JulPo/E+/Getty Images By now, we’re all familiar with what it means to be the default parent: One parent, usually the mother, is saddled with the majority of the mental load of caring for the family, and is often the one the children default to when they need something. It’s so burdensome and likely to cause burnout that it’s even being acknowledged as a contributing factor — or a main driver — for divorces these days. But it’s also possible to be a default friend, the member of the group responsible for making sure hangouts happen, meal trains are organized, everyone...
How Are We Preventing Our Foundation & Concealer From Creasing?
Westend61/Getty Images Whether you love to spend your time getting ready — putting on a full face of makeup and primping at your own pace — or you like to swipe on a few products and get on with it, there comes a time when what has always worked well on your skin just… doesn’t anymore. As we develop fine lines on our faces, sometimes adding makeup just makes us look older as it creases into and accentuates each little wrinkle (so rude). So, we asked professional makeup artists how to stop foundation and concealer from creasing, even if there’s...
Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair Serum Might Be The Only One You'll Ever Need
Scary Mommy These days, if you spend any time online in any capacity, you probably find yourself bombarded with beauty products. Personally, I’m besieged (happily, I might add) to get ads for all kinds of items that make promises that I tend to find not only bold, but unbelievable. I am, after all, a woman in her early 40s; all those night creams and serums, weight loss promises and tanning lotions and on and on and on are made specifically for my consumption. So I could be forgiven, then, for eye-rolling over products that seem to make promises they can’t...
27 Retro Baby Names We Need To Bring Back, From Nancy & Roy To Dennis & Patricia
ClassicStock/Archive Photos/Getty Images It’s no secret that baby names inspired by the past are becoming more and more popular. But while we love our “old lady” names and our super traditional boy names and names found throughout literature, it’s high time we start thinking about some retro baby names to bring back. I know, I know — but we can all agree that “retro” is different than “vintage.” While a vintage baby name may make you think of picnics and tea parties and secret gardens, a retro baby name makes you think of roller skates, feathered hair, and rock and roll....