Read on to learn more about how to master this look, including the key products you’ll need for your particular hair type: Get curly braids with this step-by-step tutorial Start your curly braided hairstyle with clean and conditioned hair. For your particular hair type, use a curl-centric wash and care system, like TRESemmé Flawless Curls Shampoo and Conditioner. This duo works to nourish hair while also helping to detangle keep frizz at bay....

Date Night Delivered Straight to Your Door! Here at The Dating Divas, you know that one of our main goals is to provide you with LOTS of great date ideas for quality one-on-one time. Because quite honestly, you can’t afford NOT to date your spouse. Setting aside that time for just the two of you is so, so, so, soooooo important to a happy relationship. However, as busy wives and moms ourselves, we also understand that sometimes it can be hard....

This post will discuss the different aspects of deployments. We’ve gathered information and details from over 50 military spouses and military members to bring you the BEST advice on how to tackle a deployment. We will cover everything from preparation for deployments to coping during the deployment to homecoming day. Throughout these topics, we will also share advice straight from military spouses and members. We understand that deployment is such a HARD thing to go through and conquer, but with this advice, you should be well on your way to dealing with deployments....

This is what the students at Bentleigh Secondary College, a publicly funded junior high and high school in Melbourne, Australia, do every day in the school’s new Meditation and Indigenous Cultural Centre (M&ICC). The college teamed up with an eco-friendly architecture firm dwpsuters, which is the Australian arm of design worldwide partnership (dwp). Regular classes on meditation, indigenous culture, and environmental sustainability are taught at the center. The inside is designed to be conducive to meditation, “using calming forms and materials” such as rounded columns of polished wood, says Nick Cini, the center’s designer....

DIY Formal Hairstyles We’ve rounded up three DIY formal hairstyles for you to try (a few weeks before the wedding so you can get the hang of them)! Styling your own hair, while challenging, is really the best way you can ensure that you feel comfortable and feel like you even while dressed a little fancier. 1. Simple Bun and Braid This style combines two classic and easy hairdos to create an updo that looks complicated but isn’t....

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. We wanted something simple, functional and yet still absolutely beautiful, so we teamed up with Carisa from Messes to Memories and she created these perfect calendar prints. I love everything about this calendar, but one of my favorite ideas – and one that’s the most practical – is that it can be reused every single year! The days aren’t numbered, so you can just fill them in to match each year, making it reusable—forever!...

Yeah, right. Try communicating that to a room full of business execs, and you’re bound to be laughed out of the room! But Adam Grant, professor at the Wharton School of Business, makes just such a proposal. In his new book Give and Take, he argues that giving to others is indeed the strategy to win in business as well as in life. Although successful people often have talent, luck, and a willingness to work hard, writes Grant, there is a fourth element to success—how one interacts with others—that is equally, if not more important....

To honor Earth Overshoot Day, Love Beauty and Planet has created a #SmallActsofLove video that gives you some insight on what really is happening to our precious Earth, as well as and how simple it is to preserve the resources available to us by making some changes to our daily routines and habits. You’d be surprised at how a small change can make a huge impact over time. Read on to learn more about Love Beauty and Planet’s recycling partnership and watch the #SmallActsofLove video above....

A Lavender-Infused Beauty Routine Creating strong associations between certain products and your bedtime routine can play a key role in getting better sleep and this easy tip is not to be underestimated. If there’s a particular lotion that you apply before you go to bed or a pillow mist that you spray before you get some sleep, you know that the scent association is both a real and powerful tool....

Today we’re going through some of our favorites as far the best drugstore shampoo goes. While there are many high end brands that give our drugstore favorites a run for their money, the best shampoos in this collection are affordable and can be found pretty easily at your local drugstore. Keep reading to learn more about the best shampoo for your particular hair needs: The Best Shampoo for You It’s no surprise that the best shampoo for you will depend on your hair type and needs....

How to Wear Extra Long Hairstyles with Stylish Ponytails 1. Sleek & Long Ponytail First on our roundup of extra long hairstyles via ponytails is this simple ponytail that you can create for fancy occasions. To get the look wash your hair with Suave Professionals Keratin Infusion Smoothing Shampoo and Suave Professionals Keratin Infusion Smoothing Conditioner for a sleek base. Smooth Nexxus New York Salon Care Exxtra Hold Sculpting Gel to your hair from the roots to the ends, brushing through and gatherng hair into a low long ponytail....

Dacher Keltner: Having a panic-attack in front of millions of viewers set Dan Harris on a path to seeking help for his depression and anxiety. He found it with meditation, which he says makes him at least 10% happier, which is also the name of his best-selling book and podcast. On every episode of our show, we have a happiness guinea pig try out a research-based practice designed to increase happiness, resilience, kindness, or connection and then we dive into the science behind why it works....

But what if we shifted our attention a fraction — toward what hasn’t gone wrong? This short animation from School of Life suggests it’s often the small moments in life (e.g. my car didn’t break down) that bring us the most joy and stoke our well-being. Celebrate what’s going right, right now Falling victim to wants and insecurities is human nature — it’s what happens when you look at what other people have that you do not, and begin to make comparisons....

Congratulations on celebrating your fifth anniversary together! A whopping 5 years married is a BIG deal!! That’s half a decade! Your anniversary is the perfect chance to remember the day you committed to be each other’s partners through life. There is no question that completing your fifth year together is worthy of a celebration and a special gift, but what? No worries – we have got you covered! We’ve got some fabulous Fifth Anniversary gift ideas coming at ya right here!...

Experiencing the northern lights remains at the top of many people’s bucket lists, and I felt that longing deeply. The Romans named the northern lights after Aurora, the Goddess of Dawn, and if ever a soul needed a new day, I did. As I revealed to the 14 strangers in our first night “welcome circle”: “I’ve been living in a dark hole for the past two years. Not in an ice cave or anything like that, but the suicide of a friend just before Christmas added to a series of painful losses, including the death of my parents in a three-month window, punctuated by my husband’s exit from our marriage in between Mom’s and Dad’s passing....

There are numerous essential oils around that have a reputation for aiding your locks and giving them the extra TLC your dry and brittle locks desperately need. Don’t let your hair fall flat and dry, rejuvenate them with some of our favorite essential oils for hair: 4 Nourishing Essential Oils for Hair Lavender Oil: Lavender is one of the most popular essential oils for it’s beauty-boosting properties, which is why it’s added into tons of top-quality products....

Mindfulness Meditation To start, explore these awareness of breath meditation practices: Once you’re familiar with how to work with your breath as an anchor for your attention, try branching out into practices for the body, loving-kindness, working with sounds, and longer meditation practices aimed at working with difficult emotions like anxiety. Below is a list of other online resources offering guided meditations. more mindful audio Free guided meditations from UCLAEach week has a different theme, and usually includes some introductory comments, a guided meditation, some silent practice time, and closing comments....

If you’re obsessed with updos like we are, you’re going to love this bun hairstyle. Think of it as your go-to style for the office, an elegant dinner party, and yes, a bad hair day. This is the style that you can create in less than 10 minutes for an instant update. Below, we’re demonstrating how you can create this chic style no matter what your situation may be. The best part: You can leave your hair like this for a few days week without having to take the style down!...

Why were you drawn to martial arts? Actually, I told my parents that I wanted to learn to play the piano. A week later, my dad and I were in the car, heading to what I thought would be my first piano lesson. Instead, he dropped me off at a martial arts studio. In retrospect, it’s hilarious. But it was perfect: He knew I was a kid who never stopped moving around, and he knew I was looking for something to connect me to my Asian heritage....

One culture that we’ve had our eyes on is Greece, especially Greek women who are known for their beautiful updo hairstyles. Whether it’s with braids, a high loose bun or adorned by laurels. There are so many hairstyles to choose from that stem from the traditional that you can update to suit your personal style or for the occasion. Read to try out something new? Read on as we highlight some of the Grecian styles we love....