Makeup & Beauty Monday: Heroine Make Long Up Mascara
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When I last went to Japan, this amazing mascara was on my shopping list.
This lengthening mascara holds a curl on even the straightest lashes. It includes conditioning camellia oil, royal jelly extract, argan oil, wild rose oil, ginseng root extract, and almond oil. The waterproof formula lasts through rain, sweat, and tears but comes off easily with any gentle eye makeup remover.
Heroine Make Long Up Mascara from KissMe is available at Amazon for under $15 and also at YesStyle (a great source for J-beauty and K-beauty), where it’s currently on sale for $10.73.
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+
Small parenting win… started Harry Potter over the weekend with my first grader who’s never been much for books (unlike me), and she’s obsessed! We read aloud seven chapters in two days. This was one of my all-time favorite series as a kid and it’s so fun to see her excitement about it. I know she won’t always share my interests and I’m awed by many aspects of her personality that are so different than me (like her ability to make friends with anyone!) but it’s fun when it happens that our interests align.
Help me think through the logistics of hosting a kids’ birthday party at the pumpkin patch. The birthday girl is turning 10; her guests are ages 8-10. We can rent a shelter as a meeting spot.
1) Would you do cake/birthday things at the beginning, then let them do all the attractions?
2) How much supervision would you provide? Divide them up in groups? Use a buddy system? Send an adult with small groups of 3 or 4 kids? The disadvantage is that not everyone would be able to party with the birthday kid, which seems to defeat the purpose.
I really want to do this, but I also want to be realistic about how to corral this group and make sure nobody gets lost, is left out, etc. I was thinking 8 kids, max, but that’s still a lot of kids, lol.
Have any of you had convos with teachers that went well where you basically tell them your kid needs more? I do NOT think my kid is a super genius or anything for the record. He’s in 2nd grade. Last year he missed no questions in math at all and got 100% on all reading/ELA assignments. So we need him pushed a lot more and don’t know where to start. Other than giving up and moving schools, how do you have this conversation with a teacher you like and respect? Just say it directly and hope for the best?
I tried the main page but my posts never show up there so cross-posting here. Is there an alternative to Golden Goose sneakers that has a hidden wedge and looks good with dresses? My P448s and Vejas look like big flat boats with dresses. I am not looking for a GG dupe but for something more subdued with a similar silhouette.
My sister hasn’t acknowledged my pregnancy since I told her at 6 weeks. I’m currently into the 3rd trimester. I’m the oldest, and this is the first grandchild. She has suffered several miscarriages, but she has also been very vague about what, if any, fertility treatments she’s explored. My DH and I did utilize help to get pregnant.
When I told her, she basically said not to get my hopes up, which was hurtful because I’ve also had a loss. Soon after, she was on a trip with my mom who claimed she was crying at night. My mom then forbid my DH or from discussing the pregnancy in the family chat to not upset her, which felt uncomfortable for me.
Since then, she acts like it’s not happening, which really hurts me. She is planning a trip abroad and was texting me about necessary vaccines. Several times I mentioned how I got different vaccines due to pregnancy, and she didn’t react to that. I keep thinking she will ask how things are going.
I had asked for advice from several friends, and even my mom, and everyone is like “she’ll bring it up when she’s ready”. When might that be? After I’ve delivered? Will she acknowledge her nephew? I’ve had a really hard pregnancy, including hospitalization twice, and it feels so bizarre hiding all of this from her to “spare her feelings”. Did she think no one (we are 4 sisters + 1 brother) could have a baby if she doesn’t? We live in different states so she won’t see the physical changes in my body, but we used to be texting and calling several times a week. Now it’s rare.
Talk to me about introducing a bottle in the first days/weeks of newborn life. I’m not worried about nipple confusion because I’m pretty convinced that that’s a myth, but how do I balance establishing my supply and pumping so my husband can also give the baby a bottle and I can get some sleep? We want to try to do a shift schedule, which a lot of friends have recommended, but I’m a little unclear on how exactly the feeding works. Also, very open to using some formula if that’s the best way forward. Our approach is rested parents = better parents so we really want to find a way that gives us both some time to get real sleep while ensuring the baby is getting all he needs. Any advice welcome.
For those with kids who are mildly on the spectrum – I’d like to hear your stories. Kid is almost 4. He’s been in a regular preschool/daycare to date with no issues, follows the pacing of the class fine (e.g. potty trained, stands in line, shifts between activities all reasonable for his age) and gets pulled out for services that we’ve arranged to come to the school (he’s not unique in this regard; plenty of therapists come in and out to provide PT, OT, ST, etc).
We still have this year, next year, and can potentially even do K at this school, which tends to be a small class. I want to hear about the shift from this environment to a public school setting for folks with ND kids. How did it go for kid, academically, socially, etc.? When did you make the move (K, 1st grade, later)?
I should add that while our local public elementary has been great for our older kid, there’s a lot going on with our state/school district and I’m not sure what supports they fund/he’d qualify for, and at this point I don’t think he’d need to be in a Special Ed class full time. We are fortunate that we can pay out of pocket for any additional therapies. The right kind of private school could be an option, but that would be not be ideal for many reasons.
What sneakers are your trendy (ideally girl) tween/young teens wearing?
My 6th grader just outgrew the air max270s from last year. She doesn’t really want new ones in a bigger size (“too boring”) and didn’t see anything she liked all weekend. She sorta liked the On clouds but they looked really silly on her feet.
She has converse high tops but these are for gym/running around.
I posted last week over at the main board. I’ve recently been diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer, will be getting a lumpectomy, followed by 4 weeks of radiation. I’m not sure how each will effect me–I’ve heard anywhere from a few days to up to 2 weeks for the surgery. I’ve heard radiation can be no big deal or it can cause extreme fatigue. I have a 4 yo and 8 yo. What should I say to them about this? We don’t want to tell them I have cancer because it sounds too scary and they won’t understand anyway. So far I’ve come up with, there’s some extra tissue growing on my chest and the doctor says I need to have it removed. Or something like that. But no idea what to say about radiation, which won’t begin for a few weeks after the surgery. Any ideas? TIA!