Last year, ColourPop’s Hocus Pocus Collection was an instant sensation. Now, even more trouble is brewing with the brand new Coven Crew Collection!
The Disney collab comes with everything you need to embrace the spooky season. You can shop everything from shadow palettes and lip products to a spider face stamp.
The collection is made up of:
12-pan Witching Hour Pressed Powder Palette in mattes and metallics
Three new shades of crème to powder Super Shock Shadows in the Trouble Brewing Kit
Of the hundreds of pitches and sites we scroll through each week, there are just a handful of products that really catch our eye. And this week, we’re all about saving money thanks to our favorite Labor Day sales. Whether they’re kid-specific or broader picks that make our lives better (and brighter), these are the goods we’re raving about and putting into our shopping carts. The best news? All of these items give back to a good cause!
Play Maysie's Eco-Friendly Doll House
Adorable mini dollhouses settled in a vintage-inspired lunch box. All the furniture is attached to the lunch box and the accessories are magnetic!
Gel pen lovers will be thrilled over this multi-pack from Bright Stripes. And, each purchase benefits Art Feeds' International, a non-profit that strives to bring art lessons and supplies to kids in five different countries around the world.
Keds' Washable Double-Decker Rainbow Women Slip Ons
In honor of Women's Equality Day, Keds donated shoes to Artists for Humanity, as well as $10,000. The artists then created one-of-a-kind sneakers for purchase.
Right now the company behind this inspiring collection of stories is doubling their donations to our Better to Give partner, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), to help the IRC support families in Afghanistan and in crisis zones worldwide
This cozy throw from UGG is 40% off and we are pretty sure we’re going to buy two of them because we all know someone is going to steal it while we’re lounging with it on the couch.
Mini fashionistas will love this flower power fleece by Stella McCartney! Money-saving parents will love that it's $50 off thanks to the Saks Labor Day Sale. Here are the details and the chance to save even more money.
This playhouse is 59% off (Wayfair's Labor Day sale is next level with the savings) and while there are too many cute features to list, we can't get enough of that mailbox with flag and attached picnic bench. PS: This would make an adorable present for the holidays.
Your little T-Rex loves all things dino so give them something to stomp around in with these Jurassic-inspired sneakers. BTW—the whole site (yes, everything) is 50% off until Sep.6.
You can never have enough swaddles—even better when they come with adjustable fabric wings like this Delta set, guaranteeing a snug, comfy fit every time.
Sephora's sale is off-the-hook with products being marked down up to 50% through Sept. 19. It was hard, but if we had to pick one item, it would be this matte lipstick from Fenty Beauty by Rhianna (in fall-friendly spiced terracotta)—but don't delay, the colors were running out of stock as we typed this.
Tye dye is still going strong—if you haven’t tried it yet, grab this kit (42% off!) and get ready for some wearable art to enter your life. Bonus: 10% of this purchase gets donated to Olive Crest—non-profit that serves at-risk children and families.
This candle is filled with soy-wax (better for you!) and 40% off (better for your wallet!). With scents of fresh sea salt, you can just close your eyes and transport yourself back to the beach of your dreams.
Finding cool, statement earrings that don't weigh you down is like trying to find a lost paci in the middle of the night...until we discovered these pretty color-block earrings from Esh Jewelry Collection on Etsy that are "feather light." Etsy is running special LDW sales starting Sep. 2). Your ears will thank you.
Somehow, we’re coming to the end of summer already, and we’ll be back to school before we know it. While the new school year is still going to look a bit different than before, back-to-school supplies are still a must. The coolest supplies always help to get kids ready to leave the summer daze behind, so we’ve searched for some of the best school supplies that you can snag on Amazon right now. Keep reading to see them all.
Pastel Tie-Dye The Happy Planner 12-Month Student Planner
Perfect for middle and high schoolers, The Happy Planner's classic options leave plenty of room for navigating homework, while leaving tons of room for creativity. We love the plethora of cover options and tons of sticker books to make planning fun.
This school year will feel different for many reasons. The Mood Tracker Planner gives kids the space to plan their days and process their feelings in a safe space.
These poppers are all the rage and your little one will love having one on their backpack to fiddle with while they wait for you to pick them up from school.
Remember growing up with scratch and sniff stickers? Then you'll appreciate these sweet-smelling pencils. The scents, which include Bubble Gum, Blue Slushie, Pineapple Swirl and Jelly Donut are guaranteed to last two years. These #2 pencils pull double duty. They smell great and they're great for the environment because they're made from 100% recycled newspapers.
This smart notebook is just that. It only has 32 pages, but that's all you'll need. Kids can draw and write over and over again on the reusable pages that come in plain, lined and dotted. With the Rocketbook app, your kids' artwork can automatically be saved to the cloud, so you can save some trees and room on your fridge.
Everything is better in color! Including these gel ink pens. Kids can let their artistic flair flow with no stress. Even if they happen to color outside the lines, no worries, these pens are totally erasable!
These awesome erasers will cleanly take away your mistakes. They even go a step further with a roller to clean up your eraser rollings so your masterpiece stays that way.
A great way to stand out in sea of backpacks? Charms for your backpack are the perfect way to accessorize for school. This adorable Pusheenicorn will make a dose of magic to the school year.
These pencil cases are the cutest monsters you want to carry with you. They can stash up to 30 pencils and keep them zipped up till you need them. It's a practical case with a unique one zipper design with five colors to choose from.
When the busy school schedule kicks in, things can get a little stressful. These rubbery pencil toppers will help ease some of that stress. They help with nail and pencil biting by offering something safe to chew. The toppers are made with 100% safe silicon and are washable. One less thing to stress over already.
We are deep in the throes of summer, which means moms are navigating hot and sweaty days. When you’re ready to sit down for some self-care, make sure you are grabbing from some of these editor-picked products. From face masks made from refreshing summer fruits and vitamin-packed body serum, to sunscreen that doesn’t feel sticky, these face and body products will have you sailing through summer.
Soo'Ae Food Story Masks
When you use a Soo'Ae mask, you can rest assured the products are natural. Each one is made with vegan ingredients, is cruelty free and comes in eco-friendly packaging. We love the Food Story collection, which includes options like pomegranate, kiwi, pineapple and banana.
You don't even need a sunburn to enjoy Olita's spray body serum! Spritz on this light oil spray to get a shot of moisture from a blend of Vitamin E and plant extract oils that is never greasy.
Yes, you're a mom and you're still getting zits! But now you can simply cover them with Ollie Belle's dot patches. The FDA-registered acne patches conceal those pimples and even small wounds to promote natural healing and skin regeneration.
Perfect Image Sea Whip Cucumber Detox Soothing Gel
As much as we try and avoid them, sunburns happen. Thankfully, the ingredients in this Sea Whip gel help minimize irritation. Together with cucumber, chamomile, oatmeal, this soothing gel promotes healing and reduces reddness and puffiness so you can skin can look better and feel better.
Goodbye, tangly ocean and pool hair! Daily Dose's leave-in conditioner gives you back the moisture you need, detangling and nourishing with just a few sprays.
Vegan and plant based, body products from SPRAISE bring the trifecta of luxurious scents, textures and nourishment together. We especially love that each product has an “Ode to Self” to remind you to see yourself on a daily basis. The light and airy fragrances like pomegranate, lemon ginger and coco mango make these the perfect products for summer.
Whether you're cooling off from a hot day at the beach or refreshing after a long flight, Masktini is here for you summer skin. The Woke Bae Whenever Moisture Spritz is made with apple and watermelon extract, hyaluaronic acid and marine isomers to help give you the glow you need, lock in hydration and plump away those wrinkles.
With five types of ceramides and lipids, this new daily-use serum from cocokind helps to create a barrier against the elements. Designed for all, use it any time of day for a bump in moisturizer and skin protection!
A new product from ILONA, this serum has two sides that combine to create a restorative skin product that's ideal for beating back summer's harsh rays, as well as intensifies cellular activity, helps with inflammation, and helps to maintain all-day hydration. With only a small pump of product gently massaged into the skin after cleansing at night, you'll be able to see an improvement in a week or so.
Pair it with the best-selling Crystal Skin Resurfacing cream. It's got tiny granules of micro-surfacing crystals, that when scrubbed into your face, immediately offer a brighter, clearer complexion. And, since you only need to use the cream once or twice a week, a jar will last you for months.
The Beauty Tailor is proud to bring lipsticks that are cruelty, paraben and sulfate free AND vegan. Not only do they offer tons of ready-to-wear shades, but you can also design your own custom lipstick, too!
Sunscreen is super important for summer (and always). We love this option as it is 50 SPF, feels super light on the skin and doesn't drip into your eyes as you sweat.
Summer can be a doozy––that's why we love this multi-correctional essence. It's made with stem cells, peptides, anti-antioxidants and hyaluronic acid that ultimately protect skin from UV blue light.
Summer is the perfect time to embrace the light appeal of lip gloss. The collection from Wonder Femme packs all the neutrals you'll need to instantly jazz up your outfit, without going overkill. Each one contains ingredients like Brown Algae Kelp, Golden Seaweed, Vitamin E and Jojoba to give you moisture on the go.
American Girl and Magnolia Bakery are teaming up for a very special virtual event! The two beloved brands are both celebrating big birthdays: it’s American Girl’s 35th anniversary and Magnolia Bakery’s 25th.
In honor of both events, fans can take part in a cyber cupcake baking bday bash. Tune in to the American Girl Birthday Bash, Hosted by Magnolia Bakery Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. ET for plenty of cupcake-filled fun.
Magnolia’s Chief Baking Officer, Bobbie Lloyd, will help your fam to mix up their own bountiful batch of cute celebratory cupcakes.
The virtual event is $115 and includes the online cupcake decorating event and a limited-edition American Girl x Magnolia Bakery Cupcake Kit. The kit comes with six full-size and 12 mini vanilla cupcakes, colorful sprinkles, edible star decorations, food dye gel and powdered sugar (a.k.a. the main ingredients in buttercream), icing bags and decorating tips. Your kiddo will also get one American Girl Cupcake toy in the kit.
Along with Chief Baking Officer Bobbie Lloyd, the event will also feature special appearances by influencers Rachel Pitzel, Ava and Leah Clements and Zooey Miyoshi. Tickets to this virtual events go on sale Apr. 13 at 9:00 a.m. ET. Buy your ticket from Magnolia Bakery’s website here.
In this day and age, many parents resort to technology in order to keep their kids entertained and occupied, completely forgetting the benefits of arts and crafts. True, technology is very useful, and kids should be introduced to it, but it should never come at the expense of them playing and making things with their own hands. There are many benefits of arts and crafts that go beyond simply allowing your kids to express themselves in a more creative way, and here are some of them.
It improves their coordination and fine motor skills.
Arts and crafts usually require kids to use both hands in a certain manner, which can help them develop fine motor skills and bilateral coordination. For example, drawing dots and lines, cutting with scissors, and even simply tearing a piece of paper are all quite demanding tasks in terms of dexterity – and kids enjoy doing them. This can help them develop faster and become more skilled in other daily activities such as tying their shoes, dressing, using kitchenware, etc.
It helps them express themselves.
Kids tend to be very visual about everything that happens around them, and they generally absorb a lot of information every day. However, there will always be kids who are naturally shyer and not that comfortable with expressing themselves in words. Those kids may look for different, more visual ways to express their emotions and thoughts – and arts and crafts can give them what they need. It is a safe environment that they can control and shape in any way they want by using any materials they like. This is why parents might get a better insight into how their child is feeling or what they are thinking by encouraging them to participate in arts and crafts activities.
It makes them more creative and productive.
There are no limits to children’s imagination, and arts and crafts are a great way for them to turn that endless imagination into something more productive. There are many materials, colors, shapes, and activities they can choose, which allows children to explore different options and pick those that they find the most enjoyable. And who knows, they might even discover a fun hobby, like drawing, that can later become a lucrative career, like graphic design.
It helps them develop other skills.
Young kids usually begin using pens by scribbling random things. However, the thing is, the more they scribble, the better they will be at controlling the pen and their movements across the paper. So, as they learn to control their own movements, they will also learn how to create different shapes, which will eventually lead to creating letters. In other words, the more they scribble, the faster they’ll master everything they need in order to write clearly. Also, you can encourage scribbling by giving them colorful gel pens—scribbling with such fun pens will make them want to do it all the time!
It inspires them to think critically.
Art comes with endless possibilities and choices—will their house have a red roof or black? Will they draw a dog or a cat? How will they draw the clouds and the birds? All these choices inspire kids to think critically, decide, and evaluate their own decisions so they can repeat them or change them the next time. This way, they will become more comfortable with thinking about different possibilities and more confident about making their choices. Plus, it will also make them more likely to try different combinations and come up with their own ideas, which is an extremely useful skill at all ages.
It helps them socialize.
Arts and crafts create a common ground for all the kids who may have different interests or simply haven’t met yet, because most of them will love creating things with their hands—and see what other kids have created. When it comes to creativity, it doesn’t matter how old they are or what race they are – the only thing that matters is what they can make. And since children are naturally curious, they will gladly approach another child if they like what that kid has drawn, built with Lego blocks, or colored.
There are many benefits of arts and crafts for kids, from helping them socialize and express themselves to helping them develop other skills and think more critically. So, if you want your child to have fun and experience all these benefits, encourage them to take part in such activities – they are both fun and useful, and your kid will definitely enjoy exploring their own imagination.
Olivia is psychologist and entrepreneur from Brisbane and a mother of two beautiful children. She is a passionate writer, traveler and conscious consumer, seeking healthy and sustainable products to incorporate into the lives of her family. Her motto is “Be the change you want to see in the world."
The 2000’s favorite girl-turned-cartoon is getting her own makeup collection! Even though Disney+ will not be hosting a Lizzie McGuire reboot, the sassy middle schooler has found a new way to infiltrate our modern lives.
The Disney Lizzie McGuire Collection comes withe everything you need to re-embrace your younger years. The entire collab comes in 2000’s-esque packaging that includes bright colors, flowers and of course, Lizzie’s cartoon counterpart.
ColourPop is keeping everyone on its toes with non-stop releases and the newest one is super sweet. Dropping on Feb. 25, beauty guru’s can now shop the Disney Bambi collection.
Inspired by “your favorite forest friends,” Bambi, Thumper and Flower each get their own range of palettes to deck you out in forest style. Products are priced as beyond affordable, starting at $8 up to $115 which snags you the entire collection.
So what can you shop in the new collab? In addition to individual shadow palettes for each of your furry friends, ColourPop has also created lip and eye sets, luxe gloss kits, créme gel liner kits, pixie puff highlighter, falsies faux lashes, and lux glosses.
Like all of ColourPop’s collabs, they are limited edition and sell out fast. If you spy a must-have product that brings out your inner Bambi, be sure to grab it while you can. All products are available at colourpop.com.
The pandemic has had far reaching effects this past year, but especially for Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizon game. Rising to popularity in 2020, the game that lets you make friends with animals and create your own world now has a makeup line!
Launching today, Jan. 28, the ColourPop x Animal Crossing collaboration has everything you need to get that island look. It has pressed powder eyeshadow palletes, super shock eyeshadows, lip tints, glitter gel and blush. Here are some of our faves!
We know most kids would rather stick to their beloved pizza and chicky-nuggies on a daily basis than touch anything green. Instead of trying to fight a losing battle over all their “yucks”, how about trying something you’ll both love that supplements their diet with an infusion of goodness—yes, it does exist! ChildLife® Essentials is the first complete line of premium nutritional supplements made especially for infants and kids. The entire line of supplements was developed bya holistic pediatrician, because who better to understand what kids need? Read on to learn more about ChildLife® Essentials!
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How It Started
ChildLife® Essentials was created and developed by world-renowned holistic pediatrician Dr. Murray Clarke. He’s been a pioneer in holistic pediatrics, treating difficult conditions in babies and children for over 20 years.
Dr. Clarke saw there was a lack of high-quality supplements that were geared towards babies and children. This inspired Dr. Clarke to create his own formulas specifically targeting the unique needs of children—both nutritional needs and flavors they’ll love—without the high levels of toxins.
“In the last 30, 40 years, our whole environment has changed. The mineral content of our fruits and veggies has shifted, we have more processed and junk foods, we have an environment that’s adding a toxic burden to children that no other generation has ever faced. All of those things mean that a child growing up in today’s world needs a lot more support, and even if a child is eating perfectly, they might still not be getting everything they need.”—Dr. Murray Clarke, Founder & President of ChildLife® Essentials
What’s Inside (And What’s Not)
ChildLife® Essentials complete line of products are sugar-free, gluten-free and never made with artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners—none of those “yucks” for moms and dads!
They come in a few different forms like SoftMelts™, powder and gel caps, and gummies, but most of them are liquid. Why liquid form? It allows for more nutrient-packing power in each does and liquid tends to be better absorbed by the body. Bonus: it’s great for picky eaters and infants since you can mix it with anything and they are none the wiser.
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Health Benefits & Safety
Only the highest quality, most pure, potent and natural ingredients sourced from around the world are included in ChildLife® Essentials vitamins. They go above and beyond safety standards, testing products by third-party labs to ensure they are safe and some of the best nutritional supplements on the market for kids.
ChildLife® Essentials were made to provide children with the vitamins and minerals they may be lacking from their everyday diet, helping create a strong foundation for health in their early years. The benefits of some of their supplements include environmental protection and detoxification,brain development, physical growth and immune support and so much more.
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Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
