Makeup & Beauty Monday: Ambient Lighting Bronzer

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Happy first day of August! I love wearing bronzer in the summer, and this pretty one from Hourglass may find a spot in my cart.

This illuminating powder bronzer gives you a beach-vacation glow even if you’ve spent most of the summer in front of a glowing laptop. Instead of a flat brown finish, Hourglass’ bronzer uses “photoluminescent technology” that refracts light for depth and dimension in addition to a subtle glow. You can even use it for contouring into the fall.

Hourglass’ Ambient Lighting Bronzer is $56 at Sephora and comes in four finishes to compliment your skin. It’s also available in a mini size for $28.

Sales of note for 2/7:

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  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
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  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
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Came over here to post asking for help for team member. Her twins are 6 months and she has a 2.5 year old as well. What are you best tips for hiring a FT nanny these days? She is using an agency, with very mixed results (they send her people who only want PT, or she’s outside the areas in which they’ll work, etc) but other than that and telling every single person she knows, are there other sources? Been many years since I’ve been in this boat so hoping you wise folks in the thick of it have some advice to offer, which I will pass along. Thank you!

For those of you with kids that like to, well, complain (?)- how do you tease out just another complaint from a medical issue warranting attention? My oldest could be bleeding from her arm and maybe (only maybe) mention yeah well geez it has been bothering me for a while now.

My younger kid complains about everything. The heat. the cold. the air is too breezy. my sheets are too scratchy. sheets are too soft. It’s too bright out. my mosquito bite that has been properly medicated is CAUSING AGONY. Oddly enough, when she is straight up injured she has a pretty high pain tolerance (very bad about the idea of getting a shot or blood draw, quite good at actually having one). She’s 6.5 so right in the middle of teeth losing and every time one is wiggly THE WORLD ENDS for several weeks.

But my real question is about something like when she tells me her head or leg hurts at night before bed. Yes, it’s a stalling tactic. But could it be something more? She started asking for tylenol but it got to be too frequent so i told her i’d give her a vitamin at bedtime. Figured if it was placebo then worst case she’d get some vitamins. But when should I go and get her seen? I’ve asked “does it hurt bad enough to go see the doctor” and at night sometimes she’ll say yes but in the morning she takes it back.

Thoughts?

What backpacks did you/will you be buying for your 9/10 year old (girl if it matters). Her pottery barn kids one needs replacing.

I’m looking for family photo clothes for my 5 y/o boy. Cat and Jack and Carters are failing me. Where else do you shop for chinos and dress shirts for boys?

I use this bronzer. I appreciate that it comes in a shade appropriate for cool skin tones, as most bronzers are too orange for me.

We’re finally finishing a room that is going to be a combination playroom and home office for my husband (hooray!). I’m attempting to design it now but I cannot figure out how to childproof the desk. Does anyone have any clever ideas? I was thinking some kind of appliance garage we can lock, or I guess my husband could leave the docking station set up on the desk and move his laptop, computer, and keyboard into a cabinet. We will obviously be telling them that they are not allowed to touch the desk.

Help me shop for my 10-year-old nephew? He’s a sweet kid, lives in the DC area, does usual kid stuff but no passionate hobbies. He likes to read, swim, D&D (this is a newish interest), etc. After school he usually roams the neighborhood with friends. Doesn’t do video games. We only see him once a year, so I don’t know him that well, and I don’t get much info from my sibling on what gifts he has liked in the past.

just wanted to thank everyone for the DMV area recs. we went to Glen Echo Park for puppet show/ playground/carousel/aquarium, Clemyjontri Park, Frying Pan Farm, Udvar Hazy, Butlers Orchard, Germantown Splashpad, Cabin John Park, and South Mountain Creamery. I kept all the other suggestions for our next visit.

My three year old has had growing pains pretty consistently for a year. We did a basic blood test at the doctor which turned out fine. We’ve discussed it with a few pediatricians at the practice and none seem concerned. They only happen at night, aren’t in her joints, etc. so look like classic growing pains, but of course I’m still concerned since they’ve lasted a while and honestly it’s hard not to be.

So this question is two fold – anyone else deal with this? Any other tests you got done to give some peace of mind that nothing else is wrong?
And for those whose kids had bad growing pains, tips to help DD? She wakes up two or three times a week right now and it’s hard on everybody.

I’ve reached the long awaited stage of parenting when I should never leave the house without a book.
We are at the beach and I spent an hour exploring the rock pools with my son which was incredible, but now he’s dragged his dad off to show off his finds (he had hypotheses about what pools would be warmer and cooler and why moss grew in different places) and I could be reading a novel…people in the super intense parenting phrase, it gets better.

I’m trying to make room in the nursery closet (due in late September) and it currently stores all my office clothes and few nicer wedding guest/formal dresses. I moved from biglaw to in-house in the healthcare sector during COVID. I am likely on a mostly permanent WFH/maybe go into the office twice a week schedule once I get back from mat leave, and the office is business casual, although I might need to attend slightly more formal events a few times a year in the future. I had also put on a bit of weight during the pandemic and am now 7 months pregnant so obviously not the best time to try stuff on, I’m not sure any of my tailored pieces will fit post-baby. Do I donate it all? Keep a few classic suits and sheaths in case they eventually fit post-partum? I’m trying to be realistic, but some of this stuff was good quality and I would prefer not to need to repurchase later on. I can move stuff around in my closet to hang a few pieces and fit a large storage box somewhere.

Any thoughts on how Disneyland will be next April? We’re considering a trip with kid who will be 3.5 then. I’ve never been to the -Land, but hear it’s more manageable than the -World. Is staying on property worth it?

I need to pack a lunch for my toddler in daycare, and they will not heat the lunch or spoon feed the kids; they also suggest I provide “variety” lol. I think it would be easier if my kids ate sandwiches but i think that’s a little advanced for this stage. Has anyone found an easy solution for protein/healthy lunch ideas for kids this small that are good at room temp?

My husband tested positive for Covid on July 23rd has been quarantining over the garage since then. 10 days will be tomorrow (recommended by local health agency). We have escaped getting it. I’m so done with it. He hasn’t had many symptoms and feel like everything has fallen on me for obvious reasons. It just highlights how this pandemic has been detrimental to mothers emotionally, physically, and career wise too. Just needed to vent :)