From her Jersey Shore days falling down and peeing on herself to becoming an admirable mother, she’s really made changes for the better in her life. Now, on top of it all, she has also completely changed her body, losing an amazing 42 pounds since giving birth to her son, Lorenzo, last August. She’s rocking a bikini on the cover of Us Weekly, and she has never looked better. At just 4-foot-9, the famous Guidette now weighs 102 pounds....
The article focuses on the so-called “retro wife” — the contented women who choose to leave their careers for a peaceful, satisfying life raising kids: Domestic Madonna? PLACID IN HER SPHERE? So, am I antifeminist if I say I can’t identify with that sentiment at all? One of the women featured in the article is described as spending “hours upon hours doing things that would make another kind of woman scream with boredom, chanting nursery rhymes and eating pretend cake beneath a giant Transformers poster....
Is there anything better than forgoing makeup altogether and just throwing on a pair of sunglasses and looking totally chic? Answer: No. But there is a bit of an art when it comes to sunglass shopping. You want to buy the right pair for your particular face. And, because we’re your besties, we’re here to help. Here are the 10 best sunglasses for every face shape. Image via pumpkincat210/Flickr...
Alexa’s work is gorgeous, perfectly capturing women at the most beautiful time in their lives. Check out more of her photos … This image is of one of Alexa’s models, Kerri, who posed with her daughter Lydia at the Lincoln Memorial. On her experience posing for Alexa, Kerri shared, “Naked, pregnant, cold. The marble was freezing under my feet. The air was still, no wind, no sun — just me, my daughter, and Abe....
Fun foods are always a great teaching tool. Kids love to eat, they love to show their smarts and they love one-on-one attention. Combine some wholesome snacks with some good old-fashioned math and it’s a winning equation for all of you! You can tame growling stomachs, keep brains engaged, encourage smart snacking, and reinforce basic math skills with this fun- and food-filled after-school Smart Eating, Smart Math Game. Start by putting twelve snack foods in bowls on the kitchen table....
The answer: a next-level DIY facial. We talked to Kory Keith, spa director at The Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles, for her expert tips on getting the best at-home facial of your life. “Every facial should include cleansing, exfoliation and hydrating, and for best results should be performed once a week,” she says. Follow these tips, and prepare to get your glow on. If you need more gentle exfoliation, try a chemical exfoliator....
The signs come in every shape, style, and size you can imagine, and some can even be customized to say different things. From the looks of it, they’re a growing trend among parents who are sick of fending off touchy people at the grocery store. While hand-washing can ward off some germs, pediatrician Tanya Remer Altmann, MD, tells WebMD it’s a good idea to require that people ask permission before touching a baby, and that they should only be allowed to touch certain areas....
And in honor of this lovely body part, two French artists (and best friends) sought to empower and inspire women to love their own backsides — without the sexualization of female butts that pervades our society. “The female body is also sexualized all the time, but what if a bum was for something else than porn or sex?” Marseille said. “We hope to naturalize nudity and bring back a poetry in the way we see women’s bodies....
His super diligent research really seemed to pay off too. His boob cake is pretty magnificent. And not at all like one of those weirdly raunchy ones, either. Even though Hunt couldn’t find skin-colored fondant to actually make them look like flesh, they do look, at least somewhat, anatomically correct. Hunt assured everyone that he didn’t steal any of his wife’s breast milk to make the cake. The “milk” was actually made out of icing sugar and water....
More from CafeMom: Mom Called ‘Abusive’ for Wanting to Pierce Her Baby’s Ears “Yet she was the one that instructed me on how to hold her then she continued to blame me and told me my arm was in the way … ok? If my arm was in the way why would you attempt to blindly pierce my baby’s ear?!” she wrote. “I told them how unprofessional they were and they both told me and my 2-month-old ’to get the f*ck outta here then....
This is especially true for brides. The pressure to look your absolute best in pictures that will last forever is INTENSE. As a result, many brides set unrealistic weight-loss goals or settle for something “flattering,” rather than their dream dress. Margie Plus did none of that. The style writer and body-positive influencer is a shining (literally, beaming) example of how to be the perfect bride right now — not 10 pounds from now....
One photo has the words “Drink water” on the lips, a shout-out to unsolicited advice that people give him. “Acne can’t ALWAYS be treated by drinking water, eating right, or by going to the dermatologist,” the caption for this photo says. More from CafeMom: Woman Shares Drastic Side-by-Side Photos to Show What PMS Is Really Like It seems to be that way for many others. “I love this so much because I have always been so self-conscious because of my acne,” someone commented on Instagram....
Her little girl was fussy and refused to take a nap. JMB4Evr was so desperate to get her to sleep that she grabbed the pink blanket and wrapped her baby up like a cigar. No joke, as soon as she finished, her daughter fell fast asleep. For sure, this wouldn’t work with every 1 year old. One mom said her little ones would have a fit, and another mom guaranteed she’d end up with bite marks on her arm if she tried that....
Okay, I get the concept here — from a man’s perspective, anyway. Hey, look, boobies! We like those! We don’t want boobies to go away!! I’ll give this one a C+ for effort, but that’s all. Not because I think it’s too sexy, but because it misses the point. Here’s the thing: The point of promoting breast cancer awareness isn’t to save as many sets of anonymous hot boobs as possible, it’s to save as many lives of the women who happen to be attached to those sets of boobs as possible....
Tyler and his wife are the duo behind the Etsy shop Your Sassy Grandma that provides unique clothing for those with a sense of humor. Their sexy ugly Christmas sweater is for women who don’t mind letting it all hang out, but this unconventional holiday sweater, complete with a removable nose pastie, also could be perfect for breastfeeding moms. Side note: There’s also a sexy Christmas sweater for men. More from CafeMom: 10 Ugly Christmas Sweaters That Will Send You Into Fits of Laughter As a breastfeeding mom, I had to do a double take when I saw this sweater....
I think we can all agree that Pamela Anderson may or may not be beautiful, but she sure is “hot.” About six years ago, my husband and I had a raging argument over Britney Spears. He was going on about how “hot” she was and how hard that was to achieve. I told him that anyone could get her look with the right trainer and makeup artist. She looks like any pretty high school girl with a much better beauty crew....
Clear now? If not, then you are a lot like me. I also look at these photos and see JonBenet Ramsey and little girls looking disturbingly like adult women, but I also recognize that it is meant to disturb us. It has. But not in the way they intended. Coming from a fashion magazine that is only too happy normally to show us 13 and 14-year-old models dressed up as adult women and call it the beauty ideal, it feels a little false and heavy handed....
While water is obviously great for our bodies, ingesting nothing BUT water for an extended period of time isn’t exactly a good idea. “The idea is: You could do it as long as you have fat on your body, and that’s what gives you energy,” Elan Kels, the dieter, told New York Post. After five days of ingesting nothing but water, he claimed he felt ultra-energetic. However, by day 28, he could barely get out of bed, and chose to stop the diet....
Well, maybe it’s okay if you’ve got a sweet, mellow, older cat. Then you’re fine. But a toddler with a temperamental cat is just asking for trouble. What do you do if your cat and toddler just don’t get along? A writer asked this question in a pet advice column. Apparently her toddler keeps wanting to play with the family cat (a nine-year-old). And the cat has been acting out, hissing at the little boy and refusing to use the litter box....
Hey Baby, what’s your number? No, not phone digits or notches on his bedpost. We’re talking numerology — the study of the symbolism of numbers — and you’d be surprised what you can learn about the guy you’re dating or married to with a little simple math! “Numerology is a cut-to-the-chase tool that reveals your partner’s personality traits with unyielding accuracy,” says Felicia Bender, PhD, author of Redesign Your Life: Using Numerology to Create the Wildly Optimal You....
