Beauty Buzz

Dear Andi, As a (fairly) new mom, I’m trying to scale back my makeup routine to just a few steps a day. What three products do you think are a “must” for looking polished, but […]

Dear Andi, During the summer, I hate wearing make-up. How can I look my best with a bare face? Andi: With this sticky heat and frequent trips to the pool, I have been taking a […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 That little peach fuzz all of our cheeks mostly goes unnoticed … until it doesn’t. Then it’s all you can think about. Most of us […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 Thankfully, the world of self-tanners has progressed leaps and bounds since the early ‘00s and you no longer need to fear looking like an orange […]

Have you ever wanted to ask a Rodan + Fields consultant the cost of Lash Boost – or maybe the best skin regimen for your teenager’s acne  – but were afraid to start the conversation […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 I am on a mission to get everyone I meet to use facial sprays in their daily routine. So far I have converted my mother, […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 Before picking my topic for the week, as part of a running gag in our house, I asked my husband what I should write about […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 I’m sure you’ve heard about the benefits of drinking apple cider vinegar (ACV) as a means to improve digestion, which can lead to some weight loss, […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 This post may or may not be based on real life traumatizing events, but I will say I HATE gray hairs, they are completely ridiculous […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 There are a few things about my beauty routine that haven’t changed in 20 years. One of these is my devotion to my trusty pencil […]

Dear Andi, I’m trying to be realistic about the aging process, but I feel like I’m getting wrinkles much earlier than my friends the same age. Is there something that could be causing this? Barring […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 If you’re not completely addicted to the Konmari method, then you either haven’t watched Tidying Up with Marie Kondo on Netflix or you are already […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor and mama of 3 Every single year this happens: I stockpile Christmas gifts all year I budget and get the good deals on Black Friday I make a list […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor and mama of 3 Everyone knows motherhood is a marathon, not a sprint, but the two-month period between Halloween and New Year’s Dat is like one of those crazy […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 There are LOTS of ways we support our fellow moms. We buy from their at-home businesses, we carpool to soccer when she has to be […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode beauty editor and mama of 3 It is picture season! School pictures, soccer pictures, band pictures…and, of course, the ever elusive “perfect” holiday card picture. If you can manage to find […]

By Andi Douglas, mama of 3 and nwaMotherlode beauty editor So, it’s still hot. Summer was cool, fall is hot, up is down and down is up. Instead of packing away my shorts and piling […]

Note from the mamas: You know we love the Seoul Mamas beauty masks, but we also love the story of the mama behind the mask. Geri, the founder of Seoul Mamas, went to South Korea […]