“I feel I need to be perfect. I was like this pre-baby, but something about having a child makes you go into overdrive on the perfection.” “I want so badly to be everything to my child. I feel like I should take her out every day and do something fun. When I don’t, I feel […]
Never mind what celebrities, diet gurus or self-help books would have you believe about getting back to your post-pregnancy body. There’s really only five factors that play into safe, healthy weight loss—plus one virtue, patience. “I am finally right around my pre-pregnancy weight three years after giving birth,” says Kara, who was “very surprised at […]
Jessica Simpson is in the news yet again—this time, for a lucrative deal she’s reportedly made with Weight Watchers to lose her post-pregnancy baby weight. You might think Simpson would be more wrapped up in, say, nesting—after all, she’s still pregnant. But clearly, looking forward to her post-pregnancy weight loss is very much on her […]
UPDATED August 1st, 2016 If you’ve ever tried to grow out your short hair, you know it’s hard! In the late 60’s, a doll named Crissy was manufactured by the Ideal Toy Company. Chrissy’s main feature was that her hair could be made short or long on a whim, thanks to an opening in Crissy’s […]
Sunday night, at the Golden Globes, Seth Rogen and Kate Beckinsale walked to the stage to present an award. Beckinsale looked stunning in a form-fitting Roberto Cavalli gown; Seth Rogen looked… well, like Seth Rogen. If all eyes were on Kate Beckinsale and her elegant composure, Rogen quickly stole the spotlight when he introduced himself: […]
The dictionary defines “competition” as “an event in which people try to outdo others”. In the instance of mommyhood, such an event is an everyday occurrence for some mothers. Whether it’s trying to look as good as the mom who lost all her baby weight within six weeks of delivering, or the mom who keeps […]
I’ve never been very good at sharing. Growing up an only child, I didn’t really have to be. I actually have three sisters whom I adore—but technically, they’re half-sisters, from my father’s previous and subsequent marriages. There’s a big age difference between all of us—we range from 50 to 21—and we’ve never lived together. So […]
Why should we get married, especially if we’ve been married before? That seems to be a popular question nowadays! “Matthew McConaughey Engaged to Camila Alves,” blares the headline on a popular tabloid website. Along with the article about the newly engaged couple is a romantic photo of the two kissing in front of a Christmas […]
Blended families can also have a merry holiday! My parents split up when I was thirteen; my father remarried, my mother didn’t. Suddenly, the holidays—once a special time when everyone was together, a time to look forward to, to cherish—seemed hopelessly fragmented. I worked at the local video store, and I started taking the holiday […]