BETTER LIVING THROUGH STICKERS?
HEY, Goop: We’ve found your next best seller.
Meet Body Vibes, a new California company that sells stickers meant to heal your sick, stressed-out body — and at $60 a 10-pack, they’d better.
According to the company’s Web site, the stickers alter the body’s frequency levels to give your mind and body a boost.
How, exactly, they accomplish this is a little harder to parse. The site says that the decals “emit a bio-frequency that resonates with the body’s natural energy field . . . to optimize brain and body function.”
The stickers’ healing possibilities are seemingly endless: stress reduction, better sleep, pain relief, a better complexion (or, as Body Vibes puts it, “unicorn skin”).
They also, apparently, render salads all but moot. In an interview posted on the company’s site, Body Vibes cofounder Richard Eaton says that the stickers’ technology mimics the free-radical-fighting benefits that come from consuming antioxidants the natural way: via fruits and vegetables.
Naturally, influencers are eating them up. In a recent Instagram video, reality star and hummingbird activist Spencer Pratt wore several at once. (On Body Vibes’ re-gram of his story, they praised the star — sort of.)
The company regularly shares pictures of photogenic #vibetribe members — including model Caroline Vreeland and DJ Mia Moretti — decked out in stickers.
It’s almost enough to distract you from the absurdity of it all.
Listen, I get it. Given the choice between a doctor’s appointment and a quick, pretty solution, who wouldn’t choose the sticker?
But there’s not much evidence that the stickers pack any benefits beyond aesthetics.
If you want a conversation starter — or to blend in at your kid’s preschool parties — sure, shell out six bucks for a sticker. But for serious stress-fighting powers? Consider something science-backed: therapy, exercise or a diet filled with, yes, fruits and vegetables.