Emma Roberts’s Go-To Cocktail Accessory Is Plastic-Free and Highly Giftable

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Emma Roberts keeps it so real about her sustainability journey. “I’ve always been someone who knows that I need to be better with my carbon footprint,” admits the actor. “And especially after having a baby, you really start to see how much plastic is coming in and out of the house.”

In her recent collab with Grove Collaborative, the new mom is out to change how she gifts this holiday season—which tracks, honestly, considering Americans pile up to 25 percent more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, per the EPA.

But Roberts isn’t just gifting eco-friendly presents—she’s taking the theme all the way to the presentation. “I love to make wrapping paper for people out of old magazines and newspapers, and I’ll cut out certain things that I know the person likes so it’s on the very front of the wrapping paper,” she says. “Also we’re the household where we save the old ribbons from anything. There isn’t a ribbon my mom hasn’t saved, and now I’m like that, too!”

Here’s exactly how Roberts keeps it sustainable through the holidays, in her own words.

I’m obsessed with metal straws for cocktails, especially during the holidays, because I’m always wearing a red lip.

Whenever I’m setting a table, I need candles to set the mood—it’s giving main character energy. Whether on the table or outside, I’m obsessed with the Grove holiday candles. They smell unreal, and the fragrances are 100 percent natural. I definitely scatter them everywhere.

Hand soap and towels are always great gifts because honestly I always need them—I wash my hands at least 10 times a day.

For kids, I like to grab something that’s gonna last a while, like a stuffed animal that feels really special. I’m obsessed with this brand called Skippy Cotton. I’ve gotten my son a couple stuffed animals from there, and I love gifting the Ziggy Bun Bun, a David Bowie bunny.

I think this is such a good sustainable swap—and it’s chef’s kiss for travel, because I still struggle to remember to take out my large-size lotions. It’s a lotion body stone, but you also buy the container, and when you run out of the stone, you just grab a new one to drop in the bamboo container. I love that there’s zero plastic—and it looks so good on the counter.

I have a pileup of, like, 20 dish towels, and they’re all stained and ruined. So I do not buy expensive dish towels anymore—I let them be what they’re gonna be, because I try not to use paper towels. I just grab them whenever I’m at Target.

Julie Vadnal is deputy editor of Domino. She edits and writes stories about shopping for new and vintage furniture, covers new products (and the tastemakers who love them), and tours the homes of cool creatives. She lives in Brooklyn.

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