Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Spring /Summer Trends are out! Summer officially begins June 20th so it’s time to find out what’s hot and what’s not when it comes to the summer fashion and beauty trends. The Mary Kay® Spring/Summer Trend Report gives women everything we need in order to make sure our fashion and makeup looks are current. Summer Make-Up Trends Purple was popular for eyeshadow at the NAACP Awards and it’s predicted to be on-trend this summer. Purple lips, eyes, and checks were a hit with on the red carpet with celebs like Lizzo and Angela Bassett...
The Plastic Surgery Debate: Should Women Get It?
The Plastic Surgery debate has been in the blogosphere lately with several of Babble’s contributors weighing in on the issue and sharing their personal stories. Since then, a few other bloggers have shared their own stories, criticisms, or salutes to the women that have undergone a procedure or two themselves. To say that reactions have varied among comment probably is not a surprise to many of you. The cosmetic surgery debate can get as heated as a conversation about politics or religion. And as bikini season approaches, and pictures of hot pregnant mamas like this one surface all over magazines and the web, many...
Practice Safe Fun in the Sun
Did you know that every hour, one American dies of melanoma? Despite this alarming statistic, many men and women still choose to expose their skin to harmful UVA and UVB radiation without putting any sun protection on. It’s not only the beach goers and pool-side sun bathers that put themselves at risk. Tanning salons are said to be even more dangerous than outdoor tanning. People who tan at tanning salons are 74 percent more likely to develop skin cancer than those who only tan outdoors. That is an alarming statistic! Although family history, genetics, and the environment contribute to melanoma and other skin cancers,...
Easy Ways to Keep Kids Learning During Summer Break
School is out for the summer and already I’ve heard my kids say “I’m bored” more than I want to. While many of us enjoy the break from homework over the summer, it’s important for young children to continue to practice math, reading, and spelling skills over the break. If they do not practice the skills, research shows that children will lose them. The skills that are most jeopardized over the summer break are greatest in math computation and spelling. As a working mom, I have to get creative when it comes to providing my children opportunities to implement summer learning. And while I agree...
A Letter To My Son
Today I am sharing an entry from my baby journal in support of Johnson’s Baby Cares, Save the Children, and new mom Hilary Duff’s newest initiative. They have joined forces to make sure families who are experiencing difficult times, both in the U.S. and around the world, get the baby care resources they need. Each year, more than 3.1 million babies die before they turn one month old. Through the JOHNSON’S® BABY CARES campaign in support of Save the Children, health workers and midwives in developing countries can get the vital training and basic techniques to prevent birth asphyxia, saving newborn lives...
How [NOT] To Raise a Tween Part II: When Your Kid Says He Hates You
There are days when I throw my hands up in the air and decide that it’s time to quit my side gig and day job to instead focus on trying to become a better mom. Then there are days when I give up and say I just suck as a mom because I just can’t figure it out. As I’ve shared before, I don’t know how to raise my Tween. Some days, he just wakes up on the wrong side of the bed and before breakfast is over, he makes me want to add a heavy splash of Rhum...
Easy Pizza Subs
My kids loooveee homemade pizza and pizza subs with meatballs. Homemade pizza is fun to make and you can incorporate healthy options that kids are more likely to eat because they made it. I like making pizza subs when I have hoagie rolls that’s getting ready to go stale. With a whole pack of hoagie rolls that I knew would not taste so great in a few days. So we decided to make pizza subs with it and they were a huge hit. Ingredients: Pizza sauce, homemade marinara, or your favorite pasta sauce. Pepperoni, sliced lunch meat, sausage, or your...
Caution: Getting Old Causes Injuries
I never thought I would actually begin to feel old but this week, life seems to have started to play an evil trick on me. In just a few days, I’ll be turning, ahem, 25. That big birthday kind of crept up on me because for years I was telling people the wrong age. In my 20s, I thought it would be cool if I said I was 30. Thirty just seemed so prestigious and mature. Than all of a sudden, I turned 30, I couldn’t really remember how old I really was. I was usually off by a year...
Easy & Delicious Meat Empanadas
A few weeks ago, I posted some pictures of empanadas that I had made. After getting several requests for the recipe, I thought I would share it here. Today is Super Bowl Sunday and I am making about 30 of these to feed the small group of friends I have coming over. In my house, empanadas, chili, and fried plantains, are the perfect addition to any football Sunday. Of course, we will have some wings, chicken, and other goodies for those folks that want something a little more “traditional.” Okay, enough small talk. Here are the step-by-step directions on...
Haiti: Little Signs of Hope Amongst Great Poverty
Imagine waking up one Tuesday morning thinking that you were going to go on about your day as usual. Except before you could even eat your lunch, everything that was important to you was gone. Your friends, family members, spouse, or maybe your children have perished. Then imagine living in a makeshift tent for two years after that life changing day having to endure temperatures inside the tent as high as 107 degrees while being unable to get any relief from the temperature outside. Or imagine stepping over piles of trash mixed with dirty diapers as you walked your children to school, all while feeling lucky that you had shoes...