Links That Light Us Up

37th Edition

Welcome back, Women on Fire, to some of our favorite finds across the Web!

Best Breakfast Bites — Put some more pep in your step with these 28 healthy and quick breakfast recipes.

Deena Shanker 28 Healthy Breakfasts via BuzzfeedBuzzFeed

Best Travel Tools — Refinery 29 has collected their favorite on-the-go beauty products.

Toob Brush via Refinery 29 MUST HAVE Camping Beauty ProductsRefinery29

Best Work Wake-up Call — The New York Times is talking about “Why You Hate Work” in this MUST-read article.

Olivier Schrauwen New York TimesOlivier Schrauwen

Best Email Etiquette — These tips are so good that we just might print them out and pin them up!

Andrew Rich via Getty Images: Huffington PostHuffington Post

Best Love Song — Jason Mraz is making music again. Enough said!

Best Rare Photo Finds — Yes, that would be Audrey Hepburn shopping with her pet deer in Beverly Hills. 59 more fun photos here!
60 RARE photos from DistractifyDistractify

Best Time Calculator — We can’t decide if this is the most depressing article on the Internet or the coolest. You decide!

You're OLD

 

Best Donut 101 — In honor of National Donut Day, here are 13 fun facts from Parade about America’s favorite disk-shaped dessert.

Parade magazine 13 Facts about donutsParade Magazine

 

Hope you enjoy the links above! Have an amazing weekend wherever you might be!

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Links That Light Us Up

Fifth Edition

Are you surviving in this massive heat wave?! We hope so. We’re just barely holding on over here at Women On Fire HQ. The A/C is on high while we’ve been glued to our computers. So what that really means is that we have some really fantastic links for you this week!

OK, here we go…

Best Faux BBQ- Our mouth’s are watering just looking at this. Deb from Smitten Kitchen never fails to disappoint  and her Slow and Low Dry Rub Oven Chicken is another winner!

[pinit]Slow and Low dry rub oven chicken via Smitten KitchenSmitten Kitchen

Best App- For those of you looking to get your OM on just about anywhere, Lululemon has saved the day again by offering you an app that does exactly that! Never miss another sun salutation with their om finder.

[pinit]Get your OM on with Lululemon's OM finder app

Best Thing We Have Ever Seen Period- Thought the Jungle Book was just make believe…think again. Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degre was born in Nambia and traveled the world with her photo journalist parents. Seriously, you HAVE to see these pictures.

[pinit]Real Life Mowgli- Tippi My Life In Africa - image via Sylvie RobertSylvie Roberts, Bancroft Media

Best Reminder to Rewind- This is an awesome article the New York Time’s did on the science behind nostalgia.

[pinit]science of nostalgia via NYTNew York Times

Best Gardens Around the Globe- Calling all green thumbs or anybody who wishes they could keep a plant alive longer than a week. These gardens gathered by Condé Nast are the ultimate escape.

[pinit]Jardim Botanico in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil- 14 best gardens worldwide by Conde NasteSouth America/Alamy

Best 911 Lifesaver- Have you ever needed a toothpick so bad that it hurt, or got a run in your stockings at the most inopportune time? Haven’t we all? Well Pinch has solved that problem and every other last minute 911 with their adorable purse sized minimergency kits. We are obsessed.

[pinit]Mini Emergency kits by Pinch

Best Sweet Treat- OH MY that’s one serious looking Pie. Thank you Oh Lady Cakes for setting the baking bar yet again with this Banoffee Pie 

[pinit]Banoffee-Pie by Oh Lady CakesOh Lady Cakes

Best Lunch Break- Need a breath of fresh air? Check out calm.com’s guided meditations that range from 2 min. to 20 min.

[pinit]Guided Meditation via Calm.com

Best New Movie- Brought to you by the same people who did Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, The Way Way Back is a fun summer movie that just opened last week. It got an 84% on rotten tomatoes and we can personally vouch that it’s a must see!

Best Defense Against the Sun- We try to go Organic as often as possible, and thought you might appreciate 21 of the best natural sunscreens out there. There is nothing better than protecting your skin without chemicals!

[pinit]21 affordable natural sunscreens via the daily greenThe Daily Green

 

Here are some even more links in case you missed last week’s, or the the week before that!

As always we hope you are staying cool and that these links light up your week, like they did for us.