Wellness & Self-Care
Adjacent to beauty but separate by intent. Coverage of wellness here is deliberately practical and skeptical — we cover what works, not what trends.
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The Best Daily Multivitamins for the Average Eater
Three daily multivitamins, by formulation and audience, for the eater whose diet runs 82% adequate — the average one, which is to say no one. Which to buy.
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The Best Sound Machines for Sleep, Judged by the Seam
Sleep is the one thing you cannot do while watching it happen. Reading the reviews of three sleep machines, I can tell which hides the seam and which lets it show.
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The Best Meditation Apps, Subject to the Terms Herein*
*The terms herein are, per §1, defined elsewhere. The apps below are calm, or promise to be, pending acceptance of the promise.
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The Best Reading Glasses, and Where to Sit to Read
A reader corrects the distance between where an arm ends and where the page insists on being. These three close that gap from three distances.
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The Best Weighted Blankets, and What They Cannot Hold
A weighted blanket is about the mass of an arm no longer able to reach you. These three carry that weight kindly — here is how they ache, and what they cost.
