Allyson Ayala

Our favorite kid-friendly places! When people ask me where they should take their kids, nieces/nephews, grandkids, etc., these are the top places I recommend that my kids love. It doesn’t always have to be a huge expensive outing, sometimes grabbing a snack and walking around is all you need to have a good time with the kids. :)

I’ve been a freelance makeup artist for 15 years and treated myself to this vanity upgrade a couple years ago. It holds all of my makeup (from pencils, to tools, to individual pieces, to palettes & more) without being a huge, bulky piece in my bedroom. So do yourself a favor, treat yourself to an affordable DIY vanity table too.

Bedrooms in Arizona are SO small, so as my daughter has gotten older I've tried my best to maximize the small amount of space she has. All it takes is a lot of dual-purpose storage furniture and a loft bed, and you've got a sweet bedroom for a young girl.

I’ve been pretty obsessed with skincare since high school, where I’d try every scrubbing, awakening, and cleansing tool I could find (and that my parents would buy me) in Seventeen magazine. After I turned 30, I switched focus to keeping my skin healthy long-term, turning to many Korean skincare companies for hydrating and anti-aging formulas. I have combination oily and dry skin, but as an Arizona desert girlie my skin is very desperate for hydration. So these are the skincare staples I absolutely love and have used for years that are hydrating enough to keep me from being dry, yet lightweight enough to counteract the oil production.