Anavita Moisturizing Anti-Wrinkle Cream Review

I’ve been trying to take care of my skins for years now. Always reading things from experts. While there are lots of different theories and ideas about how to look younger, how to take care of your skin, etc there’s usually two things that are consistent: moisturize and use a sunscreen all year.

I’ll admit it took me a long time to jump on the sunscreen wagon . I always wanted that summer glow and thought “why do you need sunscreen in the winter” but I’ve learned through the years. Most of my cosmetics and moisturizers have spf in them. I’ve used moisturizers for a long time though. I tend to get dry skin in the winter. My make-up seems to apply better when I use a moisturizer before hand too. I’m pretty picky about my moisturizers though. If it’s thin and runny I pretty much know it’s not going to work for my skin that dries up as soon as August is done.

Anavita Moisturizing Anti-Wrinkle Cream says you will have more beautiful smoother skin in 2-4 weeks and continuing improvement for 12 weeks. It also states it’s good for all skin types. Well…I accepted that challenge.

My skin on my face is combination. I get quite oily in my T-zone and dry everywhere else. I break out (still even in my 30’s) along my T-zone more often than I think I should at my age. I have this crazy skin that I don’t know if I should be using acne products, aging products, or some kind of combo. I feel thicker moisturizers seem to do better for my skin. Anavita Moisturizing antiwrinkle cream is quite thick. I really have to push my finger into the cream to get it out. It comes in a really nice metal container with a twist off cap.

When I first apply it, it’s almost immediate relief for my dry skin. It doesn’t take a lot to cover the area needed. It definitely made my skin look hydrated. I’ve been using it for about two weeks now. In all honesty, I have not seen any real improvement in the fine lines on my face. My biggest problem is the frown lines between my eye brows but there are also lines by my eyes and mouth. Still, I know that continuing to use a moisturizer and sunscreen will continue to help for the future. This is a good moisturizer, but I can’t say in the two weeks I’ve been using it that I’ve seen any improvement in my wrinkles.

There is a fragrance to it too that is not really for me. It almost has a perfume like fragrance to it.

I will continue to use it because it is a great moisturizer and will hopefully start showing some improvement in my signs of aging. This product sells currently, for $29.95 for a 1.7 fl oz jar on Amazon:

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$150 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway from Lakota Natural Pain Relief

I had the opportunity to try Lakota Natural Pain relief. Read my honest review of the products I received HERE. Lokota is natural pain medicine that uses both tradition medicine and modern natural ingredients like collagen for instance. Enter to your chance to win $150 Amazon Gift Card thanks to Lakota.

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LaKOTA Natural Pain Relief

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There’s no shortage of pain meds that are available on the market today. Regular strength, extra strength, night time, this brand, that brand. Everyone seems to have their go to pain medication that they use. There are even some natural pain medications out there. If you’ve been considering trying natural pain medications you should check out Lakota.

Lakota uses traditional medicine with natural ingredients. Using natural ingredients like white willow bark, yucca root, and devil’s claw. They make a whole line of natural pain medications for arthritis, back, whole body, and even for dogs. It’s available in capsules and roll-on gels.

Prior to this review, I had never heard of or tried any product from Lakota. This box came at the absolute best time, or worst time depending on how you want to look at it. I would swear I have arthritis already even though I’m only 34. Each year it seems to get worse too. I have a hard time getting off the floor, my knees pop sometimes, and more recently when the weather started getting that cooler fall feeling my ankles, knees, fingers, and wrists started getting stiff and even sore. It wouldn’t be a far stretch since my younger sister has already be told by her doctor she has arthritis and my dad has it as well. At night, I really notice it. I’m a side sleeper but I find myself switching sides often as my shoulders and elbows ache if I’m on them too long.

One of the first products I pulled out of the box to try was the Lakota extra strength arthritis. I’ve never taken any kind of pain medicine specific for arthritis before. I took a dose in the am, then again in the pm as the bottle states. I realized my joints felt more fluid and I did notice a reduction in the joint soreness I was having. These capsules were a light weight capsule that were easy to swallow.

This past week, my oldest son came home from football practice and said his left lower back was sore. He asked me if I could put some of the Lakota back pain roll-on relief on his back. The roll-on pain relief comes in a bottle similar to a roll-on deodorant. This made it easy to apply the pain reliever where we needed it.

Initially my son said he didn’t feel anything but after a few minutes he said it burned a bit then after a little while longer got cold. He felt it for about half an hour after putting it on. He said it did actually make his back feel better for a while. Unfortunately later on that night my son was helping me clean up the house. He bent over to roll up the vacuum cord and had such terrible pain in his back that he couldn’t even stand up straight. I had to take him to the ER because I wasn’t sure what was going on. Long story short they said he sprained his back. We were in the ER until 1:30 in the morning so of course I wasn’t able to fill the prescription pain medicine script they gave me. In the mean time I had him try the triple action back pain capsules. My son is 5′ 7″ and outweighs me. He normally has to take adult doses of medication.

Unfortunately with the amount of pain my son was having in his back, he said the Lakota triple action back pain capsules didn’t help much with that. Being that he needed prescription strength pain medication to help with the pain I don’t even know that an over the counter like Tylenol would have worked either.

Last night I tried the Lakota arthritis roll-on since the capsules had been working so well for me. My left lower back had been aching all day. I put some of the arthritis roll on on just the left side of my lower back. Initially I didn’t feel any sensation at all. I layed down in bed for the night and started feeling a burning sensation. Not burning like a muscle rub burning but an actually burning almost like a fire burn feeling. It intensified a bit then it started itching. I thought, oh now I bet I’m allergic to this. It itched me all night long. I got up this morning and looked in the mirror as I was getting dressed and saw a dark pink patch on my back where I had applied the Lakota arthritis roll-on.

This was the only product I tried that I had any issues with. I think I may be allergic to the Lakota arthritis roll-on. It would probably be a good idea to spot test the topical products in a small area for the future.

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Educational Fun for Kids with Dr. Cool Pan for Gold Kit

Looking for something fun to do with the kids? Hoping to bring an educational aspect to it. Gathering ideas for fun, educational, and unique gifts for kids for Christmas? Discover with Dr Cool has all kinds of fun, educational, and hands on activity kits for kids.

One of the kits they offer on their site is the Dr Cool Pan for Gold Kit. Kids can learn how to pan for gold just like the prospectors did. The kit comes with:

10″ prospecting pan
2 bags of “pay dirt” that contains small nuggets of pyrite (fool’s gold)
tools
vial
large pyrite nugget
full color info and activity guide written by teachers

My kids range in age from 12 yrs down to 18 months old. My 12 yr old and 5 yr old were the most excited about this kit. My 10 year old gets more interesting in building type kits. So My oldest son, youngest son, and I decided to pan for gold together.

My 5 yr old son was interested in the large pyrite nugget. My oldest son was ready to get to work on the directions. There is a rookie bag of pay dirt then a more advanced bag. The rookie bag has larger nuggets of pyrite to make it easier. It tells you to only pour so much dirt in the pan at one time. After working on it for a while hind-sight told us maybe we should have used even less than what we did.

You are supposed to use a bucket or basin to dip your prospecting pan in with the dirt in it. None of our buckets were wide enough. I decided to use the kitchen sink and just put the stopper in. Again, I wish we would have had something like a dish washing basin or a foot tub to do this in. After we started working on one clearing the dirt out by swishing the water out I had to wonder if any of the small nuggets of pyrite went into the sink. As the dirt goes in the water it of course gets cloudier so it would be difficult to see if you actually sloshed any pyrite out by accident. At least with a basin you could pour it out little by little and check when you’re done or change the water as you go.

Still with all the mistakes we made we found some little nuggets of pyrite. My 5 yr old was all too excited to use the magnifying glass and tweezer to pick out the tiny nuggest of pyrite and put them in the collection vial. The nuggets were pretty small even in the rookie bag but it gives it a more authentic experience, in my opinion, of how prospectors had to work for the little bit of gold they found. The kids had fun trying to find them in the dirt. My oldest son started the panning with the water. This process took a long time. I think it would have went quicker had we used less pay dirt at a time. My oldest son got tired of the panning process and I took over for a while.

My oldest and youngest son get a long well anyway but it was nice to see them cooperate and take turns with this kit. While we worked on it we talked about prospectors and the hard job they must have had to find a little bit of gold.

This set has won several awards including: Academic’s Choice Brain Toy Aware 2013, Best Picks Winner for New Products – Dr Toy 2012, and Tillywig Toy award 2013.

What I liked about this kit was that it was a different and educational experience for my kids. I like that it came with almost everything you need (minus the tub/buckets for water), you can use the pan and tools to pan in rivers and streams if you like, and that it’s super affordable. Right now it’s on the Discover with Dr Cool site for only $7.50! It’s normally $15 (which is still pretty good). This product will return to full price November 1. So if you’re thinking about buying this for a child in your life you’ll want to grab it by October 31 to get the best deal!

You can also find Discover with Dr Cool on the following social media sites:

Facebook: facebook.com/DiscoverWithDrCool

Twitter: @DiscoverDrCool

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Affordable LED Camera Lighting

My house is a cave. Ok so it’s not actually a cave it’s just very dark inside. When we moved in to our house 6.5 years ago we knew a lot of things would need updated, fixed, added, etc. We’ve constantly working on something. One thing gets done and we start something else. We have a list about a mile long prioritized into immediate needs to things we’d like to see done. One thing I’ve complained about since we moved in was the lighting in our house. We had to put a lot of new wiring in and we updated some light fixture but we really need to add more lights The other thing is, the whole downstairs has ugly, old, dark paneling which really doesn’t help with the lighting situation.

When I take pictures, even with my Canon Rebel, I have to put every light on I can. Even that isn’t enough sometimes. My husband has a work light he uses for his ebay pics and I’ll borrow that sometimes. When I had the opportunity to review the Chromo Inc. Cl160 LED video lighting for my camera I just had to try it. Hey it couldn’t hurt right?

The Chromo LED video lighting comes with the LED light itself, a mount for your camera, and 3 different filters.

When I opened the light, the mount was separate from the light itself. It was easily attached. I wasn’t initially sure exactly how it attached to my camera. It had a thin booklet that came with it but it did not explain how to mount it to the camera. I was able to figure it out within a few minutes however. There is a square plastic base that slides into the flash bracket on my camera. Then there is a knob at the top you can turn to tighten the light in place.

The LED made a huge difference with taking pictures in my living room. My living room is one of the worst places for me to take pictures in my house. Even with no lights on I was able to get some decent pictures of the WWE family night we had. I’ve never been able to take a picture in my living room, even with the built in flash in my camera, and really get good colors and details before. It was always so dark before. The Chromo LED light has a dial that lets you choose if you want it off, just a little light, or a lot.

The filters worked well also. There is a clear filter, a pink filter, and a yellow filter. I took a picture of an upcoming product review with each filter and no filter so you can see the different in the look with the filters.

All in all I really liked the Chromo Cl160 LED video light. The only con I have with this light is this:

The LED light takes 6 AA batteries making it a bit weighty and adding that weight to you camera as you’re holding it. AA batteries are a hot commodity in this house so having to use six for this was a bit surprising to me. I think if they could make this light rechargeable it would save money on batteries. I’ve only been using the light for about a week not for pictures so I can’t speak just yet on how long the batteries last.

You can find the Chromo Cl160 LED video light on Amazon:

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