I had the opportunity last year to try Bremenn Clinical , a line of mid-priced corrective skincare products and I'll be honest, nothing was exactly 100% right for my own skin type. I've heard good things about it from people I trust thou…
Confession: I'm still using the not-so-clean plastic Caboodle I got as a high school graduation gift. ( Editor's Note: Noooooo! ) So it's clearly way past time for me to look for some fresh new ways to keep my makeup organized. There are…
This year, I was delighted to be treated to a most surprising gift: A bottle of Revitalizing Body Oil from the brand Tata Harper , which is not new to these pages but was new to me. Since then, I have not stopped telling friends about it…
This is a sponsored message from Joico To help save families a little time and money this new year, JOICO hair care products and Great Clips salons are teaming for a huge giveaway that could score you free haircuts (and some awesome prod…
I've been obsessed with bold lip colors ever since I got a pixie cut a couple of months ago, but after reapplying way too often during the day (hello, coffee addiction ) I decided I needed to switch to long-lasting lipsticks. But if you'…
If you have a cosmetics junkie friend--you know what I mean--it may be time for a gift that takes thing back to a natural, cleansing place. And a new line I just discovered, Board and Batten, could be a perfect fit with their "farm to sk…
This is a sponsored message from Aquaphor Healing Ointment. Busy parents can always appreciate products that do double duty , but when it's got more uses than you have fingers to count on -- especially if it's something you might already…
Trying to get four kids out the door in the morning means I need a super quick, super easy makeup routine (hello, time saving beauty products ) which is why the Marc Jacobs Twinkle Pop Eye Sticks I picked up during a rare solo trip to Se…
I'm really digging the newest spin on beauty subscription boxes , which are now providing full sized products instead of appealing to the dabblers with a bunch of trial-sized samples. Along with BeautyDNA, the newest beauty subscription …
With my daughter finally ( finally! ) deciding on going trick-or-treating as Iris, the Goddess of the Rainbow , we've been trying out different temporary hair color options to figure out what makes sense for her. Especially on her dark b…
Remember when Crocodile Dundee said, "That's not a knife; THIS is a knife?" Yeah. That's how I feel about cheap face wash right now, because this new jojoba oil skin care line straight out of Australia is giving me major results. Every d…
From the woman who tells us everything that's "a good thing," there are now ten more good things for us all to discover via the Martha Stewart American Made 2014 winners . Here's just a few we're amazingly impressed with. Kalon Studios :…
Yes, I'm introducing you to natural feminine care products here, but hey, we're all women (well, about 98% of us) and you can probably relate to my own minor recurring issue: During my last well visit, my nurse practitioner gently remind…
Oh, boy, do we love gift subscription boxes for moms around here. Whether for self-pampering , kid activities , or great gifts for new moms , we're all about adding the (well curated!) element of surprise to an otherwise dreary mailbox w…
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, …
I have toted diapers, work stuff and even my computer in Orla Kiely bags and have become an avid fan, so I was shocked to find out I was not the first of her cult followers to learn that the popular designer had partnered with Target for…
I basically consider myself a liquid eyeliner beginner. I dabbled with it years ago then walked away as I exited my twenties. But after years of fearing look like a toddler with a shaky hand took a black Sharpie to my eyelids, I've final…
Beauty subscription boxes are definitely the new black. (Aw, remember when Birchbox was the only game in town?) But as fun as it is to receive a monthly box of mini beauty products, it's frustrating when what's inside doesn't work for me…
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…
With Fashion Week here in New York (yeah, try getting a cab these days), it's a signal to me that it's time to put away my favorite pale pink glosses (sniff) and make way for the bold lipsticks for fall that are popping up in every fashi…
I'm not saying this new organic Streetwise line from Orico London is the Batman of skin care products; I'm just saying Batman probably uses it to take off his guyliner every night after a hard, pollution- and crime-riddled day in Gotham.…
The end of summer is sad enough, but it's also left behind a bunch of shiny new sun spots on my face even though I smeared on so much sunscreen all season long. The good news is that I found a relatively easy fix in the Lumene skincare l…
One of the biggest questions we see around the web is when to replace makeup. And I totally get it. I have a drawer full of makeup--like that cool auburn eyeliner that I might wear some day, or a pale pink lip gloss that was awesome over…
Parents everywhere groaned when we heard the recommendation earlier this summer that parents should stop using spray sunscreen because of the danger of inhaling the stuff. Not to get alarmist (you can also tell your kids to close their m…