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"So a year ago when I moved into my current Brooklyn apartment, all disheveled and puffy and tired from having my baby, wouldn&amp;#x27;t you just know who our upstairs neighbor turned out to be? A model who even at seven months pregnant and with a two old in tow managed to look ten times more pulled-together than me. Yep. Just my luck. This is not my actual neighbor modeling on her couch. It&amp;#x27;s just a random model modeling on a couch. She also happens to be the sweetest person ever, and thus I never felt too bad about parading my dumpy appearance in front of her--she doesn&amp;#x27;t seem the type to judge, and let&amp;#x27;s be honest, I was too exhausted to care. But over time, I started to aspire to come off more put-together, like she seemed to look day in and out (even once Baby 2 arrived and she was schlepping a bulky stroller up and down our brownstone steps). There was one thing I noticed: She actually puts on makeup pretty much every day, even when she&amp;#x27;s just home with the kids and not going to castings or shoots. I resolved that this was one easy way to pull myself out of my post-baby beauty rut. If she could find time to whip out the blush brush and concealer, I really had no excuse (I&amp;#x27;d only been bothering when I had to go into Manhattan for a meeting or work event, which isn&amp;#x27;t that often). I&amp;#x27;m proud to say that I&amp;#x27;ve been taking the five minutes to put on a little makeup at least three or four mornings a week before my daughter and I head to Starbucks or the playground or wherever. And it makes me feel SO much better! It&amp;#x27;s even inspired me to mix up my outfits a little bit more instead of wearing the same jeans-and-cardigan combo. Have you made any changes to YOUR beauty routine lately? Are you craving a change? Share! Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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