I Finally Found A Hydrating Shampoo For Dry Scalps That Actually Removes Buildup

CeraVe AM Facial Moisturizing Lotion SPF 30

This $15 moisturizer is packed with three essential ceramides to help restore and maintain your skin's barrier, contributing to an ultra-hydrated look. It's also formulated with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide for even more moisture! The best part is the inclusion of micro-fine zinc oxide sunscreen that's "absorbed quickly" without leaving a greasy finish.

e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream

For just $13, this face cream from e.l.f. delivers supple yet lightweight moisture to the skin. It "instantly absorbs," making it a great no-fuss option to wear under layers of more skincare and makeup. It's made with hyaluronic acid to boost hydration, niacinamide to minimize pores and even out skin tone, and various peptides that promote collagen production for a youthful glow. Plus, the SPF 30 provides daily protection against harmful, damaging UVA and UVB rays.

Versed Sweet Relief Night Mask + Face Balm

I love using this $13 face balm as a nightly moisturizer, especially in the fall and winter months when my skin is dryer than usual. The formula is super thick, helping to support the skin barrier since it locks in moisture for hours on end. It's formulated with "nutrient-dense" bacuri butter, kokum butter, and apricot kernel oil, which is rich in antioxidants. Regular wear can result in a "soft, plump, radiant-looking complexion."

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Face Moisturizer

If your face doesn't exactly crave thick moisturizers, this $23 one from Neutrogena is the way to go. It boasts a lightweight water-gel formulation, which soaks in quickly without any greasy effect. It delivers "6x more hydration than untreated skin and hydrates skin for 48 hours," according to the brand. Anyone with normal, oily, or dry skin can use this gentle product!

L’Oréal Paris Collagen Daily Face Moisturizer

If your skin has signs of aging, this $11 pick is perfect for tackling fine lines and wrinkles. Its formula includes collagen, which is known it increase hydration and improve elasticity. You can choose from fragranced and non-fragranced versions, though non-fragranced skincare products are most commonly recommended by dermatologists since fragrances can dry out and irritate skin – especially sensitive skin types.

Byoma Gel Cream Moisturizer

This $15 pick is a great product for daily hydration. It's lightweight and oil-free, which lays a solid foundation for more skincare products and makeup. It has three ceramides to build up and support the skin barrier, as well as niacinamide and green tea to "improve tone and texture."

Best Primers For Dry Skin Over 40

e.l.f. Cosmetics Hydrating Face Primer

We love e.l.f.'s power grip primer, but that's not say it's perfect for mature dry skin. Knowing that skin starts to lose its elasticity as we age, it's important to use something that's ultra moisturizing like e.l.f.'s hydrating face primer. It's still long-lasting, but it helps create a smoother base for the rest of your makeup and is infused with grape, Vitamins A, C, & E for all the hydration your skin craves.

Customers say it works the best for "anyone with maturing, dry, sensitive, or combination skin" and it's "really soothing during winter months!"

NYX Cosmetics Bare With Me Daily Moisturizing Primer with Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil and SPF 30

NYX Cosmetics has a knack for making some of the best drugstore beauty products out there, so it's no surprise their daily moisturizing primer is recommended for dry skin over 40. It boasts an impressive amount of hydration that's also formulated with SPF 30 to protect skin from UVA and UVB rays. Also, you'll find Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil in it for 24 hours of soothing protection.

It doesn't have any color to it, making this primer great for those who have sensitive skin in addition to experiencing dryness. One customer who's over 40 says that it "works perfectly like a little thin veil" for her skin.

Best Foundations For Dry Skin Over 40

Maybelline Fit Me Dewy + Smooth Liquid Foundation

Created for normal an dry skin, Maybelline's Fit Me Dewy + Smooth Liquid Foundation is one of the most hydrating beauty products your skin will appreciate. It helps smooth your skin if you're concerned about fine lines or wrinkles. If not, no worries! The coverage is buildable so you can create the base that you want.

L'Oreal Age Perfect Radiant Serum Foundation with SPF 50

This foundation is specifically designed for anyone with mature skin and features Vitamin B3 as well as a hydrating serum that makes another great option for foundation. It's lightweight and won't irritate even the most sensitive skin. Plus, the added SPF 50 is a nice layer of protection.

Customers say this foundation "doesn't clump in wrinkles" and gives them a "glowing, healthy look."

Concealers

Colourpop Pretty Fresh Hyaluronic Creamy Concealer

Give yourself a flawless makeup look starting with this creamy, hydrating concealer. It's also a color corrector that'll cover dark circles or dark spots. The ingredients that make this possible are hyaluronic acid and coconut water. It "does not crease" or "settle into fine lines according to customers who consistently use it.

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Multi-Use Concealer

This Age Rewind concealer is another way to get rid of dark circles and help add radiance to dry skin. Created with Haloxyl, an anti-aging ingredient, fine lines and wrinkles don't stand a chance against it. One customer says that it "blends perfectly to soften my 70 year old wrinkles." Pefection!

Bronzer

Revolution Beauty Ultra Cream Face Bronzer

Mature, dry skin doesn't need anything that's difficult to blend, but you won't run into that probably with this Ultra Cream Face Bronzer. Besides being buildable, it's creamy and gives you a natural sun-kissed look that makes you look like summer lives periodically caresses your face whenever it pleases.

Customers boast about it being "easy to apply on mature skin" and love that it will "warm up" anyone's face.

Covergirl Trublend High Pigment Bronzer

There's no harm in looking for all day coverage if you're still heading into work everyday, but you need something that won't feel heavy on your skin. Covergirl's Trublend High Pigment Bronzer will give you bold color that stays in place even after an "8 hour shift," according to a customer!

Best Blushes For Dry Skin Over 40

Milani Baked Blush Radiant Powder Blush

This powder is so universal because it works for everyone. It's highly pigmented, buildable, and versatile enough for you to use as a highlighter or eyeshadow. Though it's a powder blush, it's not drying like others and is "incredibly affordable" for the quality, according to one customer.

NYX Buttermelt Blush

NYX's buttermelt blushes are amazing for several reasons, but we love how they complement mature dry skin! They look like powder at first, but a quick swipe quickly reveals how buttery they really are. This is all thanks to ingredients like mango, shea, and almost butters!

Customers say it "lasts all day" and they'd "buy this product again."

​Every Show Needs A Villain — Enter Whitney Leavitt

While Taylor dealt with the fallout of the soft swinger scandal, Whitney Leavitt was dealing with her own scandal. She led the #MomTok group to believe she relocated to Hawaii when the scandal broke to get away from the noise, but Whitney shared that was a cover up, and the real reason her family relocated was because the rumors of her husband having a Tinder account (for their entire marriage) were true. So she basically admitted Taylor was her scapegoat to get out of town.

And while Whitney was hoping for the girls to rally around her during this truth bomb about her marriage, she felt her announcement was overshadowed by Taylor’s miscarriage news (who became pregnant shortly after), ultimately driving Whitney to not attend Taylor’s baby shower. All of a sudden, Whitney doesn't want to be involved with Taylor, and claims her and Taylor only have an online relationship instead of a real one… Umm I’m sorry what? This was the start of Whitney paving her way as the show's villain.

Fast forward to a girls trip for Mayci Neeley’s birthday, Whitney felt the group’s friendships haven’t been authentic. “Let’s be honest,” she told Mayci, “have we all ever been genuine, real friends? Or has there always been an agenda? Has there always been some sort of transaction needed?” Tell me if I’m wrong, but Whitney hasn’t been a true friend if she feels a transaction is needed and feels like some of these friendships don’t exist IRL, but I digress.

After the girls trip, Whitney thought it would be in her best interest to unfollow the women on social media and abruptly leave the group chat, but later expresses how nobody called and asked why she left...Unfollowing your friends and leaving the group chat feels so high school and attention seeking IMO. At this point of the show, I was questioning what I was watching, but I couldn’t turn it off.

In the series finale, Whitney made the not-so-shocking decision to not attend her best friend Mayci’s launch party, claiming she “wasn’t in the space and needed some time from the group.” Hasn’t Macyi always had Whitney’s back through everything, and now she’s not going to show up for her? Aren’t one of the #Momtok’s core values to support each other and have one another's back? Whitney I need answers!!

​The Soda Obsession

Let’s move on to another revelation in the show that I can’t stop thinking about. So you may or may not have caught that in every episode, the women mention their love of soda or have a giant soda in hand. My immediate thought was "what is up with this soda obsession?" Well, Mormons do not drink alcohol or hot beverages, as they have been told by God “Hot drinks are not for the body or belly.” Therefore Mormons like to indulge and treat themselves to a soda. Which is why in Utah, you’ll find Soda shops on almost every corner.

For these women, nothing brings them more joy than a soda. And no they aren’t slamming back a Diet Coke or Dr. Pepper. They’re drinking dirty sodas, which consist of a classic soda mixed with syrups or creams.

As shown in the show, Demi Engemann has a very specific Swig order which consists of sparkling water, sugar free coconut syrup, sugar free vanilla syrup, sugar free raspberry syrup, sugar free pineapple syrup and coconut cream.

I am desperate to try her drink. Does Swig ship? Or can someone please open a location in Miami?

​The Cereal Brand Heard Around The Country

During episode 3, we found out Demi Engemann confided in Whitney Leavitt during a girls trip about some intimate details regarding her sex life with husband Bret Engemann. Well, Whitney shared those details with other women in the group and the series producers. Whitney told producers, “What can I say? The fruity cereal has to do with taste,” in an interview during the episode, while smirking about it like a true villain.

Fast forward to later in the episode during Demi's Galentine’s Day celebration, Whitney thought it would be a funny prank to gift Demi a box of Fruity Pebbles and have her open the gift in front of the group (and the cameras), making this intimate detail of Demi’s marriage more public. But the prank of course, does not go the way Whitney had planned because Demi is not happy. I am so curious to know what Whitney thought Demi’s reaction would be?

And if Demi did send out texts about the intention of the evening, that was a low blow on Whitney’s end to gift her a box of Fruity Pebbles onscreen. And honestly, it's a bit hypocritical coming from Whitney, who's been preaching she wants to create a safe space with #Momtok. It’s a little sus.

​What Happened in Vegas?

One of the more dramatic moments of the series happens in Vegas…of all places! The group celebrates Layla’s birthday in a very non-traditional Mormon way, at Chippendales. It's revealed Jen Affleck’s husband Zac Affleck (yes — related to Ben Affleck — first cousins once removed) has a controlling and misogynistic ick to him when he questions her character and threatens to divorce Jen if she goes to the Chippendales show. Which 1) she knew nothing about, considering the show was a surprise and 2) she didn’t even stay to see the show!

In a very authentic display of friendship and sisterhood, the women really rally around Jen, voicing their concerns, and ultimately their disgust, for her husband. (This man even talked badly about her friends and their marriages, woof.) We don’t often see acts like this on reality TV. This felt very real and raw, and we must protect Jen at all costs.

The series ended with a few unanswered questions, #1 being will #MomTok survive this? And with this show being one of Hulu’s most-watched unscripted shows, we’re waiting patiently for Hulu to announce a second season.