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Products for a Stretch Mark-Free Pregancy

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If you’ve done any Googling on stretch mark prevention during pregnancy you have probably seen the two main answers: genetics and a slow and steady weight gain. That’s also exceedingly not helpful when your up at 3am looking for ways to fade or prevent mommy tiger stripes. Enter these three products. Keep reading below for the three products I used to escape pregnancy with no permanent stretch marks.

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First Trimester: Mustela

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I started using stretch mark cream the same month I found out I was pregnant and I started with Mustela. It’s hypoallergenic and safe for first trimester bellies. A word of caution: get the unscented version. I bought the regular scented one and even though it is very mild, my morning sickness did not agree with it.

Second & Third Trimester: Mederma

Once you make it into the second trimester you are clear to bump up to the Mederma products. Their Stretch Mark Therapy cream contains Cepalin, hyaluronic acid, and Centella asiatica plant extract to help fight scarring. It’s a little pricey, but one bottle lasted for the rest of my pregnancy.

Anytime: Elemis

Elemis products seem to appear on every podcast out there and after hearing about their Japanese Camellia Body Oil on The Skinny Confidential for stretch mark prevention during Lauryn’s pregnancy I hit “Add to Cart”. The real skinny? This product doesn’t have any medical ingredients - it is just oil - and I can’t say it prevented stretch marks. So why is it on this list? Along with stretch marks is itchy and tight skin and this oil DID help with that. You can use it anytime and while it won’t get rid of the cat clawed look, it is soothing and when you feel like an over inflated balloon.

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Where to Find Remote Jobs Online in 2021

Updated for 2021

There are some 30 million Americans out of work right now. It’s pretty scary, but in some sectors, like tech, remote job posting have remained open. Those keen to make a fresh start, in a possibly more resilient job, are looking toward these remote jobs or work from home roles as a career, and lifestyle, pivot. If you are new to this type of job search, you may be wondering where to start. Don’t worry, we’ve got you. Listed below are the top websites for remote job searching in 2021.

Ready to start your job search? Don’t forget to download the free LinkedIn Refresh worksheet before you start applying.

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We Work Remotely

WWR is the largest remote work community in the world, with over 2.5M monthly visitors. Companies including Google, Amazon, and Basecamp. They post jobs for business & management roles, programmers, developers, copyrighters, sales & marketing, legal roles, finance positions, designers, product manager…a little bit of everything.

FlexJobs

FlexJobs hand screens each of their posting. As an OG remote job board you find work from home, partial work from home and in-office jobs (hence the “flex” part). They cover over 50 job categories, not just technical roles. The catch? Job seekers AND job posters have to pay to be on the platform. Subscriptions start at $14/month. You can get 50% off through 4/5/2021 with code SPRING (not sponsored).

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Working Nomads

Working Nomads covers more tech-sector jobs (creative, technical and managerial). Like WWR, this site is free for job seekers. They curate lists of remote job offers, covering both staff and contractor (freelance) roles.

Remote.co

Remote.co includes job postings from 100+ remote teams. Unlike other sites, they also list remote nursing, virtual assistant (VA) roles and online teaching positions. They offer a free job search, but you can get access to more job posting by paying for their premium service, and their partner network, FlexJobs.

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Pangian

Pangian is a 100% remote work only job board that verifies and curates all of their postings. What is nice about Pangian is that they list the salary (if disclosed) on the job posting, so you don’t have to click through and search for it. The roles cover all job categories, and while there is a focus on freelance and contract roles, many staff positions make their way onto Pangian as well.

Skip the Drive

Skip the Drive posts “telecommuting, remote, online, and work-from-home jobs”, both part-time and full-time. their website is free for job seekers and no login or registration is required to start searching.

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Let’s Work Remotely

Let’s Work Remotely is a job board and digital nomad community with three active Facebook groups (letsworkremotely, Digital Nomads Around the World, & Digital Nomad: Remote Job Opportunities). It’s a great place to start if you are looking for a digital nomad community and new job opportunities.

Dynamite Jobs

Started in 2017 Dynamite Jobs routinely has more the 1000 open posting. Roles range from technical roles, to customer support and marketing. Dynamite Jobs checks each job listing to verify that it is in fact remote, still open and paid in real dollars. At the time of publishing this platform is free for job seekers.

Power to Fly

Power to Fly in a women-led community focusing on roles for developers but they also list copywriting, social media, and PR, design and marketing jobs. They connect Fortune 500 companies and fast growing start-ups with highly qualified women. Their job board, which is free to search, included remote and in-office listing. Power to Fly also hosts events and virtual job fairs.

The Muse

The Muse post both remote and traditional office jobs and offers up a sizable about of free resources and content on career coaching and career advice. They are focused primarily on millennials and connecting them to tech-forward companies (not just tech companies). Rest assured, their job offerings include everything from healthcare to finance to beauty.

Remotive

Remotive list remote jobs in software, marketing, creative, teaching, HR, finance and medicine. Their webiste includes a blog and extensive resources on landing a remote job. Like many of the other job boards on this list, Remotive screen the 1,092-odd companies that list roles on their website. Also, their mascot is a shibu inu for added cuteness.