Makeup Monday: EcoBrow Eyebrow Defining Wax
This post may contain affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
I picked up this eyebrow defining wax in one of those two-second decisions at the end of a threading appointment at Shobha Salon in Soho (along with the little defining brush, which I really like).
I kind of worried I spent too much and that I wasn’t going to use it (and I didn’t try it for months), but I really like it. It’s a little darker than I would normally use, but as long as I use a light application, it’s fine. (There are six shades.)
You can find it at Amazon for $30 (eligible for Prime), and it’s also available at FreePeople. EcoBrow All Natural Eyebrow Defining Wax
This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!
{related: here’s my review of eyebrow stencils}
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
See some of our latest articles on CorporetteMoms:
Click here to see our top posts!
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?
Does anyone have suggestions for how to deal with defiance in a 4.5 yo? My daughter is smart and sweet, but can be as stubborn as they come. Recently she has started getting kicked out of her activities for not listening/failure to cooperate. We’ve had lots of talks before and after about her behavior (with some strong consequences), but nothing seems to be doing the trick. The consequences bring tears in the moment, but no improvement the next time. The defiance spans across all aspects of her life so pulling her from activities won’t solve the problem; it’s just a clear example of the escalating problem. She’s just as difficult, if not more so, at home.
Typical scenario: The kids are finishing up stations in gymnastics and the coach asks all of the kids to come and sit on the mat for the next activity. My daughter sees that the other kid has left the rope swing (her favorite activity) so she beelines for it and starts swinging. The coach asks her to come to the mat. She ignores the coach. The coach walks over and again asks her again to get down and come over. She ignores the coach, but looks through the window at me with a big smile. I mouth for her to get down. She smiles bigger. The coach starts ignoring her and moves on with the rest of the kids. I poke my head in and call her name to come to me. She ignores me. The coach tells her to go to me. She ignores the coach. I finally take off my shoes, march across the gym and pull her out of class, screaming like a maniac.
Regular poster, anon for this.
I’m back at work after baby #1. It seems to be going as well as can be (read: I constantly feel behind and have to bow out of meetings to pump and am too exhausted to log back on after kiddo is in bed even when I swear I’m going to do it). Totally expected and par for the course, but I don’t feel like I’m shining particular brightly in my current role.
Despite that, my director reached out to me last week and told me that he has me in mind for a big promotion (a new role he’s creating for me), reporting directly to him. Career wise, I 100% want to take it.
But I’m worried I’m not even doing that well as is, and I’m nervous to jump into something in the first year of kiddo’s life. Has anybody been there? How did it work out? Am I setting myself up for failure?
I know, LeanIn and all that but I’m scareddddd
I posted few weeks ago about being newly pregnant. I’m at 8 weeks and went in for my first sonogram today and they couldn’t find the fetus and so it is most likely a miscarriage. I’m a very practical/logical person and I kept saying to my family (including my husband) to not get too excited, it’s too early, anything can happen but I just feel so sad today at the potential loss. We also got pregnant super quickly so I just find this totally shocking. I also didn’t really feel anything like morning sickness or more fatigue than usual and thought I was just having an easy pregnancy and now I just feel like such an idiot. I know I just need to take it easy today at work but just posting here to cry/vent just not ready to tell my family yet and can’t tell anyone else.
The article linked to on Friday about colic 100% hit the mark for me, except ours screamed non-stop, inconsolably from about 6pm until midnight on a good night and 4 am on a bad one. We’re now out of it at 6 months and dealing with “regular” extreme gas – current suspects are momma eating salad and/or bread, which triggered a horrific weekend that brought flashbacks to the colic days. I definitely think her colic was gut-related, given her current gas woes. After screaming all day though, last night she slept from 11:30-5:30 and 6-8:30 and my husband and I woke up and looked at each other and said “wow, this must be what it feels like to have a normal baby”. I feel like we went though a war zone, and if one more person told me “babies just cry” I probably would have started crying myself.
Oh, ladies, had the worst weekend in terms of explosive tantrums with my 5.5 yro. Friday night and two on Sunday. I should be grateful for Saturday, right? Violent, hitting, pinching slapping, taking his clothes off, trying to destroy stuff, screaming that he hates us/hates his teacher/hates our home. He’s remorseful and sweet afterwards but it is scary. And I feel for him. Reading the Explosive Child as well as the Peaceful Parents, Happy Kids book. I had talked to his counselor at school about possible services and she recommended parent-child interaction therapy, which I know some about. Going to call insurance/providers today to see what we can set up. Working at home this morning to let him sleep as there is a late start today and I don’t feel like sending him to the before school program. This is so hard and isolating.
Does anyone know of a checklist of things I should be considering / remembering as I prepare for my maternity leave and subsequent return to work? I feel like I need a written plan, if only for my own sanity, and am not sure where to start. TIA
I found the Fifth Trimester really helpful.
Would anyone who has used an au pair recommend the company they went through? (Cross posted from other s*te). TIA!
I am a partner at a law firm. My daughter is a Brownie and it is Girl Scout Cookie Season!!! (Exclamation points are probably required by the Girl Scout Cookie Mafia.) Interested in views on whether it is ok to have a kid come sell cookies in my office (NB: BigLaw, but relatively informal, on the West Coast). What activities would be OK?
1) Having her go door to door to friendly colleagues to pitch them cookies.
2) Putting an order form in the break room.
3) Sending an email to the whole office asking if anyone wants Girl Scouts.
Colleagues have done this before, but I am cognizant that I am a partner and I don’t want staff or associates to feel pressured. On the other hand, when I was an associate, I loved getting to see partners’ kids and bought many, many boxes of cookies. Thoughts?
I have pumped for the last time ever at work as of last Thursday. It feels freeing but I also feel bad, despite trying not to. With my older child I EBF’d and pumped until 11 months, then nursed at night until 15 months. My baby is almost 10 months old and has gotten a mixture of formula and pumped milk at daycare, formula (usually in bottle from dad) before bed, and then nursing during the night. I’m relieved to be done with pumping but am sad and afraid that I won’t be able to nurse anymore soon. If it was summer time I wouldn’t feel so bad about it, but I keep reading about the flu and freaking out. I don’t know what the point of this is, except to mark the closure of one chapter and to say that I feel afraid another chapter might close, too. I guess I could try to start nursing instead of doing bottle before bedtime, but I don’t think baby would get enough that way. Sigh. I’m trying to remember that I did the best I could and that’s all I can ask.
PSA for my fellow pregnant people: Panera is issuing a recall of their cream cheese due to listeria concerns. Guess what I’ve been eating every day for breakfast since I stopped being able to stomach protein in the mornings? If you guessed a Panera bagel with cream cheese, you are correct. :(
You did amazing! Zero guilt and all the high fives!
You can definitely keep nursing for a few more months if you want. As your supply is likely to still be higher from pumping, try nursing before bed if you want but not because you feel obligated. As long as you are still nursing 2-3 times a day, you should have no supply issues at all.
I had a baby on Wednesday yay! He’s awesome. All went well, though because of an incompetent nurse I missed the window for the epidural. Having now had both a medicated and unmedicated birth I have to say I MUCH prefer the former. Even aside from the pain, that feeling of being out of control was terrifying.
Feeding question: unlike my first, this one took to nursing right away. He was back at his birthweight within 48 hours of being born. Annoyingly he also would love to just snack lightly every 45 minutes all day and night long. However, the rare times when he does eat a full meal he seems happier and naps for longer. Any thoughts on whether it is worth trying to get him to space out his meals a bit more, or is it too early for that and should I just be following his cues completely?
Help! My 11 month old is head banging and he loves it! He prefers hard surfaces: tile floor, granite countertop (he can reach it by standing on our couch), my forehead, etc. Any advice? This is what I get for silently judging my SIL when my 18 month old nephew was head banging.