You’ve come a long way, honey.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Doing Good

If you like your bath products indie and laced with nutritive honey, then we’ve found a new line that’ll make you a bee-liever. Heh. Beecology has such a lovely array of bath and beauty products that I wanted to try one of everything. From shampoo and...

The fountain of youth for your hands

by Delilah S. Dawson | Beauty + Cosmetics

They say your hands show your age. In which case I’m in trouble. The last time I tried to pamper my hands was when a relative gave me a Mary Kay Manicure Set as a gift that had been –gulp– used. There were fingernail gouges in the cream and a…...

Eco + Beauty + Free = Hello!

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Good news mama! We are so excited to get to offer one of you a huge prize pack of amazing eco-friendly beauty, skincare, and haircare products, thanks to our exciting collaboration with PureWow and ecomom.We’re so pleased to be partnering with PureWow, a free...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dr. Hauschka skin care – believe the hype.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

Even as an avowed skincare fanatic, I had never sampled the Dr. Hauschka products I’d heard so much about. This line is known for being holistic, ecologically sound, and focused on the body’s rhythms and internal processes. Which is great and all, but oh...