Makeup & Beauty Monday: Desert Date Cream Blush & Lip Multistick
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I have some summer travel coming up and I need makeup that’s TSA-friendly. No need to squeeze this solid multistick into my overflowing clear quart-sized bag.
Ami Colé’s cream blush and lip multistick is made from a buildable cream formula that includes desert date oil for hydration, hibiscus flower extract for antioxidants, and baobab seed oil for nourishment. The soft, matte finish will last from gate to gate.
This multistick is $22 at Sephora and comes in five colors. It’s also a “Clean at Sephora” product.
Sales of note for 3/15/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – 40% off everything + free shipping
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off select styles + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – Extra 30% off women’s styles + spring break styles on sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything + extra 20% off 3 styles + 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Friends and family sale, 20% off with code; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off 1 item + 30% off everything else (includes markdowns, already 25% off)
Sigh. Kid camp home from camp today telling me it was horrible and she doesn’t want to go back. I probably should have known this wouldn’t be a great fit (it’s nature camp and she’s NOT an outdoorsy kid) but I guess I thought there would be more nature-themed art and science activities, like looking at bugs with a magnifying glass and stuff like that, rather than just hiking through the woods all day, which is apparently what it was. It’s only one week so I think she can tough it out but it’s not a great feeling to have an unhappy kid. :/
Remind me of the light at the end of the tunnel….my 7 month old has been in daycare (big daycare center setting) since 4 months old. It feels like he’s been sick non-stop. He’s been home with a fever at least 1 day a week every 2-3 weeks. I’m pumping round the clock to give him as much breastmilk as possible to boost up his immune system the best I can. I have a 4 year old, and I recall she was sick as a baby. But she was an infant at the beginning of covid when everyone was washing hands a lot, cleaning all the time, and masking, so it was a lot less often than this. Any anecdotal takes on when the infant illnesses taper off?
Update – I’m the poster from last week who was debating when to tell my boss I’m about 20 wks pregnant. I told her in our check in at the end of the week, and she had no idea. I mentioned that I’ve lost weight, am wearing smaller clothes, due to suffering from HG, and a lot of people replied that everyone surely knows. So that was an interesting data point.
She seemed happy for me but shocked. She asked if I’m quitting and will I return. I assured that I am fully committed to returning.
She asked how I would like to tell the rest of the small team. We’re talking 3 more people. Should I inform them individually? I can’t recall a colleague ever telling me they’re pregnant. Usually I would just hear there’s a baby shower being planned.
I feel so depressed today. Anyone else?
Talk to me about video baby monitors. My husband is somewhat against them after seeing a relative be literally obsessed with watching her baby sleep on it (to the exclusion of interacting with anyone else in the room for a week-long trip), but that was a sample size of 1. I personally think it would be helpful to have the video option, even in our small two-bedroom townhouse, since it seems like we’d run a bigger risk of waking the baby up if we go in there to check every time. Maybe one where you can turn the screen off and just hear the audio most of the time? We also might not use it at all at bedtime since the baby’s room will be about 2 feet from our room. What’s your experience been?
Operations-brain mamas, help me fix the mess that is my kids’ ballet school recital dismissal. This is our third season with this sweet school (which is a nonprofit), so I feel like I am ingratiated enough as a parent and volunteer that I feel comfortable making some suggestions. How would you make this mess better?
Recital is at a local high school theater, and approx 100 kids participate. Right now, they station two volunteers at the interior hallway heading toward backstage. Check in is fine because the call times are staggered, but check out is terrible. The kids are all queuing in the hallway behind the table, the parents (and grandparents, and aunts/uncles/cousins– it’s gotta be 500 people!) are queuing in the same hallway, facing the other direction. The kids come up to the table one at a time and give their name to the volunteer who is supposed to match them with their parent, but the crowd is so dense with people shouting and waving “Maddy! Layla!” they ask the kid if they see their parent and then usher them off into the crowd. Making it worse is release at intermission, in which the kids in Act 1 are released to watch Act 2, but have to leave their bags, etc. backstage. So at Final release, the Act 1 kids have to swim upstream to get backstage to get their bags, then get back in the line to be released a second time. But they have already been “checked out” at intermission, so when they get to the table, there is no way to check them “out” because they never checked back in. It’s a total farce in terms of safety, I saw at least one kid crying because they we released to the crowd and couldnt find their parent.
The main limiting factor is this one, long hallway leading backstage. I imagine there are other emergency exits back there, but I dont know the floor plan (or permissions), so assuming we have only one point of entry/exit, how would you make this better?
When did your kids start to have BO and when did you get them deodorant? I have a 3rd grader who won’t be turning 9 till late Fall and she sometimes has the slightest whiff when it’s really sticky and humid out. But now seems young to me? I think my mom gave me a teen spirit stick when I was maybe 10? Curious how others approached it.
I just wanted to say thank you for the commenters here. I posted a month or two ago about my 6 year old still sucking his thumb and starting to chew his clothes and how I felt like a total parent failure for not nipping it in the bud sooner. I didn’t get to respond at the time but reread those comments multiple times. You all were so kind. It really helped de-escalate the situation in our house for me. He still sucks his thumb, but I truly think he’s gotten better about the clothes because I was able to talk to him and say it’s okay if he is having a hard time with the thumb but we need to not ruin our clothes, too. I got him some of the recommended chew necklaces as well, but he’s mostly meh on those. Sometimes it does help redirect when he’s really struggling so I consider this a win, too. Anyway, just wanted to thank you for your kindness, commiseration and lack of judgment. It’s such a good lesson in the power of empathy and compassion for me. Love this community.
First day of summer camp and one kid is out sick, sigh. That is all.
What do you put in your kids’ (girls specifically) hair prior to swimming? I’ve got the post swimming covered but feel like i should be protecting their hair before since both Saturday and Sunday we spent 4 hours at the pool.
Recs for lunchboxes with built in silverware that don’t get moldy? We’ve been using the munchkin ones and idk maybe none of these things are meant to last more than 3 years and we clean thoroughly by taking out the part that keeps it leakproof but it’s been icky.