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4 TIPS TO TURN YOUR LOVE OF FITNESS INTO A THRIVING BUSINESS LIKE FABLETICS

You’ve seen the Fabletics commercials… Where the women are sporting activewear that’s actually fashionable and can be worn to exercise or to run daily errands… If you pay attention to the commercials, you’ll notice that the women in those commercials are of different sizes, strengths, and doing different activities. The women in the commercials are either exercising, running errands with their kids, or proving that their body shape and size has nothing to do with their strength… Strength and empowerment at any age, shape, or size is the image the brand is projecting.

It’s just amazing how much the world has evolved. There was a point in time where a woman’s weight and age were something that you just don’t talk about or ask about but today’s woman is confident about her age, weight, and size… Where did this empowerment come from? Well, it’s hard to just pinpoint one person as the face of self-love but it’s pretty safe to say that every woman who’s had any insecurity about their weight or size and overcame it, is due to seeing someone else have the strength to love themselves despite what others think.

When women started to love their bodies, self-love became a market to profit from. That might sound like it’s coming from a “money-hungry” standpoint but it’s not… it’s really coming from a place of self-love. With women feeling this empowerment, why not strengthen their self-love and empowerment with clothing that is not only fashionable and accentuates their shape but also is great activewear to exercise in to lead a healthier lifestyle?

In the past, gym clothes used to be big bulky sweatpants that were difficult to move around in and simply didn’t make women feel pretty. Today, women’s activewear can go from the gym to brunch! The great news about the Fabletics brand and mission is that you too can start a women’s activewear line that is successful like Fabletics.

In your mind, you’re probably thinking that you don’t have any business experience to do something like that… Well, according to Forbes, neither did Kate Hudson with Fabletics but she and her team managed to turn their athleisure brand into a $250 million company in three and a half years.

Keep in mind that your brand’s story won’t be like Fabletic’s story, nor should you want it to be… Your brand should have its own story and mission but there are a few takeaways from Fabletic’s story that you can incorporate into your passion for fitness. If you’re someone who loves every aspect of fitness and want to transform it into an athleisure brand, here are a few key tips to follow to make your business thrive.

1. Planning

Identify the Customers’ Needs

If you’re going to launch an athleisure brand, you need to find out what people look for in athleisurewear. Are they looking for a particular type of material that’s comfortable on the skin? Are they want ting more storage in their clothes? Or are they wanting more style?

Stand Out in the Competition

There are, of course, lots of athleisure brands out there, including Fabletics, but the goal isn’t to be like them… the goal is to be better than them. Maybe you have an idea but another brand is already doing that… That’s okay, you can either hone in on that idea and do it better or simply find a different way to stand out. Ideally, you want to offer customers something that’s they’re not receiving in other brands.

Determine Your Brand Identity

What’s the overall vibe and feel you want people to have when they see or wear your clothes? With Fabletics, they want their customers to feel strong and empowered when they wear their athleisurewear. Maybe with your brand, you want customers to feel sexy… whatever it is you want customers to feel, it’s going to be exhibited through the design and style of your clothes and through you’re brand’s identity, so choose it well, because your brand’s identity is what it’s going to be known for.

Look Into Funding Options

How are you going to fund your business? Are you going to ask family for help? Set up a Go Fund Me account? Or look into SBA loans? This is an area where Kate Hudson didn’t have any obstacles to overcome but that that doesn’t mean you have to either. There are plenty of startup loans as well as investors who are looking for small businesses to invest in to not only make them more money but to also turn your dream into a reality.

2. Design and Development

Design and development spans from the creation of your website to the design of your athleisurewear apparel. So you’ll definitely want to build your online store with a fitness theme that’s reflective of your brand’s identity. In identifying your brand’s identity, it’s going to automatically lead you to identify your target audience. Without having a target audience, you won’t know the types of clothing and collections to sell.

One of the biggest factors that separate an athleisurewear line from a regular clothing line is the materials and fabrics. Because athleisurewear is both for casual wear and for exercise, the materials and fabrics used are going to be stretchy, breathable, and sweat resistant. The materials used are also ways to add interest in the products too.

3. Marketing and Brand Awareness

You’ve determined your brand’s identity so now it’s time to tell the world your brand’s story. When people can relate to a brand’s story, they’re more likely to buy your products. Whether you’ve had your own struggle with self-love or if you’re currently on your journey of body reformation, people want to know your story. Through outlets like social media and networking events, your brand has the opportunity to reach the masses with if your brand awareness and marketing is done right.

4. Implement Customer Service

Last and certainly not least, you have to pay homage to your customers because, without them, your brand would just be an empty plan. When on social media, ask their opinions and actively interact with them. If a customer has a complaint or issue with your products, don’t try to silence them or ignore them, address the issues head-on so they’ll know that their complaints and opinions matter. Be sure to address them in a timely manner too.

And remember to have fun with your customers too. They like to know that it’s not “all business” with brands too. Consider humanizing your brand with a fun back and forth banter in the comments and live videos.

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TOP 5 THE FACE SHOP BEAUTY PRODUCTS SAFE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

Pregnant women should always be careful choosing beauty products because the skin can absorb harsh chemicals that could potentially harm the unborn baby. If you're going through a pregnancy, you need to buy skincare products that are appropriate for the changes that your body undergoes.

You may notice dryness and swelling in some areas of your face, and those are normal. The best thing you can do under those circumstances is to change the way you take care of your skin.

Skin Changes During Pregnancy

Pregnancy causes several skin changes because of shifts in blood flow and maternal hormones like estrogen and progesterone. You can observe pigmentation changes around the nipples, the inner thighs, the neck, and the genitals. These parts might darken due to hormonal changes.

While most of these skin changes are reasonable, you can control excessive signs and symptoms brought about by stress, pollution, temperature changes, and hormonal changes, such as too dry or too oily skin using natural skincare products.

Products Safe for Pregnant Women

The Face Shop is one of the leading Korean brands that offer pregnant-friendly skincare products with natural ingredients like this beauty product. What are the best beauty products sold by the company? And what makes these products highly beneficial for pregnant women? Let's find out!

Here are the top natural beauty products you can try today from the leading Korean beauty brand:

1. My Plant Hand Cream

Your hand could get dry and uncomfortable. Some pregnant women even have carpal tunnel syndrome, and the wrists could get awkward. You should try this hand cream recommended for pregnant women while you massage them gently to avoid issues.

This cactus-shaped plant-based hand cream is naturally-enriched with the moisture-sealing agave atrovirens extract, providing long-lasting moisture. You'll love the cute cactus-shaped packaging and the cucumber-like scent that can refresh your senses.

2. Jeju Volcanic Lava Peel-Off Clay Mask

Pregnant women usually experience excessively oily or dry skin as well as skin breakouts, most notably on the nose area due to hormonal changes. This volcanic lava from Jenu Island peel-off clay mask from The Face Shop uses volcanic ash combined with other Jeju Island sourced natural ingredients, which are very safe during pregnancy.

This product purifies the pores and absorbs excess sebum. It's a mask that allows you to exfoliate dead skin cells and promote cell rejuvenation. Use this product twice a week if you feel that your face is too oily, and only once a week if it's flaky.

3. Calendula Essential Moisture Eye Cream

The undereye areas are some of the most vulnerable parts of the face. During your pregnancy, you could be prone to dark circles and puffiness, so it's essential to use eye cream every night. The cream can help reduce wrinkles and eyebags.

The Calendula Essential Moisture Eye Cream is a natural eye cream made with calendula, cornflower, chamomile, rooibos, sage, lily, and borage extracts that soothe and revitalize the delicate eye area. Pregnant women won't feel uncomfortable because this eye cream doesn't leave a sticky and cumbersome feel.

4. Power Perfection BB Cream

Pregnant women usually experience uneven skin because of maternal hormone changes. Often, regardless of how well you've taken care of your skin, there are blemishes and dark spots. The simple solution is to use a blemish balm or BB cream underneath your cosmetics.

The Power Perfection BB cream helps even skin tone. Also, it moisturizes and brightens the skin as well as reduce wrinkles and protect the skin against ultraviolet rays with SPF37. This cream helps your skin look bright and fresh.

5. Rice Water Bright Light Cleansing Oil

A makeup remover or oil cleanser is essential to any beauty routine. It's the first step to any skincare routine. This rice water cleansing oil cleans the face in a gentle way that pregnant women needs. It removes makeup and skin impurities, which leaves the skin fresh, soft, and clean. If you're an expectant mom who wears heavy makeup, this rice water cleanser helps cleanse and remove makeup. It will leave your skin feeling soft without the sticky feel.

Conclusion

Pregnant women have unique skincare needs because of hormonal changes, physical stress, extra weight, and dietary changes. That's why as much as possible, fewer chemicals should be used. Natural skin care products from The Face Shop made of natural ingredients. These products are gentle on the skin because the products don’t contain harsh chemicals.

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HOW TO DRESS | FOR HANGING OUT AT HOME

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ATHLEISURE MAG | #51 MAR 2020

This month’s cover and back cover is ESPN’s Host of The Jump, Rachel Nichols. Our cover shoot editorial – Bank Shot with Rachel Nichols took place at Moxy Time Square in Tao Group Hospitality’s Magic Hour. We talked with Rachel about her career, being at ESPN, the NBA and a number of the stories that she has covered while at the network. In our feature, Something You Should Know, we chat with Roxanne Dennant of Fruit Slabs who talks about the cannabis industry, starting her company and what they are working on. This month, we chatted with the founder of Careers Through Culinary Arts Programs founder, Richard Grausman, who shares more information on C-CAP, who it serves and his partnerships with chefs. In this month’s The Art of the Snack, we head to Astoria, Queens to VIA VAI. We talk with Ladder, a premium supplement brand to find out more from their scientist about the formulation of this nutritious drink. We talk fragrances with the founder of Hope Fragrances, Audrey Gruss to find out more about her perfumes, availability in Bergdorf Goodman and how she provides funds for the awareness and research for depression.

As usual, we have our monthly roundups including our 9LIST (Athleisure Mag’s picks that we’re loving this month in style, beauty and fitness) featured roundups. This month’s 9LIST STORI3S (picks supplied by celebrities) gives us insight into American Idol Judge and Pop Icon, Katy Perry. This month’s 9PLAYLIST includes Instagram Club Quarantine DJ D-Nice who shares his favorite songs with us that you have also enjoyed in his sets that we have been jamming (along with 100K+ people when he spins via Instagram).  As always, you can enjoy Athleisure List (Alo Moves and Technogym), The Pick Me Up, Bingely Books, Bingely Streaming, Style Files, Rock This Look When You Need to Stay Comfortable, Athleisure Beauty, How to Dress, In Our Bag, #TRIBEGOALS and Aloe Beauty. 

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ACHIEVING BODY REFORMATION WITH REFORMER PILATES

Hey! Want to do some exercises that will keep your muscles toned, keep you strong, fit and brimming with stamina? It’s time then to get your “gyming” gear and get set to engage in a sequence of routines that will strengthen as well as stabilize your core. It is Pilates’ time!

Pilates, a fitness procedure created at the start of the 20th century, was the invention of Joseph Pilates. Though he named his technique Contrology, these fitness exercises have come to be known with his name. It is now practiced globally with the U.S.A., Australia, the U. K. and Canada taking the lead. 11 million persons, as at 2005, used this system regularly; about 14,000 of which were in the U.S.A.

The culture, at the close of the 19th century, of alleviating ill health through physical exercises, was a factor in the development of this fitness routine. It has been shown from studies that Pilates boosts balance and that regular sessions are able to help healthy adults condition their muscles; especially in comparison with staying without exercises.

Low-Impact Exercise, High-Impact Results

Pilates sessions are built around these principles: control, centering, flow, breathing, concentration, postural, relaxation, stamina, alignment, precision etc. These are enumerated in greater detail here. These exercises are low-impact routines that are aimed at strengthening muscles and at the same time improving posture, alignment as well as flexibility. The moves mainly aim for the core though it also works other parts of the body.

They can be done with equipment or without one. In any case, the routines tend to revolve around precise but slow movements as well as breath control. This exercise requires intense focus as the format that the exercises take, is more important than the exercises themselves.

Precision is key to the proper execution of these routines. The idea being that it is better to do one precise and perfect movement than many lackadaisical ones. With better precision, motion becomes more efficient and less stress is therefore required to perform the exercises. With relaxation, you can achieve correct muscle firing patterns and improved mental concentration is also enhanced.

A standard Pilates routine will last for about 45 minutes to about an hour. This leaves your body’s core strengthened and stabilized; thus, enabling you to move efficiently while at the same time improving posture, litheness, and agility. Therefore, if you long for a full-body exercise method that will help you do everything better, consider this exercise system.

You can design your routines to suit your individual needs; such that it becomes an immense complement to the aerobic sessions you already engage in. For instance, if you suffer from arthritis, a strength-enhancing schedule such as this will be a very significant element of your fitness program. Research has shown that combining aerobic exercises and strength-enhancing exercises does a lot to curb certain symptoms, sustain balance, retain flexible joints, and also helps in the achievement and maintenance of an enviable body weight.

Machine Aided Pilates

There are basically two different approaches to Pilates classes. These include the mat approach and the reformer approach. Your sessions could either use a mat (not your usual yoga mat but a slightly thicker variation) designed to provide some comfort to the points where pressure is exerted, or you could make use of a machine referred to as a Reformer. This machine is built like platform that slides along two fixed bars for the foot, some springs, and the pulleys that account for the resistance. There are a few other pieces of equipment to know, but we will not be looking at those at the moment.

Whether the mat or the Reformer machine, the goal is to achieve control and not just a brutish exertion of the muscles. When making use of the mat, your muscles work by lifting against the force of gravity. If however you make use of the Reformer, you will be working to overcome the band or spring’s resistance. All of these will be done to strengthen specific muscles in the body.

What is Reformer Pilates?

The Reformer Pilates is a creation of the original founder of the exercise system. A rectangular frame having a plane platform –known as the carriage– positioned to roll on wheels inside the frame in a forward and backward movement. By a set of springs, the carriage attaches to an end of it. When the carriage on the frame gets a push or pull, these springs provide choices of differing levels of resistance. The carriage comes with shoulder blocks that keep users from sliding off with each push or pull of the carriage. Reformers parts are adjustable for differing body sizes and different levels of skill.

With almost all certainty, there is no piece of Pilates equipment more popular than the Reformer, and for good reasons. The machine makes a dramatic impression the first time you see one; and even a more dramatic change in your body when you use one. Reformers are usually lined up in Pilates studios, being that Reformer classes are usually one of the main choices offered. There are portable Reformers, which are equally popular as home exercise equipment.

What Makes the Reformer so Special?

The Reformer provides all the advantages of Pilates comprising of all-round strength, spontaneous flexibility, excellent coordination, and steady equilibrium. Exercises done with the device, for most people, is a fun-filled experience; an experience that often feels like flying or gliding.

Embarking on Body Reformation

For beginners, the Reformer Pilates may look more like a foe than a friend. With lengthy, ingenious straps, a prominent framework and movable platform, it is simply understandable why someone said this particular contraption resembles a torture equipment of the Dark Age. However, this equipment should be no cause for apprehension. You, can master the Reformer with practice – even with minimal assistance. You can find you can find a simple guide here: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/guide-to-pilates/.

If it is your first workout with Reformer Pilates, here is what to expect: the carriage will move so flow with it. The more you make use of the equipment – having caution and safety in mind always – the more comfortable you will be in all your movements. One major thing about Reformer Pilates, something that also makes it special, is that feeling of moving in the absence of gravity. However, lying facing up on a platform that is moving can be kind of disorienting, if not weird.

Since the objective here is for one to experience the carriage’s motion, you should be ready to take charge and master it. As you continue, you will develop connections as you discover proper form, understand what is right for your body and finally attain balance. The Reformer Pilates is a work of wonder! Exercising with this equipment is possible for anyone, at any level of fitness. It isn’t any wonder that it is often popularly called the Universal Reformer.

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FILLED CBD DATE NIGHT? WE'VE GOT THE RECIPE RIGHT HERE

Filled CBD Date Night? We’ve Got The Recipe Right Here

With the ever growing popularity of CBD, it’s no surprise that CBD manufacturers have come up with a variety of products that lend themselves to different aspects of our modern lifestyle. Different combinations of CBD products can not only provide benefits for specific ailments, but they can also enhance a variety of situations, including date nights. With so many products, it can be hard to know which companies to trust, so we’ve sorted through and found the safest CBD capsules anywhere, as well as a variety of CBD products to help kick start the romance.

Dates often consist of a meal and an activity. Sometimes this means dinner and a movie, sometimes lunch and a hike, but it is usually a combination of the two. This stage of the dating process is absolutely crucial. If you choose an activity that your partner totally hates, then you might be sunk. Occasionally a good meal can patch things up, but what if you ate before the activity? What if you took your date out and had a great time rock climbing, but then suggested a restaurant that more than misses the mark. For some reason the latter of the situations seems like the easiest to recover from. 

The point being that this point in the courting process can make or break the romance between two people. Throwing CBD into the mix can not only spice up a potentially boring situation, but it might just help you relax enough to really be yourself. The lovely person your friends and family know, not the person who is thrown off by the stress or pressure caused by a new love interest. CBD can be your best friend in these situations because it can be incorporated into the food and it can be an activity when shared between two potential lovebirds.

Passion 

With so many people dating at such a rapid pace due to the fact that the modern dating scene is pretty much dominated by rapid-fire dating applications. People are presented with more opportunity for dates or hook-ups than ever before. You simply download an application from whatever app store you use, upload some photos of yourself looking sexy or doing cool things like paragliding, then you build your profile and talk about how you love long walks on the beach and paragliding. Once you have your enticing photos uploaded, and your biography written, then it’s time to start looking for dates. Oftentimes on these dating applications you are fed thousands of photos of potential mates to sort through. When you see someone you think is attractive, then you can usually message them and ask if they would be interested in meeting up at some point.

Once you have found a potential soulmate, then you must prepare to meet. Your mating dance must be on point if you are to beat out all the other little birdies. You need to be colorful and interesting or the love of your life might slip from your fingers. You don’t want to be left wondering who, in the sea of fish who swam out of your life, could have been the one. You need to be the founder of their dreams and swim circles around their cold damaged heart until it thaws and melds back together from the warm glue that is your love.

The endless sea of potential lovers is a daunting one to sail. You must be willing to sway and capsize, time after time swimming to the edge of your little boat heart and finding a way to get it upright again. You must bask in the blissful sunshine of the good days, and suffer the mighty storms on the bad. Love. It is a river. And your best shot of catching the fish of your dreams is to enchant them with your charm, intelligence, humor, humanity and most importantly, your date planning abilities. For without the aforementioned date planning abilities, you will never have the chance to display your humanity. Your charm will go half noticed, and your intelligence will be in question at best. You will be viewed as a dull colorless plankton who does not dance circles around the heart as the almighty flounder can. You might lose the one chance you have at true love and happiness.

So instead of living your life a lonely plankton in a sea of dancing flounders, follow this simple CBD date night formula to win your target's heart. It is of the utmost importance that you make your own personal twist to this recipe. We can provide you with a nice little tool set, but without your own creative input, this recipe will remain just a recipe. Your creative twists will bring the recipe and your date to life, and you might just turn out to be a dancing fish.

First we recommend taking your date to a nice dinner. Ask mutual friends for recommendations of places your date might like. Have two CBD capsules ready when you pick your date up. When the two of you arrive at the restaurant, ask for two glasses of water, and then ask your date if they would like some CBD drink mix added to their water. This will excite and entice them. When the bread arrives mix some CBD oil into the olive oil and enjoy! Once you have finished your meal, ask your date if they'd like some CBD gummies for desert. They are sure to crack a smile one way or the other. After enjoying some gummies, you can ask if they would like to go back to your place for a massage using CBD lotion. If you follow these simple steps, and mix in your own bit of flare, then you are sure to have a great time. Show your date that you are fun, and if the two of you share a love of CBD, then you might just get that second date.

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MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: BLOGS, TRAINING AND A WHOLE LOT OF (GOOD) PAIN

Being healthy should be a prerogative of any human. It is not just a trend or a phase; it should be a part of our daily life. As we are creatures of habit, we tend to do things just because it is a part of our daily activities. However, most of us are also programmed to look for pleasure and comfort first.

As this page says, we do not usually want to make an effort to be healthy since it is a lot of work. There are a lot of things that you should be doing, and acts that you need to avoid. Once it becomes a part of our routine though, it starts a path to being better physically and mentally.

There are many ways that we can achieve this state, but there are two general ones. First, you need to eat a balanced diet or meal. The other one is through physical activity. Most people would do your typical gym routines or running exercises to keep their blood pumping. They can be effective, and it is a good way to have some sort of exercise in our lives.

On the other hand, some people prefer a more strenuous type of activity. One of them is through joining a fighting class, and MMA is one of the more popular choices.

Learning Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) can be considered as a combination of different fighting styles. It is also sometimes known as “cage fighting” because it is not as rigid in rules compared to other disciplines. One big example of this freedom is holding and grappling.

Most fighting sports do not condone these types of moves, but you can do it in MMA. Same thing with using elbow attacks, kicks and jumps. It is a bloody contact sport, and its training is almost incomparable with others related to its genre.

If you are still a beginner, it can be an intimidating experience. Most experts would agree that you need to undergo training in other contact sports before you can start with this. For example, it would be best to start with Brazilian jiu-jitsu, taekwondo and/or boxing. These disciplines would be best in preparing you for the world of MMA. Some of the rules might be different, but it is certainly going to be easier for adjustment.

You can also look into blogs that can help you learn more about this sport. With the internet, there are so many articles about this. It can be confusing to read most of them especially if you are just starting with the sport.

One of the ways that you may know that it is a great website for you is through their content. Certain sites cater more to advanced learners as it is full of recommendations regarding techniques and strategies.  Sites like https://mmasentinel.com help players know more about the craft and skills needed for it.

Starting From Scratch

If you are looking for a beginner-friendly blog, most of them would include tips and tricks on the equipment to use. You would not need the advanced techniques yet as you are still a beginner. It is also a great starting point for people who are just starting if they have articles about the basics. MMA is not a simple discipline by any means, and it has a lot of nuances that are different from the others. The rules of engaging in it are also different, so you need to know as much as possible.

Watching videos can also be a good way to know more about mixed martial arts. There are a lot of channels on YouTube and other platforms that cater to beginners and experts alike. The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation was founded to create more opportunities for novices to test their skills with other fighters. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has been for almost 27 years now, and it has been catering to professionals and fans alike.

MMA is not an easy sport to learn, but it is also hard to master. However, it can be a great way to flex those muscles and show some moves. Losing weight while gaining strength, speed and flexibility is ust one of the great benefits of learning this discipline. It can also be used as a self-defense tool in clutch situations, but you need to be able to use it properly.

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5 GADGETS TO HELP YOU COOK EASIER AND FASTER

Each one of us has wished for their favorite dish to be prepared in a jiffy when it comes to hunger pangs. All of us have had significant food cravings at unseemly hours of the day, and the only solution to it has been either completely give up on the hunger or get up and start cooking. Not everyone wants to cook in the middle of the night, but then again, how do you curb your cravings.

You cannot always have unhealthy snacks to keep your cravings in place. Sometimes the last resort can do more harm than good. The delivery services do deliver food at all times of the day, but in dire circumstances, it is better to cook a decent meal than have one of those take-outs. Since these platters are loaded with fats, it turns into a big question to continue with them without piling up on extra calories.

Hence, technology can come to your rescue to a large extent, with the smart tools being used in the kitchen. These inventive gadgets, as seen on the DFYdaily website: https://www.dfydaily.com, can put your cooking woes away and set a trail of happy faces at the dinner table. Let us have a closer look at these gadgets:

1)Microwave oven: All of us have tried our hands at the conventional ovens at some point in their lives. The ovens have indeed revolutionized the style of cooking for people of all ages. With the smart ovens, they can be monitored with an application on your smartphone or tablet. The temperature and cooking mode can be determined and adjusted through the app so that cooking is a cakewalk. Through the comfort of your homes, you can control how much time needs to be set aside for boiling, grilling, or roasting. You will be able to fix some of the recipes as your favorites and quickly apply them whenever needed.

2) Juicers and blenders: The smart juicers in the market today are a dream come true for every novice in the kitchen. These machines can help you get your favorite juice type from the comfort of your kitchen. The juices obtained can be dispensed in an instant and consumed comfortably. The whole process is managed in a hands-free mode and can be controlled through an application on your smartphone or the tablet from which you control the ways depending on the types of fruits used. The most significant advantage is that there is no spillage and no residue which needs to be cleaned up later to avoid unnecessary waste.

3) Auto recycling machines: There are recycling machines that can automatically convert the kitchen waste into much-needed soil-based fertilizers, which can enhance the nutritional feed for the plants. These fertilizers are upcycled kitchen waste, which is generated daily.

These machines are lifesavers for the people who are plant lovers and would love to maintain a kitchen garden. At the same time, they would like to keep their wastes to a bare minimum, and this problem is also handled with the gadgets which give a complete profile of the debris being fed in and the yield of fertilizer obtained.

4)Smart filters: Every house requires an intelligent water filter, which can make the water safe for drinking, especially in areas where hard water is more common than soft water. The water is also rendered free of impurities and any materials which can be harmful to the person drinking it. These filters are connected remotely through applications that are indeed as smart as expected since a real-time report of the safety and efficacy of the screen is maintained. You can quickly login to the application and monitor the filtering process even while you are not in the kitchen. The flow of the water and level can also be maintained efficiently.

5)Convection machines: There are various smart grills in the market which work on an active connection being established with the smartphone or the tablet being used to control the same. The grills are used by the tap of a button on the device connected to it. Further, one can easily decide the cooking time, the type of cooking, type of food, etc. being used at any given point of time. This particular gadget saves a lot of time and boosts the quality of cooking for beginners and experts alike. 

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ATHLEISURE LIST | THE WONDERBON CHOCOLATE CO.

Although we have been enjoying warm temperatures, there is something about being able to enjoy hot chocolate during the winter. We found ourselves this month at The Wonderbon Chocolate Co. which opened on Feb 1st of this year as a pop up to mark the Hot Chocolate Festival that Hot Chocolate Maker Maury Rubin created and ran for 28 years each February at City Bakery.

This pop-up shop is meant to announce the creation of The Wonderbon Chocolate Co., a brand new chocolate company based primarily on hot chocolate. For the next 3 months, guests will be able to enjoy the treats offered here and there is a chance that it will continue as a location beyond this time period.

Two sizes are available as a 4oz. "Shot" for $4 and an 8oz. "Regular" for $5.50. We enjoyed their Hot Chocolate Happy Hour which takes place Monday - Friday from 5-7pm. They serve a rotational flight menu. We enjoyed Mezcal-Spiked Hot Chocolate with an Onyx Cocoa-Salted Rim, White Chocolate Hot Chocolate with Walnut Liquor, Bourbon Hot Chocolate with Chocolate Whipped Cream and a regular hot chocolate without alcohol. These all come in the shot sizes.

The one of a kind menu of hot chocolates by Maury Rubin has been a longtime evolving work. Some of his best-known concoctions throughout the years include Vanilla Bean Hot Chocolate, Ginger Hot Chocolate, Tropical Hot Chocolate, and Sunken Treasure Hot Chocolate. New flavors include White Miso Hot Chocolate, Brown Sugar Hot Chocolate and White Chocolate with Plum Jam, Coriander, and Cinnamon.

There are new flavors being created each day. The shop serves four to eight flavors daily, with a rotating menu. This is definitely a great way to pop in to see what new flavors are available as the pop-up continues.

The bigger plan for Wonderbon Chocolate is to create a line-up of ready to drink hot chocolates for the home, with a level of quality and creativity that customers will enjoy.

THE WONDERBON CHOCOLATE CO

257 Bleecker St NY, NY 10014

www.wonderbon.com

IG @wonderbonchocolate

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