The Nudwear Challenge | PIN IT TO WIN IT!

 Win the Ultimate Convertible Wrap Dress in your favorite color & #Nudwear Goodie Bag. 

To Enter: 

(1) Follow Nüdwear on Pinterest atwww.pinterest.com/nudwear/

(2) Repin at least 3 items from our Pinterest Board “Nudwear Lingerie” or from www.nudwear.com. Include #nudwear1013 and #pintowin 

**Competition ends Oct 21, 2013. #competition #pinittowinit**

Good Luck!

xx,

The Nudwear Team

Foodie Fridays: Twice Baked

Autumn has arrived... time for home cooked meals, pumpkin spiced lattes and chunky knit sweaters! Quinoa has quickly made its mark among foodie trends this year and we're among the many who have caught on. With that, we're in love with this Twice-Baked Butternut Squash recipe for Fall.

Food Inspiring Fashion: 

Eyes set on the Butternut Squash recipe, we're thinking of how we'll be indulging in this color for our fall wardrobes as well. There is nothing better than autumnal colors, plaids and a classic leopard print. The look above is a priceless combo of the full fall mix.

Launching in the coming weeks - we'll be layering a look such as this with our BRAND NEW Ultimate Slimming Tank. Sign up now for updates on when this shape shifting tank is available online for purchase.

THE RECIPE

Twice-Baked Butternut Squash with Quinoa, Pecans and Parmesan

 

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Prep time

30 mins

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 30 mins

 

A simple, elegant butternut squash filled with pecans and parmesan that can be made in advance and baked just before serving.

Author: Jess

Recipe type: Side Dish, Vegetable

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 4 pounds of butternut squash (about 2 regular, or 4 small)
• salt and pepper
• ⅔ cup uncooked quinoa
• ⅔ cup pecan halves, roughly chopped
• 2 tsp. olive oil
• 1 small shallot, minced
• ½ tsp. dried oregano
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ¾ cups panko breadcrumbs
• 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
• 4 oz. (115g.) parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Wash the outside of the squash. Cut the squash in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds (I use an ice cream scoop). Place the squash halves cut-side up in a large baking dish. Sprinkle the surface of the squash with salt and pepper. Pour ¼ inch of water in the bottom of the pan and cover the pan tightly with foil. Bake the squash until it is tender when pierced with a fork, 30-50 minutes depending on the size (my little ones were done in 30). Remove from the oven, discard foil, and allow the squash to cool.
2. Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees F.
3. Meanwhile, cook the quinoa by bringing 1 and ⅓ cup water to boil in a small pot. Add the quinoa, reduce to a simmer and put a lid on the pot. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat.
4. Heat a skillet over medium heat. Toast the pecans until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Set aside. In the same skillet over medium heat, combine the olive oil and shallots. Cook, stirring frequently, until the shallots soften, about 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat.
5. Using a spoon or an ice cream scoop, gently scrape the flesh out of the roasted squash halves, leaving a layer of about ¼ inch of squash remaining in the shell. (Leave the squash shells in the baking dish.) In a large bowl combine the squash, cooked quinoa, pecans, shallot, oregano, and salt. In another small bowl whisk together the panko breadcrumbs and butter.
6. Finely grate the parmesan cheese. Add 2 Tbsp. of the cheese to the panko. Add the remaining parmesan to the squash mixture and stir to combine all of the ingredients.
7. Gently spoon the squash mixture into the squash shells. Sprinkle the panko and parmesan over the top.
8. Return squash to the oven and bake, uncovered, until the tops are golden brown, 20-25 minutes.

Recipe by Jess of Inquiring Chef.

Enjoy!

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

The Monday Mantra 14.0

#TheMondayMantra

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The Nüdwear Team

Sunday Stretch: Find Your Zen

Sunday has finally arrived, the day it feels like we can take a deep breath, slow down and sit back to relax and enjoy the work we've done all week - and recover from the partying that followed.

Breakfast on the balcony anyone?

Nothing beats a hot bath...but a hot bath with this view!

Light your favourite scented candle and please one of your most important mood boosting senses. 

Fresh-cut cucumber over your eyes for an hour will reduce any puffiness from over-induldging the night before!

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The Weekend Workout

We love this at-home Barre workout by SHAPE.com

Step-by-step pictures give you the complete directions including reps, sets and what muscles you're working with each move. Click the link above, or here to try this workout!

&

What To Wear

Get comfy in the Nudwear Comfy Bra. We highly recommend it!

The Comfy Bra

Happy Sunday!

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

IMAGES VIA | NUDWEAR PINTEREST

Foodie Fridays: Sweet & Sour

 A light and easy meal to make for dinner, lunch or even a light app! 

Photos and recipe courtesy of Justtaste.com

Food inspiring fashion:

A good way to transition your summer dresses into the cooler months? Add a chambray shirt underneath and style up your look with a strong statement necklace! Layered under everything try a Comfy Bra and Seamless Boyshorts.

The RECIPE

CHILLED SWEET AND SOUR CUCUMBER NOODLES

yield: 4 SERVINGS

prep time: 2 HOURS (INCLUDES CHILLING)

INGREDIENTS:

2 medium cucumbers, peeled

1/2 cup diced red onion

3/4 cup rice vinegar

2 1/2 teaspoons sugar

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

1 1/2 teaspoons white sesame seeds

Equipment: a mandoline or spiralizer

DIRECTIONS:

Attach the julienne blade to the mandoline and adjust it to the 1/8-inch-thick setting. Applying medium pressure, carefully run one of the cucumbers down the blade to form noodles, slicing until you reach the core. Rotate the cucumber a quarter turn and continue slicing and rotating until you've cut the entire cucumber. Repeat the slicing process with the second cucumber then transfer the cucumber noodles to a medium bowl.

Add the red onion, rice vinegar, 1/4 cup water, sugar and crushed red pepper flakes (optional) to the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the cucumber noodles for a minimum of 2 hours, stirring occasionally, until chilled.

While the noodles are chilling, toast the sesame seeds in a small saucepan over low heat until golden brown.

When ready to serve, use tongs or a slotted spoon to transfer the noodles to serving plates and top with the toasted sesame seeds.

Kelly's Notes:
If you're using a spiralizer instead of a mandoline, simply twist the cucumber into the spiralizer to form noodles.

Recipe by Kelly Senyei of Just a Taste.

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

Wedd's Day 3.0

IMAGE | VOGUE

Weddings On The Beach:

Ever attend a beach wedding and as you're getting ready think... hmmm what shoes do I wear? Heels will sink, wedges are clunky and usually not dressy enough and sandals just seem too casual bejewelled or not!

Well... while planning your OWN beach wedding - think ahead for your guests and make it easier on them. We have two ways you can do that effortlessly...

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At The Ceremony:

Lighten up the load for guests by organizing a shoe shelf at the entry way to the beach. With a "shoe check" there assisting guests and suggesting they remove their shoes, everyone will be more comfortable!

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At The Reception:

It never fails. Once dinner is over and the drinks are consumed, somewhere between cocktails and dessert, the ladies start to complain about their feet aching and just begin begging to kick their heels off. Some are smart enough to bring their own set of back up sandals in their clutch (should it be big enough) while others will feel obliged to keep their heels on, determined not to destroy their ensemble. 

What to do?

Leave a basket by the dance floor suggesting that ladies kick back, relax and have a good time in a pair of flip flops! Look to the dollar store, and party magazines for a bulk buy and tie each pair with a size tag included so guests can grab their size without digging!

Email images & stories to info@nudwear.com to be featured in our Wedd's-Day re-occuring feature on Living The Nud Life!

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

Wedd's-Day 2.0

The Guest Book:

Ever wonder what you'll do with your guest book years to come? Most likely, most will keep it saved on their bookshelves and every once in a blue moon pull it out to re-read the sweet messages from all of the friends and family who attended the wedding. Meanwhile, others will completely forget it even exists, or where it is stored in their house. 

A fun modern alternative? Go with a theme, a favourite game or even a quirky something-or-another that you and your beau would love to see on display in your home. 

We love the idea of Jenga game pieces... Not only does this fun game work perfectly as a blank slate to keep sweet words from your guests, it may just encourage you to spend more one on one time with your new hubby!

When your friends travel around the world to attend your wedding, why not use that as inspiration to create a completely unique guest book that is better than a signed baseball? Whether your have an eclectic home and can fit this 3-D guestbook anywhere or work it strategically into your office or "man-cave" we love the fact that the symbolism of this guest book serves two purposes!

Have any other ideas on what ways you can make your guest book more unique? Send us your thoughts or personal experiences to info@nudwear.com to be featured in our Wedd's-Day re-occuring feature on Living The Nud Life!

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

Wedd's-Day 1.0

Help the fella’s fit in with a few masculine touches that will ease the nerves. 

A canoe is a great way to keep drinks cool and on display for a relaxed water-side rehearsal party.  

A cigar bar or a small scale swivel bar is a great way to give the groom’s guys their bonding time.

Happy Planning!

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

Wedd's-Day {The Intro}

IMAGE | VOGUE

Whilst we excitedly work our way closer to our Co-Founder Astrid’s big wedding day in Mexico, we’ll be sharing our favourite new-found ways of breaking tradition with quirky guest book ideas, groomsman gifting, wedding themes and more. Follow along every Wedd's-Day and email us with ways you broke tradition at your wedding with a picture included to be shared on the blog!

Email images & stories to info@nudwear.com to be featured in our Wedd's-Day re-occuring feature on Living The Nud Life!

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

Mean Green Smoothie Machine

Meanwhile wedding season is full swing, we more than understand that it's not just the brides working on getting their body into tip top shape. Come on! It is bikini season after all..

So with that in mind, we've pulled a favourite chart off of Pinterest to share with you the secret to a delicious smoothie. Green smoothies have been talked about over and over by many, but who has the time to listen and write down recipes? This easy picture planning guide tells you just what you need in a timely manner.

Check out this Fat Buster Smoothie by The Skinny Confidential here

Bottoms up! 

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

The Monday Mantra 10.0

Has it really already been a week? 

We can't believe it! What we can believe, is Elizabeth Taylor's mantra on diamonds... 

A few beauties to get your "head in the game" as most men would say...

{A few favourites}

We hope your week is as brilliant as these diamonds!

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

The Monday Mantra 9.0

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The Nüdwear Team

The Hollywood Bra Debate

It's come to our attention lately that a new unforeseen trend has emerged out of Hollywood.... Celebrities have some how decided that bras are just unnecessary "accessories" that should be avoided all together. We've seen it on the red carpet with Anne Hathaway...

But now this horrific sight has translated into an everyday "a-okay" thing to do. We, on the other hand, do not agree. Note, Miley Cyrus (Disney star is all we can think when we hear her name) has taken on this "bye-bye-bra" trend, among others from the young Hollywood set, such as Rihanna and Victoria Secret model and fiancé to Adam Levine, Behati Prinsloo. Honestly, Prinsloo has no excuse, yes the woman may have a stunning body, but imagine the amount of bras she must be hoarding as an Angel? 

Miley Cyrus - Just don't.

How could we forget this one? Rihanna

Behati Prinsloo
Woman, you've got more bras than a department store... put one on!

Ladies, it's ok to want to let the girls roam free if you will, but, if you're planning to do so atleast throw on a pair of Nippies and tame the darts. Meanwhile we're big believers in diminishing VPL and VBL, nipping is also frowned upon. The Nüdwear Nippies allow you to have the comfort of being braless meanwhile hiding the evidence! Keep it under control. There's a time and a place.... for everything.

xx,

The Nüdwear Team

IMAGES: GLAMOUR.COM

The Monday Mantra 8.0

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The Nüdwear Team

THE CITY SET: Top Tips on Beating the Summer Heat

Setting our sights on the fast pace fashionable cities of the world, we take a look at what the do's and don'ts of New York, London and Dubai's fashion set are. These women set stride looking poised, polished, and spot on trend in the dead summer heat - How do they do it? 

Let's find out...

"I got a haircut that put in a few more layers into my long hair to make it feel lighter (and slightly cooler), but allowed me to still keep my hair long. "

Fong Wa Chung

Investment Banker, NYC

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"With the humidity and heat during NY summers you can rarely have a good hair day. One way to turn the messy frizz into a fun look is putting leave in conditioner in your locks for a "surf babe do"!

The key is to wear airy and loose fabrics that won't show sweat marks or wrinkle, plus a slightly more relaxed fit tends to make one look slimmer. Linen and lycra based pieces tend to work great!

For the face, blotting sheets keep the shine at bay. Extra layers of powder just give a cakey look which looks extra heavy with the heat. Less is more when it comes to a fresh face in the summer."

Olga Baczynska

Investor Relations, NYC

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"I walk a lot in the summer so try to always carry a bottle of water with me, I up the daily sunscreen factor to 50+ (am a big fan of La Roche Posays liquid sunscreen, which feels like water) and I wear a hat to keep the sun off my face. I also stick to open toed shoes, light colored and thin cotton or linen fabrics, and wear extra light lingerie by Nudwear to keep me cool and VPL free!"

Astrid Montalta

Entrepreneur, Dubai

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"Four tips get me through my summers in London... I carry a bottle of sparking water with with me wherever I go - a refreshing and nice alternative to drink, rather than tap/still water. I wear a bright lipstick in the evening as it detracts from the sweat on my face. I carry Dyptique solid perfume with me it's small and smells great! I always carry 2 pairs of shoes with me (flats + high heels) so I am never caught off-guard. My favourite trick is to wear long earrings to take attention away from my sweaty face, alternatively I opt for large statement necklaces."

Marketing Officer, London

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x,

The Nüdwear Team

IMAGE CREDITS: ALLURE EDITORIAL + THE COVETEUR STYLE & BEAUTY

IN VOGUE: The Best Wedding Photos on VOGUE.COM

     With wedding season in full swing, we're completely swept away with the details of planning, attending and dreaming of our own wedded bliss! Vogue so kindly highlighted some of the best wedding photos archived on VOGUE.COM for us and we're swooning 100% over the beauty! The lighting, the romance, and not to mention the stunning set ups are all lust worthy. 

Whether you've already tied the knot, are planning your own wedding, or still dreaming of when the day will come - have a look through these photos and no matter the stage you're at, we're positive you'll fall just as madly in love as we have.

Something to remember when it comes to your wedding photography that is clearly evident below - no matter where you are in the world, your photos can be just as magical as you wish! With the right light, setting and poise, anything is possible. {pssst! Don't forget your Nüdwear seamless lingerie!}

JACQUETTA WHEELER + JAMES ALLSOPP'S WEDDING
LOCATION: KENT, ENGLAND
PHOTOGRAPHED BY ROBERT FAIRER

DYLAN LAUREN + PAUL ARROUET'S WEDDING
LOCATION: BEDFORD, NEW YORK
PHOTOGRAPHED BY SEBASTIAN KIM

SOLA KÀRADÓTTIR + DHANI HARRISON'S WEDDING
LOCATION: HENLEY-on-THAMES, ENGLAND
PHOTO: SAGA SIG

SOLA KÀRADÓTTIR + DHANI HARRISON'S WEDDING
LOCATION: HENLEY-on-THAMES, ENGLAND
PHOTO: SAGA SIG

CAROLINE TRENTINI + FABIO BARTLET'S WEDDING
LOCATION: ITAJAI, BRAZIL
PHOTOGRAPHED BY THIAGO BELLINI

CANDICE LAKE + DIDIER RYAN'S WEDDING
LOCATION: SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
PHOTO: LIZ HAM

DYLAN LAUREN + PAUL ARROUET'S WEDDING
LOCATION: BEDFORD, NEW YORK
PHOTOGRAPHED BY SEBASTIAN KIM

VANESSA TRAINA + MAXWELL SNOW'S WEDDING
LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO
PHOTO: SAMUEL LIPPKE & ALLAN ZENEDA FOR SAMUEL LIPPKE STUDIOS

x,

The Nüdwear Team