What Strategist Readers Bought and Saved This Month: Sunscreen and Soft Serve Machines

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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
With the weather finally,finallywarming up, everyone’s best-summer-ever preparations began in earnest this May: tanning foam, sunscreen, coolingpercale sheetsfrom Quince, andNinja CREAMi soft-serve ice-cream machinesall ended up in numerous carts. I’mpretty close to purchasing the Ninja myself, although last summer I got a lot of use out of thisclassic Cuisinart.

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The most-saved items this month
May was a great month for tiny but useful life hacks here at the Strategist, and your most-saved items are a testament to that: Orly’s nail-tech-beloved$8 base coat(which makes any manicure last for more than a week), the ultra-affordable Gap V-neck that’s an exactdupe for Flore Flore’s pricey cool-girl tanks, and the yacht step that contributing writer Sarah Blakley-Cartwright says can makedaily apartment life much easier.

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Themost-commented-uponstories
Rob Rausch lovers and haters
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Everlane mourners
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(Extremely) plastic-free coffee brewers
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Stuffwesavedforournewsletterreaders
Secret Stratdownsized
TheSecret Strategistpored over all the details in the miniature house that creative director andMugwort Mugwortco-founderJayne Goheenmade for her kids’Maileg mice. “Thefrog boots— my daughters have the sameWellipets rain boots— I sourced onMiniatures.com, along with a lot of other building supplies, likewallpaperandflooringand trim,” says Goheen.
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TheStrategist Beauty Briefprepared for sandal season
Megababe has released a newBlister & Heel Rescue stick, and our beauty team is excited about it. We’re longtime fans of the brand’santi-chafing stick, so we have high hopes for the latest launch.
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The Strategist’s daily newsletter went offline
Well, sort of. “Over the course of four months, I interviewed busy parents, publicists, anti-tech activists, journalists, event planners, and polled theNew Yorkstaff for practical advice on how to unglue ourselves from our phones,” says associate editor Jeremy Rellosa. “The result is a list of 59 tipsthat include waking up to the radio, downloadingan appthat makes you do push-ups before opening Instagram, using a dumbphone (like the popularLight Phone III, which still has navigation capabilities), and falling asleep to maritime weather reports for the British Isles instead of scrolling.”
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TheStrategist Kids’ Departmentfound all the new Jellycats
Jellycat’s latest drop is full of summery stuffies that are sure to sell out, includingRoarwell Sea Lion,Keli Pelican, ajaunty seafaring edition of Bartholomew Bear, and senior editorJen Trolio’s hands-down favorite,Pinchsnap Crab. The brand has also releaseda handful of fútbol-themed designsahead of the World Cup, including aUSA soccer balland the excellently namedWarni, a yellow card, andFowla, a red card.
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