1/29/19 Newsletter: The Key To Amazing Cookies

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Spotlight

You can take your chocolate chip cookies from meh to marvelous with just a few simple tips. Make sure all your ingredients are room temperature (yep, even eggs!), opt to brown your butter and for the best results and chill your dough for a few hours before you bake it off into beautiful cookies. Check out our other must-try cookie tips. [Swirled]

Life Hack Of The Day: Cake Decorating Edition

Need to do a cake design on the fly? Place a cookie cutter on the cake, then fill the hole with sprinkles. Remove the cookie cutter and enjoy!

Health

NEOU is the fitness app you need to download ASAP. It hosts tons of live and on-demand fitness classes from expert influencers and brands, and you can access them as long as your phone has service or a WiFi connection. From boxing to boot camp to cardio dance to meditation, the possibilities are endless. And while it’s still in its beta phase, it’s entirely free. [Swirled]

Did You Know? Feeling stressed out 24/7 is obviously not a good thing as it can also start wreaking havoc on the rest of your well-being. Unrelenting stress can lead to surprising infections like UTIs and serious diseases like coronary heart disease. The bottom line: Keep your stress levels in check! [Swirled]

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Career + Finance

Some major companies will pay their employees to quit. Yep, you read that correctly. If new Zappos hires realize they are not a good fit for the company, they can opt out and are given a month’s salary to leave within three months of starting their job. Amazon, which bought Zappos in 2009, offers a similar program. If you are unhappy at Amazon, you can get offered up to $5,000 to leave. [Swirled]

*From our partner mydegree

If you’ve been dying to go back to school, mydegree has multiple options that could get you there. The website offers flexible course programs and various grants that could help land you back in the classroom sooner than you think. Click here to get started.  

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Food + Drink

Recipe Of The Day: A quick berry smoothie with nut butter is the perfect drink to sip in the morning that will get you ready for the day (and even make you better at your workouts). There’s just nothing better than antioxidant-rich blueberries paired with creamy, satisfying nut butter. [Swirled]

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Travel

You can geek out on the nerdiest trips in the world. Check off all the “Harry Potter” activities in London, England with a studio tour and a day trip to see the landmarks that inspired Hogwarts like Alnwick Castle. Fans of “Lord of the Rings”, “The Avengers” and more, check out our ultimate nerd vacation to-do list. [Swirled]

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Editor’s Picks

Revlon One-Step Hair Dryer And Volumizer: Three products in one? We’ll take that over a hair dryer, straightener and volumizing spray any day.

Soda Stream: There’s nothing more bougie (and satisfying) than asking your friends if they’d like still or sparkling water when hosting girls’ night.

Faux Fur Coat Hooded Cardigan: On those mornings when you just can’t get warm, a faux fur cardigan will do right by you.

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