A little background info about the queenofalltrades etsy shop owner. My name is Lauren. I grew up in Arcadia, Ca.and went to private school in Monrovia,Ca. Growing up I always had some kind of craft or art project going on. I would 'borrow' the money from my Mom to fund these craft adventures, then I would take them to church with me and sell my crafts to the church ladies.I learned the principles of supply,demand and the art of a sales pitch, early on in life. By the time I had graduated H.S.,I Read more [...]

First, I want to say thank you to silver savings, freebies and giveaways for giving me this award! If you haven't heard of her blog you definitely have to check it out. Rules: Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award. I get to pass this award on to Read more [...]

I was given the opportunity to review Skin MD natural shielding lotion. Skin MD shielding lotion is not like the types of lotions you are used to. Here's the explanation of why, from the Skin MD website. Conventional lotions only add artificial moisture to the skin temporarily alleviating the dryness or itching, but these moisturizers don't actually solve the problem, they only treat symptoms without eliminating the cause. Dry skin is unable to absorb the newly added moisture to allow repair Read more [...]

As most of you know, I'm 18. For the past year or so, on occasion, perhaps once or twice a month, I'd wake up with a puffy face. However, within a couple of hours my face would be totally back to normal. I didn't think much of this, and just ignored it. Then about two weeks ago I woke up and my face was puffy, but seemed puffier than usual. Puffy to the point that I had a 'roll' of puffiness that was my upper eyelid, as well as a roll of puffiness under my eye. Although it slightly went down throughout Read more [...]

Booksneeze is a website that offers free books to blog-reviewers, in exchange for reviews. This is my first review that is complimentary of book sneeze, but I'm sure it won't be my last. :)I was able to receive a free copy of the book the noticer by andy andrews. I was pretty excited about this book. I am very interested in psychology, and am just an analyzer by nature. I thought this book might be something I could relate to, because I thought the old man just noticed things that other people looked Read more [...]

Scrubz body scrub was an all new experience for me. I had never used a body scrub of any kind before. However, when I read up about the Scrubz company, that makes a body scrub that is all natural, I was a little intrigued. Here's some information from their site. Once upon a time, Roberta Perry decided that the skin products on the market were not satisfying her addiction to soft skin. They were either filled with artificial preservatives and/or colors, didn't do what they promised, or the Read more [...]

So many winners today! the 3 winnes of the oh, baby! book are... comment 4, skgaff said... 4 I'm a facebook fan #2 comment 65, Jennifer said... 65 I entered your Zutano Itzy Bitzy giveaway Comment 47, Heidi said... 47 i get email updates 1 Congrats to the 3 of you! I have emailed you, please reply before tuesday at 6pm. The boys store winner is... Comment 70, jakiesmom said... 70 e-mail subscriber 2 Congrats! I have emailed you, please reply before teusday Read more [...]

Nature's Gate is a company that sells certified organic body care products. When I saw that they offer an acne treatment kit, I was very interested. I'll try to keep my life story short but, I feel like I need to explain my acne background for you to understand fully. I started getting acne young, when I was 10 or 11. I tried many acne care products from then until age 14 or so. Literally every month or so I would give up on the last product I tried that wasn't working, and go to the store, Read more [...]

  Oogave from their site... Oogavé is the first soda to be sweetened only with 100% organic agave nectar--not one drop of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Not only is agave nectar a fantastic sweetener, but the garbage found in traditional sodas has been removed. Artificial flavors, artificial colors, salt and preservatives such as sodium benzoate are not used. Oogavé has only four principal ingredients: agave nectar, carbonated water, citric acid, and natural flavors--nothing that Read more [...]

The winner of the yaya blanket is... which means... yaya blanket skgaff said... 28 I'm a facebook fan #3 (I've already emailed you about this giveaway but it's included in the response to the other email we had going back and forth about the other giveaway you won) the winner of the 24 thank you tags from designer favors is... Which means... jakiesmom said... 76 gfc follower nannypanpan (because this giveaway was sponsored by an etsy shop owner, I'm going to send her your Read more [...]