8 Amazon products you didn't know you needed (until now)

Katie Scott
·4 min read

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If you look hard enough, you'll find some products on Amazon that you never knew you needed.
If you look hard enough, you'll find some products on Amazon that you never knew you needed.

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Amazon Prime Day takes place on Oct. 13 to 14 and it’s one of the largest online shopping events every year.

To take advantage of Prime Day, you’ll need a subscription to Amazon Prime—you can sign up for a 30-day trial here.

ALSO SEE: What to buy (and what not to buy) on Amazon Prime Day 2020 in Canada

Whether you’re looking for a specific product or just browsing ahead of Prime Day, take a look at these lesser-known products with practical purposes that should be on everyone’s shopping list

Beauty Spatulas

S&T INC. Beauty Spatulas. (Image via Amazon)
S&T INC. Beauty Spatulas. (Image via Amazon)

Have you ever got to the bottom of a skincare product and wanted to use every last drop? This beauty spatula will help you never waste your beauty products again. The flexible silicone head will help you get into the corners of lotion bottles, makeup containers and any other jar with a hard-to-reach bottom.

SHOP IT: Amazon, $10

Cleaning Gel

Cleaning Gel. (Image via Amazon)
Cleaning Gel. (Image via Amazon)

This product is a productive slime for adults. Clean your keyboard or your car’s interior with this magic dust cleaning mud. It’s made of biodegradable gel material with smells of a sweet fragrance.

SHOP IT: Amazon, $13

Silk Pillowcase

Mulberry Silk Pillowcase. (Image via Amazon)
Mulberry Silk Pillowcase. (Image via Amazon)

A silk pillowcase will protect your hair from damaging and keep your skin moisturized. This mulberry silk pillowcase has anti-ageing benefits and it has hypoallergenic, breathable fabric.

SHOP IT: Amazon, $29 (originally $33)

Tabletop Zen Garden

Tabletop Zen Garden. (Image via Amazon)
Tabletop Zen Garden. (Image via Amazon)

Not only is this rock and sand garden beautiful to look at, but it will also help you relax. A mini zen garden’s most important benefit is stress relief. By racking the sand and arranging the stones, you will start to immediately relax. The repetitive movement of racking the sand will help you stay focused in the moment which will help you escape your busy life.

SHOP IT: Amazon, $29

Handzy Grocery Bag Holder Handle

Handzy Grocery Bag Holder Handle. (Image via Amazon)
Handzy Grocery Bag Holder Handle. (Image via Amazon)

Have you ever looked at the grocery bags in your car and wondered how you were going to carry those into your home? Look no further because this grocery bag holder handle will help you bring those groceries inside in one trip. The Handzy handle has been tested to carry up to 100 lbs and fits easily in a glove box or purse.

SHOP IT: Amazon, $25

Sage Smudge Kit

Sage Smudge Kit. (Image via Amazon)
Sage Smudge Kit. (Image via Amazon)

If you’ve ever felt like you needed to cleanse your house or apartment, this is the perfect kit to help you do so. The white sage smoke attaches to negative energy and as it dissipates it helps cleanse your home and you. Use this sage smudge kit whenever you move into a new home, when you begin a new job or start a new business, before and after guests enter your home or before meditation.

SHOP IT: Amazon, $36

Surgical Grade Stainless Steel Tongue Cleaner

Surgical Grade Stainless Steel Tongue Cleaner. (Image via Amazon)
Surgical Grade Stainless Steel Tongue Cleaner. (Image via Amazon)

This unique tool made for tongue cleaning will clean your entire tongue with ease and effectively remove plaque, dead cells, bacteria and other toxins. It will remove the causes of bad breath and help to restore your total oral hygiene.

SHOP IT: Amazon, $10

iRobot Roomba s9+ (9550) Robot Vacuum with Automatic Dirt Disposal

iRobot Roomba s9+. (Image via Amazon)
iRobot Roomba s9+. (Image via Amazon)

If you’re looking for something to invest in, the iRobot Roomba s9+ is the perfect item to keep your home clean. This robot vacuum empties on its own with the clean base automatic dirt disposal that holds dirt, dust and hair, while the anti-allergen system with allergen lock bags captures and traps 99 per cent of pollen and mold allergens.

Thanks to Imprint Link Technology, your Roomba s9+ can work in sequence with Braava jet m6 to map your home and clean your floors, vacuuming then automatically mopping, without any effort from you.

SHOP IT: Amazon, $1,400

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