Skin Free™ review and giveaway

I was contacted and offered to try out some products from the Skin Free™ company. I will admit I was a bit hesitant since I have done this before with another company with some negative results. When I hear something is natural and free of just about everything I get a little nervous. Those types of products are usually not the best. Well was I ever wrong! I received the four products shown in the photo. They are the Extra Moisturizing Soap & Shampoo Bar™, Super Moisture Butter Creme™, Whipped Tamanu Body Butter™ and the Niaouli Butter Stick™.

Now I had to decide which of the Ismail family members were going to try them so it ended up being Briahnna and myself. Briahnna has been using the Super Moisture Butter Creme™ to see if it would help relieve and repair some dry patches she developed on her face. Would you believe that it got rid of it in about 2 days time? I wanted to post photos but a 12 year old girl would NOT be having that! I tried the Niaouli Butter Stick™ and oh boy was I impressed! I have some rough feet (I admitted it) and this Butter Stick was just the antidote! It was not greasy and it keeps my feet moisturized for the entire day. I use it before I go to bed and when I get dressed for the day.

I also tried out the Whipped Tamanu Body Butter™. I am currently using it for massages. I keep it at my bedside for when the hubby is sweet enough to give his old lady a nice foot rub! It is so nice and once again, NOT greasy! I have used it all over and it is really good, leaves your skin baby soft. Now I have not yet used the Extra Moisturizing Soap & Shampoo Bar™ because I am saving it for when William runs out of baby wash. I think it might be good for his skin and hopefully less drying. He is showing signs of nasal allergies so I would think the lack of fragrance will be a plus for him. Overall I really think I will order the Niaouli Butter Stick™ and the Super Moisture Butter Creme™ on a regular basis. Now for the fun part, it's your turn...


One lucky reader can win $30 of Skin Free™ products of their choice. All you have to do is check out the Skin Free™ site and tell us what products you would like to try if you won the $30 gift certificate.

Would you like an extra entry? (you must complete the first method to qualify for extra entries)

1. You can tweet this giveaway and leave a link to your tweet (one tweet per day)

2. You can place our button on your site (leave a link to your site)

**Be sure to leave an individual comment per entry method.
The deadline to enter is July 21st at 11:59 pm EST. Giveaway open to US residents only.
Good luck and a special thanks to Skin Free™ for sponsoring this giveaway. Skin Free™ products are available on cvs.com and drugstore.com

Wordless Wednesday

As seen on TV

Do you purchase any of the "As seen on TV" products? I recently saw something you connect to your garden hose that turns it into a power washer. I really want to get one. Dwayne might not let me since I have one of those Pedi-paws things that has been used once (by Dwayne)! I insisted that I had to have it and have yet to actually use it.

Do you have any of those items that you swore you would use and just had to have it and it collects dust? You know you do...admit it, I want to know!

Flashback Friday & our 400th post!

It just dawned on me that we are on our 400th post! Thanks to all of our friends that have been following us and taking time to leave comments. I never really thought we would get this far or we might run out of things to say so I guess I was wrong! I leave with this great old school hit and the Ismail family theme song. Have a great holiday weekend!

Getting William to not wake up at night

Okay, if you read yesterday's post you would know that William was sick and waking up throughout the night. I knew I had to do something about this since this means Dwayne and I are not getting our sleep either. We do not do the pick up at night thing or the sleep in our bed thing so I had to think hard. I came up with something. As a matter of fact, it is what has worked all along. Strangely William can go 6-8 weeks sleeping perfectly through the night them Bam! He starts waking up a few times at night for about 2-3 days. I end up changing his bedding and voila, he goes back to sleeping through with no interruption. I have even found that moving his crib around to the opposite side of the room seems to do the trick. Your boy Dwayne aka "Ismail the Great" likes to call it Feng Shui. You let him tell the story he would say he made it all up on his own! I find it amazing how subtle changes can make a huge difference.

Do you have any tricks to getting your baby/toddler to sleep through the night? If so please share.

What kinda Wednesday is this?

So sorry, no Vent Day today because I am taking care of a sick little one. Believe me I had lots to vent about. When you live with Dwayne you could never run out of stuff to say! Today I am running off of about 2 hours of broken sleep. William has a head cold and has decided that he needs to whine all night long. He seems just fine in the day though. I am so lucky that Dwayne really takes the most care of him at night since I have the all-day shift. I have so many little things I want to write about but my brain is not really connecting with my fingers at the moment. Thank goodness for spell check! I hope everyone has a fabulous day! I think I am going to take the girls out so I can sneak by Starbucks for a quick pick-me-up.