Renee Scot

If you’re like me, over 30 and your skin is just starting to show the signs of aging, you’ll do anything to stop it! I also have dry skin, these are the skincare items I have found to work the best for me.

At least once a year I head to South America for an adventure filled vacation. I’ve refined this list of items I take with me every time I go, from jungle hiking in rainy and wet environments to long days exploring the city to sightseeing in the mountains and beaches. Every item on this list is something that is crucial to my travel.

I have a very hard time finding powders to work well with my dry skin. Plus, since I am over 30, I need something that doesn’t settle in fine lines and just gives a nice blurred appearance. These ones work the best for me.

As someone with dry aging skin, finding the perfect foundation is challenging. My skin doesn’t respond well to foundations that are too matte. My skin loves hydrating radiant foundations. These are my favorite ones.

My aging and dry skin is so finicky when it comes to concealers. These work really well on my skin and give my makeup a flawless look, not cakey or too dry

My skin has always been dry, but now that I am getting older it’s extremely important to incorporate daily facial oil into my skincare regimen. I love rotating different oils, and these are my favorite ones

Since I had to give up my beloved retinol during pregnancy, I was on a mission to find great pregnancy safe anti aging skincare. These all worked for me so well.

These are all cities and tourist traps that I’ve unfortunately been to and feel like were a waste of my time.

I used to suffer with gum inflammation and bleeding. These are the best tips I’ve gotten from seeing multiple dentists and dental hygienists over the years, and what has worked for me personally.

I love using a lot of these tools for relaxing “me” time. They are things that really help apply makeup smoothly over my aging face, or I feel really help reverse the aging. Since I am over 30, I feel like I need any help I can get!

This is my absolute favorite chicken Marsala recipe. I always make it in the instant pot for easy cooking and easy cleanup. This recipe is a hit with my super picky family.

Having visited Ecuador 8 times, I have been to many of these tourist attractions and beautiful places several times. This list is an assortment of my favorite local restaurants, unique hotels, hikes and nature locations to visit when I go.

I am a soft/muted summer (through color analysis), with fair to light skin and mousey light brown hair, and hazel green eyes. These are my tried and true color makeup products that work best for me as a soft summer, and I always feel my best and most confident when I use these products.

Having a baby in a small apartment, it is important to not overbuy and get every baby item out there. Here are the items I found to be actually necessary and made good use of our small space.

This is a curated list of the best most beautiful, emotional, pulling at your heart sounding string quartets ever composed. Most of these I heard for the first time as a child and no other music has ever topped them.

I LOVE a good vanilla perfume. These are my favorite perfumes to wear that are more complex than a basic vanilla, or give off a scent that is similar to vanilla but not exactly.

I’ve dealt with eczema prone skin for as long as I can remember. These are the products that have worked the best for me managing it.

Want to go out for a nice date night but not sure where you can get ambiance AND space for your giant stroller? These restaurants are our favorite places to go to with our baby. They have space to park our giant stroller next to the table.

I spent many years crafting the perfect scented soy candle. These are the tools and ingredients that are best to use

This is my all time favorite home made spicy ginger lemon tea recipe for when I am sick. The vitamin C from real lemon helps with immunity and the strong spicy ginger helps with congestion and sore throats. Anytime I am even starting to feel sick, I make this tea.