Review: Daily Goodie Box- August

The Daily Goodie Box has been around since about July of 2016. I signed up for an account right after I heard about them. They are 100% free, you don't even have to pay for shipping. And for a free box it's a nice sampler box of products.

What did I get in this box?

DRY Soda Company - Culinary-Inspired Sparkling Sodas - I'm not a big fan of sparkling water but this actually had a great cherry flavor. I poured a little for me, my husband and our adult daughter and we all enjoyed it.

Bubba’s Fine Foods - Grand Garlic Parm ‘Nana Chips - So this is funny because I do not like garlic at all but hubby loves it so he got these chips and though they were great.

Foods Alive - Nutritional Yeast - I've never tried nutritional yeast before and wasn't sure what to do with it. But the website says you can sprinkle it on salads, put it in soups or gravy and add it to other things. So I tried it on my salad first and It wasn't bad at all. I made chili and added some to that but I think it got lost in it but it blended in well.

Evo Hemp - Mocha Chip Hemp Bar- I don't care for any kind of bar like these but Hubby does so he ate it and enjoyed it. He said it did have a strange taste though. Not bad just a little weird or unlike anything he's tasted before.

Aqua Biome™ - Fish Oil Classic Strength- Fish oil is supposed to be helpful for those with high cholesterol and while mine is not at the 'high' mark yet, my doctor did tell me that it was getting higher. So I've already been told to start taking fish oil, I just hadn't gotten around to getting any yet. So I'll be taking this and see if the numbers come down when my next blood draw comes due.

Natralia - Heel Balm - You have no idea how much I needed something like this. I wear sandals and flip flops pretty much year round so my heels get cracked and dry. I started putting this on at night and it does a good job at softening the skin on my heels. I have one of those electric foot files so I'll have to wait and see if this helps long term but so far so good.

SolarDerm - After Sun Facial Moisturizer- It was 113F here for a couple of days last week so anytime out walking the dog is too much sun as far as I'm concerned. I used this moisturizer in the morning and afternoon after walking my dog and it did seem to soothe my red face.

Flathau's Fine Foods- All Natural Shortbread Cookies - I love shortbread cookies and this are so good! Definitely my favorite thing from this box. They have a crunchy texture but are crumbly at the same time. They have such a great taste.

All they ask you to do is try the products and leave reviews for the products you got in order to be eligible for more Free Goodie Boxes. As you guys already know, I'm a fan of all these types of boxes. I love all the different subscription boxes and it's really nice to be able to try new to me products for free. This is a great box to try for.

 Oh and one more thing, if you visit their FB Page, they give away Goodie Boxes to people who interact with their posts. So if you've tried before and weren't able to get a Goodie Box, there's even more ways to get one now.

Daily Goodie Box. It's more than just Free Samples!

Have you signed up? Have you received one of these boxes?

I'm a fan of subscription boxes and love trying new products for free so this was a huge hit with me. New products+free box = Fabulous!

Disclosure: I was given and free box in exchange for a review but all opinions are my own. 

Happy Raturday!

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Apartment Life #93

This is a new weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 20 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 20 years here in a weekly blog post.

On Friday around 5pm, Ken heard a police siren outside so he looked out the bedroom window and called me in there. He saw a cop running around this corner. By the time I got in there two more police cars showed up and they were bringing out a handcuffed man to a police car around the corner.

I don't know who the guy is, never saw him before. But all I can think is, "Pull up your pants." Looks like he's about to lose the pants any second. 

4 police cars showed up for this one but I have no idea who he was or why he ran. They caught him though. Ken was talking to the people across the street and none of them seem to know him so I have no idea. There's a lot of drug sales going on across the street so it could of had something to do with that but it's just speculation on my part at this time. 

Oh and for those of you who haven't seen the huge wall in the background, that's the sound wall that separates the public street and sidewalk from the freeway right on the other side. It's a very tall wall. That sidewalk over there is where I walk Falcor.

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

Review: Birchbox Subscription Box- August

I signed up for a Birchbox subscription box. It's only $15 a month and this month's box came with 6 products. 

In my box was....

IPKN Moist & Firm Beauty Balm SPF 45- Light. 

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day 5 in 1 styling treatment. 

ModelCo Lip Plumper. 

Oribe Cote d'Azue Eau de Parfum. 

Purlisse Coconut Oil+Orange Blossom Silky Body Butter. 

Ursa Major Golden Hour Recovery Cream. 

The first thing I want to say is the Lip Plumper did nothing. When I put it on I felt a slight tingle for a moment and then it was gone. It did nothing to plump my lips. That's why the cosmetic surgeons get the big bucks because these over the counter 'plumping' products do nothing. It is a nice lip gloss though, so not a total fail. lol 

The perfume sample smells really good. It's nice to gets these little samples that let us try the expensive brands because I wouldn't be trying it otherwise. 

The styling cream did leave my hair soft but it didn't add volume or do anything else but it does smell good. The body butter smells good. I love these because they always leave my skin soft and are great if you have dry skin. 

The BB Cream is great under my foundation. It's too light for me to use on its own though. The recovery cream is an ok moisturizer but it's a little greasy. 

This month's box was not too bad. I do like trying new to me products and this is a good way to do that. 

Did you get this box?

Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too. Someone asked me why I do a "Freebie Friday" each week, so I'll tell you.

A while back I listed all the free samples and wins that I had received that previous year and so many people didn't believe that I could have gotten so many free things. So I decided to prove it by taking a picture every week and sharing the sites that I found the links to the freebies at. So now you too can get great free samples coming to your mailbox each week.

  You can find links to great samples at Hey It's Free and Freebie Shark.

This week I received:

A couple for a free Sabra Hummus product.
A coupon for a free Twisted Ranch product via PinchMe.
A sample of snuggle Scent Booster.
A sample of Elemis facial moisturizer.

For those wondering where to find the Twisted Ranch if you get the coupon, I found it at Walmart.

I still don't like Hummus. lol It's just not gonna happen. I tried several different kinds, brands ect and nope. I don't like it. My curiosity is now satisfied and I won't be trying anymore.

I've used the Snuggle scent booster before and I like it.

Elemis is a good moisturizer and it's a nice size sample.

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Review: Fire Brand by Diana Palmer

Book Description

Gaby Cane was always a bit afraid of her attraction to Bowie McCayde. Even when she was fifteen and Bowie's family took her in, she had sensed his simmering resentment. Now ten years later, she's an aspiring journalist who can hold her own with any man professionally, the dark shadows of years gone by far behind her. Then Bowie strides back into her life—only this time, he needs her, and the pull of loyalty to his family is too strong to ignore.  

When Bowie asked Gaby to help save his family's Arizona ranch, he never expected the girl he once knew to return transformed into a stunning, successful woman. As they work together, Bowie is shocked to find that her innocence and beauty stir a hunger he can't deny. But the rogue rancher can sense something holding her back, and he's determined to uncover the terrible secret Gaby is fighting to keep hidden…

My Review

Gaby was taken in by Bowie's family when she ran away from her life because something bad happened. Bowie kind of resented her because his mother showed her all the love that he never really got. Now Gaby is a journalist and Bowie needs her help to save his ranch and his mother. 

At first these two did not get a long at all. Gaby has some huge walls put up because of something that happened to her in the past and she's not comfortable around men who get too close or show they're interested in her. Bowie needs her to come home with him and make sure his mother isn't making a huge mistake with the new guy in her life. Bowie thinks the new guy is a gold digger and just after her money or maybe the ranch and Bowie needs help to change his mother's mind about the new guy. 

While Bowie and Gaby are there they get closer and Bowie tells her he's interested in her but even though she's attracted to him she freezes up when he gets too close. He realizes that she's never had a real relationship and that there's more to her fear than just being new to it all. It takes a long time for her to trust him but he was good at seduction for the most part. Watching these two get closer was fun but he did mess up a few times because he was out of his mind in lust *eyeroll* and had a hard time stopping himself a couple of times. That was the only thing that got on my nerves and took away from the story a little. I mean, he knew she was afraid for some reason and yet he's gonna let himself get all hot and bothered so much that he pushes her farther than she's ready for and he has a hard time stopping when she says that's enough. C'mon, have a little self control. 

Gaby's past catches up with her and she thinks that her life is over but things are a little more complicated than we first thought and it's a little sad to find out everything that happened. 

But if you're like me and have read enough Diana Palmer romances, you already know that this is her recipe... naive innocent, brooding rancher that has little self control and a little danger thrown in for fun. 

I really liked Gaby and Bowie for the most part as well as the secondary characters of Bowie's mom and her new beau who is more than he seems. I really like Diana Palmer's books and will continue to read them even though this one wasn't my favorite. 

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. 

Favorite Picture of the Week

I took Falcor out a couple of weeks ago and he stopped and stared across the street when he saw another dog. He likes little dogs but when he sees big dogs he always wants to fight them. He thinks he's a much bigger dog than he actually is. 

Review: Craving by Helen Hardt

Book Description

After being left at the altar, Jade Roberts seeks solace at her best friend’s ranch on the Colorado western slope. Her humiliation still ripe, she doesn't expect to be attracted to her friend’s reticent brother, but when the gorgeous cowboy kisses her, all bets are off.

Talon Steel is broken. Having never fully healed from a horrific childhood trauma, he simply exists, taking from women what is offered and giving nothing in return...until Jade Roberts catapults into his life. She is beautiful, sweet, and giving, and his desire for her becomes a craving he fears he'll never be able to satisfy.

Passion sizzles between the two lovers...but long-buried secrets haunt them both and may eventually tear them apart.

My Review

I saw this one being advertised as a freebie on Amazon a while back and it sounded ok so I got it. I like a hard fought romance where one of the characters has some emotional issues to work through and that's what I got with this one. 

Jade is hurting after being dumped at the alter so she stays with her best friend but doesn't expect to find herself attracted to her friend's brother. 

Talon (I love that name) has some serious emotional issues and finds himself brooding and fighting his attraction for his sister's friend when she comes to stay at their ranch for a while. 

Talon had something bad happen to him and we get to see what it was in flashbacks throughout the story. His sister mostly thinks that he might have something like PTSD from his time in the military but it wasn't from that. Talon is truly messed up and because of that he's hard to get to know, hard to be in a relationship with even if he doesn't see that's what he and Jade were in. He's never let anyone get as close to him emotionally as Jade gets and that scares him. But he's more than just emotionally stunted, he treats those are around him like crap and his treatment of Jade was more than I ever would have put up with.

This started out pretty good and I liked the romance for the most part but they did seem to jump into bed awfully fast and from that part forward this book was all about the sex and not so much about anything else. I could have overlooked that and enjoyed the story if it hadn't ended in a huge cliffhanger. I don't even feel like saying more in this review because what's the point really? It had a lot of promise and didn't live up to that promise at all. I detest cliffhanger endings. 

When will authors realize that we readers don't appreciate cliffhangers? I want an entire book but with a cliffhanger we get part of a book and they expect us to buy the next book to get any resolution that we were looking for in the first book. Not gonna happen. I'm only giving this 2 stars instead of 1 star because some of the storyline was ok, it had promise for a while and then drowned overboard with that cliffhanger and his treatment of Jade.

I give this book 2 out of 5 stars. 

Happy Raturday!

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"I stacked these pallets all by myself. I definitely need a snack now."

Apartment Life #92

This is a new weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 20 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 20 years here in a weekly blog post.

I took a picture from my bedroom window when 4 cop cars showed up on Monday evening. I actually was the one that called the police this time because some girl came onto our street accusing some guy across the street of hitting her car. I guess she followed him home from where he ran into her car. She was yelling and screaming at him and I thought that would be the end of it but then he ran to his apartment and got what I thought was a shotgun but Ken said it was an assault rifle. This crazy woman pulls a gun out of her purse and they're standing there not pointing the guns at each other but still holding them while shouting. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

That's all I saw because I got the hell out of my bedroom window in case bullets started flying and called 911. The police were here in a couple of minutes but by then the woman was already gone and they guy with the rifle had run away. I don't know where he hid his rifle but I didn't see anyone get arrested. But now I know that guy has a weapon over there, so if I see him run in his apartment again, I'm ducking...just in case. 

Oh and in case anyone was wondering the rocks finally got painted the rest of the way. 

They're all black now. Still looks dumb to have black rocks but at least the entire rock is painted now. 

Oh and for anyone on FB or Twitter who has seen me talk about the new apartment fee schedule and having to pay rent on the 1st with no grace period and that making my local news because of elderly and disabled people being on Social Security and not getting their checks until the 3rd...well because they got so many complaints about it they changed it back so that everyone can still pay their rent on the 3rd with no late payment fees. People were calling corporate, sending written letters to management, calling the news stations, calling lawyers and commenting about it all over social media. They finally gave in so I'm really happy about that. Here's the News Story if anyone is interested in what it was about. 

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

Macy's Haul and Review

A little more than a week ago I told you that I cashed in my points on a survey site and got a Macy's gift card. Well here are a few of the things I got. 2 of the other items are on back order until next month but these two things were what I planned on reviewing anyway. I will say that my 'free gift' for spending $49 was that tiny Laura Mercier setting powder sample on top. I was a little disappointed with that since it's such a small sample. The other two items are a Makeup bag with 11 perfume samples and a Tarte trio of eyeshadow, mascara and eyeliner.

The description of the perfume sampler said it was a sampler of 11 different perfumes but I only received 10 of them. Most of the sample bottles are full but a couple of them are only half full. But it's a nice way to try out some of the expensive perfumes that I otherwise wouldn't have tried. I've tried 8 of them so far and they all smell pretty good. 

I was really excited for this because just look at those eyeshadow colors. These colors are so pretty and since I wear mostly light browns and sometimes pink tone colors, this is perfect for me. The colors are pigmented, the colors don't seem to wear off halfway through the day like some eyeshadow colors do and they blend flawlessly. They are very dusty though and when you dip into the pan and tap off the excess, it's really dusty and there's a lot of fallout when sweeping it across the eye. But if you use a little powder under your eyes before using this that will make it easier to brush the shadow fallout away when you're done.

The eyeliner is small but it's a good one, I haven't had a problem with it smudging or wearing off. The mascara isn't my favorite though. I've had better mascara's from the drugstore. I really had to apply quite a bit of it to see it lengthening my lashes so it's not one I would buy again but the eyeshadow palette is one I would definitely get again.

Prices

11 piece Scents of Summer perfume sampler with makeup bag- $15

Tarte 3 piece Warm Toasty Eye Set- $25

Laura Mercier sample- free

I love using gift cards to be able to try new products that I wouldn't have bought otherwise, that's the great things about those survey sites that let you cash out your points for gift cards. I was happy with all of this for the most part. 

Have you tried any of these products?

Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too. Someone asked me why I do a "Freebie Friday" each week, so I'll tell you.

A while back I listed all the free samples and wins that I had received that previous year and so many people didn't believe that I could have gotten so many free things. So I decided to prove it by taking a picture every week and sharing the sites that I found the links to the freebies at. So now you too can get great free samples coming to your mailbox each week.

  You can find links to great samples at Hey It's Free and Freebie Shark.

This week I received:

A tote bag from Ranchology Rewards from the Hidden Valley Ranch website.

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Review: Ipsy Glam Bag

Ipsy is a monthly subscription box that sends you 5 sample size makeup or beauty products. You can customize what they send you by filling out the personal surveys. I love the bright pink package they send it in. There's no mistaking who that's from when you see it in your mailbox. These bags are $10 each. I used my points from writing reviews on their site for the products I've received that I turned in for a 6th product. 

What was in this box?

12 Benefits instant healthy hair treatment. 

Murad Essential-C Cleanser. 

Ciate London glow to highlighter in Moonlight. 

Luxie Beauty 1010 small contour brush. 

Benefit Cosmetics Roller Lash curling mascara. 

Cake Beauty milk made indulgent body cream. 

a cute makeup bag. 

I've never tried any of these products before so it was fun to try them out and see if I liked them which I did. 

I don't contour so that brush doesn't help me for that but I'm sure I can use it for something else. The Cake Beauty body cream was my extra item that I got with my points and it smells so good, kinda like candy. 

The curling mascara curls but only slightly which is fine since I don't like them curled real tightly. The Murad face cleanser is a good one without making my face red. And the highlighter is such  pretty pink toned color. I never really have gotten used to the highlighter trend and still think it's a bit weird but hey, I now have three of them so I may as well use them...sparingly. lol 

The makeup bag is a cute one that I already have some of the samples I had on a shelf in a messy pile, inside this bag now. 

I'm pretty happy with everything that was in this bag. This is still one of my favorite subscriptions. 

Did you get this bag?

Strands of Love by N.J. Walters

Book Description

The final book in the steamy Tapestries series by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author N. J. Walters!

Tied to the land in a way that only another Texan can understand, Samantha Calloway is facing mounting debts and a merciless drought as she struggles to save the farm that’s been in her family for generations. Unwilling to surrender to an unscrupulous neighbor who offers her a way out, Samantha is left hoping for a miracle when she’s stunned by the mysterious appearance of two hulking, otherworldly warriors on her land—men who stir an undeniable sensual desire in her.

Jace and Darian Hunter are deeply committed to the welfare of their expansive lands and all the people who rely on them, but privately they are also deeply saddened at the prospect of living out their lives without the blessing of a loving woman. They know well the stories of the magic tapestry that might bring them a bride, but they’re still shocked when the tapestry appears—and mysteriously transports them to the world of the beautiful and sensitive Samantha.

As the brothers try to explain the promise of the tapestry to a skeptical Samantha, the trio are suddenly transported back to Javara, where Samantha soon learns that the brothers are as deeply dedicated to the land as she is—and also dedicated to unleashing the power of their passion to bring her to sexual heights she’d never imagined. And as she’s confronted with a choice between returning to her home alone or forsaking it all for a chance at a loving life with Darian and Jace, they will stop at nothing to entice her with every glorious erotic pleasure and unquestioning devotion to win her heart and a lifetime of unending love . . . 

My Review

Samantha had lost her parents and now the family farm was hers to take care of, only problem was she didn't have enough money to make it work. She had been talked into selling some of the land after her mother's death but for far cheaper than she should have gotten. Now she wasn't sure what she was gonna do to make ends meet before the bank took the farm. 

Jace and Darian love their land and the people on it but they long for a loving woman to live out their lives together. One day when the magical tapestry appears to them, they are transported to a far away land and to Samantha. She has only a little time to be around the guys before the tapestry appears and whisks them back to Javara where the guys are from. Samantha can hardly believe what has happened and doesn't believe them when they tell her where she is and that the tapestry will be back in 3 days to take her home for good if she so chooses but they hope she will stay with them. It takes a while before she starts to believe anything she's heard but she still wants to go back home. 

On Javara 2 or 3 men share one woman when she appears from the tapestry because there's a shortage of women born there. Both Darian and Jace are attracted to Sam and she is also attracted to them. She figures she only has a small amount of time with them so she gives into her attraction and sleeps with both of them. Watching them fall more and more in love and not knowing what to do was heartbreaking but their romance was powerful. 

There are a few twists and turns before the end of this book but it was so good! I have to mention that I didn't read any of the other books in this series but I really love this author's books so when I saw this one I knew I wanted to read it, even out of order and I'm so glad I did. The last few pages definitely made this girl cry, some happy and some bittersweet tears. Now N.J., why'd you go and do that to me? lol 

I definitely have to go back and read this series from the beginning now because if this book was anything to go by, I'm gonna love it. 

This book gets a 5 out of 5 from me, it was so good. 

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley but all opinions are my own.

Review: The Rogue King by Abigail Owen

Book Description

Kasia Amon is a master at hiding. Who—and what—she is makes her a mark for the entire supernatural world. Especially dragon shifters. To them, she’s treasure to be taken and claimed. A golden ticket to their highest throne. But she can’t stop bursting into flames, and there’s a sexy dragon shifter in town hunting for her...

As a rogue dragon, Brand Astarot has spent his life in the dark, shunned by his own kind, concealing his true identity. Only his dangerous reputation ensures his survival. Delivering a phoenix to the feared Blood King will bring him one step closer to the revenge he's waited centuries to take. No way is he letting the feisty beauty get away.

But when Kasia sparks a white-hot need in him that’s impossible to ignore, Brand begins to form a new plan: claim her for himself…and take back his birthright.

My Review

Brand has a mission, to bring Kasia to the Blood King. Ladon is not as bad as some of the other King's and Brand trusts him. 

Kasia has a secret, one that has Brand coming after her so that she can mate with the Blood King and Brand can get his revenge.

Things don't always go according to the plan. That's the biggest takeaway from this story. Each of them thinks that they know what's going to happen at some point during this book and they couldn't have been further from the truth if it had snuck up on them and smacked them in the face with a pie. 

When Brand finds Kasia she's at a clinic because she can't control the fire inside her but she's hasn't told them who or what she actually is so they can't really help her. Brand already knows what she is and that she's been lying about it. He's supposed to find her, bring her back for the Blood King and be done with it. But he feels something for her and his plans don't go as planned. 

While Brand and Kasia are on their way back to the Blood King, all sorts of other shifters come out of the woodwork when they find out she exists. They want to capture her for themselves. One King, Pytheios in particular wants her captured and they are on the run from all of them. While they are trying to get back to the safety of the King Brand trusts, they get to know one another better and get closer. 

The fact that Kasia kept calling him a giant lizard, Godzilla and a gecko because he's a dragon shifter made me laugh a lot. They have some really comical times together and the name calling got under his skin a little but I thought it was hilarious. He's all like, I'm a magnificent dragon, not some puny lizard. 

Kasia is still keeping secrets through most of the book but so is Brand. So when Brand and Kasia finally see that they're meant for each other towards the end of the book, it throws the Blood King, Ladon's plans into turmoil. He gets really mad but he turns out to be a really good guy and they all come together to help Kasia when she needs it. 

There was a lot of action in this book, a lot of scheming and plotting and a great slow burn romance. The dragon shifters, wolf shifters and other paranormals made this story so interesting. There is one very unusual or I should say, special paranormal that Brand knows that I really hope we see in future books because I want more of his story. There were so many great secondary characters that I really want to get to know better so I know this is a series that I'll be reading more of.

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. 

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Apartment Life #91

This is a new weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 20 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 20 years here in a weekly blog post.

It's not a very good picture but there are two police cars here, one in back of the one shown. The police showed up on Wednesday because 2 of my neighbors got into a shouting match that only lasted for a few minutes but one neighbor said he was going to set fire to his apartment and since he lives right next door to the other guy, he got worried. The police came, took statements and no one was arrested. No fires have broken out so that's good. 

It was quiet the rest of the week. 

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

Review: Daily Goodie Box

The Daily Goodie Box has been around since about July of 2016. I signed up for an account right after I heard about them. They are 100% free, you don't even have to pay for shipping. And for a free box it's a nice sampler box of products.

What did I get in this box?

Tipson - Organic Tea- I love trying new teas and I hadn't tried this one before but if you like herbal tea then you'll probably like this one. I thought it had a great taste to it.

Que Bella - Detoxifying Intense Black Peel Off Mask- I've never been a fan of these intense peel off masks because while they take off a good number of blackheads if you have them, they also hurt coming off. I tried one of these and as I thought, it hurt coming off. I don't have a blackhead problem and don't enjoy these intense masks so I gave the other packet to my daughter who loves these things and she appreciated it a lot. So while it wasn't for me I found someone who liked it.

Napz - All-Natural Sleep Solution- I sometimes have a hard time sleeping, I mean who doesn't? I know several people who do including my hubby and our daughter so I let everyone try this and while it didn't work for me it did seem to work a little for my hubby. Our daughter said she wasn't sure if it helped her or not.

Essential Oxygen - Organic Brushing Rinse-  I used this pre-brushing rinse for a few days and I'm not sure it did anything for me but it's not hard to use, just 60 seconds to use and it doesn't have a bad taste to that added to the ease of use.

Ode To Clean - All-Purpose Wipes-  These wipes clean really well. I used one of these wipes on my stove after frying bacon for breakfast and they clean up that oily mess with no problem! I love a good cleaning wipe.

Spudsy - Sweet Potato Puffs-  If you're like me, the only time you have sweet potatoes is Thanksgiving. So I wasn't sure I would like these but I was surprised that they were actually quite tasty. I would definitely buy these because they're a good snack.

CURAD - Quick Stop Bandages- So these bandages say they stop minor bleeding which is new to me. I didn't even know that there was something like this on the market. I haven't used these yet but I have no doubt that hubby will at some point cut himself while doing some kind of maintenance round the apartment and I'll be able to use these and see if they help the the bleeding any faster. Is it weird to be waiting to see if he'll cut himself so I can use this new bandage? I'm curious now.

Bakery On Main - Cranberry Almond Maple Granola- I love granola so much that I usually have some kind of granola around to snack on. This was different from most of the granola that I've tried in the past because it has some kind of round chips that kind of look like corn chips that a lot of the granola and nuts are stuck to. Everything has a sweet flavor and it was quite crispy. This was really good, and my favorite thing in the box.

All they ask you to do is try the products and leave reviews for the products you got in order to be eligible for more Free Goodie Boxes. As you guys already know, I'm a fan of all these types of boxes. I love all the different subscription boxes and it's really nice to be able to try new to me products for free. This is a great box to try for.

 Oh and one more thing, if you visit their FB Page, they give away Goodie Boxes to people who interact with their posts. So if you've tried before and weren't able to get a Goodie Box, there's even more ways to get one now.

Daily Goodie Box. It's more than just Free Samples!

Have you signed up? Have you received one of these boxes?

I'm a fan of subscription boxes and love trying new products for free so this was a huge hit with me. New products+free box = Fabulous!

Disclosure: I was given and free box in exchange for a review but all opinions are my own. 

Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too. Someone asked me why I do a "Freebie Friday" each week, so I'll tell you.

A while back I listed all the free samples and wins that I had received that previous year and so many people didn't believe that I could have gotten so many free things. So I decided to prove it by taking a picture every week and sharing the sites that I found the links to the freebies at. So now you too can get great free samples coming to your mailbox each week.

  You can find links to great samples at Hey It's Free and Freebie Shark.

This week I received:

A stop banning abortion sticker.
A Sephora Clay Mask sampler.
I cashed out my points on eRewards for a $50 Macy's eGift card and bought a whole bunch of makeup that was on sale which I will be reviewing on here when I get it.
I won a book in a blog giveaway over at Do You Dog Ear.

I've used these clay masks before and they do make my face feel softer after using them.

There were some gift sets and single makeup items on sale at Macy's and I got a free gift for spending $50, so I'll be reviewing a few items that I got here on the blog when I get them.

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Review: Birchbox Subscription Box - July

I decided to sign up for a Birchbox subscription box. It's only $15 a month and this month's box came with 6 products. 

In this box was...

Balance Me congested skin serum.
Beautycounter mineral sunscreen lotion.
Bumble and bumble leave in hair conditioner.
Marcelle waterproof eyeliner- Expresso.
Purlisse coconut oil and coffee sugar body scrub.
YENSA tone up primer. 

All of these products were new to me and I've tried them all and liked them. The eyeliner is a dark brown and while I always use black, this is dark enough to not really notice that it's not black and it goes on really smoothly. 

The leave in hair condition smell so good and so does the coffee body scrub. I have had a few coffee scented bath products and they usually smell really good. The primer works well under my makeup. The sunscreen lotion works but is a little greasy. 

All in all I liked everything I got in this box and think everything works well. 

Did you get this box?

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Favorite Picture of the Week

I have a shelf on my computer table that sits above my laptop. So the other day this tiny beetle fell on my hand from that shelf while I was typing. I was like, well hello there. lol I had to enlarge the picture just to see it sitting on my fingernail. I took him outside so he can live out his little beetle life.