What's 🔥, What's 🚫 and What's In Your Cart?

And are you getting griddy with it?

Team HTBLO is running you what’s hot and what’s not (IOHO) this week! We’re looking at everything from metal braces to inmate hoppers. Plus, we’re dropping our abandoned carts down below. Will those carts make it to checkout? Your guess is as good as ours!

What’s Hot? 🔥

• Markle’s “As Ever” online shop (sold out)

• Giving a shit! *see Cory Booker

• The “Canada Is Not For Sale” Hat

  

• The revenge corset, thank you Sydney Sweeney.

• Old school metal braces, apparently!

Why on this earth would you opt for the hot-metallic-hell that is old school braces when the Invisalign is available? It isn’t the tweens who are going metal. It’s folks in their 20’s and 30’s who want to scream to the world “I’m working on myself!” Cruise got clear braces the same year Invisalign gained popularity. He must have just missed the window.

Here’s what the Washington Post has to say —

Metal braces are both a status symbol — they are often not covered by insurance, and can range in price from $3,000 to $10,000 — and a desirable accessory. While serving an orthodontic purpose, they allow wearers to express their individuality with colorful rubber bands or “ties,” crystals or jewels.

Deanna here - I went through two rounds of metal braces and currently use a Smile Direct tray on a nightly basis. The idea that someone would opt for the metal braces as a status symbol hurts my brain.