For What It’s Worth is a live podcast about the stuff we use, the trends we question and the products we can’t stop talking about. Stream new episodes bi-weekly on YouTube, hosted by NBC Select editorial director Lauren Swanson and NBC Select reporter Zoe Malin. Shop our product picks below and on Amazon.
It’s hard to get past a bad first impression. Be it a pair of running shoes, a moisturizer or a cookware set, saying “I hate it” after you find a few minor flaws is often easier than giving something a second (or third… or fourth) chance. But as the NBC Select team knows, not everything is love at first sight. We try products over and over again before making a final call because sometimes, even though we hate an item at first, we change our minds about it.
In this episode of For What It’s Worth, NBC Select’s live podcast, hosts Lauren Swanson, editorial director, and Zoe Malin, reporter, talk through products that ultimately won them over, plus a few they still can’t get behind.
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LAUREN: I’m getting acupuncture today.
ZOE: The bomb.
LAUREN: But she’s going to ask me face up or face down, and I’m like, face down because the embarrassing sunburn that’s on the front half of my body needs to be hidden. The shame that I will feel will be immense. I was wearing this necklace, so now I have to wear this necklace for the next month because there’s a little —
ZOE: I hate when that happens. I was saying today that my watch tan line is back. It’s going to get worse throughout the summer, but I can see it.
LAUREN: Such as runners’ life.
ZOE: Truly.
LAUREN: We’re going to talk about some more products today.
ZOE: That changed our minds.
LAUREN: Products we hated and then loved.
ZOE: Love it. There are so many things that you try one time and it’s a terrible experience, and sometimes, that causes you to never try it again. I think that’s a shame because it could be that second or third time that really, truly makes the difference.
LAUREN: Which is why we test the same product over multiple weeks. Sometimes it’s hard, especially when we’re doing 100 best or something like that, and you’re like, I literally have 15 sunscreens that I need to test over the next three weeks. How do I do that? But it’s important to test more than once because you may end up hating something at the first impression, and then you’re like, actually, my skin is…
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