We’re normally not fans of pricey beauty products — the drugstore is more of our vibe. However, we were talked into buying this YSL highlighter as part of our wedding makeup, and we are absolutely addicted now, because it’s the perfect way to “look alive” after a long day of staring at the computer screen. (We use it so often we even keep it in our purse, so we always have it with us.) Before we head out for a night on the town, we’ll add a bit under the eyelids, alongside our nose beneath our brows, and up over the brow bones to perk up without getting that startled look that plain concealer can bring. Brilliant. It’s available at Sephora for $40. Yves Saint Laurent TOUCHE ÉCLATRadiant Touch 1 Luminous Radiance
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Today’s question comes from a reader curious about lunching etiquette…
I have a question for you guys: what’s the opinion on eating lunch at one’s desk? There are some projects I need (and want) to stay in the office for but I have to eat! It’s incredibly hard to look professional mid-bite of a taco and even salads can get interesting. Not to mention, with an open office plan, not everyone is in lunch mode, so while they’re having a meeting, I’m scarfing down a sandwich. Dinner isn’t so much an issue, as its afterhours but lunch is still a conundrum for me. Is this an issue for anyone else? Do you avoid certain foods? Curious…
For our $.02, if we haven’t planned lunch with someone, then we tend to prefer to lunch at our desk. We don’t mean to be antisocial, but it helps us to continue whatever thought we were in the midst of before hunger pangs overtook us, or to surf the web and read blogs that we wouldn’t have time for otherwise. (In fact, we hate taking breaks in the middle of the day, and tend to bring snacks like yogurt and raw almonds so we don’t have to leave the office at all.) Some people really do not like the smell of pungent food — we worked in one place where, allegedly, the microwave had been banished to a back room on a middle floor because one of the bigwigs did not like the smell of cooking food. And to that end, it might make sense to avoid really smelly lunches or snacks. It might also pay to be considerate, smellwise, of folks who are dieting — avoid bringing in McDonald’s fries or heating up that brownie.
If you’re eating in an open space, there may be other considerations, such as what people can see and here. You may want to avoid things that are difficult bites to eat — long spaghetti, really large pieces of sushi — or things that fall apart randomly (e.g., hard-shell tacos). This doesn’t mean you’re left with nothing to eat — ask for them to chop your salad. Choose tortellini rather than angel hair. Soup and sandwiches are lunch hits for a reason. If you prefer to adopt our approach of eating really small meals between breakfast and dinner, it does seem (to us at least) pretty unobtrusive to eat things like an apple, a carton of yogurt, a few raw almonds, a skim latte, and so forth, throughout the day.
Readers, what are your thoughts? Do you lunch at your desk frequently? If you’re working in an open space, what do you eat?
Pictured above: Flickr has an amazing pool of photos snapped by folks who bring their own bento lunches to work, many of them using the Zojirushi Mr. Bento
system. (Specifically, above: Tuesday Bento (28) – Zojirushi, originally uploaded to Flickr by devlyn.) If this isn’t quite your thing, check out Amazon’s fairly extensive collection of really cute lunch bags
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Liking these posts? Follow Corporette on Twitter — this is the edited version of what we’re reading! (We also Tweet if we hear about a good sale.)
- Women aren’t necessarily leaving the work force for different reasons than men. [The Women's DISH] But they are fleeing legal careers faster than men! [Vancouver Sun via Ms. JD]
- Ooh, a profile on Carly Fiorina… and her support of McCain. [WSJ]
- What you eat affects your mood (we knew that) as well as your cognitive abilities (didn’t know that). Salmon and beets, anyone? [iVillage]
- If you’re thinking of getting a dog, you may want to consider a mutt rather than a designer dog like a puggle, which can have massive (and expensive) health problems. [ChiTrib]
- Investing idea: buy a foreclosed home. [WSJ]
- Amusing: an article from Law.com on the evolution of lunch from summer camp through to partnership. [Law.com]
- Randomly: A cool website we just found: a Yale-educated former lawyer is blogging (and writing a book) about a year spent making all efforts to be happy. [The Happiness Project]
Amazingly, everyone we know right now is either trying to get their eating under control (the Fourth of July was apparently a very happy one for everyone!) or outright diet. This can seem like a nearly impossible task if you’ve got cocktail parties, catered dinners, and three-course lunches on a daily basis — especially since so many diet programs require you to cook (or at least eat specific foods that can take a ton of time to prepare). What’s a working girl to do? Here are our tips…
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In this feature, we’ll explore one tool that makes the busy woman’s life easier in some small way.
Every busy woman’s got a growing pile of things to do — immediate things to do at home and at the office. Things to do at some point in the future (update the resume, congratulate Theresa and Ben on their 5-year anniversary, get vacation photos printed). It helps to corral these things into a list. Really! We’ve unfortunately left our copy of Getting Things Done, by David Allen, at home, but there’s a lovely passage in it where he talks about how all these tiny things that must be done nag at your brain, tugging at your conscious (and subconscious) mind until you’re exhausted, worrying about all the things that need to be done. His solution (which we’ve found really does help) is to write EVERYTHING down. Build a system, and trust the system.
We’ve been fine with using Outlook for office tasks, but we truly love using Remember The Milk for personal tasks. Some great things about it:
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- The first female nominated four-star general gives leadership tips. [Washington Independent]
- Nice article profiling Bonnie Fuller, one of the power women of today. Good quote: “Ms. Fuller is known for her hellacious hours, indifferent people skills and an approach to deadline matters that is more akin to ritual sacrifice than publishing protocol.” (And for continuing to edit while in labor.) [NYT]
- The four parts to an effective thank-you note — and just in time for interview season. [The Simple Dollar via Lifehacker]
- Obama’s got lady troubles. Watch out, sweetie. [WaPo]
- A review of some products designed for the inner klutz: Miss Oops. [The Daily Obsession]
- Yes, we’re trying to kick our Diet Coke addiction also. Here are some tips to help. [Lifehacker]
Above: Photo by Roadsidepictures, courtesy of Flickr.
In this feature, we’ll explore one tool that makes the busy woman’s life easier in some small way.
The thing we keep hearing from our lawyer friends is that the pay is great, but the job is unbelievably boring about 75% of the time. And almost everyone we know has a problem with distraction — you’re at the office for long stretches doing boring things like reading transcripts (it’s hard to think of something we hate more) and then Perez Hilton starts to call, or the new sale at Net-A-Porter… trust us, we HEAR you, sista. So you spend “working hours” avoiding work by playing on the Internet, and then you have to stay late to actually, you know, do the work. And by staying late, you further blur the line between work and your personal life. It’s a bad, bad thing.
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- Becky Quick (co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box) gives her advice for how to dress for a job in finance. [Marie Claire via Dealbreaker]
- Under-eye circles: women’s No. 1 beauty concern. [NYT]
- A new site targets women financial advisers: the goal is to empower them with “the information, resources, and sense of community they need to have a successful financial services career and a healthy lifestyle.” [LadyAdvisor.com]
- For those of us who need financial advice, we’re better off getting it from a “laddie” mag like Maxim than from a woman’s mag. [Feminist Finance]
- Do we need women-specific self-help books? [Bookslut via TNR]
- A helpful article on what summer associates need to know before becoming real live lawyers. [Daily Lawyer (free sub req'd)]
- Glassdoor reports on salary and working conditions at various companies. [Glassdoor via Lifehacker]
- How to Find Time for a Job Search. [The Glass Hammer]
- Power naps trump coffee — who knew? [Lifehacker]
- The 125 Healthiest Supermarket Foods in America. [Men's Health]
- Ever wonder, “How much should I spend for a wedding present?” Smart Money can help. [Smart Money]
- The NYT studies Michelle Obama’s style. We were kind of transfixed when she recently looked fabulous while apparently wearing two cardigans. [NYT]
- Ooh, potted, tinted lipgloss that is 85% organic and has no chemical preservatives. [Beauty Snob]
- Feeling tired? Use acupuncture to pick yourself up, caffeine-free. [Real Age]
- Also, if you haven’t heard, there’s a nationwide alert for tomatoes. Yes, tomatoes. [Emergency E-mail]
