There are two common New Year’s resolutions: To get healthy and get organized. To help you keep those promises to yourself, I’ve personally tested and approved these smart and stylish products, which will ensure you’ll always be your best you – through 2014 and beyond!
Skinny Minimergency Kit
Slim enough to fit into your backpack pocket, this pouch is loaded with everything a busy gal needs to keep her going, including hairspray, earring backs, stain remover, deodorant towelette, tampon, breath freshener and tweezers. The Skinny Minimergency Kit is your maid of honor, glam squad and mother – all in one convenient, can’t-talk-back pouch.
$14, PinchProvisions.com
Jet Set Clutch
Originally created for smart travel, this clutch from Perrin Paris 1893 is also great for organizing essentials inside your day bag and an ideal size for a night on the town.
$675-$3,250 (depending on fabrication), PerrinParis.com or Perrin Paris Boutique, 987 Madison Avenue, New York, NY; 212-585-1893
The Icon Shirt
Nothing will simplify your mornings like having that go-to button down shirt that beats all other shirts. The Icon Shirt by Rochelle Behrens is designed with a patented dual-button technology, for a flawless, keep-your-lady-friends-to-yourself look.
$132, The-Shirt.com.
Bestowed.com
Imagine having a nutritionist pick your healthy snacks, provide new wellness practices and give you cooking tips? Now imagine all that at your door every month without having to sacrifice junior’s soccer camp to pay for it. All of the products in the box are curated by renowned nutritionist and author Heather Bauer.
$19/month or $209/year, Bestowed.com
YSBB™ Your Skin But Better™ CC Cream with SPF 50
Clear out your makeup bag and make room for IT Cosmetics’ Your Skin But Better CC Cream, which will basically replace your foundation, anti-aging serum, primer and day moisturizer. After just a week of using it, the texture and glow of your skin will blow your mind!
$38, ITCosmetics.com
Pedi Foot Transformation System
With all your clocked-in stiletto time, it’s essential to give your feet a healthy makeover if you want them to last in those killer boots all winter long. Clarisonic’s Pedi Foot Transformation System scrubs away debris and soothes dry, rough skin with the Wet/Dry Buffing Brush Head and Pedi-Buff. Then, the Pedi-Balm hydrates and protects feet with a slip-resistant finish. Bonus: you’ll have a leg – err, foot – up come sandal season!
$199, Sephora
Pamela Pekerman is a premier fashion and lifestyle expert who has contributed fashion commentary to Life & Style, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Women’s Wear Daily and Affluent Magazine, and appeared as a style expert for TV shopping giants QVC and HSN.