Learn New Skills Online [for FREE] While You Work From Home & Social Distancing ♡

This season that we are living in is just full of uncertainty and stress. It can take a toll on us if we let anxiety to sit still in our mind and heart for so long. While this Pandemic is really serious, instead of focusing on our stress, why not we start focusing on what can we do to make the most out of this free time we have at home.

We feel you, trust us! Days of staying home are getting really boring and frustrating. So we thought, well let’s encourage each other and give some ideas on what new skills we can be learning while we WFH & Social Distancing.  Here is a few ideas and recommendations of where you should go to learn online – places and people that we have been following for quite some time now. The best thing is that these are for FREE!

S K I N  C A R E

DIY Facial at Home

In this though time, going to get our facial is an impossible task. Which is why DIY Facial at home is super ideal. We can use the current skin care regimen we have been using but make it intentional with adding mask, face steamer and massage. Here is a video by UK-Based Aesthetician, Sarah Chapman, who has done Victoria Beckham to Meghan Markle. In this video, she gives insights on how to do an easy DIY facial at home. She recommends using a facial steamer by her brand but if you are looking for an affordable option there are amazing steamers out there for $40-60, recommended by BIRDIE.

Besides steamer, massage is KEY to an effective facial. Just ask Candace Marino, a Hollywood Aesthetician who is the go-to girl of Kourtney Kardashian and Miranda Kerr. We have been following her for a bit now, and in her recent blog, she spills the secret to an actually effective facial which is massages in the right places and with with the right techniques.

Video Courtesy of Harper's Bazaar UK

M A K E  U P

Easy Natural Make Up for Everyday Look

For those of you who are a working woman, stay at home mom or a student – this tutorial is for you. It is an easy to achieve look and it does not require a long time to get done. Who needs one hour when you can get a beautiful natural make up look in 10 MINUTES! Marianna Hewitt is a co-founder of Summer Fridays (a clean beauty skin care brand) and a lifestyle influencer. She is one of our fave genuine influencers out there!

C R E A T I V E

Flower Arranging

There is something about Flowers… it lights up a room and immediately change the mood of its surrounding. If you love flowers but want to learn how to arrange your flowers more beautifully, this class is for YOU. For a limited time, Brit & Co is offering Free Online Classes on their site thru March 31^st! Enter the code “SELFCARE” at check out. So what are you waiting for, hurry up before it’s too late!

Flower Arranging Class Courtesy of Brit & Co

Photography: Capturing Your Little Ones

Fake smiles are no good! And when it comes to snapping family moments, you want to take the best photos possible. But it’s so hard when your little ones are not so thrilled about taking photos.

Good things there’s a class for that! In this photography course, you’re going to learn all kinds of tips and tricks for getting your kiddos to smile without having them say ‘cheese!’

For a limited time, Brit & Co is offering Free Online Classes on their site thru March 31^st! Enter the code “SELFCARE” at check out.

Capturing Your Little Ones Photography Class Courtesy of Brit & Co

Candle Making

Now, we know that you can easily get candle at Target or Amazon but candle making is actually not that hard and, as long as you have the tools and materials, you can save so much more money by doing a DIY. To make things even more personal, you can make a batch and give your loved ones a candle as a “surprise gift” or birthday gift. Print an at home sticker for the labeling with a personalized design and message like this.

Beginner Soy Candles by Candle Science

C O O K I N G  &  B A K I N G

Cake Baking 101

Learn to decorate a three-layer cake, step-by-step. At the end of this class, you’ll have a delicious vanilla buttercream cake with a colorful, modern fondant design, perfect for any occasion. Pastry chef Tessa Huff will teach you everything you need to know about cake baking and decorating in this e-class. You’ll learn about basic cake baking equipment, ingredients, and the methods required for baking a cake from scratch.

 For a limited time, Brit & Co is offering Free Online Classes on their site thru March 31^st! Enter the code “SELFCARE” at check out.

Cake Baking 101 Class Courtesy of Brit & Co.

Cooking 101

The sky is absolutely the limit when it comes to learning to cook new dish.  While we also need to support our local restaurants to help them during this crisis, getting take-out every day can be bad for your wallet. Our strategy is to get take-out once to twice a week and the rest… cook at home and learn new dish at least once a week. Food 52 has a ton of recipes options from Potato Salad to Creamy Mushroom Pasta. If you are a visual learning type of gal, then check out Tastemade. Based in California, Tastemade has a wide selection of creative and fun online recipe videos.

Here is 10 of the BEST Tastemade Recipe Videos of The Year!

W E L L N E S S  &  F I T N E S S

Blissful Yoga Flow For Unsettling Times

For those of you that have been putting off doing some self-care, Yoga is one of the best ways to start. It is such a spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practiced for health and relaxation. There are many free online Yoga classes out there, but Boho Beautiful actually does Yoga outdoor - like in Costa Rica, Hawaii and Bali! There is something about being indoor-outdoor that will give you an even deeper relaxation when you watch her videos. Happy relaxing!

Boho Beautiful, YouTube

Apartment Friendly Workout

Let’s be honest, these times that we spend at home is making it harder to not get trap into emotional eating. How many of you girls are eating or snacking like every hour? Same. These cravings are real… and we need to be proactive in making sure we are maintaining active lifestyles even when we are trapped in our apartments. We have been following Mad Fit on YouTube for a while now and she is amazing!!! She makes videos pretty often and covers topics from 10 minutes abs to at home FIIT.

Mad Fit, You Tube

H O M E  O R G A N I Z I N G

This is a perfect time to do some serious spring cleaning and of course it should include organizing your closet and home in general. Marie Kondo is the mother of strategic organizing and has been very popular. If you want to get insights on how she does it… watch her show on NETFLIX and you’ll be able to pick up how she does it. Besides… having a tidy home will contribute to our well-ness and feeling at peace with working from home!

Set aside a day on the weekend to do a home or closet organizing. For some of us, it will require a few day but we can always do once or twice a week for a dedicated day to clean our spaces. Having a roof on top of our heads is truly a blessing from the Force Above and we should not take it for granted. Afterall, these are the gifts that are meant to be taken care of. 😍

Now is the time to make the most of your free time, stay positive, be active and stay healthy! We hope that these ideas will spark inspirations for you ♡ ♡ ♡