Gurin Pulse Oximeter GO-410 Review

I received the below mentioned product in order to complete an honest review. Any opinions expressed are my own. This post is not intended to give medical advice.

I work in a hospital and use Pulse Oximeters on a daily basis. Working as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant it’s important to keep track of many of my patients’ oxygen levels and/or heart rate for one reason or another. As a mom of a child with asthma, I’ve often thought how I should buy one to have at home.

I tend to get a bit jumpy when it comes to my son’s asthma. His asthma trigger is respiratory illnesses so October to March is prime time for asthma attacks for him. As soon as I hear him breathing a little heavier I’m watching him like a hawk. He’s been hospitalized twice in the past for his asthma and I don’t want to go there again. With respiratory illnesses though sometimes that junky sound or heavier breathing can just be a part of the illness. Having a pulse oximeter at home can help me monitor him better and help me make a better decision on whether his inhalers are effective or if it’s time for a doctor’s visit or even ER visit.

The Gurin GO-410 Finger Pulse Oximeter is perfect for home use. It’s portable, light weight, easy to store, easy to read, and easy to use. When you order it you’ll get the pulse ox device itself, a neck/wrist cord, case, and even 3 – AAA batteries that are required.

The Go-410 Pulse ox clips onto your finger and can fit a wide range of finger sizes. It’s comfortable on the finger. I was able to get a good reading on myself, my husband, and all 3 of my boys. It didn’t work as well on my daughter’s finger. She’s only 2 and has tiny fingers. Also, she wasn’t willing to sit with it on her finger.

You clip it on your finger and hit the gray “on” button. It gave us all a reading within a couple seconds. It uses an OLED screen with a nice contrast so it’s easy to see the numbers on the screen.

This reading was on my 12 year old son’s finger. It shows his blood oxygen saturation is 96% and his heart rate is 91.

Of course the key to my son’s asthma is trying to avoid triggers and staying on top it when it does occur. We also have periodic visits with his pediatrician. Having the pulse ox at home though is just a little peace of mind and helps me firm up my ER visit decisions.

The Gurin Go-410 Pulse Oximeter is available on Amazon:

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Jackpot Candles Review and Reveal

I received the below mentioned product in order to complete an honest review. Any opinions expressed are my own. Prize is sponsored by Jackpot Candles.

Jackpot Candles as their slogan goes “A Jackpot In Every Candle” I’m a fan of scented candles. Over the years though I’ve gotten more and more particular. I prefer soy candles. If they’re made in the USA, well that candle is for me. Jackpot Candles are just that and then some. Hand poured right here in the US.

I already told you a few reasons to love Jackpot Candles but why not a few more? How about the scent choices available? I had such a hard time deciding which scent I wanted to review. I finally decided on Hot Fudge Brownie. For one reason because it was a bit off from my regular go-to scents. I wanted to try something different. Another reason…who doesn’t love the smell of brownies in their kitchen?

I received my candle pretty quickly. I trimmed the wick and wasted no time lighting it. Within a few minutes the smell of chocolate started wafting through the house. The chocolate scent kind of put me in mind of opening a fresh tootsie roll and bringing it up to your mouth.

I let my candle burn for a few hours each day. There was some mushrooming of the wick so I made sure to trim it before lighting each time. Each day I patiently waited for a glimpse of what could be my jackpot. The picture below is after about 3 days of burning roughly 4 hours each day. Oh and PS it burned really nice. When I say “really nice” I mean smooth, no tunneling or pooling in certain areas.

While my candle burned I enjoyed the pleasant chocolate scent and anxiously documented my progress on instagram. After day 3 I blew out my candle, went to bed and figured tomorrow is another day. Can I be honest with you though, I’m happy it took a few days longer than most candles of this type have. I’ve had other ones where I burn it for a day or two and there’s the prize I mean, don’t get me wrong I love candles but I like the anticipation of the prize too. Oh one thing I forgot to mention with Jackpot Candles…you can choose what type of jewelry prize you get. You can pick a necklace, earrings, or ring. I chose an earring prize. BUT you have no idea what your prize will look like or how much it’s worth. That’s the fun part.

So I went to light my candle on day 4 and noticed some shininess peeking our of the dried wax.

Uh oh something is peeking in my candle. @jackpotcandles can’t wait to see what’s in my hot fudge brownie candle #review

A photo posted by Angie Beechan (@angwith4) on Mar 1, 2015 at 4:36pm PST

Even though I knew it was there I still had to light it for a bit to loosen the wax and pull out my prize. I did as any good blogger/vlogger would do and did a video of me pulling my prize out and opening it:

So did you watch the video. I went to Jackpot Candles’ appraisal page, put in my code and it said my earring were valued at $22. Hey I’ll take it. They can be worn with anything really. Here’s an up close picture of the earrings that came out of my Hot Fudge Brownie Jackpot Candle.

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Teaser Post for Review Starting Tomorrow

I have a few exciting things coming up for you guys. I just pulled the prize out of my Jackpot Candle. Hot Fudge Brownie Jackpot Candle to be precise. I’ll be posting my review of the candle tomorrow along with the prize reveal, and another surprise for you. Here’s some teaser pics for ya.

If you really just can NOT wait until tomorrow to see what I got, I did upload the reveal video on my youtube channel: http://youtu.be/0B7aZDY2Dno

But you’ll still have to wait to see my prize appraisal.

Dial Miracle Oil Body Wash Review

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Dial Miracle Oil Body Wash is the newest addition to the Dial body wash family. Dial Miracle Oil body wash uses Marula oil. It uses a “micro oil technology” for a clean rinsing lather. I had heard of Marula oil before but hadn’t really looked into it much. I don’t think I ever used a product with Marula oil in it before this either. So I wanted to look it up.

According to Marula.org, Marula oil comes from Marula trees in Africa. “It is rich in antioxidants and oleic acid..” I’ve heard over and over again about what antioxidants can do for the skin. As someone who is bothered with very dry skin in the winter time, I was anxious to give this body wash a try. I try to use some type of moisturizing soap in the winter along with a good body lotion.

The body wash has a translucent orange color to it. It has a perfume-like scent to it but I can’t really put my finger on what it smells like exactly. When I dispensed it onto my loofah it didn’t really didn’t look much different then any other body wash I’ve tried before. It’s kind of hard to see it since I have a bright pink loofah but I took a picture.

As I was washing it didn’t really feel any different than any other body wash. It lathered well, it smelled nice, it cleaned well. I’ll tell you where I noticed a difference was when I was out of the shower and dressed. I told you I have dry itchy skin in the winter. I realized I wasn’t itching. I didn’t feel the need to go straight to my body wash. With other (non-moisturizing) body washes I couldn’t wait to get lotion on my body for some relief. This one really did help to appease my skin.

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