Noa Aliha Ruiz

I am an anxious girl and believe you can never carry enough things. YouTube and TikTok extraordinaire Clara Pierce introduced me to the concept of an emergency kit. A little pre packaged kit with everything and anything you could ever need. Going out and don’t know if I’m staying at a friends? Emergency kit in my bag. Traveling? Emergency kit in carry on in case I forgot something. Long work day? Emergency kit in my bag for an inevitable mishap. Consider this *the* master list for any and everything you could need. Take what works, leave what doesn’t, always be prepared!

Some things work and are not cute or sexy feeling, like you need to use them but you’re not too keen to tell people it’s a fave. Well, I’ll tell you. I love not sexy products because they help me become sexy. You can’t use cute expensive products for everything, and a lot of the time they don’t work like these tried and true products.

Boyfriends, husbands, brothers, in laws, nephews: boys are hard to buy for and especially hard to dress. I took my husband from 0 to 100 buying him basically adult garanimals mix and match outfits. Use this list to do the same with your man!

Small kitchen or large, these are the things I’ve used in my family since I could remember and know will upgrade your culinary experience.

The things I will have forever or always repurchase that I actually suggest investing in.

I love to look good but I hate to try. Like actually putting in the effort the in the mornings is SO HARD; so I needed to put some favorites together to be sure I always look put together. BIGGEST TIP: invest in every day jewelry (see separate list) that is high quality and that you never have to remove. This immediately enhances ANY outfit. My stapes include hoops, rings, and a bracelet stack.

Making a house a home is my favorite thing to do. I LOVE thrifiting for cute little items, but know when you're moving into a new place you need some items right away to fill blank spaces. My tip: don't go crazy with mass-made things, but here are my must haves to make your house feel like home.

Here's one thing about me: I need all my things to relax, so when I travel, I prefer to drive so anything and everything can come along. I also don't love unpacking. However, I recently went on my honeymoon, which led me to curate the perfect, based-on-your-current-products, and small-enough-it-could-fit-in-my-carry-on kit that STAYS packed. Is it excessive? Maybe. Use this plus my travel makeup to be ready for any vacation! PSA: a lot of this requires you depotting product into a TSA approved package or buying a mini version.

Travel make-up made easy. Keep it simple and have fun, and you do not need to buy new brushes or tools. Use your hands and what is already in your makeup bag to make this kit work for you.

I will ALWAYS have these in my beauty cabinet and on hand. In fact, I have a lot of these in my purse because I use them that often. Trust me when I say these are tried and TRUSTED.