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5 All-Natural Ways to Indulge Your Lil Beauty
Go ahead, let them experiment! Try as you might to teach your daughter about beauty from within, she is bound to be tempted to transform herself into a princess or her favorite television character. After watching mama glam up with an arsenal of makeup, it won't be long before your budding diva begins asking for her own bag of beauty tricks.
Mommy Dearest: Grandma Encourages Child to Use Cosmetics
Mommy Dearest,
My daughter is four years old and is as "girly" as can be. She watches me get dressed for work in the morning and even "helps" me put on my makeup. My mom started buying her toy makeup kits two years ago and often gives her the free cosmetic samples she gets at department stores.
Moms Without Makeup
The glitz of Hollywood glamour is largely show and that's something we all know, but the other day my jaw hit the floor when I caught a segment on television condemning moms without makeup. Of course, kudos were given to a fistful of women for their God given beauty — Heidi Klum and Jennifer Garner — but that was only after actresses like Marcia Cross were condemned for being too pale on the playground. As a fellow mom, I think the forty-something mother of twins looks rather fabulous bare faced!
Lil Tip: Make Makeup Work For You
There's something magical about makeup that makes youngsters swoon. Perhaps it's their desire to mimic mommy, but lads and lasses alike often love applying blush and eye shadow to their baby faces.
My daughter recently broke out in a rash and I needed to apply special lotion to her face and body.
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Valentine's Day Makeup Tips
Mamas — pucker up for Valentine's Day! marybabysteps shares some tips for kissable lips. Valentine's Day Makeup Tips comes from the Everyday Baby Steps blog at OnSugar.Valentine's Day is Sunday, so you probably have yourself a hot date this weekend.
Do You Use Your Baby's Products?
Babies' changing tables are filled with a boatload of products to keep them soft, dry, and smelling like, well, a baby. The products may be designed to be gentle on a lil one's delicate skin, but there are no laws preventing mama from swiping a bit for her own use.
When my tot was diagnosed with a bad case of eczema, the doctor recommended coating him in Aquaphor at every diaper change until we got the scaly patches under control.
Eight Things LilSugar Readers Want to Do in Private
Moms love their kids but that doesn't mean they don't miss privacy in certain circumstances. The other day we put a wish list together of 10 things we'd love to do alone again and LilSugar mamas chimed in. Here are their simple dreams for solo time!
Gisele Opens Up About Pregnancy, Birth, and Returning to Work
We already know about her bathtub waterbirth that didn't hurt a bit and how safe she felt during delivery. Now, in her first US interview, Gisele Bundchen graces the April cover of Vogue with a photo shoot showing off her six-week-old son, Benjamin, and her post-baby body. She also discusses how she kept her weight gain to 30 pounds, how the baby got his name and who was at her side during the birth – her husband, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, her mom, and a friend from Brazil who served as a midwife.
Mom-Me Time: Mommy Makeup
Brushing your teeth can be a task once you have a baby, so finding time to put on a lil make-up is almost impossible. But, one relatively new line of make-up was specifically developed for moms in a pinch.
Debra Rubin-Roberts, an award-winning makeup artist who had worked with Nars, Bobbi Brown and Laura Mercier, created Mommy Makeup out of necessity after the birth of her daughter.
Lil Links: Suri Is Ready to Go in Heels and Makeup Kit
- Suri's got her makeup kit and heels and she's ready for the set — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- Jenny McCarthy and elfish son Evan snuggle up — Celebrity Baby Blog
- 30 favorite Christmas tunes — Alpha Mom
- How to survive holiday parties — CafeMom
- Michelle Duggar gives thanks and is recovering well — ParentDish
- Biggest Loser moms weigh in — MomLogic
- Someone come put my laundry away! — Truuconfessions
- 5 tantrum stoppers that work — Parenting
- Swaddling tips for wrapping up baby — Fit Pregnancy
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