Makeup & Beauty Monday: Translucent Loose Setting Powder
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It’s getting steamy here, and while I like a subtle glow, I don’t care for the glow that comes from running after the bus on a hot day. As the temperature rises, I’m considering adding Laura Mercier’s Translucent Loose Setting Powder to my makeup bag.
I’ve never been great at matching setting powder to my skin tone, so I find myself gravitating towards “translucent” powders. This perennial favorite is a long-wearing, loose powder in a matte finish. It has “no flashback in photos,” and claims sixteen hours of wear and up to eight hours of shine control. Perfect since I like to apply my makeup in the morning and forget about it until evening.
This setting powder is available at Nordstrom for $33.15 (marked down from $39). It’s also available in two other shades and a mini size (at Sephora)for $23 — perfect for travel or those who just want to try before committing.
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?
Saw the comments from late Friday – congratulations AwayEmily! I feel like I know the regular posters here well and I’m thrilled for your family. You’ll have to keep us updated on how things go.
Also seems like this board will be single-handedly responsible for a ton of 3-kid families, haha. My two small kids are still overwhelming for me, but I haven’t totally ruled it out. Maybe when the little one is a little older…
My little boy is turning 1 in a little over a month! I’m planning to have a casual cookout at our house for local vaccinated family. I got down a rabbit hole of cutesy first birthday themes and now I’m feeling like my casual get together isn’t enough.
Of course my son won’t care one way or another, but any fun easy ideas for what’s likely to be a hot day summer bbq? He will be the only little kid unless we invite daycare people.
What’s the best time of day for a 2 year old birthday party? It will just be in our backyard, with a couple of other 2 year olds and their parents and a few other friends.
in the summer, if you swim twice in one day or go to the beach and then go back out again post-nap (which requires sunscreen, bugspray again, etc.) or live in a super hot climate, when do you bathe kiddo? kids are 3 and get sweaty when we go outside and we cover them in sunscreen/bug spray, but then they nap in their beds. it seems gross to put them to nap without bathing first, but then if we want to go outside again in the afternoon, do we bathe them a second time?
How are you feeling about indoor (masked) activities for kids now that cases are low? As of now I have been doing mostly outdoor other than grocer store trips, but it would be nice to take the metro north into NYC, go to outdoor museums etc just trying to assess risk.
Pandemic learning just keeps on giving, doesn’t it? Our school system is still mostly virtual and scheduled a virtual field day for today. They encouraged kids to get together at each others’ homes and for parents to act as coaches. The catch? It’s a work day and we both have to work. My 7 yo is in tears because she’s stuck trying to do group activities on her own while videos posted by her friends of them having fun. I couldn’t exactly invite over kids over when I can’t supervise and didn’t feel that I could impose on other parents by asking them to take her. I just didn’t have bandwidth to network for an invite. This sucks.
Some activities I’m looking to sign my 3 y/o up for say ‘must be potty trained. no exceptions.” DD is trained #1 and 50/50 on #2. When we send her to gymnastics, for example, she’s in a pull-up for insurance. She’s also never had an issue while we’re there – she reserves the #2 accidents for specific times of day and only in the home. Does this suffice for the requirement for potty training? She starts preschool in Sept so we’re working on getting closer to 75/25 in the near term so she’s ready for preschool in a few months. Not trying to push boundaries – just not sure what’s the true expectation! TIA.
Good morning! Posting after a long, long time.
DS #1 (now 3.5) was exactly on/early for all movement related milestones – crawling, walking, etc.
DS #2 (6 months this Saturday!), not so much. He can sit supported, but isn’t exactly rolling over – he just kind of rolls over on one (preferred) side, sometimes to belly, not belly-to-back yet.
When I asked the ped last week (DS #2 had to go in to get antibiotics), she said as long as he was progressing, it was fine, but of course because I’m me I’m still concerned. Anyone else have any advice and/or can y’all tell me it’s going to be ok? :)
Ok folks, I now have full proof that we cannot listen to our moms / mom aged figures about milestone timing. My mom told me “Oh, I was watching a video of T when he was 10 months, and you were telling him it was time for bed, and he said “I eat my dinner, I read my books, no bed!” Nope, nope, nope, my kiddo was an early talker but definitely not talking in full sentences at 10 freaking months. I suspect she’s even less reliable about my milestones (her story is potty trained by a year…reading at 3)
Can someone give me tips to manage my newly turned 2 year old son? He’s such a good kid solo, but when he’s around my 4 year old, he gets really overwhelming. I think these are all age appropriate things for a new 2 year old, but of course with my first, there was no one else to bug.
Things he does that highly annoy my (mostly patient) 4 year old:
1) Pull her hair for attention while she watches tv
2) take any toy she’s playing with because whatever she has is most interesting
3) Want to wear the clothes she’s wearing
4) Pinches or hits her
5) Wants to sit her tripp trapp when she’s eating even though he has his own chair
6) Destoy anything she’s working on in her bedroom i.e. magnatiles, imaginative baby doll play etc.
Now that I’m typing this, I realize it’s probably that he wants her attention and loves her, but I’m just not sure what to tell him to engage more positively that’s age appropriate. He’s been home with us, but maybe PT daycare this fall will help? I do keep them seperated a ton, so he doesnt bother her, but I want them to have a better relationship. Any tips from moms with this age difference and wiser will help (awayemily??)! :) TIA!!
In search of summer beach reads: I have a three week sabbatical from work starting next Monday. I am in search of light-hearted beach reads. Bonus if it features a strong female character. I made the mistake of thinking that “light-hearted” was the same as “inspiring” this past weekend, which is how I ended up sobbing to the movie “The Art of Racing in the Rain” with my arms draped around my confused but loving Newfie.
The field day comment had me thinking….. anyone have bright ideas on how to boost wifi in the backyard??
Has anyone ever used one of those online interior decorator services? While I wish I had an eye for decorating, I’m slowly but surely accepting that I just — don’t! (Or maybe I would if I had more time to learn/spend/search?)
I posted last week about tension (which I suspect is due to my Covid risk aversion) with my sister who recently had her second baby boy. People had a lot of helpful advice, which I really appreciated and followed.
The update is that at this point it’s pretty clear that we’re being intentionally frozen out, which really hurts. They’ve done a variety of social events, etc. that make it clear that it’s not about recovering, wanting privacy, etc. That being said, I also want to respect that for whatever reason, she does not want me around right now, so I’m not going to push it.
So any advice on coming to terms with a family member giving you the cold shoulder? I have a hard time not constantly trying to figure out what went wrong, etc.
So as a followup: the dawn got the Neosporin out of my sheets beautifully. Thank you all.
Next up: any suggestions for how to handle when a pull-up goes through the wash?
I swear, I’ve been successfully doing laundry since I was like 10 years old. But have you seen/heard that thing going around that says that if you get lulled into believing you’re a good parent by your first child, your second will be a no-limits soldier? Definitely true over here.