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Enter to Win “The Everyday Supermodel” by Molly Sims

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Supermodel, actress and mother Molly Sims is revealing the secrets to living a balanced and beautiful life in her new book “The Everyday Supermodel.” The book which comes out this week features Molly’s road-tested beauty, fashion, fitness and wellness tricks.

While we all know Molly Sims as a flawless magazine cover girl, like all of us, she too has battled weight issues, bad hair days, career setbacks and fashion disasters.  So what’s the secret to her effortless supermodel look and confidence? Hard work and trying absolutely everything. Having tested nearly every weight loss, fashion and beauty trick, Molly is ready to share what actually works with women everywhere.

Be on the lookout for the following tips and tricks:

· Weight-loss strategies to help you end your love/hate relationship with food, like how to identify which “health foods” are fakers and a “Molly-fied Meatless Monday” plan for incorporating more veggies into your diet.

· On-the-go workouts to help you move, dance, spin, and stretch your way to a hotter, healthier and happier you—think treadmill tricks like sidestepping and skipping and tips on how to turn up your sweat in order to reduce bloating, smooth cellulite and glow.

· Chic and figure-flattering style advice for every budget, from a list of luxe for less labels to key undercover agents and hidden helpers that will help you look polished from head to toe.

· Easy-to-follow hair and makeup tutorials that will take you from the everyday to the runway, including a makeup-less, untouched close up of Molly and how she tackles her “issues” like breakouts and melasma.

· Look-good/feel-good advice to help you bounce back from setbacks, decide what you want, and make your dreams come true!

· Tips and tricks from Molly’s celebrity pals, like Rachel Zoe, Jessica Alba, Joey Maalouf and more!

· Supermomma extras from Lori Bergman’s Fertility Smoothie to natural therapies and tips to keep your body supermodel ready before, during and after pregnancy.

You can enter to win a copy of “The Everyday Supermodel” in three easy steps:

1.  Follow both Aspiring Socialite and The Everyday Supermodel on Instagram.

2.  Comment on this post telling me what makes you an everyday supermodel. Be sure to include your email.

3.  Stay fabulous!

Disclaimer: You must provide an address in the continental United States to be eligible to win. Contest ends January 22, 2015. 

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4 Smartphone Apps to Get You in Socialite Shape

4 Smartphone Apps to Get You in Socialite Shape

It’s not too late to get into serious shape for summer! If you have a smartphone, then you already have a health coach in your pocket. Your smartphone is always with you, can track how you are doing, and can make recommendations as to how to improve your health. If it gets too annoying, there is always the power button.

A 2013 study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research found most people are open to using personal health apps on their phones, since they offer good information about users’ current health and provide ways to track progress.

Additionally, the design and manufacturing of medical equipment is an expensive task. Smartphones can be a platform on which new medical technology can be implemented and used at a much lower cost than normal. Inexpensive, disposable sensors can be developed that plug into a smartphone to monitor everything from heart rate to blood glucose levels, according to Newsfactor. This means everyone can have a personal health-monitoring machine in their pockets.

Current personal health apps focus on recording your state of health and tracking trends. You can watch these trends to reward yourself for positive progress and make adjustments to your lifestyle to improve your long-range health outlook. Of course, these apps can also tell you how poorly you’re doing. You still have the choice of staying with your fitness program or not.

Here are some personal health apps to help you get started with your own pocket health coach, whether you’re a loyal iPhone user or love your phone with bluetooth from T-mobile.

1. Nike Training Club

This app will get your heart rate up with a set of your choice from 90 cardio workouts. You can set your own personal goals and track your progress toward them, making adjustments so you’ll see steady improvement. Once set up, several 30-45 minute sessions are created to get you to your goal. You still have to do the work, but this app takes the planning and tracking off of you. This app is free and available on the iTunes Store for iOS or Google Play for Android devices.

2. Moves

This app turns your smartphone into a device that tracks your footsteps throughout the day. It can also record miles cycled on your bicycle. This app helps you analyze your daily movement patterns and tells you where you can make adjustments for better health. After a couple weeks of collecting data, you may discover that Wednesday is normally a day of little activity for you, so you can build in a walk at lunch to balance the day out. This app is free for iOS devices.

3. UP by Jawbone

UP looks at your entire life to understand your health. Sure, you’re faithful to your circuit training, but if you’re angry all the time, your health will suffer. Using a wristband to monitor movement and sleep, this app also lets you record your eating habits and moods. The app is free, but you’ll have to buy a wristband at $129.99. The app is available for iOS and Android

4. Fooducate

Learn more about the food you eat with this app. It helps you understand food labels and tells you what is “good” and “bad” about the food. This is a free app for iOS and Android.

What health app is your favorite? Share your thoughts in the comments.

Cover photo: the yoga studio at Blue Sprit from Flickr user Amanda Hirsch / creativedc.

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Breeze Comfort Giveaway!


I’ve been thinking a lot lately about getting back into hot yoga. As long as you stay fully hydrated throughout your entire hot yoga experience, there are just so many benefits to this practice.  However, I wouldn’t recommend doing the traditional 120 degree one because it’s too easy to blackout.  After doing a good hour of hot yoga in a 90-100 degree room I feel so relaxed and energetic for days to come. I think I just found the perfect sports bra to wear to my next class with Breeze Comfort Patented Performance Sports Bras.  Not only to they come in tons of super cute designs, they also make your workout more comfortable through their air circulation technology known as Ventipad.  Breeze Comfort even has a great selection of affordable high quality regular bars and sports tops.

To celebrate this discovery, I’m giving a few away to some lucky readers.  Breeze Comfort Bras come in sizes Small, Medium, and Large.  All you have to do to enter this contest is comment on this post with your favorite workout and what size you would like.  Take advantage of your next workout as a means to relieve your socialite stress.  Become a fan of Breeze Comfort on Facebook.

Find a New B.F.F. with Gaiam TV: A Fitness Buddy at your Fingertips


When I meditate, I can be a very spiritual person.  Finding your inner socialite means doing more than just going on intense shopping sprees and being seen at the hottest clubs.  It also involves a certain amount of spirituality and constant self-reflection.  That’s why I’m so excited to introduce a new website that gives me personal access to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.  Gaiam TV is the first online streaming video subscription service designed to reach those interested in health, wellness, yoga, fitness, and personal development.  With over 2,000 titles, Gaiam TV, is like a netflix for health and fitness delivering hundreds of hours of online yoga, pilates and cardio classes. Gaiam TV viewers can practice with top instructors like Rodney Yee, Seane Corn, Jillian Michaels, Mari Winsor and Kathryn Budig.  Every socialite needs to keep their mind and body in check and Gaiam TV is the easiest most convenient way to do so in the privacy of your own home free from the constant glare of the paparazzi.

Gaiam TV’s yoga and fitness studios are flexible and simple to use.  Viewers can customize workouts for weight loss, total body sculpting, or increased energy and narrow down their options based on level, style, instructor and amount of available time. With Gaiam TV, viewers can easily search for videos, make playlists and preview selections.  Plus, subscribers to Gaiam TV are offered the chance to rate and review Gaiam TV titles.  Gaiam TV’s entire library of award-winning videos is available anytime, anywhere. Streaming capabilities for Gaiam TV include personal computers, iPads and smartphones.  Gaiam TV offers a free 10-day trial to prospective subscribers.  You can join the Gaiam TV community for just $9.95 per month (the cost of one fitness DVD) the subscription fee allows subscribers to stream unlimited content and connect on a higher level with your mind and body.  The subscription to Gaiam TV is no strings attached; there is no commitment, and members can cancel at anytime.  Once you’ve found total self actualization, you can continue on your journey to socialite greatness.

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post, but the opinions are all my own.