Makeup & Beauty Monday: Photo Finish Smooth & Blur Oil-Free Foundation Primer
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This has been my primer of choice for years — it’s like Zoom’s touch-up feature, but IRL.
This primer from Smashbox smoothes and blurs your complexion while locking in your makeup. It feels lightweight, is oil-free, and contains antioxidants to protect your skin. I find I can often skip setting powder with it.
It even keeps my makeup looking fresh under my mask.
Smashbox Photo Finish Smooth & Blur Oil-Free Foundation Primer is $38 for one ounce at Sephora.
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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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
When/how did you decide about timing of kid #2?
Pre-kids we talked about trying again when our first was 9 months so they’d be 18+ months apart. Reasons being: we want them close in age, I’m advance maternal age, we definitely want a 2nd, we weren’t ruling out #3.
We’re now coming up on that time frame. We think we’re more likely to be 2 and done (but aren’t 100% sure). My last pregnancy was thankfully uncomplicated, but kind of sucked due to nausea and fatigue. Delivery went well. We lucked out and #1’s been a great baby. I’m just not sure if I feel ready yet (but am also not sure if I’ll ever feel ready).
How’s everyone doing? Daycare is closed due to quarantine and LO and I have covid. I may have actually reached a breaking point. I feel so lonely in this, even knowing so many parents are going through it (or worse).
Thought this community would appreciate this. https://twitter.com/jenniheissel/status/1482015945480544256
????? over here.
Daily COVID WWYD. My sister-in-law was in town for the weekend (came here Saturday, stayed with us), tested positive on a Binax on Sunday (extremely faint line, but we are counting this as a positive) and negative on PCR on Friday. Has a sore throat since Friday. Kids saw her all weekend. One kids is vaccinated, the other one is not (under 5). No kids have symptoms. Sister in law is isolating in the house now in one room (delayed her flight back) since Sunday. How long do I keep both from school? Would it be a terrible idea to test to go to school daily with Binax (or even schedule PCR) after ~3+ days of exposure, at least for my vaccinated child? What if one of us or her husband who is here too tests positive? DO I kick them out to an apartment to avoid quarantine (we are in a place where we can easily throw $$ at the problem but they are not so it may be awkward to offer to pay?).
Also any ideas on how to survive with this many people, other than noon martinis??? SO much cooking and cleaning and childcare and both my spouse and I have very intense jobs.
Anyone here who experienced precipitous labor (under 3 hours)? If so, what were any subsequent births like? I had precipitous labor with #1 (about 2 hours of labor total) and am due with #2 in 10 weeks. I see my OB on Thursday and am considering asking for an induction, but would love some anecdata about others’ experiences.
My 3 year old could play with Play Doh for hours. But man is it messy! I’m always finding little bits in the rug or dried up everywhere. And my kids like to mix colors so we only give them one or two playdohs at a time. Do any kids out there actually keep the colors intact like they show on the picture?!
And that’s my Play Doh rant of the day.
Very minor complaint in the grand scheme of things, but my kids won’t eat casseroles or crock pot meals or anything that seems to be a ‘oh! I can make this whole meal ahead’ scenario.
They eat veggies and adore foods like hummus… but I’m really frustrated that the meals like ‘kid friendly chicken ranch crockpot meal!’ get a big old ‘NOPE’. My mom is kind of being a jerk about it… which is particularly annoying considering she catered to my picky eating dad and sister for YEARS. I wasn’t allowed to cook eggs because my sister complained about the smell. And what’s really funny is… my mom does the same things and NOPEs right out of crock pot meals. She is the queen of complaining that it’s mushy.
Bless my husband, his mom is a total 1950’s cook, so shredded something with cream of something with carb is his jam.
Today’s rant comes from a failed attempt at making my life easier. Commiseration?
Do you ever find it exhausting to exist in the world as a woman / parent? Just got mom shamed by 3 women, who based on their location were likely moms themselves, for daring to cycle my kid from nursery, lit up like a Christmas tree, cycling sedately
on a shared use path. Because I was endangering my child and “might hit a dog”. Like I like how on the transport hierarchy, my child and I are definitely below dogs…I love dogs, I don’t want to run over dogs, help me do that by using glow collars and leads if your dog is likely to jump at me.