Month: December 2018

December 10, 2018 at 01:35PM Gal Gadot—you know, the real-life Wonder Woman—is the kind of friend you want to do all of your workouts with. And no—not just because, judging by her super-toned muscles, they’re incredibly effective. She also just seems to be having so much fun while she’s doing them, from start to finish—especially when boxing is involved. In a video she posted to Instagram, Gadot showed off an arm-numbing boxing sequence that, despite being incredibly hard, also looks like the most badass and enjoyable way to work out, ever. Mostly because after effortlessly throwing all those punches, she finishes with a mini dance party at the gym. See? Just like I said. There’s no better workout buddy. View this post on Instagram My favorite kind of training Happy Friday A post shared by Gal Gadot (@gal_gadot) on Nov 9, 2018 at 6:51am PST //www.instagram.com/embed.js Since this lady’s schedule is pretty packed, there’s no reason you can’t just box it out solo, and Jennifer Aniston’s trainer Leyon Azubuike—the founder of the Cali-based boxing studio Gloveworx—has the ultimate line-up of moves that will leave you breathless. Oh, and sore. Definitely sore. “Boxing is the best way to get in shape because it incorporates so many body movements,” Azubuike says. “The core is always engaged and burning, and the arms are lengthening every time you throw a punch, so you’re getting a toning effect.” With a combination of traditional cardio to increase your heart rate and a handful of the most effective boxing moves,

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December 10, 2018 at 01:15PM Let me be frank: The under-eye area can cause lots of drama. In the quest for a glowy complexion, that part of your face can come up with all sorts of unwanted issues, from under-eye bags to dark circles and puffiness. Like, puh-lease stop going rogue and disobeying my skin-care routine. Just when I thought my under-eyes couldn’t be more of a foe, I stumbled upon yet another way the skin there can rebel: with white bumps under eyes called “milia”. I was perusing the skin-care threads on Reddit when a post caught my attention—it was basically a user that was frustrated from tiny white bumps that appeared underneath her eyes. It’s something I’ve experienced too, and it’s even more frustrating because there’s less info out there on how to get rid of the pesky situation. Basically, the small but hugely annoying bumps show up when there isn’t enough exfoliation or when you’re using occlusive skin-care ingredients. “Milia are small accumulations of keratin under the skin,” says Purvisha Patel, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and founder of Visha Skincare. “They appear as small, light-colored hard balls under the skin, and commonly happen when the keratin gets a chance to accumulate.” AKA when it’s not exfoliated. Because the skin under your eyes is really thin and generally not scrubbed, it tends to be a more common spot for milia to form, she says. As far as occlusive ingredients go, Dr. Patel explains that petrolatum and thick moisturizers like coconut

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December 10, 2018 at 11:53AM Whether you’re a Pilates addict, a HIIT class devotee, or you happen to have tried the hardcore workout of Supreme Court Justice/fitness hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg, you’ve undoubtedly found yourself holding planks. There’s a reason why the move is a trainer favorite, regardless of the type of workout at hand: Planks are effective, can be done anywhere, and require nothing more than your own muscles (and willpower) to perfect. Based on the inevitable quaking in your abs that the poses induce, it’s clear that they get the job done, too. Aside from working your “rectus abdonimus” and “transverse abdominis” (or, as we like to call them…your abs), planks happen to offer more of a full-body workout than you probably realize. “The other muscles you will work during planks are in your back, hips, legs, shoulders, and chest,” explains Jo Gomez, director of training for solidcore.  Side planks have their own array of benefits, and work your external and internal obliques along with the secondary planking muscles in your shoulders, hips, legs, and back. So yes: Planks are a full body workout, no equipment required. Photo: Stocksy/Studio Firma What are the benefits of planking? In addition to giving you arms, abs, and buns of steel, Gomez points out that there are plenty of other reasons why you might want to drop down into the muscle-making move on a regular basis. “Supporting your weight in planks will allow you to have a balanced body, since weight is equally distributed in both side of your body and through

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December 10, 2018 at 11:53AM For a long time, wearing a family heirloom or shopping secondhand were the only options available to most people in search of sustainable engagement rings. Lately, though, fine jewelry brands have been changing the proposal game, utilizing everything from recycled metals to ethically sourced stones to lab-created diamonds (or LCDs—not to be confused with CZs, also known as cubic zirconias). These diamonds are brilliant. I mean that both literally and in the sense that because they’re created in an environment that replicates the conditions of mined ones—just at an accelerated rate—they have less of an environmental impact and often a more affordable price tag. “We no longer need to dig pits into the earth so large that some can be seen from space nor suck the seabed floor with giant vacuums to obtain diamonds.” The technology is so good, in fact, that it’s started to shift mindsets (and standards) in the jewelry industry. “The Federal Trade Commission recently ruled that lab grown diamonds are real diamonds and can no longer be called ‘synthetic,’ nor can mined diamonds be referred to as ‘natural’,” says Alexander Weindling, founder and chief operating officer of the ethical jewelry brand, Clean Origin, which uses LCDs to create classic engagement rings at a fraction of the cost you’d typically pay for similar styles. “We no longer need to dig pits into the earth so large that some can be seen from space nor suck the seabed floor with giant vacuums to

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