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Lady Soma Cranberry Concentrate Review

You may have seen Cranberry supplements on the market before. So what’s the big deal about cranberry supplements anyway? Cranberries contain vitamin C as well as being good for the urinary tract and kidneys.

Cranberries are a super food but I’ll be honest, when I want fruit cranberries are not my go to snack. I’m not a huge fan of cranberry juice, I don’t like fresh cranberries, and I can eat the dried cranberries but usually only limited amounts at a time. So for me, Lady Soma Cranberry Concentrate is a good option.

Even if you LOVE cranberries there is still a reason for you to take this supplement. Just one Lady Soma Cranberry Concentrate tablet is equal to 5,050 mg of fresh cranberries. You only need to take one a day unless you need more intensive use you can take 2 daily. If you take only one daily, this bottle will last you for 2 months. The pills are in a gel tab form and easy to swallow. There is no bitter taste in your mouth. In fact I get a little hint of cranberry flavor just before I swallow the pill.

Lady Soma Cranberry Concentrate is made here in the USA, has the Good Manufacturing Processes seal of approval, and Lady Soma is an associated member of the Organic Trade Association.

The key benefits of the Cranberry Concentrate are:

–Healthy Urinary Tract

–Inhibits bacteria

–Treats and prevents bacterial infection

–Promote Kidney Health

These are important to me because I have had 2 kidney infections before. My last one was when I was pregnant with my 2nd son. The kidney infection actually, according to my doctor at the time, irritated my uterus and ended up causing premature labor with my son 6 weeks before his due date. Thankfully they were able to stop the contractions and he was born closer to his due date but that is always in the back of my head. Now that I’m pregnant with number 4 I’m trying to make sure I drink enough water, empty my bladder, and eat right so it doesn’t happen again.

Right now the Cranberry Concetrate is on sale on LadySoma.com for just $12.74 a bottle.

You can find @LadySomaHealth on twitter and on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LadySomaHealth

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Simply-bags.com Custom Tote Bag review

Simple-Bags.com offers a wide selection of…you guessed it..bags. Everything from tote bags to duffle bags, lunch bags to cosmetic bags you can find them there. They most recently started their line of custom tote bags. You can get a bag custom embroidered with your initials, you company logo, or a number of other personalization.

I had the chance to review their lightweight travel tote that they custom embroidered for me.

This particular tote is available in orange, green, or turquoise. This is a nice size tote and nicer looking than some of the totes I have. The monograms they embroidered on my back was done beautifully. I have used this tote for a number of things. One of my favorite uses was taking it to my boys’ football games. See it’s been a bit chilly and rainy here lately. I’m at the football fields almost every Sunday for no less than 5 hours so I want to make sure my youngest and I are as comfortable as possible while we watch their games. I packed mine with 3 umbrellas (extras for the the son who wasn’t playing) hoodies for the boys to put on after their games, a couple diapers and some wipes for my toddler, my wallet, my camera, a few small toys to keep my youngest busy, sunglasses, lip balm, um…I think that might be it. But it worked great. It seems to be made of a pretty durable material too. It’s been in the rain with me.

You can see that it’s a nice size tote. There are a few small pocket on the inside, one of them having a zipper. There are also to layered pockets underneath the monogram that are fairly deep and accommodate things like your e-reader, tablet, a book, etc.

This was a functional tote that would work for so many things. At a cost of only $22.95 this is a quality tote for your travels or when you you have to bring everything but the kitchen sink.

***I received the above pictures/described tote at no cost in order complete a review. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. Any opinions expressed are my own.***

Premama Prenatal Vitamins an alternative to the horse pills

As I’m writing this post I’m currently about 15 weeks into my pregnancy, this is baby #4. With each one of my children I’ve had morning sickness. With this pregnancy I was (and still am on occasion) getting sick several times a day. For nearly a month I could hardly keep anything down and my doctor finally gave me something for nausea. That is only after I had lost 9 lbs. Pretty much the only things I could tolerate ingesting was apple juice, water, apples, and occasionally broth.

While dealing with all this morning sickness I need to take a prenatal vitamin daily. Most prenatal vitamins are big. When you don’t even feeling like eating a bite of meat or taking a bite out of sandwich, a prenatal vitamin can look like a horse pill. I tried to find the smallest one I could find and still couldn’t always keep it down. I did find a solution though, Premama Prenatal Vitamin powdered supplement mix.

I did a video review of Premama Prenatal Vitamins that explains some of the benefits and what I thought of it
The idea is it’s a supplement mix that can be mixed into just about any drink you can tolerate while pregnant. Each packet is your full daily daily of prenatal vitamin but it has two sides. You can take it all at once in 8 oz of your drink of choice or break it up and take half maybe in the morning and the other half in the afternoon or before bed. Whenever you feel like you can. It has no flavor to it. I even tried it in water and it didn’t change the flavor or consistency. They are portable so if you can’t take it in the morning due to nausea or any other reason you can stick it in a pocket or purse and take it when it works out for you.

For more info on Premama Prenatal powdered supplement mix you can check out their website: http://drinkpremama.com/ You can also find Premama on twitter @drinkpremama and on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drinkpremama

***I received a 30 day supply of Premama Prenatal vitamins for this post as well as payment through promotional partnership with Premama and MomSelect.***

Bedford Slims Vapourette Premium Electronic Cigarette review

I wanted to first stop off by saying that I don’t smoke but my husband does. He’s been making an honest effort to quit but usually ends up getting back into the habit. Though I can say he has cut down on his smoking since we’ve been together and he does not smoke in our house.

Beside the well known health risks of smoking, most people know it’s also an expensive habit. If you’re not ready to quit, Bedford Slims Vapourette premium electronic cigarette might help.

My husband received 2 different types of cartridges one with a higher nicotine level (24 mg) includes menthol and the other with a light nicotine (12 mg) option which is a dark roast. The tobacco is made with real tobacco leaves and vanilla. The dark roast has pure gum arabica beans with caffeine and ginko biloba.

The Bedford Slims Vapourette mini-kit comes with the Vapourette (e-cig), the flavor cartridges, and a USB charger to charge your Vapourette.

While there is still nicotine and tobacco present there are other benefits to using the Vapourette.

–No harmful smoke means no second hand smoke. It also means no smoke smell in your hair and clothes.

–No fire or flames which means no risk of burns from ashes or smoking fires

–cheaper than regular cigarettes you can get a 5 cartridge flavor pack for only $13. Each cartridge is good for 300 puffs and is equal to 1 pack of cigarettes. So compare one cartridge at $2.60 to 1 pack of cigarettes which is what now? $4, $5? I don’t even know anymore.

–More environmentally friendly, no discarded cigarette butts, no harmful smoke in the air

–Some of the harmful ingredients that are in regular cigarettes are not in Bedford Slims Vapourettes like the tar, and carcinogens. The ingredient list include: water, nicotine, natural and artificial flavors, and glycerin. That’s it.

My husband tried it. He says it’s not too bad. There is a scent that comes off of the vapourette because there is an atomizer in it. The smell was actually quite pleasant. I told him it reminded me of a cigar only without the smoke. It’s also a kind of attractive device. Here’s a close up of the Bedford Slims Vapourette with my husband holding it.

I tried to capture my husband using the Vapourette

You can see the atomizer working in this picture. This is a vapor not smoke that comes off the Vapourette. What I tried to get but didn’t show up in the picture is when my husband takes a puff of it, the tip actually glows, just like the tip of a real cigarette would do.

Being that it still contains nicotine and tobacco it’s still not “good for you” and not sure if it would help in quitting smoking but at least it would cut out some of the negative things about it if you are someone that is having a hard time quitting. I do encourage you to look into smoking cessation classes or programs in your area if you want to try to quit. Also talking to your doctor would help. They would have knowledge of ways you might be able to quite too.

You can find Bedford Slims on twitter @bedfordslims and on facebook: Facebook.com/bedfordslims

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

SkinCareRX.com Dermalogica Review

SkinCareRX.com offers a variety of products to fit your skin care needs. From top name brands, to earth friendly products they offer a skin care product for you.

Just one of many brands that SkinCareRX.com offers is Dermalogica. I had the opportunity to try out 3 of the products from Dermalogica’s Age Smart line.

I’m only 30 something but as I’ve mentioned before I do have some fine line by the corners of my eyes, deeper ones between my eye brows and some subtle laugh lines. I like to try to nip things in the bud before they get out of hand.

The Dermalogica Super Rich Repair is a cream that is meant to be applied both morning and night. It works well for dry, dehydrated skin. The fall is coming and my skin is already feeling the effects. My skin tend to dry out in the fall and winter to the point that it gets itchy. This cream made my skin soft and dewy like. It contains peptides that are supposed to help simulate collagen production, improve elasticity, and tone.

The next product was the Dermalogica Age Reversal Eye Complex. This product is meant to be used before bed. It is a cream that helps combat signs of aging around the eyes with a retinol treatment. It’s a medium consistency creams that absorbs well around the eye.

The last product I tried was the Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum. This antiaging product was different than most other products I’ve used. It is a clear serum, thin and feels almost like baby oil. It can be applied directly to the skin after cleansing or can be applied over top of your night cream. You only need few drops. This worked well in combination with the Super Rich Repair I wrote about above.

The products mentioned above can be found on SkinCareRX.com.

***I received deluxe size samples of each product in order to complete a review. I completed this review in partnership with Fringe Media.***