We love Halloween, but there’s a fine line between festive and looking like a craft store exploded on your fingertips. If you want your nails to participate in spooky season without committing to tiny ghosts, glitter bats, and orange-and…
Glamnetic is one of those beauty brands that feels like it was actually designed for real life, not just a vanity counter. Kids are home from school for the summer, which means your free time to go get a manicure is greatly reduced. But …
Each year, we love sharing our favorite nail trends for the season. In 2023, it's all about shades of brown, goth-core matte nails, holograph meets glitter, and a fun tone-on-tone take on the French manicure. As for the best nail brands,…
I am so excited to share some of the spring 2022 nail trends I'm loving. Because when I decided to share my favorite winter nail trends a few months ago, I'll be honest -- had no idea it would be such a huge hit! Maybe because of all the…
We've all had the best time looking at the hot winter nail trends of 2021 into 2022, to help get our fingers up to date -- if not our shoe collection . One limb at a time perhaps? When it comes to beauty trends , I love nail polish becau…
Since the pandemic started last year (LOLSOB), I've been trying to give myself manicures , which goes pretty well until I get to the part where I can't do anything for a few hours while I wait for my nails to dry. That was until I decide…
During the Covid pandemic, we've seen people do some wild things to get their nails done. There have been the women doing manicures through the mail slots in their front doors . There's the mobile manicure truck that's cruising around Ne…
Here's a fun way to get festive for Valentine's Day this year: Valentine's Day nails. These are blowing up social media, and the creative designs we're seeing are making us so happy to go beyond switching up your favorite color for red o…
While some years have been fashion misses for us (oof, that 2017 Pantone Greenery was a tough one), we're all about Pantone's 2018 color of the year , which is a rich, royal-looking, totally wearable Pantone Ultra Violet . Whether it's a…
My daughter loves nail polish, but she's not so crazy about taking it off once it starts to chip. As for me, I cringe a little when I soak her little kid fingers with strong nail polish remover. Because, chemicals. Right? So I love our l…
As parents, we're familiar with colorful crayon masterpieces pinned to our walls and, let's be honest, on our walls. But on our nails? Shut the front door. Sally Hansen has teamed up with Crayola to launch Crayola Insta-Dri Nail Polish i…
If your kids love mani pedis as much as mine do, but you're not a fan of the chemical-packed polishes in a lot of salons, I've put together 7 non-toxic nail polishes for kids from some of our favorite safer brands , all in adorable shade…
The team at Cool Mom Picks always makes fun of me because of my strange aversion to nail art. (Seriously, do you see any nail art on our Pinterest boards ? Exactly.) The way some people hate feet, I'm a little weird about close-up photos…
I'm known to friends as slightly (ahem) neurotic when it comes to using eco and natural products for everything from face creams to house cleaners, so a line of natural nail polishes called Play Love Laugh from Hugo Naturals for my kids?…
We're digging our way out of the snow yet again this weekend, and I, for one, am soooo ready for spring. For the moment, however, looking at Pantone's cheery palette of spring 2015 colors will have to do. As much as we'd love designer ha…
One of the more promising trends at the NY International Toy Fair earlier this year was the introduction of even more safe, natural makeup for girls, for when they're are heading out somewhere a little special, putting on plays at home, …
It may still be on the warm side outside for some of us, but fall fashion is officially in full swing. In my kid-free days the new season meant a shopping spree was in order, but today I'm more apt to update my look with a new nail polis…
I've recently given up nail salon visits and switched from hours-long salon hair color appointments to an amazing new at-home color system . It's not because I don't love professional help, it's just that I'm busy! I need time saving bea…
If the living is easy in the summertime, autumn calls for a bit more sophistication in the nail polish department. I'm pretty low-maintenance with my beauty routine , but in the fall I make a weekly effort with my manicure. And my favori…
I'm so happy to have just discovered another adorably chic new line of non-toxic nail polishes, so I can have some worry-free fun with my nieces when we're playing salon. Little Bu is a new non-toxic nail polish line from the UK for soph…
We tend cover the kind of eco-friendly nail polishes that come in tiny little bottles with colors like Bubblegum and Blueberry Slushie. But not today. This one's just for mom. The Megan Miller Collection of nail polishes is sold through …
I've painted more nails in the last two years than in my entire previous life, most of them tiny and slightly nibbled. I used to try to weasel my way out of playing Preschool Esthetician with rants on bad chemicals, but now she's got me.…
I love Advent calendars as a way for my kids to count down to Christmas (did you catch our most recent picks ?). But why should they be the only ones to have all the fun? If you're looking for an Advent calendar that's more sophisticated…