The holidays aren’t officially here until you’re walking around Target with a Starbucks Peppermint Mocha in hand and Mariah blasting through the speakers — which means you need to get in the car right now. Yep, the Starbucks Holiday 2024 menu is officially back (and so are the red cups). Much like the PSL in the fall, the Starbucks holiday lineup is full of your favorite festive flavors. You’ve got your classic Peppermint Mocha and holiday faves like the Caramel Brulée Latte and Chestnut Praline Latte. All of these can also be ordered hot or iced, along with the Iced...
Mom Encourages Self Esteem Around Makeup: It's 'Fancy,' Not Pretty
TikTok / @maggiekatz I remember sitting on my mom’s bed as a little girl, feet swinging off the edge, while she did her makeup in the mirror. I wasn’t allowed to wear makeup myself until I got older, save for the cakey dance recital ~looks~, but I was guilty of trying (and failing) to apply winged eyeliner on myself when I was unsupervised. Kids soak up everything we say, and makeup can be a touchy subject. You don’t want to ruin the innocent fun, because it can be a blast to play princess or Hollywood star in your mom’s makeup...
Pediatrician Warns Against 5 Common Children's Products
@beachgem10 / TikTok Having a sick child is difficult and often scary. You don’t always know what to do to make them feel better, and it’s made all the worse when they’re too little to tell you what’s wrong. But as cold and flu season approaches, Meghan Martin, a pediatric emergency medicine doctor, mom of four, and TikTok creator who posts as @beachgem10, warns parents against five products she “despises” as a pediatrician. Cough & cold medicines meant for children under 6 “These are not recommended, they are expensive, and they generally do nothing, and they have a lot of...
‘I’m A Much Better Mom Now That My Kid Spends Every Other Week At Her Dad’s’
From little niceties like trading small talk with the cashier at the grocery store to the big moments, like getting married or being the keynote speaker at your company’s annual conference, life is one long string of talking to and with other people. And when you’re a parent, it can often feel easier to reach your max tolerance — kids have a way of sucking up all the energy you may otherwise devote to socialization (have kids, they said; it’ll be fun, they said). So, sometimes we feel stress big time over our daily interactions with others. So seems to...