We’re cold. You’re cold. The days are short, the weather is a gamble, and the argument with your kids about wearing their coat is neverending. It’s the middle of winter and if you’re feeling a little blue, or even if you’re dealing with full-on Seasonal Affective Disorder, it’s fully understandable. Of course, the season doesn’t mean life isn’t still great. It’s just a bit easier to find yourself pretty zapped, crabby, or dull. And we’re here to bring you back to feeling your best with these winter essentials.
Whether it’s your favorite time of year or not, we’ve got some serious tricks up our sleeves to keep you going no matter what the weather is doing. We’re even willing to bet that there are a lot of these feel-good products that you’ll find yourself reaching for all year. We’re talking winter essentials that will keep you going inside, outside, and every single day, and that’ll improve your mood, comfort, and overall sense of well-being. We mean it. Keep reading to get your glow back with our picks for the best winter essentials.
Marshmallow Brown Warmies Boots
Warmies Boots are fully microwavable and scented with real French lavender, so you can warm your always-cold feet and get some zen out of the whole thing, too. Just pop them in the microwave (follow the instructions) and you'll have up to a full hour of cozy warmth. Available in 3 colors, too.
Marshmallow Brown Warmies Boots ($34.99)—Buy Here!
Costa Farms Live Money Tree Indoor Plant
When it's gloomy and grey outside, you need to bring a little spring to your space. Adding a live plant not only cleans the air and reduces your stress levels, but it brightens up your whole mood. The braided money tree from Costa Farms is a winner for sure, and she only needs to be watered once a week in most cases.
Costa Farms Live Money Tree Indoor Plant ($31.10)—Buy Here!
Tony's Chocolonely Super Duper Milk Bundle
We have good news. Snapping off a piece or two of your favorite chocolate candy can actually improve your mood and alter brain patterns. Thanks, science! Obviously, we can't inhale massive amounts of these incredible Tony Chocolonely bars (even if we think we want to. Even if this bundle does include Chocolate Raspberry...) without actually feeling not-so-great, but a little bit might just be your ticket out of the winter blues.
Tony's Chocolonely Super Duper Milk Bundle ($32.25)—Buy Here!
La Jolie Muse Yuzu & Neroli Blossom Scented Candle
All of La Jolie Muse's candles are so dreamy (and on Amazon!), and the Yuzu & Neroli candle is no exception. If you can't be in a citrus grove, at least your house can smell like one, right? Sparkling yuzu, orange blossom, spearmint, and cedar wood blend together for a spring-inspired experience (even if it's snowing outside).
La Jolie Muse Yuzu & Neroli Blossom Scented Candle ($21.00)—Buy Here!
Tiered Plant Stand with Grow Lights
You're gonna need a place to display your money tree or any other houseplants you may already have or decide to bring home. How cool is this plant stand? It even includes built-in grow lights for the months when the sun isn't quite so...sunny.
Tiered Plant Stand with Grow Lights ($109.98)—Buy Here!
HappyLight by Verilux
The sun is setting early and the days aren't always sunny to begin with in the winter, so meet HappyLight. HappyLight delivers 10,000 Lux of UV-free, LED, full-spectrum light for natural light therapy that doesn't include glares, flickering, or hotspots. Bright light therapy can help improve sleep, boost mood, increase energy, and enhance focus (in any season, actually, but definitely in the cold winter months).
HappyLight by Verilux ($35.99)—Buy Here!
Timeless Skin Care Vitamin C Serum
Vitamin C is like sunshine in a bottle. Timeless Skin Care Vitamin C Serum includes vitamin E and ferulic acid to target dullness, hyperpigmentation, and discoloration while defending against environmental stressors. Our shopping editor swears it's the best vitamin C serum she's ever used on her sensitive skin. Just remember the SPF after use!
Timeless Skin Care Vitamin C Serum ($25.99+)—Buy Here!
Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten shares 85 comfort food recipes in this New York Times #1 Bestselling cookbook that's sure to warm you right up on even the most wintery of winter days. Green Spaghetti Carbonara, Crispy Chicken & Lemon Orzo, and even Pomegranate Gimlets to keep the whole family oh-so-cozy.
Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook ($21.97)—Buy Here!
High-Pressure Rain Showerhead
This deceptively simple showerhead is a cinch to install (no tools!) and feels ridiculously luxurious. For around $20, it changed our whole shower game.
High-Pressure Rain Showerhead ($21.95)—Buy Here!
The Self Love Journal
Feeling low? Winter have you seriously blah? Journal it out. Even if you're new to journaling, this guided 91 day journal helps you focus on your goals and intentions, practice gratitude and mindfulness, and start feeling a lot more positive. It might even make you a fan of journaling for life!
The Self Love Journal ($36.99)—Buy Here!
Wearable Blanket Hoodie
With a hood, kangaroo pocket, and multiple colors available, you'll be living in this wearable blanket hoodie all season. It's one of those winter essentials we reach for constantly.
Wearable Blanket Hoodie ($29.99)—Buy Here!
Cold Weather Comfort Tea Gift Set by Scout Urling
Local Washington State farmers, producers, and wild harvesters supply Scout Urling with ultra high-quality ingredients to create the most comforting tea collection that'll warm you from the inside out.
Cold Weather Comfort Tea Gift Set by Scout Urling ($42.00)—Buy Here!
Bluetooth Sleep Headphones
They're calling them 'headphones', but you could also totally use them as a sleep mask, too. Block out noise, bliss out to your favorite music, and drift away. You can also definitely work out with them, work, study, meditate...definitely a must-have. Multiple colors available, too.
Bluetooth Sleep Headphones ($15.99)—Buy Here!
Half-Zip Sweatshirt & Wide-Leg Lounge Set
We're sure you haven't missed the matching-2-piece-set trend—just open IG or TikTok and you'll see them all over. And it's really no surprise. Who doesn't want to be warm, comfortable, cute, and wearing something you can hang out in all day at home or easily run errands in? Plus, matching sets, well, match, so you don't even have to think about putting an outfit together. This versatile half-zip top and wide-leg bottom set comes in a bunch of different colors and can easily be layered over baselayers for super cold days.
Half-Zip Sweatshirt & Wide-Leg Lounge Set ($49.99)—Buy Here!
Mindful Messages Positive Affirmation Cards
If you find yourself feeling a little blue, or even when you're having a great day, positive affirmations have been scientifically proven to produce a positive mood boost, and give you the tools to sustain that good mood, too. Shuffle this encouraging and calming deck, select a card, and trust that you were meant to see that message. Take it with you through your day. Don't believe us? Really dedicate yourself to a week of focusing on your affirmations and watch the magic happen.
Mindful Messages Positive Affirmation Cards ($14.99)—Buy Here!
The Viral Amazon Orolay Coat
This is one coat that keeps going viral—just read any of the almost 28,000 Amazon reviews! Available at a steal, sizes XXS-5XL, and in multiple colors, you'll wear this year after year.
The Viral Amazon Orolay Coat ($125.99)—Buy Here!
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