Should I Stay Home With My Baby?
A new mom returning to work after maternity leave weighs two job offers: one that would allow her to work from home and one that would require daycare.
A new mom returning to work after maternity leave weighs two job offers: one that would allow her to work from home and one that would require daycare.
Hi Amalah – I need help with home haircolor. I cannot justify paying someone to do it for me. Don’t have that cash, don’t have that time. I used to color my own hair obsessively, my hair was blonde, and big, and well, I lived…
(I feel the need to confess that today’s column is being written in our basement, which is currently the only area of the house that’s NOT undergoing renovations and does not have plastic draped floor to ceiling. This would be okay, except that we never…
“I can’t spend $20 on shampoo. I just can’t.” I get this a lot. And I understand! I do! And yet…I kind of don’t. I mean, have you ever spent $20 on a shirt? That you maybe wear once or twice a month? You wear…
Dear Amy, Long-time reader, first-time questioner here. Recently, with the gas prices and the environment and whatever else I should care about, I started taking mass transit to and from work. This requires me either to walk from my house to the bus stop or…
Dearest Amalah: I searched your archives and couldn’t find anything on this topic. I tried. I promise. A few years ago I had Adult Braces. (I must refer to them as Adult Braces as I find that title hilarious.) I wore the big old silver…
Pregnancy symptoms can include some odd things — but not typically peeling lips, which may be a case of angular cheilitis.
Hello! Love the column! Obsessively dig through your archives whenever a new question occurs to me, usually on a Saturday night about an hour before I have to walk out the door to my next shindig, leaving not nearly enough time to go buy the…
This is a serious question. Not global warming serious, but you know… Does Preparation H reduce puffiness around the eyes? Does it shrink things other than butt pustules? Amy, I know that you are a cause-driven individual. I’ve seen your pink hair. We’ve all seen…
I have a wedding to attend in July, and after much purchasing and returning and gnashing of teeth, I think I have my outfit picked out. Because, you know, the focus is totally going to be on ME, a random guest, and not that bride-type…
A couple people have politely (really! nicely even! why are you people always in such a damn fine mood? it’s kind of annoying, actually) pointed out that a lot of my recommendations fall a little too squarely into the pasty white girl category, and you…
Amy, I love your smackdown advice – but often times the products you recommend are too rich for my cheaper than 2 coats of paint blood. I value a short beauty routine & want to spend as little money as possible on it; I also…
Yet another break in format! A few people have emailed requesting the complete lineup of products I use, or a best-of list, or something along those lines. So…in honor of the somewhat randomly selected date of June 1st, I present: the complete best-of list of…
Amalah, Oh please oh please, help! I am FED UP with my eyeshadow. It creases and streaks and clumps — all by lunchtime! My eyelids look greasy and my lovely shading job goes all to hell. I admit I use fairly cheap stuff most of…
Is there any undergarment that can be worn under swimwear ’cause everytime I lose weight…..there goes the butt! PLEASE HELP ME, Butless & Desperate In case you ever wondered: Why yes, I DO get some rather strange questions sometimes. This was one of those questions…
Dear Amalah, Please oh please help me understand something. Why in the world do some daily moisturizers that contain SPF come with a note that sez you should wear a sunscreen while using the product and avoid sunlight for a week during and after using…
DearAmy, I have a question about the Smashbox Primer (because I know you haven’t talked about the stuff enough.) Anyway, I don’t have the one with the special anti-aging (ageing?? whatever.) chemical…you know, the one that is kind of rosy colored. Mine is just the…
(We have a super-extra-mega-special guest Advice Smackdowner today, y’all…the sublimely hilarious and deeply awesome Jen Lancaster of Jennsylvania.com AND your local book-retailing-type shoppe. I love her. I command you to love her too.) Dear Amy, Uh-oh. I haven’t noticed my toes in ages (since it’s…
A request from the comments: I want a cage match for flip-flops — super cheap ones from Old Navy vs. more expensive fabric-ish ones from other stores like J. Crew or American Eagle. After Miranda suggested a Flip-Flop Cage Match, a whole slew of you…
So I was planning to put this demo on How To Apply False Eyelashes in the “Beauty 101” category, until I realized that there is nothing 101 about applying false eyelashes. NOTHING. This is advanced placement, National Honors Society, grad-level coursework for hardcore primping addicts…