Makeup & Beauty Monday: Double Extend Mascara
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I will admit that I really don’t wear mascara regularly. I have short, fine, and stick-straight eyelashes that take an extreme (to me) amount of effort to make look anywhere noticeable. Combine that with my (pre-LASIK) life of contact lens wearing and my absentminded habit of touching my face, and mascara never lasts that long for me. When I had my makeup trial before my wedding, I told the makeup artist about my aversion to mascara and she exclaimed, “Lashes are EVERYTHING!” If I had the time and the resources, I would definitely get lash extensions more often, but I am limited on both of those fronts. However, when I have a special occasion, this is the mascara that I like best. I like the white basecoat, which helps define even the smallest lashes, and the regular mascara part makes my lashes look super long and does not smudge. This mascara is $8.99 at Target (where it has a lot of great reviews) or your local drugstore. L’Oreal® Paris Double Extend Mascara
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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+
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
This is great mascara! Really does’t smudge! Really.
Does anyone have a bed with storage underneath that they really like? Anything I should be thinking of outside of Ikea? Looking for something for my guest bedroom (queen), kids rooms (twin) or both!
I have my first appointment with an RE on Friday. Can anyone tell me what to expect? Does the doctor do an ultrasound or any testing or is it just a chat? FWIW, I’m in D.C. and seeing the GW fertility center.
My experience with pediatricians has been a little different. I called the office where I want to take our daughter when she’s born and was told to just call back when we’re being discharged from the hospital.
I scheduled newborn photos toward the beginning of my third trimester. I am using the same photographer who did our wedding and she is a little off the beaten track, so maybe that made my scheduling easier.
Child care in my area is a total mess. I would definitely get on a waitlist now, but that’s based on the craziness of my area (Cap Hill DC).
Other things you should do earlier than you might think:
-book child birth/child care classes if you’re interested in them. I waited too late for this and now am taking these classes at 36/37 weeks pregnant, which is later than I would have preferred.
-research/tour the hospital where you think you want to give birth. I wish I would have toured more than one before I felt I was too late in my pregnancy to switch doctors.
-look into what steps you have to take with your insurance to get a free breast pump. I had to jump through some hoops.
Going to be a first time mom…and I don’t know “when” I should be doing any of this stuff:
When does one get a pediatrician for a baby? Before the baby is born right?
When does one book newborn photos?
If you have childcare taken are of for the first 10 months. When would you look for daycares?
Do anything else I could be forgetting.
Due to scheduling I end up having a month off of work before our baby is due and am making a list of things to accomplish that month that will make our life easier for those first few months newborn chaos:
1) Replacing our duvet/shams with the ones we have that require either drycleaning or careful washing/airdrying with ones that can go both in the washer/dryer so if the baby spits up on the bed its not an end of the world thing.
2) Sharpening all our knives
3) Finally making a wedding photo album (3 years later…)
4) Having someone come in and help me organize closets/kitchen drawers and donate all things that are extra
5) Hire someone to deep clean our place because I will be too big to want to do that
6) Plan everything about the birth announcement and gather all the addresses so all I have to do is input the picture and name and press order
7) Stock the freezer with food
Anything else I should do?
What is your bedroom routine with a baby and a toddler? My toddler is almost 4, gets home from daycare, and pushing his bedtime until really late – 9:30 or 10 PM (mainly because he still takes a nap at daycare, we think). Baby is almost 1 month. I’m curious to hear what works for other people… Do both still get a bath? How do you get dinner in?
I’ve been melting down lately and seriously wondering if I have depression. In-house at a company that has been going through a lot of reorganization. My boss quit last month due to work stress, so I have a new boss. Of the team that I work with day to day (6 people), 3 of them are going to be gone next month due to one of our major offices closing – part of the reorganization. One of the positions is not going to be backfilled, one has been backfilled locally, and one is a question mark. Of the team I support, half of those people have left out of fear of being reorganized. I’m currently pregnant with my third child, and have a 2 and a half year old and one year old at home. I make a little more than double what my husband makes and his income is irregular. This lead to a giant sobfest this weekend and waking up at 4am every night the past week with anxiety. I thought that perhaps I am just stressed by the situation at hand, but my meltdown this weekend surprised me at how intense and debilitating it was. I will definitely talk to my doctor at my visit this week. Thoughts and advice?
Hi all, embarking upon a 4 month maternity leave for my second kid and can already feel my brain going a little crazy (spending too long thinking about perceived slights from people, getting obsessed with my calendar, spending a lot of time organizing and reorganizing the house, etc). Other than binge-watching shows and reading, did any of you do any projects to keep yourself sane during maternity leave? I don’t want to go back early, but I also don’t want to drive myself and my husband crazy. I’m going to try to make myself get out of the house more for lunches and museum trips when I’m fully recovered, but I’m not there yet.
My 7 month old recently dropped to 1 nap – I think she gets enough total sleep (14-15 hours total usually) but it seems so early to be only taking one nap! Anyone else’s kiddo do this?
My 5-year-old daughter’s daycare recently started offering a drama class taught by an external provider. It’s not mandatory, but we signed her up for it as it seemed like it would be fun for her. Turns out she hates it – she told me that she doesn’t enjoy class at all, it’s just too hard and she’s not learning anything and she’s just too scared to perform. This is news to me – she has been in her daycare’s annual concert since she was 3, has had 2 ballet recitals with no sign of stage fright. Her teachers seem to think she’s doing fine, so I’m not sure what’s going on. She really wants me to get her out of class – every time we talk about it, she ends up traumatized and in tears, and it is just so heartbreaking. However, I am worried that this will set a bad precedent and she will just give up whenever things get hard. What would you do?
I’m very early in my pregnancy, so haven’t told work (senior associate BigLaw), and I have very few symptoms for which I am very grateful. I do however have one symptom that is making life at work pretty hard — insomnia. I’m awake most nights for 2-4 hours typically in the 2am-5am range. I am sooo tired. Everything is very foggy and its hard to concentrate. I can barely remember anything that happened in the morning let alone last week on any of my cases. I’m trying to go to bed early (9:30-10pm) but that is hard because it is busy and typically people would expect me to respond until at least 11pm and possibly later given how busy it is. I take a power nap in the early afternoon which helps. Any other suggestions? (I have my first doctor’s appointment later this week so I’ll raise it then).
What are recommendations for fall jackets for preschool age kids? I feel like everything is either a sweatshirt or a winter coat. I’d like something for the 50 degree days. In the past we’ve done Columbia fleece and the Land’s End shearling-lined hoodie. I was really hoping to find something that’s better at blocking the wind this year. Recommendations?
Favorite comfy business casual shoes that got you through pregnancy?
My kiddo was born in June with a blocked tear duct. Ped said no big deal, should clear up by 6 months. Anyone deal with this? She’s 3.5 months and still as gunky as ever.
My other kids had their fair share of newborn issues-but not this :-).
To be 100% transparent, I’m trying to figure out when to book holiday photos and want to know if I wait it out if it’s likely to be cleared up by early Nov or if I should just do it in October, goobery eye or not. Fair yes, I can and do clean it, but it’s pretty constantly leaking.