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Capture Memories With Your Smartphone And Display Them With My Photo Framer

**I received a free framed picture for the purpose of review. No other compensation has been received**

There are so many clever folks out there coming up with awesome ideas for businesses. Apps for smartphones is a hot market but standing out in a market like that can be hard unless you offer a unique service and make it affordable. My Photo Framer app does just that.

My Photo Framer is a free app available on for Android on Google Play and is available in the Apple app store. So what does it do? You know all those picture you’re taking on your smartphone? Maybe you have one or a few special ones you’d love to get framed and have hanging on your wall. Well, that’s what they do. After you download the app, simply choose which picture you’d like to have framed, choose horizontal or vertical framing, then choose the color of your frame. The cost is very reasonable for this great service. Only $24.50 for a 5 x 7 frame and $29.50 for a 8 x 10 frame and has FREE shipping. If you’re wondering what it looks like, here’s how mine turned out.

I tried to show the picture on my phone and how it turned out. I thought it turned out great and now the picture that the nurse snapped for us on my husbands iPhone from the recent birth of our daughter can be displayed in our house.

The process was easy and I received my framed picture very quickly. Also they have a special promotion for the month of June, when you place an order through the My Photo Framer app, you’ll get 4 free wallets too if you’re following them on twitter: @MyPhotoFramer

The picture fame itself is is non-toxic and eco-friendly. They are finished with all natural water-based stains. Each one has an easel back for putting on your desk, end table, etc and hooks so they can be hung on your wall.

I first attempted to use it on my iPhone 4s. The app downloaded fine on my phone but kept closing out when I went to type in my billing/shipping info. I contacted them and they worked with me to try to help me figure out the problem. I had accidently put my phone through the washer about 2 months ago and I have had issues here and there since even after getting it fixed. When I tried it on my husband’s iPhone 4s the app worked like a charm so the issue had to be with my phone and not the app itself.

You can also find My Photo framer on Facebook and on Pinterest.

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through the My Photo Framer app with a special code

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Create Easy Breezy Up-Do’s and Hairstyles this Summer with LillaRose

I received the below mentioned product at no cost in order to complete an honest review. No other compensation has been received. Giveaway is sponsored by Bokerah Brumley LillaRose Consultant

I have long hair right now, like past my shoulder blades long hair. I love having long hair but it gets a bit cumbersome and hot in the summer time. I’m usually putting it up in a pony tail or trying to put it up in a bun just to stay cooler.

LillaRose offers beautiful option to create easy and elegant styles for your hair weather you just want to get your hair out of the way while your gardening or your attending a summer wedding. Consultant Bokerah Brumley would love to help you find a LillaRose hair accessory for your needs.

From the popular LillaRose flexi-clips, hair sticks, bobby pins, and more to help you create a french twist, half up and more. LillaRose has a really helpful sizing video for the flexiclips. Flexi-clips come in sizes mini all the way up to extra large. It’s important to watch the video before buying a flexi-clip if you’re new to using one. Depending on the textures and length of your hair, different size will work better for different looks.

My hair is just past my shoulder blades. My hair is fine but I have a lot of it. I was hoping to be able to do the tails up mostly to keep my hair out of my face and off my shoulders for the summer. I chose the Intricately Designed Dangle flexi in the Medium size. I thought that this clip could be used for both casual and dressing up. I was able to quickly and easily twist my hair into a tails up look and clip it in place with the flexi.

I was able to do this in a matter of seconds. I was curious how long this would last though. I have a hard time with things staying in place in my hair. It seems most things want to slide out. I had this in for about 7 hours now cleaning and chasing after my 3 yr old and my hair is still in place. I love it.

What I like about the LillaRose flexi-clip is that the pin is attached to the piece so you don’t have to worry about losing it. The clips are actually…well…flexi, so they bend around your twist or whatever you’re doing. It’s able to be tightened a bit if you need it.

Bokerah has a giveaway going on her facebook page for one LillaRose hair item up to $16 value. Trust me that’s a big selection. https://www.facebook.com/LillaRoseBokerah Stop by her facebook page, like it and enter to win. Tell her LuvSavingMoney.info sent you!

That’s not all..

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a flexi-clip of the winner’s choice up to $16 value

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Taking Your Blood Pressure at Home is Easy with Ozeri Cardo Tech

**I received the below mentioned product at no cost for review purposes. No other compensation has been received. This post does contain Amazon affiliate links. I was under no obligation to give a positive review**

I’ve mentioned before that I work in a local trauma hospital as an Occupational Therapy Assistant. I need to take patients blood pressures from time to time, sometimes manually and sometimes with an automatic cuff. I’ve been wanting one for home too. See my husband’s side of the family has a lot of heart related issues. Unfortunately his uncle and his grandfather on his dad and mom’s side all died of heart attacks at a fairly young age. I’m worried about my husband. I’m constantly harping on him about eating healthier and not buying all the prepacked snack cakes and chips that he enjoys so.

When I had the chance to review the Ozeri CardioTech Premium Series BP3T Digital Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Intelligent Hypertension Indicator, I gladly said yes.

The Ozeri Cardio Tech BP3T is easy to use. When you receive it you get the blood pressure cuff, the digital monitor, the case to keep it in, and 4 AAA batteries that it needs. You are able to use it within a few minutes of taking it out of it’s shipping box. You just put in the 4 AAA batteries and it has a short, easy to follow instruction booklet. You plug the cuff into the digital monitor and you’re ready to use it.

It has an A and B user switch so you can keep track of 2 different people’s blood pressure on the monitor and save it for future reference. The screen is quite big and easy to read. The blue LCD LED background makes it quite visible. I took my own blood pressure and took a pic of the screen so you can see how it reads.

It tells you your blood pressure and your pulse per minute. Also if you notice the bar on the bottom underneath the numbers. It tells you if your reading is good or not. My blood pressure says “optimal”. When I took my hubby’s it said “normal high”. It also could say normal, high or other indicators depending on your blood pressure, this is the hypertension indicator. I like this blood pressure cuff because even someone without any medical training could use it. Just put the cuff on the arm, push start, and it does the rest. Even if you don’t know how to read the number or know exactly what a good or bad blood pressure is, the handy bar will tell you. It also detects irregular heart beats.

My kids actually liked this too. They would come ask me, mom can you take my blood pressure today? We would pretend that I was “Dr. Mommy” and I was taking their blood pressure.

Never mind that my 9 yr old is shirtless. These boys won’t keep their shirts on in the summer time. That number 37 you see on the screen, it’s counting up as it’s taking his blood pressure then displays his pressure in a matter of 10 seconds or so.

You can purchase the Ozeri Cardio Tech Premium Series BP3T Digital Arm Blood Pressure Monitor on Amazon. It’s actually on sale, it’s normally $124.95 but it’s on sale right now for $59.95. If you are in need of a home blood pressure monitor that’s easy to use, this is the one to get.

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.

Kisspat Hair Chalk adds color and fun to your hair without the commitment

**I received the below mentioned product at no cost in order to complete an honest review. I did not receive any other compensation for this post**

The spring and summer is a great time to change up your hair. Lighten it up, change your style, etc. Adding color to your hair let’s you make subtle or dramatic changes depending on the look you’re going for. I’ve seen fun color options that I really liked but just can’t do. I have a professional job in a hospital and it’s against dress code policy to have unusual hair colors and or hair styles. That doesn’t mean I don’t think pink or bright red highlights don’t look cool. I just can’t do anything permanent. Kisspat Hair Chalk pastels is a great way to add color to your hair without that commitment.

For someone who had never used hair chalk before I had a preconceived notion of what they would be like. I thought it would be like…well..chalk and be real powdery, feel weird in my hair and I’d get chalk dust all over my clothes. In actuality it’s nothing like that, other than being chalk shaped maybe.

I received the Kisspat Hair Chalk pastels in the 12 color variety pack. The colors were very vibrant in the box. In taking a piece out it was smooth and had a very slight oil feel to them. I wasn’t sure how to apply them initially but there are instructions on the bottom of the box as well as their website. You can either dampen your hair itself or dampen the piece of chalk to apply to your hair.

My boys were excited to try them out. My oldest son asked if I could put a blue stripe down the middle of his head. After I did that then he also asked me for white stripes. This is how it turned out:

My oldest son has very dark brunette hair and I was wondering if these would even show up in his hair. As you can see, it did.

After seeing his older brothers get their hair done my 3 yr old son wanted his done too. He chose the light green color in the box. I colored the top of his hair green and spiked it a bit.

He has slightly lighter brunette hair and it worked well on him too.

I did end up breaking the pieces I used in half. It actually worked out better for me to use a smaller piece to apply to their short hair. To color my boys’ short hair I dampened the small piece of chalk and kind of rubbed it back and forth on their hair since I was not really able to grab a section of hair to apply and they wanted a larger section colored. The only complaint I have about this product at all is that my 3 yr old’s hair is thin. Some of the chalk coloring got onto his scalp. The chalk washed out of his hair easily but it took about 3 shampoos to get the color off of his scalp. My older boys did not have this issue but their hair is also thicker.

You can create fun highlights, tips, or even the hot hombre look with this hair chalk.

You can also find Kisspat Hair Chalk on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/haircolorchalks/

You can also find more Kisspat products at: http://kisspat-trade.com/ including jewelry, hair extensions, and more.

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Kisspat Hair Chalk pastels 12 pack

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Rainy Day Activity for the Kids with the Help of Borax

It’s the second day of summer vacation for my boys from school. I love having them all home together but it’s raining today. I don’t mind them playing video games and watching tv sometimes but I want to keep their minds working over the summer too. When my oldest son was in Boy Scouts they learned how to make flubber using Borax. I received a package of Borax to review thanks to Purex Insiders so I decided to let the kids try to make Borax at home. It’s fun, inexpensive, and can keep them entertained longer than it takes to make it. I don’t recommend this recipe for a child that might put it in their mouth though. I’d say school age is appropriate.

I found a recipe for flubber online but I didn’t have enough elmer’s type glue sitting around for the full recipe. I decided to cut the recipe in 1/4 but it still made enough to keep each kid entertained. I’m going to share my fractioned recipe just in case you don’t want to make a huge bowl of it either.

Materials you’ll need:

–Liquid measuring cup
–disposable spoon or spoon you don’t plan on reusing for food
–20 Mule Team Borax (found in your laundry aisle at your local store)
–1 bottle of Elmer’s glue (for my fractioned recipe you’ll need a 4 oz bottle can be any brand, we used Roseart brand)
–food coloring (any color you wish)
–baking sheet covered in plastic wrap or a disposable baking sheet
–2 disposable mixing bowls. We used some old cottage cheese containers that were cleaned out but things like butter containers, sour cream containers, empty peanut butter jars, etc will work just fine too.

In one bowl mix 1/3 c warm water, whole 4 oz bottle of glue, and a couple drops of food coloring.

In the other bowl mix 1/3 c of warm water and 1 Tbsp of Borax. (I sued my plastic spoon and just heaped it on the spoon)

Then dump the borax/water mixture into the glue mixture. It will start to thicken almost immediately. Once it’s mixed up enough dump it onto your plastic wrap covered baking sheet and allow it to dry. Initially it will be stick like glue as it dries it will become more resistant. Also working it or playing with it will make it more resistant too.

My 9 yr old wanted to play with it for a while he had lots of fun creating different things with it.

As it dries or you work it you’ll eventually be able to make little balls with it and bounce it too but it’s fun at any stage of it’s drying process. You can keep it in a sandwich bag or your container you used to mix it in for future use. If it dries out too much after a while you can add some water to it and work it or just make new.

Of course this isn’t the immediate use someone thinks of for Borax but Borax has LOTS of uses. Use it as a laundry booster, use it as a multi-purpose cleaner for your bathroom, kitchen, and more. You can also use it as a deodorizer for your garbage disposal or garbage can which I’ve done before. Use it for cleaning carpet stains, and lots more. You can find all the uses and measurements on their site: http://www.20muleteamlaundry.com/

You can find 20 Mule Team Borax on the following Social Media Sites:

Borax on Pinterest
Borax on Facebook
Borax on YouTube

This post has been brought to you thanks to the Purex Insider. Purex is also holding their Kick Back and Play Summer Promotion which would also help with your summer. You can enter to win a Little Tykes Endless Adventure Playcenter, LG front load washer and dryer, and a year supply of Purex detergent and crystals! Enter here: http://insiders.purex.com/littletikes?id=37

Sweepstakes ends 6/17/13

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**I received the below mentioned product at no cost in order to complete an honest review. No other compensation has been received. Giveaway is sponsored by Bokerah Brumley LillaRose Consultant**

I received the below mentioned product at no cost in order to complete an honest review. No other compensation has been received. Giveaway is sponsored by Bokerah Brumley LillaRose Consultant