Essentials - Grooming

For my hair, nothing quite beats American Crew Pomade:

And nothing puts it all in the right place better than this Wika handmade comb:

Essentials - Notebooks

I love these notebooks from Field Notes. They're seriously handy to toss ideas in and they're just the right size to fit in your pocket. I really like the graph paper version, but they also come lined and blank - all depends on what you're using them for I guess.