Would Recommend: The Best Quarantine Buys Our Shopping Editors Have Made

Online Shopping Can Save You Time, Money, and a Trip to the Mall, but Reckless Online Shopping Can Actually End Up Causing You Problems. When You Buy Clothes Online, Make Sure You Buy the Clothing You Need in the Correct Sizes. Shop Around to Find the Best Prices, and Keep Your Guard Up to Avoid Scams and Disreputable Seller

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Buying the Right Clothes

Take Your Measurements. Each Manufacturer May Size Clothing Differently, So You Cannot Rely on a Standard Small/medium/large Scale or Numeric Size Scales. Since You Cannot Try on Clothes Before You Buy Them When Shopping Online, Accurate Measurements Are Essential.[1]

at Minimum, Women Should Know Their Bust, Waist, and Hip Measurements. Additional Measurements, Such as Height, Inseam, and Arm Length, May Also Be Needed Depending on the Garment Being Purchased.
Men Should Know Their Chest, Neck, Waist, and Inseam Measurements. Additional Measurements, Including Arm Length, Shoulder Width, and Height May Also Be Needed.
for Children’s Clothing, Parents Should Know Their Child’s Height, Waist, and Hips. Girls Also Need a Bust Measurement, and Boys Need a Chest Measurement.
for Newborns and Toddlers, Parents Should Know Their Child’s Height and Weight.
Also, Know the Season You’re Shopping for. For Many of Us, Summer Time is All About Living Easy and Enthralling in the Warm Weather. Whenever Warm Weather is Upon Us, Women Decide to Mix Things Up a Bit and Go Out Wearing Shorts. In the Fall, Long Blue Jeans Make Your Body Warmer. So Know the Season You’re Shopping for.

In Usual Times, You Might Have Been Soaking in the Sun Somewhere Other Than Your Backyard. But These Are Unusual Times, Meaning That the Past Few Months Haven’t Been at All What Any of Us Had in Mind.

This Year’s Shaping Up to Be a Strange One, With the Coronavirus Pandemic Turning Pretty Much Everything Upside-down. These Days, We’re Focused on Staying Safe, Social Distancing and Wearing a Mask.

In the Last Couple of Months, Our Shopping Editors at Huffpost Finds Have Been Learning Everything There is to Know About Our New Everyday Essentials, Like Face Mask Filters, Face Masks for Exercising and Even Places to Buy Essentials When Amazon and Walmart Are Out of Stock. We’ve Also Searched for the Things to Help With Spending More Time at Home, Like Desks for Small Spaces, Kid-friendly Meal Kits and Much More.

While We Were Looking for Products for You, Our Readers, We Found Products That Have Helped Us Get Through the Days, Too. This is the Quarantine Edition of Our “would Recommend” Series, Where Our Shopping Editors Recommend Their Favorite Finds. This Time Around, We’re Featuring Our Favorite Finds (Both Practical and Excessive) That Have Made the Past Few Months Feel a Little Bit Easier on Us.

From an Espresso Machine to Make Lattes at Home to a Water Bottle That’s a Reminder to Stay Hydrated and Gold Bed to Finally Get Some Shuteye, These Are the Best Buys We’ve Made in Quarantine So Far.

1   A gold bed for some seriously sweet dreams

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A pint-sized, top-recommended espresso machine to make lattes at home

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The meal service that made lunchtime stress-free

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Durable and affordable face masks from Old Navy

5   A treasure trove of earrings for all those video calls

6   Comfortable cropped tees, a work-from-home staple

7   A pair of prescription sunglasses, in order to ditch contacts

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A stylish sneaker for an athletics-adverse writer

Loeffler Randall

“Not only am I your resident summer-adverse writer, I’m also not super athletic. I’m not into sweating my face off or working out all the bones in my body. Climbing up the stairs instead of taking an elevator counts as exercise to me, so I’m definitely not an expert in sneakers. I usually just find the cheapest pair for when I want to get on a bike.

But I couldn’t resist these knit sneakers with a leopard print in the right places. They’re super stretchy, and been wearing them whenever I have to run an errand — and in my backyard. Plus, they have a slight platform that gives me a little more support, too. And they are marked down right now to less than what I paid for them.” – Pardilla

Find it for $89 at Loeffler Randall.

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A top-rated sunscreen, for all of that extra outdoors time

Amazon

“Earlier this year, we wrote about the best sunscreens of 2020. After discovering that La Roche-Posay’s Anthelios Melt-In Sunscreen Milk was consistently top rated for several years in a row, I decided to give it a try. I’m glad I did. Every time I step outdoors, I slather on La Roche-Posay’s Melt-In Sunscreen Milk and a few sprays of a DEET-free bug spray, just for precaution. I purchased mine from the FSA Store using my FSA account (where it appears to still be sold out), but you can also find it on Amazon.” – Nims

Find it for $36 at Amazon.

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The water bottle that keeps me hydrated AF

bkr

“I ordered this bkr liter water bottle a few weeks before quarantine in an attempt to drink more water at work. It never made it to my office desk but quickly became my lifeline to staying hydrated during quarantine. The glass bottle keeps the water at perfect room temperature, isn’t too heavy and the rubber sleeve protects it from getting knocked around. I try to fill it up twice a day and keep it by computer while I’m working from home to drink 68 ounces.” – Gonzalez

Check out bkr’s water bottles.

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A dewy face cream that does what it says

 

“While I’ve definitely had days that I’ve just tossed my skincare routine aside, I’ve always tried to remember to moisturize. I’ve used a sample of Tatcha’s Dewy Skin Cream before and really loved how it left my skin feeling: soft, supple and with a healthy-looking glow. I took the plunge and bought the full-size version around May.

It has a small spatula to scoop up the product, making the cream seem special. The smell isn’t strong, meaning you can leave it on without worrying that it’ll clash with perfume. I’ve loved putting it on every day and feeling hydrated. There’s a lot of product, too, so while it was pricey, it was so worth it.” – Pardilla

Find it for $68 at Sephora.

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Slip-on sandals, because real shoes are canceled

Saks Fifth Avenue

“I can’t remember the last time I wore a pair of shoes that weren’t my Allbirds sneakers or these Freedom Moses sandals. So far, I have purchased two pairs of Freedom Moses slides, and have not once regretted buying them. I also own a pair of rubber Birkenstocks Arizona slides, but I like the Freedom Moses sandals because they come in better colors and have a textured footbed that’s easier for your foot to grip. (It also means they’re probably safer for wearing with wet feet at the pool or beach). They’re my go-to shoes for errands, walks around the neighborhood and even as house shoes when I don’t feel like taking work calls in my bare feet.” – Nims