Tinted eyelashes for a faster beauty routineYou can look perfect, even when you are in a rush. Speed up your routine and get out the door more quickly with these head-to-toe tricks.

1. Shower at Night
It sounds like a no-brainer, but you'd be surprised how much time you can save by getting your shower out of the way the night before. If skipping your morning rinse is out of the question, think about forgoing washing your hair instead. Bedhead and messy updos are in, after all.

2. Use Dry Shampoo
Dry shampoo may be a staple in just about every busy woman's medicine cabinet, and we can't sing its praises enough. Skip washing your hair with these innovative sprays that mask oil, dirt, and odor on dirty hair. Look for powdery sprays that also add volume to make it seem like you've just had a blowout.

3. Style While You Sleep
Take a cue from model Lily Aldridge and get ready the night before. "I like to do my hair at night," the model told ELLE.com. "That way, when I wake up in the morning, I have the perfect no-fuss waves."

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Lessons in motherhood

Bee will be turning one later this summer - a milestone that marks endings and beginnings and seasons anew - and I've been feeling increasingly reflective. Our days are slow but climbing quickly - a rollercoaster car approaching the first hill, ready to crest into oblivion as we hold on for dear life. And I can't help but shake this sense that, on the other side of the hill, time speeds faster. Moments will blur into days and days into years as we attempt to clear our head and gain our footing and enjoy the ride before it's over. So today, I choose to pause and reflect on the many lessons I've learned in my short ride as a passenger in the motherhood rollercoaster car:

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1. Play with the cards we're dealt.
I'm a different mother than I'd expected. Bee is a different baby than I'd expected. Somewhere between pregnancy hormones and babysitting memories, I'd painted a perfect portrait of a mother and daughter, snuggling together in a

girl eatingImpress your guests with our creative candy decorations -- all completely doable in less than 30 minutes!

By Amanda Kingloff, Taryn Mohrman, and Erica Clark from Parents Magazine

Mini Smash Cake
A mini layer cake for a first birthday is coated in frosting, edged in colorful sprinkles, and topped with the cutest little "cupcake." To make the topper, pipe a swirl of frosting onto a small peanut-butter cup and decorate with sprinkles and a nonpareil "cherry."

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Birthday Buzz Cake
Create flowers on a sheet cake in seconds. Use a green food marker to transform the sticks of lollipops and adorn with gummy spearmint leaves. A yellow jelly-bean bee (flanked by two halves of a black jelly bean) gets its stripes from a black food marker and leaves a trail of chocolate sprinkles.

Rainbow Cake
Simply press jelly beans into a frosted layer cake for this showstopping effect.

Confetti Cake
Carefully cut Airheads into strips and twist them around your finger to form streamers. Arrange

Keep sane when sharing a family bathroom.

When my kids were still very little, too young to take baths on their own and still in diapers, I was the proud owner of a lovely home with two bathrooms. Then, as children do, they began to grow. My clever decorating scheme gave way to bathtub crayons, cartoon characters, and toothpaste from floor to ceiling - don't ask how the little darlings managed that last one, because I couldn't tell you.

As a family of five, we've had to make our shared bathroom work for us. In short, I learned all about sharing a bathroom with children. Happily, I discovered a few things along the way to make the entire adventure less painful and more productive (and even kind of fun) for everyone.

A Place for Everything…Including the Duckies

Strictly speaking, the basic bathroom supply list for most kids includes soap, towels, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and little else. I have yet, however, to encounter a parent who hasn't also tried to find room in the bathroom for countless rubber duckies, special

Image: Ben Werdmuller/Creative CommonsToday is one of those days that as soon as I woke up, I already felt completely overwhelmed. I knew my to-do list was already excessively long, I was anxious about the rain that is headed our way because our basement hasn't stopped flooding yet from the last two rain storms we've had this week, and it's my son's seventh birthday. Mom bloggers, and especially ones that double as party planners, are supposed to have balloons ready to burst through the bedroom door when their child opens it the morning of their birthday, aren't they? Instead, last night my son asked me what I was bringing in to his class today and inside my head, I said, "Oh crap. I hadn't planned on that."

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Doing it All
It's not that I hadn't thought about his birthday at all. We have dinner plans with a friend to celebrate tonight, and I tried to get my super sports fan tickets to the Stanley Cup finals. If I hadn't been distracted by the contractor (our kitchen is

I'm always telling my 5-year-old daughter, Ashby, how important and fun learning is. It's one reason I love my career so much: There's always something new to explore. We all want our kids to have fun, and it's even better when they can learn at the same time. I asked a few celebs to share their fave educational toys.

By Nancy O'Dell, host of Entertainment Tonight from Parents Magazine

Kristin Davis
Sex and the City star, mom of 1-year-old Gemma
"She's recently become very good at the sorting toys. For her birthday, Cindy [Cynthia Nixon] gave her a house that has blocks in different colors and shapes. In two days, she got it! And she knows how to open it, get all the blocks back out, and start again. I'm very impressed."

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Ali Larter
Resident Evil: Afterlife actress and mom of 2-year-old Theodore
"He's amazing with the alphabet and with his numbers and all of that. Alphabet flash cards have been incredible. On airplanes, they

Let Astrology Help You Know Your Dad Better This Father's Day!
If you want to grow closer to your dad this Father's Day, it's important to figure out what makes him tick. By exploring his Sun sign, you can discover how to develop a stronger, more satisfying relationship with your dad!

Aries
The Aries dad is at his best when active, so spend time with him while exercising, or perhaps attend a sporting event together. The fiery Aries father is the brave and courageous sort, so listen to him talk about past victories since he loves to share stories of his success.

Taurus
Traditional and stable, the Taurus dad likely always has time for you. Since he enjoys quiet time above conversation, find a sunny day and try doing some gardening or yard work with him. This earthy father also loves to eat, so invite him over for a meal of his favorite comfort food.

Gemini
Mercurial and active, the Gemini father probably has lots of questions for you, so strengthen your relationship by sharing new ideas with him. Since he enjoys learning, take him to a lecture or workshop

Discriminatory, or just smart business? This restaurant doesn't allow kids under 18. (Photo: WUSA-TV)A new sushi restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, has caused a stir by insisting that it's for adults only. In fact, it's gone so far as to ban kids completely.

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"Welcome," reads the black-and-white sign on the door of The Sushi Bar. "This is an adults-only environment. No children under 18 please."

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Some outraged parents have promised to boycott the upscale eatery, which opened just last weekend in the Del Ray area.

"Great way to keep me out of your spot," griped one commenter on the Sushi Bar's Facebook page. "As a single parent, thanks... we will dine at another sushi bar!"

"In case anyone is wondering, no, I won't be patronizing this establishment if I'm ever again in the area," added another commenter.

But co-owner Bill Blackburn told Yahoo! Shine in a telephone interview that they had always planned to make the eatery a child-free zone.

"We were not expecting