Vanity essentialsVanity favs

Good vanity essentials are the ones you're happy to leave out. When the things on your counter are this nice, getting ready stops being a chore and turns into the ten minutes of the day that are just for you.

The violet marble shelf is the anchor: a corner piece that holds perfume, a ring dish and a jar or two and makes them look curated. Next to the sink, the good hand wash. Aesop's Resurrection is a classic for a reason, and the amber bottle looks right on almost any counter. An onyx jar keeps cotton pads or hair ties out of sight and is beautiful in its own right.

A chrome tray gathers the small things, perfume and earrings mostly, so they look placed instead of dropped. An incense holder in white marble is for the evenings. And a claw clip, because the last step of getting ready is usually putting your hair up.