Editors' Picks: The Splurge Items That Make Our Lives 10 Times Better

"The first TikTok account I ever followed was a smoothie profile run by two sisters. Naturally, their feed consisted of an endless stream of videos documenting their smoothie recipes. Normally, this wouldn't influence me, but the finished product — which was, more often than not, a thick smoothie bowl — made me eager to find out what kind of blender they used. After some digging, I found it: the Vitamix 6500 Blender ($580). On a really good, very lucky day, you can catch this blender on sale, but even without the discount, it's worth saving up for. I always struggled to enjoy the smoothies I made; they would turn out too chunky or too watery, and I never found myself craving all of that frozen fruit in my freezer. But the Vitamix turns a combination of ingredients that don't sound all that appetizing together into something you actually want to eat." — Samantha Sasso, editor