Because I Said So!!! Mom Knows Best!

What do I always go on and on about? Okay, one of
the things I go on and on about. We know there is
fashion and Make-up and Jewelry and anything little
girl but the other really biggie I can't shut up about
is Photos and Pictures and gifts that have anything
to do with anything remotely photo related. I think I
have shared with you every single photo book I ordered
and every single gift I have bought that has my kids on
it and you know I am completely crazy for Photo-fiddle
and their paintings but do you remember when I was
telling you about the gifts I ordered for Christmas for John
and my mother from SeeHere? I know you do for I went
on and on about them and also got my Christmas Cards
from them and still have the photo on the site I used
complete with the Caption "Picture I used on Cards!" I
just love these guys!

For years now I have been using Shutterfly and Snapfish
for they were all I knew and last Fall someone turned me
on to SeeHere, a Fuji Film Division and I had to check them
out. ( Ah,hello, PHOTOS! ) I am so glad I did for I used whatever
promotion they had going on at the time and ( I think the 50 free
Prints) and got a Photo Book for the heck of it for I am plain and
simple hooked on Photo Books and WOW, they rocked! I mean
it, the books were just so much better then the others and
I was amazed at how fast they came. Plus every time I check
they have a new promotion. Right now its free standard shipping on
60 photo cards among others! The first time was like the first
batch of pictures I had of Rowan after we brought her home
and I was so antsy to get them. I dreaded the wait for with the
other sites it always took like a week or so and was shocked
to death when 2 days later they were here, even more so
because it wasn't even two full days, I had ordered them late
at night and the mail came early on the second day. I about
dropped dead and went nuts ordering from them after that.

To date, since I found them around 3 months ago, I have
ordered about 200 prints, Holiday Cards, a Mouse pad, a
Coffee Cup and 6 Photo Books and have a bunch more stuff
to order I am just trying to get it all together so I can order
a few Photo Books at once. I plan on getting John a shirt
for Fathers Day ( Shhhhh!) and a lot of items for Easter!
Oh, I forgot the Tie, I know how I have told you guys that
John wears crazy ties when their band plays out, well I can
get him one with Rowan and the Pooch all over it! To cute!
(SIGH) Good times, Good times!

I am eager to try their clothing for if it is anything like
the quality of the pictures and photo books I know I will
be delighted with the results. Heck, if I had my way I have
a whole shopping lists of items I would like to order from
them. For Rowans First Birthday I am going to start
a Tradition of ordering a Classic Photo Book and plan
to get one for Andrew as well and from now on every
event in our lives will merit one. They are a little bit
more pricey then the regular ones but I feel my family
deserves it and I can't think of a better way to document
special Moments in our lives. Don't get me wrong, I
am still going to get the regular books for every day
photos for God Help me, I need a 12 Step Program
because I am addicted to photos! The classic is leather
bound and I so want to start a Library of my family for
prosperity sake. Someday the kids will thank me for
it and I can't wait for them to have kids of their own
( Okay, let me rephrase that, I can wait but look forward
to it!) so I can add them to the Library as well.

Well I was so crazy about these guys I got it in
my head to write them a letter and tell them so. They
were awesome and will be going on my Top Ten List
of Companies this week for the service was fantastic!
I spoke to them and let them know then we bounced a
few emails back and forth and I told them I had a blog
and planned to let you guys know how much I liked them.
They right away offered to host a formal review and giveaway
for my readers. I thought that was simply fantastic! Even
without I would be raving about these guys for I did try
them on my own first and I was stunned for I have tried
a few other photo sites a while ago and you get the join
our program spiel. I am not to fond of that for when that is
the first word out of their mouths I feel like I am being
bought off, not doing a review from the heart. I like to
bring you guys the truth and not something I feel obligated
to do. When they other places said that I said no thank you
and moved on. To tell you the truth I don't even know if SeeHere
has a program like that for they never even asked. Now
if those guys did I would join in a heartbeat but it never came
up. What did come up was they are letting me order a few
items for review and I will post that when they get here but
since I have already sampled their goods I could not wait
to bring you the other part of the deal! The Giveaway!
The Giveaway is going to be in two parts. One now and one
when the review is posted! Right now I have 5 Photo Books
to give to my readers. Each winner will receive a code good
for one printed cover story book, (8x8) a $29.99 value.
To enter just head over to SeeHere and take a look around
and tell me what item you like best in a comment. The
contest will start tonight and run to March 1st at Midnight!
Once I have the Review items back we will do it again with
some more winners. Each book for the winner will feature:
8” x 8”
Printed cover
Base price starts at 20 pages
Extra pages - $1.89 per 2 pages
Premium, bright white 100 lb. paper
To make sure you have the perfect photos click the link
at the bottom of this page to be taken to some photo
tips they were awesome enough to send me! Now the Codes
expire on March 31st so start looking for those perfect photo's
now!
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

SeeHere


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I hate to pack lunches. Andrew is now in High School
and Heaven forbid you send a High School student to
school with a home made lunch for they are going to
end up eating in a corner by themselves facing the wall.
Or so I have been told. We have come a long way in
lunch prices though since the 80's where I bought
lunch for 80 cents and Andrews costs him $2.50 minimum
and that is if he eats the daily special. The Burger, Taco,
and Pizza stands in his cafeteria cost as much as you
would spend at a regular fast food restaurant. John has
no choice but to brown bag it to work for lunch for we
are already spending 12.50 a week on Andrew and that
is without drinks. We plan on 20 bucks a week for him
total and he can budget it himself. If John were to grab
lunch every day you could add on another 25 bucks and
when you get close to $50.00 a week for lunches you
are crossing into the financial danger zone. As much as
he hates bringing lunch from home he knows financially
we have no choice.

He doesn't hate bringing his own lunch because
the food is bad in the lunches I pack for him, it is more
and embarrassment issue. The reason why he hates it
is that it doesn't matter how nice the plastic ware is
you place in his lunch bag it is the fact that none
of them were made for that specific reason in mind
and even if you only pack three things you have filled
the box to the brim and if you add a drink and a fresh
piece of fruit you can not even close the zipper
and everything is all hanging out. That is where he gets
embarrassed for he feels silly walking into work with a
lunch box and plastic containers hanging out the side
or worse yet walking by the guys to his locker and
something just flat out exceeds the stress limit on his lunch
container and falls to the floor right in front of them.
To make life more easy and less embarrassing I
needed to find a better solution.That was an imposable
task. Everywhere I looked I could not find the size I
needed. I mean don't get me wrong, a lot of places out
there make some fantastic plastic containers but as
fantastic as they are they just don't fill my lunch time
needs.

The other dilemma I faced was storage.
When you go out and purchase various sizes to hold
everything you need for a balanced lunch ( or for those
of us in the real world, just lots of junk) you end
up with 50 different sizes and 50 different lids. A week
later you have 50 different sizes and 42 different lids.
I know for a fact the Cupboard Gremlins are in Cahoots
with the Laundry ones and have hatched an Evil plan to
make me nuts. Any way, now you have all these different
sizes and no way to neatly store them. I even went out and
bought this organizer thing that came with plastic storage
containers. It looked really neat and sounded good in theory
and even spun to make it super simple to pick the size you
wanted but it was one of those things that was much
better in the box. When I pulled it out I had the joy of
finding out that in order for this to fit in you cabinet it
could only be so tall and wide and when you are faced with
that size limit the containers come in sizes that are not
only impractical they are plain old ridiculous. A great example
would be that one of these is so small the only thing it would
be good for is holding salad dressing. The other is tall and
narrow and would be great for carrot sticks so if you plan
on eating carrot sticks and dip for lunch every day you
are all set, if you want a sandwich think again. That hit
the trash and I was back to piecing items together and
ended up with a huge mess in my cupboard. Lids everywhere
for each size needed a certain lid and the same with each
brand so instead of having a few lids out you needed them
all. It was such a mess I would have to open my
cupboard then jump out of the way in case I was confronted
with an Avalanche of plastic ware. It is enough to make
a grown woman cry and I didn't know what to do.








Then I came across Easy Lunch Box Systems.
The containers they have at Easy Lunch Box systems
are meant to hold a whole lunch not just one part of it. You
can put everything you need in one handy dandy container that
is just the right size and fits neatly in your lunch box with
plenty of room left over for a drink and a piece of fresh fruit
I am determined to keep tossing in Johns lunch hoping he
will some day eat it. The Easy Lunch Containers are
compartmentalized and divided so you can even toss some
left over casserole in one compartment and some potato's in
the next. In fact it is divided into 3 ways so I can even
put in a dessert if I wasn't so mad over the fact he never
eats the fruit. I no longer have to worry about cramming
everything in one big container and it all mushing together
and I no longer have to put lots of different size containers
into a bag that they never fit in and even John gets the perk of
not having to suffer the embarrassment of such a disaster.
These containers fit neatly into the bottom of a lunch
box or bag or even better they have a bag the perfect size
for these right on the site at an incredible price. The last
cooler bag I bought for the house cost $19.95 and it did
not have any bells of whistles on it and the bags they
have on Easy Lunch Box Systems cost only $7.95 and
come in 5 different colors. Did I mention they also are
the perfect size for the containers? Even if you have a
hearty eater like my son you are good to go for two
fit in the box just as well and still leave room for a drink
and you can still CLOSE the bag up unlike the bags I
have now with a Hodge podge of different sized containers.

Now I am really happy they look so nice and fit
so well and will spare John some ribbing at work. Those
facts are great, I admit it, but what is even better is the
fact they fit into my cupboard perfectly too! I love the
fact from now on I only need one container for all my
lunching needs and the shelf that used to look like a
Tornado went through it now looks all neat and organized.
The first thing I did was to grab a box and sweep that
cupboard clean! Every odd shaped doo-hickey went right
into the box. The few lids I have left, went right into the
box! All of it, in the box and the box was on the way to
the trash but you know me and the fact I can't throw anything
away, so it went into the basement to sit for 32 years or
we move. Normally John would have been throwing a fit about
that but he was so delighted at the new look of the cupboard
( he has been hit with a tidal wave of plastic ware more then
once) that he didn't even notice I took the box to the basement
and not the curb. Even I have to admit it looks awesome
and do I miss all the other ones? Not one bit! Why would
I? These containers have everything I need all in one
package and if I loose one of these lids, and I know I will,
any of the other ones will work just as well. They stack neat,
look great and are super durable, even if you use them
every single day! Better yet, when they are dirty you can
just toss them in the dishwasher for they are dishwasher
safe and won't get all bent out of shape like some of the
other ones I have bought. In fact if you are really handy
you can prepare meals and as your putting things away
you can fill your boxes up right then and store them in
the freezer. When you need them grab then and toss them
in the bag and when its lunch time you can just put them
in the Microwave for an easy warm up then take them home
and straight into the dish washer. How easy is that? I am
thrilled with the amount of time I can save this way for I always
cook extra for freezing and now I can just make lunches up
like my own personal TV dinner for hassle free mornings!
They come in stacks of four and I love them so much I measured
my cupboard and can fit 20 neatly! I would say I will save
the box of old ones for a garage sale but if they see
my organized cupboard first no way would anyone buy them.
They would be a fool not to go straight for Easy Lunch Box
Systems instead. This is one of those great ideas I don't know
how I got buy before I found them. Easy Lunch Box Systems
just made my life a little more easy!

You life can be a little more easy too for they are going
to give one of my readers a set of four and a lunch bag to
boot! To enter just go to their site and take a look around
and then come back here and post what you learned in a
comment. The contest will start today and run to Midnight
on February 26th.

USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

Easy Lunch box Systems.


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I am a picture freak. I love them and have
them all over the house. When Andrew was a baby I
was even a little crazier and had his pictures done
professionally every three months for the first few years.
Not only did I order normal size wall pictures I would go
to the extreme and order Canvas Copies and Plastic
cutouts and end up spending 400 bucks every time.
With Rowan I have scaled down on the Photo Studios
but only because there is so much more you can do
on line. I have got more hard copies of pictures of Rowan
than you could believe. I had doubles made for everyone
and have ordered the same prints so many times I have
gotten confused and ended up with 3 or 4 copies of the
same print leftover after I shared. I have tried to restore
some sort of order to my filing system for pictures but
even the new improved system has let a few pictures slide
through repeatedly. I just can't help it I am addicted and in
the 16 years since Andrew was little there have been huge
strides in the photo field. When Andrew was little you could
get your child's picture on a T-shirt or Coffee mug but you
had to go down to the mall and it took weeks to get your
order. Now there are tons of places on-line where you
can down load your picture to their site and soon you
can have your child's image on t-shirts, calender, mouse pads,
stationary, you name it they make it!

I have gone crazy if you can imagine and
I would have to say around half of my Christmas presents have
a picture of the kids at the heart of it. John got a Coffee Mug,
His Step Mother got coasters, my mother got a mouse pad and just
about every single one of the got a book I had made with the kids
in it. Everyone, and I mean everyone from our Mothers to the
lady next store or someone I met in the line at the grocery store
got a framed picture of my kids. I can't help it, I am a proud Mom
and love to show them off. It wasn't to about two days after
Christmas to I found this next review and if I had known about
them before Christmas, WOW, I can imagine how out of control I
would have gotten. I already have a list in my notebook on how
many good pictures I have to get through the coarse of the year
to fill my order I plan on submitting for next season gifts.The
site is called Photofiddle and what they do is nothing less then
amazing. The take a Photo and turn it into a painting. A real
painting! A piece of art! I am in love with this place!
Do you know how hard it would be to have my children
post for an artist to do a portrait of them? It would never happen.
At the photo Studio I have to beg and plead and bring treats and
toys and snacks and anything else you can imagine and that is
for the 16 year old. The baby is worse. With Photofiddle I can
take a great shot at home and download it on your computer
and just send it to these guys and you have a real life piece of
art on your wall and it didn't cost you hours of begging and pleading
with your kids and 42 extra Grey hairs. Not only can you get a
real painting you should see what they can do with them.
They have just about every style you can think of and them
some. Black and White, silhouette, Art Deco, Water Color,
Impasto and so much more. Better yet, you pictures come
back framed and ready to hang. They offer a vast selection
of sized to choose from and prices is extremely reasonable.
How much do you think it would cost for you to hire a painter
to do your children's portrait? I checked, the cheapest I
found was for a 12x18 portrait of one subject is $159.00.
That does not guarantee a good artist either for I was looking
for the cheapest price out there and I am sure the cheapest
price means the cheapest artist. Photofiddles price for the
same size painting and as many subjects as you would like
( painters charge by person and it goes up a lot and fast!) is
$71.95. Also, they special process gives you a perfect painting
every time and you can even proof them before they make it
and if you don't like what you see just yell do-over and they
change it however you want. An artist would have to start from
scratch and your kids would have to pose again not to mention
they are not going to do it again for free. If you don't like the
first one you still have to pay for it. With Photofiddle it is
perfect every time! You can even get one of the Andy Warhol
style paintings and have your children really stand out!

I also have Photofiddle listed in my top ten companies
to buy from list you can get to from the side of the home page.
You can read all the reasons they are there at that link but I
will tell you why I first considered them for the list. Spectacular
customer service! They really worked with me to make sure
I got the best painting I could get. They made suggestions
and helped fixed the errors I made thinking I could edit it
how I wanted before I sent it and all I did was mess it up!
I sent them so many emails with so many questions I thought
it was only a matter of time before they grew so frustrated with
me they put me on some sort of block but they answered every
single one with kindness and patience and explained every
thing I asked in detail and treated me like a star! These
guys were just a real pleasure to work with and what I ended
up with is a painting I will treasure forever and pass on to my
Grandchildren! I have not been this delighted with a picture
in years and years!

You guys get in on the fun too! Photofiddle is going to
give one of my readers a $50.00 Gift certificate to their
store to use any way they want! To enter just go to their site
and look around then come back here and let me know what
your favorite item is in a comment. The contest starts today
and will run to Midnight on February 23rd.
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

Photofiddle


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You have your cupboard locks, toilet locks and gates at the
top of the stairs. You strap Baby into a car seat and use
the safety belt on the highchair and stroller. You even carry
sanitizer in your pocket to kill those on the go germs. You
have thought of everything and your entire house is just about
wrapped in bubble wrap and Jr lives in a Bubble. You have
everything covered and are just waiting for your parent of
the year award. That is how I felt when my son was born.
There was not a thing in the world I had not prepared for
and even got rid of a dog we had at the time for she proved
to be aggressive toward children. I know a lot of you are going
awe right now but before you hang me I do have to let you know
we only had her a few days ( a rescue) before she lunged at
a friend of mines child and since I was pregnant I had to re home
her and she found a good one with a little old man who loved
her to pieces. I don't know if I could do that with Boo for
I have had her almost 5 years and she is a Baby too. Any
who, I thought all my bases were covered. There was not a thing
I had forgot.
Then when Andrew was around 14 months I had
let my Grandmother watch him while I worked one day, this
was also the last day she watched him alone and my mother had
to be there every time after this for me to agree. I know how much
my Grandmother loved my son and my son and I loved her but
there comes a time in your life when you just can't keep
up with little ones. ( Um, sometimes I think that is today for me!)
This near miss could have ended a lot different. My Grandfather
had heart problems and suffered many heart attacks and a heart
surgery and had a Baskin Robins selection in medicine bottles
that he had to take every day. He passed when I was 18 but
my Grandmother never truly removed him from the house
and though she gave away some of his things most of it
was still there for he was the love of her life and she could
not part with it. That day she had just got done reading
to Andrew and went to make him lunch. He was toddling
around and found his way into the towel closet in the hallway.
At the bottom of that closet was boxes of old Avon Bottles she
had collected and some how a pill bottle from the collection
my Grandfather had taken got lost there. When she found Andrew
he had most of the bottle gone and other then a few scattered
down the front of him and even more were dissolving in his
mouth as she helplessly watched. She cleaned out his mouth
and tried to make him throw up and sat rocking him and crying
on the couch when I walked in an hour later. She was so panicked
she never even called 911. When I asked what was going on
for she was hysterical and Andrew was smiling she started
telling me the whole thing, when she got to the word medication
I noticed the bottle on the table next to her and went pale
as I grabbed the bottle. As I was frantically reading the label
I asked what the Hospital said and she told me she has not
spoken to anyone because she was waiting for me because
I would know what to do. I ran to the phone still reading the
bottle and called Poison Control who's number was posted
right there. I told you I thought I had everything covered right
down to the emergency list. The first thing Poison control
asked was what was the drug. I screamed Nitroglycerin and
heard a sigh at the other end.
"How long ago did this happen?"
I screamed for the answer to my Grandmother and then yelled in
the phone, " about an hour ago!"
"Relax and Breath. Tell me the expiration date on the
bottle!"
I looked as fast as I could wondering how this lady could
be so calm. "1988"
Another sigh. "Your child will be fine. Nitro Glycerin has
a shelf life of 6 months after the bottle is opened and
not all that much longer if unopened. If it had still be active
your child would have shown signs in seconds."
The bottle Andrew had eaten has expired over 5 years ago
and was as dangerous as eating sanitized dirt. I felt better
then but later that night I realized though I was prepared to
help keep him safe I was in no way near prepared for what
to do if anything should happen to him. That was a hard lesson
to learn and I quickly became prepared for anything, well
almost but that's another story.

When I found out I was pregnant with Rowan I knew
I was not going to make that mistake again and was even
more concern for this time I took the medication that could
hurt her and if she ever got into the medication I took for my
back, or my lately my neck and head after my fall a few months
ago she would not be as lucky since this would not be useless
expired medication but medication that would do serious damage
and fast in her little body. I have everything for every situation
now for I will never let me guard down again. The first thing
everyone needs to get is a medical kit. Searching for one
I found a site called My Precious Child and they took the
words right out of my mouth and also put everything I needed
all in one place and made safety proofing a snap and also have
everything you need if the safety proofing doesn't work.

For safety proofing they have everything from Alarms, to
locks to gates and even foam trim for corners and Kits to
help you get all of what you need in one shot. Also for
prevention they have Harnesses and seat belt straps and
signs for allergy's. The have a full line of items for special
needs children and even a sleep positioner for Baby's and
Special needs children. They also have everything you
could want in case something does ever happen. ( knock
on wood) and I am also talking about something as simple as
a scrapped knee or Bee sting or Sunburn and even worse.
The Boy Scouts were right about with their mantra "Be Prepared."
Words to live by and My Precious Child will help you with
that mission with complete medical kits like the one
I was sent for review. This has everything for a little
cut to an I just might pass out help me please boo boo. All
the way down to a sticker for those good little troopers to
help dry up boo boo induced tears. They also have
Name Tags and Temporary Tattoos for being in crowds
with your child and everything else you could ever
want to bail you out of any situation. The Boy Scouts
will have nothing on you once you pay a visit to My Precious
Child.

To get you started on your plan to all around
safety, My Precious Child is going to give 5 of my Readers
a Car Seat ID card. This card has all your child information
on it in case something happens away from home and
you can not relay that information yourself. To enter
just head over to the site and take a look then come back
here and post what you have seen. The contest will start tonight
and run to Midnight on February 21st
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

My Precious Child


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Extra entries only count after the initial entry
is completed.

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post that you are. 3 entries,
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5 times.

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and post the link here. 5 Entries Please
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A shirt made out of plastic? You have got to be kidding.
When I was around 18 a friend of mine had a windbreaker
that was made out of recycled Paper and I thought that was
the coolest thing. Now when you looked at it you thought,
wow, that looks like it is made out of used paper but to
feel it I was shocked it felt like Cloth and it also worked
to keep out the elements. I didn't know much about recycling
then for it was just gearing up for its big deal status but the
fact they could take something old and make something new
out of it fascinated me even then, The part I thought was the
coolest was the fact that since it was already a wrinkled
mess and since it was made of Paper and therefor super
light weight, when you were not using it you could just bundle
it up into a little ball and toss it in your pocket. No carrying
coats over your shoulder or finding a place to set it down.
Perfect for Amusement parks and other Day adventures
and just kinda neat to me. Like I said though, there was one
big draw back and that was it looked like old paper. If you
are a fashion Diva like me you just don't get past that so
I was forced to do a pro- con list and Cool was a good
start but appearance made it a bust in the end for me.

So a T-shirt made out of plastic? Hum, I can't
even fathom what a shirt made out of plastic would be
other then a Prop for Madonna. Revenge Is gave me a chance
to review one of their shirts for children and I must say
technology has came a long way and if the people who made
the paper windbreakers could see this shirt they would bow
their heads in shame. This does not look like any plastic I have
ever seen, why by golly it looks like a shirt. And a cute one at
that. Revenge Is shirts are made with 100% Organic Cotton or
a Blend of Plastic Bottles and Organic Cotton. I love this!
Talk about a great way to clear out some landfills! Even
thier shipping package is made out of recylced items and
they offer you a chance to recycle it yet again. The people at
Revenge Is don't only talk the talk, they walk the walk. In recycled
shoes I am sure!
They have an adorable selection of Mens, Womens and
kids shirts that anyone should be proud to wear. Next time you
drink a Coca Cola I could be wearing it later! Now ain't that
about a blip! Their T-shirts are totally stylish and they have
hoodies to boot! You can even pick up a tote or a refillable
Coffee Mug. All bases covered, full steam ahead. The Top of
their web site says Making Activism Fashionable and I have to
agree. Everything about their designs screams fashion right down
to their Kids Unity and Think Green Shirts. Both the mens
and the womens items I would have to call Urban Hip for they are
cool! It is one of the few shirts I have seen that I might have
to fight my son for because they have a style that seems to
fit everyone! They are great company to shop from for other
reasons too for they truly care about the Planet and go to
great pains to practice what they preach. Every thing they
do follows the path of green and they belong to various
charitable organazations that follow the same path. Whether
you are a whole hearted invirmentalist or just try to do what you
can when you can Renveng Is will make your journey a little more
fashionable and a little more Politically correct. I like nothing
more then looking good and if I can save the planet while doiing
it, well, that is a no-brainer! I tip my Recycled hat to Revenge Is!
Even Better they are going to give a shirt to one of my
readers so you can find out what plastic feels like too! Soft and
comfy I promise! Revenge Is will give one of my readers
a Think Green Tee just like Rowan is wearing! Super cute! To
enter just head over to the site and take a look around then
come back here and post what you have learned in a comment.
The contest will start today and run to Midnight on Febuary 21st.
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
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I love Virginia! I don't know if you guys have been there
or even live there but I am from a scenic state here in Michigan
and had the honor to travel through Pennsylvania into West Virginia
and Virginia and if you have never been through those three
states you have just to go. There is so much open wilderness
and Natural beauty there you would never think you are on
the East Coast or right by it and one of the most Developed
Coast lines on our Country. Every single part of it is Breathtaking
and it leaves you with a feeling of Purity and serenity. That must
have been where the creator of the my next review got her
inspiration for when you live in an area like that how can you
help but to soak up your atmosphere.

Virginia Soaps offers that purity and natural goodness
in products you can bring into your own home. I received a
Soap Sampler for review that contained a shampoo bar, Shampoo
Shower and Shave bar and two soaps. One in Baby Powder and
the other in Clothes line. All of them are handcrafted and hand
cut to offer that unique boutique feel. The Shampoo bar was
right up Johns alley since he is a mans man and does not use
any product on his hair and often just grabs the bar of soap. I
could never understand that and would be terrified for I have
dry hair to begin with and would fear soap would dry it out
even more but he swears by it. He loved the Shampoo Bar
and everything about it and I was surprised he didn't complain
about the scent for it was Ginger Lime but he said it was so
mild he couldn't even tell it was scented and loved it. He also
enjoyed the Shave Bar for he is too lazy to dig for shaving cream
and is also often out for I just don't think to shake a mans can
of shaving cream and he wouldn't remember to remind me if
it was a life saving device. The Shaving Bar on the other hand
is easy to notice if it is getting low and he liked the later vrs
foam on his face and said it was easier to see what he was
shaving when he didn't have a foam beard. The lather clung to
his face and he could see it's contours.
I tried both the soaps and they are the perfect hand soap.
I loved the right amount of lather and gentle scent and they left
my hands soft and supple. I really liked the Baby Powder for it is
such a big smell at my house now a days and unlike the other
soaps I have that do not smell like that it didn't compete with
all the baby products I have my hands in all day. With the stuff
I have now I smell like Lavender, then I change Rowan and smell
like Baby Powder Lavender and then I do the Dishes and smell
like Orange Baby Powered Lavender and heaven to Betsy if
I wear perfume for I am starting to smell like a 2 dollar, well
you know, when I mingle all those smells. This keeps me more
on the same page. All their products are made with Palm,
Coconut, Soy and Castor Oils and are non drying and feel
good and moist as you use them. I really loved the fact they
were unique and stylish with out resorting to artificial colors
and dies. Everything here is all Natural.
Now the Laundry Detergent we really had a blast with
and Andrew and I felt like Mad Scientists doing the mixing.
It was such a little bag we were sent and I must say I was
totally shocked. I thought it was a sample bag for review but
this is the bag you would buy off the site. I pretty much rolled
my eyes and said this will last a load or two then I read the
directions and saw it was supposed to make much much more.
I still had half an eye roll here for I just couldn't see it and
then Andrew and I donned our cooking duds and got to work.
It was super easy to make, melt, mix and let sit and made 2 gallon
jugs or enough laundry soap for 64-72 loads. And this is the little
kit! The regular recipe makes a lot more. I could not tell
the difference from this detergent to what I normally use other
then the smell and if you were to use a different scent to start
with I wouldn't have been able to tell at all. What I can tell the
difference in is price. Even the Cheap Laundry soap at the store
is around 4 bucks for 28 loads. Theirs is five for almost 3 times
that. Wow!

Virginia Soaps has every kind of soap you can think of
from Gourmet, Unscented, Laundry, Hand and their new
Honey Bee Lotion Bar and they even make Lip Balm
and Pet Shampoo and Linen Spray. All of their items are
made by hand and blended with Natural ingredients.
All that I tried reflected that one on one care and pride
and I loved the individuality. This is a family business
they love and it reflects in their work.You have to try it
to believe it and they sold me with the Laundry Soap
alone. AS much laundry as I do and with theirs I will only
pay seven cents a load. Sign me up!!

Virginia Soap is going to let one of you try what I
tried. You get the kit for Laundry soap and the soap sampler!
To enter just head over to the site and check it out and then
come back here and post what you have learned. The contest
starts tonight and will run to midnight on February 22nd!
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
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How old are your kids? I only ask for I remember
when Andrew was young and always making a huge mess
and how it was mandatory that you clean it up immediately for
they almost always involved food. If you left it to sit it would
end up leaving a stain, being super sticky and stinking so
bad you think something crawled under your table and died.
That was gross. Even more so with some of the combinations
of foods they eat. I like the smell of pickles and I like the
smell of Oranges but those two items mushed into a sock
then left to rot, not so much. Don't discover the sock to
the smell leads you to it and you will actually consider burning
your house down as an acceptable way to get rid of the smell.

Rowan promises to be just as bad but at present I am
only dealing with spoiled milk and diaper smells wafting out
from her room. I am thankful for that for I much prefer her
room, even with a full pail and sour milk to another room in
the house. I would rather sleep on the spot behind the couch
where Boo had the most accidents while being trained on a
hot muggy day to another room in the house. I would sit dead
center in the kitchen when John cooks one of his science projects
and breath deep for hours if you would spare me from entering
another room. For no matter how bad pets smells can be, how
yucky a pail of old diapers might reek or how disgusting the
aroma of a man who can't cook and pretends he can get they
are nothing in comparison to those smells leaking out from
under the door to my sons room. I wouldn't even mind it as
much if it were just food he had left to rot in his room for that
I can throw away, hose down the area then spray some Febreze
and be done with it but that isn't the source. It is his Laundry.
All of it. Sweaty Gym socks he wore 3 days in a row, or jeans
that have been wedged between his bed and wall and then had
soda and whatever else he drank spilled on them so they were
now glued to the mattress and wall. Towels he crammed under his
bed while wet and left through puberty. I will not even discuss
underwear.Worst nightmare come to life is all you need to know!

The worst part is he has to wash these things sometime
and where is he going to wash them? My Washer and Dryer.
Do you know what that does to my Washer and Dryer? You
got it, my Washer and Dryer ends up smelling like his science
experiments. Then when you go to wash your clothes they
pick up the scent and soon the whole house smells like it.
Disgusting is being polite when you describe it. I have ran the
washer empty over and over and over again and that smell is
still there. I have tried strong detergents, fabric softeners,
bleach and any other soap I can get my hands on. I even
went so far as to scrub out the whole barrel on the dryer and
washer and still that smell is there. The clothes stink for it
but the towels and blankets get it the worst for they are thicker
and the dampness left to soak in and fester seems to permeate
the very fabric of the towels. I have two very special towels I
paid 50 bucks each for that are huge, soft and luxurious, or
at least they were. I threatened the boy under penalty of death
to not touch those towel's. I told him point blank if I found them
in his room he could kiss any part of him he thought he might
need goodbye for I was breaken bones and kicken butt and going
to put in my angry eyes! They are missing, I know they are
down there and I am paralyzed with fear at what has become
of them.

Thank the heavens I got to review Smelly Washer and
Smelly Towel cleaner! This stuff is awesome and my son owes
them his life. I know the inventor of this product never dreamed
they would be facing a Washer quiet like mine. Really, I swear,
I kiss my front door everyday I wake up and realize nobody snuck
over in the middle of the night all dressed in Biohazzard suits
and slipped a bubble over my house to contain the Oder's drifting
up from the basement. I am thrilled to death the Police have
never came demanding to search the house because of
reports of a suspicious Oder. I knew those humiliations were
coming if I couldn't find a way to fix what my son has done
to my Washer. I had no hope for my special towels! When the
bottles came to the house I sat down and read the labels.

The Smelly Washer Cleaner reads:
Removes Washer Oder
Removes Towel Mildew
Up to 24 treatments
Easy to Use
All Natural

The Smelly Towel Cleaner reads:
Removes Towel Oder
Up to 24 Treatments
Easy to Use
All Natural
No where on either bottle did it say anything about BioHazzardous
Wastes products and then Male teenagers who create it. I pretty
much thought I was sunk but what the hey, it isn't like these can
do any more damage or make it smell any worse so lets give it
a shot. First I decided to try the Washer Cleaner for I thought
it would be redundant to do towels if the washer still stunk!
I followed the directions and let it sit over night. The next morning
I finished the empty wash and let it sit for a while to make sure
all the water that was in there had dried up and went away.
Can you believe it? The smell was gone! Now ain't that a hoot?
But, will it remove the Oder already in my clothes from already
washing them in a smelly washer. It did! I felt like it was magic and
somebody came and cut the crime scene tape away from
my laundry area. For the life of me I couldn't not figure out how
though for I truly had tried everything and pretty much thought
a new washer was the only way to fix it at this point. I spent
that first day pretty much washing everything in the house
to remove the teenage boy smell and was super thrilled with
the fact the blankets lost the odor for there is nothing worse
then having to sleep in stinky blankets. Men in general ( sorry
guys my opinion) make it necessary to wash blankets more often
but add the normal smell in with a stinky washer from a nasty
teenage boy and YUCK, I am glad I only have a twin guest bed and
most people pass. All that was left were the towels.
YIKES
First I had to find where the boy hid them. You see teenage boys
are still like small children in the sense that they think if you
no longer see a problem it means it no longer exists. Andrew
thinks if he hides towels or dishes or whatever item he is not
supposed to have in his room under his bed or a chair I will not
believe him capable of ignoring my order to not have it there
in the first place. I found the towels wedged under his computer
desk so crammed in there I had to wiggle them out. Now imagine
that smell. Stinky, mildewy, dirty towels that had been crammed
into a small dark space on a basement floor for lord knows how
long. I thought I would be running for a bucket long before I got
to the washing machine but I made it. AND THEY MADE IT!
No drastic measures to save their lives either, just the Smelly
Towel Cleaner and only one treatment. Not even any soaking.
These bottles says for extreme cases you may need to soak
and the other one says you may need to repeat and I didn't;t have
to. I thought mine were as bad as it could get I shudder to think
of a towel or washer worse them mine and how it got that way!
Somewhere out there must be a teenager waiting to usurp
Andrew from the Throne. I have to say I am totally impressed
and floored with the results and this is now a staple in my
house and should be in any house where a stinky 16 year
old boy lives!
If you have a stinky boy you have got to listen to this, or
just a stinky girl or hubby even. OKAY men, wife too, but
the point is Smelly Washer is going to give one of my readers
a Bottle of Smelly Towels to watch the smell disappear from
their laundry too! To enter just go to their site and take a look
around the come back here and post what you learned. The
contest starts today and will run to midnight on February 16th.

USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

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~Skoy Cloth ~Review and Giveaway

I go throw a lot of paper towels around here. I am
pretty sure I use a forest for just my house every year
and not only do I feel bad for the tree's it also costs an
arm and a leg. I even have a large stack of old towels that
I use to help wipe up big messes and still go through a
ton of paper towels. Where ever children are a mess
is sure to follow and sometimes, well at least in my case, the
bigger the child the bigger the mess. Andrew is King Mess maker.
The boy has some sort of defect where he can't go through one
whole day without breaking or spilling something and he has
always been that way. He has done it so much he even has an
automated response built in. When he is sitting in the living
room watching TV and knocks over yet another cup he won't even
look up and just says "Water, don't flip out!" and goes back to
his show. Somehow the boy has got it in his head water never
has to be wiped up and if I am not looking nothing really needs
to be wiped up. Oh, wait, there is also the other classic response
of grabbing some paper towel and just setting it on top of the
spill. When I lose it, and often do when I have to bear witness to
such acts, his explanation is he is letting it soak up. My
explanation is he is lazy!

Besides Andrew I have the normal gauntlet of daily clean-ups.
The leaky Coffee pot, the counters, ( I am the only one who seems
to wipe these down) the table and all the water spots around the
house where Andy has left yet another glass. You guys remember
the movie Signs where the little girl leaves glasses everywhere?
They got that from my son and I have the water marks to prove it.
Then let's not forget the housecleaning. A paper towel for the
mirrors, a bunch for the windows and the list goes on. Don't
forget dusting. The point is the amount is truly staggering when
all is said and done and have you priced paper towels lately?
I want to know what kind of super absorbency paper towel is
worth $3.99 a roll. I swear it wasn't that long ago I could get two
for a buck. Ouch.
When Skoy offered to let me do a review I jumped on it for
I had been paying close attention to some of these Super Towels
you see on TV and was dieing to test one out. Skoy was discovered
by a couple of fed up Mom's like me who were not only tired or
spending an arm and a leg on paper towels they were also trying
to do their part to help keep our landfills less full. One of the
Ladies discovered it in Europe and brought it back here and
thank the stars she did. One Skoy cloth is the same as 15 rolls
of Paper Towel and can be reused over and over. It is 100%
bio-degradable and you can use it in place of a wash cloth,
paper towel or a sponge but works even better then all three.
You can even kill any lingering germs on this puppy by tossing
it in the microwave oven. It dries fast and lasts months. This
is so needed at my house. When it came in the mail I got a
kick out of the little flower on it and LOVED the fact it was not
wrapped in plastic. To keep the pack together they wrap it
with a little bio-degradable tie. I want to say Hemp tie but
it doesn't say for the tie isn't supposed to be an actual selling
point but that's what it has the feel of and I thought it made the
product look super cute and these would make a great item to
toss into a housewarming basket. I know I am supposed to
be testing the product and not how it looks so I got over that and
moved on. Rowan helped me with this review, isn't she a sweet
little helper? She is already doing her part by dumping her sippy
cup all over her highchair tray right as I was opening the package.
That is a job that would normally take a slew of Paper Towels and
even I wouldn't use that many on a clean up and normally would
have grabbed a dish towel for it was just too much. The fun part
about using a dish towel to clean up big spills is you get to two
finger it all the way to the washing machine for it is always soaked
and normally pretty gross to start with in my house for it makes
me nauseousus to think what else Andy has wiped up with them.
Sludge from the bottom of the fridge, Dog messes, who knows
but I toss them in the wash every day for I just don't trust him to
get rid of ones that might have been somewhere they were not
meant to be. I grabbed the towel for the mess but thought I would
give Skoy a shot. I really didn't think it would get it all for the sippy
cup had been full and now the Highchair tray was. This was what?
Two cups of fluid and the Skoy is just a little 7x7 piece of cloth.
I know for a fact I would have most likely needed two dish towels
to clean it, one to soak up the mess the next to dry the tray for
a lot would be left behind. Towel, Skoy, Towel, Skoy, ah, what the
heck I went for it. To my complete surprise the Skoy soaked up
the whole mess so well if it wasn't for the fact it was juice and
would be sticky I would have let it air dry the rest of the way and
it would have dried fast too for it was just a trace or should a say
a damp feel for not even one drop of moisture was left. I got
a little crazy here and went to the sink and rinsed it out with hot
water and squeezed it dry and went back to wipe up the sticky.
Now that I couldn't do with Paper Towels no matter how good
they say they are. To get the same effect with a sponge I would have
had to bring a bucket to the chair maybe four or five times
ringing it out in the bucket to get the whole spill then back to
the sink to rinse and then back to the chair to wipe again, then
once more ring out in the bucket and one more wipe to dry
again. Lots off hassel. Skoy cloth? Soak up, ring out, rinse out,
dry, done! I like this! This is something I can get used to real
fast! I was already adding up all the cash I will save on Paper
Towels when it dawned on me how many Baby Wipes I use to
clean Rowan's face and hands and how easy it would be to
use these instead. Now I am adding up even more cash!
Cash is good!
Skoy is Great!
I have to say if this is the kind of Material that Shamwow guy
was screaming about in the infomercial I now know why he
has crazy eyes, he is super geeked at how well it works!
Skoy is going to let you guys in on the secrete to and give
one of my readers 2 four packs of Skoy Cloths and that
is going to last you a while. Think 30 rolls of paper towels!
To enter just head over to their site and check it out then
come back here and post something you have learned in
a comment. The contest will start tonight and run to Febuary
17th at mightnight.USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

Skoy Cloth


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Did you want to be a Rock Star?Do you dance around the
house with the music blasting signing your favorite tunes?
Maybe the car is your stage and as soon as you are alone
in it you fly through the stations looking for a good song and
not stopping to you come across the "one" and then pray you
don't hit a red light and be seen signing into the steering
wheel. I know I am guilty of all of the above and when I was
a young girl there was nothing I wanted more then to be a rock
star. I took Guitar lessons for a long time but lost interest when
my teacher insisted I learn cords and not Stairway to Heaven
but there isn't a day that goes by where I don't wish I would
have stuck with it.
John on the other hand, is a natural. He can hear a song
then play it 20 minutes later and you are hard pressed to be able
to tell him from the radio. It must run in his family for his brother
plays the Drums and though he has to work a little harder it still
appears like it comes easy to the rest of us. My son has a guitar
but I am afraid like me, he wanted too much from it without putting
the work into it though he has not given up and still holds onto
his rock star dreams. With Rowan I am hoping she inherits her
fathers natural musical talent for I firmly believe an instrument of
some kind is a must have for kids. It teaches them not only discipline
but that hard work is rewarded. It also allows them to release their
own creativity. I write, John plays so who knows, maybe Rowan
could get a little of both and be the next great Pop star and
I could live out my own Rock Star fantasy's vicariously through
her.
Daisy Rock knows all about dreams of being a Rock Star
and they feed that spark until it is a roaring flame! From Children
to adults Daisy Rock has a large selection of Guitars to turn
your dreams of being a rock star into reality. Even better they
have accessory's and clothing to dress that star! On a whim I
was surfing the web one day and got to looking through their goods,
I was surprised to see they have just about everything a aspiring
musician could want, even just a Mom with lingering dreams!
I sent them a note and got a chance to review some of their active
wear and was blown away with their fast response was and the Hoodie
they sent me for review! It is something you can wear everyday
and still have that I am a rock star secrete without looking
like you robbed your teenage daughters closet! I found out their
clothing is super durable and oozes quality and put it through
the Michelle test and ZOOOOOOOOOOOMED on through and
Rocked the house! I have to say I love the Femininity of their
items and how they still scream I got TALENT baby! Even people
like me who can barely carry a tune still like to look the part
at times!
More then just shirts and hoodies Daisy rock also carries
Guitar accessory's and equipment and everything you need
to enjoy your rock star status in style. All of their items have
a distinct feminine feel and I was so pleased ( if you can't already
tell with my site colors) to see so much pink and shades of
Purple. Even the Amp is pink! Their guitars are out of this world
and I would love to get my hands on one to tell you the sound
but I did go visit a friend of mine at Joe's a local music store
and he said the quality is everything you would want it to be
and sent me to guitar center with John where they are an
authorized dealer. John plays Bass and I had to do a little arm
pulling there to have him try the Stardust in Public because
Mr Man has a little bit of an issue with a pink trimmed instrument
but he did it and was more then impressed. He thought because
they looked girly they would sound girly and could not believe
a pink Bass was a true contender!
Daisy Rock offers the foundations of a young girls dreams
and carries them through to they are all grown up. Daisy Rock
let's adults be a star or just play like one while letting them
keep a style all their own. I was so impressed with their line
I am thinking of getting a new Guitar and dusting off my dreams
and giving them another shot! Music and the Arts are such an
important part of the world and Daisy Rock is there to help it
blossom! Even better Daisy Rock wants to help you or your little
on grab their star with a $75.00 shopping spree of Daisy Rock
apparel from the on line store. To enter go to their web site and
take a look around them come back here and post a comment
letting me know what item would make you feel like a Rock Star!
The Contest will start tonight and run to February 15th at Midnight.
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

Daisy Rock


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I write. A lot. Not only do I write children's
story's, or at least the outline by hand, I am always
writing down notes for the Blog, to do lists, Grocery lists,
Updates to my monthly Budget and sales adds I want to
keep track off. My purse, coat pockets and every table or
shelf in my house is filled with scraps of paper with notes
and ideas jotted down all over them. Some of them have
been there so long I forgot what is on them or what the
note means in the first place yet I can't bear to toss it out for
the day I do will be the day before I remember why I needed
it and it will be lost. It drives John nuts for his Mother was
a little bit of a hoarder and he hates having anything in the
house that is not used on a regular basis and is constantly
complaining. To him its trash. He will go on a rant and walk
around the house and throw out what ever he comes across
and I will walk right behind him and pick it all back up and
just move it to a new spot. The only compromise we have
ever came to is the desk is off limits for that is my area
and he touches it he dies! Painfully!

You would think with all my writing that my handwriting
would be fantastic. Neat and perfect. Practice makes perfect
and with as much practice as I have it should be the bomb
diggity! Sad to say that is not the case, I should have been a
doctor for it is just that bad. It is worse then a scribble on a
good day and as my hand gets tired it gets even worse. You
have no idea how tired a hand can get by just writing. Achey
and sore and stiff like some 114 year old man with severe
arthritis. It hurts from holding that pen and then I still end
up writing and I shouldn't for my handwriting suffers so bad
even I can't read it. My son and John will not even accept a note
from me as to what to get at the store for even Rowan could
write better them me after a long day.Thank You Uglee
Pen's for this review! I have used every kind of pen there
is out there over the years and most are plastic or metal,
period. I have even tried grips and it is so hard to find a grip
that is made for comfort. Most are made to help guide a
child's fingers into the right position for the theory there is
if you write the correct way your hands will not become sore.

Cough cough BULL Cough cough, excuse me.

The grips I have found that are built for comfort must have
been built by a founding member of the Spanish Inquisition
for they are about as close to comfortable as I am to super
model. Pleaseeeeeeeee, whatever happened to truth in
advertising? Now I will say that the higher quality pens
write smoother and when a pen writes smoother there
is less resistance and they don't make you as sore but it
still gets pretty achey if you use it long enough. The Uglee
Pen has taken the best parts of all pens and made them
into one truly comfortable pen you can use and use and use
and use and use and still not feel like your hand is cramping
up and will never release. The Jelly part is just soft enough
so your fingers sink in but has what I like to call speed bumps
to make sure your fingers don't slip. The grip does not slip either
on the shaft of the pen and stays put, how I have no clue but it
works! It also writes super smooth and fluid so you are taking
care of all the disadvantages of a normal pen and making it
comfortable. Smooth pen strokes, comfy grip and traction
to help you keep the pen on the paper and write what you
want.
This pen rocks and Dr Lee is my new best friend! Okay
so what the pen is Uglee it works better then any pretty
pen I have ever had and my hand is ready for round two
at the end of the night instead of a jar of formaldehyde
in some mad scientists cabinet! Even Better Uglee Pens
and Dr. Lee are going to give one of you a set of Uglee
Pens so you can see what I am talking about. To enter
go to the site and take a gander then come back here and
post something you have learned. The contest starts tonight
and will run to February 15th at Midnight.
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
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Hey you guyssssssssssssssss...........

Those awesome people over at Pureology loved
our review and wants to sweeten the pot and give you
guys some of their new product Super Smooth! If this
stuff is even a smidgen as good as what I reviewed you
might have to arm wrestle me for it!

The new line includes:
Super Smooth Shampoo: CLEANSE. Gently cleanse and
smooth unruly hair without stripping away moisture, and
intensify natural shine while protecting colour vibrancy with
this concentrated ZeroSulfate® shampoo.

Super Smooth Hair Condition: CONDITION & DETANGLE.
Daily, detangling conditioner, smoothes and replenishes
unruly hair, and intensify natural shine while protecting colour
vibrancy.

Super Smooth RelaxingHairMasque: NOURISH. Concentrated
nourishing masque dramatically subdues frizz and dry, unruly
volume, and intensifies natural shine while protecting colour
vibrancy

Super Smooth Smoothing Elixir: FORTIFY. Reparative treatment
silkens, replenishes and smoothes highly sensitized, chemically
-treated hair, and intensify natural shine while protecting colour
vibrancy
This stuff is supposed to be the top of the line and from what
I have heard it deserves the title! They are sending some to me
and I am going to give it to one of you! This time you guys
can tell me how it works! All I know about the new line is
the products I tried were incredibly and made me feel like
a movie star! I tried the Anti fade series so I would love to
know all about the Super Smooth! Everything about Pureology
screams Luxury and you guys are bound to be the hottest
Mom or Dad on the block and if you give this to a teenage
daughter she might even get off the phone long enough to
say "Thank You, your the Best!"

I know I am planning on trying the Super Straight
next for that is my dream hair but you guys let me know
what one you would like to try next. Just head on over to
their site and look around them come on back and post it!
The contest will start tonight and run to February 13th at
Midnight!
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.

Pureology


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Alright you guys, before I tell you about this product
I need to make clear I have been very fortunate to try some
great beauty products as of late and my hair has reaped some
benefits so even though it is still very damaged it is not
nearly as bad as it was this time a month ago. I also need to
be clear that it is a long way from being healthy too! Like I
have explained to you guys a few times before it is my fault
my hair got this bad. Too many times died, too many perms, too
many products and heat and chemicals. Too much everything!
If I could only start over!

The products I need now to try and heal or should I
say Hydrate the Sahara will cost me a fortune or I could just
shave my head and start over. Yuck to both of those options!
I swear I knew all the items out there that could have any type of
benefit for my straw. I have ran the usual gamut many times
with my daily Panteen and then Jim Freda, Bedhead, Nexus
and others. I even went through a period where I used shampoo
for horses. Really, it was called Mane and Tail and supposed to
be great for really dry hair but the one thing all of those items had
in common was they only offered a temporary fix and the minute
a curling iron, hair dryer or anything else hit my head, game over!
I would follow the directions to a T then condition always
using more then needed stupidly thinking if a dollop of
15 dollar conditioner would help my hair a bunch of dollops
would be the bomb! That was money down the drain, literally.
After that I would use the leave in conditioner, then the
hair serum and thought I had it licked and I was certain this time
I had silky soft hair then I would walk out into
the spectacular sunny day and BAM, poodle city! I even went
as far as to rotate my shampoos for I read somewhere when
your hair gets used to one product you need to switch to
get better results. I wish I could say I was young and naive
but this wasn't that long ago and I am far from young. So My
only solution was to collect two sets of hair care products.
One for every day where I still used all of the items above
but products that were more reasonably priced for with hair
as long as mine was and the amount of shampoo I used there
was no way I could afford Nexus on the daily basis. Then I had
my good stuff for special events. Now I would like to tell you my
special event shampoo rocked and fixed all my problems
but nawwwww, it just kept my out of control hair a
little more controlled but not nearly what I would call
healthy. Still I clung to hope there would be a shampoo
revaluation and my problems would be solved!
Like I told you at the start my hair has been a little
spoiled lately with a few reviews I have done but as much
as I loved the products they are out of my daily price range.
I need something that works and I can afford. Why do I always
feel like I am asking too much? Or I should say did feel that way!
I just reviewed nuNAAT products and WOW.
I need a minute here.......................
WOW!
I really am in shock here. Let me start of with asking you
guys if have ever heard of them before? I hadn't. I can't
believe I hadn't. The item I reviewed was called NaatCream
Intensive Care Conditioning Cream. It comes in a 17.60 oz
jar and claimed that it is for Dry Hair with Split ends and is
Hydrating. Now I can live up to my part of the bargain and have
the Dry, Damaged hair with Split Ends that needs Hydrating
so I was curious to see if they could live up to thier end of
the bargain. I was also determined not to give them any
breaks and instead of using my normal shampoo I grabbed
my sons VO5 for that is just about as good as taking a bar
of soap to my hair for the softness factor. Now the product is
a deep conditioner so it needs to sit so I washed my hair and
then applied as directed and let it sit while I finished all my
other business. Then I rinsed and held my breath. Why I
did that is for any time I use something on my hair that
is not good at all I can tell the minute I try to run a brush
through it. My hair tangles super easy and I can tell instantly
if the conditioner I used did any good at all for if it doesn't work
I am faced with the daunting task of getting all the knots out
of my hair and Ouch, owwie, Ohh, Ouch, it is not pleasant.
The brush sailed right through.
I was not ready to do a happy dance. Years of bad hair and
skepticism have made my forget the dance moves. Now
I said no breaks and I meant it so I did not use the leave in,
nor any mouse or any other product at all. I also decided to
let it air dry for when I do I loose about 3 inches from shrinkage
because of the curl in my hair. I hate that curl! I took a break and
went and hung out with the Monster who was just up from a nap.
Now I wasn't going to be so mean as to not run a brush through
my hair a few times as it dried for my hair takes about 2 hours
to dry and if I don't brush it a couple of times I get the crazy
kinks and puffs all over and I didn't see the brushing as cutting
the Naat Cream any breaks for it is more like training my
hair to stop doing that. ( 40 years of training and it still
hasn't learned though) I didn't plan on it but I got so caught
up with Rowan I plum forgot. About 3 hours later I remembered
and ran to the bathroom for I was afraid I would have to
start over.
This is where I was stunned.
My hair was smooth and though had a little wave the
curls were not there. I didn't know if I should laugh or
cry. I was so happy with the natural, no straightening
needed results but I was also afraid to touch it. I used
a hair Glaze from another place once that left my hair
looking like that but it was also so heavy and weighted
down and just plain nasty I had to run, not walk, back
to the shower and wash it out. It was gross! I was afraid
I would need my running shoes again for no way
could my hair look this smooth and soft without some
sort of oily residue.I cringed, reached up and almost
fainted. This stuff rocked. Soft, shiny hair. Smooth and
did not feel dry at all. Perfect, that was what I wanted.
I can not tell you how impressed I was for even the
other reviews I did lately I used the shampoo and
conditioner and a deep conditioner to get the same
results I just got here with just a conditioner. I started laughing
like some crazy mad man and made poor Rowan cry
for she thought her Mom lost her mind. All I needed was
one last thing to finish the review. I told you I had never
heard of nuNAAT before so I did not know how much it
cost. I was looking at my hair and thinking a lot. This
would be another one for my Saturday Shelf for those
rare dress up moments. I went to the computer and
pulled up Google Shopping ( I love that!) and would
you believe this ( a Deep conditioners that always cost
more then the regular) was under 6 dollars! Did
a Jig here I suddenly remembered the old dance moves and
on a whim checked the price of the Shampoo and
regular Conditioner. SAME! I can afford this! I can afford
this every day! I can have soft, silky, shiny, straight hair
every day. EVERY DAY!
My Review of nuNAAT, well let's just say they are my
new best friends! I am over the moon impressed doing a jig
and cuddling my wallet like a love struck teenager thinking
of all the money I can save and still look good! I am so happy
with the results I might have to go and buy some matching shoes
for the outfit I need to buy to celebrate! Then I am going to
go out to the corner Pub I have not stepped foot into in years
and toss my hair around!
nuNAAT says you can try some of their goodness too
and sent along a nuNAAT Karite Special Antifrizz Therma Active
for one of my readers. To enter just go to the site and take
a look around then come back here and tell me what
product you would like to try. The contest starts today, January
5th and will run to Midnight on Febuary 9th so I can get it
to you in time for Valentines Day for you are going to want to
use it if this is even half as great as the Conditioner I used!

USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to
contact me with their mailing information. As always
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of
the day and other ways to enter are posted below.



nuNAAT


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