by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics
This post is brought to you by Must Have Its, featuring tips and products to help you get holiday ready. This holiday season, you don’t have to worry about looking less than fabulous, even after six consecutive nights of eggnog. P&G Beauty + Grooming has an...
by Barbara | Beauty + Cosmetics
Angry winter weather is coming – yes, even on the left coast, where a cold, dry wind comes off the ocean and ages my skin (and forces me to eat leftover pumpkin pies for breakfast. A la mode). This winter, though, I am more prepared – I have Chapstuff....
by Delilah S. Dawson | Beauty + Cosmetics
True story. Every summer, my skin goes wonky and I end up looking like a pizza-faced tween. But this year, I nipped it in the bud with the added bonus of looking six years younger by my very unscientific calculations.All that, thanks to the winning combination of...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Beauty + Cosmetics
The temperature is dropping, and that means I must face my daily terror: Five Minutes of Goosebumps. You know– when you get out of a hot shower and spend five minutes freezing and fumbling as you slather your skin with lotion?The good news: Soaptopia has a cool,...
by Elizabeth | Beauty + Cosmetics
I love surprises. Especially ones that arrive at my door wrapped in a hot pink box. It’s not for the kids, not for my husband, but all for me. That’s just what Birchbox is all about–subscribe and you’ll get a box of high-end cosmetic samples...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Beauty + Cosmetics
You might notice that a lot of our beauty posts highlight the fact that the product is eco-conscious and doesn’t contain yucky, icky, no-good chemicals. But this pick is triply good: good for the environment, good for your skin, and makes you feel totally...
by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics
Let me start by revealing a major bias I have against nail polish on little girls. I’m of the mind that sheesh, can’t we save something until they’re 13. Or at least 6? I know I sound like a fuddy-duddy when I say am always surprised when I’m...
by Stephanie Slate | Beauty + Cosmetics
I’m a bit of a germ freak. Okay, a lot of a germ freak. Like the kind of person who has about twelve bottles of hand sanitizer on the go at any given time. And kids who use the word “sanitizer” like it’s a normal thing for them to be saying....
by Delilah S. Dawson | Beauty + Cosmetics
I’m back from Germany, and I’ve got jet lag, chocolate, and answers to your questions regarding Weleda’s biodynamic farm. I’ve also got stories about canceled credit cards, hairy men in capri pants, blood sausage, and homeless hedgehogs wearing...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Beauty + Cosmetics
The first time I saw that little pink plus sign, my life changed. Not only because I was going to bring a human being into the world, but also because I knew that the skin care section of my medicine cabinet had become a mine field. No salicylic acid. No parabens. No...
by Christina Refford | Beauty + Cosmetics
Unless your family summer plans involve hibernating in the local million-plex theater and surviving on popcorn and Twizzlers, you can be assured of one thing: There will be sun. Which means we mamas can’t leave home without packing plenty of sunscreen. But since...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Beauty + Cosmetics
I can tell you the story of my life through scent, from that first, huge bottle of Beautiful in high school to CK Truth at my first job to my recent addiction to BPAL. Right now, as my second child rounds the corner of two and I start to feel like a real person again,...
