Face the Facts: Winter Skin Care
It’s January, it isn’t getting any warmer, and our skin isn’t going to get a break any time soon. As the daily armor we use against the harsh winter elements, our faces are constantly red, runny, chapped, and chilled. How to combat the inevitable, unwanted bumps and splotches? Rent the Runway has a few pointers...
Express Yourself: Nail Art
Zooey Deschanel’s quirky tuxedo nails from this past Sunday’s Golden Globes has Us all talking. Nail art is nothing new, but there is no denying that it is on the rise. From a long Psych lecture to the red carpet, it seems like there’s room for the art of uniquely expressive nail design. Here...
The Scoop: Is Yoga Really Bad for You?
Last week, the “New York Times” published an article questioning the usefulness of practicing yoga. Journalist William Broad sought out the first-hand knowledge of yogi Glenn Black, a prominent yoga teacher located in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Black mainly deals with injured yoga enthusiasts who, like Broad, had seriously injured themselves during in their practice. Shockingly,...
After the Countdown: Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
Dear Rent the Runway Readers, Have you made your New Year’s resolutions? More importantly, have you stuck with them? The odds say that you probably haven’t, or at least will give up by the end of January. By the end of the year, only 23 percent of you will have stuck with your resolutions....
How Your Favorite Colors Can Improve Your Diet
Newsflash: look for bright colors in the grocery aisle and you can shed that nasty winter weight. The most unhealthy foods, like pita chips, potato chips, white bread and fried ANYTHING all tend to be a blah beige hue. The more colors in your diet, the likelier it is that you’re getting all the nutrients...
Autumn Hair Advice: Maintaining Those Luscious Locks
As much as we love the crisp air, leaf piles, costume potential, and promise of winter that fall holds in store, we are less than enthusiastic about the inevitable hair damage that autumn brings. The dry and cold can be very detrimental to or hair. Thankfully, proper preventative steps taken during the season can ensure...
Breathing Life Into Your Workout: The Power of Oxygen
Your cardio workout is a vital part of the day, one of the most strenuous, fun, painful, yet rewarding routines you practice. As the sweat pours down, your increasing heart-rate causes you to breathe faster and harder than you might be comfortable with. As you may already (hopefully) know, breathing is essential. It is also...
The Vegan Diet: Is It For You?
Who doesn’t care about the treatment of farm animals? Most of us choose to turn a blind eye to the unsanitary, immoral treatment of what winds up on our breakfast plate, myself included. Sometimes the bacon is just too tasty to be worth the guilt. If the responsibility for the Babes and Wilburs is starting...
Try This: Hot Yoga!
Most of you can probably hold a downward dog pose, no sweat. But can you do it in a room heated to 105 degrees Fahrenheit? More importantly, is this good for your body? Bikram yoga, also known as hot yoga, is the sweltering system of yoga that has everyone talking. What we want to...
Snack Food Addiction: Why You Just Can’t Stop After One Pop
Healthy eaters everywhere: are you, too, wary of those Wheat Thins and nervous around those nachos, knowing how just one bite will never be enough? You aren’t alone. It looks like an appetite for salt is a craving millions of years in the making. In a recent study, scientists demonstrated how areas of the brain...
International Palate: Testing the French Diet
Despite their rich diet, those French women somehow manage to stay so slim! How on earth do they devour multi-course meals suffused with butter, wine, cream sauce, and sugar and never gain a pound? Well, we here at RTR On Campus want to show you how you can do it too. Breakfast: Eat it....
Trend Investigation: Why Coconut Water?
For the past year, coconut water has boasted a semi-cultish celebrity following. And no wonder: it’s fat and cholesterol-free, low in calories, full with electrolytes, and unbelievably tasty. Rumor has it that coconut water also improves circulation, slows aging, fights viruses, boosts immunity, and reduces the risk of stroke, heart disease, and cancer. Do the...
Pump Some Pep in Your Step: The Perfect Workout Mix
Whether you look forward to or utterly dread your everyday exercise routine, the perfectly-formulated workout mix can completely transform your calorie-blasting experience. Here, Rent the Runway is going to teach you how to create the ultimate blend of pump-up, in-the-zone, and cool-down jams. Setting the Mood: The Warm Up Look for a handful of songs...
Conquer the Common Cold: 10 Immune-Boosting Foods
This upcoming winter season, you’ll need more than just that apple a day to keep the germs at bay. Take a peek at these surprising nutrient sources that help fortify your immune system. 1. Button Mushrooms: This nutrient-rich fungus possesses the mineral selenium, linked to preventing the flu, B vitamins riboflavin and niacin,...
Reality Check: Busting Ten Popular Health Myths
We all love fairy tales, but there is a big difference between Cinderella and our personal health knowledge. How much of what we think of actually know about our bodies and what we eat is, indeed, fiction? I’ve rounded up the top ten wives’ tales that persist in health and medicine today for your personal...
