Makeup & Beauty Monday: Vinoperfect Instant Brightening Moisturizer
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I’ve been using this moisturizer for a few weeks and I’m a believer!
This oil-free gel moisturizer has a series of brightening ingredients for radiant skin, including patented Viniferine from the vine sap of grapevine stalks (fancy!). Use daily for hydrated and nourished skin.
When you’re done, recycle the empty glass jar — it’s a Clean + Planet Positive product at Sephora.
Caudalie’s Vinoperfect Instant Brightening Moisturizer is $65 at Sephora.
Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
Long question for what is presumably a short answer: I am alone in the house with the baby and the dog for the next week, in extreme heat (we thought we left TX behind, surprise! triple digits here in the PNW), attempting to work from home during naps and keep everybody sane during the rest of the time. Oh, and it will be next week before the moving truck with all of our stuff gets here. Fun times. So! One of the things I am considering is taking DS for a “swim” in our bathtub. Functionally it will not be that different from a bath, except that I will get in with him and he will wear a swimsuit so we can stay in longer. Is this a terrible idea? Anything else I can try with a small baby, an empty house and the three toys we packed for the road trip?
Any recommendations for backpacks for middle schooler that has a chest/sternum strap? That isn’t Lands End? My kid is really hard on her backpack and the Lands Ends don’t hold up for more than one year, we’ve found. I like the durability of L.L. Bean backpacks, but they don’t have the chest strap, and my daughter insists on the chest strap.
To the anon with the 8 year old boy with ADHD- is he on meds? Reading your post is like reading about our journey and we are struggling with whether or not to try meds with our daughter. Regular pediatrician was pro but said it was up to us; neuropsych was willing but suggested we continue with behavior management only until she is a little older. We’ve heard they make things easier, but our biggest considerations (pro and con) are:
1) She does well in school without them. it’s only at home that she crashes and burns, and we have made HUGE strides in managing to this at home. However, she’s young (almost 8) and there will likely be a time were meds could make school easier for her. As far as we can tell school is not hard for her.
2) We have heard that there are positives to medication in the long run, as it helps to re-wire the brain. Not putting her on may deprive her of this BUT we also don’t want her to be reliant on it her whole life.
3) Stimulants affect sleep and her biggest challenge is not getting enough sleep. When she has a good sleep and eats right, she has no issues. When her sleep is poor, the entire day is a struggle. Melatonin was suggested in tandem with stimulants but Melatonin does not work for her (horrible nightmares causing terrible sleep).
4) taking meds- of any kind- is always a fight with her. This would be one more battle.
Our strategy has been “run her [physically] ragged then get her to bed before we pass the window of opportunity.”
cross posting from the main site, because people there are not exactly being helpful. please help me choose a dress for my SIL’s wedding. i am in the wedding and fortunately she is very flexible with dress style. it has to be long and we have an assigned color, mine is navy. i am a size 8/10, 38 year old mom of two (my twins are the flower girl and ring bearer) and the wedding is in early september in NY on a saturday night, but it is not black tie, it’s cocktail attire. DH was told to wear a navy suit. My MIL is a fashionista (and a size 0/2) is wearing a dress she bought for 4k from bergdorffs so i dont want to look like a beached whale next to her. want to make sure i don’t look too matronly. one dress is more forgiving to my arms and one to my tummy. not looking for additional options at this point. wedding is in a month and i’ve tried on 20+ dresses and these are the ones I’m most comfortable in. links to follow
Do schools still cancel for extreme heat? They did when I was growing up, but I assume air conditioning is more common now. It’s supposed to be 108 (!) in my city next Wednesday. It’s also my daughter’s half birthday and she really wants a day off for her birthday, lol.
So do robot vacuums/roombas really work? With our kids (two almost five year olds), breakfast is always a significant amount of crumbs. I usually sweep before vacuuming (ha or just sweep). Is a roomba really going to get rid of it all? And which one should I get? There is a huge diversity in price points and I am wondering if that makes a difference.
I was chatting with my son (just turned 6) about reading and why he’s so reluctant to read and he said that the letters “play tricks on me! I think they are fs but they are ts, I think they are ps, but they are ds”. He’s incredibly verbal, sounds like he’s years older than he is, has incredible oral comprehension, etc. And he’s really interested in letter systems, copying out kanji etc.
But he has been much slower to get to grips with reading than I expected, given how interested in language he is.
Any advice on supporting him?
I’m using OPK strips while TTC and I notice I’m getting a positive on the strip for up to five days. I was curious to see how long the LH surge lasts, but doesn’t that seem long?
I don’t travel a ton for work, but two cross country meetings have landed in the same week. I live in Los Angeles with easy access to LAX and have one toddler in fulltime daycare and DH works fulltime. All times below are local.
I need to be in Atlanta from 2pm on a Monday until Tuesday at 4 pm. Then I need to be in DC from that Thursday at 12:30pm until 5 pm Friday.
I plan to take a red eye to Atlanta Sunday night. Options are to either fly to DC Tues evening and work from there Wednesday, or fly back to LA Tues night, have Wednesday at home and then take a red eye to DC Wed night. Am I crazy to be considering option #2?
5 nights away from toddler feels so long (they would be in bed when I get home Friday night) and being able to help with kid care on Wednesday is appealing, but this is obviously a lot of flying and seems kind of ridiculous given how close ATL and DC are to each other. All travel expenses will be reimbursed – company does not care which option I choose. WWYD?
I feel like I’ve just mommy tracked myself at work and am feeling really conflicted, like I can’t win.
My employer is always on those best places for working moms, best places to work lists, but my department is primarily men or women without children. I had a baby late last year and am the only woman on the leadership team with a baby. I’ve thrown myself into work since coming back from leave – saying yes to all travel, attending work events at night that make me miss bedtime, and working late or after bedtime pretty much daily.
I hit a breaking point last week as I had to push back on yet another 5:30 or 6pm call in order to do daycare pickup. After a few days of only seeing my daughter for 20 minutes a day at best, I talked to my boss about how I can’t join calls after 5:30 anymore and I can’t log on every night anymore. If we’re in a crunch, happy to do so, but it can’t be a daily expectation. He took it well initially, and while I’m confident he’s supportive I know others aren’t.
I skipped a Friday night call that went from 6-8:30 then found out last night I was excluded from several calls this weekend with the SVP. Part of me is happy about that, as I would’ve been miserable not being with my daughter all weekend, but it’s clear now decisions are being made without me and when I spoke up on calls this morning I was shot down immediately or got snide remarks.
I’ve worked so hard in my career and it’s hard to deliberately take a step back. Being a mom is my priority right now, but I feel like I can be a mom and a leader at work. I’m not sure how to walk the line of being respected at work while being a good mom, and honestly I’m so exhausted that being a SAHM for a few months sounds nice.
Does this get any easier? Worse?
I have a 4 year old who was recently diagnosed with adhd. He’s been fine at school but I thought he was exceptionally hyper and seemed inattentive and had him on a waitlist when he was 3. He seems to have improved a lot since hes turned 4, but we still go through moments especially when were having playdates where hes just extra, jumping off furniture, throwing toys for fun etc. Hes also very sensitive to being hungry or tired. Hes been good at school, are there any books or resources that can help me better understand and navigate his personality? is this juat 4 or is this an issue, just seems like 4 year olds are typically more mature than he seems to be. Hes actually more manageable when it’s just us vs around others, he gets very excited and is very social. I feel sad when I see some of my friends calmer kids and have a lot of anxiety about whether hes going to grow up and be a functional adult.
I’m a regular poster on the main site, wondering whether to ask a close friend with young kids to officiate my upcoming wedding. My friend has two kids, ages 5 and 2, who would be attending the wedding. Their dad (my friend’s husband) will also be attending. My friend has experience officiating weddings, but it’s not something she does regularly. Maybe once every two to three years.
I don’t have much experience with young kids, and am wondering if the 2 year old will be able to handle sitting in the audience with dad and sibling while mom is officiating. Would something like this be upsetting for a kid this age? Specifically, the toddler will be 2 years and 4 months at the time of the wedding. I’m imagining a situation in which the 2 year old doesn’t understand why mom isn’t sitting with them, and ends up crying or causing a disruption. Again, I don’t spend much time around children this age, so I have no idea how likely this scenario is. (I’ll also note that having a child free wedding is not an option for us given the number of out of town guests with kids.)
What would you advise, given the info above? Is it too risky to ask my friend to officiate?