Curating a Nightstand for Beauty, Calm, and Great Skin
Created with Avocado
Your nightstand is prime real estate. It’s home to the last things you reach for before bed, the first things you pick up in the morning, and any balms, books, lotions, or lubes you might need when nothing could unearth you from your nest of blankets. Surface space, however, is finite. Which means what goes in and on your nightstand is a matter of tight curation.
About the nightstand we chose here: Avocado’s Malibu wood nightstand is durable, heavy, and made from sustainably harvested maple that patinates in the prettiest way over time. It’s the kind of thing you’ll pass down to the next generation. Each one is built to order in Avocado’s carbon-negative Los Angeles workshop—without VOC-emitting glues or finishes, phthalates, or formaldehydes.
Jean Godfrey-June
Executive beauty director
On Jean’s bedside table: The coolest pair of (pink aviator) reading glasses we’ve laid eyes on. A delicate ceramic cup she found in a French boutique. And a jillion little jars of creams, balms, oils, and serums to nourish skin, hair—everything—overnight.
REED + GWEN GROUNDING DRY BODY OIL, Avocado, $48; NEOM ORGANICS GREAT DAY MAGNESIUM BODY BUTTER, goop, $41; GOOP BEAUTY GOOPGLOW RESTORE + SHINE HAIR SERUM, goop, $55/$44 with subscription; GABRIEL + SIMONE SYDNEY READERS, Gabriel + Simone, $39.99; THE CANDY HOUSE BY JENNIFER EGAN, Bookshop, $26.04
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goop Beauty GOOPGLOW Dark Spot
Exfoliating Sleep Milk goop, $98/$89 with subscription“This superexfoliator brilliantly time-releases its powerful AHAs bit by bit overnight, so it feels silky and gentle but really smooths, brightens, and revivifies my skin like nothing else.”
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Jenny Odell How to Do Nothing Bookshop, $16.73The (genius) case for logging off and ditching your to-do list.
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goop Beauty GOOPGENES Clean
Nourishing Lip Balm goop, $20“Best lip balm on the planet: silky, rich, ultranourishing, subtly scented.”
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Astier de Villatte Tricolore Small Cup John Derian, $138This cup has a charming little image of a tumbling man at the bottom.
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Monastery Made Attar Floral Concentrate Balm goop, $168A cushy balm for major moisturizing moments. (It smells, subtly, like wildflowers.)
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UMA Pure Calm Wellness Candle goop, $68“The scent of this stunning candle is indeed calming, but it is also one of my favorite scents on earth, period: something between ancient floorboards, a spa, and a flower-dotted hayfield.”
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Kiki Koroshetz
VP, content
Guaranteed features of Kiki’s nightstand: A rotating cast of whatever’s new and good in fiction. Whichever goop vibrator is her current fave. And silk scrunchies, a silk eye mask, a candle that smells fantastic…
GHOST LOVER BY LISA TADDEO, Bookshop, $25.11; THE LAST WHITE MAN BY MOHSIN HAMID, Bookshop, $24.18; GOOP WELLNESS VIVA LA VULVA VIBRATOR, goop, $98; SIR MADAM MODERNIST CATCHALL, goop, $98
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Slip Silk Scrunchies – Large goop, $39Mulberry silk prevents your hair from breaking, snagging, or denting.
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Jennifer Freed, PhD A Map to Your Soul goop, $26Psychological astrologer Jennifer Freed’s guide to mastering your astrological elements (and living more freely).
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goop Wellness Heartthrob Vibrator goop, $98New on the nightstand: Heartthrob, which delivers both rumbly vibration and a precise, intense tapping feature.
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Slip Black Eye Mask goop, $50This sleep mask is super soft and not too tight.
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The Maker Spiritus Candle goop, $80Light for earthy, romantic vibes.
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Coco de Mer Pure Delight Orgasm Balm goop, $35The peppermint in this orgasm balm helps heighten the senses.
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Sarah Rose
Associate styling director
Sarah goes for sculptural lighting, a pretty arrangement of fresh blooms (or handmade paper ones), and a focused collection of nourishing essentials for hair and skin.
UMA NOURISHING HAIR OIL, goop, $70; TALA REFLECTION OVAL TABLE LAMP, goop, $265; AUGUST & PIERS DARLING CANDLE, goop, $86; MARLOE MARLOE STEVIE VASE, goop, $340
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The Green Vase Lilac Stem goop, $190Hand-dyed paper blossoms for around-the-clock color.
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ILIA Lip Wrap Overnight Treatment Mask goop, $26This isn’t just a balm. It’s a restorative formula with moisturizing sea succulent, hyaluronic acid, and mango butter—and papaya enzymes to gently exfoliate lips.
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Crow Canyon Home Catalina Small Rectangle Tray goop, $28“I started out with this little tray in my kitchen. It was so cute that I bought another one for the bedroom.”
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goop Wellness Double-Sided Wand Vibrator goop, $98With a rumbly wonder ball on one end and a tapered tip for precise stimulation on the other, this is the vibrator that deserves a spot within immediate reach.
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goop Beauty GOOPGENES Nourishing Repair Body Butter goop, $65/$50 with subscription“This formula just melts into your skin. I like to put a little extra on my hands and elbows before I go to bed.”
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