Makeup & Beauty Monday: Fall 2022 Nail Polish Collection
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I’m ready to say farewell to summer brights and hello to some moodier hues.
I don’t really need another bottle of nail polish, but the colors from Essie’s fall collection are really tempting. My pick is the pictured “Bold and Boulder,” a deep burgundy with brown undertones and a cream finish (it looks almost chocolatey on my screen). This 8-free formula doesn’t contain many of the unpronounceable ingredients found in many other polishes and is also free of animal-derived ingredients.
This polish is $10 at Ulta, and the fall collection has five other colors.
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+
Heading to Scotland for 4-7 days (TBD) in August. 2 families – 4 parents, 7 1/2 year old, 6 year old, 4 year old. In and out of Edinburgh (wedding). Love hiking but other than that no major constraints. Recommendations for itineraries? None of us has ever been.
Daycare sent out the trunk or treat email. No peanut products.
I’m thinking coloring books and glow sticks from oriental trading? My toddler is a candy addict and the moment he sees it, he wants more. Trying to spare other parents. 🤦🏻♀️
Anyone have any recommendations for learning French apps for the early elementary school set? my kids just started learning French at school and since they’re going to get a bunch of tablet time during some upcoming travel, I figure I may as well give them a game that reinforces some.of what they’re learning.
Not specifically parenting related, but I felt like some of you would appreciate the insanity of this.
Our admin called me this morning. I’m hiring for someone (I’ll be their grandboss) and she’s scheduling the interviews. Well, this morning, this dude who she had scheduled for an interview apparently asked the admin to call him immediately, saying he was having issues seeing the call in information.
(FWIW, he had also emailed me directly saying he couldn’t see the appointment time, so like… this guy already had the info multiple times).
He then answered her call and… conferenced her in with another admin from a totally different organization? And started berating the other admin with my admin on the phone? And my admin said that she offered to call back, tried to hang up, and he literally would call her back and conference her back on the line? So she had to listen to him SCREAM at a different secretary and then demand that their organization merge the application that he had already filled out for our (totally different) organization.
My admin – who is awesome – even told him, ‘hey, as a heads up, this is really unprofessional.’ to which he told her, ‘well, I do this all day. I only merge business calls, not personal calls.’
First professional lesson: be respectful to admins. ’cause they will call the hiring manager who will then type this out while on a suuuuuper boring conference call.
I’m treating myself to a trip to DryBar before our family photos this year. I have long thick wavy hair. Any tips on which style would be good for photos?
Thoughts on mini-cribs? We are expecting our 2nd soon and considering getting a mini crib due to space constraints. We put our first straight into a regular crib and so I’ve never done the bassinet or mini crib thing. It seems like some kids could outgrow the mini crib very quickly (kid1 is below avg for height).
My preference is to get a mini crib bc eventually kid2 will move into kid1’s room and that room is not big enough for a regular crib and toddler bed. (Technically big enough but the layout is weird with the doors and built ins). Should I just get the regular sized crib and make it work? Am I just wasting my precious brain energy thinking about this? Ugh.
My four year old has suddenly become very upset by shots. As a toddler, I’d tell him in advance exacfly what to expect and that seemed to work fine. But starting with his second covid shot, he’s become much more resistant.
I need to take him to get a flu shot after school one day this week. We’ve talked generally about the fact that we need to go get a flu shot next and what to expect. Every time it’s mentioned he freaks out. Soooo do I tell him in advance, either the day before or the morning of, that we are going? I’m afraid that will just make him fret and be upset all day. But I feel bad springing it on him at the last minute.
Any ideas?
Asking this here because I often see women on this site recommend therapy and because I feel embarrassed asking real life friends… how do you know what kind of therapy to start and how to find a therapist?
I suspect that I may have some combination of anxiety/depression/maybe ADD?. I’ve never seen a therapist and have mostly always attributed the symptoms to personal failure, but since motherhood and more recently some increased responsibilities at work I’ve been having panic attacks with increasing regularity and am feeling like I can’t handle daily life. If it turns out I actually do have something worthy of a diagnosis and medication might be helpful, I would be open to it. Where do I start? Do I just reach out to a general therapist, or do I need to start with someone who can diagnose and prescribe? I am guessing this is also something a primary care doctor could help with, but I also don’t have one of those currently (I know, I know).
Do you prep lunch the night before or morning of? I have three: none are eligible to purchase lunch, unfortunately. I do lunchables once a week. Other days it’s cut up fruit, veg and a sandwich I make the morning of. I didn’t mind one lunch but three is a big time suck. I think I’ve forgotten what toddlers eat. Give me all your tips!
TW: Missing child/teen.
A local child (14) has gone missing from town. The kiddo left his house Thursday afternoon and hasn’t been seen since. They think he went for a walk in the woods and got lost. My street and backyard abut the conservation land that is the focus of the search efforts. We are a small and tightknit community. My own kids are 11 and 9, and my oldest has a sibling of the missing child in his class. We could see the search and rescue aircraft yesterday above our neighborhood, and the police presence in town, and especially in our part of town, is heavy. I am utterly devastated, and I have no idea how to talk about this with my own kids. Does anyone have any resources, especially for when this is a real-time issue that is happening in your community?
A few weeks (months?) ago, a poster here recommended a “sleep under” birthday party for upper elem aged kids. We did one this weekend for my daughter’s 9th birthday, and it was really a hit for the kids. I can’t remember who posted it, but thank you! I never would have thought of it myself.