What’s Her Secret: Yogi, Podcaster, and Leadership Coach Liz Doyle Harmer
In all she does, Liz Doyle Harmer aims to empower women. Whether that’s through the programs offered at Afterglow Yoga Studio, which she co-owns with her business partner Julie Watson, or through the Afterglow Podcast that they co-host, or through the life coaching business she runs, Liz Doyle Harmer Coaching, she is dedicated to helping women overcome society’s limits and pursue their goals.
Peloton Is Taking Home Workouts To The Next Level With All-New Bike+ And Tread
There is no denying how much COVID-19 has changed the way we work out. As the pandemic spread earlier this year, quieting the sounds of group fitness classes and exercise machines, home fitness took on a new role. Whether it was a PT session or a yoga class on Zoom, or panic-buying of at-home gym equipment, fitness fanatics were desperately trying to find ways to exercise effectively within their own four walls. Retailers reported sharp increases in sales of home gym equipment – like Peloton – and online marketplaces almost immediately sold out of dumbbells and kettlebells.
5 New Books To Add To Your Fall 2020 Reading List Now
There’s nothing like curling up with a new book as sweater weather arrives and life starts to get cozy again. With that in mind, here are five new must-reads for you to add to your cart, from an amusing novel that peaks into high society life to a poetical debut from a Grammy award-winning musician.
Product Of The Week: BITE Beauty, Lip Lab, Clean Custom Lipstick
We have a lot of lipstick. Like, maybe five rattling around in our daytime purse, another two in our backpack, one in the glove compartment in the car, a couple in coat pockets and about 12 more underneath the sink in the bathroom. Not counting the two red ones for fancy events or the handful of nude hues we could never quite pull off or the ’90s throwback brown and the we’re-pretending-to-be-in-the-south-of-France coral, they all seem to share the same berry/wine/fuchsia colour palette, which clearly we love. And yet, none have been worn to the bottom, because none have truly hit our beauty mark.
You Made It: Summer 2020 Edition
With the arrival of Labor Day weekend, one extremely obvious fact has presented itself: we have officially dragged ourselves through summer 2020. You are here now. You did it. I am here too, but this isn’t about me. This is your achievement to behold, so let’s get it underway.
Fragrance Of The Month: Valentino Voce Viva EDP
After all, a girl’s got to have a signature or two. The storied Italian fashion house certainly does with more than 60 years worth of iconic red gowns to its name. They have also, BTW, recently given their namesake colour a wake-up shake-up courtesy of undertones of vibrant and luminous pink. And we’re not mad about it.
We Need To Talk About The Strawberry Dress
If you’ve been on Instagram, or have frequented TikTok over the past six months, when I say strawberry dress, you know exactly what dress I’m talking about. Lirika Matoshi’s pink strawberry dress, which originally debuted sometime last summer, is all over social media, with our favourite influencers spending their hard-earned disposable incomes wearing it on their grids. The highly coveted midi-length dress is made of layers of fluffy baby pink tulle, adorned with glitter strawberries, perfectly puffy sleeves, and extra-dreamy ruffles at the hem.
Product Of The Week: Raincry Scent, Advanced Hair Mist In “Blanc, Fleur du Serenity”
Okay, yes, we know that Raincry’s Advanced Hair Mist in “Blanc, Fleur du Serenity” scent is technically a hair product. Trust us, we’ve been misting it all over our hair for days. But it does make us wonder why something that smells this great can’t be spritzed, you know, in other places? Because we might be doing a little of that too…
Do You Need It? An Exercise In Back-To-School Shopping
Every September from childhood to my early teen years (before I had a part-time job), one afternoon would be reserved for back-to-school shopping. And while it would inevitably lead to my mom and I fighting over prices, sizes, and the one thing I was allowed to splurge on, I took the best parts of it with me as I ascended up the ladder of age, celebrating the start of a new year as I went.
Myths About Aging We Need To Stop Believing In
As a society we’ve done a lot of work to build up a stigma around our older members of society. We fear aging, have deemed it “ugly” and undesirable, and in need of fixing. What a coincidence! There’s a multi-billion dollar industry that has all the remedies! Point is, it’s a scam. We’re duped into thinking aging is terrible when it’s just a NORMAL part of life, and there’s actually a lot that can be good about it. Here are, in my – and many other people’s – humble opinion, a few of the worst myths about aging that need to disappear.
Product Of The Week SkinCeuticals Glycolic Brightening Renew Overnight
There’s nothing like emerging from COVID hibernation and having our mother ask if we’re feeling sick. Or tired, maybe? Or both? So. Umm. Yeah. It can’t be our hair triggering Mrs. Regina George, because we just had it professionally highlighted and cut. Which can only mean it’s our face.
I’m Breaking Up With Planners
Once upon a time (about a month ago) I loved paper planners. I loved writing assignments and appointments down, crossing them out after they were finished, and colour-coding my entire existence because I like to pretend I’m fun by using pink highlighter for any/all dinner plans.
Finding Comfort In Victorian England
Since I reached the depths of my quarantine sadness in mid-April, I found myself exclusively watching any documentaries I could find on YouTube about everyday life in Victorian England. Whether it’s a video on how to make authentic meat pies, or a scientific experiment about how corsets made it hard for women to move around, and do everyday tasks (I don’t think we needed a full experiment to prove that, but I appreciate the scientific data nonetheless). Personally, I’ve always been a history lover, but there is just something about watching how dreary life once was that made dealing with this new solitary normal more comfortable.
THE STORY OF: The Tutu In The Opening Credits Of Sex And The City
The opening credits of Sex and the City, in which a tutu-clad Carrie Bradshaw is splashed by a passing bus that happens to have her picture (and the slogan “Carrie Bradshaw knows good sex”) plastered on the side, are probably some of the most famous of any opening credits of all time. The show’s costume designer, Patricia Field, was the mastermind behind the ensemble, and all of the styles sported by all four characters that inspired a generation of women.
Product Of The Week: Flamingo Women’s 5-Blade Razor
If it gets the job done, a razor is a razor is a razor, right? Well… not always. Especially if it’s Flamingo’s 5-blade version and comes with a handy-dandy shower holder to stick on the wall and a sassy tagline on the package that says, “women are strong, smart, beautiful, funny and hairy.”
Letting Go Of The Girls I Wanted To Be
In 2002, I did something shocking: after a screening of the rom-com classic, Sweet Home Alabama, I cut my hair like Reese Witherspoon’s. I had no idea how to style it, had no tools with which to straighten it, and my natural shade wasn’t remotely close to the actor’s perfect blonde.
Glow Get It: Indeed Labs’ Two New Summer “Drops” Brighten & Bronze
Indeed Labs is looking to brighten and bronze up your life this summer with two just-released products that will help your skin glow. The Canada-based line’s new vitamin C brightening drops and nanobronze™ bronzing drops are affordable essentials for those in search of a healthy, glowing hue.
Fragrance Of The Month: Giorgio Armani My Way
We’re known for mixing up our perfume routine. A lot. Daily actually. So we don’t really have an exclusive, signature scent as much as we do a top-10 list. Not that we couldn’t pick one, its just that we prefer having the freedom to do things our way, spritzing exactly what we want when we want it, like Giorgio Armani’s new eau de parfum My Way.
Product Of The Week: Schmidt’s Lavender + Sage Mineral Enriched Natural Deodorant
We’re sun seekers (SS). Not to be confused with sun bathers, because we really only indulge in that on vacations to our favourite hot spots in Mexico, the south of France and Miami, to name a few, complete with a thick layer of SPF all over our face and body of course.
5 Foods That Will Really Make Your Skin Glow
In today’s health-conscious culture, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that food is our medicine. You wouldn’t eat cake, cookies and pastries and expect to feel great afterwards, so why would you expect your skin to glow?