January 08, 2019 at 12:56PM Have you ever taken an “it’s not you, it’s me” break from your skin-care routine, and found that your complexion looks glowier than ever? Admittedly, it can be really confusing when you go to sleep without slathering on your usual serums and wake up with flawless looking skin, and can have you wondering whether the skin-care routine you’ve invested time and money in is really worth it. To find out once and for all why skin can sometimes look clearer when you use no products at all, I asked Austin dermatologist Ted Lain, MD to (pardon the pun) clear things up. “Usually it’s either because a person’s using the wrong products for their skin type, or they’re using the right products and they’re using too much and it’s causing dermatitis,” he explains. “It’s because their skin is not meant for the products that they’re using, so it’s causing irritation and maybe even acne.” If your skin-care regimen is giving you anything other than the gorgeous skin you deserve, Dr. Lain suggests taking a few days off from what you’ve been using and starting back at square one. “You should stop everything and just use bland cleansers and moisturizers for a few days,” he says. Then, it’s all about reevaluating whether you’re using the product correctly or whether it works for you to begin with. The best way to assess this is to use something gentle with no active ingredients. And in case you’re considering ditching your
Year: 2019
Refillable beauty is about to change the way you shop for makeup
January 08, 2019 at 12:49PM At first glance, there’s nothing wrong with your #shelfie. Your deodorant is all-natural and so is your favorite lipstick, lotion, serum, and oil. But look again: How many of those beauty and personal hygiene products are packaged in plastic? Those containers might not seem like a big deal—they’re recyclable after all—but even the most eco-minded among us play a part in contributing to the 270 million tons of plastic drifting around the world’s oceans. In a bold move toward sustainability, some of the biggest beauty brands are rethinking the user experience from the outside in. If you aren’t familiar with the refillable beauty trend, listen good. In response to the outrageous amount of pollution in our seas and its impact on both the environment and ocean wildlife, several companies are packaging beauty products in reusable containers. When the product is gone, simply refill the bottle. Based on research by the LCA Centre, Refinery29 reports that switching to a brand that offers refills is the overwhelmingly sustainable choice. View this post on Instagram Still full from last night? Yup. Us too. Recover from your couch while shopping for your next deo. #bettervibesdaily A post shared by Myro (@itsmymyro) on Nov 23, 2018 at 2:47pm PST //www.instagram.com/embed.js In the makeup department, Stila offers an impressive assortment of refillable cosmetics, including powders to eye shadows. Dior is a newcomer to the trend with reusable lipstick tubes. Le Labo lets customers bring empty fragrance bottles back to the store for refills. Clean-beauty brand Kjaer Weiss sells plenty of inexpensive
I uncovered a subreddit that’ll help you locate any piece of clothing you’ve ever looked for but couldn’t find
January 08, 2019 at 12:24PM After spending a frustrating amount of time trolling the internet looking for a suitable dress to wear to my sister’s wedding, one night, while scrolling through the vastness of my Instagram’s explore page, I came across an option that seemed perfect: It was a black, with a light-blue lace overlay and beaded accents on the cuffs and collar. There was one hitch, however—the photo had no information, hashtags, or links to help me figure out where I could find it in real life. I spent the next three days running a screenshot of it through reverse Google image search and typing random descriptive phrases into my browser’s search field like “pastel blue lace dress,” “beaded long sleeve lace dress,” “long sleeve lace overlay dress” hoping it’d render some results. Needless to say, it didn’t. I was about to give up. But then I inadvertently stumbled upon the solution to my problems in the form of a subreddit called Find Fashion, which does, well, exactly what it says it does. I uploaded a screenshot of my dream dress and then waited. Two days later I had an answer: It was a Diane Von Furstenberg number that I was then able to find online in my size …and on sale. With my own fashion crisis averted, I began to dig deeper into the subreddit and discovered that so far 24,000 people have shared pictures or descriptions of pieces of clothing, shoes, and accessories that they need help identifying. Users upload
Feeling run down? Whip up this vegan bone broth in your Instant Pot
January 08, 2019 at 12:16PM Bless the Instant Pot for making life easier in no fewer than a million ways. If you’re a proud owner of the trendy countertop appliance, chances are you’ve already mastered fall-off-the-bone chicken, perfectly tender sweet potatoes, and family-size servings of chili. The Instant Pot saves time in so many ways, including—wait for it—making a batch of bone broth. Using ordinary methods, homemade bone broth can take up to six hours. (A lovely way to spend a Sunday, if you literally have nothing else to do.) But holistic nutritionist and Simply Quinoa blogger Alyssa Rimmer shares a recipe using an Instant Pot that not only cuts the time commitment in half, but makes it vegan, too. And yes, Rimmer’s Mushroom Vegan Bone Broth is still plenty nutritious, thankyouverymuch. “My first recipe in the Instant Pot and I’m legit obsessed with this vegan bone broth! Its healing, nourishing, and delicious just without the bones,” Rimmer writes on Instagram. “We’re using mushrooms, seaweed, and a bunch of other goodies to make an absolute winter staple. It’s so, so good.” Other ingredients in Rimmer’s recipe include carrots, celery ribs, onion, garlic cloves, peeled tomatoes, dried chickpeas, and miso paste. Miso is a completely underrated probiotic source, upping the count of the good bacteria in the gut (key to keeping your immune system in order). Tomatoes are full of antioxidants and seaweed packs so many anti-inflammatory nutrients that it’s considered one of the healthiest sea vegetables around. In other words, consider Mushroom Vegan Bone Broth
This Is How Kroger & Microsoft Are Changing The Future Of Grocery Shopping
January 08, 2019 at 12:10PM And what this means for you Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
Say goodbye to knee pain when squatting forever, fam
January 08, 2019 at 11:09AM There are two types of people in the world: The ones who love squats (ahem: J. Lo), and the ones who would rather be forced to spend three days at Fyre Festival than suffer through a set of them. Regardless of which category you fall into (ICYWW, I am very much in the second), we can all agree that they are effective at blasting booties and building muscles, and will almost definitely pop up in your schedule no matter which type of workout you’re doing. Which raises the oh-so-important question: How can you avoid knee pain when squatting? To understand how to avoid it, it’s important to figure out why exactly it happens to begin with, which is actually pretty simple. “Knee pain stems from improper form,” says Karl Smith, Director of Residential Well Living at Cortland, DHEd, noting that doing the move properly is the number one way to ensure you don’t hurt yourself in pursuit of a more perfect umm peach. “When looking at form, make sure your feet are flat on the ground. Then, when you start the move, engage your glutes immediately by pushing them back and hinging from your hips allowing your body to go down in a smooth motion.” The problem is compounded, however, by certain muscle groups not being strong enough to carry out the motion. “A lot of the times it’s not that people don’t know how to squat. They understand the concept of it, but they they just
Your Kids Are Going To Love These Wholesome Versions Of Your Favorite Childhood Foods
January 08, 2019 at 10:27AM 3 Better-For-You Versions Of Your Favorite Childhood Snacks Continue Reading… Author | Life by Daily Burn Selected by iversue
Meet ‘Slow Lit’: The sleep trend that’ll knock you out faster than melatonin
January 08, 2019 at 09:39AM Getting a good night’s sleep sometimes feel like a distant dream (get it?). The U.S. Army’s two-minute technique? Been there, tried that. Stretching as an all-natural sleep aid? No luck. No single method works for everyone, but the emerging trend of podcasts for sleep might be an effective solution. If you’re looking for a routine to reunite you with Mr. Sandman, “slow lit”—ultra-boring audio bedtime stories—is worth a shot. You may be thinking, “Well, in that case, I’ll just pull out a hardcover copy of War and Peace and read the first sentence.” Sure, that’ll do it. But it’s still not quite as dull as a a series of podcasts designed specifically to knock you out with a combination of content and intonation—or rather lack thereof. One such podcast called Sleep With Me dedicates several episodes to recaps and analyses of Game of Thrones. Sounds interesting, right? WRONG! For over 90 minutes, the host speaks in the dulcet (mono)tones of a lullaby devoid of song. Any listener would have to possess some serious willpower to overcome the severe somnolence slow lit induces. (I’ve listened and descriptions of Westeros’ geography explained in painstaking detail put me to down in five-minutes flat.) Any listener would have to possess some serious willpower to overcome the severe somnolence slow lit induces. Meditation app Headspace now offers its own version of slow lit with “Sleepcasts,” which the company describes as “unique audio experiences” mean to transport the listener into an ideal setting for slumber. For example,
Your 2019 wellness hero is…Cookie Monster?
January 08, 2019 at 08:54AM From nailing the ABCs to tying shoelaces like a boss, Sesame Street has for generations taught children each and every one of life’s most important lessons. To this day, there’s plenty to be gleaned from the show’s cast of charters, including Cookie Monster. The blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for sugary confections proves to be the most unexpected wellness hero of 2019. And he’s dispensing his expertise in the only way he knows how: cookie metaphors. Of all the places to derive wellness inspiration, a furry fictional character from a beloved childhood TV is most unexpected. But Cookie Monster really knows his stuff. Judging by all the retweets, he’s already energized thousands to focus in on themselves this year. In one tweet, he addresses self-care with a much-needed reminder that it’s okay to treat yo’ self. Dis year me focusing on me self-care. When me need little love, me going to give meself cookie. — Cookie Monster (@MeCookieMonster) January 2, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js In a clip from a recent episode of Sesame Street, Cookie Monster takes on workplace wellness, negotiating salary requirements, benefits (ahem, health insurance!), and paid time off—elements essential to achieving career satisfaction while staying both mentally and physically fit. (Not one to play hardball, Cookie Monster settles for single cookie as payment, but, hey, everybody has to start somewhere.) Negotiating that new year salary increase like: pic.twitter.com/1fv2UMbqgY — Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) January 7, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js If even Cookie Monster can prioritize self-care, there’s really no excuse for you
6 books to help you overcome your social anxiety once and for all
January 08, 2019 at 07:57AM If your stomach does backflips just thinking about walking into a room full of strangers (it me!), you may be one of the millions of Americans dealing with social anxiety disorder. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, social anxiety is “an intense, persistent fear of being watched and judged by others”—to the point where it starts to affect your everyday life. It can be easy to write off those nerves as typical shyness, but if you’re experiencing physical symptoms, or making life decisions based on whether you’ll have to interact with people, there’s probably something bigger at work. Fifteen million American adults suffer from social anxiety disorder (that’s nearly seven percent of the U.S. population), according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). And per the ADAA, over a third of people who have it say they dealt with the symptoms for 10 years or more before seeking help. The good news: With treatment, social anxiety can be completely manageable. Cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to be especially effective at breaking the negative thought patterns that cause you to doubt yourself around others, and if needed, medication can help alleviate some of your worst symptoms. In the meantime, if you’re hoping to learn more about your (or a loved one’s) social anxiety—and pick up some additional techniques for addressing it—these top-rated social anxiety books are a great place to start. They’re not a replacement for therapy, but they can be