Blogging Mama

* I received a custom VoxBox for free from Influenster and Country Crock . This product was given to me to test and review. All opinions are my own unless otherwise noted! When you think of butter, what comes to mind? For me, it's Country Crock! Why? The answer is simple, because it reminds me of simpler times, baking in the kitchen with my grandma. Also, every time you would come over to her home and open her refrigerator for whatever reason, you would see butter containers all over. Inside these containers you wouldn't know if you were going to find leftovers or butter. It was something that always made me laugh and another sweet memory of grandma.  Now, back in the day, I don't remember if there was just one size that the butter came in or not. I don't even remember the flavor it had. It has been a very long time since I have had Country Crock. What I do remember about it is the memories that were made in the kitchen with grandma and hopefully I will be ab...

* Toosum reached out to me on Twitter and asked if I would be interested in sampling their snack bars. Although the products were free to me, my opinions are honest and all my own!* I am fairly new to the healthier eating club. I have tried a few diets/lifestyle adjustments and have seen results here and there with what I was trying to achieve. As far as snacks, I don't know as much. Recently, I've been avoiding too many carbs unless I'm running, but even then I try to be careful as to what exactly it is that I am eating. At first glance of each bar, it looks and sounds great! Coconut and banana? Can't go wrong! Something about this one just didn't make it into my top favorite bars though, flavor wise. I was a bit disappointed. I decided I would check out the ingredients. I was happy to see things that I am already familiar with, like chia seeds and rolled oats. This made me feel better about eating the bars that I was testing and reviewing. My conc...

*I was given a pair of NatraCure   Cold/Heat Therapy Socks to test and review for free. All opinions are my own!* NatraCure reached out to me on Twitter to test and review a product of my choice that was on their list. This was very new and different to me as I normally seek out the companies I would like to review for and also have joined sites that help me find brands that already are looking for people like me. Well, to say the least, I was thrilled to try something new, as I always am. Upon receiving the product of my choosing, (Cold/Heat Therapy Socks) I examined them carefully. A gel pack was inserted in the front/top and another was placed inside the back where your foot would rest. These can be easily pulled out and put back in, whenever you need them. I then decided to read the inserts which told me the following: After checking out the gel packs, (front and back) I felt the inside of the socks, and tried them on. They were very soft and comfortable, a...

*I received this product free of charge to test and review. All opinions are my own!* Although I'm an esthetician (facialist) and have put lashes (individual and sets) on others, I really struggled to apply and keep these on. The first time, I was so excited to look hot for my date, I gave myself plenty of time to get ready and not be stressed about how I looked. I watched a few how to videos, just to brush up on the application process. I thought, wow, this is going to be easy! I made a huge mess on my eye, and it looked so bad after I tried to clean up. It looked like I got punched in the eyes and I had to really scrub to remove it. The second time, I used a little less adhesive and a lot more pressure. This time, I really thought it was going to work out, until it just fell off. *Sigh!* Kind of scared to try just one more time, but I will and hopefully I'll have a better report. I feel I failed badly and giving people in my type of work a bad name. Some positives that s...

*I received these products for free from Crowdtap in the Garnier Crowd, to host a party where we were to test and review the products given* Please give me a day to get this blog fully posted. I had some great feedback I would love to share with you, my readers. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

*I received these products for free from Crowdtap in the Playskool Crowd. In exchange I will be testing and reviewing to give my honest feedback* Here is little miss Katelyn doing an Unboxing video for YouTube & Vine.                 Link to YouTube video & my channel Please stick with me! I have some great material to show you in the next few days but I'm also trying to sort out my room/office so I don't have to keep making posts on my iPad.

* I recently received a coupon for a free  Ore-Ida  product in my complementary Jingle Voxbox from  Influenster . All opinions are my own unless otherwise noted.* I was asked to come up with some recipes and do a review on my Ore-Ida product selection. We chose the  Extra Crispy Tater Tots  because I figured you can't really go wrong with crispy tater tots and my family will devour them up quickly. I just recently was able to remember and go up to my local grocery store to pick them up. That's the only small problem I have with coupons in my Voxbox but hey, free is free, right?! As soon as I brought the product home, "Dads2cents" decided to make a couple to test them out. The bag said 425 degrees for around 20-25 minutes (sorry, I  didn't remember to get a good picture of the side for clarification.) I took them out, we tested a few and they were not fully cooked (had some lumps in them) or crispy. They were a bit more salty than I would have thought a...