Makeup & Beauty Monday: Lip Glowy Balm

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LANEIGE - Lip Glowy Balm

Thanks to free samples from Sephora, I’m hooked on Laneige lip products. This lip balm would be a welcome addition to my makeup bag for spring.

Laneige’s Lip Glowy Balm has shea and murumuru seed butters to moisturize and nourish. The long-lasting hydration will soften winter-chapped lips while the subtle tint adds a hint of glossy color for spring. 

This lip balm is $19 at Sephora and comes in four fun shades.

Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
  • Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
  • J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
  • J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
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Potty training question/reassurance. My DS is 3.25, we started potty training in Mid-Jan. He’s doing pretty good overall, although on weekends when we’re on the move getting him to pee before leaving is sometimes tough (he’s not as motivated by Daniel Tiger, maybe that’ll change with time – so we use other motivators – “it’s time to go eat pancakes, let’s pee so we can leave!”). During nap and overnight he’s in a pull-up, which is fine with me.

I think he still has a few #1 accidents at school a week – not quite daily. School is happy to deal with this. It’s usually when he’s super into some puzzles/a toy or they are outside. Anyone else have kids with this experience, any any advice to help him, or is it just a let them handle it/let-it-be type thing?

Also, he will need to go when we’re in public places, and won’t want to sit on the toilet. He’s fine at our house, at my parents’ house – both places where he a his potty insert. I’m wondering if it’s even worth trying one of the travel inserts. Since DS #1 was trained during the COVID years, we weren’t going anywhere and this was not an issue. Thoughts?

I am picking my kids up from school towards the beginning of the eclipse. Should I just come with glasses for them (I only have 2) and not stare at the sun myself? I am trying to figure out how to play this safe! Or pull out of school early?

So a friend just sprang her Late August wedding in Ireland on us. (I thought it would be where she lives in North America). I know it is last minute to book London / Ireland, but what would you do in Ireland with a 6 year old?
Wedding is in a smaller town near the middle. How many days would you spend in Ireland? THANK YOU

** yes – this is short notice, but her entire family is in Ireland, and i have the luxury to pay for the flights if i so please. I love this friend dearly and a good excuse for a family adventure. Currently thinking start with ~5 days in London (Tower of London? Hop on / Hop off, St. James? Premier League? Parks galore? Harry Potter? Natural History? Changing of the Guard obviously tons to do)

My son changed classrooms at daycare, and I’m concerned that after a couple months he still isn’t acting like himself in the new room. His behavior in the previous classroom was very similar to behavior at home: lots of running and jumping, but also good focus on quiet activities. And also constant chatter; at home he’s using sentences, and probably 500-1000 words.

When I see him in the new classroom, at pickup and occasional midday visits, he is often laying on the couch doing nothing. His language seems to have regressed to only using “I want” and “no”. The teachers seem satisfied because he’s fairly obedient and doesn’t cry. But to me it seems clear he’s not thriving.

Any ideas how I can help him? Moving to a different daycare isn’t a good option–this is by far the cleanest, safest place in town, and by far the most convenient.

I suppose my mood is 95% driven by being back at work after a very relaxing family vacation and my kid being back at daycare… but does anyone else not get the eclipse hype? The whatsapp parent group for my kid’s daycare had multiple messages about whether anyone was taking their kids out to see the eclipse (btw- they’re all 4 years old), annoyed that the school wasn’t going to do a special eclipse event, how many pairs of eclipse glasses people had…. We don’t live in a city that is the direct path of the eclipse or anything.

I suppose for me this is just is one of those things that doesn’t “stick” in my brain. I’ll see a report about the eclipse/someone will mention something and then 4 second later I’ve forgotten about it. I was unaware that people made such a big deal about it. That’s all (and also I don’t think the daycare teachers want to deal with a lot of 4 year olds accidentally looking at the sun/taking off the special glasses). I hope everyone who wants to see the eclipse gets to do whatever one does with the eclipse.

A friend wants to do a beach trip to Florida this summer (driving from Texas). I’ve never been to Florida: what’s your favorite beach? We have five kids between us: ages 3-7. PS I know it’s super late to make these plans but she just sprang this on me.

Any recent reports from delivering at baby-friendly hospitals? I just found out that my local hospital where I planned to deliver has that designation and I’m disappointed. I’ve only heard negative things about how mothers are treated, especially if they plan to use formula or want to get an hour of sleep with the baby at the nursery. I know the data show that those behaviors can be safety risks as well. Any anecdata for me?