Weekly News Update
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- PopSugar Beauty tells you why you shouldn't get your hair cut when it's wet.
- Racked looks at the not-so-fun fitting room experience that you will most likely recognize.
- A startup founder writes at Racked about why she always wears the same outfit to meetings.
- Over at Medium, the director of product at Facebook reveals how a pregnancy-induced period of bed rest (while she worked from home) changed her idea of what a leader looks like and what brings respect.
- Intuit's Fast Track blog has advice on relaxing your perfectionist/Type-A tendencies a bit.
- The New York Times looks at how millennial women are planning for motherhood and pondering work/life balance.
- New York magazine checks out new research about “head” people vs. “heart” people.
- Travelle shares tips and products for taking care of your clothes while you're traveling.
- A Cup of Jo uses her sister's experience of grief to explain what sort of sympathy cards and gestures can help the most.
- For your Laugh of the Week, The Toast presents a list of modern relationships.
- We talked about difficult birth experiences.
- Kat shared some clothes for working moms, including some maternity basics and washable office clothes.
Sales of note for 9/4 (Happy Labor Day — see our big roundup!)
- Nordstrom – End of season clearance, up to 50% off
- Anine Bing – Archive sale, up to 70% off select styles, online only
- Ann Taylor – 30% off you purchase, including new arrivals – $50 off when you spend $200. Readers love this easycare blouse and this blazer that makes a great separate.
- Anthropologie – 40% off sale! The reader favorite wide leg pants are on sale for as low as $86, including the pants I posted last week!
- Athleta – Up to 60% off + extra 30% off sale; readers love these pants
- AYR – Archive sale, up to 60% off
- Boden – 20% off everything – readers love these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- CVS – Epic beauty sale, $10 off when you spend $30 (Walmart is having its “Beauty Event” as well right now!)
- Design Within Reach – the semiannual sale, 25% off everything! (readers love the Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl!)
- The Fold – 20% off, limited time only
- J.Crew – 40% off your purchase
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off all stores and sitewide, PLUS extra 20% off orders over $125
- J.McLaughlin – Extra 40% off sale (ending soon)
- Lilysilk – Anniversary sale, save up to 70% (ending soon)
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – Labor Day Sale Event, save sitewide! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Thru September 7: Extra 25% off clearance! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Sarah Flint – 20% off sitewide
- Talbots – Ends 9/4: 25-40% off wear-now styles
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
- Veronica Beard – Extra 20% off sale styles with code
And some of our latest threadjacks here at Corporette (reader questions and commentary) — see more here!
Some of our latest threadjacks include:
In that list of modern relationships, the comments are also good. How unusual.
Hive, where do I want to stay for a girls weekend in Chicago in September? I’ve never been and have no idea!
I’m going in a couple weeks with my boyfriend and we’re staying at the Thomson Chicago. Other great options we considered were the Virgin, the James Hotel and the Drake. Around $200-$250 a night which is not the cheapest option but I like nice trendy well-kept hotels. I think we narrowed our search to around the Loop, which I’m told is central but take that FWIW because I’ve never been either.
TO Lawyer, are you flying Porter into Midway? I am trying to decide whether to fly into O’Hare (direct from Ottawa but not so great departure time) or through TO on Porter into Midway.
I had also looked at the James, thanks for the other suggestions, although now my friend is saying she wants to stay in the Wicker Park area…..
We’re flying Porter into Midway. I’ve heard O’Hare is a disaster so I’ll be glad to be avoiding that one. But that’s an added benefit – I love porter so if it’s an option, it’s always my first choice.
I love love love Porter too, although I’ve never had to connect, having flown direct to TO and Halifax only.
Looks like my girlfriend might be flying into Midway, from Atlanta too (she needs to check). I had just assumed O’Hare. The flight times are better flying Porter into Midway too.
Yay, I am getting excited.
Have a great time!
I disagree with the article on wet vs. dry haircuts. I think as long as the stylist sees your hair when it’s dry, and you describe to them how you want your hair to look when it’s dry, they should have a good idea of how to cut it while it’s wet to give it that look. The problem is that a lot of stylists, especially in bigger salons, don’t bother to meet with you for a consultation while your hair is dry. They send someone to get you washed up (often ten minutes after your appointment was supposed to start) while they take a break between clients. This is why I like going to a smaller salon now. Sure, I can’t get my hair cut, brows waxed, and nails done all in one visit, but I get excellent attention from my stylist, before and after the shampoo.
Then again, I get a pretty simple, blunt bob. No layers, no texture, no angles, and maybe those elements do need to be fine-tuned on dry hair. I’ve definitely had stylists try to create texture while my hair is wet and the hair always came out funky.