What’s the Best Beauty Product to Keep at Your Desk? The Ultimate Checklist of Workday Staples Inline

  • desk beauty
    Photographed by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen, Vogue, May 2011
    1/13
  • desk products
    Photo: Courtesy of Buly 1803
    2/13

    “I believe wholeheartedly in laying in supplies! Mine are Moon Juice snacks, for an afternoon energy boost); Buly 1803 hand cream, which is thick and emollient and smells great, but also looks lovely on your desk; Nuxe Rêve du Miel lip balm; and a bottle of all-natural hand sanitizer, because of that monthlong stretch where everyone was sick and now I’m paranoid.”
    —Alessandra Codinha, Vogue.com Fashion News Editor

    Buly 1803 Pommade Concrete, $38, Buy it now

  • desk products
    Photo: Courtesy of Byredo
    3/13

    “Byredo’s playful outdoor Tree House candle is perfect to light when working late. Since I kept forgetting to put on my signature perfume when rushing out in the morning, it lives deskside now, too—I reach for a spritz of Chanel’s Jersey on arrival, and one on the way out to dinner. And La Mer face mist is used so much throughout the working day, I am almost amphibious.”
    —Emma Elwick-Bates, Vogue Fashion News Editor

    Byredo Tree House Candle, $80, Buy it now

  • desk products
    Photo: Courtesy of Odejo
    4/13

    “You can never have enough perfume rollerballs at your desk. I’m currently alternating between three different scents: Kiehl’s Essence Oils, James by Rosie Jane, and OdeJo. They offer a much-needed, midday aromatherapy treatment—and are completely unobtrusive to your officemates.”
    —Celia Ellenberg, Vogue Beauty Director

    Odejo Perfume Oil, $60, Buy it now

  • desk products
    Photo: Courtesy of Clé de Peau
    5/13

    “I have tried every lip balm on the planet. There is none, hands down, that can come even close to Malin + Goetz Lip Moisturizer. I actually panic if I don t have one on my desk at all times; David Mallett Australian Salt Spray makes my hair look instantly textured and cool on even bad hair days and smells like bergamot and is completely therapeutic in every way; Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue for a 4:00 p.m. fix when I’m looking tired; but my latest obsession is Clé de Peau Beauté’s new Radiant Liquid Rouge—for the absolute perfect red lip, blotted on to the faintest, healthiest rosy stain for the office or layered on to saturated matte perfection for night. Its texture and finish is life changing.”
    —Catherine Piercy, Vogue.com Beauty Director

    Clé de Peau Beauté Radiant Liquid Rouge #18, $48, Buy it now