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Style+Beauty: Head-to-Toe Wardrobe With these mix-and-matchable foundation pieces, you'll feel just as pulled-together on the playground as you do on date night.; Put Your Best Face Forward Here's how to choose the ideal products for your skin type, along with a speedy, foolproof, round-the-clock routine.; Online Sales Listings Check out our picks for the best deals on the web this week.; Momover: Deep Thoughts Our way-older first-time mom gets some intense therapy (for her hair).; Tricks Are for Kids From all-natural sunscreen to nontoxic glittery polish to sparkle spray, get ready for summer fun for kids who aren't quite tweens yet.
Travel: Ireland Day Trips Five excursions just a short drive from Ballyvolane, a bed and breakfast in Southern Ireland.; Toronto 411 Our cheat sheet of the city's best hotels, restaurants, and services.
Food+Parties: Meal Planning Tips A home cooked meal doesn't take have to take the whole day if you plan ahead. Cookie's features shares her meal-planning tips.; Taste Test: Brownie Mixes We baked, sampled, and rated five food allergy–conscious to find the best of the boxed brands (that don't taste like the box).
Entertainment: Straight to DVD Our reviews editor tells you whether In the Valley of Elah is worth watching in those precious hours after the kids go to bed.; How to Plan Your Kid's Birthday Party Want more than paper hats and a round of musical chairs, but have no idea where to start? Cookie's party expert shares tips on making any theme achievable.
Home Front: How to Decorate Your Nursery Whether you have the nesting urge in your first trimester or you have just a few weeks until your due date, Cookie's home market editor shares her foolproof nursery-decorating strategy.; Recharge Your Sex Life So, your love life isn't quite what it was before the kids came along? Try this five-step sex cure to rekindle the home fires.; Cookie Sheet: Pati Dubrof When she's not splitting her time between her homes in Los Angeles and New York, with her husband and daughter, revered makeup artist Pati Dubroff travels the world prepping celebs for red carpets and cover shoots and generally striving to help make women more beautiful.
Brain+Body: Green Your Home Modern homes seal in hot and cold air better than older ones, which means that more environmental pollutants stay trapped indoors as well. So now that it's a little warmer outside, throw open your windows and make a few easy changes for the health of your home.; Create the Perfect Baby Registry Here are tips and baby-registry-site reviews to ensure a smooth registry process that results in you and baby getting the items that are right for you
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Style+Beauty: Bag of Tricks From sparkling mini fragrances to skin-warming sheens for eyes and cheeks, it's finally time for a little sweetness and light.; Passport Posse With the outfits to prove it, these would-be globe-trotters are headed for big-time adventure. Plus, shop this shoot to to buy adventure-ready fashions for your little explorer.; The Uniform: Summer Chic Separates are great for those who have time to mix, match, cinch, and style. One-piece wonders make it easy!
Travel: Ireland B&B: Ballyvolane The six-guest-room Ballyvolane House offers the comforts of home, live-in playmates, and a chance to experience a culture from the inside out. Meet the owners and see a slideshow of the grounds.; City Guide: Toronto Jam-packed with food, shopping, and fantastic art, Ontario's capital is a multicultural metropolis.
Food: Gone Fishin' Taking a break from running some of New Orleans's most popular restaurants, chef John Besh continues a long-standing family tradition with his four young sons. View the family in action as they prepare for a outdoor picnic.; Tasting School: Lettuce Building-block recipes that just might convince your kids to eat leafy greens.; Miso Paste: Three Ways Sweet enough to win over the kids and shelf-stable enough to last in the refrigerator for a year, that tub of antioxidant-packed soybean paste isn't just an Asian-grocery staple—it's the answer to your prayers. Use these recipes to jump-start the experimenting.
Entertainment: Reviews The best new books, toys, games, tv shows, dvds, and music for kids.
Gear: What Moms Really Want Here's the plan: Pick an exact date, line up any necessary sitters, and prepay for any services. With every detail out of the way, the hours saved will be the preeminent gift.
Home Front: Anatomy of an Open-Air House Bike riding from the kitchen to the courtyard. Eating dinner under the stars. One Northern California family shows how the patio can function like any other room in the house.; Needlepoint Our contributing editor's photo-free family tree.; Ask Mrs. Young Readers were polled on the topic of sex: How often? Where? And with whom do you dare? Our sexpert weighs in with her usual flair.; Mother of Invention Anna Getty dishes on motherhoood and shares her favorite products for healthy living.; Little Sprout Sure, you want to teach your kids about conservation and carbon footprints, but we suggest a more playful approach: Give them the tools to dig in the dirt and let them grow a little seedling—or a whole garden—of their own.; It's "Mister" to You Hey, squirt! Raid my fridge, watch Dora on my TV, but please ... don't call me by my first name.
Brain: Sleepless A mother of two confronts her child-driven exhaustion with a trip to a sleep lab—and shares the secrets to a good night's rest. Plus, a list of must-have products for a peaceful sleep.
Community: Cookie Dough Get exclusive deals on products from Kelty, Due Farina, Smith & Hawken, Weleda, Links of London, and Elias & Grace.; Smart Cookie Awards On April 21, 2008 we honored Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Christie Brinkley, Karenna Gore Schiff, Kim Raver, and three other amazing charitable mothers.
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