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If you follow our celebrity shopping series “What I Can’t Live Without,” you’ll know that famous people are just like us. They light up candles To set the mood, use sleep masks to block light and are very especially about their treats. At least that’s what we’ve learned from our conversations with over 100 famous people throughout 2024. Over the past 12 months, we’ve spoken with Emmy winners, A-list designers, Olympic medalists and James Beard-recognized chefs – and even we revisited some celebrities we’ve interviewed in the past, including Steve Aoki, Adam ScottAnd Rachel Antonoff. Of course, all of these conversations were special, but a few rose to the top. Here you’ll find the most popular “What I Can’t Live Without” columns, based on your page views, as well as the most popular items in each, based on your purchases, starting in 2024.

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Artist Laila Gohar calls Shout’s stain remover “a sort of miracle cure for stains,” adding that it’s the reason she can regularly cook in an all-white outfit. Hundreds of you took her word for it and added it to your carts, making it the most popular item on her list. Also on the theme of cleaning and grooming, Gohar’s favorite baby liquid soap and Olaplex hair mask have also been added to your carts.

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Christina Ricci’s daily uniform consists of a black Amazon Essentials Slim-Fit tank top “almost every day,” she told us. (This prompted one reader to comment: “I’m honestly glad Ms. Ricci is taking this opportunity to set the record straight: she wears an identical, CLEAN tank top every day.”) Over 700 of you followed Ricci’s example, purchasing the tank top yourself. . The second and third most popular on her list were items Ricci had used for years: Lancer’s Exfoliator and Sebastian’s Leave-In Conditioner, which she’s used for eight and 31 years, respectively.

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Even chef Alice Waters, the founder of Berkeley’s At Panisse And the edible schoolyard project — burned copper teapots from time to time. Her solution to this problem is the Bodum Gooseneck Kettle, which she says “happens to be stylish enough that I can have it in my kitchen.” Apparently you all agreed – and bought the kettle in droves. You also ordered the facial cream she has used for 45 years and the blanket she prefers to a duvet.

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You might have expected Rick Steves’ list to consist of mostly travel items, but instead he put together a list of pretty delicious and random items, including the toothpicks he uses to steal his food. “Somehow he made eating with a toothpick appealing,” one reader commented – and many of you agreed, making it the third item the most popular on his list. In first and second place were his hummingbird feeder and the Moleskine newspapers he has used for 25 years. “If you’re a travel writer, you have to catch every idea as it comes. It’s like catching butterflies, and if I don’t have my little pocket notebook with me, I’ll write these things down on pieces of paper and I lose track of them,” he says.

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You may not know Lulu, actress Bridget Everett’s dog, who she describes as “on fire from the minute she wakes up,” but judging by how many of you have purchased the saucer from lollipop from Stashios, it seems many of you know a Lulu guy. “Not only does (Lulu) love it, but it gives me 20 minutes of calm and peace. And in the end, actually, her battery level went down about 25%,” Everett says. You also all appreciated the minty mist Everett uses between takes and the tank tops she can wear without support -throat.

(Editor’s note: Everett’s Girlfriend Collective tank top is no longer available, but the Gemma Scoop Tank Top is a similar option that is still available.)

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Big city co-stars Abbi Johnson and Ilana Glazer — and the reader who called them “my Miralax queens” in the comments — may care about their gut health, but it wasn’t their favorite laxative powder that readers added to their cart. Instead, it was Johnson’s favorite pen, which she loves because of its 0.3 millimeter thickness. “This pen feels more intentional because of the way it’s shaped, the tip,” she says. “I’ll use it if I’m writing something like a card and I’m not writing as fast.” Coming in second and third was Johnson’s “cheeky and healthy” popcorn, “popped.” by the sun” and Glazer’s “light and fluffy” mineral sunscreen that she applies to herself and her child. “It’s so thin and applies so quickly, which makes it easy to apply on a child who’s running away from you,” says Glazer.

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Sydney Sweeney is an evangelist of TheraFace ProTHE microcurrent skin care tool which she throws in her bag when she wants to tone and define her face. “It’s really good to use right after you wake up, or I’ll try using it before red carpets or photo shoot days,” she adds – and many of you have been inspired to ‘try it for yourself. But you didn’t just buy Sweeney’s recommendation: you also chose her favorite dessert. Sweeney loves KitKat-flavored ice cream cones, which she says are “not the healthiest thing for you, but it makes me happy, so I wanted to share my happiness.” Apparently, many of you also wanted to get a taste of his collaboration with Bai.

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McKinnon’s list focused on her favorite practical items, prompting one reader to comment: “This might be the best celebrity shopping ever.” I need more random, old, average quality witchcraft book accounts of these things. The aforementioned “middle-level witchcraft book” is by Monica Furlong. Wise childwhich was the second most popular item on McKinnon’s list. Most purchased item? These Nike socks, which hit McKinnon’s favorite sock height, just above the ankle. “I can’t make the sock fall into the shoe.” I don’t have time for that. I don’t think anyone does that in this day and age,” she adds. The star’s gluten-free pasta, which “has the best, fluffiest texture,” came in third.

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In the six years since we first asked Joanna Goddard about the items she can’t live without, she swapped her “ratty old underwear” and “widow’s socks” for Jockey string bikinis and Socks Le Bon Shoppe. You all followed suit – literally. Over a thousand of you have purchased the underwear Goddard loves. “It’s a real life improvement to start your day without hassle,” she says, referring to her newly streamlined underwear drawer. (After Goddard recommended the Jockeys, we also crowned them Best in Class in our guide to women’s underwearalso, because they are that comfortable and breathable.) As for second and third place, Goddard’s favorite children’s toy and his favorite funny book were neck and neck. They fall into the category of “little things around (her) house that you can just pick up,” of which she loves having lots (and now you can too).

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The most popular book “What I Can’t Live Without” prompted one reader (and, frankly, all of us) to comment: “Tell us more!” More! More!” Jason Schwartzman — who is a TRUE Strategist fan — spent nearly three hours on the phone with strategist writer Lauren Ro, telling her about her 23 favorite things, many of which you all couldn’t wait to try. Most notably, you were intrigued by the single person Boggle book that Schwartzman says is “probably one of the most important things in my life.” (In fact, one reader was so inspired by this thing that he commented, “Why haven’t I made boggle more of a thing in MY life?”) Although Schwartzman has lugged this book around over the years, The last four years he says, “I couldn’t find all the words they say exist on this page. The answers are in the back, but I won’t look.

Unfortunately, the Boggle The book has been out of stock for a long time, but Schwartzman’s fabric magnet and marker sets—the second and third most popular on the list, respectively—are still available. If you want to use magnets the way Schwartzman does, take note: “I like to take two magnets and push them together when they want to repel each other and see how close they can get before they flip and sucking each other in. » he told us. On the other hand, he uses fabric markers to tackle stains. “If something is stained, I take my fabric markers and I draw all over the stain or write words or something,” he says. “So no one sees the stain, and you can keep the item of clothing, and it has a second life. » Perhaps we can all agree with a reader who says, “His palpable pleasure in sharing the place of these objects in his life in such entertaining detail makes him an all-time favorite for me.” »

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