BEAUTYfull®: Samantha Saroop, Gen Z Beauty
Samantha Saroop gives us a peek inside Gen Z beauty, covering today’s “thick” body ideal, seeing imperfection on social media, and why you just have to love yourself.
CoolPeel Diaries
Last winter I did Baby Fraxel. This winter I did CoolPeel. Here’s how it went…
Baby Fraxel Diaries
I got Baby Fraxel and, for anyone also feeling like their skin needs to be zapped alive again, I documented my entire experience and the results. No makeup, no filter, no retouch, yes fractional skin resurfacing
The Lettuces: #MomStrong
It won’t be the exact same. It may not be the easiest. And still mama, YOU. CAN. DO. IT.
The Lettuces: Welcome BabyGirl
My little girl, our rainbow baby, is here.
The Lettuces: Last Quarantine Maternity Photos
The final set. Baby girl is coming soon… and will complete our family of 4.
The Lettuces: More Quarantine Maternity Photos
Quarantine maternity pics. They’re not perfect. Not award-winning. But they document our pregnancy in this crazy covid world.
The Lettuces: Spin Cycle
Biking to the top of a mountain, she asked, who are you riding to?
The Lettuces: Just Keep Swimming
Not long ago, this set of photos is one I would have deleted…
The Lettuces: Pandemic Pregnancy
A lot of women who are currently pregnant or just had babies are advising others to wait. While every situation is unique and personal, I am not one of them.
The Lettuces: Mama Shark
Motherhood is not something you really get til it’s got. And once you’re the mama shark, not even for a second are you not ever again.
The Lettuces: Mama’s Boy
Right now I’m thinking about how I’m going to be able to love a second child the way I love this guy.
The Lettuces: How Are You Doing
So how are you doing? How are you feeling?? She asks with smiling eyes. (All I can see of her face since we are both in masks.) It’s a loaded question and I don’t even know where to start.
The Lettuces: Quarantine Maternity Photos
I always love other people’s professional maternity pictures and family portraits. But for us they just seem too formal or polished or posed. At the same time, I do want to document this pregnancy and preserve this moment in time…
The Lettuces: Early Pregnancy
My prenatal providers have been healthcare heroes way before we started calling them that.
The Lettuces: Mother’s Day
Some days we can’t wait to finally make it to bath and bedtime (when we all pass out!). And some days I want to last forever — to remember forever — as they slip through my fingertips and one day probably my memory too.
The Lettuces: Mom Bod
I was going to write a self-depricating comment about my quarantine “diet” and accompanying lack of exercise — but I changed my mind.
The Lettuces: Social-izing
In a strange reversal, I’m actually starting to feel like social media matters for me in a way tied to human connection and community.
The Lettuces: You Popped
As many expecting women and new moms are sharing the hidden blessings and silver linings of being pregnant in a pandemic, I’d like to add to the list…
The Lettuces: Boy Mom
When we found out the baby’s gender, after initially feeling very excited (it all became so real), I also felt… something else.
The Lettuces: Little Lettuce Gender Reveal
Little dude or little diva??? For our second baby, we decided to find out!
The Lettuces: The Truth About Medical Statistics
Like patients over 100 years old, who now return to their families after surviving coronavirus, your story is your own.
The Lettuces: Loss and Life At The Same Time
When you get pregnant following a loss, it may not be pure blissful total joy.
The Lettuces: You Are Not Too Old, It Is Not Too Late
Nothing is guaranteed but no one knows with certainty how your story will go.
The Lettuces: No Surrender
On the night of December 30th I started spotting.
The Lettuces: Steps To Minimize Risk If You Have A Necessary Doctor Appointment
If you have a medically necessary doctor appointment coming up, like an anatomy scan if you’re pregnant, here are some ideas on how to prepare to stay safe.
The Lettuces: My Heart Is With The Moms
These are complicated and challenging times. My heart is with the moms.
The Lettuces: After the Rain Comes The Rainbow (We’re Pregnant!)
After the rain, comes the rainbow. This is how we announced our second baby, coming summer 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic.
The Lettuces: 10 Things To Do With Your Kids At Home
Need ideas for things to do with your kid(s) at home? Here are 10 that work for us.
The Lettuces: We Are Family
We are intense. We are passionate. We get heated.
The Lettuces: Comfort and Growth
“Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist.“
The Lettuces: That’s My Boy
And then you do, you love him even more.
The Lettuces: This Is Us
“The future is not just about startups but stay-ups; anyone can start but it takes those who can stand the test of time to stay.”
The Lettuces: Thankful After Loss
Through this unique experience of loss, I’ve found that juxtaposed emotions are a mindfuck. Life is messy. And holidays can be hard.
The Lettuces: Miscarriage
We had two losses back to back.
The Lettuces: Pregnancy Loss
How do you wear grief? I didn’t know which clutch to clutch in it. And one day it all spilled out.
The Lettuces: TWO
On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, “Life will never be the same.”
The Lettuce: Just a Girl
I’m just a girl, standing in front of our next Whole Foods location, with my husband and business partner, wearing a necklace that says Mother and a hat that says Señor Lechuga Hot Sauce, asking how the hell did I get here??
The Lettuces: Hats
I wear a ton of hats, both literally and figuratively, but yeah, this new one is my favorite…
The Lettuces: Walking Away
I recently unfollowed a mom account that slammed a mother of a 6-month old for saying “isn’t this the most amazing thing ever?” about motherhood at a mommy and me class.
The Lettuces: Magic and Madness
Motherhood is all the magic and all the madness.
The Lettuces: Everyday is Monday
People think when you’re self-employed everyday is Saturday. But that’s retirement. Everyday is Monday for entrepreneurs and business owners.
The Lettuces: Mother of Lettuce
Yesterday our Shake Shack x Game of Thrones collaboration went nationwide!!!
The Lettuces: Come Fly With Me
We just logged our 10th flight with the baby (he’s 17 months old but I’ll call him the baby til he’s 18 years) and we finally finalllly really got our groove.
The Lettuces: Wild Wild West
We were “the parents of the inconsolable screaming baby.”
The Lettuces: 10 Tips for Post C-Section Recovery
A friend recently asked me if I had any advice for her friend who just had her baby by unplanned c-section, much like I did. Of course, I’ve since thought of more things… but here were my initial immediate thoughts.
The Lettuces: ONE
I tried several times to write this post, and still now language fails me in trying to adequately put into words this past year or how I feel about my son.
The Lettuces: #ThisIs40
#THISIS40. I’m just getting started.
BEAUTYfull®: Margarita Garcia Acevedo, Beauty Realized
Margarita Garcia Acevedo on worshiping false social media icons, fitness as a means to mental health and managing a food obsession with a career in food.
BEAUTYfull®: Rose Cosenza, Regal Beauty
Rose Cosenza on the beauty of the mind, the effects of trashing other women, and not only coming to accept but also be proud of what makes you unique.
The Lettuces: NY State of Mind
One of the countless things I love about New York is that nobody blinks an eye whether I’m taking my little babe to the swings, his music class, a gallery event, a brainstorming lunch or a business meeting.
The Lettuces: Noise
The one thing that’s been consistent for me in the past 8 months of motherhood is all the noise.
The Lettuces: Back in Black, Again
Since becoming a mother, a few close mom friends of mine have warned me that babies steal our beauty.
The Lettuces: Under Cover
A pretty cover that offers lightweight but full coverage, doesn’t drape over my baby’s face, and allows me to see him – and him to see me.
The Lettuces: Happy Father’s Day Grandpa
Last year on Father’s Day I was a week shy of 6 months pregnant. I asked my dad today if being a grandfather was what he imagined it would be a year ago. He said no.
The Lettuces: Until We’re Grey and Old
Parenthood inevitably changes your relationship. You are more a team than ever but it’s never been less about the two of you. Which is a new and strange dynamic.
The Lettuces: Hey Brother
There are only a handful of people I’d travel across the world for — with a seven month old baby! And most of them are pictured here.
The Lettuces: Simple Joys
While we all check ourselves to keep it “real” why can’t we also share what’s real good, real beautiful, real magical, real amazing about this journey.
The Lettuces: Accepted Anywhere
As the mother of a boy, I will never tell him makeup is for girls. Or pink is for girls. Or that he can’t use color or texture or any kind of artistry to express himself. Whatever he likes, I’m about.
The Lettuces: Mother’s Day
Becoming a mother makes you look at your own mom in a whole new way.