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Diamond Candles (the ones with the ring inside) review and giveaway 30 winners!

I first heard about Diamond Candles about 6 or 7 months ago. They are soy candles offered in a variety of scents. What makes these candles different? Each candles contains a ring inside it’s wax. The ring can have a value of $10, $100, $1,000, or even $5,000!

I really wanted to try one of these candles but I hemmed and hawed about it because the price is $24.95 per candle. So when my birthday came I had got some money. I decided this was the time to treat myself. I had a really hard time deciding which one to get. I ended up choosing the Cupcake scent. The candle comes in a heavy glass jar with a lid. Each candle has a burn time of 125-160 hrs each. The cupcake scent was lovely. It made almost my whole downstairs smell like cupcakes. I burned it for a couple hours a day about 2-3 days until I was able to get to the ring without messing up my candle. The ring is visible on the side of the candle wrapped in gold foil. It’s also in a small plastic zipper pouch so the ring doesn’t get messed up.

Here is the ring I pulled out of my first Diamond Candle.

This ended up being one of the $10 rings. The “China” stamped on the inside of the ring was the tip off. It’s still a pretty ring though. It ended up being way to big for me. It’s a size 12. The cool part is, Diamond Candle fans created a rings swap page. You can trade rings for rings in your size or buy rings in your size that you like.

When I heard that Diamond Candles were looking for a few bloggers to review their candles. I applied. I hoped I would get it. I love Diamond Candles and wanted a chance to share it with my readers. For the review I got a Diamond Candle in the scent “Sweet Pea”. It smelled so lovely. Everyone in the house loved it. Even my boys, which was surprising. They usually only go for the sweet treat scents.

You can see the gold foil showing on the left inside of the candle

I pulled the foil pack out using a toothpick. I had a napkin ready to catch the waxy foil packet.

After I unwrapped the foil I saw my ring through the small clear zipper baggie.

There’s my ring. It had a big stone on it. All clear stones. I believe that this one is a $10 ring also. This one also has “china” stamped on the inside of the ring. The stones and metal do not feel like precious metals or stones. But, it’s still a pretty ring. This one was not quite as big as the first one I got but it’s still about 1 size to big. I’m guessing it to be about an 8.

I think these candles are so much fun. I think they are well worth the $24.95. Between the ring and the great scented candle it would be a great gift too!

You can find Diamond Candle on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/diamondcandles

You can also find Diamond Candles on twitter: @DiamondCandles

So you want one right? Well Diamond Candles is giving away 30 Diamond Candles. That’s right I said 30. That’s 30 winners!

You can enter using the Rafflecopter form below.

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I received the product described above at no cost, in order to complete a review and host a giveaway. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. Any opinions expressed are my own.

Gifts for family fun at Uncommongoods.com review and giveaway

Uncommongoods.com is the perfect name for this company. They offer a huge selection of unique and creative gifts while offering quality items that are affordable.

Check out Uncommongoods.com and you’re likely to find a number of items you’d love to have. You may just find the perfect gift for a gift that is almost as unique as the person you’re giving it to. They offer things like unique jewelry, toys (and they break the categories down into age groups), office supplies/decor, and lots more. There are great items for funny birthday gift ideas that you can find here: http://www.uncommongoods.com/occasions/birthday-gifts

Uncommongoods.com put together a Family Fun set for me to review. I love the fact that they offer items the whole family can enjoy too.

One of the first things we tried was the Portable Ping Pong set. I wasn’t quite sure how this was going to work. The set contains 2 high quality paddles, 2 ping pong balls and a table net that folds up nicely.

This is a stock photo so you can see the set up close.

The net recoils sort of inside the “poles” on the one side. They are weighted so they don’t move if the ball hits it. The one “pole” is hollowed so that both the ping pong balls fit nicely inside for storage. The paddles are very sturdy. There is a button at the base of the paddle head that folds the handles into the paddle head for neater storage. The button is situated so you don’t have to worry about accidently bumping it while you’re playing.

We set it up on our dining room table. It worked out really well for us.

The next thing was the Emergency Clown Nose. I’ll be honest I thought this item wouldn’t pick up much interest in our house but, I was so wrong.

I comes in a cute little container. It has a slit in it to slide it over your nose. This was the first thing out of all the items we got to review, that my oldest son wanted to check out.

And there’s my clown trying it out. The kids were trying to grab it from each other and making faces with it. Even my toddler wanted a turn.

The last item in our kit was the Fingerprint Art set. This was a very cool idea. It comes in a little tin. There are 3 different color stamp pads, a number of stamps, and colored pencils. You can create pictures with finger prints.

Even though it was a fairy tale set with mostly girly theme, my boys still made the most of it. The stamps were things like fairy wings, a crown, toad stools, etc. This would be a neat little set to keep in your rainy day ideas box.

With Valentine’s day coming up they even have a category of heart gifts, check them out here. Everything heart shaped! And with everyone dreaming of spring they offer a nice selection of humming bird feeders. Beautiful glass feeders and feeders with unique designs. Great idea for the bird watcher that you can find on Uncommon Goods website.

You can find Uncommon Goods on facebook

Twitter: @Uncommongoods

GIVEAWAY

Uncommon Goods is going to give 1 Luv Saving Money reader a $50 gift code!

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Live Q and A With Angelina Jolie Thurs. 11/12 8 PM EST/5 PT GIVEAWAY

Don’t forget to post your questions in the blog comments below. You have a chance to have your questions answered live during this event by Angelina Jolie herself. Also one person who comment with a question for Angelina Jolie about her 1st writing and directorial debut for the movie In The Land of Blood and Honey, will be entered to win a Movie Poster!

For more behind the scenes info, you can check out my previous post about the Q & A here: http://angiewith2.blogspot.com/2012/01/anyone-want-to-participate-in-live-q.html

Fuller Brush Co. Foaming DisposalClean review and giveaway

Another great product from Fuller Brush Co. Foaming DisposalClean. I mentioned in my other review and giveaway for the Premium Floor Care from Fuller Brush Co. that the Fuller Brush Co. has been around for over 100 years! I’m thinking for a company to be in business for that long, they must be doing something right.

I have a garbage disposal and I’ve a number of different disposal cleaning products. If it’s possible to “enjoy” using a garbage disposal cleaning product, I’d say, “yes, I did enjoy using this product”.

First off this product comes in a nice sized 14.5 oz can with a straw to attach to the nozzle of the can. The straw was very sturdy and I was able to apply it easily. You spray the cleaning foam down into your garbage disposal until it start to flow to the top of the garbage disposal rim. It tells you to use a Fuller Brush disposal cleaning brush around the rim but i simply used a cleaning brush that i have.

The foam was thick. You’re supposed to leave the foam in the disposal for 3-5 minutes to give it time to break up all the yucky stuff in there. Then you rinse it down with warm water. This product had a pleasant citrus scent that lasted several hours after I cleaned my garbage disposal.

You can also find Fuller Brush Co. on twitter: @FullerBrushCo

On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FullerBrushCo

and Fuller Brush Co on Google+

Fuller Brush Co. Garbage Disposal Cleaner is priced at $6.99 on the Fuller Brush website. You can also find Fuller Brush Co. products at retailers like True Value, Altemeyer’s Home Stores, Meijer, Home Depot, Ace Hardware and more. Just check out their “Where to Buy” section.

GIVEAWAY

1 Luv Saving Money Reader is going to win a can of Fuller Brush Co. Disposal Cleaner to try out for themselves.

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Anyone want to participate in a live Q & A session with Angelina Jolie?

I have a unique offer to do a live Q & A session with Angelina Jolie on Thursday Jan 12 at 8 PM EST (5 PM PST) for her writing and directorial debut of her new movie “In The Land of Blood and Honey”.
Anyone who wants to participate will post your question in the comments of my blog below.

GIVEAWAY: One person who comments on this post: http://angiewith2.blogspot.com/2012/01/live-q-and-with-angelina-jolie-thurs.html with a question will be drawn to win a “In The Land of Blood and Honey” movie poster. Deadline to submit questions is 1/12/12

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Click on the app above to see behind the scenes of the movie and more. Please spread the word on this. I’d love to have a good turn out for this. I’ve never had an opportunity like this before. I think it would be great for Luv Saving Money readers to interact and have YOUR questions answered by Angelina Jolie!

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