Makeup & Beauty Monday: Agave+ Weekly Vegan Lip Scrub
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My cousin-in-law decamped to Arizona from New York City last year. For a lifelong East Coaster, the dry desert air came as a shock to her complexion. She turned to Bite Beauty’s Agave+ Weekly Vegan Lip Scrub to rescue her dry, flaky lips.
It’s definitely a step up from my homemade sugar scrub — the fair trade golden sugar gently exfoliates, papaya enzymes address flakes, and plant-derived squalane hydrates.
It’s also vegan, cruelty free, and a Clean at Sephora product. I plan on adding this to my shopping basket to exfoliate my own lips after a long, cold winter.
The lip scrub is $24 at Sephora.
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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Recommendation for an umbrella stroller? (Or ones you really did not like?) 2.5 year old LOVES long strolls in the Uppababy Cruz, but that will soon be reserved for baby #2, who is arriving soon. We live in the DMV, and I am looking for something with a good shade for the sun and unexpected rain storms, a basket underneath, and a foot rest for the 2.5 YO. Bonus if it has a cup holder for me.
Morning ladies – has anyone found Spectra bottles that don’t have the stupid two-piece top (presumably for if you were so blessed as to be able to pump the correct amount into bottles and just send those with the default n*pple and your little angel would happily drink from them)? I have not been able to find such a thing either from the manufacturer or Amazon. Medela had so many options of different bottle types that didn’t have the annoying disc/cap situation! I was trying to just power through, but it’s such a PITA. I supposed the other option is get adapters to use my old Medela bottles, but really, I am looking to minimize the number of tiny plastic pieces that have to be washed and sanitized every day.
During holiday season a few people mentioned that their kids have marble runs that they love. What age are those best for and does anyone have a recommendation?
Is age three too old for a mini shopping cart? I think my kid would like it a lot right now, but how quickly do you think she’d outgrow it. Thinking of it for a 3rd bday gift
My MIL is so narcissistic, and I just want to take a moment for a rant. We try to maintain boundaries, but she is constantly testing them and never satisfied with what we give her. She constantly expresses how she wishes she could see LO more than the once a week we get together, but when we get together it is stressful and she is far from helpful. Yesterday she literally drove me to tears over some stupid thing – she was complaining about how her friends haven’t been able to have a party with LO due to the pandemic, as if they would have some entitlement to meet LO even in normal times. Meanwhile my brother and other important people haven’t ever been able to visit. I expressed my feelings, DH supported me, and she steamrolled right past it to complain about she went without her housekeeper for months. We left shortly thereafter. I might need to try to take a break and let DH handle the next couple of visits without me.
Just a lighthearted update for your Monday: My son got a stuffed octopus in his Easter basket (somewhere between Finding Dory and Octonauts, he’s gotten very fond of them).
Most of his stuffed animals have been named with a diminutive “y” or “ie” sound – Doggy and Bunny and Hedgie the Hedgehog, for instance.
I tried to convince him the octopus was named Inky. He considered it for a moment, as well as the name Michael (why?!?!) — then proudly declared that his new stuffie was named Octop**sy. And has repeated it several times, including to introduce him to the neighbors. So I guess we have a Bond villain stuffie now.
so if anyone wants to feel better about themselves as a parent, here are my mom fails for the weekend:
– saturday drove 40 min away to go strawberry picking and when we get there realize i forgot the kids’ masks (even though DH specifically asked me if i had them, which he doesn’t usually do and i could’ve sworn i remembered putting them in the diaper bag), fortunately we ran into some people we know there who had extra masks
-later that day drove to supermarket sans phone. thought i’d just shop based on memory and then after finished filling my cart, it occurred to me that my credit card was also with my phone. had to drive home and back to collect phone and card
– yesterday we drove to a park with a playground that i thought wouldn’t be crowded bc of Easter Sunday (we dont celebrate). i specifically looked at their events tab on their website (or at least thought I did) to make sure there was no egg hunt or something else going on for Easter…well we get there and there is some large group outdoor prayer service going on.
Good morning ! New here, as first one will be due in July. A little overwhelmed with, well everything, but thought I’d put out a long shot request. Does anyone have a nanny, nanny share or childcare situation they love in the Waltham/Newton MA area? I’ve looked at a daycare but haven’t loved it for infant care. I would be looking for care starting in December. Really interested in a nanny but that might be out of our price range.
We had a great weekend, filled with Easter egg dyeing and baking and seeing the other family in our pod and hunting eggs and letting the kids run around and generally enjoying the sunshine…..
And today I feel like I was hit by a truck. So exhausted. Making a note for myself next year to take Easter Monday off.
Someone decided to do a weird egg hunt “sponsored by Qanon” political stunt in our neighborhood yesterday, and scattered a bunch of plastic eggs filled with kool-aid packets. As a result, lots of kids at our local playground got a hold of kool-aid powder, which proceeded to turn everything at the playground red and sticky. I was so annoyed! I know there’s nothing really to do about it, just ranting.
Guys, I just have to share something really happy. We found an amazing summer nanny for kiddo. For so many reasons this is the best option for us, but I was really worried we wouldn’t find someone. This will be my first experience employing a nanny. Any random tips or suggestions? We’ll be paying on the books, likely through Homepay, but open to other suggestions. Thank you!
Teeth grinding as an adult? I went to the dentist a few weeks ago and was told that I am grinding my teeth. I have a night guard now, but I am realizing how much I grind my teeth during the day too. I think this is due to general stress – thanks pandemic and single parenting! Any suggestions on how to address this during the day?
I’m also realizing that my chronic stress level is … just high. Its not an acute thing, but more of a generalized thing and I am beginning to see the impacts in other things (canker sores and general exhaustion). I am going to take a few days off over April break, but I’m just exhausted and it doesn’t feel like a thing that a nap will fix. Ideas? Anyone else in the same boat?
I just got this dress and it’s really comfortable, cute and flattering on my Covid-era body: https://www.talbots.com/cotton-modal-maxi-dress—solid/P211036112.html
Recommendations for a good and portable car mat for a young toddler? I was looking at the rug on Lakeshore Learning but I couldn’t tell how hard it would be to put away when not in use from the reviews. I’m not thrilled with the idea of a permanent car corner of my not-large condo, though maybe I need to resign myself to that!
MIL is visiting our twins for the second time. She has a dog who is fine when at his own house but very very anxious in a new house. Last time he was here the dog bit my husband. He almost bit me when we all stayed together at an Airbnb pre kids . MIL saw this (literally saw it and acknowledged it at the time) but now denies it ever happened and insists dog is perfect. I plan to say dog cannot come in our house anymore. I’m right, right? She is going to freak out and may refuse to come. But I can’t have a dog that I know bites around 1 year olds, right?