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The next Chicago Food Swap will take place on May 12 at The Scrumptious Pantry in Logan Square. Registration is now open. As always, to find out more about the Chicago Food Swap, check out our website or join the conversation on our Facebook page.

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Eyelash Tinting: a Great Tip for Busy Moms

No make-up; just tinted eyelashes

This is not a beauty blog. But this is a blog about keeping one’s head above water as a busy mom. So while I would not normally write about a beauty treatment, when I come across a beauty treatment that is affordable for regular people, can help streamline your [...]

Urban Mom Salon: the best idea ever?

Zuzu demos how to drink hot chocolate with wet nails.

Raise your hand if you are a mom who has ever hired a babysitter so that you could get a mani-pedi or a bikini wax or, dear Lord, just get your highlights done. I seriously don’t know any mom who hasn’t done this at [...]

No Chips Off the Old Block?

On several occasions recently, I have complimented a friend’s brightly-colored nails and heard in response: “It’s that new no-chip manicure!”  To which my response is: What new no-chip manicure? Why did no one tell me?

The truth is, I do not usually get manicures.  Pedicures, yes.  In the summer, I love a pedicure as [...]

Blow Off the Blowout

Have you heard about the latest celebrity hair craze? It’s called a Brazilian Blowout. That sounds lurid, but in fact, it’s just a new kind of hair treatment that claims to “soften” a woman’s natural curls or waves without the harsh side effects of Japanese hair straightening and other methods.  The New York Times published [...]

Red Carpet Rundown

The Oscars are still going on…and on…and on, but why wait until way past bedtime for my Red Carpet wrap-up? Here is my running diary on what we saw on the way in:

Yessss! I’ve finished the dinner dishes.  My kind husband is bathing the children. I finally get to sit down and watch all [...]