Yes, I would like to look 6 years younger. Thank you.

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...

Goodbye, dry skin. Hello… cookies?

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

The cool, crisp air of fall is here, and moms everywhere are pulling out their baby lotion arsenals to keep eczema and dry skin at bay. For me, the toughest part about having kids with sensitive skin is finding just the right product that does everything I want it to...

Now that’s my kind of tea party

by Delilah S. Dawson | Kids

I don’t get to take a bath in my Jacuzzi tub very often, mainly because it’s full of tiny little teacups and saucers and one random pink pig who, I’m told, likes hot chocolate and cake. My kids have pretty much taken over the tub that made me want to...

I’m going to Quash those germs right off of their hands

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....

From nature to your ever-changing skin, with love

by Delilah S. Dawson | Kids

Pregnancy. Nursing. Postpartum. Pregnant again. Getting my first crow’s foot. Freaking out. My skin’s undergone more changes in the last five years than the cast of Saturday Night Live. I wanted a skincare product that was natural and safe, so I hopped on...

Johnson’s Natural means more naturals for all.

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

When I first heard that Johnson & Johnson was coming out with a line of natural baby products, I was intrigued. My first thought was, it’s about time that there’s a choice like this for the moms out there who can’t afford the high-end natural...

I can’t wait to be on the road again

by Delilah S. Dawson | Baby

Sometimes, full-sized baby skincare products can be intimidating for me. Like that enormous tube of diaper cream, or the half-gallon jug of powder that I can all too easily imagine scattered over my floor. I like my products like I like my kids: short and cute. At...

From dirt to diapers: A Weleda journey

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...

Weleda, take me away!

by Delilah S. Dawson | Kids

As the resident beauty product maven around here, I’ve always wondered why so many bath and beauty products include calendula. I mean, how powerful can a pretty little yellow flower be? I also wonder how they get the oil out of a rosehip, how they keep lotion...

Terralina lets you be good to your skin, mamas. And mamas-to-be.

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...