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I've been a home editor for seven years now, which means I've tested enough pillows, candles, and plush throws to qualify for some kind of unofficial PhD in cozy. In 2025 alone, Popsugar editors tried more than 2,100 new launches, and that's me being conservative. Still, testing products for an awards program like Popsugar's 2025 Feel-Good Awards put my skills — and my deeply held belief that feng shui matters — to the ultimate challenge.

Editors across our five core categories — beauty , health , fitness , sex , and home — sifted through thousands of submissions to find the most joy-sparking, dopamine-boosting products of the year. Then came the marathon phase: testing every single it

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