Makeup & Beauty Monday: Perfecting Spray
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In the past few months, I’ve been seeing Living Proof on sale, and I finally bit the bullet on trying a few when there was a promotion where you spend a certain amount and get a free full-size product. To get to that amount, I bought this spray and have been using it after the shower ever since.
It’s a little hard to describe exactly what it is — it’s like a hybrid detangler, lightweight leave-in conditioner, and heat protectant. It makes it super easy to brush my hair when it’s wet, and I notice a lot less frizz and more shine whether I heat dry/style or even when I air dry. It has lasted a long time so far and I’ll definitely repurchase when empty.
The spray is $29 at livingproof.com. Perfecting Spray
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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Hi All! Any ideas for an anniversary gift for my husband? Our 15th is later this month. Pre-Covid (and fires), we were going to be thousands of miles away in Napa celebrating. But now we’ll be home, business as usual. I’d really like to get him a special, above-average gift. But I am coming up way short on ideas. Any suggestions? Thank you!
Best baby socks for chubby ankles? It seems like the only socks I have left from my first kid are super tight around second baby’s ankles. Grippy bottoms would be nice, and bonus for cute patterns (I am a sucker for animal faces on baby feet).
Hello — Does anyone have any experience with surgery for strabismus (lazy eye?) Great start to the virtual school year — my daughter’s one eye started turning inward and she is seeing double. Trips to ophthalmologist, then pediatric specialist last week have corrections in place for the double vision. Hopefully it corrects itself, but if we are in this same spot in 6-12 months, surgery is a possibility. Trying not to get ahead of myself, but am concerned.
We also have to have an MRI…she is almost 9. Thoughts on general anesthesia vs sedation?
So over 2020…..
I need to vent. My DD has been doing virtual kindergarten for the first four weeks of school. She had a veteran teacher whom she loved – the one bright spot of this whole situation. They’re returning to alternating in person schedules as of today and she’s sooo excited to be on campus (it’s a private school). We got an email yesterday that her teacher has decided not to teach in person and they will be hiring someone new in the next four weeks. And had to explain this to DD last night. I get why her teacher made the decision but giving us less than 24 hours notice was rough. And kids are resilient, but it makes me so nervous they don’t have a teacher! Pretty sure most have been snapped up by turnover at schools already, and it’s not like they can bring an older teacher out of retirement right now!
For the first time this pandemic, I cried when I saw that email. I’m so tired of bad news and of having to disappoint my five year old, who has the best attitude and just wants to be excited for school.
Last night was the first time she’s told me she’s “scared of the virus.”
Definitely outed myself if I have friends who read this, but this sucks.
I’m having an issue with my four year old. she’s been day-time potty trained for about two years. But she has never been dry at night. ever. and now i think she is stockpiling her pee during the day to load up her pull-up at night. and to top it off, she has something going on now where i make her pee during the day and then five minutes later she shouts “I have to go again” and often dribbles in her underwear. then she will run to the toilet and literally two drops come out.
has anyone experienced this? is it related?
she’s been tested for UTI – nothing. And her pediatrician just shrugged and said “she’s fine. she’ll outgrow it.”
Somewhat frivolous question, but I have a mom and MIL who get all of the their holdiay shopping done by Halloween (i know, i know)- — my LO one will be just about 19 months at Xmas, and each grandma wants to know what we’re doing for a “big gift” for LO this year (LO is the only grandchild on either side). Is a play kitchen a developmentally appropriate, or would that be better for a birthday gift at 2 (which happens at the beginning of June)? My other thoughts were a busy board, and/or one of those PB kids/Crate and Barrel land of nod stuffed arm chairs, however, any thoughts are greatly appreciated!!!
My husband and I took a hard look at our creeping monthly credit card bill and other expenses this weekend and realized we are spending WAY too much on silly, impulse purchases. Part of the problem is that we moved to a bigger house in March and the expenses are just on another level (suddenly we have a sprinkler system and a dishwasher and a bigger yard and a bigger house than needs so much more furniture than we had). And then each month, there has just been some big expense that puts it over the edge (i.e. ear tubes for 1 year old) and we are eating away at our savings. So we are implementing some changes, including: reducing our grocery bill (we are the worst about buying precut fruit and expensive meat for each day and so we’re going to have a couple of meatless nights and cut our fruit ourself), immediately nixing the discretionary amazon, target, and lunch purchases, and putting a budget on “fun” purchases. The good news is we don’t have credit card debt, so if we can just spend less money, we can get back on track pretty quickly.
But..my question – what was the single best thing you have done to spend less money? Would love to hear all your tips.
Sarah Wells outlet sale is today and I have no way of knowing if I’ll ever travel again but I still kinda want to buy something….
Our grocery budget has ballooned out of control during the past couple of months, partly because we’re at home all the time and also because I am buying too many snacks for the kids because they’re home more, too. I feel like I need to reign this in a bit. The prepackaged snacks are definitely a convenience thing because the cooking and dishwashing is nonstop right now, and sometimes I just can’t anymore. I’ve been buying more treat items for all of us because let’s face it, it’s a small hit of joy when you’re not going many places. But this is probably not a good thing for the long term. Any tips for cutting back on nonessential groceries, other than just exercising more self-control? Maybe I need a budget for treats. :)
Apologies in advance if I offend somebody asking parents for advice on dog situation but I think you may have the most experience with this issue parenting humans that I can apply to our situation.
My husband lost his temper on our dog this weekend. He didn’t do anything outrageous like hit it but there was work being done across the street and the dog just wouldn’t stop barking. His reaction really scared the dog. Later, he felt so so so bad and I can tell he still does.
I likewise lost my temper awhile ago on the same dog and had the same super guilty reaction. I remember crying to my husband that the dog didn’t understand why I was suddenly so angry at it and there is no way for me to explain and apologize like I could if I had yelled at my husband instead. I was really beating myself up. My husband said something along the lines of “how do you think parents feel? Every parent loses their temper at some point at their kids and they are often too young to explain it to them.”
I’m having a hard time getting over the sadness from seeing my dog scared when my husband yelled at him. I know my husband is beating himself up, apologized to me, made up with the dog as best as he could (since they obviously don’t understand) so I don’t want to bring it up to him again. I had been taking pictures of the construction equipment outside to send to my nephew and unfortunately caught the moment my poor dog was scared. I know I need to just delete that photo and not look at it again but it just breaks my heart.
Thank you for letting me vent this all here. Parents, how do you stop beating yourself (or your spouse) up when one of you loses your cool on your kid or pet?
Help! Our son just turned two and ever since going back to daycare (nearly a month ago), he’s been a total disaster in the evenings. He’s charming and happy when I pick him up, but once we get to the car it all goes south. Everything is a battle, from getting into his car seat to getting him into the house, to washing his hands. It’s just endless stalling and meltdown after meltdown.
He goes to bed at 7:30 and has been taking decent naps. I’ve tried How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen, but I think he just isn’t quite old enough for the “make a solution together” stuff yet – for whatever reason, it isn’t working.
Is this just my life now?
We are doing this with our old house (which now has a tenant in it), but don’t think we can get any lower on the new house! But a great suggestion. Has anyone experienced issues getting a refinance? I heard there were long wait times as everyone jumps on the new low rates?
HOW.
In the last week, suddenly all the kids’ clothes are too small, too short, etc. I had to run out and buy new shoes because my kid (literally) grew out of this sneakers overnight.
…Part of it is that the seasons have changed so I notice length in pants whereas it wasn’t obvious in shorts. The other thing I’ve noticed is that I haven’t been doing a ‘drop by’ Target and picking up a couple pair of pants for each kid. Likewise, I haven’t just stopped by a sale rack at Old Navy/Baby Gap and grabbed a few long sleeved shirts. I do have some lovely clothes from Hanna and Tea bought on sale, but… really finding that I’m missing some of the more basic ‘leggings and long sleeve t-shirts’ that I used to grab while out and about.
Any tips on how to talk to your boss about workload? I know it’s Covid, they’ve laid staff off, and I don’t want to sound ungrateful. But I feel behind on everything and wake up at night worrying about it. My firm is very old school (and small – I’m not sure who else they can give work to) and think some of my cases are very routine and easy. But, those still take time.
Any solutions for tangled toddler hair? I brush it twice daily but it still gets snarled all the time. The hair feels really coarse – should I be using conditioner? I suspect she really needs a professional haircut but that’s not going to happen any time soon.