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Review: Marie Veronique Organics–Kid Safe Sunscreen

In an effort to switch products over to more organic and earth friendly products I welcome trying out organic and green products.

I received a bottle of Marie Veronique Organics–Kid Safe Screen with SPF 25+. Upon first receiving the Kid Safe Screen I looked over the bottle. Bottle is recyclable and Contents are biodegradable. In reading over the ingredients, I was refreshed to see items that were familiar like, green and white tea, for example.

We decided to go to the public pool. I decided this would be the ultimate test of how the Marie Veronique Organics Kids Safe Screen would work. I did like that it has a pump top. I applied it to my kids. One thing i did notice was it didn’t seem to rub in. The kids were left with, what appeared to me and them to be, white streaky skin. I tried to take a picture of my one sons belly:

You can see the white patches that just wouldn’t rub in on the left side of his belly button and a little above. The kids were joking with each other and said they were ghosts.

The scent of the product was mild. I think it was the combo scent of green and white tea along with the mango butter and ylang ylang.

The bottle clearly states to “shake well.” and “Reapply every two hours and after swimming, perspiring, and towel drying.” I made sure to follow the directions as stated. It did prevent any sun burns. I even applied it to my 14 month old son and he did fine with it.

The bottle states it is safe and gentle enough to even use around the eyes. I did apply it to all of our faces. Some sunscreens can sting when you sweat and it runs in your eyes. This did not do that.

I reapplied it several times since the kids were at the pool for almost 4 hours and they were swimming. I applied before we left the house and twice at the pool. For the the size of the bottle and what the directions say I don’t know that this Sun Screen is the best choice for a day at the pool.

Review Summary:

Pros: Kids Safe, Organic, did protect from sun if followed directions, recyclable bottle and biodegradable contents

Cons: Expensive for the size ($24 for a 2.7 oz bottle), left streaky residue, need to reapply frequently

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What We Won Wednesday—3rd week

“What We Won Wednesday” is a place to share our wins for the past week. It doesn’t have to be just blog giveaways it could be: a scratch off ticket win, a basket party win, a national sweepstakes, twitter party or whatever you’d like to tell us about. If you can remember where you won it too,that would be great.

There are several purposes to this post

1. To encourage others
2. To share in the joy with our fellow readers and bloggers
3. To show that people really do win

So Congratulations every body. I hope you all have wins to share!

My wins:

1. Davinci Beads from http://www.mnmspecial.com/ I won a bracelet in the length i wanted and my choice of 3 beads!

2. Himalayan Salt Lamp from

http://tnshadylady.blogspot.com/2010/08/salt-power-himalayan-salt-lamp-giveaway.html

So excited about this one. I thought they looked really cool and took advantage of about

 every entry offered then came back to tweet several times lol

3. Huggies wipes from @huggies #wipeswednesday on twitter. I just found out that every wednesday you answer a certain question they tweet and they pick…i think it’s 10 winners from the answers. Oh boy can i use these!

4. $50 Chocomize gc from www.busy-mommy.com
I was so lucky this week to win so many things I really wanted. If you haven’t seen the chocomize site you get to make your own chocolate bars with whatever ingredients you want. I’m interested in trying one with the gold dust just because I can lol.

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Wholesale Keychains Digital Keychain Review and Giveaway—CLOSED

I received a cute pink Digital Photo Keychain from Wholesalekeychains.com. I love my pink stuff especially since I have 3 boys and the only pink in the house comes from me. The digital photo keychain was a nice size. Not too bulky, slender design, and a nice easy to use clip to attach it to a key, purse, backpack etc.

I attached it to the zipper on my purse for easy access to those proud momma moments. The Digital Photo Keychain I received holds 140 of my photos! I think that’s great for a digital keychain. There are easy to use buttons on the back that let you toggle through pictures and turn it off and on.

The Digital Photo Keychain from wholesalekeychains.com came with a usb cable to plug it into your computer for uploading pictures and charging. The software automatically loaded on my computer when i plugged it into the computer and turned it on. The uploading software was easy to use.

The picture screen is a nice size for a digital photo keychain. You can adjust the timer to have it shut off automatically after so long. It can automatically scroll the pictures when turned on or you can toggle through yourself.

The instructions are pretty easy to follow. It only took me a couple minutes to figure out how to use it.

Review Summary: At only $9.99 for this particular keychain I think this is a great value. It is nicely made and easy to use. This would make a $10 gift or stocking stuffer for the upcoming holidays. Think about this for your teenager, a grand parent, or just about anyone who owns a computer. You can even have them engraved for an extra $5.99. I think this is a real bargain if you’ve ever wanted a digital keychain.

Check out wholesalekeychains.com digital photo keychain selection. They have many more colors to choose from. There are also ones with more memory to hold even more pictures.

GIVEAWAY

Wholesalekeychains.com is offering one of my readers the same pink digital photo keychain I received!

Mandatory Entry: Visit this link: digital photo keychains and tell me what other digital photo keychain you like (please include color). Don’t forget to leave an email address so I may contact you if you win. Mandatory Entry must be completed before any bonus entries will count.

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***I received the pink digital photo keychain at no cost to me. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. Any opinions expressed are my own***

This Product Was a Free Giveaway

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Review: CostumeSuperCenter.com

Around about July, my kids start telling me what they want to be for Halloween. They usually change their minds about a bazillion times until I have to pin them down to make a decision. This year I decided to pin them down sooner. Getting costumes for 3 boys usually gives me a headache. “I want that one, no wait I want that one, wait I’m going to look at this one again?”

Last year I ordered my oldest son’s costume online. Sooo much better. They could click through the costumes and decide that way. We started looking through CostumeSuperCenter.com They had a nice selection of boys costumes. There are categories to easily find what you’re looking for. It was also nice to see that I could forego sifting through the girls costumes as well since they have a boys Halloween costumes link too.

My 2 older boys are really into Star Wars right now so of course they wanted to look at the Star Wars costumes. Right away my oldest was looking at the Child Boba Fett Costume.

He kept going back and forth as to which one he wanted to be. He looked through all the other boys Halloween costumes as well. One of my favorites was the Zombie Skate Punk costume for only $28.99. My oldest considered it but went right back to the Child Boba Fett Costume. I let my kids decide what they want to be each year then it’s up to me to figure out the most budget friendly way to do it. ( I’m no Martha Stewart so it usually means just finding the best deals).

So my oldest decided that, yes he did in fact want to be Boba Fett for Halloween this year. I gave him a warning that once we got it, that’s what he was going to be. That means no changing. He agreed. We got the costume from CostumeSuperCenter.com really fast. He just had to try it on:

What a show off lol. He’s happy with his costume. The prices are great. The shipping is fast. I really can’t believe the deals on the costumes for the types of costumes they have. I feel better knowing one costume is taking care of. Now only 2 more to go.

Browse through CostumeSuperCenter.com and tell me what you think your kids would like to be.

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