Coffee Break: Illuminating Nail Concealer
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The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is still going for about another week — in terms of “what's new,” they are having daily beauty deals that I'm having fun checking each day. Today's deal includes a ton of nice deals on Londontown nail products, including their best-selling illuminator.
I already have this one in pink, and really don't need another one… but for $14 I am very tempted by the “original” shade, pictured here. There's also a newer, whiter Quartz if you'd prefer that. If you aren't familiar with the brand, this is a “your nails but better” look — and they dry extremely quickly.
The nail concealer is $20 regularly, but for today only is marked down to $14. All of the Londontown products at Nordstrom are on sale, including their lotions, cuticle oils, gel nail products, sheer nail polishes, veil polishes, and of course the illuminators. Other brands in today's deal include Elemis, Kiehl's, Origins, and U Beauty.
Psst: you can see all of our picks for the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale here!
Sales of note for 8/2:
- Nordstrom – The Anniversary Sale ends August 9! Here's our big roundup of the best workwear, as well as everything we've selected thus far. Don't forget to check to see if their daily beauty deal is a good one for you – e.g., 8/5 beauty tools from Omnilux, Dr. Dennis Gross, Dermaflash and more
- Ann Taylor – 50% off summer styles + 60% off clearance — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it's a great separate)
- Banana Republic – 30% off your purchase (ends 7/31)
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns + extra 10% off
- J.Crew – Up to 30% off
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off sitewide
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – End of season sale! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clearance, new markdowns up to 75% off! 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
- Talbots – 25% off your entire purchase
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
Any recommendations for hotels or restaurants in Milwaukee? I’m attending an event in the third ward, but I’ll have my own transportation and can go anywhere.
Milwaukeean here. The Kimpton Journeyman in the third ward is great. Slightly further away are the Pfister, our fanciest historic hotel. If you’d like a boutique spot in a slightly more residential setting, look at Dubbel Dutch. We also have many of the mid-range chains downtown, which is adjacent to the third ward, if you’re looking for something more budget. In terms of food, there are a number of good, but not great, spots in the third ward. I highly recommend Odd Duck or La Merenda if you like small plates, or Morel for really good farm to table.
^^Note that my restaurant recs are not in the third ward, but not far away. Good spots in the third ward are Onesto for Italian, Tre Rivali in the Journeyman, and Saffron for upscale Indian.
I love the Kimpton and would stay there, but the St. Kate Hotel is also fun! For food, I like Momo Mee (esp the soup dumplings) and agree with the Onesto rec.
Would you be hurt if your spouse went on a GLP-1 and didn’t tell you?
I’d definitely wonder why they didn’t feel okay telling me. So hurt/guilty spectrum at least.
Maybe not hurt, but very concerned because our relationship involves so much oversharing (color of the poops! smell of the belly button jam!) that it would be wild for him to go on a lifetime medication without any heads-up to me.
idk if ‘hurt’ would be the emotion, but we are open with each other with health concerns and know each others’ meds in general in case of emergency or whatever, so this would be unusual for us.
+1
Hiding medical conditions or treatment from one’s spouse seems very odd and signals a lack of trust.
Yea, I’d be more hurt but also kind of angry because that’s a medication with lots of side effects. What if something happened and I’m taking you to the doctor/talking to an EMT and I don’t know you’re on this drug?
I agree with this. The practical ramifications of the concealment could be severe. That’s a major problem.
Hurt? No. But we talk about everything, so it would be weird.
I forgot to tell my husband I was getting an IUD to deal with peri, but it was really an oversight. (He has a vasectomy, so no impact on our family there)
I know lots of people who didn’t tell their spouse because they didn’t care to have a conversation about it. Not everyone is supportive of these medications or want to drill down into the “why” that some folks find really annoying.
I don’t think I’d want to be married to someone to whom I didn’t want to bother to explain the “why.” Telling your spouse what’s going on is not the same as asking permission.
Every marriage has different dynamics.
I didn’t tell mine for the first six months. I wanted to see if I had success first. He legitimately didn’t care, but we also don’t consult each other about any other medications. Married 10+ years.
This is complicated, because a lot of people have some really heavy feelings of shame around weight. And a lot of people have additional shame about using medication to lose weight, like it’s a cheat code or something. So I might be a bit hurt, but I would also be empathetic and try to gently unpack the reason why my spouse didn’t share this big decision with me.
Agree with what everyone else has said, plus I’d wonder if they thought I was stupid. It’s not like I’m not going to notice if my spouse suddenly stops eating and loses a massive amount of weight, and if that happens in the absence of a GLP-1 it would actually be a major cause for concern.
Trying to put one over on your spouse like this is a signal of massive disrespect.
Only if you make it one. Which might be why some things don’t get told to you.
Found the person who is lying to her spouse.
Clever!
I could totally see DH doing this. He’s secretive about medical stuff he finds embarrassing. I think he would find weight issues embarrassing, even though I’m currently on a GLP-1!
Relatedly: My fertility clinic and I had to tag team chasing DH down for the results of his sperm analysis, which he booked through his provider rather than the clinic. He dodged (withheld) those results for months because he thought they were worse than they were and he didn’t want to talk about it. Incredibly frustrating. He has many good qualities and is a real adult and partner otherwise, but he is a total brat about medical care.
Just remember – it’s not about you or the quality of your relationship. It is totally about him and whatever (crisis of masculinity? Insert issue here) he’s going through.
Agree. Some people are just like this (my mother comes to mind.)
I dunno. I couldn’t be in a relationship with someone who didn’t share major things or trust me. I just cannot imagine. You’re married not casually dating.
It’s not a categorial thing though. I’m sure he does trust her and share major things. It’s more like a hang up about a specific issue.
Yeah I don’t think he doesn’t trust me, I think it’s a toxic masculinity thing. If he’s not perfectly virile and strong and healthy and immortal then he’s not a real man! Blech.
Agreed. When it comes to something like fertility testing that fully impacts 2 people/the family unit, it’s really unacceptable to dodge sharing results (for MONTHS??). I can see why people have shame about GLP-1s and I wish there were less judgment but still, spouses need to know. I could see a “hey, I want to let you know something – I didn’t want to bring it up earlier because I’m honestly not interested in debating it, but I decided to start Ozempic. It will cost this much and I’m working with my doctor.”
I am shocked your husband dodged you for MONTHS on his sperm results. You are a much more understanding person than I. Not much makes me really angry, but I would have exploded at my husband if they put me through that, knowing how fraught fertility issues and treatment and maintenance are for women.
I’d be mad they found such a good hiding spot in the fridge before I did.
But seriously I’d be concerned as to WHY they didn’t tell me. Not really hurt.
They buy mini fridges for the office. Which is not actually recommended because their temperatures can be unstable and freeze the meds.
I would be shocked. I can’t imagine that level of concealment. We tell each other everything.
Same, plus it’s enough of an impact on our budget that we both need to know.
Unless it’s fully insurance covered.
Even more odd to hide it then, in my opinion. It is literally a medical treatment.
Not hurt but it would signal a serious relationship crisis because lying by omission isn’t cool.
Only if you believe in the concept of lying by omission. Lots of people think this is a made up thing.
I don’t think it’s made up, but it’s easy to misapply. I honestly don’t inform my partner of every thing I do that categorize as cosmetic.
We do discuss meds, but I don’t think all spouses do. Some people have a “between me and my doctor” approach to meds.
I’m not entirely sure my husband realizes I’m on birth control pills and estradiol cream, though both are frequently out on our counter (peri treatment here as well, we’re done with kids). Same with botox/facial lasers/microneedling. He knows I come home from the derm looking red at times but doesn’t ask about details.
GLP-1s are like going on insulin without telling your partner you’re diabetic – that is real and vital information someone close to you needs to know in an emergency!!
“Only if you believe in the concept of lying by omission”…? This isn’t magic or Catholicism, what does belief have to do with it? Lying by omission is factually something that can occur…This is treading really close to “alternative facts” territory.
Me not telling someone something is not lying by omission, it’s not telling someone something.
Depends on what the marriage culture is.
In my marriage, I would be surprised if DH didn’t tell me and would ask if he was concerned about telling me, which sounds like something we would need to address.
In my parents’ marriage, not mentioning it would be normal.
I think both couples have great marriages, but they have very different dynamics.
I’m a long time single, so take this with a grain of salt, but do people have zero privacy in a relationship? Are you expected to tell them everything, even medical things? I’m not judging but it doesn’t seem right to me.
Only the commenters on this thread. My marriage has plenty of privacy. I can’t imagine consulting my SO on medications.
Consulting ~= informing
+1. The same thing comes up whenever there’s a thread about combined vs. separate finances. Someone argues “I can’t imagine requesting permission from my spouse before spending money on something for me” and then someone else points out that informing/sharing access to information about something isn’t the same as “requiring permission.”
It depends on your definition of marriage. Our definition is that marriage is a partnership that requires trust and honesty, so we share all medical information. There are practical reasons for that as well. There have been several emergencies where I’ve had to give health history on my husband’s behalf, and I shudder to think of what could have happened if he were on a medication that I didn’t know about.
For those who say lying by omission is not lying, in marriage the logistics of hiding a prescription require active deception.
I don’t tell my husband every thought that runs through my head, but that’s different.
Insofar as our medical choices could one day have major life impacts on our spouses, I feel like most spouses do share about medical-related information. We’re all on the hook to care for one another as we age and all…
i could see arguments both ways. do you tell your spouse every time you take a new prescription medication or a new vitamin? is it covered by insurance or are you paying out of pocket? do you put a glp-1 in the same category as something like botox? or is it something like blood pressure medication or an antibiotic?
True. I didn’t tell mine about GLP-1 use for the first few months, but would definitely tell him about something like Botox (and he would talk me out of it and to this day I’ve never had Botox injections.)
I tell my spouse about new prescriptions but not new vitamins. When he sees new vitamins he gets curious and is sometimes a bit put out that I didn’t announce the change.
We discuss all new expenses. I can’t imagine an insurance policy where the out-of-pocket cost for any drug, let alone a GLP-1, would be zero.
I mean, presumably it’s important for me to know if my spouse had an infectious disease and needed to take antibiotic? I just think it be really weird not to say anything when the effects are so noticeable. I’d be happy that my spouse was controlling their blood pressure but probably wouldn’t be able to tell, unless they had side effects, so I wouldn’t really care about that one, but we would still mention it. If my spouse suddenly stopped eating normally, it would be very noticeable and also affect me, since we shop, cook and eat together, with me doing the bulk of the cooking, and it would be baffling if he didn’t explain why he didn’t want to eat the way he normally ate. I’d be wondering if there was something wrong with him (he already did lose weight unintentionally a few years ago and his doctor found it so concerning that she ordered a colonoscopy, as this is a potential sign of cancer, though probably just stress related).
Right – how do those conversations go? How much lying is involved? “Are you feeling well? I noticed you didn’t eat your favorite dinner tonight.” “Oh yeah, just not hungry today, weird.”
It’s not necessarily the initial omission that becomes a negative pattern – it’s everything that follows.
If your spouse is your Emergency contact, and doesn’t already know your medical problems/medications/doctor names and phone numbers, then you have a problem. And in an Emergency, you may be impeding the care of your loved one.
This feels like an excuse to be mad about not being told something.
I actually know a couple who had the exact issue (not with a GLP-1, with a different medication) and it resulted in the wife nearly dying in a medical emergency.
Do people who are ‘better’ people than you make you uncomfortable/angry? Someone who volunteers a lot, donates a bunch of money, makes meaningful social change etc. Do those feelings motivate you to be better yourself or to do sh!tty things out of spite?
People who think they are better than I am make me angry.
Those people have nothing to do with me—so I guess a neutral reaction.
If they’re genuinely kind people, I want to spend more time with them so they can hopefully rub off on me. But if they’re show-offs I don’t want to be around it.
This makes sense. At a certain point, I should not know how much you donate, unless your name is on the library or something. Good deeds should be done privately.
No, I love people who give and serve and try to make this world a better place. Sometimes, the “better” people inspire me to do some self reflection (i.e. am I in a place now where I can do more? do I want to? if yes, what do I give up in order to do the thing?). Different situation if it’s someone who is motivated by appearance or someone who is trying to guilt you about your current level of altruism.
neither, if they just go about their business quietly as opposed to being performatively noble.
Is it that they demonstrably perceive themselves as better people than me, or that I perceive them as better people than me?
I have only ever been inspired and uplifted by the latter, but I have known far more of the former.
No, I find it motivating, which isn’t necessarily what I expected since I do have a “jealous of other women” streak.
How long should I give myself to adjust to new progressive glasses before I decide the prescription is wrong? I have been wearing progressives for years, but these have a stronger reading correction than my last pair. Seeing close up is difficult, and I’m wondering whether the correction is too strong or I just need to adjust to a smaller usable area on the lens because of the stronger correction.
A week
On topic for once- has anyone tried this? The pink is intriguing to me, but the colors look like they have some shimmer when I zoom in, which I generally avoid.
I’ve tried their Nail Veil – that doesn’t have any shimmer and is a nice, conservative, “your nails but better” look for me.
Anybody else get jittery before a trip? We’re leaving later this afternoon and I know it’s going to be great, but I have a pretty bad case of the heebie-jeebies. Just so many moving parts… Please tell me I’m not the only one!