We knew Joanna Gaines had to have a few tricks up her sleeve to keep looking cute, comfy, and energized as she raises her family, runs an empire, and stars in more TV shows than we can count! So what’s the HGTV and Magnolia star’s secret?
On January 10, 2026, The Strategist published a list of “must-haves” that Gaines provided when the outlet asked what products she can’t go without each day. Here are five of her favorites…
Joanna Gaines Loves Her Coffee With Creamer
GettyGaines is an Energizer Bunny, thanks in part to a hit of caffeine every morning. And she likes her coffee with cream, thank you very much. Gaines told The Strategist that she stocks up on Chobani Dairy Creamer for her coffee, noting that while vanilla is her “go-to flavor,” she’s “a sucker for all of their seasonal options.”
“For fall, I love pumpkin spice, and for Christmas, I stock up on the peppermint mocha,” she said. “I am a girl that loves to embrace the fullness of every season, and this creamer is on my top-five must-haves to get me through the day.”
Joanna Gaines Swears By Her Favorite Sweatpants & Sandals
Magnolia NetworkGaines has dressed casually onscreen and off since “Fixer Upper” debuted in 2013, often in denim, sweatshirts or t-shirts, and a baseball cap. As laid-back as she is, we can’t say we’ve ever seen the mom of five wearing sweatpants. Nevertheless, she told The Strategist that when she’s home, she almost always slips into her Vuori Sedona Joggers, which retail for $98.
“This pair of French terry sweatpants feels soft and lived-in and are exactly what I want to put on at the end of the day,” she told the outlet. “The first thing I do when I get home is swap my jeans for these.”
Gaines also said she wears her Birkenstock Arizona Soft Footbed Sandals “everywhere” (though she didn’t specify if she wears them with her sweatpants). The $140 sandals, she said, are her “tried-and-true favorites,” noting, “I’m big on comfort and consistency, and these leather slip-ons check both boxes.”
The busy mom says she wears her Birkenstocks “around the house, in the garden, to work — pretty much anywhere I can get away with it,” admitting she has “a pair of Birkenstocks for nearly any occasion.”
Joanna Gaines Can’t Move From Room to Room Without Music
We don’t know how many rooms are in the Gaines family ranch in Waco, Texas, but the home has a wireless Sonos Era 100 Speaker “in every room,” per The Strategist. They’re $219 per speaker, but Gaines says it’s worth it — and that she uses the speakers all day, every day.
“If you come to my house, there’s always music playing,” she told the outlet. “These speakers sync seamlessly from room to room and out onto the porch. We play different types of music throughout the day and even seasonally.”
Want to groove like Gaines? She has a public “At Home” playlist on Spotify with over two hours of her favorite songs, which she made in 2019, and a holiday playlist full of her favorite Christmas tunes.
Joanna Gaines Won’t Leave Home Without Her Favorite Blush
GettyEver notice how Gaines always has sweetly rosy cheeks? She told The Strategist she always has Lancôme Subtil Powder Blush with her, which she uses throughout the day.
“I don’t leave the house without my blush,” she told the outlet. “I keep an extra in my purse and one at the office. I reapply color around 1 p.m., and it resets me for the second half of the day. It feels equivalent to that midday cup of coffee but for my face.”
The $34 blush comes in six shades; though Gaines didn’t specify which one she prefers now, in 2019, she wrote on her blog that her favorite was Mocha Havana.
