** 1. Longer Locks Keep your style simple yet stunning with longer locks that are blown out and silky smooth. If you don’t have long hair but want to wear this look for your engagement photoshoot, then we highly recommend purchasing some clip-in extensions. When you create this look with a blow dryer, don’t forget to use a serum prior to styling. A serum will give you healthy and silky smooth strands....

Style-spotting outside the shows proves to be as awesome as the shows themselves. And if you’re savvy, you can actually see the season’s upcoming trends in real life, via fabulous interpretations from your fave street stars. This week’s trendspotting edition is all about what’s hot on the London scene, as the fashion month cycle picks off from the electric, citified looks seen in New York Fashion Week and makes its way across the Atlantic, where a distinct Euroflash flavor and eclectic vibe abound....

So the question becomes whether we can actually allow emotions to arise and flow through us naturally, because they are simply a part of human experience, and let go of resisting them so intensely. This is a significant part of mindfulness practice: to continually work to accept the presence of strong emotions (or any emotions) when they arise, to acknowledge them, and allow them to play themselves out. There is no such thing as an illegitimate emotion....

In this video for BigThink, Goleman explores how we can bring the beneficial effects of those “altered states” into the everyday. How Meditation Changes the Brain How Meditation Changes the Brain When we are able to concentrate wholly on something, we enter a heightened state of temporary awareness—what Goleman refers to as altered states. Through meditation, however, we can create what he calls altered traits—a permanent change in the way our minds work....

So let’s take a look at how we are going to change our typical Friday night movie date night at home. Take one of these ideas and switch up your norm – you could even do once a month and rotate them throughout the year! No need to give up the silver screen, just improve upon it! Netflix Movie Date Night at Home Take your next Netflix binge up a few notches with this adorable idea from the Divas....