Makeup & Beauty Monday: Glow Deep Serum
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I’m trying to hang on to summer’s glow, and if that radiance comes in a bottle, all the better.
Beauty of Joeson’s Glow Deep Serum brightens dull skin and targets dark spots with ingredients like alpha arbutin and rice bran water. This gentle, lightweight serum works on a range of skin types — and after cleansing, I’d dab a little on followed by moisturizer.
This serum is $17 at Sephora.
Sales of note for 9/5/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 45% off all sale
- J.Crew – Everyday styles from $34.50
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off fall faves + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Nordstrom – Summer sale has started, up to 60% off top brands
- Talbots – 25-40% off select fall styles + extra 30% all markdowns
For those with girls, when did you get their hair cut for the first time? My 2.5 year old has very long hair. I don’t see any real reason to cut it, I don’t think? Unless there’s a reason I haven’t thought of. My older two are boys and we cut it when it was getting in their eyes. I’d sort of like to just let it grow a little longer, I’m not sure why though. It’s well past her shoulders. I’m clearly overthinking this.
I am looking for a piece of furniture for my kids’ bedroom and having decision fatigue over it. We already have a dresser, bunk bed, nightstand, and desk in the small room, but there is nowhere to store the random things that are important to them except to clutter the top of the dresser and top of the desk, and the floor. We have space for a thin, tall item of furniture (like a bookcase) to go next to the window, or in that same spot a low to the ground but wide piece could work to go under the window (like a low wide shelf). What works in your kids’ rooms for random item storage + maybe books? For context they are preschool and early elementary age. Will a tall cube storage thing still be useful in five years or will we wish we had done something else?
I posted awhile back about helping my almost 11-year-old with a friendship issue where three had become a crowd and one of the girls, L, was badmouthing her and trying to exclude her. It got a little better for awhile, but has recently gotten much worse. At this point, L clearly does not like my daughter at all and they have been doing a lot less as a trio, which I thought was a good solution. Well, apparently, the chatter about DD has continued even though she has been hanging out mostly with E, and then with L only occasionally. (L gets upset when my daughter and E play separately.) I don’t know how to describe this dynamic, other than L seems to see the absolute worst in my DD. If a joke doesn’t land or she’s too goofy for L’s tastes, my daughter is painted as being “so mean.” I also think there’s some jealousy that DD and E were friends first.
As a result of what these girls have shared with their moms, now the moms of E and L think my daughter is a “bad influence.” L’s mom literally would not let her in the house the other day when apparently C was invited over, with a flimsy excuse about only one friend being allowed at a time. When I told my friends this, they literally laughed out loud because the idea that C is a “bad influence” is just not very believable. (Sure wish I’d known this before I’d sent a birthday invite to E’s parents literally hours earlier!)
After this, I did something I’ve never done before: I read my kid’s messages (she knew I was doing this and handed over the device without complaint). Sure enough, L and E are being pretty awful to her, calling her thoughtless and controlling. Which, I know we believe the best about our kids, but these are not personality traits I see in her. But messages from both girls said that their moms don’t really like when they hang out with her because they, too, “might turn mean” if they’re around her too much. Felt like a knife to the heart!
So we had a long talk about friendship, and how she doesn’t need to hang out with people who make her feel terrible and seem to be purposely misreading her intentions. E has been trying to play it both ways, being friends with both girls, but has changed her tune and is now treating C poorly, too. To make matters worse, L’s mom is DD’s Girl Scouts leader and E’s mom is my next-door neighbor. So it’s super awkward all the way around. I’m not friends with these women, as we have nothing in common besides same-age daughters, but we have been cordial enough.
I have asked DD to take a break from asking either girl to play right now. If they ask her, it needs to happen at the park or public space.
What else do I do, beyond telling DD to hang out with her other neighborhood friends? Stay out of it and let the girls work it out? Say something to the moms, like hey, you may not be aware of the dynamics happening here? Especially since L’s mom is the Scouts leader, I am NOT feeling good about my daughter being in that troop, even though she really likes the other girls. One of my friends suggested I reach out to the leader and acknowledge that DD and L are having issues and ask what we can do to make sure they both have a good experience. Which is probably the mature thing to do, but also? I am really ticked off that this lady’s daughter has poisoned the well for my kid, and I’m super furious that she has a poor impression of my kid based on the stuff her daughter has been saying! Even DD has picked up on the fact that the troop leader doesn’t seem to like her.
(Not really looking for a commentary on whether I should’ve looked at my kid’s messages or not. My DH was surprised I did that. I wasn’t super in favor of having messaging tools to begin with, but for better or worse, it is how kids are chatting now, even without having social media access. I guess seeing the messages confirmed that I wasn’t imagining things about the meanness from these girls.)
I find all of this triggering AF, tbh.
Is anyone with kids with Anxiety familiar with the SPACE program? There’s a place near me offering it – I love the idea of doing therapy myself for parenting rather than DD – but it’s quite expensive!
A silly Monday question – does your kid have a signature look?
Inspired by the fact that my son’s breton shirt ripped, and I had to go digging in the bigger clothes, since kid always reverts to a stripey top. He wears uniforms 5 days a week, but I swear the people at the cafe we go to every Saturday must think he only owns green cargos, and a breton tshirt.
My kids are having some BIG FEELINGS about moving. We are not moving far, but they will be changing schools. I asked if they would like some books and they said yes. Any recs for books for 7 and 9 year olds about moving that might be good? They read a huge range from picture books to chapter books.
Piggybacking on the sleep question…
My 3yr old DS wake times have been getting gradually earlier in the last 2 weeks, up to 4:45am today. Previously he was consistently sleeping till 6-6:30am. He goes to bed between 7:30-7:45pm. I think it might be circumstantial – he started at a new preschool around the time early waking started and is having a hard time adjusting. He also completely stopped napping about a month ago (despite frequently telling me how tired he is). Any suggestions on how to get him to sleep later? Is this just a think we’ll have to wait out until he adjusts to the new school routine?
Any recommendations for a good stainless steel dining set for babies/toddlers? Would like a plate, bowl, and small utensils.
So I have a problem which I’m literally willing to try any solution for at this point… My now 5 year old just… wakes up every night. We can put her back to bed – husband has minimal drama but with me it’s like an hour of feelings. This is an issue because husband is currently working nights.
5 year old slept amazingly in her crib, but since we moved her out of her crib it’s been a constant issue and we’ve literally done everything.
On a vacation recently, kiddo shared a bed with sibling and… slept perfectly as she does any time she has somebody near her in bed. I’m going to be shifting 3 year old out of a crib soon (we kept the crib long because I’m scarred by the 5 year old). Is it crazy for me to push the twin beds together so that 5 year old is basically sharing a bed with 3 year old and then subsequently start slowly moving them apart?
Ugh, my parents traveled to attend a memorial service for a distant family member and my mom keeps messaging me every bit of gossip she learns. It’s so judgy and mean. I don’t care if so and so is gay. I don’t care if so and so is on mental health meds. I dont care if so and so doesn’t have a job. I’m not close to these people and I’m certainly not going to gloat with her at their struggles and (from her perspective) failings.
Is this just my mother?