What we bought this week
After spending a frankly excessive amount of time researching (I have the spreadsheets to prove it), I bought a lightly used Sony A7C mirrorless camera. I love its compact size, incredible auto-focus and gorgeous image quality. It blows any smartphone camera out of the water, but does take a lot more time and focus to use, like any digital camera. It was an expensive purchase, but buying used helps, and it’s still loads cheaper than Sony's high-end digital cameras. - Harry Rabinowitz, reporter
I’ve been searching for a new vacuum since Black Friday, but I was having trouble finding anything I was in love with. Last weekend I noticed Tineco’s Pure One S11 Spartan vacuum was on sale at Walmart. Tineco is a brand Select has written about and the vacuum has a bunch of the features I was looking for. I jumped at the price and purchased it and have been in love ever since. It comes with a bunch of attachments so you can reach hard to reach areas and clean furniture, and also converts into a hand vac. It does a great job of getting rid of the pet hair on my floors I could barely even see, so that’s a major win. - Zoe Malin, associate updates editor
Hands down Skin Food Fix's Shea Body Butter is my favorite body moisturizer. I originally found it in a little boutique in Montauk, NY — Skin Food Fix is a small, woman-owned business — and became slightly obsessed. When I hit the bottom of the jar, I googled it to order more and, happily, it just came. Here’s why I love it: The whipped “souffle” texture is light and fluffy, but it really softens my skin beautifully. It also gives my skin a pretty sheen, but somehow doesn’t feel super greasy. According to the company website, it has no parabens or cancer-causing chemicals and uses fair trade, organic shea butter. The only thing I don’t love is the smell natural unscented creams tend to have. It’s not bad, I just prefer a light scent. This time I also bought the Nilotica Shea Butter “everything balm,” so stay tuned for an update after I try it. - Leah Ginsberg, managing editor
What we’ve recommended this week
To recommend beard trimmers and beard oils, we spoke to hair stylists and dermatologists about their favorite options and proper beard care overall.
To recommend the best period underwear, we ended up pulling the Thinx Cheeky and the Thinx Super Hiphugger from our coverage after they were mentioned in a class-action lawsuit, which was settled privately, claiming they contained harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
To recommend the best bed sheets, we spoke to dermatologists and textile technologists to learn more about fabric.
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