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Beyond Valentine’s

This week’s newsletter is not for you. It’s for your other half. We’re giving them some tips and tricks on how to please you not just on this holiday, which happens to fall on a Tuesday, but every day. So, print, cut below on the dotted line and leave it somewhere they can ...

Starting a Small Business

This week's letter was inspired by a reader who wanted real, practical tips for starting and running a small (growing) internet business. We contacted founders of innovative, disruptive companies that we admire and find intriguing. Extremely informative. I for one learned a lot. ...

The Hangover!

We all know what happens on NYE so here is our best to help you prepare for the day after... Love, gp...

How to do Your Own Makeup for Day & Night

Believe it or not, I am terrible at doing my own makeup. I'm decent at doing it for a friend, but when it comes to my own face, I never get it right. I have been wanting a step by step lesson for ages so I asked my London makeup artist, Emma Lovell, to show me how. One of my gorg...

The Body Doesn't Lie

Vicky Vlachonis (an osteopath that I have the incredible good fortune to work with in London) has been instrumental in getting me to understand the importance of the mind body connection. A true healer, Vicky is one of a few very special practitioners who have taught me to take ...

Dr. Perricone: Beauty from the Inside Out

I discovered Dr. Perricone through a friend who gave me a few of his products to try. I got hooked on his No Foundation Foundation and his Super Berry Powder with Acai, an antioxidant supplement which I now add to my water after workouts. We asked him to elaborate on the intricat...

Reader Survey

We here at GOOP would love your feedback. We will be making some exciting changes in the coming months, but we want to hear from you first. If you have a minute, please fill out our reader survey!...

Stress

I have never been very good at handling stress (though a bit of meditation helps), and I wanted some very practical ways of reducing it that I could use during the course of my day. I got some good answers that don’t require a 90 minute yoga class, or flying to a hippie style s...

Etiquette

Summer is officially here, and for us that means traveling to see loved ones and having loved ones travel to see us. I had some questions about the etiquette of being a proper houseguest (and some queries about what is polite in this modern era), so I asked the very witty expert ...

Gardening

Spring is springing and it’s the perfect time to start planting herbs and veggies for the summer. I got a great how-to lesson from my friend José who is an expert in the garden. Below you will find tons of fun ideas on how to plant a spring garden of your own, even in a New Yo...

Radiation

As we have watched Japan surmount the insurmountable in these past few weeks, we have been in genuine awe of the courage, organization and strength of the people as they struggle to cope and get back on track. There are many ways to help. I made my donation to the Red Cross and h...

Tracy Anderson Metamorphosis

By now, I think you all know how amazing I think my trainer, partner and friend Tracy Anderson is, how she kicked my twice pregnant ass into shape, and keeps taking me to new levels. Tracy’s dream has always been to be able to make her ingenious customized-to-your-problem-areas...

D.I.Y. Reflexology

Reflexology is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as "a system of massage used to relieve tension and treat illness, based on the theory that there are reflex points on the feet, hands and head linked to every part of the body." I was curious if we could get access to some at-hom...

Mary Hartzell on Parenting

Mary Hartzell has helped me immeasurably in my quest to be the best possible parent I can be (I often fail). Her research and hands-on practice both as a teacher, and as the director of First Presbyterian Nursery School in Santa Monica, have enabled her to write and create some o...

New Year's Revolution

I have gooped about Dr Alejandro Junger's Clean program before because it gave me such spectacular results; it is really just the thing if you are in need of a good detox—wanting some mental clarity and to drop a few pounds. Especially for us, Dr. Junger has created some amazin...

Holiday Decorations

I went to my favorite flower shop in London, Absolute Flowers and Home, a few days ago for some tips on making holiday arrangements and displays. Hayley, the owner who is lovely and has amazing taste, showed me how to make some home-style decorations and floral arrangements to ...

Overcoming Sugar Addiction

In the past generation we’ve seen the amount of sugar we consume grow exponentially. Until recently, we had been eating sugar mainly found naturally in foods. It was used as a treat or in small quantities and was never a problem. But today, over a third of the calories we consu...

Vitamin D

I suffered a pretty severe Tibial plateau fracture a few years ago (requiring surgery) which lead the orthopaedic surgeon to give me a bone scan, at which point it was discovered I had the beginning stages of osteopenia. This led my western/eastern doctors in New York to test my ...

How to Help

“When someone you know is overwhelmed by life, confronted by obstacles that are a little too heavy to carry alone, it’s easy to feel unsure of how to respond. That’s the time to remember it’s not what you do, but that you do something. Often, we don’t realize that wha...

Hair Tips and How-To’s

A couple of my friends have asked me to gather some information on an often vexing issue for men and women alike: hair - health, styles, and otherwise. I have asked our very knowledgeable contributors for their tips and tricks of the trade, which are simple and (very) helpful....

The Making of Pepper Potts

I have just traversed the globe doing promotion for Ironman 2, getting asked the same question repeatedly: how did I get in shape for the movie? Well, I am not going to lie, the process was an arduous one. I asked my business partner and trainer Tracy Anderson if she would share ...

Sleep

Basically everyone I know is knackered, me included. But I didn't imagine that there could be health problems associated with not getting a good night’s rest. I recently read a book called “Light’s Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival” by T.S. Wiley which talks about the negati...

Tracy Anderson Method

Many of you may already know of my passion for the Tracy Anderson Method and my investment in it. She has kicked my formerly sagging ass into shape and I will be forever grateful. This week, Tracy shares with us a little arm series that I did everyday preparing for Iron Man and t...

Year of the Tiger

This Sunday is the Chinese New Year and I’ve asked Adele Reising, our expert in Chinese medicine, to explain the significance of the Year of the Tiger and share ways we can usher this New Year in with some wintertime home remedies....

Meditation

My New Year’s resolution is to learn how to meditate. It’s always sounded like something I should do, but I don’t know how to. My friends who do it say it’s really freakin’ brilliant. They say you can’t know the peace/awareness/contentment until you do it. My brain dr...

Investing

Here, a collection of thoughts on the topic of investing from two bankers, a money coach and an accountant. Some illuminating concepts, histories and practical advice for the layman in these uncertain times....

Clean

As I write this, I am finishing the amazing three-week-long “Clean” detox program detailed below. Designed by New York cardiologist and detoxification specialist Dr. Alejandro Junger, this program allowed me to work and exercise regularly, something I cannot do if I am on a l...

Healing Modalities

One day, when being treated by an acupuncturist, a Spanish friend who was visiting me in London walked into the room and remarked that I looked like a bull who’d had a run in with the picadores (the dudes on horseback who stick the bull with many little knives to rile him up be...

Simple Style Tips

Today I bring you some tips and wisdom from the people who trick you all into thinking I am a semi-presentable woman. Harry and Prema are two of the foremost hair and makeup artists in the world and they are also dear friends. I asked them, along with Cheri Keating, to give us al...

Spring is Springing

Spring is springing! The optimism inherent in the first blossoms says it all - that is, until you realize that bathing suit season is closer than you think. As it is wholly unrealistic to follow those "10 Days to a Bathing Suit-Ready Body" routines expecting to actually achieve a...

Spent

I went to see Dr. Frank Lipman a few months ago when I was in New York City. I was very run-down and my immune system was not bouncing back. It was then, among some other pretty great treatments, that Dr. Lipman gave me a copy of his book, Spent. At the time, the firs...

Sticktoitivness

I think we all begin the new year with thoughts of things we would like to improve, learn, be more disciplined about, cut out of our diets. In January 2007 I decided I’d had enough of my saddlebags and post-pregnancy Shar-Pei-like stomach. I met an incredible woman who changed ...

Living and Eating Healthy

In 1998, I was filming The Talented Mr. Ripley in Ischia, a little island off the coast of Naples in Italy. I got a call that changed my life. My father had been diagnosed with throat cancer, and it was stage four. Although he underwent treatment and survived for anot...

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