Join The Chalkboard + Free People For Wellness Events Everywhere

Hello, 2017. We're kicking off the year by partnering with our friends at Free People for their annual worldwide Movement & Wellness Tour! FP Lets Move events will be descending upon 7 cities worldwide this month including LA, NYC, London, Miami, Denver, Honolulu, and Philadelphia!

Each wellness event will include a variety of local pros from yogis to chefs, natural beauty experts to aura photographers. Come meet our community of wellness minded friends and get inspired to try out new healthy ideas this year from herbal tonics to mindful meditation. Click the link on each pros name to learn more from our features past!

Here's how to hook up with us at #FPLetsMove...

if you're In LA, January 10: Meditation by Heather Prete at The DEN Meditation, yoga by Nina Endrst, potion sampling with Sun Potion’s Nitsa Citrine, food by nutrition expert Mikaela Reuben.

if you're In NYC, January 19: Meditation by MNDFL, a health and wellness panel discussion, and aura readings with Radiant Human!

If you're in one of the other 5 cities: If you're in or near Denver, Honolulu, Philadephia, Miami or London get details on what's going down for your cities event over at Free People's event page here. 

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Shroom Lattes + Kale Cleanser: In The New Year’s Shop For 2017

If you read The Chalkboard regularly, chances are you already know what the biggest wellness trends of the year are. (If you don't read us daily, sign up for that email ASAP.) We're bringing you all those deep breathing exercises, crystal deets, mushroom lattes and sexy fitnesswear round-ups on the reg.

We know you love it all as much as we do and we can't wait to explore 2017 with you! As we speak our HQ is stuffed to the brim with deliveries of new wellness potions, books and beauty products we can hardly wait to bring to you on the pages of TCM.

First, we're giving The Shop a fresh little update with this pared down collection of energetic, adorable and completely useful items to gift yourself for the new year. Find an item that matches your intentions for 2017 and show yourself a little shopping love.

Win our all green January giveaway! | Learn how to enter for the chance to win Youth To The People's kale-laden skincare set and Pressed Juicery green juices to celebrate the January Shop below!

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5 Groundbreaking Beauty Products From The Indie Beauty Expo

We're always on the hunt for innovative wellness and beauty products that really work. Most of our favorites come from small, independent brands that we've watched grow over the years, from May Lindstrom to Kypris Beauty.

The Indie Beauty Expo is hitting L.A. again this month on January 18th. Below you'll find five brands whose product we've been ogling in the lead up to the big day. From bacteria spray that promises to replace your moisturizer to a CBD body oil that'll balance all the things, check out these interesting products, then join us later this month at the IBE. Use the code CHALKBOARD4IBE at checkout to get 20% off your expo tickets!

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NYC’s The Smile Opens A New Eatery In Downtown L.A.

L.A. is having a moment and it's not about to pass anytime soon. With all the hype about balanced living and fashion's turn toward all things wellness, this city has received a fresh wave of attention for our green juice-swilling, superfood-packing ways - and we love it!

Some of that attention is coming straight from New York, as so many NYC staples we love launch West Coast counterparts. The team behind The Smile, the eatery serving whole foods and homey vibes on Bond Street in New York, today opens a di Alba in DTLA. The Arts District restaurant offers a cozy foccacia (yes there's a gluten-free option!), grain and green salad driven menu in a space filled with citrus trees and lined with a laid-back to-go counter.

Like most of our favorite new spots in the city, di Alba feels like it's been tucked away on East 3rd Street for years. And we're pretty sure the neighborhood will take right to it. Here are three incredibly simple, health and affordable items that'll be on the new menu that have us convinced:

Classic rustic foccacia with rosemary, sage, smoked salt - gluten free ($3)
Beets and avocado salad with little gem lettuce, orange roasted beets, avocado, mint, hazelnuts and sherry vinaigrette ($6)
Black quinoa with pomegranate, pink lady apple, cucumber, herbs, chives, citrus ($6)

Want to make a day of it? Shop the well-curated Poketo, savor bowls at Orsa & Winston, explore the area with these two, and, not open to the public, but nice to know it's there - The Giving Key headquarters as seen here. 

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This Seventy Year Old Bombshell Is Up-Ending Our Beauty Routines

How can we not obsess over Mimi Kirk? Mimi is a raw foodie who glows with vibrant clarity. She's over seventy, living well and an inspiration to all of us.

We were looking back at our interview with Mimi from 2012(!) and discovered this gem of a beauty tip that we cannot resist. Mimi owes her incredible skin to daily green juice, bathing, an abundance of fresh fruits and veggies and this simple skincare routine below. We've rediscovered this gem and are totally intrigued. Bath gloves for the face? Sounds divine, if a little rough. And black soap for this level of ageless appeal? It makes sense when you realize this holistic cleanser also exfoliates and deeply moisturizes with shea butter that promises not to clog pores.

Here's the interview question that sparked our 'new year, new routine' level of interest and has us questioning our bathroom full of product. What do you think - would you try Mimi's routine?

TCM: What are your top 3 bath and beauty products?
MK: My Exfoliating Bath Gloves are a must for me. I use them dry on my face and body then wet them and put Dr. Woods Black Liquid Soap on the gloves to wash my face and Dr. Woods Liquid Almond Soap with Shea Butter for my body.

See Mimi's full interview here and get inspired! 

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Skip The Take Out: We’re Making Kelp Noodle Pad Thai

Clean, crunchy and versatile, a good kelp noodle recipe can be a gluten-free gal's best friend. Since Claire Thomas of The Kitchy Kitchen knows how to make *all* the foods (you think we're joking, but see here), we wern't surprised when she killed it with this perfect pad thai recipe too.

Kelp noodles can be tricky (read: rubbery!) to play with if you don't know what you're doing. If you're just trying them for the first time, use a top notch recipe like Claire's to guide you through the process. When prepared well, these noodles are something to obsess over - don't say we didn't warn you!

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