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 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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?
Anyone here plan a bris? Attend a bris? Having a kiddo and if it’s a boy we will have one or a naming ceremony for a girl. But neither my husband or I have ever been to one…
Who usually gets invited? It seems like a big ask to have people fly in because you can’t really plan what day it will be (8 days after birth).
Where did you hold it?
Basically give me all the tips. The idea of hosting an event 8 days after giving birth sounds dreadful.
Usually immediate families, grandparents, great grandparents, and anyone else particularly important. You get it catered and hire a house cleaner, or your moms do that for you. People come if they can! Are your families Jewish? If so, they get it.
I converted so my family is not Jewish and is totally excited to attend but equally as clueless. Husband’s family is nonexistent. We have too tiny of an apartment so will either have to rent a space or use our synagogue.
I know this is not a new discussion but I’m having trouble locating it in the archives…I’d welcome thoughts from those who did and didn’t decide on a third child. We have a 2.5 year old and an 8 month old and I thought that was it for us, but lately I’ve been thinking about a potential third. On the “nope” side, I’m 38, we have a small house, my husband travels for work 2-3 days a week, and we are both untenured (as of yet) academics who are under a lot of pressure. On the “sure” side, we both really love parenting, we have flexible schedules, we are in a LCOL area. I don’t know. I guess I’m especially interested in hearing from people who considered having a third but then opted not to. Do you have regrets or did you come to terms with it pretty quickly?
My partner is about in the same place as I am…if our work situation was different we would definitely go for it but as it is, we both worry it will just put too much stress on our home/marriage.
I put some white clothes in the washer with bleach yesterday and they came out with brown/yellowish splotches! I googled quickly and apparently it can happen with polyester. I had no idea. Any tips for saving them?
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.
Favorite comfy business casual shoes that got you through pregnancy?
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?
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).
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?
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?
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.
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?
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?
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?