ICYMI: Komando readers’ most loved in 2024

😌 Bonus: Most of these will arrive before Christmas, too!

  • Sending Christmas checks in the mail? Write them with pens designed to prevent check washing (38% off, $9).
  • You guys really loved this car cleaning goop (20% off, $8). I do, too.
  • Plugs! So many plugs! This wall surge protector ($13) can charge nine devices at once — you know, just in case.
  • The Pink Stuff ($6) is a cleaning paste that works on everything you could possibly think of.
  • After trying this carpet cleaner ($7), you’ll never need another.
  • This whitening toothpaste (20% off, $12) is my absolute favorite. Keeps me sparkly for the cameras.
  • If you know me, you know I love a good pen: Ballpoint pens, Tide pens and even WD-40 pens (13% off, $13). Yes, please.
  • I put Apple AirTags (26% off, $73) on everything — keys, my dog, my husband. 
  • Stop wiping your screens and glasses on your shirt! A massive pack of lens wipes is less than $15.
  • This curved toilet brush (43% off, $10) will be your No. 1 pick for your No. 2 needs. 💩 Sorry, I had to.

Tech bonus: Protect yourself from hacking and juice-jacking with a USB data blocker ($10). It stops data transfers so you can charge your phone anywhere without worry.

Feeling the pressure? I’ve got ya!

🎁 These gifts come just in time for Christmas.

  • A Polaroid camera (20% off) with Bluetooth and an app you can use to edit your photos. The future is now!
  • Oakley sunglasses are a spec-tacular gift.
  • For the traveler: a nice laptop backpack ($70) saves time while going through TSA security checkpoints.
  • My niece uses this skincare brand, and she freakin’ glows. The set comes with a bunch of goodies.
  • For their 2025 walking resolution, Reebok sneakers (for men and for women).
  • Honest Beauty’s mascara is to die for. It’s also under $20.
  • This hair-drying wand (20% off, $120) is the perfect alternative to Dyson’s $600 Airwrap.
  • A shiny new golf bag would be an un-fore-gettable gift. 🏌️
  • I don’t know how they did it, but this is the best workout mat (15% off) I’ve ever owned. (I gifted myself a Peloton Tread, and it’s great.)
  • For the person obsessed with their journal, colorful ballpoint pens. They’re under $10, too.

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🎁 Gifts that are almost too cool.

Romantic gifts for your significant other

❤️‍🔥 Turn the holidays into lovin’.

  • A hand-casting kit (20% off) makes a mold out of your and your partner’s hands. Freakin’ adorable.
  • Scratch off all the food you’ve eaten together on this travel print (11% off). Or maybe just decide what’s for dinner.
  • Don’t tell them you got a stuffed waffle maker (29% off), and surprise them in bed with a Nutella-filled waffle. Not advised with white sheets.
  • A chalkboard coffee mug ($13) lets you write a new message every morning for your partner. Cute!
  • For long-distance lovers, tap this lamp, and your partner’s matching lamp will light up in the same color.
  • This portable picnic table (22% off, $35) has wineglass holders — no spillage disasters allowed.
  • This homemade gin kit comes with two bottles, so if you mess up yours, you can just steal sips of theirs! That’s love.
  • They knead a massage gun in their life.

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Gifts that give them something to do

🏡 And they won’t even have to leave the house.

  • Stop spending hours in the candle aisle trying to guess what scent they like. They can make their own with this kit!
  • A cozy cup holder is great for movie lovers … or anyone who doesn’t want to tear apart an entire sectional looking for a lost remote.
  • You’ll have the hottest gift of the day with a hot sauce-making kit. Maybe pair it with a gallon of 2%.
  • A dream decoder ($16) might help them figure out why they keep dreaming about pugs wearing tuxedos.
  • For the person who loves YouTube and podcasts more than crafting, these headphones sound as good* as models three times the price.
  • A sushi-making kit (23% off, $8), because paying $16 for a California roll at a restaurant is lunacy.
  • Channel Columbo with a fun murder mystery game (33% off).
  • This cookbook (29% off) has 100 recipes straight from Disney’s parks. And yes, it has the Magic Kingdom Dole Whip. Mmm.
  • This book (34% off) is like paint-by-numbers but with stickers. Even I can do that!

Unique gifts for kids

🎁 These are way more memorable than a gift card or Robux.

  • If you ever need space from your little ones, turn on a star projector (30% off, $35). They’ll be over the moon. 🌝
  • An LCD doodle tablet ($20) is basically a fancier, way cooler Etch-A-Sketch. Click the box for 10% off!
  • A slime kit ($9) is the perfect gift for a fidgety kid (or adult — I don’t judge).
  • I used to love these rubber band bracelet kits (18% off). I’m so glad they’re still around.
  • Minecraft Legos — need I say more?
  • This DIY kit ($10) keeps ‘em busy making cute mini donuts.
  • Kinetic sand ($14) is so much fun. Bonus: It’s way easy to clean up.
  • Indisputable fact: Every girl wants pink hair at some point in her life. This temporary hair chalk ($15) even works on dark hair.
  • A bath bomb potion kit ($20) is basically a bathtub science lab.

Stock up before you’re too busy

😵‍💫 Have guests coming for the holidays? Mark this off your to-do list today. Some make good gifts, too, just sayin’.