Hobby Time

Back before I had children or back when I had only one child, I used to spend a lot of time on hobbies. I enjoyed sewing curtains, sewing aprons, making coasters for beverages, crocheting, and making soap among many other past-times. Back when I made soap, I used to love shaping and scenting the soap and making it extra special for my family.

Now that I have no time with working full time and having children running all over my house most days leaving messes for me to clean up, I have found that I have to buy my soap instead of making it. Recently, I received a free 4 oz bar of handmade soap from Subtle Body Essentials in exchange for my hones and unbiased opinion. This may just be my new favorite soap. Since I don't have time to make it myself, it is nice to find a handmade soap that cleans so well while incorporating so many natural and organic ingredients.

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The 85% organic soap bar sample which I received is Lavender Lite. The ingredient list includes: "Saponified oils of sunflower* and/or safflower*, coconut* and palm* (with retained glycerin), essential oils of lavender and lavandin, alkanet root, comfrey root & rosemary extract. *Ingredients are certified organic."

The scent of the soap is very relaxing and comforting. The lather of the soap easily covered my hands and lifted away the grime. The feel of my hands after rinsing the soap is clean and refreshed. This is a quality handmade soap and well worth adding to your household or giving as a gift to someone you love - Mom, Grandmother, or close friend.

Since I don't have time right now for my favorite hobbies, soap making included, this is a wonderful substitute for the homemade soap that I loved.

#handmadesoap

Pulling Teeth

Ever have one of those weeks when nothing comes easy? Where every tiny detail of the week makes you feel like you are pulling teeth? Where nothing seems to go right?

This has been our week before Christmas! One highlight of the week though has been teeth. Chris, my son, decided that he wanted to try a teeth whitening kit. In exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion, Dr. Whitening agreed to allow me try their teeth whitening kit for free. We started our 7-day trial picture with this set of teeth last Friday.

Then our hellish week began. On Monday, my girls were home from school with a stomach virus. On Monday night, I sprained my back. On Tuesday, Chris had the stomach virus plus I had to be taken to the hospital because I couldn't even sit up on my own. On Wednesday, we thought the week was getting better, but Wednesday night, I caught the stomach virus and Chris got a second round of it. His lasted into today, Friday.  Because of his virus and all the craziness of our household due to viruses, injuries, and the holiday prep in general, Chris forgot to use the teeth whitener a couple of days.

However, his teeth did come out cleaner by today, Friday, the seventh day. Here is his after picture:

I truly believe that if we had a good week and had used the product each of the seven days as instructed that the smile would have been even brighter! You can see some improvements though with the time that we did use it. 

I would recommend it if you are wanting to gain a brighter smile. For more information, you can go to http://www.drwhitening.net . #DrWhitening