My Go-To Aesthetic Lifestyle Essentials (for Artists!)

Living the artist life means I’m always looking at the next moment to create. ✨

It’s just in my bones!

Writing music on the floor of my studio, filming auditions with a half-cleaned room just outside of the shot, and bopping on connection calls and coffee chats with other creatives — but in a zenergetic way, one with both excitement and creativity bursting at the seams and with a sense of grounding and presence.

Through all of the imagination, I crave softness and an aesthetic lifestyle.

The objects I bring into my space — whether they sit on my desk, touch my skin, or help me through daily rituals — need to feel like little, romantic spells. Sustainable. Soulful. Pretty enough to make me put my hand over my heart.

I’m a deeply holistic girlie — no artificial fragrances, no harsh chemicals, nothing that disrupts the peace I’ve worked so hard to cultivate. I’m always looking for that rare kind of magic: things that are actually good for my body, the earth, and my heart!

I made this little guide of aesthetic lifestyle essentials that I use day in and day out — they’re gentle, durable, and I do my best to ensure they’re sustainable. AKA, buy it once (and/or buy it pre-loved) and use it as long as possible. Second-hand treasures and/or investments I strive to last a lifestyle.

Each one is a little ode to my living beautifully and intentionally as a full-time artist — and I hope it can be for you, too!

Home Vibe & Design for an Aesthetic Lifestyle

Soul Space Incense Starter Kit

I cannot believe how much I save on candles by using this! Not to mention how impossible it can feel to find candles that are completely non-toxic (just because it says “made with essential oils” doesn’t mean it’s made completely with essential oils). These are all-natural incense that use GoodLight unscented tea candles (which by the way, if you do want completely all natural candles, this is the brand to use!) to heat up the incense.

I cannot even explain how AMAZING the incense smell! My favorites are the Wonder, Home and Light incense blends. 🪔 And talk about an aesthetic lifestyle… the holder is just so cute and zen.

The Sabai Essentials Sectional

We have this in our living room and I can’t wait to have more space to get another one for the studio. I remember we bought a Rooms2Go couch when we moved in here and even though it was much bigger, I couldn’t replace individual pieces on it! So not sustainable 😔. With Sabai, you can replace individual parts and they have a whole recycle program that pays in mind the EOL (end of life) of the product, which I absolutely love!

Everyday Style

Brooklyn 4 U Platform Crocs

Tell me these aren’t completely Violet Gaze-coded! I’m OBSESSED! I bought charms because why not, and I FINALLY have a pair of shoes that are as cute as they are comfortable (as cheesy as that sounds, it’s true!).

MZ Wallace Backpack

My mamma-in-law gave me a cute little MZ Wallace purse and I BECAME OBSESSED. I immediately bought this backpack, using the purse as a breakout bag and I am obsessed with both. Easy to clean! So many pockets! So cute!

I bring her EVERYWHERE and when I saw everywhere I mean the gym, the coffee shop, overnight trips, doing errands. I literally keep all of what I need during the day in it and bring it upstairs when I go to sleep and back downstairs when I’m working at my desk or into the studio when we’re working on music.

Kitsch Heatless Curls

I followed the hype and the hype was right. These things are amazing. Literally wearing them in my hair as I’m typing this.

Galactic Federation of Light 222 Tank Top

This is such a cute shirt with the cutest color, and LOVE me some angel numbers. I truly believe that the words that are tattooed or worn on us are reflective of what we’re manifesting. And if we don’t all need a little more angel energy in our lives… 😇

Brumate Resa 35oz Rose Taupe

Yes, I tried the Stanley but she’s nothing compared to this! This has 0 plastic (yay) and comes in adorable matte colors, and did I mention you can literally lock her (not a Stanley feature, found this out at an aiport last year when water leaked ALL over my things😭) so you can store her away when you’re shopping or at the airport and she will 👏 not 👏 leak.

Otter Spirit Gemstone Jewelry

Wearing crystals on you is possible and it’s through Otter Spirit. They are so cute, have so many different colors, and yes, I AM wearing them right now as I wear this.

Non-Toxic Kitchen Products

Our Place Dream Cooker in Char

This thing is so much less complicated than regular rice cookers with all the confusing settings. Plus I actually want to leave this out because it’s cute matte black and doesn’t make our kitchen look like it’s industrial. Double win!

Gardyn

This has turned my black thumb green — it’s been so fun to be able to plant seedlings and literally see them grow before my eyes with the help of automatic watering features and lots of helpful tips from the app!

Our Place Wonder Oven 6-in-1

This is SO CUTE and literally the best color ever! Again, it makes the kitchen actually look cute and quaint, not industrial like so many toaster ovens and big, bulky air fryers do. Plus, make it make sense how lots of air fryers are made with plastic! Noooo! This one is not, making it so much more comfortable and safe to make alllll the goodies from vegan pizza to homemade french fries to dairy-free cookies and everything in between.

Vitamix Propel Series Blender

We use this thing every day (okay, well STATiC does!) to make us our morning smoothies. And not to mention when he’s in a mood of creating a super fun meal, there are a bunch of really cool settings on this to make soup, purees, and sooo much more. Actually, I did use it to make sea moss gel the other week and that was surprisingly so easy and fun!

I want to get the metal blender attachment at some point to minimize the plastic, especially since it has a heat setting for soup and we don’t want heat and plastic to meet!

Our Place Cookware & Bakeware Set

An extension of the other aesthetic kitchen tools from Our Place to the oven and stove!

Branch Basics Starter Kit

This is by far the best cleaner I’ve used, and it’s completely natural. Yes, we don’t do Febreze or Lysol or any of those toxic sprays in our home — this does the job and then some. It comes in a concentrate that lasts at least 6 months, which you can use for all 3 of the spray bottles: all-purpose, bathroom, and streak-free (for windows and mirrors).

Unscented Dirty Labs Dishwasher Powder

This has worked better than any other dishwasher powder! Make sure to get the unscented — we don’t want artificial fragrances near where we eat!

Content Creation Starter Kit

Showit Website

I use this for both of my websites as well as when I build websites for my clients at Studio Violet. I’ll be honest — it took a learning curve from me. But after that bump, I realized how much freedom and flexibility this platform gives, while also being so much easier to use compared to having to code in WordPress.

Sony ZVE10 Camera

This is the camera I use for my Youtube videos, video-based platforms, and lots of photoshoots!

Sony Wide Angle Lens

This lens is everything! It’s a wide-angle that makes vlogging and talking-head style videos really easy to make look professional. 📸

Non-Toxic Cleaning Tools

Roborock Q10

As of writing this, I’m still in a rental with carpets (ick!), but this thing has been a life-saver in getting 4 cats-worth of hair out from them and doing general clean-up. I pair this with…

Rug & Carpet Scraper

This thing gets deep into high-pile carpets and rugs and OMG. The satisfaction of getting all the cat hair and dust from these is unlike anything else. Make sure you’re wearing some sort of filtered mask when you’re doing this because rugs and carpets can be grossssss.

All-Natural Bath & Body Faves

Suri Sustainable Electric Toothbrush

I got one for each of us and it attaches to the mirror! We replace the tops every 3 months or so and I love that it’s made with sustainable materials and it recharges super easily!

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Hope you loved this lil aesthetic lifestyle bundle of my favorite things! For more tips on living a sustainable and creative life, how to make money as an artist, and more, I’m usually hanging out on YouTube 🦋