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Patrick is the Founder, Chief Trends Editor, and overall fun guy of Trendsicle.com since 2006 (yes, really). He used his digital expertise to create and launch BestProducts for Hearst Magazines in 2015, was named as one of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders” by Folio Magazine, and has contributed original content to publishers like BestProducts, Brostrick, Giftsicle, The Wine Down Report, Harper’s BAAZAR, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, and more. He’s also the published author of The Manifestation Journal.
More importantly he loves choosing and testing out the latest must-have products, picking gifts for endless people on his list, and watching just about every reality show ever created. He’s a proud uncle of three, new dog dad, amateur runner, decent joke teller, and pop culture junkie.
Ooni’s $599 Halo Core spiral mixer is a dough machine first. What testers found with pizza, bread and cake batter, how it compares to the Halo Pro and a KitchenAid, and who should buy it.
Comfrt’s Paw Hoodies are $19 and go all the way up to 175-pound dogs. Here’s the full size chart, which one to buy, how to match your dog, and the anxiety claims to ignore.
Razer’s $99.99 Prio folds a full phone controller down to pocket size and never needs charging. What testers found, the comfort trade-off, and who should get the full-size Kishi V3 instead.
Caraway’s first coffee maker has a brew path made entirely of glass and stainless steel, and it costs $495. What testers found, how it stacks up against a Moccamaster, and who it’s actually worth it for.
LEGO’s 2,386-piece Pokémon Poké Ball opens up to Professor Oak’s lab and comes with the first minifigure-scale Pikachu and Eevee. Who it’s worth $299.99 to, who should skip it, and the cheaper sets to buy instead.
Remineralizing gum costs 5 to 14 times what regular sugar-free gum does. We priced every brand per piece, read the studies, and found that no US brand prints a dose.
Le Creuset’s Star Trek collection is twelve pieces from $35 to $500, and two are already sold out. I priced every one against the plain Le Creuset it’s based on: the $500 Enterprise Dutch oven is $45 over plain, the $60 alien cocottes are a 76% markup. Here’s what to buy, what to gift and what to skip.
Megan Fox’s Dr. Squatch Feral Fox soap and deodorant duo is $21.50, limited to 5,000, and sold through a drawing that closes September 18 at 9 a.m. Pacific. Here’s how to enter, what it smells like, and where the rest of the stock is headed.
The viral $70 Flamingo Estate Heirloom Tomato glass hand soap is a $50 soap plus a $20 bottle. Here’s the per-ounce and per-wash math against Aesop and Loewe, the refill economics, and the cheapest way to get that bottle on your counter.
Ninja wants the CrushBOSS to replace half the appliances on your counter. At nearly $320, we looked at what you actually get, who needs all four functions, and whether the convenience justifies the price.
Four huge water bottle brands, four very different reasons to buy. Here’s how Ythey compare… and which one makes the most sense for you.
YETI made its first phone case. Every one of the 11 colors with live stock in both sizes, what military grade actually means, and whether $70 beats OtterBox, Casetify, Mous and Apple.
October brings another wave of new LEGO sets, with even more November releases already lining up for preorder. Here’s every set, release date, price and preorder worth knowing about.
Beauty and Cleaning and gadgets, oh my!
Infuse amazing herbal oils, butters – you name it!
Say goodbye to messy, rookie infusions.
So many websites are buzzing about the sheets from Brooklinen, but are their sheets actually worth it? The answer may surprise you. Here’s everything you
Some say that if you make iced coffee at home, the HyperChiller is a must. I ran it through the wringer to see if it works
As if you don’t spend enough time on TikTok, now we’ve all fallen into their #CleanTok cleaning products rabbit hole and are ready to clean every
You’ve seen them all over social media, but do those famous posture correctors actually work? And are they even worth the money? I’ve worn one for
With claims to get rid of dark circles under your eyes and reduce puffiness, does the viral Disco Eye Stick really work? I’ve used it
Whether you’re heading out camping, planning a picnic, or attending an outdoor concert, folks are buzzing about the waterproof Lowlands blanket from YETI. But is
This year it’s like everyone is making pizza at home in their backyard and now Solo Stove has tossed their hat into the pizza ring
Can we all officially toss our dustpan out the window? The EyeVac Home Touchless Vacuum claims to suck up all your dust, dirt, pet hair
Experience gaming like never before.
You love YETI and you know it can be totally expensive. I tried out the YETI Colster (slim version) to see if it’s actually worth
I’m giving you an honest review to help you make the final call.
We may be old school gamers around here (read: Super Mario Brothers and Mike Tyson’s Punch Out), but one thing we can all agree on,
Just when we thought our gut was totally killing it these days we now know the one thing it’s missing. Prebiotics. Nope, not probiotics, but pre-biotics and,
Best friend in our head, Chrissy Teigen, told us to drink more water and, well, once she showed us her motivational water bottle we knew this
So your kids have been begging you to buy them a custom keycap set and, well, you have no idea what they’re talking about. We
Everyone has been obsessing over gummies over the last few years, but the recent buzz over HHC gummies just may be a total game-changer in
We love to snack just as much as the next person. And by “as much” we of course mean “more than.” Let’s just make that
This latest trend was right up our alley because we are basically staring at our screen(s) morning, noon, and night (and in the middle of
It’s always a great day when we get to test out anything that’ll make drinking even more fun and more convenient for us. This week, the latest
We’re definitely not pro chefs around here, so any time we can check out a cooking trend that can possibly save us some time, well,
One of our favorite things about our Trendy AF series is that we get to try so many things out on a pretty regular basis.
You know we love trying just about anything new and while we may have aged out of TikTok, when there’s a trend that’s racking up
We originally tried acupuncture years ago when our friend was in training to be a certified acupuncturist. TBH, the needles really did freak us out,
You may have been hearing about “Profee” these days and not entire sure what it’s all about. I was completely new to this concept (even
TikTok said it may help regrow my hair, but does it actually?
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila…floor! But, for real, is Clase Azul worth it? I was up for the challenge so let’s do this before
From fluffy bunnies to tiny turtles, these crochet plushy kits have it all.
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Learn about the latest hair trend and some of the best sprays to buy online.
Instagram told us mushroom coffee was a thing. We ignored it. The Today Show mentioned it’s the latest trend. We’re all in. We’re suckers for
You know how you’ve always dreamed that you could turn your bathroom into ‘da club?’ Well, good news. Now you can! Enter the magical LED shower
Well, it’s been quite the year so it only makes that solving a murder mystery in the privacy of your own home is where we’re
Well here’s something we never thought we’d be reviewing but, alas, here we are. Portable bidets. (Insert Oprah voice here) Your bum is never going to
You may be thinking that we’re a little late to the game if we’re calling Allbirds a new trend, but fear not because we bet