Makeup & Beauty Monday: Afterglow Lip Balm
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I know a lot of readers love Dior’s Addict Lip Glow — I was happy to buy it in berry to add to my collection of tinted lip balms. And honestly, for me, the Addict Lip Glow in berry is a bit too pink, so I rarely wear it. I keep meaning to try other shades of it but haven’t been super excited by any of them.
When Nars extended their popular blush color “Orgasm” into a whole suite of products, I bought their Afterglow Lip Balm during the big Sephora sale and was surprised by how much I was reminded of Dior’s Addict Lip Glow.
However, when I compare the two, I prefer the Afterglow Lip Balm. It’s more coral-ly than I might have expected, but the lip balm itself is very comfortable, and it isn’t too glittery (always a concern).
It is $28 at Nordstrom — with a GWP available if you spend $100 in Nars products — and it comes in four other shades. Afterglow Lip Balm
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
to anyone from the NYC burbs, talk to me about greenwich vs. scarsdale/bronxville vs. other towns that are NYC commuter towns. mostly concerned about schools and the community there. will be working in the bronx (driving – likely only need to be in the office 50% of the time and can WFH the rest). husband will be driving the opposite direction – will work in the Mt Kisco area. We are leaning greenwich because of the savings on taxes, but I am a little afraid about my commute with traffic.. I am honestly not even sure we can afford to live in Westchester!
also tempted to just live in the city and have husband take the metro north because I love the city so much, but probably a terrible idea with kids and way more expensive – but if anyone has done that, feel free to chime in.
Any rec’s for grippy socks for new walker, that also work with shoes? baby socks are the effing worst.
My 2 year old is bright, happy and social, but she likes everything in a certain order and can get upset when she has to deviate from the (many) routines she has set up. I don’t mean general routines like bath/book/bed, but more like she has a specific order for hugging her family members at bedtime and she tells us off if anyone tries to hug her “out of turn.” She’s also very into putting everything in a certain place and matching things up to their counterparts, eg., if we roll up one shirtsleeve we have to roll up the other one. Or another example is she likes her plates to be the same color as her food, eg., she wants her yellow plate for eating eggs and her red plate for eating strawberries. Is this normal? At first I thought it was typical toddler behavior, but I feel like it’s been increasing in intensity lately and when I g00gled I found a lot of people saying this kind of behavior could be ASD or OCD.
Thanks everyone for the advice about how to talk about people who passed away. My son is obsessed with this album that my MIL made for my husband’s birthday, and asking lots of questions about when he can meet various people. I used the ‘sometimes, peoples bodies stop working and they aren’t with us any more, but we’ll always keep them in our memories’ and he seemed to accept this. My husband and I definitely had a good cry though, his sister passed away at age 50 right a few weeks before lockdown. My son saw that we were sad and gave us a cuddle, and we talked about how it is okay to be sad.
A personal rec for the Cabidor – we just put one in the closet door in our mudroom and it is making me SO freaking happy that the sunglasses (I swear my husband has 8 pairs), water bottles, wallets, keys, etc. all have a place to live that is easily accessible and out of sight instead of cluttering up our storage-challenged kitchen. We did the inside the door mount as I felt it was more stable for kids.
https://www.cabidor.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4-fcsbD66wIVC-DICh2mywyfEAAYASAAEgJVofD_BwE
Anyone else having a *Monday* so far? Just me?
This morning kiddo (3.5) and I were perusing the aquarium web site, discussing the different kinds of fish. Our aquarium web site also features a photo of a white tiger reclining next to a statue of Buddha. Kiddo looked at the Buddha and said “Is that George Washington?” I almost died. Kids are so weird and great.
I feel almost embarrassed to ask this but asking in case anyone else has been there. I have the weirdest weekend-type hangover every Monday. I don’t understand it – my kids are small and difficult and most of the weekend I’m counting down until it’s over. But on Monday’s I am always very sad and unfocused and missing my kids. It absolutely kills my productivity to feel this way. I usually snap back into my productive self by Tuesday but I’m tired of having a whole day each week that I’m in a funk. Anyone else been there? Tips?
After 12 years of unprotected sex and fertility issues (did IVF to have our almost 4 year old son) just found out that I am 5 weeks pregnant. I am 40 and my husband is 43. We are totally freaking out. I have balanced translocation which makes it likely that I will miscarry. My husband had the idea of us contacting the Reproductive Endocrinologist that we worked with to have our son. Just looking for advise for anyone that has been in a similar circumstance, etc. Thanks in advance!
Question on bikes — we are about to get our first ones, kids are 22 months. Balance bikes seem like the obvious choice, but son has low muscle tone (“low to low normal”) and at PT they put him on a tricycle. I think the idea is that pedaling will help him develop muscle. Anybody have experience with this and thinks a tricycle is way better?
My soon to be 6 year old asked for Chuck E Cheese birthday party. I told him that it wasn’t in the cards, and he said ”No Mommy! I watched the ad (on YouTube) they clean the tables and even give you a mask!” I went into the pantry and cried. He loves Chuck E Cheese. During his last birthday party, our ‘party coordinator’ was a young black college student who said the job was how she put herself through school. She was so amazing, I tipped her out $100 at the end of the party. I’m sad. For my kid. For the jobs lost. For the lives we will never get back. I fully appreciate that this is a silly little thing, but I’m just so sad.
At what age did you allow alone playtime in a kid’s bedroom?
DD is 2.5 and loves playing in her bedroom. It’s a split level house so on more than one occasion recently we’ve turned around to find her headed up the half-staircase on her own to her room. She plays with dolls, sometimes sits in her rocking chair to “read books” – honestly it’s really constructive, much needed quiet time for an otherwise wild-child 2.5 year old. She won’t replicate it on the main level or in her playroom, only in her bedroom and really wants to be alone, asking us (kindly) to leave. I generally go into the next room to do laundry but sometimes I’m just out of reasons to be upstairs with her and would rather be prepping dinner, for example.
To me, 2.5 feels too young to be playing alone on a floor of a house, but she’s my only/we’re struggling for #2, and sometimes I find that I infantilize her probably as a result. We have a camera that allows us to see +/-80% of the room. I can stand at the bottom of the stairs and see directly into her room at the end of the hall. If we go through and seriously ‘baby proof’ for independent play, does that seem reasonable?
I vaguely remember someone here recommending a book on only childrern/being one and done. Does anyone remember the name or author? Or have something you’d recommend?
I was recently cleared to start exercising again postpartum. Pre-pregnancy I ran and did the BBG workouts both of which I enjoyed.
I’m a little concerned about starting any high impact exercise so soon because I had a somewhat physically traumatic birth with a significant tear. I don’t have any incontinence issues luckily, but have heard that high impact workouts like running so soon can cause more damage. No evidence of severe diastasis recti.
Does anyone have suggestions for specific workouts or videos that are good for postpartum? It goes without saying that I need to do them at home and ideally less than 30 minutes. Im thinking about just starting the BBG workouts again and doing low impact modifications for the cardio, but it does get boring. I have a mat and a set of the adjustable dumbbells
Why am I not rich? On days like today I think I’d be a great stay at home mom.