Makeup & Beauty Monday: Pebble Bath & Shower Oil
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When I travel for business, one thing I love to do is draw a bath. These bath pebbles will take my hotel soak to the next level.
This solid bath and shower oil contains cocoa butter, baobab oil, and citric acid to hydrate and exfoliate your skin. Just add warm water and the pebbles will foam up — you can even use them in the shower by gently rubbing them against your skin. This is also a Clean + Planet Positive at Sephora product.
Kate McLeod’s Pebble Bath & Shower Oil is $38 at Sephora. It comes in “breath” (eucalyptus) and “sleep” (lavender).
Sales of note for 5/14/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty Deals up to 25% off (ends 5/17)
- Ann Taylor – Suit Yourself! 30% off suiting (ends 5/16) + 25% off your full price purchase (ends 5/18) + extra 60% off sale (ends 5/14)
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off sale + $1 shipping on all orders
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off long-weekend styles + 50% off select swim and coverups
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100+ + extra 20% off $125+
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off all markdowns (ends 5/18) + 30% off dresses, skirts, accessories, and shoes
My local mom is very socially awkward and I’m having a hard time with the fact that she’s spending an increasing amount of time with my kids’ teachers, friends and other moms/grandmas as the kids get older. She’s a wonderful grandma and my children adore her, but she seems to have a hard time following and participating in the flow of normal conversation and often makes comments that are self-centered and off-topic, bringing the conversation to an awkward standstill. She’s been like this her whole life, it’s not an age-related issue. These comments frequently come across as one-upping or braggy, even though I don’t know that it’s her intent. A recent example: in a discussion a couple moms were having about challenges finding and keeping reliable baby-sitters, she said to one of my kids”oh [kid] you NEVER have to have a babysitter because you have your grandparents available to babysit all the time!” It’s true, but it was tone deaf to say at that moment and was also weird to address the kid directly, since the kids were present but weren’t really part of the conversation. It’s like she doesn’t understand that staying silent is an option if you don’t have anything pertinent to say! I don’t expect her to be a social butterfly, and am hardly one myself, but her behavior really stands out, and I’m worried it’s going to start impacting my kids socially. But I don’t know what to do — she’d be really hurt if I started not letting her come to things, especially because we live in a very multi-cultural community and a lot of our kids’ close friends have similarly involved grandmas. But most of those grandmas are non-native English speakers who are quiet and keep to themselves and my mom is the opposite. Anyone been in a situation like this and have any advice?
For those of you with kids who have multiple recitals in a weekend, do you attend all of them?
My kids are in ballet and have three performances of the nutcracker over a weekend (plus the dress rehearsal). I got tickets to one performance but now am feeling like maybe I’m supposed to go to all of them? I will be there for drop off pick up, but the show is two hours long and fists $35 per ticket. Do list parents sit in the audience for all performances in a series? I feel bad if they’re among the few without someone watching them in all three but also seems a little extra to go to all three… what do you do?
my 4 year-old is becoming more picky than before with his eating – he refuses any food that’s combined (think pizza, stews etc), which I know can be a normal developmental thing, but now he is rejecting food he used to love, and didn’t replace it with anything – pasta is becoming challenging, and he refuses any sort of sauces in them, avocadoes are a big no, etc Essentially, if left to his own device, he would eat only proteins, with a big of cucumber and sometimes grapes thrown in, his weight in grated cheese, and sometimes raw carrots.
He is becoming quite constipated (not surprisingly), so I need to gind a way to get him to eat more veggies. Any tip? i’m thinking I’ll try lentils pasta, but otherwise I’m at a loss…
How do you handle interactions between bigger kids and your much younger kid in a shared play space? I took my 2.5 yo to a children’s museum this weekend and I really had a hard time with it. Even in the dedicated toddler areas, there’d be older kids blasting past my kid, who’s not as physically adept on the walkways, or taking up a whole part of a pathway for hide and seek so my kid’s left there waiting for them to move, and my kid is just not aggressive or pushy and still can’t tell people to move even if she were comfortable doing so. Do I ask them to move? Do I let my kid learn how to deal with it on her own? Am I just overanxious? She’s an only child and doesn’t roughhouse that much at home but she does go to daycare.
calling my fellow new puppy parents.
what’s your schedule with your pup during working hours? ours is about 4 months old (rescue) and he’s sleeping through the night in his crate or waking up once to go out overnight.
before getting a puppy, I had a fantasy that he would just hang out with me while I WFH in my office upstairs. I quickly learned that he is a handful and also does not do stairs. I don’t want to reach him to do the stairs because it’s nice to have so much of the house off limits. I’ve been crating him for 2-3 hours in the morning, taking him on a walk, and then letting him stay out of the crate for 2-3 hours in the afternoon and finishing my workday on my laptop on the main floor. it’s going fine but… just fine. I’m paranoid about him interrupting meetings I am going to need to be putting more hours in during normal business hours. (I have been working a lot in the early AM when my husband is still home).
what are your schedules?
Ok, another post. Clearly in a mood :)
I’ve made A DECISION. DS #2 turns 3 very soon…and with everything we have going on through year-end, I’ve decided not to attempt potty training until the new year. I don’t know why I feel guilt, as DS #1 was potty trained “late” – between 3.25-3.5, but I do so I’m posting it here to absolve myself of it! I’ll offer the potty, etc. but not doing any type of 3-day method or anything until I can actually find the mental space and time.
I was talking to a colleague-friend who has a kid a few months younger than my DS #2 and we were discussing potty training/her kid (their preschool…considers 2+ “late”…no idea what’s going on there), and she was like “YES! Except for #2. Oh, and he still has #1 accidents! But he’s in underwear and does ask to go!” – so maybe it’s better I’m avoiding this situation for now?
For those celebrating, what does your Thanksgiving look like this year?
We are hosting a smaller get together – us 4 + my mom and brother. We do a mix of restaurant/bakery bought items and homemade. None of us love turkey (or the leftovers) so our main this year is BBQ brisket :) We will be eating on festive paper plates. Friday evening I’m getting together with girl friends, and sometime this weekend we will decorate for Christmas and move DS #2 into a toddler bed (he’s 1 month shy of 3…like many others here, we just kinda keep what works for as long as possible :)).
We’re hosting a bigger get together with extended family next weekend, as some are out of town this weekend, or hosting their own smaller TGs the day-of, and that will 100% be catered.
Asking for a friend, really ;). Mom works a few hours a week, and 4 month old just screams at Dad the whole time. Dad is plenty hands-on in general, and always had the magic touch with their first and with other babies. If you were the mom or dad, what would you do?
At what age do kids stop whining? Asking for a friend :)
Ooh, these look lovely. I don’t love baths but our good shower has been broken since September (4 more weeks…). I’ve been taking more baths because electric showers are the WORST- like someone gently spraying you with lukewarm water. But some dummy put a bright light right above where your head goes in the bath – so I’ve been bathing by candlelight.