Health & Beauty
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Exercise at Home With These 5 Workouts for Busy Moms
These days, making time for the gym takes a little more effort. I exercised at least five times a week before finding out I was pregnant. And even then, I worked out throughout my entire pregnancy; I was headed to work out the night my water broke. But now, being a work-from-home mom of a newly mobile baby, trying to carve out time in my day for a trip to the gym isn’t a priority. Thankfully, I’m able to exercise at home between work calls and during naps. During my last visit home to see my family, my younger sister was in town and she gave me some workout tips…
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Mask Monday: DIY Blackhead Mask with Egg
If you have an aversion to eggs, this DIY blackhead mask is not for you! But if you’re looking for a simple way to get rid of all those blackheads clogging your pores, you’ll want to take notes! When the weekend comes, it’s glam time! And when it comes to makeup glam, I go all the way out. I’m talking concealer, contour, highlight, lashes, the works! But when the doll face comes off, I realize how important it is to take care of my skin. And while it may be easy to run to the drugstore to grab exfoliants and moisturizers, storebought facials can get expensive. That’s why I’ve decided to…
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News Flash: Losing Weight While Breastfeeding Isn’t the Hardest Part
After giving birth, the doctors assured me that nursing would help shrink my uterus back down to its normal size, helping eliminate some of that extra baby pouch that was still there—one of the things they don’t tell you about when you’re pregnant. It definitely helped. And, one thing I found to be true for me was that losing weight while breastfeeding wasn’t the hardest part; the struggle came in maintaining. I never took the time to figure out how to calculate how many calories I burned while breastfeeding (like really, who has time for that?). But according to multiple sources, depending on how much and how often your baby…