I'm definitely a bit of a lip balm addict, with various tubes and containers stuffed into my coat pockets, purses, and drawers. So when I heard about the biodegradable eco-tube lip balm from Organic Essence , I had to give it a whirl. In…
I needed a little laugh this week. Just a wee chuckle. And so I clicked over to mom Kiki Parry's shop, Alternate Greetings , to see which witty bon mots have been popping up on her always pleasing handmade greeting cards. That's when I s…
More than 100 awesome baby gifts abound in our new Baby Shower Gift Guide , but if that isn't enough for you, then you might want to add the new My Favorite Things Flash Cards to your wish list. Petit Collage creator Lorena Siminovich's …
March may be in like a lion but I'm counting on that whole lamb thing working out. Especially since I just got a look at the brand new spring/summer line from Ses Petites Mains , one of my absolute favorite mom-designed indie clothing la…
If your girls wear Monkeybar Buddies under their dresses as much as mine do, then you'll be just as tickled as I was to learn that they now offer a leggings style as well. And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, then get ready fo…
Following in the footsteps of last year's first ever Ultimate Baby Shower Gift Guide, we're so excited to do it again! Presenting (drumroll...) The Ultimate Baby Shower Gift Guide , 2010 Edition! We've meticulously selected more than one…
I am generally frustrated with all the embellished girls' pants out there are covered in flowers, sequins, sparkles, or (eek) all three. So when I got wind of the Sejong Dragon Pant from CMP fave Tea Collection I thought, fabulous ! Or, …
I once spent some vacation time up in Maine near a farmer's market that had the best granola. We brought a ton home figuring it would last forever, which is another term for "one week." While there are certainly some mass brands of grano…
The epic new documentary series, Discovery LIFE isn't for everyone. I mean, surely there are people out there who just don't like cool things. Who don't like watching some of the most miraculous animal footage every filmed. Who would fin…
I do my best to support my favorite charities on a regular basis, but often times it's only when something tragic happens and I'm called into action. But thanks to Spend for Good , I can donate to my favorite charities when I thinking ab…
We're so excited today to let you all know: Comments at Cool Mom Picks are officially open! We've just enjoyed the lively, helpful, and thoughtful discussions on our Facebook fan page so much, we thought it would be fun to bring it over …
The weather is turning here in the South, which means that winter coats are way too heavy after the first few morning hours, while the super light spring jackets are too light. So it's the perfect time for my fave in-between season cover…
As if I wasn't already wishing that Spring would get here already, I got wind of Livie & Luca' s new Spring and Summer shoe collection for children and now I'm officially begging the warm weather to arrive. I love the chic simplicity of …
So maybe March winds bring April showers, but around here, that means baby showers. Wait--before we scare our spouses, we're talking about Cool Mom Picks co-founder and editor-in-chief Liz's appearance on Parenting with Annie Pleshette M…
Okay so there's still snow a-plenty in my neck of the woods known as Brooklyn, but in no time it will be the season for Easter duds and Passover dinners and spring weddings and seersucker. So when I saw the custom, handcrafted neckties f…
Yes, it's true. My body is...wait for it....imperfect. I know that's shocking with me being a 40-something mom of two and all but, you know. Biology. It's no secret that I've always been a big Spanx fan, so I haven't really found much ne…
I adore Splendid 's adult line for myself. And when I first discovered they applied trademark stripey, stretchy, soft clothes to a babies and kid line (thanks to a cousin with great taste in shower gifts ), I got a little more tingly tha…
Over the past few years at Cool Mom Picks I've seen the reinvention of the high chair, the baby carrier, the baby bottle and the bouncy chair. The last newborn essential I thought needed any improvement was the baby hat. Well color me su…
It's been a while since I saw a stroller that made me go oooh , or at least until this weekend when I got an in-person demo of the new-to-the US iCandy stroller . And oooh I did. The first thing you'll notice is that this popular British…
Valentine's Day has come and gone and now, a week later, we just want to say thank you thank you thank you for your absolutely overwhelming support for our artist-created color-your-own Valentine's Day cards we put together with Etsy . T…
When I hear the word wallpaper , it conjures up really bad images of this odd looking flower pattern that completely covered my bathroom wall growing up. It a nutshell - it scares me. But thanks to advances in technology and design, wall…
I first discovered Fairy Tales Hair Care when our one awesome local kids hair cutter - the one who didn't cut my girls' bangs on a 45-degree angle with what I imagine to be a rusty butter knife - insisted that it was the greatest stuff o…
I'm not sure when exactly my humble borough of Brooklyn, New York became cool, but there seems to be evidence of it, from the occasional celebrity sightings in my local diner, to people saying, "oh you live in Brooklyn? Cool." So while a…
The chic streets of Manhattan on foul weather days belong to Hunter Boots this year. These all-weather, all-natural rubber wellies in colors from pine green to flashy silver are keeping the annoyingly toned calves of stylish New Yorkers …
