All Of The Moments I Needed Delta-9 Gummies This Week

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I’ve been writing about CBD gummies for quite some time now. Some might even say I’m a “CBD expert,” which—kind of. So whenever I’m faced with trying a new gummy on the market, I volunteer as cannabinoid tribute, and make my way to the front of the line to see what’s what in the canna-space these days.

Recently, Binoid, a Los Angeles-based hemp brand making high-quality, highly effective, and highly sourced products, threw their not newish (but rather completely new) Delta-9 THC Gummies my way. With flavor names like Black Raspberry, Mango Madness, and Fruit Punch, I knew I was in for a wild ride.

“What new things will I even have to say about gummies?” I wondered. Since hemp gummies have become a pretty destigmatized, mainstream part of everyday life (and coping), my experiment would have to be nuanced, innovative... “next-gen.”

It was then I decided that I would see how the gummies helped me manage specific—maybe even stressful—use cases that popped up in my daily life.

What’s The Deal With Delta 9?

A quick recap: Delta 9 is neither new nor novel. It’s simply another word for good ole fashioned THC. But before you roll your eyes, wondering what makes these gummies any different from CBD/THC gummies you’ve tried before, let me first tell you a little about Binoid.

Binoid has entered a very crowded market with one goal in mind: to push the boundaries and limits of what is possible in the hemp industry. In an effort to provide a completely new, well-rounded experience for their customers, they were among the first to leverage alternative cannabinoids like Delta 8, which gave people all of the benefits of THC without an intense high.
Their most innovative addition yet—the Delta-9 THC Gummies—are once again utilizing a full spectrum of cannabinoids like CBN, CBC, CBG, CBDV, and classic CBD alongside 10 mg of Delta-9 Mother Liquor (which you definitely haven’t heard of). Unlike Delta-9 Isolate, which is used in most Delta-9 gummies, Delta-9 Mother Liquor delivers a more potent experience, and a completely legal 0.3% concentration. Because of this efficacious, synergistic blend, many people are finding relief with issues like stress, sleep, pain, and inflammation without feeling stoned or lethargic.

How Delta-9 Gummies Rescued My Week

Things are pretty weird at the moment. Apparently every planet is basically retrograde (although not Mercury #blessed), and everyone I know claims to feel rushed, tired, confused, and hapless. Not the fall we imagined! That’s all to say there were several moments I felt gummies were an appropriate coping mechanism and/or solution.

Binoid advised starting small and then increasing my gummy dose per use—sometimes recommending just a quarter or less of a gummy. If I felt pretty experienced, I could opt for one or two gummies, but they suggested I wait about two hours to see how I felt before taking more.

Here were my favorite moments to take a gummy throughout the week:

While answering voice notes (1/4 gummy) | Every day, I wake up to a barrage of voice notes—some over 10 minutes! I have to take notes so I don’t forget what was mentioned and then, worse, I have to find time to respond to them later in order to maintain my friendships (or else!). It’s homework, I say!

I found that with 1/4 gummy (Black Raspberry was my favorite), I had the emotional and mental strength to tackle each of my “correspondences” without any frenzy in my voice. I also continued to feel focused and clear, managing to keep all of my responses to two minutes or less.

While talking to my therapist about my future (1/2 gummy) | Every other week, my therapist (who shares the same name as my mom, which means whatever you want it to mean) and I talk about my future. For me, it usually involves feeling backed into a corner, where I’m screaming, “Is it so wrong to just want sweeping amounts of money without having to work that hard?!” Stressful, indeed.

I wondered if taking 1/2 a gummy would be perceptible on the other side of the phone, or if I’d somehow be less engaged during my session. However, quite the opposite ensued! I was able to compartmentalize (therapy term) and not overwhelm myself. Normally, these conversations dysregulate me (also a therapy term) and I start to feel like I’m talking in circles.

I, instead, felt pretty relaxed, able to receive what was being said without any defenses. My therapist ended the call by saying, “Now that wasn’t so bad, was it?” which meant she thought it went well! (Future is still TBD.)
While recovering from my circuit training class (1 gummy) | I am in my #FitnessEra, which means I’m working out between five and seven times per week. At least one of those times, I’m deep in a Training Mate class, giving all of my joints and tissues a run for their money.

While I love the feeling of a 45-minute, hard HIIT workout, I find that my knees and hips don’t always share the same sentiment.

This time around, I gave myself the pleasure of one gummy to see how it affected my inflammation. I noticed a lot of relief pretty quickly and that the relief continued throughout the week as I continued my gummy journey. I will also add that yes, one gummy did make me feel a little high-sies.

While preparing for sleep (2 gummies) | Candidly, I’m not a bad sleeper, but I do take a long time to fall asleep. Every night is going to be the night I finally get to bed before midnight, and every night is the night where I say “Tomorrow night will finally be the night!” I think my issue is that I need hours to unwind from the stress of the day, which turns into an unproductive cycle of not getting to bed on time and therefore never feeling rested.

Knowing that I could handle at least 1/2 a gummy on the phone with my therapist, I felt very comfortable upping my dose of Binoid. I took my gummies about 30 minutes before bed, and by the time my head hit the pillow, my obsessive thoughts were eclipsed within minutes.

I woke up feeling rested and not slammed like I do at times from CBD tinctures. I trusted that I had gotten deep REM sleep, and felt more inclined to get to bed earlier because I didn’t require as much time to decompress.

Why I'll Continue To Experiment With Binoid

When it comes to CBD, gummies, and the whole hemp space, it can be really, really hard to find a worthwhile product that stands a cut above the rest. What I loved about Binoid was that their gummies had as much efficacy as they did integrity.

They work with local hemp farmers in Oregon to specifically grow unique phytocannabinoid-rich hemp plants with the best plant genetics, high cannabinoid concentrations, and beneficial terpenes so that their customers get the absolute best experience. Each product is tested five times before being sent off for third-party testing. That’s science.

Taking the Delta-9 Gummies didn’t feel like a whole event that I had to create a lot of space for. I was never worried about feeling like I couldn’t function or that I was going to be stoned out in the wild. It was so nice to be able to seamlessly dose myself depending on the situation, and I will happily continue to experiment.

Ready to experiment with us? Shop Binoid with code CHALKBOARD30 for 30% off and free shipping. Be sure to report back and tell us what you think!

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We Tried The Newly Discovered Essential Fatty Acid – Our Fatty15 Review

I recently watched a TikTok video in which someone tried a youth treatment that involved going back inside the womb. It was a joke, but not too far off from the great lengths many are willing to go to reverse the effects of Father Time, especially here in Los Angeles.

Just as I began to consider considering more drastic measures for my aging face, I came across fatty15, a supplement made with the newly discovered essential fatty acid, C15:0 (aka pentadecanoic acid)—the first to be discovered in over 90 years!

Lucky for me, The Chalkboard asked me to try the much buzzed about supplement for myself and it didn't take much convincing. Fatty15 is poised to transform how we tackle aging and repair our mitochondrial function from the inside out.

“Say no more,” I said, waving my hands in the air. “I’ll try it.”

The First Essential Fatty Acid To Be Discovered In Over 90 Years

While, like most serious wellness devotees, TCM has been a big believer in fatty15 for quite some time, I had to see for myself what all the hubbub was about.

I was fortunate enough to sit down with Drs. Stephanie and Eric Venn-Watson, who co-founded the brand, and they explained everything to me in words I could understand (some I, admittedly, had to look up!).

In short, C:15:0 was discovered as a beneficial fat by Dr. Stephanie during her time as a veterinary epidemiologist, who was helping to continually improve the health and welfare of aging dolphins at the Navy (yes, really!). Over the course of 10 years, she observed that the dolphins aging best had the presence of certain small molecules in their blood that served as predictors of healthy aging.

Among those molecules, the best in class was C15:0, a healthy and active saturated fat that presented itself as an essential fatty acid (EFA). Essential, by the way, means “a nutrient that our bodies must have to maintain baseline health.” Unfortunately, our bodies don’t make enough C15:0 on our own, so most of us need to supplement it.

While C15:0 is naturally found in dairy, some fish, and plants, the majority of us are deficient in this specific EFA because 1) many of us have stopped drinking whole milk dairy, opting instead for plant-based options; 2) even if we were to be aboard the dairy train, the corn-feeding of our livestock leaves us with depleted, nutrient-deficient food sources, which reduce our C15:0; and 3) the U.S.’s historic avoidance of saturated fats. Long term, this means accelerated aging and fewer defenses to help us fight against daily oxidative stress on our cells.

Fatty15 proudly contains 100% C15:0, which the Venn-Watson's suggest serves as armor for our cells to keep us healthy and protected against premature breakdown as we age. You might not guess it, but fatty15 is also completely vegan.

The Trouble with Omega-3 Supplements

Unlike saturated fats C16:0 and C18:0 that can increase our risk of developing type II diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic inflammatory diseases, C15:0 is an "odd-chain" saturated fat that has been shown to help reduce inflammation and protect our heart and metabolic health across the board in study after study.

Dr. Stephanie shared that  “most people have long been taught that their omega 3s are an integral part of their health. But what they don’t realize is that the science behind omega-3 supplements has been falling. The list of omega-3 supplement benefits is likely getting shorter because EPA and other omega-3s are unstable, poly-unsaturated fats with multiple double bonds that make them particularly susceptible to oxidation and rancidity.” Translation? If your Omega 3 supplement is shipped in a box that overheats, it can go bad very quickly. If it goes bad in the bottle, it can go bad in the body and can start to wreak havoc. If just one element changes in these delicate supplements, the whole makeup of that fat can become fragile.

The Scientific Benefits Of fatty15

Pure C15:0 has been shown to be three times more effective than EPA at the cellular level, while being a completely stable, healthy, saturated fat. Not a single double bond in sight.

As a pure source of C:15:0, fatty15 can support the reversal of cellular aging, which can translate to meaningful, long-lasting benefits for many of us, including:

+ Healthy metabolism
+ Balanced immunity
+ Improved heart health
+ Improved liver function
+ Longer life
+ Deeper sleep
+ More energy
+ Less hunger
+ Improved mood

Here’s what I noticed...

My Fatty15 Experience + Evening Routine

I’ll start with the basics because, despite their science-driven nature, the fatty15 team has not neglected the unboxing experience. My fatty15 arrived with one glass bottle and three individual pouches, each with a month’s supply inside. All of the packaging is sustainability-focused and low-waste, which I found very impressive and reassuring. The brand's entire mission is about reducing cellular friction which we know can be aggravated by climate change--it all makes sense.

While you can opt to take fatty15 whenever you see fit in your supplement routine, I opted for a nighttime dose so the C:15:0 could “do its thing” during my body’s most primed time for cellular repair.

I went into my fatty15 experiment hoping to improve the below:

01 | My sleep quality. I often take hours to decompress at night and wake up feeling exhausted.

02 | My post-workout recovery. I go pretty hard five-to-seven days a week in the gym, and find that, by day seven, my knee hurts or my hips feel prohibitively tight.

03 | My hair and skin. During more stressful periods of my life, my skin and hair take a hit. Recently, I’ve noticed more hormonal breakouts and hair loss (devastating).

04 | My central nervous system. I’m a Jewish woman from Los Angeles, who works in digital media. Dare I say more?

As a tried-and-true Virgo, who loves routines, I had no problem adding fatty15 into my daily supplement portfolio. I even removed my omega 3 from my regimen so as to give C:15:0 the stage to perform. While I was nervous, I was not disappointed.

Within two weeks, I noticed things started to change in my body. Normally, I wake up in what can only be described as a state of panic, and then find myself trying to catch my breath throughout the day. (“Dysregulation, much?”) I could feel a blanket of ease come over me, making it easier for me to take deep breaths throughout the day, which also meant that my food was digested better and I could think more clearly.

I also observed that it took me a lot less time to fall into a deep sleep. My mind quieted from the usual evening ritual of obsessing over every detail from the day or worrying about my entire future. I’d wake up feeling refreshed and energized, not frazzled or stressed.

While Dr. Stephanie explained that it takes about 3 to 6 months with fatty15 before I’d see a change in my hair, skin, and nails (and 6 to 12 before one would see a change in liver enzyme and glucose numbers), I felt like my skin was less hormonal and brighter. Most importantly, I felt that I was contributing to my overall wellbeing every day.

Final Thoughts on My Fatty15 Experience

Aside from the fact that fatty15 is peer-reviewed and scientifically backed, it helped support all of the facets of my life that keep me healthy. As someone who is already living a healthy lifestyle, but looking to optimize to the max, fatty15 gave me one more tool to lower the potential impact of my overall daily stressors on a cellular level.

Dr. Stephanie and Eric don’t suggest that fatty15 could replace a healthy lifestyle. They’re hoping to boost your efforts so that your 100% investment gives you a 100% return.

I am still working through my three-month supply, but I’m super jazzed to see how my body continues to find its stasis, which I’m learning is my absolute best when it comes to mental health, sleep and performance.

Interested in trying C:15:0 for yourself? We've teamed up with the fatty15 team to offer TCM readers an exclusive 20% off the 90-Day Starter Kit with subscription.

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These 4 Chemicals Are Now Banned By California’s New Food Safety Act – Here’s What It Means

On October 7, a groundbreaking new law was passed in California banning four processed food ingredients that have been controversial with health advocates for years. Here's everything you need to know about the banned ingredients and what this could mean for the future of food in the United States...

the law: the California Food Safety Act was authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills) and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on October 8, 2023.

4 Chemicals Banned By The California Food Safety Act

What is banned: This Act prohibits the manufacture, sale or distribution of food products containing any of these four ingredients:

+ Brominated vegetable oil (Found in some citrus soft drinks)
+ Potassium bromate (Found in many processed baked goods)
+ Propyl paraben (A preservative found in some packaged foods)
+ Red Dye No. 3 (Found in some red candy, packaged mixes)

Each of these four ingredients have been linked to a number of serious health concerns including hyperactivity, nervous system damage and an increased risk of cancer according to the EWG.

What It Means: According to Assemblymember Gabriel, “It’s unacceptable that the U.S. is so far behind the rest of the world when it comes to food safety. This bill will not ban any foods or products – it simply will require food companies to make minor modifications to their recipes and switch to the safer alternative ingredients that they already use in Europe and so many other places around the globe.”

According to the EWG, as many at 12,000 products may be affected.

Similarly to the beauty and personal care space, the U.S. actually allows many ingredients in food that are no longer allowed in Japan or the EU. In fact, many large personal care brands create different formulas for EU retailers than they do for the U.S. That type of reformulation will now be required of food brands that want to sell their products here in California. It's possible that this new law could affect the formulas that companies offer nationwide.

The law does not go into effect until January 1, 2027. In the meantime, we urge you to be a discerning consumer as always. Read labels for this ingredients and avoid them at home. Vani Hari (aka The Food Babe) urges consumers to stop looking at the front of packaging for information and start reading labels. "I read ingredient labels closely. It’s the best way to know what’s truly in a packaged food and whether it’s good for you. If you don’t know what an ingredient is or how it can affect your health, put it back on the shelf and look for a product made with real food. "

Don't know where to start? Read this story with 15 pros we trust on the label reading tips that'll get you started in the right direction. Want to share insights with other readers? Share your go-to grocery shopping and label reading tips in the comments!

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Katie Horwitch On How To Shift Your Internal Dialogue (And Why It’s So Damn Hard)

Katie Horwitch has been championing the values of body positivity and a healthy internal dialogue longer than anyone we know. Through her platform WANT: Women Against Negative Talk and podcast The WANTcast, Katie serves up endlessly inspiring tips and tools to help us break out of our culture's prevailing issues with body image and self-criticism.

Her first book WANT YOUR SELF: Shift Your Self-Talk and Unearth The Strength in Who You Were All Along is out now and qualifies as a must-read for those struggling to break out of the joyless rut of self-criticism and negativity. Want Your Self codifies Katie's approach into a useful guide we can make our own and lean into day to day.

How To Start Shifting Your Self-Talk (And Why Is It So Damn Hard?)

How do you become fluent in a new language? You practice before you need it. If you wait until you travel to a country that speaks only that language, you may struggle to communicate and wish you'd begun earlier.

You practice that new language when the stakes are low, so you can call on it when the stakes are high.

Learning to shift the internal language you use with yourself, your self-talk, is exactly like that.

Self-talk is how we tell ourselves our own story. It’s the narrative we’ve got going on, 24/7, about who we are and who we believe we should be.

Most of us think of our self-talk as either positive or negative. But self-talk isn’t inherently good or bad—it’s information. It’s what we do with that information that counts.

I’ve spent 15 years writing, speaking, generally obsessing over and interviewing others about the intricacies of self-talk and so-called positivity. What I’ve noticed is that most of us are only aware of our self-talk patterns when we’re desperate to shift them. In difficult moments, we'll rely on tactics like affirmations, positive thinking, or talking ourselves up in the mirror to get us through—then wonder why we find ourselves repeating unhelpful cycles of self-talk after all.

Sound familiar? Yeah, it does to me too. I have never been someone who could look in the mirror, tell themselves that they’re awesome, and believe it. Research supports just how common this experience is, by the way: if you don’t start out with at the very least a kernel of belief in the words you’re saying, a form of cognitive dissonance can occur. In these cases, it feels like you’re lying to yourself—like you’re pointing out all you aren’t instead of all you are.

Don’t get me wrong, the tactics above work for some people, sometimes. However, the feel-good moments they give us can be fleeting. “Positive affirmations” are only one tool available to us. If you're going to shift those sneaky, complex negative self-talk habits in a real, lasting way, you need a robust and well-stocked toolkit.

On Casual Negativity + Breaking Habits

Self-talk is not the language we’re speaking in the neutral, everyday moments of our lives. As humans, we’re engineered not only to spot negative things, but to bond over negativity itself. Whether that’s a shared enemy or self-deprecating complaint, we connect more easily over what we loathe than what we love. This Casual Negativity, as I call it, is the base of the language so many of us speak.

We use Casual Negativity—and hear it being used—all the time. Think about it: how many times have you joined in when your friends or family start criticizing themselves, “empathizing” by sharing what dissatisfies you about yourself? What we don’t realize is that the way we talk rubs off on others, making it seem commonplace and even acceptable to speak this way (even when we don’t realize we’re speaking it). It’s a language that is learned on loop and passed to not only the generations to come, but the people all around us in the here and now.

There is nothing wrong with you if in your toughest moments, you can’t seem to stop putting yourself down. Give yourself grace. You are simply speaking the language that’s most familiar to you. It’s hard to shift our habitual thoughts because it’s hard to shift, not because you’re doing it wrong.

It can be tempting to put yourself down in order to seem hashtag relatable to others, or join a gossip train under the guise of “needing to vent.” Naturally, you’re not always going to feel great about yourself, and, of course you will sometimes need to vent (you’re human!). But in order to make real changes that last, you can’t just start with the talk part of self-talk. You’ve got to start with the first part of that equation: the self part.

The journey toward better self-talk begins by examining what is underneath the words you say and asking yourself what information is there to find. Maybe your habitual self-talk is a sign of a wound that needs nurturing. Or a desire for connection. Or even a phrase you picked up from someone else, at some other time in your life, that you’ve since internalized as your own truth.

And once you find those root issues and the language that needs uprooting, you have to go out there and practice the language you actually want to be speaking. This will serve you in life's tough moments, sure, but more importantly, this practice will serve you in the everyday moments you might not have noticed otherwise.

Changing these habits is big, complex work, but the beginning steps can be tiny. They can be things like:

+ Getting curious about when you first started thinking or saying the things you think or say about yourself. Your self-talk origin story, if you will.

+ Noticing when that urge pops up to chime in with others and talk about what you don’t like about yourself.

+ Catching yourself when you downplay your accomplishments, and asking yourself why that is.

+ Making sure you remember to talk about the stuff you’re excited about or enjoy in your life when those things are present, instead of only acknowledging the stuff that gets you down.

+ Notice that most of these steps don’t actually start by talking. They start by noticing. They start by getting to the core of what’s going on instead of just addressing the symptoms.

The more you do this, the more habitual it will feel. And just like learning a new language, the more habitual it feels, the more natural it will come to you. So when the tough stuff takes hold in your life, you won’t be grasping for tools you wish you had. You’ll feel as if you’re able to be proactive not reactive -- which is how I define real-deal positivity.

When I sat down to write my new book, WANT YOUR SELF, I knew that people deserved the support necessary to do this nuanced and complicated work. And not just the support, but an actual, customizable roadmap to do so. It’s not a one-size-fits-all kind of shift that can be prescribed by a single social media meme or even an article like the one I’m writing to you now. I’d even argue that the more nuanced and dialed-in a shift is, the more durable it will be.

Want to internalize a more positive, proactive language? Start small and start often. Do it when you don’t “think” you need it—because I promise you, the day will come when it is so very clear you do. Those micro-moments of practiced change? You'll realize they were the big ones all along.

Read Next: Take Your Manifestation Practice To The Next Level With The Alignmode App

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3 Ways To Get the Glowy Benefits Of Sea Moss Gel Every Day

You may be familiar with the benefits of seaweed, algae and kelp, but there's another beneficial nutrient under the sea that's worth exploring: sea moss.

Sea moss has been trending big time lately, so much so that you may hear obsessees saying they'd like to bathe in it. We're coming close to that reality with our beauty treatment ideas below, plus the easiest way to consume it daily.

What the Heck is Sea Moss Gel?

Sea moss began surging in popularity a couple of years ago and, at first, we mistook it for an ingredient we've been adding to smoothies for years: Irish sea moss. It turns out that 'sea moss' and 'Irish moss' are two different plants with subtle differences in benefits (the women behind Akasha break it down in depth here!)

The sea moss gel we're seeing most often these days is grown in more tropical climates, but both sea moss and Irish moss are packed with benefits. These oceanic plants have been beloved for years as nutrient dense boost for smoothies and beyond. Sea moss is a multitasking nutritious plant that can support everything from the health of the skin to the microbiome.

Holistic nutritionist Rebecca Leigh included sea moss gel in her Summer Mermaid Smoothie last year and, at the time, we asked her to share just why it's a go-to for her on the daily. Here's a refresher on what she shared...

6 Simple Benefits Of Sea Moss Gel

DIGESTIVE SUPPORT | Sea moss is high in fiber and can help to soothe inflamed tissues within the intestinal tract.

MINERAL DENSITY | Sea moss gel contains 92 of the 102 essential minerals for the body. It contains folate, which is essential for prenatal health and development. It is high in iodine, which helps a healthy thyroid run properly and make thyroid hormones.

PREBIOTIC SUPPORT | Prebiotics are a type of dietary fiber that promotes the growth of probiotics (the healthy bacteria in our gut).

THYROID HEALTH | Sea moss gel supports healthy thyroid function since it contains a great source of iodine. Please note that if you have a thyroid imbalance, consider talking to your nutritionist more about iodine intake before going heavy on iodine-rich foods.

IMMUNE BOOSTING | Sea moss contains anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antibacterial properties and is high in immune-boosting nutrients like iron, magnesium, phosphorus, and zinc. The prebiotic effects can support the gut microbiome and lead to heightened immunity.

SKIN HEALTH | Sea moss gel contains magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin K, and omega-3 fatty acids, which help to hydrate and promote healthy skin. Sea moss gel’s vitamin and mineral are highly bioavailable. The mucilage properties of sea moss are excellent for strengthening connective tissues and supporting joint health. The gel’s antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties may help with skin issues like acne — in fact, sea moss gel can also be used topically as a skin-boosting mask.

3 Ways To Incorporate Sea Moss Into Your Daily Routine

01 liposomal SUPPLEMENT | Take your sea moss on the go with Akasha Superfoods Sea Moss Gel Packets. One of Rebecca's personal faves, the liposomal sea moss has a great Sweet Citrus flavor so you don’t have to combine it with anything, simply slurp back the gel at your own convenience throughout the day.

02 eye MASK | Refresh and depuff tired eyes in the morning with Clean Circle’s Days Off Depuffing Dissolvable Eye Mask. Featuring Irish sea moss, and a ton of other nourishing ingredients, the revitalizing treatment helps restore moisture. The 15 minute mask is super easy to add to your morning routine while you’re prepping your matcha and getting ready for the day.

03 plumping MOISTURIZEr | End the day with a nourishing hit of sea moss with Wildling’s Moonbounce 2% Bio Retinol Irish Sea Moss Plumping Moisturizer. A formula of all-natural ingredients (including a proprietary retinol alternative), the sea moss in this hydrating cream helps to repair skin elasticity and minimizes the appearance of wrinkles. Simply add it at the end of your skin care routine.

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The Oven-Roasted Tomato Soup We’ll Be Making Every Fall

We are drooling for this simple sheet pan-roasted tomato situation from all-around L.A. creative, Leanne Citrone. We swore we'd make this soup every year since, and we've made good on that promise -- as have many TCM readers!

A spot-on soup recipe like this one has us praying for a rainy day and savoring every element of the season.

While Leanne is known for her great taste across all genres, it's her recipes that really have us stopped in our tracks. If you're a soup person, this is a must-try recipe. Just toss everything on a sheet pan to gently caramelize, then blend! Pair with a classic grilled cheese -- gluten-free, dairy-free or otherwise!

Easy Roasted Tomato Soup

Ingredients
2 lb ripe tomatoes, halved
1 red onion, quartered
1 head garlic top cut off
Handful basil
A drizzle of olive oil
1 teaspoon chili flakes
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup vegetable stock

Directions

Heat the oven to 400 degrees.

In a heat-proof dish place all of the ingredients apart from the vegetable stock.

Roast for 30 to 40 minutes until the tomatoes have begun to release their juices and everything looks delicious.
Carefully squeeze the bottom of the garlic to release the cloves.

Once everything has cooled add all the ingredients to a blender with the vegetable stock and blend on low gradually increasing to a medium speed.

Top with salt and cracked pepper and serve with a grilled cheese sandwich.

Looking for a new blender? The truth is that nothing beat the Vitamix -- the ultimate kitchen appliance. If you're looking for something more compact, try the Beast Blender or the Vitamix Immersion!

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Living Well With Olivia Muniak: Lazy-Fancy Entertaining + The Perfect Tabletop

I met chef and event designer, Olivia Muniak near the end of the pandemic at a dinner overlooking one of L.A.'s epic canyons. Olivia has a talent for creating beautiful environments filled with ease and whipping up everything I dream of eating without a fuss. It brings to mind the now infamous meme fodder, "Just like that effortless look, you know? But it's really a lot of effort."

Like most effortless-seeming things, Olivia's signature "lazy-fancy entertaining" style has been well-honed after years of kitchen and event experience. We're taking full advantage of her insights and style choices to bring you this fun guide to entertaining according to Olivia. Don't miss out on her charming new ceramics line that's just made for our readers!

In The Kitchen With Olivia Muniak

Name: Olivia Muniak of Supper Club and Muniak Studio

style in 3 words: Lazy-fancy entertaining. A relaxed, yet elegant style.
How do you take your coffee or matcha? Coffee in the morning with homemade almond milk and coconut blossom sugar, afternoon matcha with the same. Sometimes I blend in Erewhon Raw Coconut Milk or blend in adaptogens based on my mood.

Daily breakfast: I skip breakfast most days.

Dream breakfast: I love breakfast pastries like my homemade scones, or a Clark Street Bakery croissant or pain aux raisins. For a full brunch: soft boiled eggs and sourdough toast.

Uniform lately: My forever uniform of vintage Levi’s, white t-shirt and loafers.

Pieces I’m loving the most: Marle silk slip dress, worn casual with a pair of Khaite mesh ballet flats, or dressed up with Toteme kitten heels and a chunky knit thrown over my shoulders.

Favorite event hosted or client lately? I recently launched my tableware collection with events both in Los Angeles and New York. They were unique to each city and I was overjoyed to unveil it in both my home “towns”.

Fave room at home lately—what makes it work? I purchased a new home this summer and I’m still settling in and planning renovations. I like living in a space before renovating it so I can be smart about design and functionality, it will be crazy living and working in a construction zone so my bedroom which has an alcove with French doors to the garden has been my sanctuary through the mess of moving.

Entertaining trend I’m loving lately: Maximalism. For years I think entertaining was thought of as something we did for holidays and with so many brands launching tableware collections as an extension of their lifestyle brands I’ve loved seeing people taking to entertaining. As an event designer, more is more, and it’s fun to lean into an aesthetic to make a meal or gathering feel more special and exciting.
Favorite florist: Sophia Moreno-Bunge at Isa Isa.

3 staples always in my pantry: Olive oil, flaky sea salt, parmigiano reggiano ( my house is never without!).

Fave thing to make for friends: Coming into fall I love this Spiced Pear Margarita, then for salad I love a Chicories Salad with Persimmon, and this Turkey Roulade.

My 3 go-to pieces of entertaining advice...
+ Do as much as you can in the two days before hosting: Style the house, grocery shop, and make the dessert.

+ Morning of your party: Cook everything that can be served room temperature. For anything that needs to be served hot set aside every ingredient you’ll need so you can easily cook when guests are there.

+ Build in cocktail hour with guests: It’s always a bit awkward when guests arrive and you’re stuck in the kitchen. I like to sit down with my guests, enjoy a drink with them while more people trickle in. This way I can step away from them after they’ve settled into the party.

Hack for dressing a gorgeous table: The basics go a long way, but start with Olivia Muniak Collection dishes and linen napkins, then a mix of taper candles and votives (this helps make the table look very full) and finish with seasonal foliage. I rarely use fresh-cut flowers at home because I like the un-fussiness of foliage, and I so often use them for events. It’s easy to find interesting looking foliage right outside the door or at your local flower shop for a fraction of the price of a floral centerpiece.

Hack for hosting in style/sanity: First, doing all the shopping and styling in the days leading up to the party is my M.O. (flower or candle in the bathroom, pulling out serving pieces, setting up the bar with glassware, styling the table, checking off my grocery list to the recipes). Then I tackle the cooking in the early afternoon, so I have a small window to chill and “look effortless” before guests arrive. I throw on a chic casual dress—a slip dress or something with a print (that hides any cooking splatter), minimal make-up and jewelry—file it all under “lazy-fancy”.

Lately, I’m getting inspiration from... My work requires so much creativity from design to problem solving at a fast pace for our events, as well as running a team. So I need time for “creative puttering”. I’ve been buying print magazines and making analog mood boards for both my house and collection, and going through old coffee table books.

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