Splurge or Save Thursday: Baked Blush
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If you like a little shimmer, consider this bargain baked blush.
Blend and build this rich Italian blush for a wash of luminous color. Use just a little for a soft, glowy look or a bit more for a bold, vibrant one. Depending on the color, you can even use it for contouring or highlighting.
Milani’s Baked Blush is $10.99 at Ulta (online only) and comes in eight flattering colors.
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
My in laws will start shopping for Christmas gifts soon if they haven’t already. What is the best way for my husband to communicate a limit on gifts and the limit on the size?
I don’t want to be too controlling but they’ve also been pushing the limit year after year in quantity and size. Every year they send more stuff. Last Christmas we hit our limit with probably 8 gifts per kid, and one being a massive princess doll house (I’m talking 4 ft high, very wide, 3 stories tall).
Not to be dramatic, but the quantity of stuff and the resulting mess (my house looked like a bomb went off in a toy store) put somewhat of a damper on Christmas morning for me. I’m not a particularly tidy person but the amount of stuff was overwhelming.
I really want to limit them to like 3-4 gifts but also communicate that it can’t be a new dollhouse, a new big doll stroller, and a new something else very big. Because if I just say 3-4 it will be huge things we don’t have space for.
They are also not “experience gift” people despite our requests.
Any thoughts?
Many of you probably know this, but apparently a lot of National Parks have junior ranger programs where kids can do certain activities and earn a badge specific to that national park. We spend every summer near Acadia but I had no idea about it until this summer when a ranger started chatting with my 5 year old and mentioned it. It was a huge hit with my kiddo, who normally isn’t inclined towards workbook-type things.
Following up on the conversation from earlier this week about adolescent girls, sports, and periods — I saw this NYT article that might be helpful for the OP’s daughter(s). Not sure if someone else posted already. I thought it was a great article!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/style/womens-sports-uniforms-change.html
i know there are a bunch of people who read here who survived the transition to K within the past year or so and a bunch of us about to transition. would love to hear any tips from those who went through it recently. did you read a lot of books about new schools? talk about it a lot, just wait til your kid brought it up, just do nothing, etc. also not just tips for the kids, but for us parents! i’m also anxious about the change
In laws are here for a week and already off to a very complaint filled MIL start.
Distract me with funny kid stories.
anyone here have an 8 or 9 year old daughter. are girls that age still into unicorn stuff or are unicorns considered for little kids
Ugh for kindergarten we have to pack
-Lunch
-Snack for the classroom that is fully disposable (I think this means no Tupperware?) and can be eaten without a spoon or fork
-Snack for aftercare that must be store bought and in a sealed package
Any suggestions for the latter two? No nuts.
I miss daycare and their provided meals & snacks already!
I understand that the “right” answer is “whichever I’m most comfortable with”, but hear me out anyway:
If your colleague 1) excused herself mid-business dinner to go pump, returning 20 minutes later, or 2) excused herself early from the dinner (after everyone finished eating but while they were still chatting/mingling), to go pump and didn’t return, which would be less weird?
I’m leaning towards 2 since I like to leave early anyway :) but also it’s my first work trip after mat leave and I just got a big promotion (with a toddler and newborn, so go me) and I want to make sure I’m making a good impression while also still taking care of my baby/body.