Wherein new mamas banish greasy locks and blotchy skin
Thursday, August 24, 2006

With all the excitement over our bun in the oven, a mama can’t help but want to peer in that oven windown once in awhile to see how it’s baking. Recently, Mamakaze looked through pictures from the last time we had a newborn and we suddenly remembered how grueling those first few months can be.

We must confess that when Totakaze was a wee thing, we not only missed out on quite a lot of sleep, but skipped more than just a few showers as well! But you would never know it to look at most of our pictures, where we look the very personification of glowing new mommyhood. This, of course, is not because we made a pact with the devil but because we are well-schooled in the fine art of camouflage.

What’s Mamakaze’s secret? If you read a lot of fashion magazines, you’ve probably heard of Cake’s Satin Sugar hair and body refreshing powder.

When we hadn’t had time to hit the shower and our in-laws were due to drop by in 20 minutes, we simply fluffed our hair with this oil-absorbing dust and, voila! Instant freshness! Of course the tantalizing lemon-cookie aroma left us even hungrier than we already were, but we sure looked fantabulous. We found our favorite miracle hair powder online at Makeup.com.

Caring for a baby (or even our toddler) full-time can leave a mommy’s poor, neglected skin looking less-than-glamorous, so Mamakaze makes sure we have a good concealer kit on hand to keep our dermis looking divine no matter how many hours we’ve (not) slept. We like something that can be mixed and applied quickly with our fingers, such as Philosophy’s new The Supernatural airbrushed color correctors, which we found online in the beauty department at Macy’s.

We may not feel so fresh for the first few months of baby’s life, but we find that quick fixes for hair and skin provide a big pick-me-up — especially when our relatives pull the cameras out!

The Supernatural airbrushed color correctors, Philosophy, $25