A Gift for Every Type of Best Friend

This set of minis includes five Lip Sleep Mask flavors: berry, gummy bear, peached iced tea, mango, and new watermelon, so they can find their favorite.

A longtime top seller on our site, this silk pillowcase will make your best friend feel like she’s sleeping in a luxurious hotel.

This kit of mood-boosting essential oils will relax your best friend’s mind and help them reset after a long day. Juliette Lewis, who discovered the power of essential oils while working on set, says it’s “a very shortcut way to clear my head and refocus.”

Your best friend can re-create a Korean bathhouse experience and get a deep full-body scrub at home with these colorful mitts that exfoliate more precisely than loofahs, bathing cloths, brushes, and more. They’re also beloved by Eva Mendes.

This sleek-looking koozie will keep their beverage of choice frosty year-round — especially if it’s packaged in a slim 12-ounce can, like White Claw, Truly, Red Bull, and more.

If your best friend is a fan of Marimekko prints, they won’t be able to deny this collection of postcards that features 50 different designs, each repeated twice. And because the set doesn’t contain any prewritten messages, they’re practical for any occasion.

If their dessert cravings hit hardest after lunchtime, these jelly-filled pouches are a satisfying (and relatively guilt free) alternative to the office candy drawer. With a slurpable consistency that’s slightly chewy, the packable snack is available in a bunch of flavors, such as peach, mango, cola, and more.

This pill organizer — described as a “Mary Poppins Medicine Cabinet” for how much it can hold — would make a great gift for the best friend who regularly saves you from crippling hangovers or bathroom emergencies. The expandable carrier also doubles as a travel case for jewelry.

Put an end to their paper-towel consumption with these Swedish dishcloths that soak up 20 times their weight in liquid but dry quickly in between uses. And when your best friend isn’t dusting, wiping, or scrubbing messes, this lemony print can be proudly displayed near their sink.

They can take their meditative artmaking on the road with this digital paintbrush, which transforms any phone or tablet into a portable canvas, no supplies needed. This also makes a great gift if your best friend wants to cut down on their TV time — they can fire up their Butouch and doodle away instead.

Encourage your best friend to straighten out their space (and avoid more savory-cake mishaps) with this uncomplicated label-maker, which has nine type styles and over 200 symbols. Beyond adding text to storage bins, tech gear, pantry items, and more, they can make personalized gift tags with fancy-looking fonts and frames.

If your best friend likes broccoli, why not introduce them to broccoli sprouts? Strategist contributor Keren Lerner — who is not a doctor but a self-described “nutrition nerd” — purchased this kit and some seeds after learning that broccoli sprouts have 100 times higher levels of cancer-fighting phytochemicals than mature broccoli does. “We put them in smoothies for our kids, in salads (they add a nice radishlike flavor and good crunch), and on bread with peanut butter or hummus,” Lerner writes.

Kate McKinnon told us that she uses this stovetop espresso machine, which her best friend (who is “obsessed with Italian things”) introduced to her. “There’s something about the tactile nature of it: just water, fire, and coffee beans ground to a fine powder and then, a minute later, there you are,” McKinnon says.

According to Strategist contributor Maggie Slepian, these $36 tights are a dupe for Alo yoga pants — and outperform leggings from similarly pricy brands like Prana and Lululemon. “The pants are smoothing and flattering and don’t lose their opacity even in the deepest squat,” Slepian says.

Our senior writer Liza Corsillo loved the closeness this wrap-style baby carrier afforded her and her newborn son. “He was so comfortable and secure being held in the Boba that he usually fell asleep right away,” she writes.

After a few too many dirty martinis, they’ll be glad they started the night with this pre-alcohol probiotic drink, which chef JJ Johnson swears by to curb hangovers. “I just left the Wine & Food Festival in South Beach. I took one every day I was there, and I wasn’t hungover,” Johnson says.

This Strategist-tested and -approved planner has light gridding on each page, so there’s plenty of space to jot down extra notes, write to-do lists, or even get some doodling in. And its hard-wearing cover will look just as good on December 31 as it did in January.

This moisturizing balm contains olive oil and beeswax to soothe dryness and prevent scabbing, which makes it a great solution for healing tattoos. (Gracie Abrams also told us her best friend and college roommate introduced her to its ultranourishing power and melty texture.)

Winter is approaching, which means dry, flaky skin for almost everyone. Your best friend will appreciate this four-piece Osea set, featuring our best-in-class body oil and our top-rated body scrub for dry skin.

Here’s a leakproof set of magnetized containers that’ll make packing their travel-size liquids more organized (and less messy).

Help your best friend get back into reading with the five-book series that took over model Taylor Hill’s life (in a good way). “If I could go back and reread them again for the first time, that would make me so happy,” Hill says.

Eve Jobs credits her best friend with introducing Bala Bangles into her fitness routine, which she now uses for leg, arm, and ab workouts. “They have their own little travel case, and I can do everything that I need with them,” Jobs says.

If they haven’t gotten around to decorating their space, get them this Umbra mirror that a pair of professional home stagers have used for 600 jobs (and counting) because of its universal design and sturdy construction. It’s also under 20 pounds, so it requires only one nail to hang, which is a plus if your best friend prefers eyeballing it.

Fellow is known for its stylish kettles and travel mug, and the brand’s latest coffee grinder is “​​more like a design object than my old Baratza,” says our writer Kat Gillespie. She uses hers for AeroPress or French press every morning and appreciates how easy the machine makes it to grind for a single cup.

This airline-friendly pet carrier can be converted from an everyday tote to a backpack, which allows your best friend to switch between modes while transporting their dog or cat. Along with a built-in collar clip, it comes with a detachable leash for when the two arrive at their destination.

If store-bought almond milk isn’t cutting it, get your friend an Almond Cow, the nut-milk-maker for the “modern, lazy woman looking for solutions,” says Strategist contributor Caroline Goldfarb, who penned an ode to the handy machine.