Makeup & Beauty Monday: The Jet Set
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I find the easiest way to take my holiday look to the next level is to add a swipe of lipstick. I just bought a few of these universally flattering shades and cannot wait to debut them at my next party.
This collection of three lipsticks includes a statement red, bold pink, and everyday neutral. Wear alone or mix these colors for the perfect shade. These satin lipsticks feature antibacterial Manuka honey; shea butter; and avocado, sunflower, and rosemary oils. Their clean formula marries rich color with nourishing moisture.
Madame Gabriela’s Jet Set lipstick collection is $95. Add a clear lip liner like this (30% off!) to prevent feathering.
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+
My favourite one “Bold Pink”
Gift Rec Needed: What would you get a seven year old girl, who has more of a tinkering style of play – like, a year to do a lego set type of kid. The craft sets I bought, she already has. She loves using her mom’s phone to play games, and really marches to her own beat. This is my niece and I’m stumped!
$160/week for cleaners; $40/week for lawn mowing in season; ~$1,200 biannual yard cleanup/mulching; free grocery delivery (instant cart), ~$1,000/year on services for our fish pond (opening it in the spring, closing it for the winter, occasionally cleaning of filtration system).
We also just hired someone to put up holiday lights on our roofline which my husband would have endangered his life or spent way too much time doing – $500.
We have only hired a sitter twice, we are lucky to have local and local-ish grandparents who will babysit for date nights and the very occasional 1-2 night trip away. When we did hire a sitter (assistant teacher from our preschool), it was $25/hour. While we don’t pay our moms for babysitting, we are pretty generous with them generally (always pay for dinners out, generous holiday/birthday/mother’s day gifts, etc). I don’t view that as a transaction, but we make sure they know they are appreciated.
I am considering looking into some kind of after-school help once our youngest goes to kindergarten next year, but we will also look into aftercare at the school, which is what I did as a kid and didn’t mind. We have always been daycare-not-nanny people and for some reason I hate the idea of having someone taking care of my kids in my own house. Like I feel like I should be doing it if we are all home (one of us is usually working from home every day). I also just don’t like having people in my space (obviously make an exception for the weekly cleaners).
Can we have a thread about all of things that folks hire out to lessen the load? Bonus points if you’ll give an idea of how much it costs and/or where you find the service. Thanks!
I’ve posted a few times now about my 4.5 year old getting in trouble the last 4 to 6 weeks at prek for aggressive behavior, not keeping his hands to himself etc. We have withdrawn from the school and are starting at a new one in January (with only 10 kids and 2 experienced teachers and im really hoping it will help).
if anyone has been through anything similar, do I need to explore therapy for this behavior if it’s related to adhd? I’m so hopeful it’s something related to this environment and large 28 kid class size but I don’t know how to best help him. we talk a lot about it, we role play, we have stickers charts to encourage positive behavior and heap on the praise when he’s doing well but I’m not sure what else to do to best help him.
Where are y’all putting money that your parents give to your kids? My parents give each kids $500 for xmas AND birthdays and it’s adding up – I’d like to invest it, keep it separate from my own accounts, and not have it automatically be theirs at 18 or count against college $ or whatever. Thank you in advance!
Ideas for activities for 2nd grade boys? My son is making a friend at school, his mom had invited us to do something all together but it was during the week affter school when I’m at work; i tried to set upa play date and she didn’t really seem into that (like maybe he doesn’t do playdates in people’s homes? I’ve heard such families exist?) so I’m trying to come up with some kind of fun “outing” for them. Complicating matters he has severe food allergies. any ideas?
Hi everyone – need objective input on timing of a baby shower. I am pregnant with my first and trying to plan my shower for early March when I will be 31 or 32 weeks. I am trying to avoid February since people will be traveling from out of state and the risk of bad weather will be higher. My MIL just informed me she’s got an out of the country vacation planned for early March and doesn’t return until I’m already 33 weeks. I am very nervous about pushing back the baby shower to accommodate her schedule because of the risk of the baby coming early and because I know I will be getting increasingly uncomfortable later in pregnancy. My sibling was born around 32 weeks and suffered from severe disabilities as a result, so I am already primed to be stressed during this period.
I don’t get along well with my MIL and I recognize my health anxiety is based on my personal history, so I need objective input on whether I’m being unnecessarily rigid in refusing to push back the date. FWIW my MIL’s trip is to a country in the Middle East/North Africa and may (probably) end up cancelled anyway due to the ongoing Israel/Palestine conflict, which makes it even harder for me to see her position as reasonable. She does not work and travels frequently, so this is not something that’s been specially planned as a once in a lifetime experience.
Gut check! I picked up a gift tag and the description is exactly: “Pillow Set with decor Pillows 4 year old boy.” Does this mean I am buying two normal pillows and an accent pillow? That’s currently what I have in my cart — two regular pillows, plus a decor pillow in the shape of a firetruck. Or should I go more generic and get like a teddy bear decor pillow? I’d like to default to more generous, but want to make sure I’m getting the right thing.
Very eventful morning over here – my almost 6 year old lost her first tooth!! What’s the going rate for the Tooth Fairy these days?