Every February, for the past three years, I’ve attended something called the Conscious Life Expo. The best way I can describe the 24-year-old wellness conference is that it’s the woo-est of the woo, a wacky marketplace of fringe spiritual beliefs, alien conspiracy theories, and bombastic healing modalities that cohabitate under harsh fluorescent lights in the carpeted expanse of the LAX Hilton. My tradition started after I assigned a writer to go when I was editing the wellness section at the Los Angeles Times. That year I realized that the event was ground zero for new health ideas, the place where you can see rough, early iterations of what will inevitably line the shelves of Erewhon. (Early gatherings stretching back into the 1980s hosted some of the first panels on crystals for healing, and helped popularize ancient Eastern practices like acupuncture in the West.) This year, within the span of five hours on the floor, I encountered a man selling DMT plants, superfood lattes topped off with shilajit, and laundry detergent pods infused with rose quartz crystals. One station advertised a cocktail’s worth of off-market peptides, including the especially buzzy retatrutide.

Look, I’m likely not going to be integrating these things into my daily routine anytime soon. (As tempted as I am to wash my clothes with specks of rose quartz, I fear for the health of my washing machine.) I go as a humble reminder that the idea of wellness is about so much more than looking and feeling good–it’s also a way to explore and assert identity, and find community. Not only that, but attending the event is one more way to ensure I’m ahead of the curve when it comes to catching new products and ideas early for the GQ audience. Though there’s nothing from the conference that I yet feel comfortable enough to endorse, trust it’s on my mind as I vet the many modalities and molecules that come across my desk every day.

My favorite products this month are meant to complement the height of hibernation season while keeping my year’s resolutions in mind. When it’s cold out, you have more time for extra steps in your skincare routine, and a need for serious moisture on your lips and face. You might be cooking more, and looking for the right kitchen accessories to enhance your experience. Or maybe you’re making a habit of getting cozy with a cocktail at home after a long day. (I’ve discovered a new nonalcoholic amaro option I’m obsessed with.) Whatever your method of decomposing at home while the snow falls, I hope this list provides something to help you do it better.