What Cynthia Rowley Can’t Live Without

I think it’s nice to have balloons for absolutely no occasion whatsoever.In my living room, I like to have giant “LOL” helium balloons. I bring them to people’s homes. Instead of a bottle of wine, I’ll bring a star or somebody’s initials. It’s really festive and shiny. I mean, Jeff Koons made it okay to have balloons be a permanent thing in your home. When Party City was around — RIP — I used to buy the tank of helium so I could have it in my house and keep refilling. Now I go toBalloon Saloonin Tribeca, which has a really good selection.

I get the regular size. I’m pretty much a purist with my Post-it notes. They’re the only way I can keep track of things. It goes from notes to drawings, some business thing I have to do, an important person to contact, lightbulbs for my house. The best part is when you finish something, you get to crumple it up and throw it away. If I have crumpled-up Post-it notes all around my chair, then you know I’ve been very productive.

I walk everywhere. I walk to work, I walk home — I’m obsessed with my steps. These are my latest favorite sneakers. I love them.

I love his writing, and this book is really inspiring. It reminds you how to be curious, how to be creative, how to be innovative, how to take risks, how to see things in a different way, how to manifest an idea. I like that it’s an audiobook that I can listen to on my way to work, on my way home, on a walk wearing my Solomons. It really is a manual for a creative profession.How to be an Artistis like the kernel of what it means to see things, look at things, and process.

It’s literal crack cocaine. I’m from Chicago, where Garrett was started. It was on Michigan Avenue, and people would line up for this popcorn. It’s my hometown treat. When I go to O’Hare, I’m so excited because there’s a Garrett right in the airport. I always bring it back. The cheese is so orange, I told them they should make gloves. There’s nothing like it. If I’m going to the chair, this is my last meal. It’s gonna be a really dirty gin martini and a full tub of cheese-and-caramel Garrett popcorn. That’s how I’m going out.

Fleur du Mal is a real treat for me. I don’t do a lot of massages or spa things or anything, but I like prettylingerie. I buy it as gifts. I buy it for my girlies for stocking stuffers orValentine’s Day. Now, what if I was having Garrett popcorn with a dirty gin martini in my Fleur du Mal lingerie, readingHow to Be an Artistwith some LOL balloons? That could be a whole setup.

Popular Jewelry will make anything for you. So I made this: It’s a signet ring engraved M.O.M. (Or “wow”). Then I made rings for my girls with watermelon tourmaline. I just think it’s a cool, weird place where all the rappers go and buy their ice. It’s a cool Chinatown jeweler, and it’s really nice. It has stuff everywhere. It’s like eight feet wide and 15 feet long and just covered in chains and diamonds and jewels. You can name anything, and of course it has it. And if it doesn’t have it, somehow it’ll get it. I try to go for Valentine’s Day, birthdays, the holidays, to get little gifts.

I am very low maintenance with my beauty. I don’t really know that much about it. I famously use Sharpie for eyeliner. But my friend developed this oil so I started using it, and I feel like it really made a huge difference. I have kind of dry skin, and this feels like a drink of water for my face. I love the scent and the packaging. Sometimes I use a combination of a Dr. Barbara Sturm face cream with the Loulu oil on top, and that’s when I’m really doing my beautyroutine.

Every day in my life in Montauk, I wake up and put on a wet suit, walk down to the beach, and either take a swim or surf. I always have a wet suit; it could be any wet suit, but I do like this one. My closet in Montauk looks like a rack of wet suits and nothing else.