July 04, 2019 at 12:02AM For when you want a flash of fun. Continue Reading… Author Alexandra Engler | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Year: 2019
These happiness-boosting products aim to redefine the meaning of ‘comfort food’
July 03, 2019 at 10:00PM by CWC Typically, the term “feel-good” food conjures up images of mac and cheese, French fries, fried chicken, and other comfort foods. (It’s in the name, after all.) And while it can’t be denied that a piece of pizza or chocolate can be happy-making on a bad day, there’s not really much else they can do for one’s mood besides providing a temporary boost. Which is why I was intrigued to see a crop of healthier products across the food, drink, and supplement space branding themselves as happiness boosters, whether it’s through the power of stress-busting adaptogenic blends or improved gut health. Kara Nielsen, the vice president of trends and marketing at CCD Innovation, isn’t surprised that there has been an uptick in interest around mood-boosting products. “The overarching quest for happiness has grown recently,” she says. “Issues like global warming, poverty, immigration, and politics have always happened to the human race, but the issues are very acute right now. We’re super stressed out.” ad_intervals[‘403162_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403162_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); At the same time. Nielsen says there is a growing interest in (and acceptance of) holistic nutrition, including Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. “Science and medicine are making some very powerful connections between stress and health—and also sleep and health,” she says. “We’re moving into this newer definition of what good health is, which includes sleep, stress, mindfulness.” She adds that gut health and the brain-gut connection is
The key to a pro-level manicure at home is all in the nail polish brush you use
July 03, 2019 at 05:00PM by CWC No matter what I do, my at-home manicures never look as good as when I go to the salon. I’ve tried everything: working slowly to ensure I don’t color outside my nail beds; using special polish handles to make painting easier; and starting in the center of my nail to make my self-done mani easier. But the results have been dicey at best. Then, one morning I plopped down into a salon chair at New York’s Paintbox for a professional-grade mani, and my nail technician revealed what is actually the most important factor that influences how good your self-done manicures look. It’s all in the brush. “The size of your nail brush can really affect the outcome of your manicure,” says Nadine Abramcyk, co-founder of clean nail salon tenoverten. In fact, the size you should use at home is different than what nail artists prefer using for themselves. “A professional manicurist likes to use a more narrow brush because they can really manipulate the brush carefully into even strokes and into all the angles of the nail, but when doing your nails yourself, it is a whole different ball game,” she says. ad_intervals[‘404267_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘404267_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); Paintbox’s chief educator Evelyn Lim agrees, noting that “wider brushes are great for doing manicures yourself and smaller brushes are better for professionals.” (Paintbox’s new line called of polish called Power Couples, $40 have a wider brush for
Your 4-step guide for rehabilitating a totally botched first impression
July 03, 2019 at 04:00PM by CWC If you’re ever afraid you made a bad first impression, take comfort in the fact that you’re not Blair Waldorf. During my annual re-watch of Gossip Girl, I noticed the most spectacular first-impression eff-up in the history of pop culture: Chuck says he’d like to introduce Blair to his date for the evening, and Blair swipes back with, “Why? So she can warn me about the effects of too much Botox?” Great line, but his date happens to be Duchess Beaton, who is the stepmother of Blair’s current boyfriend. Whoops. So that’s a pretty specific, melodramatic example that probably won’t directly affect your life, but considering that it takes approximately seven seconds to make a first impression (or even a tenth of a second, depending on whom you ask), you’ve probably witnessed or been guilty of some pretty stellar missteps as well. But if you don’t knock it out of the park the first time you meet someone, how do you nail a second impression and reverse the damage? ad_intervals[‘402556_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘402556_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); That problem was resolved in classically CW way for our Gossip Girl friends: Blair caught the Duchess having sex with Nate, Blair’s ex, on the library floor and was able to use that tidbit against her. Very convenient. In real life though, it might have help to have some more practical tools in your toolbox, should you ever flub a job interview,
Lo Bosworth’s delicious (and easy) tricks for keeping a veggie-forward diet interesting
July 03, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC It’s the most-repeated advice from doctors and dietitians: Eat. More. Veggies. From making produce a full 50 percent of your plate to seeking out more plant-based alternatives to meat, it’s a quest health eaters across the board—and diet types—are on, including Lo Bosworth. “There was really a paradigm shift for me a couple years ago when I was kind of sick,” she says. “I had all these vitamin deficiencies and it was causing me to experience really bad depression and anxiety. I had pain in my joints and was really inflamed. I just wasn’t very well and it made me realize I needed to change the way I ate fundamentally.” She decided to go to culinary school (the International Culinary Center) to get back to the basics of cooking healthy, nourishing food. Now veggies make up the bulk of her meals, and she’s mastered a ton of delicious ways to enjoy them. Here, the Love Wellness CEO and founder (and Well+Good Cookbook contributor) shares a sneak peek into her grocery cart and reveals what she does with her healthy haul once she gets it home. ad_intervals[‘401739_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘401739_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); Photo: Lo Bosworth; Graphics: Well+Good Design Well+Good: Lo, there is so much good produce in here! I don’t see anything unhealthy at all in your basket. Bosworth: When I went to culinary school, the focus was classic French but also farm-to-table, and it really connected
I turned my ‘reminders’ app into a 100 percent free personal trainer
July 03, 2019 at 10:43AM by CWC My normal reaction to push notifications is usually more “Gah” than “Ahhh.” Plenty of human beings tell me what to do every day, so why (why?!) would I want my smartphone to boss me around, too? While I say no, no, and no to any and all apps that try to send me digital telegrams (just STOP Instagram), I have—as of late—harnessed the power of my iPhone “Reminders” app to re-inspire my workouts. In case you’ve never played around with this particular application taking up space on your home screen, here’s your primer: You set “reminders” (go figure) to ping you at a time or location of your choosing. Each notification can then be customized to be extra-urgent, sorted into a list of your choosing, and even annotated with further detail. TBH: It’s pretty user-friendly, and for those of us who thrive on nailing down the nitty-gritty details of our exercise regimens, it’s. so. satisfying. ad_intervals[‘405943_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘405943_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); Using “Reminders” to schedule your sweat session is definitely a “choose your own adventure” kind of thing. Get creative! Do it your way! Personally though, I like to sit down on Sunday and plan my week of yoga, running, and strength training. I start by typing in a snappy header that says something like, “It’s arm day, bee-atch!” or “Namaste at 7 o’clock.” I then plug in the day, set the priority to one exclamation point
5 Natural Ingredients You Can Use As DEET-Free Mosquito Repellent
July 03, 2019 at 08:02AM Herbs, plants, and essential oils that repel mosquitoes naturally, including catnip, lavender, and lemon eucalyptus oil. Continue Reading… Author Gretchen Lidicker, M.S. | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
This is the easiest food-journaling method we’ve found
July 03, 2019 at 08:15AM by CWC Figuring out the culprit for your tiredness, bloat, breakout, what-have-you, is tricky. It’s a struggle celebrity chef and restaurateur Seamus Mullen knows all too well. For years, he suffered from aches, pains, and fatigue (often extreme) caused by his rheumatoid arthritis. At a recent event for The Well+Good Cookbook hosted by Moet Hennessy, Mullen revealed the surprising simple way he got to the bottom of his complex health issues. “I took a photo of everything I ate or drank,” he says. “Anytime I was about to put something in my mouth, I took a photo.” It doesn’t get any easier than snapping a photo in the moment. Upon reviewing the photos at the end of each day and again every morning, Mullen journaled about how he was feeling. “I could look back through my food journal and see what I was eating on the days my body felt great, and the days when my body didn’t feel so great,” he says. ad_intervals[‘405870_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘405870_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); Mullen emphasizes that his method and objectives for keeping a photo food diary differ in that many food diaries or apps focus on counting calories or carbs. His photos and journal entries aren’t about counting macros, but rather about simply looking at what he was putting into his body and how it made him feel. Blood tests can help pinpoint specific food allergies and at-home gut tests can reveal sensitivities,
We asked 7 women from a 30D to a 38DDD what bathing suits they’d be wearing this weekend
July 03, 2019 at 08:00AM by CWC I sit here writing this story from a coffee shop very close to the beach, but not actually at the beach because a) I am on the clock and b) I can’t imagine the glare from the sun would lend itself to a productive writing session. Or maybe it would, but I would be typing the words from my brain but they would come out as like, misspelled gibberish. So while I am cooped up across the street from the Pacific, staring wistfully out the window like I’m waiting for Ryan Gosling to appear, dreaming of being on the beach and drinking rose, I decided to poll a variety of people to see what swimsuits they’re planning to wear this weekend. You know, for inspo. And work. Definitely for work, not because I want to shop for bathing suits. The poll-ees graciously answered my query, serving up a variety of suits at a variety of price points recommended by a variety of bust sizes. I don’t know if you got this, but there are a variety of options to choose from. (What’s a thesaurus?) It’s a veritable smorgasbord of swimsuit options. Keep scrolling to shop the Fourth of July bathing suit picks. ad_intervals[‘405730_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘405730_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); Image: J. Crew J. Crew Scoop Bikini Top, $48.99 “I’m slowly collecting the full rainbow of the J. Crew scoop bikini top. It’s chic, it’s sporty, it stays
Most of us are crunching incorrectly, and that isn’t great for our necks and back
July 03, 2019 at 07:57AM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t4t3IpiEao] Get ready to work those abs: Watch how to do crunches, the right way, here. Much like the New Kids on the Block are the OG boy band (sorry to my fave, ‘NSYNC), crunches are the OGs of the ab workout world. They’ve been around since, like, the dawn of fitness time, and as such, there have been eons for people to learn how to mess up the move. So while there’s more than one right way to do a crunch, there are plenty of wrong ways, too. Star trainer Charlee Atkins, founder of Le Sweat and Le Stretch, has seen them all. “The wrong way is when your neck is crunched in, your lower back is off of the mat, and your elbows are in,” she tells Well+Good in our video series, The Right Way, which demonstrates the correct form on all sorts of exercise moves. If your neck is crunching in as you crunch up, you’ll be straining your neck and upper spine, which can lead to pain later on. Your lower back shouldn’t lift up, because then you won’t be working your core as you should be, and if your elbows are in, you’ll be pulling your head up rather than using your abs to crunch. ad_intervals[‘405864_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘405864_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); So here’s what you’re supposed to do. Keep scrolling for the proper way to do a crunch, courtesy of