Makeup & Beauty Monday: Gloss Ultra Shine Gel Palette
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I used this type of nail strips a while back, and they’re again appealing to me while a salon manicure is out of the question. After prepping your bare nail, you stick the sticker on and then file off the excess.
They last longer than regular painted-on polish, and if my memory serves me, they remove more easily than a gel manicure would.
These are a fun and easy way to get nail art that lasts a long time without having to leave your home for a manicure. Each set of 34 nail strips (22 base color/3 accents) is $6.99 at Target. Gloss Ultra Shine Gel Palette
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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?
I live in a place that’s gotten really bad air the past few years in fire season due to regional wildfires.
My kids are 4 and 6 and we have a small 2-bedroom house. School will be cancelled if the air gets extremely bad or the pandemic forces another shutdown.
How do I prepare to be hunkered down with them inside with zero outside time (or ability to go to indoor public places) for days/weeks? Moms in areas that get blizzards, do you have tips on crafting supplies, toys, getting their energy out, keeping spirits up, etc?
I was just getting the hang of shelter in place with kids, but my key to happiness was getting outside every day (even if just to the backyard). No clue what to do if the air means no outside time.
I got a mani pedi this weekend in MA and it was glorious. Plenty of room between me and the next customer, plexiglass at the mani station, everyone in masks, technicians also in face shields. Combined with patio brunch and a Target trip felt so normal.
Hello all —
Looking for wubbanub/paci wisdom. I set a self imposed deadline of getting munchkin off the wubbanub/pacifier when he was done with his 2 year old molars. At 2 1/2, it looks like we’re about a month out from that as the top ones are finally breaking through. Dentist said 3 was the deadline. He has a whole menagerie of Wubs that he loves dearly, although he is fairly good at keeping them in his bed/crib — but sometimes will crawl back into bed specifically to have some quality time with them even while playing.
Has anyone ever just cut the soothers off of the Wubs so that you can keep the stuffies? Did you go cold turkey? Do the Pacifier Fairy approach? I tried to lay the groundwork for the latter (which our pediatrician suggested), talking about how Wubs are for babies and he’ll need to give them to babies soon and that went over like a lead balloon. Any in-the-trenches anecdotes welcome!
I just sent a kid to daycare for the first time since early March. I feel… so guilty and yet SO FREE.
I’ll also add that I somehow missed the memo that daycare was opening 90 minutes later than normal… so not only was I there half an hour before they opened, I literally had the first kid back in the building when they opened back up…
I feel so guilty and keep wondering if I’m making the right choice but at the same time… this is my child most likely to injure themselves by climbing on top of a couch and diving head first off of it. This is my child who needs the most hands-on parenting. I am so relieved that there’s somebody else making sure kid doesn’t have to go to the ER today.
Guys, I am REALLY struggling with whether to send our 2 and 4 year old back to daycare next month. I recognize that it’s a very individual choice, and I see pros/cons to each, but it’s still very hard.
We live within a 5 min drive of my pregnant sister/her husband and my mother/her boyfriend. We had been “quaranteaming” with them for the past 2.5 months (with everyone being extremely careful and only seeing one another).
If we go back to daycare, we are planning to close that circle back off and, if we see them at all, only see them outside with masks and distance, etc. If we hire a nanny or PT babysitter, we would try to find one that was social distancing in a serious way so that we could continue to see my family. Or, we would continue as we have been with my mother helping out from 9-12 each day. I wish she could do more, but she feels like that’s her limit, and knowing how wild my boys are, I get it.
Neither my husband nor I are considered high risk, but who knows? Are we just accepting the risk that we will get the virus if we send them back?
I know you can’t crowdsource this, but, er, what would you do?
Thanks everyone for the nudge to explore alternative childcare options as my nursery won’t open right away. My son had the first settling in session with a small in-home daycare today. Just one full-day and two AMs but that will provide me with 3 full days of work (I normally work PMs). I put him in the baby seat and cycled over and then got a takeaway coffee and sat and read for a bit.
Just looking for commiseration. Has anyone lost their “gardening” groove during this pandemic? I just feel so not interested in doing anything with my (wonderful, amazing, caring, handsome and very sexy) husband. We now have a 13 month old, and haven’t really seemed to be able to find our groove since the baby got here. Add to that a whole lot of PPD/PPA (on lexapro now which helps with the PPD/PPA, but I think has tanked my libido), and just finding time when we’re not tired and the baby’s asleep, plus just both WFH for the past 3 months in ten feet from one another, plus I now weigh more than I did at 9 months pregnant….I’m just….. not feeling it. At all.
I know many wise women on here have suggested weekend afternoon naps are key, but how do you overcome the “this is my time to DO all of the things”? TIA
Any other pregnant mamas here trying to figure out what to do about older kids, daycare, and newborns in the time of COVID?
My 2 year old has been home with a nanny but she is moving out of state around the same time new baby is born. Pre-covid, I was planning on sending him to daycare during my mat leave. His daycare is reopening, but if I send him back, I will lose all family support with the newborn as my parents are high-risk and being very cautious. I’m also a little bit concerned about him being exposed at daycare and us all being quarantined at home with a newborn and no help (has happened to a few friends whose daycares have reopened.)
I could get a new nanny, but that’s a lot of people in the house while sleep deprived, trying to adjust to breastfeeding, etc. This is hard!
Oh hey, it’s me, the poster who had a chemical pregnancy last month. I’m pregnant again and now just nervous as can be hoping it doesn’t happen again. Just here for positive vibes – this time I’m not calling for a doctor appointment until next week, in case that jinxed things last time (I know that is not how this works…)
I think the way it would be possible is there are people that for whatever reason spread the virus more than others, and there have been studies that suggest that children in general are not only asymptomatic but also potentially not spreaders, even when they have it. I know it’s early and this isn’t fact yet, but just to answer how it could be possible.
My son is 3 and wears size 2T, so he’s very small for his age. I ordered him some pants and shorts from Old Navy and received them this weekend. They’re HUGE on him. I know it’s just vanity, but I just can’t buy him 18 mo shorts. They have functional drawstrings, so I should probably just keep them, but he shorts are also extra long: they look like those Dickies shorts from the early 00s that come to your ankles. It’s not a good look for my kid. What re your favorite brands for very small kids? FWIW, the 2T shirts fit him perfectly. Shrug.
I am one of those who has had a baby during this pandemic (well, late February, so just before shutdowns). After an admittedly lengthy paid maternity leave by US standards, I have to head back to work. My daughter will be 4.5 months old in two weeks and starting daycare. I am doing a transition week the week before I go back. However, with precautions in place, they only do curbside drop off/pickup, so I won’t be able to interact with her teachers. Any survival tips? I’m crying just thinking about it, because we have been just the two of us all day every day for these past several months (dad went back to work), because we have been super careful to avoid unnecessary outings.
Anyone have recommendations for an ipad for our entering kindergarten kid? We’re going on a trip soon – DD and DS have both had kindle fires – the older version with the kids case. Pandemic has made me realize being able to access different educational apps is useful, particularly for her… we need to replace one and was thinking of going ipad but I don’t want to spend too much. Older version? Mini? I’m completely tech challenged so curious what has worked for others!
FWIW at a younger age I’ve really loved how NOT user friendly the kindle fires are!