What Regina King Can’t Live Without

I vary between a satinpillowcaseand a silk bonnet. I’m obsessed with this one from Slip. It doesn’t leave a mark on your head, and it’s big enough and deep enough for my hair to fit in it when I’m wearing my hair inbraids.

I swear by thesemultivitamins. They could be a placebo, who knows, but I definitely feel like they give me good energy. The ingredients list is all plant-based things. Everything’s natural; everything’s organic.

I don’t know if I’m hitting a certain age, but afoam rolleris necessary in my life because it can just knead out any kinks in my body. I ordered this one because it was the first one I saw on Amazon. I travel with it — I’ll send it to wherever I’m going ahead of time, along with my yoga mat.

I like that this is thick. When you’re doing things where you have your knees on the ground, this offers much-needed cushioning. Its thickness means it’s not convenient to throw in a suitcase — that’s why I’ll send it ahead of time when I travel. When I stepped my game up to the thickeryoga matI was like, “Where were you all of my life?”

I don’t drinkcoffeebecause I don’t like the taste of it. I like to have a cup of yerba maté tea first thing in the morning; I love the nutty taste, and I don’t feel any of the jitteriness you can from coffee. I’m not a person who drinks tea cold, and I like the process of letting the tea steep. I buy it loose-leaf because I have a lot of tea strainers.

I was in Mexico once and the bar I was at didn’t have any more Clase Azul, so the waiter insisted that I try the Reserva de la Familia. He gave it to me in a Champagne glass and said the first one was on him because he was sure I would order another. He was right. Most people look at tequila as a shot or something for a margarita, but this would be a sipping tequila. There are those people who sip on cognac; for tequila drinkers, this is our cognac.

My teeth are pretty tight, so a lot of those floss picks people use just don’t fit between them. And when I can get one between my teeth it usually strikes my gum so offensively. Glide does exactly what it says — glides between my teeth. I keep it in my purse.

It’s a must. I have tins in several purses and in my makeup bag. I know it wasn’t made for more than yourlips, but I use it for everything. If I have a little hair that’s getting unruly and threatening to make an appearance, I put a little of this on my fingertips and help calm her down. And I love the way it smells.