Minutes to a Healthier You: Strengthen Your Core to Center Your Mind


Updated 09/30/09 1:49 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 1 comment

Minutes to a Healthier You: Strengthen Your Core to Center Your Mind

In Summer, both daily and weekly schedules get all out of whack and the lack of structure leaves me feeling uncentered. To combat my emotional unease, I have added a little ab and core work to my morning routine. I am strengthening my physical center, hoping it translates to my mental life. First, I warm up my spine and follow up with some easy ab and back exercises — heel taps in neutral Read more

Spin Tip: Keep Centered


Updated 05/15/08 10:00 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

Spin Tip: Keep Centered

When you're pedaling away in spin class, save the upper body sway for a rock club. The motivational music may move you, but don't waste your energy rocking to the beat. Focus your energy into your legs, because as you crank the resistance on the wheel your legs are going to need all the help they can get. Holding your torso steady, and focus on your low abs to really work your core too. Better to Read more

Beat the Heat With These Face-Powder Application Tricks


Updated 05/28/12 3:40 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Apply Face Powder in Summer

The warmer the weather gets, the more you might be tempted to reach for your compact to ward off shine, but the last thing you want is to create a cake-y mess as a result. Whether you choose pressed or loose powder, CoverGirl celebrity makeup artist Jake Bailey has discovered a foolproof method for maintaining a matte look, even during heatwave temperatures. All you have to do is apply it once Read more

What's the Story With Girls' Clothes After They Outgrow Toddler Sizes?


Updated 05/23/12 8:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Pre-Teen Girls' Clothes

Here's a post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we bring you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Joyce Slaton about girls' clothes. Clothing manufacturers seem to divide girls' clothing into three ages: Infant (up to 1 year), Toddler (1 to 6 years — pretty old toddler at 6, huh?), and Junior Skank (first grade right up to Read more

Meet the Euro Pop Princesses of the '60s: Yé-Yé Girls


Updated 05/25/12 2:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Ye-Ye Girls

Are the yé-yé girls having resurgence? First there was Megan's infamous Mad Men song and dance number, and now they've come up again in Wes Anderson's latest film Moonrise Kingdom. In the film — set in 1965, a year before this season of Mad Men — Suzy Bishop is one half of the lovesick preteen couple at the center of the movie. While her style is clearly fashioned after the yé-yé girls, Read more

Wes Anderson's Guide to Love


Updated 05/25/12 2:51 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Wes Anderson Movie Quotes

As a self-proclaimed Wes Anderson junkie, I was ecstatic to see his latest film Moonrise Kingdom this week. And considering I was either smiling or tearing up (or both) the entire 94 minutes, I'd say it was a hit. The camp-themed coming-of-age film has all the recognizable Wes Anderson-isms fans of the director love, and the young star-crossed lovers at the center of the sweet story really just Read more

Lil Links: How Do You Decide to Add Another Baby to the Family?


Updated 05/25/12 5:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Deciding to Have a Third Child

Is three children one too many? — BabyCenter Blog Sienna Miller shows off her boho-chic bump — Celebrity Baby Scoop 16 reasons to live like a 2-year-old — HuffPost Parents Jillian Michaels says adoption is a calling — Celebrity Baby Blog The pros and cons of common labor and delivery positions — FitPregnancy The best baby travel gear — Parenting 9 cute headbands for baby girls — Read more

Hysteria Director Tanya Wexler Talks Vibrators, Faking It, and Duck Sex


Updated 05/25/12 1:54 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Hysteria Director Interview

Don't be shy . . . It's time to talk sex toys! And Hysteria director Tanya Wexler is writing us a prescription for pleasure. Tanya's film — what she calls "the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to" — is in limited release and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Rupert Everett. When working on a romantic comedy that centers around the invention of the vibrator, you end up with some Read more

Lil Links: 10 Dresses That Will Give You Maternity Clothes Envy


Updated 05/24/12 5:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Summer Maternity Dresses

Maternity dresses that give you pregnancy envy — BabyCenter Blog The number one rule you'll learn as a parent — HuffPost Parents Take a peek at Katherine Heigl's baby Adelaide — Celebrity Baby Scoop Steal the latest celeb maternity style: tie-dye — Celebrity Baby Blog The pros and cons of 11 common labor positions — FitPregnancy What kids can learn from failure — Parenting Toddler Read more

iWant: A Pac-Man Delicacy


Updated 05/23/12 5:10 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Gold Pac-Man Necklace

We'll unapologetically wear our old-school gaming pride on our sleeves, but when the occasion calls for something a little more refined, costume baubles just don't fit the bill. To the rescue — as he always was during Summer days at the arcade — is the charming Pac-Man, who this time adds an adorable edge to a delicate, gold-filled chain ($32). Poised to gobble up a villainous ghost, the Read more