Makeup & Beauty Monday: Pedi-Glass Stone

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There are a few self-care/personal grooming experiences that I definitely miss — eyebrow threading and pedicures are probably the top two. For me, pedicures weren’t just to make my toenails and feet look nice; they represented self-indulgent “me time” and completely unplugging from life. Unfortunately, right now I can’t tap into that part of the experience, but I can try to keep up with some of the mechanics of keeping my feet nice, especially since I plan on wearing sandals every day. This pumice stone gets good reviews and has a rough side for foot calluses and a smoother side for elbows and knees. I like the idea of keeping it in the shower and using it at the end, after my feet have been in the water for a while. The stone is $7 and currently has a “buy 1, get 1 40% off” deal at Ulta.com. Pedi-Glass Stone 

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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)

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Anyone have a recommendation for a foam playmat for babies? And is there an advantage to the interlocking tiles over the single mat? It seems like it would be more work for not a lot of gain.

This is one of those ones that’s personal for me, so I would definitely address. Might not do it in the moment, because I’d be shocked, but wouldn’t let it go unaddressed.

The other thing I found when speaking with coworkers is that often multiple people on the call/in the room are uncomfortable with things that are said, but are hoping someone else will speak up. I try to speak up on behalf of those individuals.

I have said something like, “Two of my team members are secular Muslims. I hope you don’t think [racist thing person said] about them.” (or whatever is appropriate if the comment was about homosexuality or disabled individuals, etc) That turns it back around on the individual who made the comment to think about how it actually sounds.

A colleague used the r-word (the one that was an insult on the playground when I was growing up in the 80s) and I am pretty upset about it. It was on a call with our team and I didn’t respond in the moment because, frankly, I was pretty shocked. Should I just bring this up with her directly? I know it will result in a 45 minute phone call from her which I’m dreading. But I also feel like I need to say that this doesn’t fly when you’re over 40 years old in 2020 and at work. Come on.

Anyone else have a kid prone to bloody noses? For the past year our 2yo has one probably once or twice a month. Sometimes at night (despite having a humidifier in his room during the winter) and sometimes during the day. The pediatrician seemed unfazed when we told her so I’m not super worried, but…does this ever stop?

My kids (rising second graders) and I are reading the Little House series, and I’m doing a lot of on-the-fly editing and annotating of offensive/outdated/insensitive language. I’d love to also read them a few books that could help them learn about Native American culture and history. Any recommendations? I’ve stumbled across some on the culture piece, but not much that seems age-appropriate on the history piece. Thanks!

I’m very privileged to have this concern, but does anyone else feel like the pandemic combined with child care issues and job insecurity as a result of the pandemic and now the news about the protests is more than they can manage. I live in an area that is a hotspot and that is having violent protests. I’m perfectly safe where I am. I was only just managing before and now I think I’m just not.

I wanted to say thank you to everyone in this community for being open about their use of daycare during this time. I’m in a state where daycares are still closed and made the tough decision to use the essential worker backup care. I understand there is a risk to sending my LO, but the toll it was taking on my family to try and manage without full time care was really breaking me. I feel like there is such a stigma to not being able to handle it all yourself (even if one of you has to be out of the home) and I wanted to let others who are considering know that it’s ok to ask for help. The essential worker care in my state (and one other where I spoke to a friend about it first) is very under-utilized, so not only are there very few kids but the process was incredibly simple. The director was so compassionate I nearly cried several times while speaking with her. I’m feeling very grateful today we have this option and that I pursued it despite feeling like a failure initially. Hugs to any of you making these tough choices right now as well.

Day care is reopening in NJ 6/15!!! I’m so happy I literally cried.