Products From $18 To $8,999 To Elevate Your Cozy Day In

We’ve weathered a cold and turbulent January, yet we remain in the depths of winter. Instead of longing for spring, embrace the next 40 days by fully appreciating the season as it is—by indulging in “rot girl winter.” In contrast to hot girl summer, rot girl winter is all about appreciating the great indoors, all in the pursuit of coziness.

This trend can carry a deeper meaning this year. As we recognize the weight of events that have unfolded since the start of the year, spending a cozy day indoors with intention can be an important form of self-care and an exercise in gratitude for the present. It’s a time to reflect, slow down, and hope for brighter times ahead.

Rot With Red Light Therapy

Both men and women have been turning to red light therapy to improve skin, hair, and alleviate muscle and joint pain. It can also help with stress and sleep.

However, the benefits go even deeper for women, who are increasingly using red light therapy to support hormone balance. This focus on ovarian health is beneficial for fertility, bone density, and cardiovascular wellness. If you’re looking to give your health some extra TLC with red light therapy this year, check out HigherDOSE’s new Red Light Starter Kit ($896). For those wanting to dive deeper into the red light experience, the company also offers a Full-Spectrum Home Infrared Sauna ($8,999) with an optional red light attachment.

For those looking to dip their toes into red light therapy, the Solawave 2-in-1 Skincare Mini ($89) is a great starter tool that improves radiance while reducing puffiness. Solawave tools are lightweight, making them easy to travel with, non-invasive, non-irritating, and available at affordable price points.

Cozy Blanket: Wrap Up & Rot

A cozy night in calls for a wonderful weighted blanket. My household loves Hilu for its silky feel. It helps regulate body temperature and has antibacterial and antimicrobial qualities to keep your “rot girl” ecosystem germ-free.

Waffle towels, waffle robes, and now, a waffle-textured weighted blanket. Ettitude Blissful CleanBamboo Waffle Blanket ($209) is made from 100% organic CleanBamboo fabric, offering a perfect balance between weighted coziness, and breathability.

Some of us prefer less weight and more wool. Made from wool and alpaca, Parachute’s Wool Blend Throw Blanket ($279) is the perfect addition to a movie night in, and its natural plaid colors are visually pleasing. If you have babies or fur babies and aren’t quite ready to splurge on a blanket, consider the Joon Loloi Kirby Throw Blanket ($49). Its fabrics are OEKO-TEX certified, ensuring the product is free from harmful chemicals.

Keep Them Warm In Cozy Slippers

Kyrgies is on a mission is to provide customers with high quality wool slippers and house shoes that are not only comfortable and stylish, but also ethically and sustainably-made.

Kyrgies, which sells both men’s and women’s collections, works directly with the best-in-class suppliers to source the finest materials and ensure the highest standards of craftsmanship. The Women’s Wool Slides ($69) are a personal favorite.

Slippers from Dearfoams also do not disappoint and the Moritz Energy slippers Navy Multi ($39.95) lets you lean into your rot girl mood in a fun plaid.

A night in is a great time to go barefoot, but to stay warm consider socks like Feetures. It is a favorite among runners for its secure fit and quality, but Feetures also has a Plantar Fasciitis Relief Sock Ultra Light Tab ($25) that offers strong compression to relieve foot pain after a long day of skiing, snowboarding, hiking or walking around a cold city.

A Time For Beauty Tools

Cozy days in are a great time for catching up with beauty rituals such as gua sha. The Wildling Empress Collection ($129) has everything you need to make gua sha part of your life. The Wildling was founded by a Chinese Medicine scholar, herbalist and esthetician, who combined forces to create the kit. It includes a 100% natural bian stone, a hydra soothing mist made with the powerful sweet fern oil. Consistency is key and three times a week is recommended to achieve the smoothing, uplifting results, sans needles.

Staying indoors is a perfect time to wear all the silly-looking but very soothing masks, be it a hydrogel face mask or a high-tech face mask. Let’s start with Loops ($18-128) which makes its moisturizing masks in South Korea, the world capital of beauty face masks. Its masks target a variety of needs and spots, but all are made without parabens, phthalates, sulphates or synthetic fragrances, and every product is cruelty free.

From K-Beauty to J-Beauty. Those makeup-free days in are an ideal time to indulge in those high-tech face masks you can’t wear while hosting guests or hopping on last-minute Zooms with colleagues. While most masks traditionally target the upper-face and eye area, the Japanese-made YA-MAN Medi Lift Mask ($400) focuses on contouring the jawline using FDA-cleared, electrical muscular stimulation technology. Take a designated rot girl winter day and indulge in serious, yet non-invasive, self-care.

Bath & Body

Yes, the winter is harsh on your skin. But harsh products and treatments are rarely the answer. Delavie Sciences offers gentle yet effective solutions, such as its Aeonia Gentle Age Defying Serum ($125). The company was founded by two PhDs, including a Professor in the Department of Genetics and co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research at Harvard Medical School. The two doctors teamed up with government space agencies to focus on concerns and stressors associated with long-duration space travel. It resulted in the creation of Bacillus Lysate, a powerful antioxidant ingredient that leaves skin replenished, moisturized and glowy.

Scents That Transform Space

Tending to a fireplace is innately satisfying. But if you don’t have a fireplace, caring for a candle can elevate any winter night in with a sustainably-made soy candle.

Vanilla bourbon. Crisp Satsuma Mandarin. And Spicy bourbon. These sweet and warm scents are poured into one hexagonal glass signature to Antica Farmacista and its entire candle collection. No matter the scent, every candle ($48) comes with Antica’s special matchbox.

Pair it with the tray and wick trimmer to pretty any table scape.

Sometimes you want a candle that makes a statement, and that’s where Here For the Burn ($42) brings in the fun. With wintry scents like Spices and Evergreen, you can customize each candle with messages such as Out of Office, Swiping Right All Night, Pies Before Guys, and Main Character Energy. Somehow, both cheeky and chic, and perfect decor for your winter night in.