TFG's Must Have It List (January 09)

PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
Get back to nature—yours—with healthy living tips and confidence-boosting guidance from inspirational beauty coach Shelly Ballestero. In her book Beauty by God: Inside-Out Secrets for Every Woman, Ballestero offers spiritual advice to help women overcome the pressure to attain an unrealistic standard of perfection and gives practical, green tips for living, looking and feeling your best.
($11.99, www.amazon.com)

Heaven sent
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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
Drink your way to better health—and better looks!—with this professional-grade juicer from kitchen gear pioneers Hamilton Beach. Powerful enough to put the squeeze on whole fruits and vegetables in seconds, the no-prep-work-necessary Big Mouth Pro Juice Extractor yields 24 percent more juice than other leading brands and comes complete with removable, dishwasher-safe parts, including an easy-to-clean bin that catches the well-masticated pulp sans the mess—and that’s no fiction.
($94.99, www.hamiltonbeach.com)

Juicy juice
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WELL-HEELED
Place your precious pumps in a high-design Gracienne Clearly Glam shoe box and make an eco-conscious step in the right direction. Made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), these clear kick cubes take organizing to a whole new level of functional, keeping your closet tidy, your shoes safe and together—no more fumbling last-minute for that other black, strappy heel, no, not that one, uh, maybe it’s this one—and the earth less toxic (the recycling process burns less fuel, adds less waste to landfills, uses fewer natural resources, etc.). Bonus: A portion of the proceeds go to anti–global warming and water preservation organizations worldwide.
($9.95, www.gracienne.com)

Peep toes
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ON THE WATER FRONT
Take your little one’s splish-splash time to a whole new level of fun with these cool tub toys from Munchkin. Little squirts (9 months and older) can spray—uh, we mean, stay—busy with the SpongeBob and Dora Bath Squirters. Bigger bathers (12 months and older) can get their game on with Bath Dunkers, a suctioned-to-the-wall basketball hoop complete with a tropical backboard and three colorful fish that act as the balls and even do some squirting of their own. Helping your kids clean up their acts was never so easy.
($7.99, Munchkin Bath Squirter, www.amazon.com, and $9.99, Munchkin Bath Dunker, www.albeebaby.com)

Bathapalooza
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RUN FOR COVER
The full-body Chic&Clean Bib spares Junior from mid-meal and mid-play changes and you from yet another load of laundry and that uneasy feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when he wants to paint. The patented bib-meets-apron features a split-leg design, is made from 100 percent cotton, is coated with eco-friendlier PUL (versus vinyl), and is water-, mildew- and stain-resistant. This super-smart coverall fits sizes 6 months to 3T, comes in a variety of hip patterns and is guaranteed to make you the envy of every mom who does a double take, mouth agape, as you let your little one freely squeeze out the ketchup onto his chicken fingers without a care in the world.
($22.97, www.chictots.com)

What about bib?
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FIT TO BE TRIED
Get back to your once and former in-shape self with the T-Tapp workout, a quick and results-packed routine created by fitness innovator Teresa Tapp. In Fit and Fabulous in 15 Minutes, Tapp shows you how to use your own body (read: no sweaty equipment or gym dues necessary) to build bone density, lose inches and even condition your heart. Easy and highly effective, this workout by Tapp gives you no excuse not to be in tip-top shape, and it even boasts that you can lose two sizes in four weeks. In the future, every mom can be fit in 15 minutes.
($17.79, www.amazon.com)

Minute Made
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A SAG STORY
Feeling a bit deflated lately? Between pregnancy, breast-feeding and not being 20 anymore, the big droop is a way of life for most moms. Put an end to the slumping of your lovely lady lumps with Bootcamp for Boobs from Mama Mio. This 30-day skincare and exercise system is here to pump you up via two bust-boosting wonder-salves and two simple and quick daily exercises, guaranteed to stop the girls from going South for the winter—and by winter, we mean forevermore.
($99, www.mamamio.com)

Come on, get perky
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TOTE THE LINE
Arm yourself with the latest bastion of social responsibility: the nonplastic shopping bag. This one from Reisenthel can be folded into a little pouch (5.5 inches by 3.5 inches) and tossed into your purse or hooked onto your keychain. The appropriately named Mini Maxi Shopper is available in 20 colors and patterns and holds up to 26 pounds, keeping you in the green when you’re on the go—because, hey, shop happens.
($9, www.reisenthel.com)

In the sack
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