Makeup & Beauty Monday: Glow Baby Eye Bright Cream
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I was in the market for a new eye cream and I stumbled upon this one while cruising the Target app.
This vitamin C eye cream depuffs and hydrates with caffeine and derm-favorite hyaluronic acid. Its lightweight texture absorbs quickly without any residue so you can apply your makeup right away.
Target has also designated it a “Clean” product, free of a series of chemicals that you might not want on your skin. On top of that, once you’re done, it’s easy to recycle the glass jar.
Pacifica’s Glow Baby Eye Bright Cream is $15.99 at Target.
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+
Christmas ideas for my 4.5 year old girl needed, please! Relevant info:
– She’s the youngest of 3 girls who are close in age. So we have EVERYTHING. Barbies, LOLs, lego, art, the whole deal. Closets bursting with dress-up. Hand me down adorable outfits for days. Board games. Bikes, scooters, sleds, roller blades, skis, ice skates, etc. we have it all in her size. We have gymnastics mats and bars. We have fun bean bags.
– I either already have or don’t want to buy of the large ticket items like a power wheels, basketball hoop, that sort of thing. We have 2 dollhouses and a barbie castle.
I was thinking consumables, but one of my daughters has already claimed getting her a personalized art set (which she will love). We have a closet full of play-doh. We have tie dye kits. We have 2 art easels.
I was eyeing the Magic Mixies, which I know are total junk, but I am being asked for ideas by everyone and I need about 5-6 good ones. HELP.
Long story, but hang with me. Like so many, we’ve had a brutal year for childcare. Our first center (Center A) closed and we secured a spot at a new one (Center B). After three months at Center B, we discovered a teacher was verbally and possibly physically abusive to children. Pulled LO immediately at the beginning of Nov with no backup plan and truthfully, just trying to restore and recover from this bad experience. (reported it, went thru system, no real resolution). So now, juggling a configuration of remote work, grandparents, after-school HS babysitters it’s clear we need some consistency. We learned that a new operator similar to old one is going to take over Center A. We don’t yet know if old teachers will return, but good friends of ours are going back. We’re on the wait list and they say January, but communication is light.
In the meantime, I posted a PT nanny job for 20 hrs/week to give some consistency; emailing some preschools; just trying to have some options in the event Center A doesn’t work out. I have two nannies to interview, one I had a great talk with- and I am upfront that we are needing PT now and a possible FT in future. I’m also 7w pregnant and have a medium chance of multiples. Really just ticking by every week in hopes ill make it to 12. At the end of the day, I just want a childcare solution that helps my child continue to thrive and learn and grow. I just took a Big Job and my husband is working to build a small business. Late birthday so LO will reach school age in 2025.
In lieu of a crystal ball, WWYD? Keep interviewing Nannies? Hold out hope for Center A? I’m new to nanny world but I also like the socialization of group settings for child. Thank you, wise hive.
Advice for a mom who never believed in Santa?
I grew up in a very religious family, and Christmas was much more focused on those traditions – Advent was a big deal, as was St. Nicholas Day; December was packed with Christmas pageants and helping build the massive Church nativity town and decorating everything. We went to church multiple times on Christmas eve, sang in the choir, were acolytes, etc. Santa existed but really wasn’t a focus for my family – our sense of Christmas being magical came from the religious Christmas story. Thus, I don’t remember ever believing that he was literally real – I grasped the concept of Santa as a symbol for generosity and kindness early on, but have no memory of ever thinking he existed in a physical sense.
Now I’m married to a man who LOVES Christmas and have acquired two stepchildren who grew up believing in Santa, and we have a child together who is just old enough this year to start understanding holidays and to recognize Santa images. I am really struggling (in perhaps a silly way) with talking to my toddler and my stepkids as if Santa is real. My stepkids are really old to still believe in Santa – 10 and 12 – but their mom believes that they do and since I already got yelled at by her for assuming the 12 year old understood that the Elf on the Shelf was not moving on her own each night, my husband and I are stuck maintaining the Santa concept for all three kids, at least this year. (In my defense, I thought the 12 year old would think it was fun to join in as an assistant Elf-mover, which is how it came up; I can’t actually tell if she knew or if she was just slightly in shock because no adult had previously admitted this.)
I think Santa is a lovely idea but literally I feel like an idiot talking about him because it just never felt real to me. I need to get with the program so I don’t accidentally ruin Christmas/deprive my youngest of believing in this, which is apparently important. Pep talks? Ideas? Anyone else who struggles with talking to kids about Santa? Anyone want to tell me I’m terrible for assuming a 6th grader didn’t believe in the Elf on the Shelf? (Honestly, it NEVER occurred to me that she still would?). I feel like this is easy for everyone but me…
How old was your child when s/he stopped believing in Santa/the tooth fairy/ whatever else?
My oldest recently turned 9 and…I think still is full on believing. It cracks me up because her best friend told her years ago that her mom is the tooth fairy. Does she connect the dots? Nope. She just thinks it’s more fun that she has a real tooth fairy and her friend just has boring old mom.
I was done believing in Santa at 8, which at the time was pretty late- I had lots of friends that didn’t believe well before that. I think I stopped because I found a present under my parents’ bed that was wrapped up as from Santa though, not because I was thinking critically about things :)
anyone have a kid who really doesnt like the taste of most medicine? i was like this as a kid and basically barely took meds from age like 3 until when i learned to swallow pills (fortunately i did not get a lot of infections requiring antibiotics). Last night my daughter was up half the night with a 105 fever (which was honestly kind of scary) and I desperately wanted her to take meds, but couldn’t get them in her. she had thrown up a few times so that might have been why, but even when there hasn’t been any vomiting involved she strongly resists. i’ve tried purchasing different flavors, putting sprinkles in it, mixing with pudding etc.
My 8-year-old is BEGGING for a freaking Elf. I remember my older kid going through this phase, and I didn’t cave then, but find my resolve wavering even though I do not do not do not want to do it. Most of the kids in her class have elves, and I think she feels left out when everyone’s comparing notes on what their elves have done. I caught her praying to Santa to send her an Elf. Which was kinda hilarious, but Santa isn’t G o d, kid. LOL. How do I sidestep this issue and the daily begging? My old “not every family has an elf” line is, um, not effective.
Talk to me about those bounce/trampoline places. A friend’s son broke his leg at one as a preschooler so I’ve always thought of them as dangerous (not to mention gross/germy!). Now that it’s getting colder where we live, kiddo (4) has been invited to 2 birthday parties at a local bounce place. Is it as bad as I’m thinking?
Please talk me off the ledge and advise me on what to do. For the last 9ish months, almost 3 year old has developed terrible sleep. We sleep trained him at 6 months and he slept very well (7-6:15). He then began waking up at night, sometimes 2 or three times, and then consistently waking between 4:45am-5:30am and screaming until we go in his room. Every single day. We could maybe deal with the early waking if he wasn’t also waking in the middle of the night. We’ve tried bribes, we have an ok to wake clock, we’ve tried melatonin (which has helped significantly with getting him to sleep in the first place), but nothing is helping with the nightly and early waking. We’ve tried laying in the room or having him in our room but that just riles him up and eliminates any possibility of anyone going back to sleep. He’s in a toddler bed and generally stays in it, just screams for us to come get him and if we don’t go in, then he does come in our room. What do we do? This is placing a big strain on our family. We are tired all the time, whenever one of us is sick (which is often because we have a toddler!) it takes forever to recover because we never get a good night’s sleep, we are cranky and short tempered which impacts the rest of our family dynamic. Pediatrician suggested “locking” him in his room and just letting him cry. This sounds terrible to me–a million times worse than sleep training an infant–but we don’t know what else to do. Anyone else dealt with a situation like this? Are we just doomed until he maybe one day out grows it?
What is best way to handle “scary dreams” from a 5yo? He’s been insisting they are happening every night and climbing into our bed. He’ll go back in his room eventually, but it is disturbing everyone’s sleep.
I recall someone here suggesting a sleeping bag on the ground, so they can come and be close without waking you up. Any other ideas? I struggled with nightmares as a child so I want to be supportive and not question him, but every night is getting to be tough.
We are going out of town and leaving our toddler with a nanny this weekend. Have never done overnights with anyone other than grandparents. Any tips for making this as positive an experience as possible for all involved? Have prepped kiddo a lot and he seems ok with it, if a little apprehensive. This woman was his nanny for eight months so they know each other really well and she’s familiar with our house, routine, etc. We’ll leave written instructions/reference guide, install a car seat in her car, stock house with groceries, leave some petty cash… what else? When you’ve done this, do you prep full dinners beforehand? Anything we can do to make this emotionally easier on the little one? Thank you!
Suggestions for ipad games that don’t require internet for 5/6yos? They love Lalilo and Dreambox on their school ipads, but I’m looking for something we could pull out on a transAtlantic flight over Christmas after they inevitably get bored of reading and drawing. Both educational or just random fun games are great, but they’re likely to be more into drawing or world-building sorts of things than the typical video game type where speed/dexterity matters.
I grew up in a family that didn’t do Christmas but we want to make Christmas traditions with our kids. Can you tell me what are some easy things to do to create traditions and make it feel festive for a 3.5 and 5.5 year old? TIA