Makeup & Beauty Monday: Lavender Epsom Salt Soaking Solution
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If you are lucky enough that your home has a tub, consider this soak for alleviating the tired-to-your-bones feeling after these long days. Running after a toddler all day, dealing with work stresses, not to mention just the stress that’s just in the air nowadays, my body aches at the end of the day. Even though I consider myself in a privileged position these days — I don’t work in any essential services and I’m certainly not a doctor or nurse — I am still relieved when the day ends. We all love our kids, but is there a sweeter feeling than when they’re tucked in for the night and you can just exhale? I really love the lavender scent, and the fact that it helps with calm and aids in feeling tired — and the epsom salt soothes muscles and skin. A three-pound bag is $4.89 at Target. Lavender Epsom Salt Soaking Solution
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Sales of note for 12.10
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals on skincare (ends 12/14) including La Mer, Kate Somerville, Dior, Sunday Riley, Dyson, and gift sets — the deals include reader favorite lip balms Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, and Clinique’s Black Honey, as well as Too Faced mascara and Sunday Riley’s Good Genes.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, up to 50% off outerwear
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + extra 25% off 2+ items
- J.Crew – Up to 60% off everything, with 40% off their newest styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
- Macy’s – 15% off beauty, including Tarte, Clinique, Dior and gift sets
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
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?
What’s everyone doing for easter dinner? Normally we host, have a big party and do a ham, turkey, all the sides. This year, obviously not (if we did we’d need a bunch of extra dishes for all the sides of covid). Since it’s just three of us and two of us don’t like ham, I think I’ve settled on a stuffed pork tenderloin – I have the pork and goat cheese and just need to figure out what else to stuff it with (maybe butternut squash and apple? (both of which I have – and no fresh herbs to be found). Probably a side of cheese potatoes of some kind (maybe scalloped) and corn and asparagus.
What’s everybody doing for Easter baskets? I didn’t have my ish together before getting quarantined so everything needs to be available via Target or Walmart pickup. And after spending way too much time on the Target app, I can confirm that the website is terrible for general browsing.
My 2+ year old son has started hitting quite frequently over the past couple weeks since we’ve been home. We redirect him, say things like “we don’t hit” and read little Dinos don’t hit, but I feel like nothing is working. For the most part, he hits when he’s angry, but other times it will be totally out of the blue.
Any other tricks to save our sanity? I don’t want to remember this time and only recall getting hit all the time.
My kindergartener said sadly today that she’s not sure the Easter bunny will come because of the coronavirus. I thought she might be worried about social distancing, but it turns out that it’s because the leprechaun didn’t come on St Patrick’s day, so “everything must be cancelled.”
Ladies, a leprechaun has NEVER come to our house. I do usually do silly things like make the kids’ milk green and buy lucky charms or green donuts and I didn’t do that this year- I just up and forgot in all the chaos. I suspect seeing friends set leprechaun traps made my kiddo think we had a leprechaun, too.
BUT! I have an out. One of my other kids suggested that perhaps the leprechaun DID come, and did something so sneaky and tricky that they hadn’t found it yet. This is now the working theory. I now need some kind of sneaky idea where we can happen to find this sneaky thing before Easter. DH and I are just so fried we can’t think of anything. While typing this out, I realized if i could get some chocolate coins and hide them somewhere and tie it to a thing of some kind (tying all their summer clothes together in the bottom drawers they never look in?) it might work.
Any other ideas?
I stopped nursing almost 8 months ago now. My breasts still feel weirdly hard and heavy in the middle. The outsides are soft but if I push down from the top or up from the bottom I can feel a lot of hardness. It feels sort of like a clogged duct felt (I got them ALL the time when I was nursing) but more uniformly distributed and not as painful or as hard. Both breasts feel pretty much the same so I’m not worried it’s the c word, but it’s uncomfortable and I’m starting to wonder if it will ever go away. The pain is worse at the start of my period. Did anyone experience this? Did it go away eventually?
What factors did you consider in deciding if your baby was ready to sleep train, besides age? I feel like my 4 mo old is ready but I was hoping to wait until he’s rolling and he’s not yet. Waking up almost every hour every night is killing me though . . .
How careful was everyone with cosmetics while pregnant? I’ve pretty much just being using moisturizer (hello WFH), but man, my skin is looking sad and tired these days. I wonder if a night cream would help, but I’m 24 weeks pregnant so I’m not sure what my options are, or even if they are any different than normal.
Did you see Dr Fauci say that up to 50% of those infected may be asymptomatic?? This virus is crazy! (And I’m wondering if totally asymptomatic, or perhaps super mild symptoms that no one would think twice about? I had a mild dry cough/sore throat and occasional chest tightness for nearly a month Feb-March, and I would never assume it was Covid19 but I am in NY so maybe???) I am so interested in what we may discover when the antibody tests roll out and become broadly used. This also gives me huge hope that society can reopen the second half of this year and future outbreaks will not be nearly as catastrophic. Just some more speculating because that’s how I deal…
Starting to think about my kid’s 6th birthday coming up. He’s really into the planets right now. Any specific gift recommendations for that interest? He’s not really into rockets or astronauts, just the planets. We already have a solar system puzzle and a bunch of books. Google search didn’t produce anything else super compelling, but thought I’d ask the wise folks here. (I can’t believe there aren’t Lego planet kits?? Just astronaut type ones or Star Wars as far as I can tell).
Can you all share any recommendations you have for under-$10 craft or art or activity kits that a 6 year old can do without help? The sticker book featured last week was awesome, so more along those lines would be great.
We got the Melissa and Doug tape/cutting practice books, more of the sticker-puzzle books, and I just bought a bunch of new markers and paints for general art. We also typically like the Alex craft kids, though those can be more adult-necessary.
Any other brands/sources y’all would recommend that I’m missing?
I’m sick. And I’d be shocked if it isn’t Covid-19 – fever and cough. I’m not high risk, and it’s under control with Tylenol, so I’m not someone they’ll test at this point. That’s fine – I’m not complaining about not being tested. But I am frustrated because we’ve been sheltering at home for 3 weeks now even though my rural Midwest state doesn’t require it. I’ve gone to the grocery store once a week and been super careful. I WFH full time anyway. I suppose it is possible that DH or kiddo were an asymptomatic carrier instead of me picking it up when I was out. It’s just really frustrating to do everything right and still be sick. And I worry about keeping my family safe. Mainly I’m mentioning it here, because we’re not telling anyone until way after the fact unless absolutely necessary, and I feel the need to vent about it.
Baby screamed all the way through my 9 am call this morning… I do not know how we’re going to keep doing this.
My daughter is starting kindergarten this fall. I admittedly have just been letting preschool get her “kindergarten ready.” We read at home a lot and do artwork, but I haven’t done much else. However, now that she’s out of preschool for who knows how long, what should I realistically be doing at home? I went on Pinterest and nearly cried from frustration because everything is really hands-on (duh) and I am not sure how to make that work while I’m working.
I feel guilty because we also have a kid in elementary, so all our academic energy and focus has gone into making sure he’s keeping up.
(As an aside, what we are doing now — working, homeschooling, parenting — is really not sustainable. The depths of my despair this weekend were really something. I just don’t know how long I can realistically do this.)
My department at work has been having weekly check-in calls. This week we were supposed to switch to zoom. I was apparently the only person who dialed in via audio only this morning, and when big boss said something passive aggressive, I just decided to have no filter and flat out said, “I am breastfeeding right now. I am not turning on video.” There was this awkward silence and he muttered something and moved on.
Victory? I guess?
I’m looking for some chores for my soon to be 5 year old. Feeding the dog, sweeping/swiffer/dry mop the floor, set the table, clear her place at the table, make her bed, put her clothes away are things we’ve thought about; any other suggestions?