Fashion and beauty fans – have we got the new site for you.

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

We may be beauty and fashion fanatics to some degree, but chasing after kids and working full-time means that we have less time than we like to spend on taking care of ourselves. Why do you think we’re such fans of online shopping? The one drawback:...

2 great new products to take on baby’s dry skin. (And maybe yours? We won’t tell.)

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

Whether you’re battling windy weather or baby skin conditions like eczema, we’ve got two great, all-natural lotions for keeping skin supple and decidedly un-lizard-like. Both of them contain the healing properties of calendula, and both of them rock. Zoe...

Saving lives with soap. Yes, soap.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Beauty + Cosmetics

Hand-washing is big in our house, especially after that last bout of stomach flu, which has cured my son forever of licking the bathroom floor at Michael’s. (I kid. Mostly.) It’s easy to take something as simple as a bar of soap for granted, considering...

Love product samples? Yep, us too.

by Kristen Chase | Beauty + Cosmetics

I’ve often wished that I could buy samples of items before trying them because with my luck, I end up grabbing the biggest bottle of something and then hating it later. Well with this new service from CMP fave Abe’s Market, you can do just that. The new...

A safer diaper wipe? Yep.

by Melissa | Baby

It always scares me when I see a laundry list of unpronounceable ingredients on my baby’s personal care packages. Especially when said product is a diaper wipe, meant to touch the delicate nether regions of my little one. Thankfully, there’s a new wipe in...

A Dolphin Tale

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

“I got water in my eyes!” my son wailed. But he wasn’t crying. Actually, he looked like he was trying to cry and couldn’t.”Doesn’t hurt, does it?” I said smugly. And he shook his head no. A perfect chance to pitch a...

The non-petroleum jelly that stole my heart (and lips)

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

Is petroleum jelly safe? Well, let’s say since having children, we’ve switched to kinder, gentler beauty products. No sulfates, no parabens, no horrible-things-that-might-cause-cancer-or-dye-the-children-pink.The one product I couldn’t let go of was...

A nursery that smells like…well, not the diaper pail.

by Melissa | Baby

My 8-month-old son’s nursery really stinks. He’s very prolific in the poop department, which means a Diaper Dekkor full of smelly diapers. Thankfully, I discovered a new spray that literally spritzes the stink away without icky chemicals. The spray is...

Dry winter skin? No thank you.

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

I’ve never been much of a shea butter gal. I know there are women who swear by it, but at least for my skin, it tends to be a little too gloppy and a little too rich. So I was somewhat surprised to find a shea-based face cream that I’m actually loving for...

Buffy the Dry Skin Slayer

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

I love exfoliators, but I rarely buy them. Why? I hate digging my fingers into goop and then watching half of it ooze down the shower grate. But with the cold weather here and the radiators blasting, I’m happy to have found a yummy scrub that sidesteps the bad...