Makeup & Beauty Monday: Full Texturizing Hair Foam
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To save time in the morning, I wash and blow out my hair before I go to bed. I work in a pump of mousse or hair foam like this one, so in the morning, I just run a damp hair brush through my hair to restore any volume that deflated overnight.
This texturizing hair foam works on almost all hair textures and types. Depending on the look you’re going for, it can be used on either wet or dry hair. It volumizes, holds, and protects your hair from heat, so no need for multiple products.
Living Proof’s Full Texturizing Hair Foam is $32 at Sephora.
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+
My daughter did a half day (9-12) dance camp where they showed them a full ~1.5 hour kids movie every single day. I don’t think I’m super pearl clutchy about screens but this is objectively crazy right? I can understand a movie during a full day camp or as a special Friday treat in a half day camp but they’re spending half the camp time in front of screens! I wfh and if I wanted her watching movies all day I wouldn’t need to pay for camp.
Just wanted to thank everyone who commented on my post last week about my baby’s sudden severe reaction to eggs.
When I was reading through the responses later that day it was so nice to feel both seen and supported.
The comments helped push me in the right direction to do some research and book an allergist appointment. And I have other immunology specialists in our area researched out in case we need to shop around for the right kind of care.
I’m very appreciative of the women who take time to offer suggestion on this group.
I had a big mom fail last night and I feel terrible. I was taking my three kids to see the Lion King musical and we were tight but fine on time, but both valet and the theater parking garage were full. I reeeally wanted to make the beginning of the show and yelled at my five year old to shut up when they were fighting and I was trying to find alternate parking then they were totally game and ran but we were still 30 seconds too late and missed the opening number. Which gutted me because it’s the Lion King and that’s the chill inducing kick off. Kids still had fun – especially the five year old – but I feel so bad about yelling at her and honestly that we missed the beginning of a show I was looking forward to sharing with them! That’s it. I’m tearing up thinking about it. I know it’s not a big deal, it was just a really disappointing series of events. I’m glad they still got to enjoy it. We just canceled our big end of summer family vacation with my parents because my mom has to have surgery, so I just feel like things are not going well right now and I’m failing them a lot.
Talk to me about brushing teeth for the littlest ones. We give DS a toothbrush and he kinda just chews on it, refusing to let us do any real brushing, and I really need to get religion about this because his breath is super stinky. How do I make it fun?
I’m not sure if I am being unreasonably irritated at my husband or not. DH is a teacher and has the summers off. During the summer, I have been doing solo morning routines for our 3 kids from 6-7:30 — I get them dressed, make breakfast, and make their camp lunches. He takes over at 7:30 when I leave for work and he drives the 2 big kids to camp. He then spends the morning with our youngest (3) before handing her over to my mom at noon for lunch. He picks up the big kids at 4 pm and hands them over to my mom.
I’m not sure if this is a division of labor issue or just a larger underlying issue about how alone I feel in the mornings. I understand he does a lot when I’m at work, but I also feel like he should be getting up and pitching in with the morning routine instead of sleeping in, showering, etc. But maybe I’m wrong.
In general he sticks to whatever tasks he is “assigned” and doesn’t feel the need to pitch in if he is unoccupied and I’m busy with the kids. I guess I’m struggling with whether my feelings about this are valid or an overreaction. If I ask him to pitch in, he’ll ask me to identify a specific task that needs to get done. Then once he does that task (example, get milk for the youngest), he’ll sit back down on the couch and let me continue making breakfast/brushing hair/whatever.
When do kids in CA go back to school usually?
This is purely a rant, but maybe someone else can relate? My kids go back to school in 2 weeks, and I am borderline depressed about how quickly our summer has slipped away. I always go in with great intentions, and then life interferes and we don’t get around to doing everything we’d hoped to do. We have a short getaway planned for the end of next week, and that’s it — done. Summer vacation is officially over.
Yesterday we spent the whole afternoon at the pool with our friends, and it was LOVELY. I hate that our everyday isn’t more like … that. I’m trying to remind myself that the pools will stay open on weekends until Labor Day, so it’s not like we can’t do it on the weekend, but I dunno. I am not in the back-to-school mindset at the moment. Plus, one of my kids is starting at a new school, and I always have a lot of anxiety about school transitions.
Ugh. I hate everything today.
Morning! Two questions for my 4 year old: I want to do more practicing of his numbers. I drive him and his 8 year old sister to camp/school every morning and I’m thinking there must be a good game or song we can use to practice on the way. We have spotify so we could cue something up there, but also fine with just singing or rhyming on our own. Ideas? And, I’m also wanting to practice patterns and logic with him. Anyone have a game or book they’d recommend for this to use at home? I’m thinking about maybe tangrams, but thought I’d check to see if someone has something they really like. TIA!
Has anyone done the two-hour fasting glucose test for gestational diabetes? It’s my understanding that this is the more common test everywhere else in the world, but I was surprised my doctor ordered it (they don’t seem too up to date on such things). I know the criteria are a little stricter and I hope I pass but if I don’t, I think I will at least trust that I truly have it.
Now for a question – I have no intention of gaming the test in any way and will eat my usual diet, but I’ve heard mixed things about exercise in the 24 hours before. My doctor didn’t say anything, but is it true that vigorous exercise can mess with the validity of your blood sugar?
any tips for converting my child to be more of a morning person. school starts here in two weeks and she has to be at school by 7:20. she will be in 1st grade. she cannot seem to fall asleep before 8:30pm unless she is sick. we have to wake her up around 6:30/6:45 and it isn’t enough sleep for her. it is like torture getting her up for school and then she is also a mess in the evenings. after school she spends time on the playground, runs around, etc. she is clearly tired earlier but just cant sleep. we use melatonin after the rec of a doctor.
Anyone else enjoying the Olympics? I had it on yesterday afternoon and my five year old daughter commented how much she liked watching women’s sports (we were watching swimming, beach volleyball, and soccer). It was nice!
DH is in a bad place as of late. We start couples counseling this week, and I’m hoping for the best but getting frustrated by the day.
He works for himself at home, and occasionally at a coworking space. I work FT in an office with some remote work thrown in. We recently went from 1 ->2 kids and I went back to work.
Our kids go to daycare 4x/week and have grandparents available for the other day. However, I just learned that my parents are getting increasingly frustrated that he isn’t working when they come over to watch the kids. He will run errands, do yardwork and even nap. Sometimes he has no work at all, but still utilizes them for childcare at our home. I’m extremely pissed and really just trying to detach while we’re in this tough spot. Trying to think about how to handle this. WWYD?
has anyone tried this product and does it have a smell/what is it? I’m tempted but really hate the sweet hairspray-y smell of a lot of mousse and beach spray (right now the best I’ve found is JVN, although the smell varies across products… ) Or would love any other recs for a texturizing or volume product that doesn’t smell terrible…I prefer something herbal or unisex, not really sweet! often I like Aveda smells fwiw).