100% Pure Jojoba Oil [Certified Organic] Review

Jojoba has many uses. The most common thing I have heard of for it is to be used as a carrier oil, similar to coconut. However, jojoba works completely different than coconut. Jojoba works by imitating the skin's natural oil, sebum. So when used as a carrier oil, mixing it with an essential oil say such as peppermint or lavender, you can get a wonderful massage.

Jojoba can also be used to help with managing hair, such as frizziness. Just put a little tiny bit in your hair when it is damp to help combat the frizz.

his oil can be used as a moisturizer, making your skin incredibly soft. I like honestly just getting a drop or two and putting it on my lips to hydrate them. I feel like this has a much longer effect on my lips (hydration-wise) than my different chapstick brands.

You can use jojoba to remove make-up, cleanse your face, and moisturize all in one! Just a little bit goes a long way, and once you are done removing your make-up, just clean your face up with this, rinse it off, and put a little bit more on your face to moisturize it. It really does work as simple as that, and I do believe that this has helped my acne settle down.

This one is important for my husband. To help with shaving, just use a little of this to help minimize razor burn. He uses this for his beard, when he needs to shave it off. I have noticed that the razor burn is far less noticeable when he uses this versus when he does not.

You can check out this jojoba oil on their website HERE or on Amazon HERE.

Disclaimer: I did receive this in exchange for an unbiased and honest review.

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Burger Press Review

One thing I've always had issues with is having a consistent-sized patty when making burgers. Even though I feel like I make them the same, I will end up with ones that look like pancakes while others look like balls. Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, but only slight. This is super easy to use, and super easy to clean. I love how you can literally just pop this into the dishwasher, let it run and it come out spotless. It did make me laugh, one of the instructions on the instruction guide was to remove the instructions. I felt that one was unnecessary since you had to remove the instructions to read that in the first place!

The patties that came out from this burger press were definitely uniform is height and width, and all perfectly round. I did have a little bit of issue at first with getting the meat packed in to make it uniform, but I got better with practice! By the end of the cooking session the patties were all becoming quite uniform. This makes me happy because this might be the very first summer of no burnt patties!

You can check out this burger press on their website HERE.

Disclaimer: I did receive this in exchange for an unbiased review, this review is 100% my own.

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Chew-Choos 'Sweet pea' Silicone Teething Necklace Review + Giveaway

I wish that I hadn't been so hesitant to try teething necklaces sooner. My twins both love them! This is a great little necklace, it has enough beads that when a baby gets bored with one bead, there is another dry one waiting for their eager mouth. This has withstood their tug of war games, so it has to have some pretty decent durability. I love all the colors that are available, I had chosen black because it can go with almost anything, but I am heavily eyeing the blue one, it is quite a pretty color. One of my twins has two teeth currently, and not a mark is on the beads, which I'm grateful for, because other toys are already showing the graze marks of baby teeth. The clasp is quite secure, it takes a decent amount of tugging to get it to unclasp (at least tugging from babies, purposefully undoing the clasp is simple and easy if you tug right beside it). I prefer this style of teething necklace I think, because there is enough to keep the baby interested in the beads, but not so much that it looks like a gaudy piece of jewelry. I think the amount of silicon beads on the necklace are just right.

You can check out this teething necklace on Amazon HERE or their website HERE.

Disclaimer: I did receive this product to test and review, this unbiased review is 100% my own.

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Skinny Blend by Skinny Jane Review

Wow. I am blown away by this. I have had some issues in the past with not liking protein shakes (some of them were so bad I couldn't even keep them down). This was not the case however. I have gotten the vanilla so far, and I think the next time I get this I will try another flavor.

My eating habits haven't been the greatest lately, and I've been desperately trying to find a protein shake I like that I can replace meals with. I think this one might be it, I definitely haven't had any issues with taste and I haven't gotten tired of it yet! Even if I do, there are several flavors to use, I'm not too worried about not liking the taste of other flavors based on this one. So... Flavor... A+!

This protein shake goes down extremely well, the texture is a lot smoother than others that I have tried. I think that might have been my issue with other protein shakes, because I can usually handle the flavor as long as it doesn't just feel wrong going down. This shake did not have that issue though so for... Texture... A+!

I can say I definitely noticed a boost in my energy, it could just be that I haven't had protein shakes really work for me before I had tried this (I have tried several both before and after for comparisons sake) and I do think that this one does boost my energy at the same level or better in comparison to others. I definitely don't recommend this for the evening/night time unless you want to be up then, because being energetic when you want to sleep isn't the most fun time in the world. Great for the day though when I have to go go go. Energy... A.

You can check this product out on their website HERE.

Disclaimer: I did receive this product in exchange for an unbiased review, this review is 100% my own.

#SkinnyJane

Lunch Bag Hango - Set of Two Sizes (Small &Large) Review

There are two bags that come with this set, a large and a small. The large is 6x6x10 in, and the small is 5x5x7.5 in. The different sizes, while still being a set, let you separate food and beverage, or different foods. It also lets you choose what size is necessary, there are days when you just don't need the larger one, and there are days that the smaller one just doesn't cut it.

The quality of these bags are amazing, they are really durable. I've already put them through the test (albeit accidentally) and have had no issues. The inside keeps my food the temperature that I want it to stay at for a long time, and the zipper has held strong with even twins roughly playing with it.

When I ordered, I received the black set, however the pink seems to be really nice as well.

You can check these bags out on Amazon HERE.

Disclaimer: I did receive this in exchange for an unbiased and 100% honest review.

#hangobags

Little SqueezeMe - Reusable Food Pouch Review + Giveaway

I've been testing these out for over a week now, and have not had any issues with these. They are definitely cute little food pouches, and I love how they are designed.

The fact that they can stand upright helps me out a lot, because in a hurry between twins, I don't get much time to think, I just do. I've had other food pouches where I have gone to set them down, and I haven't had the cap on all the way, and I've gotten baby food everywhere.

These are super easy to wash, I haven't had any issues with getting them completely clean and ready for the next go-round. As many small baby things that I have to wash, if I just toss them in some hot water, wait a bit (or more like appease my twins until nap time again), they get clean and I don't have to do much to get them that way.

There are lines telling you how much food there is in each pouch! I was so happy to see this, because I'm very attentive to how much my babies are eating, I'm always worrying about them getting too little. That is usually not the case but I still worry. This helps me portion out what they are eating though so it's not really an issue anymore.

You can use these for larger batches of baby food, so you don't have to worry about throwing anything away. I say this because you can freeze each pouch, so you can do 5 times what one pouch would hold, and then freeze it. You have five instant meals that are frozen. The fact that these can freeze too also means that you can use them as a temporary ice pack in a lunch, because by the time if gets to be unfrozen it should be about lunch time. So you get what is in the pouch unfrozen and you get the rest of what is in the lunch cold. This is great for like doctor's appointments, at least for me. Having twins means we don't always make it through doctor's appointments without them becoming hungry, and this way I can have a snack too while there.

These little pouches are BPA free! So happy about that, a lot of things are becoming that way, so much so that when products don't list that they are BPA-free I am wary.

You can find these food pouches at their website HERE or on Amazon HERE. You can also visit their Facebook HERE and their Instagram HERE

If you yourself want to buy these at a 20% off discount, go to their website and enter the Promo Code ESM3CRW7.

Disclaimer: I did receive this in exchange for an unbiased review, this review is 100% my own.

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Pacifier Clip "Ladybird" Review

This is something my twins fight over. They both want the pacifier clip with the bright colors, and the wooden beads. The other gets a regular pacifier clip on a ribbon. This has a very strong clip on the end of it, I don't have to worry about it coming off like other pacifier clips I've used in the past (and trust me, I've gone through a bunch all ready).

As much as they have nommed this, the colors have started to fade some, but they are still pretty vibrant. I don't think that matters so much because they both focus on one area (instead of the pacifier sometimes), leaving the rest of it very brightly colored.

The spinning part that tightens and loosens to hold the binky is really stiff, I actually prefer to just loop the thread through one of the holes in the pacifier and slide the other end through. Also makes for a lot quicker binky exchange when they need swapped out.

My twins definitely approve, and I hope that other babies will too. I like it because they like it (simple as that right?).

You can check out this pacifier clip on Amazon HERE or their website HERE.

Disclaimer: I did receive this in exchange for a review, but this review is 100% my own.

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