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When it comes to new-fangled flavours, nobody knows what you want more than you. Sure, Peach-Pomegranate-Cumquat sounds nifty but it’s really not for everyone. As the flavour aware consumer seek out new taste sensations, especially in the growing and competition-heavy health food market, how’s a company to keep up?

With YouBar, that’s how. Now you finally get to be the master of your own energy bar destiny. I know it’s been hard letting “the man” tell you what to eat after your workout, but that’s all behind you now. You get serious culinary control; choose from a base of 7 different nut butters (cashew macadamia… yes please!) available in chunky, smooth, raw, unsalted, or organic. Add in your fave protein and then take your pick from 27 berries, nuts, cereals, fruits, and other seasonings and you’ve got the ultimate YouBar.

Best part of all, at the end you get to name it. I just ordered my own box. Josh Spearians, I give you the “Skinny Bitch”: crunchy almond butter, organic oat bran, egg white protein, sesame seeds, bananas, coconut, and a little dash of clover honey to top it all off. Damn right.

Sounds good to me. If you want one, go make your own.

gimme gimme: napkin.

There’s always an opportunity to take something boring and ghetto (wet wipes) and turn it into something irresistably chic. That’s just what Italian company Napkin has done with it’s range of freeze-dried goodies. Their line-up of hand and body towels (and even some tee shirts…) come suction-packed into little circular pills. All you need to do is add a little water and you’ve got your own personal hand towel, or tee shirt, no matter where you are. Ridiculously unnecessary… and I really want some.

momspit: but my mom swallows.

That’s right. It’s a “no-rinse cleaner”. It’s called Momspit. What a kick-ass example of taking something relatively mundane (hand sanitizer) and making it memorable / gross / nostalgic /interesting / Oedipal all with one l’il zinger of a name.

Although personally I remember my Mom’s spit tasting like vodka and Lithium, this stuff comes in pleasant, if completely unrealistic, flavours like Fig & Green Tea, Lemon & White Tea, and the ominously open-for-interpretation Unscented.

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