Makeup & Beauty Monday: Infallible Blur-fection Loose Setting Powder
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It may be nice in D.C. now, but a hot and muggy summer is just around the corner. My summer makeup must-have is a setting powder like this one from drugstore favorite L’Oreal.
This loose powder sets your makeup while blurring and brightening for up to 24 hours. It also absorbs shine, so by 7:00 p.m. you look just like you did at 7:00 a.m. A light dusting of this blendable and smooth powder is all you need to summer-proof your look.
L’Oreal’s Infallible Blur-fection Longwear setting powder is $13.99 at Target and comes in four shades.
Sales of note for 5/14/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty Deals up to 25% off (ends 5/17)
- Ann Taylor – Suit Yourself! 30% off suiting (ends 5/16) + 25% off your full price purchase (ends 5/18) + extra 60% off sale (ends 5/14)
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off sale + $1 shipping on all orders
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off long-weekend styles + 50% off select swim and coverups
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100+ + extra 20% off $125+
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off all markdowns (ends 5/18) + 30% off dresses, skirts, accessories, and shoes
I finally dropped 3 pairs of shoes for repair. One pair has needed repair for ~3 years, and the others have been under my desk at work for 1+ year.
Fun cheapish gift for a 3 year old girl? Don’t want to virtue signal or go over the top.
A travel rec…
We went to Stockholm for Easter break and A+++ highly recommend. It’s not got the glamour of other European cities but was incredibly easy and suited my outdoor-y + Viking obsessed kid perfectly. We had assumed we’d kick around at the house (house swap) for a few days but there was so much to see and do that we were out all day for 7 days in a row. Amazing playparks and museums, a great zoo, fantastic public transport and super walkable, great green space. Food was fine… we were bored with open faced sandwiches by the last day and ended up getting ramen, but we really enjoyed the fika.
And we finally learned how to play Sushi Go (for some reason, we assumed it was super complicated) and are all obsessed!
Hi! I could really use some feedback and thoughts from the board on this one. What would you do?
I have a job offer where I would enjoy the job and would make 85% more than I do now. This would make a big difference financially to my family.
The problem is that I currently work fully remotely and I would have to go into the office 4 days a week. The commute is not long, but I would have to leave the house at 7:30 am. Currently, I get up around 7:15ish with our toddler, we snuggle, have milk, read, eat a long and fun breakfast, then get dressed and go to daycare at 9. My husband is here, of course, but I have kind of claimed the mornings (he has claimed nights, don’t worry). I will no longer be able to do this morning routine with my child of I take the new job.
I feel really conflicted and sad. I think that, once I get going in my new position, I should be able to stay at home until 8 or 8:15, but this will take some time. One one hand, this money will be very helpful to my family, but, on the other hand, I will miss our morning routine so much.
What would you do?
Disclaimer: yes, this is my decision. Yes, there are other factors that may affect decision-making. Etc. I am asking in good faith what you would do!
stuck in a tricky situation and could use some advice. I met friend A through our kids in 2022 and hit it off instantly. our husbands get along well. our daughters play well together (which i have twins so they can’t play in a group of 3 with anyone) and she was pregnant with twins, so we connected on that note as well. We live in an area where there are a lot of natives and we are transplants. this is probably one of the couples we click with best so far. we were friends for about 1.5+ years before i became aware of her politics. she is a Trump supporter. i’m not sure if her husband is. Once I became aware it’s just not something we talk about. We’ve had one conversation about politics and I did unfollow her on social media bc she was posting too many things that were kind of mindboggling to me. If I’d known about her politics upfront, i likely would not have pursued the friendship. At this point, I am ok with my kids hanging out with her daughter and in their home bc the dad works basically 24/7 and there are 4 kids 7 and under, so political conversations are not happening in front of my children. So this other woman, let’s call her B, who I am not friends with, but I know and who friend A was pretty friendly with (she was one of like 8 people invited to this person’s bday dinner) has a transgender kid and has recently decided to no longer be friends with friend A, though she did not tell her this directly. Instead she has basically stopped acknowledging friend A’s presence, and removed herself from this group text chain. Friend A and B both have kids at the preschool still where my kids previously attended. According to Friend A, Friend C, who I am quite friendly with, has been giving her the cold shoulder and Friend A feels uncomfortable around her. I am hosting two parties in the next month where Friend A and C will be in attendance, and we all have tickets to an event in September with our kids (along with about 8 other people) and friend A mentioned she might not feel comfortable attending anymore with her kids, which is slightly problematic to me bc she is supposed to be our driver. I don’t really want to be caught in the middle of this mess, but I don’t know how to navigate. Any thoughts?
What would you wear to a sporting event that a client invited you to? It’s a dreary day where I live, rainy and will be windy at game time. Thinking jeans with a beige cashmere half zip?
Thank you again for the groupthink for our last minute trip. After listing off for Husband, ended up going to Mystic, CT. Saw a lot of things related to boats and submarines which was great, went to a cute playground and got to drink a good coffee and ate an outdoor meal where everyone was happy and well behaved in 75 degree sunny weather.
Did we get evacuated from our hotel for a 5:45AM fire alarm? Yes. Did it end up being one of the littlest dude’s favorite parts of the trip because we got to see ‘so many fire twucks’? Also, yes.