Chantecaille makes skin happy

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

I have confessed before that I am an unapologetic makeup snob. My feeling has always been, you change your shoes, but you wear your face every day. That said, I’m willing to spend more money on great products, but only on the great ones. And not all of the pricy...

These natural baby hair products are 90210 approved

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

It generally doesn’t matter to me that a bunch of celebrities use a particular hair care product on their babies. But it did make me wonder what was so special about Jenerations Baby that Hollywood moms seem to be flocking to it. Jenerations Baby was founded by...

Treat yourself to a natural nail polish

by Delilah S. Dawson | Fashion

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 Anthropologie, if...

I am loving Motherlove

by Eva Glettner | Baby

Breastfeeding is a beautiful thing. Cracked nipples? Not so beautiful, and painful to boot. The problem with a lot of the nipple creams on the market is their super chemically feel. Since your little one will be ingesting said ointment when she suckles, is it too much...

Hello Kitty. In yo face!

by Melissa | Beauty + Cosmetics

When Hello Kitty launched Hello Kitty Beauty a while back, I was thrilled. Sure, I’m a Hello Kitty fan, but I was mainly excited because the collection offered perfect gifting ideas for all the teens in my life, like my makeup-obsessed niece. But now with Hello...

One of the best baby lotions goes fragrance free

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

More and more of our readers these days ask us for fragrance-free lotion recommendations for sensitive baby skin. And I don’t blame them. I still remember tossing the high-end European stuff that I got at my shower (by my own request), thinking that I...

Banish bug bites without using any nasty chemicals

by Melissa | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing

The first sign of summer for me is always my first mosquito bite. I always consider bug bites to be the price I pay for good weather and barbecues. But now that I have kids, I feel the need to douse them in something to ward off bug bites, and I’ve never been a...

This line of organic cosmetics is the balm. (Ha.)

by Stephanie Slate | Uncategorized

I’m known around my house as a bit of a lip balm junkie. Every cupboard, pocket and purse has at least one tube or pot of the stuff stashed in it somewhere. So when it came time for volunteers to test the highly lauded RMS Beauty line for CMP, you can bet I...

EWG and Cool Mom Picks agree: These 3 sunscreens rock

by Delilah S. Dawson | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing

Does anyone else feel like buying sunscreen takes a PhD and two hours internet research? I do. And then I’m too tired to swim. That’s why we’re happy to share some family-tested sunscreens that we’ve thoroughly tested– and we checked the...

It’s raining younger looking skin. (Were you expecting men?)

by Melissa | Beauty + Cosmetics

I tend to shy away from products specifically made for anti-aging. As much as I love my skincare, I figure a good moisturizer and tons of sunblock should do the trick in terms of fighting old father time. But when I heard the philosophy behind Luxtural, which is all...