Keeping Beauty On Mom’s To-Do List

Apparently, there’s no “me” in “mommy.” A recent survey revealed that the seemingly never-ending demands of family, work and household duties often cause moms to neglect their own beauty routines.

In fact, some might say this selflessness is reaching surprising proportions. The survey found that 75 percent of moms have skipped their own showers to take care of their children’s needs-with one-fourth confessing that they have actually gone three days or longer without showering.

If that’s not hair-raising evidence that a beauty intervention is in fast order, consider this: Nearly half of moms claim that they have gone seven months or more without a haircut, and almost two-thirds (61 percent) admit to wearing sweatpants or ponytails more often now that they’re moms.

The survey, called the Suave Beauty Monitor Survey, polled moms across the country. Here are some additional results:

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