Red Bull

So I am a little excited to write today. First off OMG Metro Cast is driving me nuts. We changed to them last week and have had nothing but trouble with internet since. GRRR… ok with that out of the way. I tried my first ever energy drink this week. It was the original Red Bull. I honestly never thought they would do anything for me so I never bothered with them. I also never liked the smell of them, when people around me drank them. The Red Bull surprised me thought. First off when I smelled it, it was not to strong at all. I took a very little first sip because I was honestly not sure I would like it and be able to drink it. I was surprised. There is very little bubbliness to it. That is nice though I think it helps it go down better and be more pleasant to drink. It has a nice kind of fruity type taste. Drinking it reminds me of just drinking a plain old can of soda, which for me works well because I do not eat or drink anything to different or weird out there. I was able to drink the whole can and can say that I liked it. I asked my brother about what he thought about Red Bull, because he drinks all energy drinks often. He said, “ It taste like original Monster but way better.” I guess that next thing I will have to do is try a Monster so I can compare the two, taste wise for everyone.  Now did I get a boost of energy? Yep I sure did lol. I got up and cleaned the whole house, like spring cleaning type cleaning because I did not have anything to do or planed before I drank it. I thought it would be a good time to drink it because I was just hanging out around the house. So I needed to find something to do because I had all the extra energy. After a few hours, I did not seem to get the sudden crash that I have heard so much about. I am not sure if it was because I was doing something and not just sitting at a desk with the extra energy or if this product just does not give it to you. Not having the crash made me super happy though, I was dreading it. This is a product that I will pick up and use when I need a little extra something. I am glad that I finally gave an energy drink a chance, it really surprised me and has added something new to my life.http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htmhttp://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htmhttp://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htm

Nivea Lip Products

So the Nivea lip care has been on sale for the last two weeks at CVS and I had a few coupons for them, so I picked up the four that they had. I will go over each one and what I think of them.

     I will start with the one I do not care for. It is the Kiss of Shimmer. It has a great pink case and very pink on the inside. When you put it on it is clean and gives you a hint of shine on your lips. It has a nice kind of sweet smell to it. After that I do not care for it. It goes on ok and the texture is fine, but it is very sticky once on. I had to remove it after only a few minutes because I did not like how sticky it was.

     The next one is the Mint and Minerals. First thing I noticed was the great color of the lip balm. It is such a great blue color. I also love the smell of it. It has just the right hint of mint to it. If you get it in your mouth thought, it tastes horrible. It goes on nice and smooth and has a nice tingly feeling to it. It is not overly think or sticky when it is on.

    The next one is the Milk & Honey. It says that it is a soothing lip care. This one looks like bee’s wax in the tube. It also has my least favorite smell. It is a waxy, lipstick smell. If you get this one in your mouth it at least does not taste as bad as the rest. It does go on very smooth, and is not sticky.

     Ok to my favorite, A Kiss of Smoothness. The one bad thing is the nasty taste they all seem to share. The smell is even better than the mint one. It feels so silky on my lips and not a touch of stickiness to it.

    Overall they all have a nasty taste to them. They have great staying power and I would use these all the time; well except the shimmer one. The shimmer and smoothness one are SPF 10. I like lip gloss or balms that have the sunscreen right in them. Too many people forget about their lip health. Hope this gives everyone a little in site to Nivea’s lip products.http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htmhttp://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htmhttp://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htm

While at Wal-Mart the other day I got a little sample size of Clean& Clean Morning Burst facial scrub. The biggest reason for me wanting to try it was the smell. I am an orange freak, anything that smells like orange or apples I want. I also loved that it was a scrub, I just love how they make you skin feel after. Well it has a great smell, which was what I was so hoping for.  It does give you a nice little wakeup call when you use it in the mornings. No better smell then oranges in the morningJ. The scrub part is just small crystals that work great. After using it my skin feels so soft and smooth. It keeps me feeling fresh all day too. I like to use a little extra on my hands to make them feel really soft too. This is a great product and I am very happy that I finally took a second to try it out finally. I love all the trial size stuff they sell now. You get to try something before you commit to a large size product.http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htmhttp://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htmhttp://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htm

 Felix

 Katana

 Bosco

 Jazzmin

Sorry missing Bob's Pic, he was camera shy.

 First off, it feels good to have the internet back. YaY

      Now this is going to be an entry all about dogs. The past day or so there has been a lot of stuff about dogs I have found in the media and I just have to talk about it.

  First thought the products I want to talk about. When I find a new animal product I buy enough to test on the animals in my household and my mother’s. Between the two homes there are 14 rescued animals, 5 dogs, 7 cats and 2 small animals. Today we are going to talk about the dogs. I have Felix, a 7 year old male Pitt bull mix, Katana a 5 year old female Pitt Bull mix, and Jazzmin a 2 year old female Jack Russell. My mom has Bob, 17 and Bosco, 4, who are both only god knows mutts. They range from small (10lbs) to large (120lbs). After trying many treats I have found 3 that all five dogs go crazy over. They are Pedigree Dentastix, Pedigree Jumbones, and Pup-Peroni. The Pup-Peroni comes in a few flavors, like bacon and regular and the dogs like them all. I also buy everything in small dog size because it is easiest for Jazzmin (small dog) and Bob (for his teeth and jaws.) Everything else I have tried some like them then others do not. These three products everyone will eat. The Pedigree products are around $3.50 a bag and the Pup-Peroni is about $2.50 a bag. I have been able to find coupons for the products the past few weeks right in the Sunday papers, which is great.

  On an animal friendly side note, please be careful what you are giving your pups. I had a friend just lose her pup because she gave her chicken jerky. I will put a link to the FDA article at the end so everyone can read it. I guess there have been problems for years, but we had no clue. It talks about any chicken products made in China can kill little dogs and make bigger doges very sick. So just read the article and be careful.

     I also have to say shame on McDonald’s for that horrible commercial!! It sickens me that a company of that size thinks it is ok to pick on one breed of dog. I have 2 Pit mix’s and worked at a dog pound for many years and have only come across one mean pitt bull. I was at the pound for five years and we had many, many Pit Bulls come in. I found many more other breeds of dogs that were mean though. People need to know and truly understand that it is not the dog, It is the people and environments that they are raised in. You can take any dog at all and make them mean if that is what you teach them. Also any stray on the street could be scared or mean because they do not know what human love is. With a loving home and proper training any dog will be a great family dog. So please think before speaking badly about Pit Bulls. They are great, loyal, loving family dogs.  Punish the DEED not the BREED!!!!!

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So the other day I won a contest on Facebook for a free case of Dream water. I had honestly just heard about the product around Christmas when I friend of mine was trying to win something from them. I saw the post said what the heck can it hurt. You had to post your wildest dream on their Facebook page; I have some crazy dreams often so I thought nothing of sharing one with the world lol. Well I ended up being one of the winners; I was so excited and hated waiting for the product to arrive. I will say first that it got here super-fast. Now this stuff is a shot (2.5 oz) of flavored water that is supposed to help you sleep. I will take any help in that area I can get, I do not sleep very well and when I do I am a super light sleeper so I am always waking up. I was kind of like yeah sure water will help me sleep; yeah right it will make have to get up in the middle of the night to have to use the bathroom. Boy was I wrong. My sister and I both tried a bottle. The flavor we got is Snoozyberry, blueberry and pomegranate. My sister was super excited about the flavor and could not wait to try it, I on the other hand was kind of put off because I am not a fan of blueberry and never ever tried a pomegranate. My sister thought it was great, loved the flavor so much. I was also surprised and it was a good flavor. Very light, and kind of like just a little hint of flavor to water, also not to sweet. Now the bottle says to take 30 minutes before you want to go to bed. My sister and I both did that together. I can say that in about 15 minutes of taking it we were both out like a light. I have never had a sleep aid that put me to sleep that fast, and I have tried lots of them. In like 5 to 8 minutes of taking it we were both yawning up a storm and just had to put our heads down and relax, and then we were gone. That night of sleep was GREAT. I woke up for nothing. I did not hear a noise; I did not need a drink, or even use the restroom. I do not think I have ever slept that soundly in my life. My sister said the same things about it; she made it a whole night without getting up. The next morning we were both up around 9 and felt great. There was no left over grogginess, or sluggishness. I was a huge skeptic at first about this product, but now I can say I am not. I fully enjoy this product and cannot believe how well it really works. The people at Dream water did a great job coming up with a product to help you sleep. My sister and I have become life time fans of Dreamwater. I cannot wait for another great night sleep. Here is the site if you want to check it out more. The people I dealt with were also super nice, great customer service.  http://www.facebook.com/#!/dreamwater

 So the other day I got a sample of microdermabrasion cream by Clinicians Complex. It was from the website Lovelyskin.com; I found the promotion on Facebook to try a free sample, so I jumped at it.  I have to say I am in LOVE. I had no clue what it was, never heard of it nothing so I read the package and realized it was a face wash to use 2 or 3 times a week to help you smooth out your skin. The site talks about using it in-between office treatments or in-between using a microdermabrasion machine at home. I will be honest that all those things are over my head and sound like they cost a lot of money, lol. The site did say this product is great to use when you are not able to do all that stuff so that is great. I used in in place of my other face wash this morning, and boy do I wish I had some more. It felt great on my face. You just put it on and make circles around your face for a minute or two. You can feel the scrubby stuff (diamond shaped magnesium oxide crystals )  in it just smoothing out all the dead skin and lines in your face. It  rinsed off super easy and my face felt soooooooooo clean. My face gets oily near the end of the day and I hate that, but as of now 10:15 pm no oil and my face still feels clean. It also feels smoother then it has in forever. It has a great lemon type smell to it that woke me right up in the shower this morning. Now the only thing that stinks about it is that for a 2oz jar on their website it is $65 bucks. Way out of my price range, but love it so much I will be saving my extra money from coupon savings to get a jar. I read some reviews on the site and they all loved it as well and says the jar will last 2 to 3 months, so that is good. I’ll link the page so you can all read a little bit more about it. I am so in love with this stuff, and cannot wait to get a jar. http://www.lovelyskin.com/details.asp?PID=113293

Super excited tonight because I got to try a new lotion. It is Nivea’s Happy Sensations in Orange Blossom scent. The lotion is for normal to dry skin and it contains Bamboo extract.  The bottle says it will moisture all day and nourishes and fortifies the skin.  Well I have not had it on all day but most of the day and I can honestly say I still feel it and have not had to add any more to my skin. When you first put it on it leaves a slight silky film on your hand which is ok, it kind of makes it feel like there is protection on your hands. I really like the fact that I have only had to put it on once and not have to add more.  Ok well I will say on the body, any time I wash my hands I ALWAYS put more of any lotion on. I also did not have to use a ton to cover my body, a little seems to go a long way. That is a super plus when on a budget and trying to save money.  The scent is the only thing I am a little disappointed in. I thought there would get a great Orange Blossom smell, which there is when you first put it on and start spreading it, but then you get that unscented lotion type smell. It is not really a bad thing, I just enjoy scents. I am one of those people, which smell everything, and love to find new scents. So would I buy or use this lotion again? Yes, I am over all happy with the product. It goes on great, lasts a long time, and the smell is not what I was hoping for but I am ok with it. I got this bottle on sale for $6.44 at CVS so it is a little much but I think it will last me awhile, so that one time amount for a lotion that will last at least a month is great to me.