Health + Wellness Articles

As a former ballerina, I'm very excited about the new trend for ballet-inspired fitness studios.  The idea is to incorporate muscle-sculpting ballet moves like leg extensions and pliés with cardiovascular exercises like jumping.

What to Expect:

1. Free weights, barre work, balls and bands
2. Both high energy classes and slow-paced workouts
3. You'll be working out barefoot

Benefits

1.

Happy Friday! Feel like hitting the theatres tonight? This week the new rom-com "No Strings Attached", starring our girl Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher, asks the classic question: Can two friends be bed buddies and nothing more?

Emma (Portman) has been burned too many times to count, and as a busy doctor has no time for a full relationship. Adam, played by Kutcher, has just gotten out of a bad...

Last week we were crushing on winter skirts but today it's all about what's new for Spring.

Jil Sander, Moschino, Vena Cava

Couture Carrie pulls a few sizzling looks from the Spring/Summer 2011 shows and asks - do you love a long skirt for spring?


DaFashionista, on the other hand, combed the shops last weekend for a pleated pleather skirt and polka dotted top combo from her lust list.

I like flannel shirts and big boots and the smell of Old Spice under my arms.  I like Britney Spears and skincare routines and I’ve tried every mascara on the planet.  I’m as well-versed in professional wrestling and competitive eating as I am in Katherine Heigl rom-coms and celebrity gossip.  I pride myself on being a girls' girl and one of the guys-- but one thing I’m...

Should cell phones be allowed on planes?

Oh no, you say.  For safety reasons, you can't...right? Turns out, you'd be wrong.

Many airlines have equipped their airplanes for cell phone use, and the only thing holding passengers back from taking advantage of this technology is the law.  However, as laws often go, they can vary from country to country.  Several Middle Eastern...

When someone asks me what type of music I like, I usually say "anything that's good".  That's the only way I can sum up my taste in music.  I will blast Hilary Duff on the same day I rock out to old school LL Cool J, classic Springsteen or Rascal Flatts.

For the gym, I pick a playlist of songs with a good beat that keep me motivated to move.  Here is what's on my current...

Hello lovelies! I'm Alexandra and I'm thrilled to be a new ChickAdvisor Intern! I had been a member on ChickAdvisor for almost 2 years before I joined the team. I absolutely love the site and the people that run it!

Alexandra's penchant for posing means she'll fit right in:  we're loving her rich fuschia lips and nails against the neutral palette of her ensemble

I graduated...

With no major holidays in the short-range forecast, our blogger posse is pretending to ignore winter by previewing spring.

Buh-buy Ombré, hello Hair that doesn't look like artfully outgrown roots

BeautyEditor's love affair with ombré is officially over.   The outlook for spring is tone-on-tone natural highlights.

Runway beauty from Ohne Titel, Marc Jacobs (both S/S 2011)

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