I'm a sunscreen addict. I won't leave the house unless I'm slathered with the sunscreen. (And you wouldn't be mistaken if you saw two kids leave my house in the mornings looking like they were dipped in white paint.) But finding moisturi…
While I am still the one mom who thinks my daughter should wash off her play nailpolish before heading off to elementary school, I understand that the teen years are different. Instead of ducking perfume-sprayers in the department store …
Whether you can't wait for the school bus to come, or you wish summer would never quit, it's nice to remember all those teachers who are revving up for another year of hard work. And I can't think of a better gift for those hardworking t…
I'm going through a lip gloss phase . It happens around this time each year, when it feels too hot to be sporting some heavy, matte lipstick, but I still want to look polished. So I'm really happy to discover a not-so-new but new to me o…
I'm skeptical of products that promise plumper lips--unless it's chemical injections, which deliver, but which I'm not doing any time soon. I'm talking about products that contain irritants like cinnamon or pepper, which would drive me c…
When I was a little kid, I just scratched mosquito bites until they bled. Like a boss. But now that I like to shave my legs, wear breezy dresses , and not look totally grody, I'm super excited to have found an all-natural salve to help c…
Every pregnancy is a gift and with this being my third, I still marvel at how miraculous the whole process is. But along with the miracle of life comes other "gifts" like massive indigestion, fatigue, bloating, and well, I'll spare you t…
If you counted the number of times my reviews have stated that moms love being pampered... well, it might start to sound like a cry for help. As we all know, motherhood is a 24-7 job, and when we finally get some down time, we deserve th…
I still remember the day I learned about sulfates, parabens, and phthalates and what they can do to unborn babies. I waddled into my bathroom, read the ingredients of my favorite products, shook my fist at nasty chemicals and the compani…
My girls have this ridiculous obsession with lip balm. Considering how it's actually on their lips (and thus, entering their digestive system, let's be honest) I tend to be more conscientious about lip balm ingredients than even things l…
Now that forced hot air and dry radiator heat is less a part of my days (hallelujah) I can already feel my skin starting to adapt. It's time to put away the heavier, winter moisturizers and transition to something lighter. The brand-new …
New mothers are a special breed and require a special regimen. On the feeding front? Give them whatever they want and back away slowly, telling them how beautiful they are. And when it comes to caring for them, you can't go wrong pamperi…
While I will never come close to the Martha Stewart level of preparedness, there are some nifty tricks I've picked up along the way to help me appear as a super hostess-goddess always at the ready for guests (even of the unexpected overn…
Luxe alert: I was introduced to the 100% natural, nontoxic Tata Harper Skincare at Canyon Ranch this summer. It was a moment of seriously posh pampering in my otherwise ordinary life, and an incredibly soothing experience. Luckily, it's …
What does my daughter remember most from her big roller skating birthday party extravaganza? The fact that I let her wear makeup , something that's never happened before. Not my makeup, of course. This new find for tweens and teens is ad…
My kids entered a phase around 4 when bug bite creams and sting-stoppers terrified them. I'm sure it had a little something to do with the one we "promised them" wouldn't hurt but turned out to be made with alcohol. (It wasn't totally ou…
Traveling as much as I do , I don't know why I wasted so much time agonizing about 3-ounce bottles of leaky cleansers and travel-sized samples of sub-par skincare brands, when there's a whole world of fantastic cleansing cloths out there…
One of my favorite times of the month is when my Birch Box subscription arrives on my doorstep. As much as I love beauty products, I'm hard-pressed to find the sans-kids time to casually peruse the aisles of Sephora to find a new lip col…
Just because I want to avoid the sun, doesn't mean I want to spend my summer looking like a ghost. I know I'm not alone, which is why self-tanners have become so popular. And now, I've found the perfect beauty product that gives me a gor…
You know that feeling, that smell, those results (!!) of the skincare products from a really high-end spa? That's just what we were hoping for when we tried out the Medik8 skincare line. But we had a few questions--what kind of skin is i…
A few years back I discovered the lovely, 100% natural beauty and home products from Hellomellow and remain a fan. The products have evolved a bit since then with some pretty new packaging, new scents, and even better, some awesome gift …
If you're like me and on your second or third (or more!) kid, you already know which products will keep you feeling beautiful while you're pregnant, and keep baby bouncy once she's out in the world. You probably also hiss and hide behind…
I learned two things painting faces at an Easter party: little boys really like to be painted as zombies, and wow, tweens and teens have seriously oily skin. So oily that you have to blot it before you can paint it. Yowza. I'm so glad to…
We may be beauty and fashion fanatics to some degree, but chasing after kids and working full-time means that we have less time than we like to spend on taking care of ourselves. Why do you think we're such fans of online shopping? The o…