BEAUTY IS A LIFESTYLE THING

DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that most people overlook cleaning their toothbrush holder when they are cleaning their bathrooms? Did you know that toothbrush holders harbor a great breeding ground for bacteria? Photo Credit: businessinsider.com Many scientists have run tests and found out that your toothbrush and its holder can harbor over 100 million germs! In fact, it is among the the top ten in contanination in the bathroom! Some of the germs may be overall harmless but things like mold, yeast,staph., e-coli, and coliform are found and these can make you sick. There are very simple ways to remedy the problem. One needs to clean it. It has been recommended that the holder itself should be cleaned at least 3x per week. The Bacteria is air-born and we can't see it, and it can spread liberally around if not addressed. It's so easy to clean your toothbrush holder with these simpe steps. First take apart the holder if it comes apart. Use soapy water to clean in all the spac...

What's a Pinch Me? I belong to a group that reviews samples of products for free and once you create a profile you can begin to receive notice for products. The products can be of food,beauty,health,or lifestyle related. I'll provide my referral link at the end of the article if you'd like to sign up. Everything is free except your time. I recently received a DIY Compressed mask from the Pinch Me group, and frankly I wasn't sure what they were. I decided to share this article after doing research since I was also asked by another person if I had heard of them. Simply put a DIY Compressed mask is an individually wrapped cellulose "paper" facial mask. This mask when soaked in your favorite "facial recipe" expands. One will then very slowly peel it apart and apply it to your face for skin treatment. These facial compressed masks can be purchased individually wrapped in bags of 50 or 100 for relatively cheap; I've seen them for $3.00 up to ...

Skull Candy Crusher EVO Headphones Review As a Lifestyle blogger I often have opportunities to review products. Most times the products are new to the market or are very important to that particular company. Many companies approach bloggers to use and reuse a new product and then to truly review the product; this company wants to make a commitment to putting a good product on the market. Sometimes the products are offered for free or at a severely reduced cost. I have received these headphones at a much reduced price as part of a large reviewing group for a real and true review. Today I am reviewing the Skull Candy Crusher EVO Headphones. I begin with the “unboxing” of the headphones. The headphones were packed very nicely in a sturdy box to protect them against outside damage. Included in the box was a USB cord, the charging cord, a nice carrying/dust bag, direction booklet, and information on the downloadable app Tile. The QR Code was available to scan for questions, ...

Photo Created by MaryCaliendoPhoto2021 Happy New Year 2021! It's a new year and there are new goals to set. Every year many people will make resolutions. Many of these will go every year uncompleted because they were set way too high for the person to even obtain to begin with. So why not start 2021 with a clean slate? Restart where you left off in 2020 by making your original goal one for this year, or scrap that entirely by making a smaller goal. Resolve to be Healthy~ This might sound vauge but it is easier than saying I will train to run a full marathon. In other words, for example you want to become more organized, you don't do every single drawer in the whole house in a weekend, but you may take one drawer a day and add that to your already existing schedule. Adding in Healthy Habits Start with getting great sleep, adding in antioxidant tea, drink more water, eating cleaner and also adding in exercise. I have been researching what the best exerc...

Spiced Tea Photo Credit: 123Rf.com Christmas greenery Photo Credit: MaryCaliendoPhoto2020 If you're like me sometimes you get sick and tired of the same old sugary laddened recipes, mainly made for the kids, here's an article I wrote a while back that contains the recipes to make Spiced Tea and apricot bread. They both remind me of a slower time and Christmas. Hot cocoa and hot chocolate bombs are all the current rage, and tea is the less likely choice. This, however, is a very refreshing choice and one of my grandmother's new year favorites. Tea helps us slow down a bit during the hectic chaos of the last minute Christmas rush. Apricot bread is a fulfilling tasty morning or mid-day snack. Can be eaten warmed gently in the microwave and buttered or with a topping of apricot jam or jam of your choice.. Yum. Please feel free to click on my link below to check out the entire article and recipe. It's an easy recipe for both and a highly aromatic pleasant sce...

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Happy Holidays! Well if you're still on your weight-loss journey or on Ketogenics for health reasons, welcome to phase I of the holidays. (I just made up these phases to illustrate my thought processes LOL) Phase I of the holidays is in my mind simply passing the first holiday with some assemblence of eating the keto-friendly diet you were adhereing to previously. So with Phase I down, we now are approaching Phase 2 (Christmas) and that consists of so many, many ways to cheat; I do love Christmas cookies and all the fun desserts; they were truly a downfall for me. But remember to try really hard to not beat yourself up for partaking in a few of the treats. It's hard to be on a specific lifestyle when the whole house is not. This year I will include a small container of keto-friendly Christmas cookies for myself while I'm baking for everyone else. I've Included a very easy recipe for what I call Cheese Tidbits. These tasty little things can act like a chip or ...