yang turned us onto last fall —these inspired by Japanese indoor “school shoes,” these bow-tie plimsolls invelvetandcanvas.
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A very good sale from theBeauty Brief

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We round up thebest beauty deals weekly, just forBeauty Briefsubscribers. We mostly see Fenty products up to 30 percent off at best, so this is a great deal. Add just a tiny drop of this liquid bronzer to your favorite foundation for extra-hydrated skin and a sun-kissed look.
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Jason Mamoa’s beard trimmer from theStrategist Daily

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This week, Rachael Griffiths informed us that Jason Momoashaved for the first time in six yearsas part of a campaign against single-use plastic (plastic-free,he’s just like us!). She identified the beard trimmer in his video as theManscaped Lawn Mower 4.0— one of ourfavorite manscaping tools.
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