Sale PSA: This adorable knit dress from Sandro, now $300, classic suede sandals from Stuart Weitzman, now $228 with code SAVENOW, and if you watch Succession – here is Shiv’s excellent cream jumpsuit, now 30% off.
Not exactly a sale but Nordstrom has a ton of gift with purchases for beauty – I’ve made some purchases myself, this is how I stock up on travel goodies!
Also! Just realized Everlane has a few cashmere styles on sale for a few days for $100 – I like the classic turtleneck!
So recently I had kind of a scare. A little dark spot appeared on my lip, seemingly out of nowhere. I have not seen a dermatologist in more than a decade (who has the time?? Between all the kid’s stuff??) so put it off until finally I made an appointment for a checkup. The earliest one I could get was two months out. Which I took. Upon which the spot proceeded to get larger and darker, all within a week, and then my husband got freaked out enough to make me make an emergency appointment. Even though I wear sunscreen almost everyday I have ignored my lips and so I was getting worried – luckily, the dermatologist confirmed it was nothing, just a little spot which he could try to get off with lasers (and a lot of extra money). Which so far I have not opted for. Actually, you can see a little bit of the spot here.
However! The derma also lectured me about my sun exposure. I’m constantly in the sun – out with the kids at parks, pushing my daughter in her stroller and and yelling at my son not to go too far into the street. Driving them around blah blah blah. So after this scare I decided to get serious about protecting myself against sun damage (some of this is vanity – wrinkles!). Here are some of my favorite products and ways I’m protecting myself against the harsh, wonderfully warm, rays of the sun:
Sunscreen. Duh. My favorite product right now is the Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen: SPF 40, which I feel is adequate, and the price is high but not too high. A tube also lasts me ages. One new thing I started to do – I slather it on my neck as well. Yeah it uses up the product more but why would I spend so much on clothes and just ignore my neck? Hello Nora Ephron?
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