Makeup & Beauty Monday: Shape Tape Contour Concealer
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I’m always on the hunt for the perfect concealer — opaque coverage (but not cakey or dry), a perfect match for my skin tone (especially for my undertones), and versatile (it needs to work for both my under-eye circles and periodic acne).
Tarte’s Shape Tape Contour Concealer might be it. This bestseller features a full coverage formula, lasts 16 hours, and offers crease-proof and waterproof wear. It brightens under the eyes, and smooths and blurs away the appearance of fine lines. It also comes in a wide range of shades and undertones so you can find the perfect match.
I may be ready to believe the hype!
This concealer is $30 at Ulta Beauty.
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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Good morning from preschool quarantine number five! This McSweeneys piece was perfection. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-yellow-wallpaper-ii-the-gothic-tale-of-female-madness-updated-for-women-in-2022-with-unvaccinated-children-under-five
Happy Lunar New Year’s Eve to anyone celebrating. (It’s a big deal in my household and we’re doing our darnedest to make it special for the kids despite quarantine.)
How long did the four month sleep regression last for you all and how did it end? Baby hit it a few weeks early and she is too young to sleep train. I plan to Ferber at five months but that’s 7 weeks away
Is there a reliable source for what skincare is pregnancy safe? I’m finding a lot of conflicting info online. I’m not doing retinol, but a lot of my natural stuff probably has essential oils in them and I’m confused as to whether that’s OK.
Will be flying with a two year old soon and trying to decide whether to bring a stroller. Don’t expect to need one much at our destination, so it would really just be for the airport. And the only stroller we already have is a bulky jogging stroller, so I’d rather not bring that and would probably want to buy something lighter. Thoughts?
WWYD
I got a text this AM from the mom of one of my 2nd grader’s buddies saying her babysitter cancelled and could her kid, A, come over after school. My gut reaction was like, wtf lady, do I look like your babysitter?
Relevant info:
1. I don’t know the mom very well at all. She didn’t couch it with any kind of pleasantries, either, like “omg so sorry to have to ask but…” or “i know this is super last minute but…”
2. Our kids are not best friends; they did an aftercare thing together in kindergarten and have gone to each others’ birthday parties, but are not like, constantly over each others houses.
3. She is divorced, recently had to restart her career, and has two older (older) kids that are, from what I understand, fairly difficult.
4. My kid has been invited to A’s house, once, and went. I didn’t like the situation and would not allow my kid to have a sleepover there and decided if invited again, i’d find a way to decline (there are two older brothers, a poorly trained dog that jumps/nips, a mom that seems super flakey and things are HIGHLY unsupervised).
5. It would be very easy to have her over today. They are on the same bus and one of my other kids has an activity right near A’s house, so I could drop her off on the back end (I do not for a second believe A’s mom will pick her up on time based on every time they’ve done something together ever!).
6. She is not a difficult kid to have over
7. I have a crapload of work to get done today, but if I’m being honest, I won’t get anything done during the time she’d be here anyway.
I feel like there’s no reason to say no other than I’m super annoyed at how I was asked. Suck it up?
Hi all – my SO and I have decided it’s time to ttc! Very excited. I’m early 30s and a senior associate at a small firm (no attorney has ever gone on maternity leave to my knowledge in the history of the firm so I’m guessing there isn’t a policy? We don’t have HR). I want to ask this wise hive if I should do any planning before ttc i.e. daycare v nanny, hospitals to give birth at, maternity leave, money stuff etc. any advise is appreciated! I’m in RI if anyone has any advise specific to my area.
Or am I way ahead of myself and should wait on these things until later down the line.
+ 1. I’d absolutely say yes to this. There have been times when I’ve been this mom (although I hope I’ve always couched it with pleasantries), and I so appreciate the friends, neighbors, parents-of-kids’-friends who have helped when I was in a bind.
Also, I find it is no extra work, and actually LESS work for me to have a kid’s friend over because they entertain each other and leave me alone. 2nd graders don’t need close supervision, in my opinion.
Welp, turns out there have been ~5 COVID+ cases in my son’s pre-K class, and the administration just never told us; found out through other parents. All the families did what was needed (pulled kids out, didn’t return until COVID- test). Pro is that we haven’t had to deal with spotty childcare, and I guess we’ve all definitely been exposed now…? I’m officially throwing my hands up in the air.
Has anyone tried any of the one-size-fits-many jeans out there? Good American, Frame, etc.? Thoughts? Are they actually as magical as advertised?
Favorite brands? I’m trying to balance staying power vs. how difficult it’ll be to remove.
Anyone planning anything fun related to the Olympics with their kids?
Does anyone have a kid who doesn’t like swimming or even playing in water at all? My daughter always got hysterical when we tried to take her in pools as an infant and toddler. Last summer (age 3.5) we took her to lots of kiddie pools/zero entry pools to try to get her acclimated to water gradually. She would get in the water when we coaxed her, to a point, but was always asking to get out and just play on the side of the pool. Perhaps it’s a sensory thing, although she does seem to enjoy playing in the bath once we get her into it and she really likes water tables. She’ll be 4.5 this summer and I’m not sure what to do…just keep taking her to pools and begging her to wade in the water? Force her into swim lessons at some point? I think peer pressure would probably help, but at the same time she would probably just spend the entire swim lesson crying so it doesn’t seem fair to the instructor and other kids. I guess I’m not sure how to balance “kids are unique people and don’t all have to like the same things” with “swimming is an essential life skill that everybody needs to learn.”
What’s the minimum spacing between maternity leaves in your opinion? Esp for big law. There’s been talk on the main site of first pregnancies + new jobs, curious what people think about second pregnancy at the same job.
For anyone running small businesses out there, we just “ported” (aka moved) our number to a Zoom number. Relatively easy and saved us so much monthly. Just an FYI!