From the best jeans to the most amazing kitchen tools, iVillage presents the winning products from their second annual "Stuff We Love Awards." The iVillage community, its editors and some of their favorite bloggers assembled their list of top picks and invited readers to vote on their favorites. Here are the top products in 10 categories that will help you 'get it all done' and have some fun.
Jeans we love
Winner: Levi's Curve ID
Why we love: These jeans let you measure your shape and identify which of the line's four curve-flattering cuts is perfect for you: Slight, demi, bold or supreme. A great custom-fit experience online and in stores (from $68, Levi.com).
Drugstore beauty products we love
Winner: Neutrogena Revitalizing Lip Balm
Why we love it: This high-tech tinted balm improves lips' texture, gives just the right amount of color and protects with SPF 20. Lots of tinted lip balms can feel too heavy — less 'balm' than lipstick. This one offers great color, but feels really creamy and smooth (Neutrogena Revitalizing Lip Balm SPF 20, $8.99, Neutrogena.com).
Skincare miracle workers we love
Winner: St. Ives Scrub Free Exfoliating Pads
Why we love it: The first mass-market exfoliating pads with lactic and alpha hydroxy acids, this product removes dead skin cells and brightens complexions instantly. We think these are just as good as the more expensive versions — at a fraction of the price (suggested retail is $4.99 for 60 pads, Drugstore.com)!
Apps we love
Winner: Catalog Spree
Why we love it: No more catalogs covering the coffee table! This app loads gorgeous pictures super-fast without glitching or crashing. It offers more than 250 catalogs from 155 brands — just to name a few: Neiman Marcus, Sephora, Uncommon Goods, Coldwater Creek, West Elm, the Land of Nod and Patagonia. It's free to download and free to access at shop.catalogspree.com (available for the iPad at iTunes.com).
Kids' learning toys we love
Winner: Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube
Why we love it: This colorful, interactive musical cube teaches kids how sounds combine to form music. They can add and subtract instruments at the touch of a button, including the harp, flute, French horn, piano and violin and can play 8 different Mozart compositions. After hearing some of the screeching, annoying kiddie toys out there, this one is literally music to our ears! Get it now: Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube is available at Target.com and retails for $18.99. More information can be found at Munchkin.com.
New-mom gifts we love
Winner: NoseFrida the Snotsucker
Why we love it: If babies could only blow their noses, moms would all get more sleep, right? This Swedish-designed nasal aspirator helps un-stuff a baby's clogged little nose in a surprising (and effective!) way: using mom or dad's own lung power. Sucking snot out of your baby's nose is pretty disgusting, but the NoseFrida makes an ugly job bearable (NoseFrida, $15, fridababy.com).
Healthy snacks we love
Winner: BoomChickaPop
Why we love it: Designed to be the ultimate natural popcorn, BoomChickaPop contains only three ingredients: popcorn, sunflower oil and sea salt — and has just 35 calories per crunchy cup. It's also gluten and preservative free and has just the right amount of buttery, salty flavor without tasting fake or overpowering (5 oz. bag, $3.49, boomchickapop.com or in select Targets, Whole Foods and grocery stores nationally).
Kitchen tools we love
Winner: Cuisinart PowerBlend Duet Blender/Food Processor
Why we love it: It's a food processor! It's a blender! This two-in-one appliance chops, blends, purees and everything in between. From smoothies to soups, this is all you really need. It has seven speeds and a 500-watt motor so you can crunch through ice or shred ingredients super fast ($80.51, amazon.com).
Home accents we love
Winner: Further Hand Soap
Why we love it: It's made by a couple in a garage from recycled vegetable oil from some of the top restaurants in Los Angeles. The soap's fragrance is made from essential oils of bergamot, olive and exotic grass. It's biodegradable and never tested on animals ($17 for 16 oz., furtherproducts.com).
Home organization helpers we love
Winner: Simplehuman Shower Caddy
Why we love it: Equipped with a razor holder, a soap dish and small slots for upside-down bottles, this shower caddy is made of stainless steel and won't slip off the showerhead. The best part? You can flip the bottles over when you're running on empty ($31.99, containerstore.com)!
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