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Beauty Products for the Moms
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items As moms, we often put ourselves & our needs on the back burner of life, in all seasons of it. We don't often prioritize self-care in a productive or positive way and this needs to change. We are best for our people when we are our best selves, as...
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Low Fuss Hair Products
Quick Skincare for Busy Moms
Feminine Care Stuff
Prenatal Necessities
Postpartum Magic
The "Change" things happening to me...
Low Fuss Hair Products
I have a true love hate relationship with my hair. Especially since becoming a mom. It is one of my top 3 most complimented physical features but only on the rare occasion when it comes out of the mom bun. This section of the list is my favorite hair...
My favorite pillowcase EVER! Whenever you get a little moment to sleep, you want your time to be working double for you. These satin pillowcases are not only soft and comfortable, they are helping your hair be healthier while you sleep! Less breakag...
Sleep
Their towel scrunchies are my favorite post shower or post workout accessory! I have such little time to myself so beauty cheats help and the towel scrunchies pull moisture from my hair while adding a nice casual wave whenever I actually take the mom...
Scrunchies | KITSCH: Designer Hair Products Online
When shower time does finally happen, the products you use have to do the trick. This Dove damage therapy shampoo helps keep your hair looking fabulous after washes while helping reverse the damage and relieve an itchy scalp while warding off dandruf...
Dove Damage Therapy Dryness & Itch Relief Anti-Dandruff Shampoo
As a mom, especially with littles, showers are not as easy to come by. This Dove volume & fullness dry shampoo helps keep your hair looking fresh between washes while giving a volume boost too. A total hair saver for a busy mom without the hair l...
Dove Advanced Dry Shampoo Volume & Fullness 7.3 oz
Keeping our hair healthy means treating it right when we do get to shower. Hydrate or Strengthen your hair with a density boost conditioner and it will thank you. Mine did.
Dove Density Boost Conditioner Scalp Therapy 9.25oz
For when your hair needs a little more love. This bio-protein 10 in 1 serum hair mask has all the love your hair needs. Got curls, they have a curl repair version too!
Dove Hair Intensive Repair 10in1 Serum Mask
When I do actually pull the mom bun out, my hair is likely getting heat styled. Straightened or curled, it will endure heat, and on the rare occasion when that happens, this heat protectant does it's job to minimize the damage.
Heat Protectant & Styling Mist
I never blow dry my hair, unless I happen to be in a salon chair (which happens, at very best, no more than twice a year). I keep my heat styling to an absolute minimum so that when the occasion arises that I do want to wear my hair poker straight, I...
CHI Flat Irons and Hair Straighteners
Quick Skincare for Busy Moms
When it comes down to it, we are most beautiful in our natural skin, at least in my opinion. Plus, to put it rather frankly, as moms we don't have all the time in the world to put ourselves together. I think, the most simple ways are truly the best w...
My grandma had 12 kids (2boys/10girls) and miraculously never looked her age. The only skincare she used (loyally) was Olay, a day cream & a night cream. No fuss, no muss, just face cream twice a day. My mom only had me & my brother (both tro...
Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream | Anti-Aging Moisturizer | OLAY.com
My grandma had 12 kids (2boys/10girls) and miraculously never looked her age. The only skincare she used (loyally) was Olay, a day cream & a night cream. No fuss, no muss, just face cream twice a day. My mom only had me & my brother (both tro...
Night Creams
After I turned 40, (and in the last of my 30's if I'm being honest) I wasn't sleeping well so, I started to develop bags under my eyes that felt as deep as Lake Erie. I experimented with under eye gels but never felt like any of them did more than sl...
ULTA Beauty Collection - Gold Magic Eye Gels
This serum helps naturally brighten & tighten the appearance of your skin because of their fast absorbing collagen infused into vitamin C serum. Your skin looks dewy when you apply it and massage it into your skin. It's a very silky smooth feelin...
Hibiscus Infused Vitamin C Serum
My husband gifted me these in addition to my pillow & tray for the tub. They make exfoliating so simple and extra convenient with no risk of dropping the sponge into the tub.
Heavy Shower Gloves for Body Scrub & Exfoliation
When I am not using custom homemade bars of soap, this is the bar I use.
Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar
I keep at least one large pump bottle of this lotion on hand at all times, and I moisturizer myself with it post shower. I also keep a small purse sized bottle for small patch maintenance during the day. I love it and have tried a number of different...
Body Moisturizers
Feminine Care Stuff
Looking our best begins with feeling our best. We need take time to pamper ourselves more often throughout the month and when it's that time of the month, and we really don't feel our best very easily, we need to be even more kind to ourselves. I bui...
This was another gift from my husband and yet another transformative piece of my soaking routine. I could literally sit in the tub for hours with the addition of this bath accessory. It's comfortable, it sections nicely to the tub, and it washes well...
Luxury Bath Pillow with Head, Neck & Back Support
One of my favorite acts of self-care is to take a long soak in the bathtub. My husband purchased this for me as a Christmas gift and I absolutely love it. I can safely have a drink within reach, prop a book to read or journal all my tub thoughts &...
Premium Expandable Bamboo Bathtub Tray Caddy
I bought myself two of the hydro jugs a few years back and the are convenient because they let me have a large amount of water for hiking or exercise. They now have other non plastic options that weren't availablewhen I bought my Hydrojugs. Now you c...
HydroJug Water Bottles & Accessories | Shop All Products
When I purchased my Hydrojugs I also purchased a few sleeves to go over the jugs and protect their chill. These sleeves have straps that make them even more convenient to carry crossbow! Plus they come in fun, playful patterns to amps up the style. T...
HydroJug Water Bottles & Accessories | Shop All Products
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So, when our monthly visitor arrives each month, it brings with it some not so great annoyances. I eliminated tampons and that made my life easier t...
Pure Cotton pads with FlexFoam
This one is designed to be worn on your back & neck but can also be laid across your front while you are reclined for nearly full body warmth. When I'm already not feeling well from hell week, this helps me feel comfortable anyways. *DO NOT SLEEP...
Ruqiji 26x35 Heating Pad, 12 Temps, Pain Relief
Whenever Aunt Flo comes to visit I refer to it tomy loved ones as being in hell week... and when I'm in the thick of hell week, I always crave chocolate. I've been scrounging coins to buy Dove chocolate (especially hell week) since my only mode of tr...
dove promises® chocolate
Prenatal Necessities
Prenatal is an experience nobody can prepare you for, so I won't try to prepare you, but I will share some things that made it a little easier for me. Some I used all 4 pregnancies, some I only learned about for a pregnancy or two. In general, all of...
These were the most magical discovery. They helped my nausea, in some cases made it entirely go away. They should call these sea-lifesaver-bands instead.
Sea-Band Nausea Relief - The Drug Free Answer to Nausea – seaband-us
My second pregnancy I had morning sickness that lasted well into the afternoon. In a desperate attempt to ease my discomfort I googled to learn ways to remedy my situation. I learned that eating sour stuff somehow helps the nausea. I don't remember t...
Original Lemon Head Candy 4.5oz Bag (2 Pack) w/ Mint
When I got pregnant with my third my morning sickness could have better been classified as all day sickness. My fourth pregnancy was even worse, I was sick every day. It was in these pregnancies that I learned of a better solution than just popping l...
Three Lollies Preggie Pop Drops Nausea Relief Candy, 32 Count
I never had this, but I saw it on Amazon and wish I had. I used an app with 3/4 girls, and that helped me know what was going on and where the babies development is. Part of the pregnancy glow is from the baby you are growing, but I believe that part...
First-Time Mom's Pregnancy Journal & Checklists
Postpartum Magic
Postpartum is such a foreign and vulnerable place for a woman to find herself, especially if she's lacking in female support. I wanted to create this category to recommend products that helped me (or would have) when I was in the nitty gritty with my...
These were a lifesaver for me when it came to socializing while still being in my breastfeeding era. They kept me from being embarrassed due to leaking and since they were reusable, I could wash them and save money.
Disposable & Washable Nursing Pads
These weren't a thing when I last nursed almost a decade ago but oh would they have been handy & provide relief at the same time!
Hot & Cold Breast Therapy Packs
The "Change" things happening to me...
If you are in your mid-thirties, you are probably already experiencing some perimenopause symptoms, even if your lady doctor says you are too young. I was experiencing symptoms starting around 35 and I heard how I was too young for years before anyon...
I can't say enough positive about Teami blends! I have been using them for nearly a decade, and following them as a company even longer. They have a number of products, from supplements and skincare to a wide variety of herbal teas to meet a multitud...
Teami Blends