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Can you tell which of these crazy beauty trends are real? | Spawned ep 91

Skin purifying vaga-cials? Eyebrow merkins? Scalp Botox? Nose hair extensions? Ready to laugh, friends? This week on Spawned with Kristen and Liz, we combed the internet for the wackiest, wildest, most bizarre beauty trends — and then we made a few up too. Take...

5 Black beauty secrets I learned from my own gorgeous mother…who I thought was Diana Ross.

by Ibidunni Ojikutu | Beauty + Cosmetics

When I was little, I just knew my mom was one of The Supremes. Actually, she wasn’t just one of them, she actually was THE Supreme, Miss Diana Ross. I figured this out using my excellent 5-year-old powers of deduction, of course. My mom’s name is similar to Diana Ross...

An honest review of Glossier Balm Dot Com Universal Skin Salve | Damn You, Facebook Ads

by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics

I can’t be the only one seeing Glossier ads all over my Facebook feed. Those videos of dewey-skinned young lovelies applying their skincare products and popular lip balms were too much for this beauty product fan to resist! So in our latest installment of Damn...

What’s in your bag? 16 items I never leave home without.

by Kristen Chase | Handbags

Over the years, I’ve carried many bags, and collected a whole lot of things in them. Helicopter toy? Check! Hand sanitizer? Always. 40 broken crayons? Got ’em. Ah, parenting. But, save the rare date nights when I’m carrying a small clutch, there are...

7 amazing beauty products that maximize the ones you already own.

by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics

Kristen and I spent a fun Saturday together this week, getting full makeovers courtesy of our partners, JCPenney Salon and Sephora inside JCPenney. (Do you know how long we could stay there? Long, is all I will tell you.) It’s all part of their 10 Days of...

What’s better than safe, kid-friendly nail polish? Safe, kid-friendly nail polish you can wash off with water.

by Kate Etue | Beauty + Cosmetics

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 latest discovery:...

How good are the $3 beauty products from Brandless? An honest review.

by Lexi Petronis | Beauty + Cosmetics

I like to keep things simple when it comes to shopping for beauty products, but I have to admit that it’s far from easy. I want high-quality, conscientious beauty products and I want them inexpensive. (A big ask, right?) That’s why I was intrigued to order...

I found the best bath bombs in a kind of random way.

by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics

My girls are totally infatuated with bath bombs, ever since my middle schooler joined a Harry Potter Potions after-school science club (so cool, right?) and made her own handmade bath bomb. So when I started combing our neighborhood looking for one for a gift, well...

A dad created this awesome makeup brand to empower his daughter. And all of us too.

by Lexi Petronis | Beauty + Cosmetics

It’s not often that you’ll find a makeup brand that celebrates who women already are instead of making promises as to what women should be. But when Bill Xaing’s daughter was born, he realized that he could do something to change that. So he created...

Damn you, Facebook ads: An honest review of Function of Beauty custom shampoo and conditioner

by Cool Mom Staff | Beauty + Cosmetics

We’re so glad you’ve all been loving our Damn You, Facebook Ads article series, in which we purchase products from those ads we see over and over, then test them out just for you. Today, we’ve got the honest scoop on Function of Beauty custom...

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Picks in 2006 to help make life cooler, easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun for parents of all kinds.

Trivia: It was called Cool Mom Sh*t for the first two days. (Yeah, we rethought that.)

We had no idea our site would grow to become a major lifestyle network, that we'd end up sharing our finds with the TODAY Show and Martha Stewart, that we'd be able to make a real difference for so many small businesses and women-run companies, or that we'd end up with an incredible community of the coolest readers on the planet. (If we do say so ourselves).

But we did.

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