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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 some [...]

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 much 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 the [...]