What Not to Get Your Significant Other


Updated 12/15/09 9:03 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 2 comments

Bad Exercise Gifts

It's not too late to get that special someone a gift to inspire their healthy and active lifestyle. But you want to make sure the gift will actually do what it says, and that the receiver will appreciate it, unlike these gift ideas. Here's what not to get your significant other. Read more

5 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Paying For College


Updated 05/23/12 10:16 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Important Facts About Paying For College

Paying for college is such a complex issue. LearnVest helps simplify it by answering some key questions in regard to paying tuition. If you believe everything you read, then you might think you need to be a Rockefeller to have kids. That, of course, isn't the case. Yes, kids are expensive, and thinking about paying for a college education can be scary and frustrating . . . but that's where we Read more

Five Ways to Style Up One Gorgeous Dress For All of Your Summer Weddings


Updated 05/02/12 11:34 AM · Posted by · 9 comments

How to Wear the Same Dress to Different Weddings

The good news is, you're popular enough to get invited to five weddings this season. The bad news: what are you supposed to wear to all of them? Between the traveling and the gifts, you don't even want to think about having to buy multiple dresses — so your best bet is to find a frock that can work for all of your wedding obligations and tweak it a bit for each ceremony. With the right Read more

Eco-fy Your Wedding!


Updated 04/17/12 9:51 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

Eco Friendly Wedding Tips

In honor of Earth Day (and wedding season here on PopSugar Network) we're serving up some easy and simple ways to make your wedding just a bit more earth friendly from a geek's perspective. These days, getting down with protecting Mother Earth can be simple. From your wedding shower, to the big event and to all the details in between, little changes can certainly help our planet and our Read more

10 Words to Avoid in Front of Your Kids


Updated 03/13/12 2:09 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 2 comments

Words to Avoid Around Kids

Out of the mouths of babes . . . As parents, we know that anything that's uttered within earshot of our kids is fair game for repetition. And while eliminating all of those four-letter favorites is a no-brainer, there are plenty of others that can be just as damaging. Here, the 10 words we suggest that you ban from your vocabulary in front of your kids. Hate: You might be talking about rush Read more

10 Ways to Make a Good Day More Likely


Updated 03/01/12 3:10 AM · Posted by SavvySugar · 0 comments

How to Have a Good Day

You may wake up on the wrong side of the bed, but that doesn't mean you have to adopt a negative attitude. Sometimes bad days seem inevitable — you miss the bus, arrive late to work, then forget a major deadline — but just a few tweaks to your everyday routine can set you up for better, happier days. Hoping to have a joyful Spring? Check out 10 simple ways to make a good day more Read more

Sprout Home: Orchid Care 411


Updated 02/28/12 5:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Care For Orchids

I'm excited to share a post from Stylelist Home. Keep reading to learn everything you need to know for caring for orchids. They're not as hard as you might imagine! I love the elegance and the exotic feel of an orchid, but every time one winds up in my care, I find myself with a dead orchid after a short while. I do well with my other houseplants and like to think I have a green thumb. Are Read more

How to Avoid New Mom Comparisons


Updated 02/22/12 5:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Avoiding Comparisons From Other Parents

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Evonne Lack about avoiding the dangerous trap of competitive parenting. The comparison game is one new moms know well. Even when we try to avoid the "does your baby do this yet?" questions, it's Read more

Beginner's Mind: 5 Tips to Build Your Yoga Practice at Home


Updated 02/22/12 7:14 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Tips For Practicing Yoga at Home

A "beginner's mind" is a term you may have heard thrown around the yoga world. It means we're heading to our mats with no preconceived notions about what we can or can't accomplish, what poses we can or can't do — essentially, we should approach each experience like it's the very first time. While this is a tool we can take to all facets of our practice, recently, I've been finding it essential Read more

What You Never Knew About Procrastination and How to Cure It


Updated 03/19/12 10:58 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Stop Chronic Procrastination

Some people may wonder why procrastination advice seems to never work for them and if there is a deeper issue at hand. Well, for 20 percent of the population who are chronic procrastinators, it is a serious problem that needs to be addressed, according to Joseph Ferrari, a psychology professor at DePaul University and a leading expert in the study of procrastination. For those 20 percent, Read more