8/24/18 Newsletter: This Quinoa Beauty Hack Is 🔥

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Weekend Edition

1. R&R: Quinoa Face Mask

Get a natural exfoliating scrub without irritating your skin or shelling out big bucks by using quinoa. Combine uncooked quinoa, water, organic yogurt and honey, and use the mixture all over your face (and even your body if you want). Leave the mask on for 10 to 15 minutes, and then rinse it off. Aahhh… Read more on Swirled.

2. Workout of the Week: The Squat You Can Do Anywhere

Cramped in your home? All you need is a yoga mat’s worth of space and your own body weight to get a killer workout. Start with plié squats, in which you stand with your feet wider than your hips and your toes turned out to a 45-degree angle. Lower into the squat, keeping your knees behind your toes and your core engaged, and then rise. Repeat 15 times and feel the burn. Read more on Swirled.


3. What to Watch
: “Pasta Grannies“

Pasta Grannies is a YouTube channel for anyone with a deep love of pasta and Italian nonnas. Vicky Bennison, who splits her time between Le Marche in central Italy and London, releases videos based on her travels around Italy. Vicky meets home cooks who make everything from “the rarest pasta in the world” to ravioli cooked to perfection. It’s basically a bunch of Italian grannies doing what they do best. Watch on YouTube.

4. What to Read: “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah

If you love daydreaming about your ultimate escape from urban life, then you’ll fall deeply into this vivid story from Kristin Hannah. When Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man, he moves his wife and daughter north to Alaska. The novel follows their story through the unpredictable, unforgiving and untamed parts of life experienced when navigating the last frontier. Read on Amazon.

5. What to Listen To: “You’re Not Getting Any Younger”

Jen Glantz understands the feeling of getting old. Founder of Bridesmaid for Hire, the on-demand bridesmaid service for anyone who needs the extra help (and body up on that alter) on their big day, she’s been to more than enough weddings to feel like life is moving forward at the speed of light. With a little help from experts, Glantz’s podcast covers everything from the inspo you desperately need to get your butt moving on that side hustle to why it’s important to slow down and really appreciate the little things in life. Listen on iTunes.

6. Life Hack: Salt Edition

If you accidentally put too much salt in a dish while it’s still cooking, drop in a peeled potato, which will soak up any extra sodium.

7. What to Eat: Raspberry And Coconut Chia Pudding

This easy, delicious raspberry, coconut and chia pudding is brunch-worthy and Instagrammable. (Basically, you just hit the breakfast jackpot.) Blend raspberries, honey, lemon juice and coconut milk, and then mix in the chia seeds. Cover it and let it chill overnight. Garnish the pudding the next morning with anything your heart desires, and enjoy! Read more on Swirled.

8. What to Drink
: Fruity Whiskey Cocktails

Even whiskey haters will love a fruity cocktail like the Blood of the Patriots. Unlike the name, the cocktail is sweet and fruity, with raspberries and grapefruit juice combined with Wild Turkey 101 whiskey, Ancho Reyes and Angostura Bitters. All aboard the whiskey train! Read more on Swirled.

9. Dream Destination: Prague, Czech Republic

If you’re looking for a European destination with that energetic Renaissance vibe, head to Prague. With an edgy post-Communist side, the sprawling city blends romantic architecture with recent bitter history and a flourishing art scene. The best part? You can have a blast there on the cheap. Read more on Swirled.

10. Here’s The Deal With The Gorgeous Tile Hotel That’s All Over Your Insta Feed

You may have seen Le Riad Yasmine all over your Insta feed, in which case you’ve thought about booking a direct flight to Marrakesh, Morocco. Here’s the scoop on the lodging: Aside from the gorgeous tiling and lush greenery, you can lounge by the deep blue pool in the sweeping, sun-drenched courtyard… if you can snag one of the seven available bedrooms. Read more on Swirled.

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