Splurge or Save Thursday: Bio:Renew Hydrating Hair Mask
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Summer has done a number on my hair — a combination of the sun’s rays and pool chlorine, along with postponed haircuts, have left my hair parched.
About once a week, I use this deep conditioning treatment from Herbal Essences — it smooths and softens my hair without weighing it down and is sulfate free, paraben free, and cruelty free. Its ingredients also include “real botanicals,” and it’s “90% natural-origin.” On top of that, it’s safe for color and great for those with curly hair as well.
I can also attest to its refreshing, summery scent of coconut, floral, and citrus.
The hair mask is $5.99 at Target. It also comes in coconut milk and aloe.
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
So I’m hearing kids 5-12 should be getting the vaccine in October (maybe earlier?) Curious what others are hearing about timing. Was just looking at the back to school anxiety post from yesterday and my main takeaway is that I want to get my school-aged kids vaccinated asap so if we can just hang in there until then I’ll feel better!
Have an under 5 year old too so it’s not all sunshine and roses post-vaccines either. Hoping we get picked for a trial.
Today I was pumping and jumped on a call. That exact moment, I felt something warm on my leg and looked down… I had gotten totally distracted and my milk was overflowing out of the bottle on one side, onto my leg, the chair, the floor. I was supposed to be leading the call but I just had to be like, “Sorry, I need a minute” and luckily someone else got on who I could pass it off to. I guess shame on me for not paying attention? Also truly hoping that the fabric cleaner I use for pet spills gets the milk out of my fabric office chair.
Our local public health department is planning to require quarantine for exposure indoors and outdoors. I am not clear on how vaccine status plays into that. Has anyone seen evidence of outdoor transmission with delta? I have a few outdoor things I do that I would hate to give up.
I need to buy a birthday gift for my nephew who is turning 1 next month and I’d like to get a water table of some kind. Any recommendations for something fun, at least somewhat durable, and not a total eyesore? Nephew’s dad hates Amazon so ideally it would come from somewhere else :)
I’m 30 weeks pregnant and have reached the point where I go to the OB every two weeks. I have some underlying issues that make me slightly high risk (thyroid, PCOS) but I haven’t had any issues so far. My OB yesterday wrote on the order I should return in four weeks, not two. The receptionist said it’s probably because they’re so busy and overbooked. Am I right to be annoyed about this? I don’t see why my prenatal care should be compromised just because they overbooked themselves. Hire a new doctor or take fewer new patients. I finagled a two week appointment though the receptionist grumbled a bit. This is a major hospital in a large NE city.
Help me teach my kid to be social? My 6 yo will be starting K next week and has always been on the shy side and somewhat introverted. We were at the park for a playdate with a new classmate and she was plenty talkative…. to the girl’s mother. She basically ignored the other girl. One-word answers to questions, didn’t ask any questions of her own, and at one point just wandered to the other end of the playground to play by herself.
I’d noticed that she wasn’t great with new kids before, but yesterday kind of crystallized that this may be an issue. We will role-play conversations at home, but any other tips or techniques that could work? She has friends in her preschool, and does fine on playdates with known kids, it’s really just the making-new-friends aspect that seems tough.
Tips on treating a rash due to drool? My toddler is teething and the drool has caused a rash right below his mouth. We try to keep it dry and clean but so far it’s stuck around for about 2 weeks. I don’t think Aquaphor would be good for this, right?
Aside from the whole COVID thing, I am so excited that school is starting soon! The whole family will be back in a more stable routine. Kiddo will be out of the house for several hours a day, not constantly bugging me and not using up our limited bandwidth for on-line school. Kiddo will be with friends actually learning. I cannot wait.
Just want to say a big “thank you!” to posters here for all the advice fellow moms gave about our transition from a nanny to full time day care and dealing with the change in logistics. The tip about “have one parent responsible for packing lunch, and one parent responsible for backpack/refilling diapers/extra clothes at school (or whatever you need to provide at school” was brilliant and I never would have thought of that.
DH and I had a conversation about these tasks and have divided the responsibilities along our preferences. We’re only a week in, but so far so good!
Covid sucks, you guys…we were supposed to see my in-laws this weekend and were at the ferry terminal when they announced all return sailings would be cancelled due to a positive covid case on the return boat crew. The ferry was boarding but there was no guarantee we’d get back that night. Kiddo had been practicing hugging his grandma… he had silent tears running down his face and asking “daddy can go and talk to the captain and ask him to please bring us back!”
Grandmas 1 and 2 are coming for a visit in early September and my mom in late September, but I don’t think we’ll do the countdown until they are on the train/plane as it was just too sad.
I need easy school lunch ideas. My kids like variety, so I can’t go with PB&J every single day. Things that will work 1x per week: cheese and crackers, yogurt, and my oldest will do a salad. What are other easy lunch ideas? (I have one kid with Celiac’s and the other who is gluten intolerant, so school lunches are a non-starter.) And yes, they help pack their school lunches, but I seem to need to be the idea machine.
Just got back from vacation and I’m wholly unprepared for the school year to start. We have a week left – do you have any best practice tips for getting your household ready for the school year? Our schedule has been unmoored with summer camps and travel and I feel like the house is a disaster of camp art projects and half filled luggage that’s still waiting to be unpacked. Add three kids who haven’t seen the inside of a classroom since last year. I need a checklist! Help!
Does anyone have the Crayola masks and can comment on whether they’re worth the price? I’m willing to pay the price if they fit well (looking for a 7yo). So very tired of finding masks that fit well, but I’m grateful that our district requires them for K-6.
Can I just get a gut check – how often is is normal for a 2.5 year old in daycare to bump their head (we get an incident report usually every couple weeks, but in the last couple days she’s bumped her head three times – they send us a picture each time and give her an icepack) and to have minor bruises on their knees/shins? They spend a lot of time outside on the jungle gym so I’m guessing it’s normal but I hate seeing my baby with bruises/bumps :(
I just need to vent. Being a working mom with a baby is really hard! I work in a fairly accommodating office but most of my peers are childless and management is at least 15 yrs removed from my life stage. I can’t help but feel like I have to work 2x as hard to prove my worth, feel bad for taking a sick day because my child is sick, or advocate for more WFH because I am a better employee when I don’t have to stress about public transit delays making me late to pickup from daycare.
Is the trick to just carry on with my life and not feel bad? Fwiw it’s a new job and so they don’t know me pre-baby.