Makeup & Beauty Monday: “Maine Character Energy” Nail Polish
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For summer pedicures, I like bright, bold polish like this orangey-pink from Olive & June.
This “lobster red” shade is a Maine vacation in a bottle. Like all of Olive & June’s long-lasting polish, this one delivers a shiny gel-like finish (no lamp needed) for up to 10 days. It’s also free of 15 questionable ingredients found in other polishes.
This polish is $9.00.
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This may be too late to post today, but here goes. How do I decide if it’s time to move on from a job and possibly even leave the workforce? My local gov job is in-office and I work around 45-50 hours a week, with no long-term option to reduce my hours and no good options for upward mobility. My kids are 5 and 2.5. I have heard that it is more rewarding to step back in one’s career when the kids are slightly older (like both in elementary school) but it *feels* to me that right now is the time to move on.
I’m decently compensated and bring in around 40% of our HHI… we have an expensive mortgage but we could absolutely survive on my husband’s take-home pay. I have been looking around for job opportunities that are either part-time or remote, or something that would be more fulfilling or exciting to me. I live in Small Town, USA and my expertise is relatively niche, so I don’t know how long I’d have to wait for the right job to come up… could be years. I am considering leaving the workforce for a few years, or taking a paycut for a job with more remote options… but really I just feel pulled to spend more time with my kids and family.
PLITK loud pop-up ads for “New US Bank Smartly Visa Signature Card” on both the moms’ site and the main site. I am using Safari on a Mac.
My sister is 8 years older than me. Growing up she was pretty mean to me, and it affected my self-esteem, things that I am still unpacking as a 40-year old. I married someone who talks to me the same way and am just now realizing the way he talks to me is not normal or ok. Sister has a son who is 13 and she talks to him in a similar way to how she talked to me. Not quite as mean (e.g. she doesn’t use the phrase “shut up” to him), but still not very kind. An example is when she asks a question and it isn’t obvious who she is asking, and her son starts to answer, and she snaps back “I wasn’t talking to you!” Or when he drops the yogurt he was eating on a rug, and she snaps “What is wrong with you? Clean that up! Faster!” There’s countless examples but these are two recent ones. I know that thirteen year old boys can be immature and still need a lot of guidance and may be jerks, but I don’t want my nephew to deal with the self-esteem issues I have had. He is quiet and introverted and mopey, and some of that is typical teenage boy stuff and personality, but I think at least some of that is because of my sister being unreasonably harsh on him. Do I talk to her about this?
My 3 year old moved to a big girl bed recently and suddenly last night got out of bed and wandered into our room. First of all, TERRIFYING to be woken up by what I thought was the ghost of a small Victorian child saying “hi, mama. I missed you!”, haha. Secondly, I am not sure what this means for safety proofing the house. We also have a 9 month old, so everything is “baby-proofed” but my husband was worried she might try to open up the doors to out house and wander outside. She has never even remotely tried something like that and I don’t think she can physically unlock the front and back doors, but you can never be too careful I guess. Has anyone tried any additional security methods on doors? I’ve heard about placing a deadbolt on the door where the toddler can’t reach, but I imagine that would be an issue if we had a fire or accident in the home and a firefighter or EMT was trying to enter the home. Maybe I am overthinking it…Thank you in advance!
I feel responsible for DS (almost 5) being an extremely picky eater. DS is tired and cranky after being in preschool all day and doesn’t want to eat what I make for dinner, he just wants to eat snacks (Goldfish, graham crackers, etc). I am tired too and don’t want to give him even more issues with food, so I let him eat whatever he wants. He doesn’t eat a single fruit or vegetable, and doesn’t eat meat anymore either. (His main source of protein is milk and yogurt.). He won’t touch smoothies or even juice. So far his growth is normal, though he is very iron deficient so he has to take an iron supplement. We have been going to OT for feeding therapy, but haven’t made much progress because we haven’t been implementing the techniques at home (playing with food, spitting it out into a trash can, tongue exercises). It’s hard to find a good time to do it because he doesn’t seem ready to learn new skills at breakfast or dinner. Nourishing your child seems like a parent’s basic responsibility, and I’ve failed.
Today is the last day of school (1st grade) and I COMPLETELY forgot a gift for our teacher. In case there’s anyone else out there falling short, you’re in good company. Here’s hoping I can somehow get her personal email to send a highly impersonal e-gift card or leave something for her at the school? WWYD? I don’t think I can get her something by tomorrow (assuming she reports for another day or two for clean out?).
Are any of you swim parents? As in competitive year round? DD has really taken to summer swim team and I think she’d be interested in doing more swimming, but it sounds like during the school year most teams practice four days a week, which is too much for us in early elementary! Is swim a sport you typically pick up later? Maybe that explains the four days a week? Or I just need to decide if we would want to commit? I’m very confused – I’m used to thinks like recreational vs travel soccer, but swim seems like there’s one level during the year and it’s just very intense and busy!
My twins’ beloved daycare teacher, an immigrant here on an asylum petition from a Central American country, pulled me aside this morning. She was in a fender bender and received a citation in the mail. She’s worried sick about immigration consequences. I’m a lawyer but do not do immigration work. I advised her to contact a lawyer ASAP and compiled a short list for her of attorneys to call.
It’s put a big damper on my morning and I’m so sad that this incredibly wonderful woman is going through this.
Wish my maga mil could have been deported to a different planet for her fender bender a few years ago.
We are looking at “big kid furniture” for our 3.5 year old as he outgrows his nursery furniture (sob) — a twin bed, dresser, and bookshelf. We want items that will age with him through the teenage years but don’t necessarily need it to last beyond that. Is IKEA the best bet? Any other recommendations? Other possibly relevant details: His room is pretty big for a kid’s room so the furniture does not need to be compact. And I am a sucker for midcentury.
hope everyone had a nice weekend! i posted last week about my 7 year old daughter skin picker asking if people thought i should be pursuing help for her, and i guess DH and I tried to stop her (always nicely) a few too many times yesterday bc in the evening she was sobbing that she doesn’t like herself and that we shouldn’t love her bc she skin picks and that she misses directions and “can’t be the best version of herself” (not sure where she got that verbiage from, though i’m guessing from school or from a book. she is the kind of kid who reads something once and then it becomes part of her vocabulary). it was heartbreaking. i’m going to reach out to our pediatrician for some suggestions, but if anyone else has been through something similar with a 7 year old, i’m open to any advice/support.