Weekly Pickups: Unisex fragrance + viral lip balm

+ Some ramblings on our "why"

We have the most fun job of all time—we literally get to write and yap about consumer products every day (pinch me?). But, like any late-20-something with a pulse, we often get ourselves in a tizzy contemplating the bigger why of it all.

This week, Nate and I sat down (IRL!) to really nail down our “why,” and we kept coming back to something I wrote in a LinkedIn post a few weeks ago:

At the end of the day, we’re really just talking about... stuff. We could choose to dismiss the value of stuff in the name of downplaying capitalism (fair). But we could also choose to accept that we all consume things—and if we don’t find value in them, we’re simply missing out on an opportunity for an added dose of meaning in our lives.

We hope Express Checkout and The Curious Consumer shed light on the incredible people behind the stuff we buy and the humanity underlying every consumer trend.

We hope it changes the way you see obtaining everyday goods—from a monotonous, obligatory chore into an excitin…