Coffee Break: Travel Makeup Mirror
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In the “small things that work well” category, I've been liking this mirror I got for travel.
If you've ever tried to apply makeup with a less than great hotel mirror (or overly fancy guest room mirror) then you know it can be challenging, even with great eyesight. For someone like me who does NOT have good eyesight, though, it's almost impossible.
It finally occurred to me that I should bring a little mirror with me, and I couldn't be more delighted with this one. It has a black cover that folds open into a stand. It charges via USB-C (and holds a charge!) and has two lighting options as well. It comes with a magnifying attachment with suction cups, so you can stick it on the mirror if you want to.
It also comes with a green pouch for travel, which is nice but not necessary since the cover makes it pretty sturdy. The whole thing is about the size of my Kindle.
The mirror is under $20, at Amazon.
Sales of note for 8/21:
- Ann Taylor – 25% off fresh fall styles! Also, there's an online-only warehouse sale — $20 tops, $25 sweaters, $30 pants, and $40
- CVS – Epic beauty sale, $10 off when you spend $30 (Walmart is having its “Beauty Event” as well right now!)
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns
- J.Crew – Last chance summer styles on sale
- J.Crew Factory – 8/21 only: 50% off pants and shorts, and free shipping on all orders
- J.McLaughlin – Extra 40% off sale
- Lilysilk – Anniversary sale, save up to 70%
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of new pieces added to 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
- Revolve – 20% off most beauty!
- Talbots – End of season clearance, extra 70% off markdown tops and extra 60% off other markdowns
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
What niche product would you pay absurd amounts of money for if only someone offered it?
I want a semi-automatic espresso machine with two coffee bean hoppers and a way to say “draw x% from this one and y% from the other.” That way, I could easily make half caf coffee or full caf or decaf, depending on the time of the day and how I slept, without switching the beans.
Not relevant to me anymore but I would have paid good money for a breast pump that works while you sleep lying down normally.
For elders who want to live alone but keep having emergencies: whole house cameras like they have on Big Brother, etc.
How do you decide how much umbrella insurance coverage to purchase? All the on-line content seems to be provided by insurance companies that naturally have an incentive to sell more coverage. Umbrella insurance is so much more expensive than it was a few years ago. And is there even any value to having umbrella insurance if the lawyers will just find out you have assets and go after them anyway? Or will lawsuits tend to settle for policy limits if those limits are high enough?
Also, can I just say that it’s kind of a scam that you lose ERISA protections when you roll over retirement plan assets?
Often you can roll them over to a new employer’s 401K. It doesn’t have to go into an IRA. What specific protection are you looking at? I’m still mostly concerned with creditors (grandpa drives when he shouldn’t and gets sued to pieces or an accident takes you out and you are drowning in medical debt).
I’m interested in hearing how others thought about it, but I set the umbrella limit to be higher than the value of our primary residence and a rental property we own, combined.
If you could have one bag from Bottega Veneta, which one would it be and in what color? I struggle with bags for work (default to lightweight nylon laptop totes) and fun bags (either evening bags/clutches or slouchy nylon day bags for Saturday).
I made partner but had a miscarriage the same day and never celebrated that milestone because I was so upset. A Bottega bag is still a splurge, but I am going in circles about getting a non-work bag for a work milestone or a more general “adult” bag because at this point, just surviving is milestone enough.
I’d want to try them on IRL but I would love the Small Andiamo crossbody in the Tannin color – sized that it can actually hold things like sunglasses case + phone + essentials, but small enough to go day-to-night.