How Instagram’s love of food pics has shaped how chefs approach their cooking

January 17, 2020 at 01:00AM by CWC Picture this: You’re at brunch with your crew, right in the middle of telling your friends about some major drama going on at work. You’re momentarily interrupted by the waiter bringing over your order of avocado toast. It looks amazing—vibrant green avocado slices

How to pick a product if your skin is oily *and* dry, according to a derm

January 16, 2020 at 11:00PM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXLjprqwVGs] Whether you’re dry or oily, the cardinal rule when choosing any skin-care product is to make sure it works for your skin type. But what the heck are you supposed to do if you’re… both? According to board-certified dermatologist Mona Gohara,

Resistant starch is yet another gut-healthy reason to eat carbs

January 16, 2020 at 07:17PM by CWC With seemingly everyone and their neighbor on keto lately, carbs have unfortunately become a dietary devil. Many food experts say that’s unfortunate, since avoiding carb-filled foods like oats, potatoes, and lentils means we collectively are missing out on fiber—which can have health implications

Zero-waste activist Lauren Singer defines wellness as living in alignment with your values

January 16, 2020 at 06:00PM by CWC Lauren Singer, a zero-waste influencer who founded Package Free Shop and blogs under the cheeky alias @TrashIsForTossers, inadvertently created waves in my personal community last year when she helped me detox my home from single-use plastic. After she opened my eyes to the

This 12-minute butt-sculpting yoga flow will put squats and lunges to shame

January 16, 2020 at 12:00PM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvwbOYldsFo] People tend to forget that yoga is actually a sneaky butt-sculpting workout. Flowing into various poses helps to mobilize and strengthen your entire body, plus it’s benefitting your mind through mindful breathing, butĀ so many of the moves require a huge amount

If you’re shopping for CBD supplements, here’s what to look for

January 16, 2020 at 10:00AM by CWC ICYMI: CBD is big—like, billion dollar industry, can’t-stop-talking-about-it big. Which means, unless you’ve been totally tuned out, you’re probably clued into the three letters that are taking over the wellness world. But just knowing the basics on all things cannabidiol isn’t quite enough

Championship runner Mary Cain’s training trick is just 3 steps—and is totally worth stealing for yourself

January 16, 2020 at 02:00AM by CWC Training motivation ebbs and flows over the course of days, weeks, months, and years. That’s why runner and junior world champion Mary Cain (one of Well+Good’s 2020 Changemakers) entered the new year with a fresh method of self-motivation—one completely worth adopting for your

In a ranking of the best countries for women, the U.S. doesn’t even make the top 10—here’s why

January 15, 2020 at 11:46PM by CWC In a new ranking of the world’s best countries, the United States isn’t first—it’s seventh. And among the best counties for women, it doesn’t even make the top 10 of 80 nations considered—it’s fifteenth, according to U.S. News and World Report. (At least

Williamsburg is basically ā€˜Wellnessburg,’ and we have the healthy travel guide to prove it

January 15, 2020 at 11:00PM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyrxwk3JFsI] Ready to plan your wellness-rich Williamsburg itinerary? Watch the video for inspo. There isn’t much Well+Good video producer and host Ella Dove hasn’t tried in the name of wellness (horseback yoga, anyone?) So naturally, we tend to trust her opinions on

ā€˜Melting’ cleansers completely erase makeup so you can kiss the double cleanse buh-bye

January 15, 2020 at 02:00PM by CWC When it comes to the first (and most basic) step in your skin-care routine—cleansing—there areĀ somehow a lot of things to think about. Dermatologists and facialists suggest optimizing your cleanse by using warm (but not too hot) water, choosing a face wash that rids

A new study describes 4 ā€˜ageotypes’ that determine how you age—here’s what that means

January 14, 2020 at 09:00PM by CWC We all became infatuated by personality tests in 2019, but they’re about to expand beyond the realm of Myers-Briggs and Enneagram. New research indicates you have an aging personality, or “ageotype,” that determines how your body changes over the course of time. The

75% of vulva-owners will have painful sex in their life—here’s what to do if that includes you

January 14, 2020 at 05:00PM by CWC Moan-making. Spine-chilling. Sheet-twisting. Mind-blowing. Sounds like the stuff of an especially exciting sexual experience, right? For a number of reasons, though, those adjectives aren’t always an orgasmic given. In fact, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) reports that 75 percent of