Whether you’re a self-confessed “product whore” or “a makeup novice…[at] thirty-coughfivecough“, beauty products are irresistibly enticing to most women. Even if you never aspire to create your own so-called smoky eye (forget Tara Reid; I’m afraid I’ll end up looking like Elvira), it’s undeniably fun to experiment with new looks, even if only in [...]

I’ll confess: I find beauty magazines overwhelming. Total information overload. I also wonder the products that appear in the articles are really that fabulous, or if there’s some collusion at play. Call me suspicious and cynical, but I can’t see dropping $50 here and $100 there for products that aren’t necessarily worth [...]

Congratulations to Laura, author of You Are What You Eat - the winner of the Deceptively Delicious Blog Blast! She’ll receive a $250 gift card for Williams Sonoma.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Blast!
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Beauty products can make you look like a goddess, or they can make you look like a goofball. [...]

Absolutely all of our reviewers can agree on two things: The Little Black Book of Style is physically beautiful, inside and out, and on one level or another, it served as an inspiration. As parents who put a high priority on practicality, we can all admit putting function ahead of form perhaps a [...]

A beautiful book written by a witty subject matter expert, The Little Black Book of Style has been a tremendous hit with our parent bloggers. Regardless of their personal interest in high fashion, they all agree that they’d like to shed the mom persona and resurrect their dormant sense of style.
Some were more dormant [...]

All of you mothers out there. I see those tee shirts and khakis. You can’t hide those clunky running shoes that you wear even when you’re not running. And the sweatpants - oh please, save me from the sweatpants!
What in the world happened to your sense of style?
Believe me, I understand. When you’re pregnant, nothing [...]

Even though school has started (or is about to start) doesn’t mean summer is anywhere near ending. And that means making sure you and your family are protected from the sun. Whereas the idea of covering your kids (and yourselves) in sunscreen made or broke your decision for outdoor activity, it seems as though our [...]

If you’ve chased after your greasy half-lotioned kid at the pool or beach, you’ve probably t thought that there’s just got to be a better option. Certainly the aerosol sunscreen sprays have helped to make life easier, but other than that, you’re still left with a greasy lotion and worse, a greasy child.
So our parents [...]

With the sun getting hotter than ever thanks to our thinning ozone, it’s ever so important to get sunscreen on our kids and keep it on them all day long. The only problem is that they’re kids, and trying to get them to stand still for anymore than two seconds is a feat in and [...]

Puddy: “Oh, germ-o-phobe. I know what that’s about.”
Elaine: “Huh?”
Puddy, showing her his necklace: “I’m a recovering germ-o-phobe. Ten years.”
Elaine: “What is this symbol?”
Puddy: “It’s a germ.”
From Seinfeld, Season 9, Episode 9, “The Apology”
Maybe we’re not all card-carrying germ-o-phobes like David Puddy, but I’d bet that most parents want to minimize unnecessary exposure.  I remember visiting amusement [...]