Taylor Galla

One pair of earbuds is no longer enough. Between commuting, eight-plus hour workdays, gym time, travel days, and the litany of podcasts available — one set’s battery life doesn’t cut it. Having multiple headphone options — noise-canceling over-ear headphones for travel, comfortable earbuds for the office, AirPods for the gym — is the move, and ensures you’re […]

“I was brought up on the more basic traditional method of the SaniDerm or the Second Skin that a lot of artists use I think is great. I’ve started using that myself. It keeps everything protected, keeps it clean, keeps it safe. It heals faster. It’s just good technology to use on the skin,” said Starr.

Total Wine is creating some of the most thirst-quenching advent calendars of the year.

Flaus is the first product of its kind. A search for “electric flossers” on Amazon yields pages of water picks — a distinctly different product that purports to work as well as regular flossing with <a href=“https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8236551/”>thin research</a> that’s mostly <a href=“https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24282867/”>sponsored by the brand Waterpik</a><strong>.</strong> Flaus is designed to help reach the back molars more easily, keep germs from fingers out of the mou…

This walking pad is a SPY-editor favorite. Wellness editor Taylor Galla uses this one every day in her home office and is a big fan of its simple, compact design. Its fold-out wheels make it easy to set up underneath a standing desk and its small LED screen displays distance, time, and other key metrics during each walk.

Infection and hospitalization rates for COVID-19 are rising yet again, but unlike previous waves of illness, there’s a firmly established list of what prevents its spread. Masking, social distancing, vaccines, and quarantining after a positive test — the list is short for a reason, and it’s got the backing of almost the entire medical community […]

I heard about Thrive Market the same way I hear about most health-conscious, luxe lifestyle products aimed at millennials: through incessant podcast ads. Once several of my favorite earworms started promoting the service as a budget-friendly, convenient way to order organic groceries, I was irrevocably influenced and tried it out. Thrive Market is a membership-based […]

The infamously ruthless instructor on his latest watch obsession, training plans, and why he loves social media algorithms.

Creepy Halloween decorations aren’t fulfilling their full potential if they can only be seen during the day. This LED outdoor spotlight illuminates 450 lumens of color-changing brightness and can be programmed to turn on and off on a schedule within the Hubspace app. The lamp heads are adjustable and they’re low-voltage so they won’t vampire your power bill the entire Halloween season.

These blue light glasses have an orange tint designed to block 98% of blue light from laptops and computers, and they help with cataracts and macular degeneration. The orange hue also creates a color contrast for a sharper view of the screen and may help the eyes strain less. The lenses have three viewing positions so screens can be viewed optimally from different angles and the temple fit is adjustable so they won’t squeeze most heads.