5 Tips to Spice Up Your Relationship and Having the Freedom to be Spontaneous

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Freedom to be Spontaneous

 Today we’re going to take a little break from our holiday coverage and do something a little different.  If you visit my site often, you know that I cover a lot of health and beauty products, and I also do the occasional relationship and family related posts.  Today I’m combining those two topics.  I’m going to be discussing a product that can help you and your partner have the freedom to be spontaneous and we’ll discuss some other tips to help spice up your relationship. [Read more…]

Exploring Better Home Air Quality with Holmes® Smart Air Purifier

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Holmes Products. All opinions are 100% mine.

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Aside from the usual holiday posts, this fall I’ve been sharing some tips for health and wellness, including some tips to improve your home environment for health purposes.

Last month I gave some tips for cleaning and sanitizing various areas and items of your home in order to kill germs and eliminate dust and allergens.

I take a particular interest in the air quality of home for a number of reasons.  I personally have the minor, occasionally allergy troubles, but my husband suffers from allergies almost daily.

 I also think a lot about air quality, because we live in kind of an older house.  Occasionally we might notice sort of a stale smell in the house, so because of this, so I find myself cleaning a lot, and I worry about it.

And then I’m also a pet owner (1 dog, 2 cats), which means that we have both pet fur, litter dust, and he potential for odors.

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If you’re like me and have any of these situations in your home, you should consider getting an air purifier to help with your air quality.

The Holmes® Smart Air Purifier makes monitoring your air quality very easy. It features WeMo technology which allows you to change the settings from anywhere, using your smart phone app.

With the app, you can check your air quality, turn on your purifiers, change the settings, including the timer, fan speeds, and ionizer, from anywhere.  Check it out:

Given the circumstances I described above, I’ve had a couple of air purifiers, but I’d gladly trade those in for one of these.  The WeMo technology is such a great innovation.  I also love the ionizer feature; it uses negative ions, which bind with airborne smoke, dust & pollen to form larger particles that are easily captured.  And I love that the air purifier actually lets you know the air quality of the room, so you will know when you should run the purifier and what to set it on.

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And last but not least, I love that you can use your app to find out if your air purifier needs mainenance or a new filter.  With our business schedule and everything we have going on, this features comes in great handy!

Go check out Holmes® Smart Air Purifiers for yourself and see if they are a good fit for your household.

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Respect Your Feet with Amopé and 10 Foot Care Tips

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Here in the South, we can have a Snow Day one week and a picnic at the park the next week.  The weather is that unpredictable!   For this reason, it’s always good to take care of our feet, as you never know when it might be an open-toe shoe kind of day.  (Not to mention, my husband is always telling me that he likes my little feet, so I want to be able to proudly show them off.)  But regardless of how the weather is in your area, it doesn’t have to be sandal season to respect your feet!  Today I’ve got some foot care tips for you and a gadget to help you get an easy and inexpensive at-home pedicure any day of the week! [Read more…]

Tips for Immune Support + Gift Basket Idea

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Immune Support

We had a sensational October, weather-wise.  Here in the south, the fall season is usually a bit unpredictable.  It’s either really hot or really cold, and there’s no in between.  You can be wearing shorts and a tank top one day, and then the next week you’re breaking out a sweater and a wool coat.  Seriously! For the entire month of October, Noah wore shorts every day and only had to break out a light jacket last week, and then BAM! On Halloween night the low was 33 degrees!  Eek!  With this drastic change in weather, my first concern is immune support and staying well.

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5 Tips for Preparing Your Home for Cold & Flu Season

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5 tips for preparing your home

Cold and flu prevention starts at home.  While it’s important to maintain a healthy lifestyle through, complete with a well balanced diet and exercise routine, hydration, rest, and a multivitamin for health & immune support, there are so many other things you can to maintain your home this winter to further promote your family’s overall health. [Read more…]

Health and Wellness Book Review and Giveaway

Health and Wellness Book Giveaway

Do you love home remedies and natural cures? If so then you will love today’s health and wellness book feature!  I recently got four books filled with recipes, tips, and inspiration for health and well being.  These are filled with tons of DIY inspiration, and they would also make great gifts if you have someone in your life who loves home cures and natural health and wellness products. [Read more…]

Researching Your Insurance Benefits is Time Well Spent

As we prepare for the fall season, we get wrapped up in back to school shopping, after school snacks, and other seasonal preparation.  With everything going on, it is easy to forget that it is open enrollment for health insurance.  I never knew how important insurance was until my dad had a heart attack several years ago.  It was a very stressful time period, and it was a big relief for us the next day when someone came out to discuss his benefits.  I know this ordeal has greatly impacted the way my dad studies  his benefits and looks at open enrollment, and it’s definitely had an impact on me as well.

Researching Your Insurance Benefits

The whole process of researching insurance benefits probably sounds boring and tedious to most people, so to help with the process, I recommend looking at your options with your spouse.  This way you can bounce ideas off each other, discussing your current and future needs, and you will both know what you are getting. I like to think of it as a board meeting for your household.  And if you need help getting your counterpart to the table for the meeting, consider a nice bribe, such as their favorite meal! [Read more…]

Old Spice Review and Giveaway

This review and giveaway was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Old Spice. I was compensated for my participation in this campaign, but all opinions are 100% mine.

When you live with a grown man and a teenage boy, you can never have too many “smell good” products.  Our shower is always stocked with a whole host of products just for the guys!  Since it takes a lot to keep them fresh and clean, I immediately jumped at the chance to try out some products from Old Spice.

Old Spice is the manliest men’s grooming brand on the planet,  and through their Combos4Success campaign, they are informing guys that when they use Old Spice anti-perspirant and deodorant, body wash + 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner together the result is a manly, amazing, irresistible freshness from head to toes.

Old Spice Review and Giveaway

Old Spice has several scents available.  From their website, I chose the Pure Sport scent.  I was intrigued by the names of some of the others available (WolfThorn, LionPride, etc)  but I thought the Pure Sport would be best for my guys who just want a clean and masculine smell.  After receiving the products, I’m very happy with this choice. [Read more…]

All Day Beauty with Neutrogena

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All Day Beauty with Neutrogena

With all the hype and extra shopping that goes along with back to school, a lady can’t help but want to treat herself to something new too!  So last week, I treated myself to some beauty products from Neutrogena.  Neutrogena and Hayden Pantierre have teamed up to bring us tips and tutorials on how to achieve a beautiful “all day look.”  See Hayden talk about her “Day Off Look” in this video: [Read more…]

Smooth Summer with Gillette Flexball Starring Mr. Simply Sweet Home

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Smooth Summer with Gillette Flexball

Do you like for your man to have a nice smooth shave?  My husband hates to shave!  And I have to admit, I sometimes actually like the “scraggles.”  I sometimes even encourage him to just grow a full beard, but he says that “it itches after a while.”  (And he doesn’t really like the greys that show up. Oh no!) So basically he shaves…..then lets it grow for several days…and then shaves again when he “can’t stand it any longer.”  It’s a never-ending cycle!  Enter the Gillette Fusion ProGlide!

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