Splurge or Save Thursday: Compact Styler Hair Dryer
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Restocking your gym bag? Here’s a tiny hair dryer for a tiny price.
This compact hair dryer features two heat and speed settings, ionic technology to banish frizz and static, and a cold-shot button to set your hair. With 1875 watts (the same as many full-sized hair dryers), this lightweight dryer’s powerful airflow will have you on your way in no time.
The Revlon Essentials Compact Styler Hair Dryer is $12.99 at Target and comes in yellow and black.
P.S. Happy Ramadan to those who celebrate!
Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
Styling help: I’m scheduled to attend a black tie optional work dinner next month in the northeast. Where does one shop for this?? I’ve never attended a work event this fancy before. I would guess most men will be in suits, not tuxedos, so I don’t need to wear a ballgown or anything like that. I want to look festive but not overdo it. If you’ve had to do this kind of event before, lmk what you wore! I’m kind of vaguely thinking something with shimmer and a more modest design, but not sure where to go from there.
Anyone have a moderately priced Bahamas hotel or resort to recommend for a trip with an elementary age kid? The Baha Mar resorts are out of our budget. We’re traveling first week of January so everything is very $$$$. A pool is a must. Open to all-inclusive or not, but if not I would want a decent number of restaurants in easy walking distance – I don’t want to mess with a car.
tips for making parenting feel like less of a slog. when my twins were little, it was obviously very hard physically and I was exhausted, but I was able to find the moments of joy in them discovering something new or all the cute phrases that came out of their mouths as they were learning to talk. then at 3.25 the tantrums started and now at almost 5, i feel like in the morning i’m counting down the minutes until our nanny arrives and in the evening counting down the minutes until bedtime. one of them is always yelling about something. last night for example out of nowhere one twin had a complete meltdown bc the other twin is older by one minute. this morning the other twin didn’t like what was for breakfast, etc. in many ways it was honestly so much easier when they were 2. yet i know i will look back on this time and miss them being little. any tips?
So my son is achieving at grade level in everything at school. Not great at anything, but average. I do think because he’s quiet and doesn’t cause trouble, he tends to be overlooked by the teacher. However, I’m really struggling with this level of achievement. My family of origin really, really values education (immigrant family, education is viewed as the way out of poverty) and average would have been absolutely unacceptable. My husband is from a family with a more relaxed view towards education (but also not immigrant). Here’s where my struggle is: I don’t know if I should push my kid as I was pushed or if I accept him being average and generally stay out of academics so long as my son is achieving at grade level. Part of my brain is telling me to push my son academically, because it’s a hyper competitive world out there and average is not going to cut it, but my son’s teacher treated me as if I was nuts when I discussed additional resources for him or things that we can do at home to enrich his academic experience. To her, achieving at grade level is fine and all that mattered. Has anyone else struggled with this?
My almost 10 yo really, really enjoys music. So far she’s been listening to music on an Echo dot in her room. I’d love to get her a portable device for Easter so she can listen to music on Spotify while walking the dog or on her way to school. She’d love to be able to choose her favorite songs on Spotify more reliably than she can on the Echo dot, so it probably should have a screen. However, I don’t want to get her a device with social media or that will cause a screen addiction.
Any suggestions for such a mythical music player?
We’ll be traveling for two nights with a 2 year old, who has slept in a crib since they were 2 days old. We’ve never been able to use a pack and play for them (in fact we gave ours away and I don’t want to re-buy one). There will be a bed but not a crib where we’re staying. What’s the best sleep solution? Under the sheet bumpers? Inflatable toddler mattress on the ground? Should we just bring the whole crib, which sounds crazy but could be set up in less than half an hour? Something else I’m not thinking of?
At the moment we’re really struggling with bedtime too, so I’m worried they’re going to be flailing and screaming and will need to be safely contained in order to go to sleep.
Sort of related to today’s topic – my main everyday hairdryer is going to kick the bucket imminently. What I have now is nothing fancy, maybe cost $30, and does the job. I have straight, fine (but lots and lots of it), mid to long hair (always at least shoulder length but often a few inches below that) that I wear down or partly down most days. I blow dry my hair most days. Would a Dyson or Shark be worth it?
Hit me up with your best non-backpack long haul carryon bags for toting kids’ gear (some of which will be in their backpacks but one of the kids is 3, so…), snacks, and a few small things for myself. I like the idea of a tote with a crossbody strap, something pretty big that can double as a “throw in a few last minute purchases inside this” bag. Looking at LLBean large hunter tote as an option, but would love to know your thoughts too!
Well, I would have gotten kicked out of a FL school this morning:
One of my son’s new school friends has two dads and one is nonbinary. Son cheerfully volunteers this information frequently (I’m pretty sure he just hears it from his friend and has no clue what it means), but this morning after son said “[friend] has two dads but she wasn’t adopted because one is nonbinary!” my daughter then asked “what is nonbinary?” and wow was I not prepared.
I answered this the best I could, probably with more information than was necessary: binary means one thing or the other with no other choices, like in computers it’s 1 or 0. People used to think that people were like that – you’re either boy or girl and that’s it. But some people, even though they have male body parts, they feel like a girl or vice versa. Even though we know that boys and girls can do all the same things if they want to, people interact with you differently based on whether they think you’re a boy or a girl, and that can be weird if people are treating you like a girl when you feel like a boy. So sometimes people might want to change their hair and clothes to they look more like the gender they feel like, and ask people to call them a different name, or to use a different pronoun like “they” instead of “he” or “she.” And that’s all fine, everyone is different and it really doesn’t matter what their body parts are, it’s important to respect who people want to be and use the name and the pronouns they ask you to use.
And then luckily we arrived at school. But since my son will absolutely continue to talk about this, and he really likes this friend so we may also end up spending time with her parents, how can I do better next time? I know there are some people here who have nonbinary children and family members — what do you wish kids knew? kids are in elementary school.
Is there any way to return a gift without a gift receipt? Friends of my MIL gifted me a baby bjorn bouncer for our shower, but didn’t include a gift receipt. A friend recently told me they have a used baby bjorn bouncer to give us if we want, which would be great, but I don’t need 2 of these things. I’m fine keeping both, but the bouncers are ~$200 and I’d love to spend that money on something else if possible
I’ve noticed that morning routine actually goes more smoothly if one parent isn’t at the house. There are fewer tantrums and dallying. It doesn’t seem to matter whether DH is gone or me. Have any of you noticed this?
I’ve been letting my husband struggle and I’m really proud of myself. Let me explain: I, as do many women, carry the vast bulk of the mental and physical load in our home. We have a 1.5 year old and I am 7 weeks pregnant with twins. We both work full time but he works rotating shifts, so I solo parent 50% of the evenings after kiddo comes home from daycare.I also solo parent 50% of the mornings when he has to be at work at 6am. Today he was in charge of morning care of kiddo, since he doesn’t have to be at work until noon. I work from home and daycare is closing early so my workday is ending at 3 because husband will be at work noon-10pm. I needed the time from 7-9 this morning to work. Husband: didn’t supervise kiddo while she ate breakfast (in her high chair) so she got peanut butter all over her hair which he had to wash. He underestimated the time it would take to get both of them ready so he’s late for daycare dropoff. He forgot where he had put her lunchbox. And I…stayed in my home office and let him struggle. It honestly felt so good and although I feel slightly guilty, I mostly don’t. It would have been easier for me to step in and deal with everything but…time for him to learn things the hard way. He’s really great in so many ways but I am tired of being the only efficient one
Wise hive, need some advice. DS attends a family, in-home daycare run by a couple of sisters. They had a death in the family and have closed for the rest of the week. I don’t know any more details, but want to/feel like I should do or send something. Any suggestions? I don’t know if they are traveling so sending flowers or food might be risk as it might sit outside an apt door for days. A condolence card with a check? TIA.