Makeup & Beauty Monday: Flush Balm Cream Blush
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My first fancy work event in years is on the calendar and my look needs a refresh. I’ve had my eye on this blush for a while and now I have a reason to try it!
I’m a huge fan of cream blushes — I love their foolproof application, dewy lit-from-within look, and skin conditioning ingredients. This one from Merit checks all of those boxes and then some. It’s a lightweight balm that adds a gentle flush of color to your cheeks or lips. It contains Vitamin E to nourish your skin, and it’s a “Clean at Sephora” product formulated without certain questionable ingredients.
It’s also vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
Merit’s Flush Balm Cream Blush is $28 at Sephora and is available in five radiant shades.
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+
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?
Siblings question. 4 yo son, 2 yo daughter. I think DS is going through a growth spurt or otherwise going through something, so I’m trying to be patient with some of his actions the past week (LOVES swim class, but this week gets there and refuses to go in the water for half the class; weirdly hungry at odd times, etc). But, what’s I need help with is DD. She’s a gem to him most of the time. Ex – brings him a stuffed animal when he cries or is in time-out. Today, he threw a fit about her sitting on the chair he decided he wanted, and when I went to talk to him about it, she just gets out and tells him “your turn.” Honestly, she was didn’t look upset about it. That said, I don’t want to feed into a relationship where he becomes overly rigid and she just accommodates all of his whims. She does sing to him “STOP ASK OKKKK” (thanks Daniel Tiger) if he goes to grab anything from her, so she doesn’t seem to be afraid of him. I’m probably overreacting but given their sibling order/gender, I do think it is something to watch (aka make sure I’m not asking her to give in to him just so it’s easier for me in the moment). Anyone else deal with this with their kids/own sibling?
How much do you pay for childcare and what does it encompass (ex: nanny, daycare, private elementary school plus nanny for after-school care, etc), how many children do you have, and where do you live?
We are thinking of changing preschool/daycare. One of the potential options is The Goddard School. I’ve generally heard nothing but great things, but that was when we lived in the DMV – any other thoughts from other regions?
Kids are 1 and 4, the latter’s enrollment is TBD pending our public Pre-K applications. TIA!
Many daycares prohibit their teachers from babysitting on the side.
I am doing IVF right now. The first two days of injections were really no big deal (I couldn’t even really feel the needle going in) but last night they really hurt a lot. Same injections, but way more painful. Is that normal? Anything people found effective to make them hurt less?
Looking for some feedback on what is normal for hiring a babysitter. Do you have a meet and greet before you actually hire someone? Only hire known sitters through friends? I reached out to a couple on sitter city and one gave me a bad vibe at a meet and greet, and the other has since ghosted. I desperately want to have a list of 3-4 reliable sitters to cycle through but it’s exhausting to try to find one. Kiddo is 6, in northern va.
Does anyone have recommendations for a good kids table? Our hand me down Melissa & Doug table just bit the dust and I’d like to avoid buying the set new (which comes with two chairs that I don’t need). It’s mostly used for the kids to eat breakfast at so looking for more of an eating table and not necessarily an activity one.
What age did your kiddos start using a balance bike? My LO is 18 mos, and is SO jealous of the older kids in the neighborhood riding their bikes up and down the street. I feel like waiting until her fall birthday would be too late, since we’d miss most of the good weather, but it’s hard to imagine her very short little legs on a bike already.
She’s lost interest in her Radio Flyer ride on car (except to stash treasures under the seat, lol), so I don’t think taking that outside will satisfy her.
We are moving in the summer and I’m really anxious about switching daycares for kiddo. I am sure we will find a great one eventually but I am really worried about how long we will have no childcare…do I take a leave of absence at work until he gets off a waitlist? Or do people find a nanny until they get off a waitlist? Not that getting a nanny is easy either…thoughts? Advice?
Who else feels extremely overwhelmed by work and parenting? Has been a tough stretch working at work for DH and I, young kids can be a lot sometimes, and then weekends feel very packed with kid activities and whatnot. I am looking on ideas on adding the best self-care possible and ideas on outsourcing to help get through a tough stretch.
For those of you with local grandparents, how often do you see the grandparents? Also – did that change as your kids got older and have friends and activity schedules? Do you spend any one-on-one time with your (or your partner’s) parents without the kids? Just trying to get a sense of what other people do.
My 19 month old loves the “NPR Sesame Street Tiny Desk” because it’s just 12 minutes straight of songs. He doesn’t have attention span for regular sesame street episode non-singing parts. Any suggestions for similar videos/shows that are mostly all songs/singing?
awww so lovely!!
Tips on teaching my kid to ride his bike? Background: My older son will be 6 soon and prefers his scooter to get around/isn’t terribly interested in riding his bike. His bike still has training wheels on it, which we’d like to remove this spring/summer. I know balance bikes are recommended to teach kids to ride their bikes quicker, but we didn’t do that (we might just not have been aware of these/just went with a bike with training wheels). So do we just take the training wheels off and let him go to practice, with many knee and elbow pads? I have a feeling he’ll be scared and not want to do it, but I feel like it’s a skill we want him to have sooner rather than later.
How much one on one time do you spend with each kid? Trying to find ways to spend more one on one time with my older child (because the younger one takes all the attention) but find it incredibly hard with a busy work schedule/kids activities/etc.