Eight on a Plane to Panama
In a few short months, I'll be committing a little sort of treason - bringing four children on a 5-hour plane ride. I've given up supposing we may not be "those people" with "those kids". During the flight the kids will whine and poop and talk really loudly because they have headphones on and ask for more pretzels without saying please.
I hope we remember the snacks.
I begged my husband to wait until the children are older to visit the extended family in Panama; he forwarded me the flight itinerary like a boss.
The shiny silver lining is that Panama is a fabulous place rife with adventure and culture. But still, I'm scared to travel with all four kids. Desperate, I asked both the neighborhood sitter and Grandma to come with us. So, that's snacks for eight. Let's hope I don't forget the cooler bag.
Xx, Mom in Makeup
My skin was smoother than life in a week. So I went back for more. Which is why I look like a dartboard this week. Check with me in a few days.
Sometimes our vain or handsy self gets a grip on our heart. Greed is a nauseating and nasty (yet altogether naturally occasional) vice. But as a wise woman once said, “remember all those women on The Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.”
Jasmine Swann, a self-characterized "clean beauty junkie with a dirty past" has a special meaning of love too. Of course, hers isn't easy either.
Gifts are symbolic and it's in our human DNA to want to share with people we love. Psychologically speaking, gift giving is a deeply natural way of forming bonds.
Don nary a bracelet nor necklace... but enrobe your life in gemstones nonetheless (without the new-agey bull-crud).
Pretty girl gets a grown-up, natural bridal makeup transformation from Mom In Mascara.
beautyblender: I still really love you, but lowercase is soo goop circa 2008.
Forcing another person to do virtually anything is generally indicative of malice. Unless mom is forcing you to eat your veggies. (Also, an appearance by Brandi Glanville.)
The face cream was... well, really and truly, thickly, abundantly black. Strangely black. It was ambiguous in its inexplicably. It was wonderfully luxurious, and inexorably mysterious, but just too expensive for what you're really getting.