Can Skindinavia make you look 10 years younger? Well now…

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

I will say, when you name a product 10 Years Younger Makeup Finish, the bar is pretty high. Not that I’m expecting Botox in a handy spray form, but you know. Ten years. That’s a lot of years younger. For those of us with not-twenty-year-old skin, this...

You can totally judge me by a book’s cover.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Uncategorized

You can’t throw a rock without hitting a Twilight t-shirt, but now you can finally use 100% cotton to demonstrate your devotion to the greats of the literary world. Salinger. Hemingway. Rand. Bradbury. We’re talking total street cred with the indie crowd,...

Spring shopping fever? We’ve got the cure.

by Stephanie Slate | Fashion

My heart is aflutter after taking a peek at Magpie Lovely again. We’ve raved about the site before, and its enchanting selection of original handmade work by a number of different independent artists, but I have to admit, I’m spending the most time...

Clothes made for women. And not the perfect ones.

by Catherine | Baby, Fashion

When I was pregnant with my first child, I went a little crazy with the maternity clothes. And although my husband raised a skeptical eyebrow and tut-tutted about me buying items that I would — he insisted — never wear again after pregnancy, I proved him...

Versatility – the hot trend for moms any season

by Cool Mom Team | Fashion

As someone who used to have a reputation for keeping up with style trends, I have to admit that it pains me now, as a busy mom, to have to shop for everyday clothes with limitations – you know, can I wear it with almost all my outfits? Will it hide my...

Maternity clothes that won’t cost you an arm and a cankle

by Susan | Baby, Fashion

For two pregnancies, my maternity wardrobe consisted of ill-fitting tees that never really covered my belly and dry clean only sweaters that I was afraid to wear. Things sure have changed.I’m smitten with Milan Maternity’s line; even their basics are...

Spring bags, ahoy!

by Leah | Fashion

When I’m window shopping the web, it’s always dangerous to stop on the Etsy homepage, where their editors are carefully curating millions of items down into just the very ones that I have to have. (How do they do that?)A recent find: The bags from Bayan...

Your legs look FABULOUS, darling. And the rest of you too.

by Cool Mom Team | Fashion

Yes, it’s true. My body is…wait for it….imperfect. I know that’s shocking with me being a 40-something mom of two and all but, you know. Biology. It’s no secret that I’ve always been a big Spanx fan, so I haven’t really found...

Boots that don’t make you say Ugh

by Cool Mom Team | Fashion

The chic streets of Manhattan on foul weather days belong to Hunter Boots this year. These all-weather, all-natural rubber wellies in colors from pine green to flashy silver are keeping the annoyingly toned calves of stylish New Yorkers warm and dry everywhere I look....

Headbands are the new baseball caps. Thank God.

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I’ve been following the headband trend, waiting for something that I could possibly get away with, you know, as I glamorously work from home and chase three kids around. Sorry if I just can’t do the whole feather and lace thing these days.But a couple of...