The 6 selfie gadgets you absolutely can’t live without

Get a hold of your selfie! If you think loading up your social media streams with self portraits is as tired as #epic, think again. The era of selfies has just begun, thanks to these six selfie gadgets that eliminate the need for a rubber arm, and make travel selfies a helluva lot more gratifying.

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#theselfie

In case the name didn’t give it away, this gadget was specifically designed for selfies. Ever get the perfect group selfie lined up, but you realize the camera button is on the opposite side as your hand? It’s literally #theworst. Problem solved! This gadget is a small remote that lets you snap the picture in your hand, so you can hold the phone with the other hand or prop it up at a distance.

Linkmount System

Vacations can be a dangerous place for selfies. Travel selfies—or rather trelfies—are more extreme than those in front of a bathroom mirror. True fear is holding your phone at arms length while standing at the edge of a boat while a rush of self doubt in your grip washes over you. The Linkmount’s most valuable feature forselfie takers is the wrist leash. Go ahead, take that selfie hanging over the edge of a cliff. Heck, hold it out the car window! It’s also equipped with a magnetized tripod-accessible mounting system that lets you mount your phone anywhere you can find a few inches of flat surface.

Looq

Ever been in a scenic setting so beautiful, you were torn between taking a selfie with only half the scenery in the background or—dare we say it—just taking a picture of the landscape? You need a Go Go Gadget arm, or the closest thing to it, the Looq. It adds up to 24 inches to your selfie reach with a button on the base of the handle for long distance pic snapping.

Nova

The only way to step up your selfie game is to get artsy. Sometimes you’ve got to work a little harder to set up the right shot with the best lighting, but you can’t carry around those light-reflecting umbrellas that haunted you on school picture day. Nova is brilliant. It’s a pocket-sized, off-camera light source that flashes when you take a picture. Their blog has a whole tutorial on how to use it for selfies. No filter needed.

Cellfy

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We all check ourselves out in the mirror from time to time. The Cellfy Stic is a suction cup mount for your phone—perfect for bathroom mirrors—that lets you capture your most fabulous moments. Wait, you have fabulous moments all the time! That’s when the Cellfy Wrap comes through for you. It’ll hold your phone and wrap it around pretty much anything you can strike a pose in front of. Watch the Cellfy music video to see all the fabulous possibilities.

Selfie Brush

Just when you thought you were fully trained in the art of the selfie, the Selfie Brush comes along. Why, yes, it is a hair brush on one side and a phone holder on the other. No, that isn’t a shampoo ad, that’s just your gorgeous selfie.

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