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Hair Cuttery August Share–A–Haircut Campaign #ShareAHaircut

August 2, 2016 By Anne

Disclosure: I have received promotional consideration from Hair Cutter

It’s back to school time again, which means Hair Cuttery is having their Share-A-Haircut Campaign.

For each haircut purchased, one will be donated to a child in need—just in time for the new school year.

Going back to school is a big deal to kids. They see their peers, friends and meet new teachers. Kids want a new look. A fresh look. They want to look their best. For most of us and our children, its no big deal to get a hair cut. But for some it is a big deal. Why not get your kids a hair cut at Hair Cuttery this year and give another child a chance at a new look!

This summer, Hair Cuttery is aiming to donate tens of thousands of free haircut certificates ahead of the new school year. Certificates will be distributed with the help of more than 100 local government and non-profit organizations in communities across the country.

Since 1999, the Share-A-Haircut program has donated more than 1.89 million free haircut certificates valued at nearly $30.35 million. 2016 marks the 17th year of Share-A-Haircut, with Hair Cuttery’s most recent campaign donating 55,000 haircuts to victims of domestic violence this past spring. The company has an established history of charitable giving and has supported a range of local and national causes, including St. Baldrick’s Foundation, American Red Cross, The National Network to End Domestic Violence, American Cancer Society and Girls on the Run.

Certificates will be distributed with the help of more than 100 local government and non-profit organizations in communities across the country. This summer, Hair Cuttery is aiming to donate tens of thousands of free haircut certificates ahead of the new school year.

I take my kids to Hair Cuttery all year long. I even go there myself! Love my hair stylist, Kristy!

Where can I find the closest Hair Cuttery?

By using the salon locator, which you may access here!

Keep up with Hair Cuttery on Facebook, Twitter @HairCuttery, Instagram and Pinterest.

ABOUT HAIR CUTTERY:
Hair Cuttery is the largest family-owned and operated chain of hair salons in the country, with nearly 900 company-owned locations on the East Coast, New England and the Midwest. A full-service, value-priced salon, Hair Cuttery offers a full complement of cuts and styling, coloring, waxing and texturizing services with no appointment necessary, as well as a full line of professional hair care products. Hair Cuttery is committed to delivering a delightful client experience through WOW Service including a Smile Back Guarantee. Hair Cuttery is a division of Ratner Companies, based in Vienna, VA. www.haircuttery.com

Anne

I'm a mother of 2 who likes to get involved in too much! Besides writing here I started a non-profit, I'm on the PTO board, very active in my community and volunteer in the school. I enjoy music, reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with my family. We just adopted our 3rd cat and love them all!

Why Buy It – When You Can Win It! #giveaways #win

August 1, 2016 By Anne

Enter these giveaways and list your giveaways here!

Magnetic Stick N Stack

Baby Bliss Essentials

Baltic Amber Jewelry

Anne

“Shop With Your Heart” initiative from the ASPCA

August 1, 2016 By Anne

This is a guest post.

Aside from the people who are vegan, most everyone I know buys meat, eggs, or dairy at some point during the week/month/year. And those of you who do – have much more buying power than you probably even realize. By buying welfare-certified animal products, or more plant-based products, you send a strong message to food companies that you care about the treatment of farm animals.
Just an average size family spends hundreds of dollars a month on meat. Imagine if every
single consumer used that buying power to purchase welfare-certified meat instead of the meat from inhumane factory farms. What a difference that would make!

As you may already know, most of the nearly 9 billion animals raised for meat, milk and eggs in the US are suffering in inhumane factory farms. And animals are not the only affected, as factory farms impact human health—they can be breeding grounds for dangerous pathogens and the antibiotics used to prevent disease create the potential for dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria to develop.

To fully harness the power of our collective purchases and demand better lives for farm animals, the Shop With Your Heart initiative launched by the ASPCA gives consumers the resources to recognize, locate and demand meaningfully welfare-certified meat, eggs and dairy products as well as plant-based alternatives.

Will you take the pledge?
Everyone who signs the pledge also gains access to an exclusive Shop With Your Heart Grocery List, including welfare-certified and widely available plant-based brands.

Make Heart Hands for Farm Animals!
Pose with your hands in a heart shape and post a photo using the tag #shopwithyourheart and @ASPCA to let your friends know you believe in a more humane world for farm animals. Don’t forget to tell them where you shop to find more humane products—give the stores a shout-out by tagging them, too!

Anne

Kids Become Little Builders with Magnetic Stick N Stack Toys: Review and Giveaway

August 1, 2016 By Marijean

I am always looking for new learning toys to keep my kids occupied, especially during the summer months. My 7 year old and 5 year old love to build and use their imagination. When I was contacted to review Magnetic Stick N Stack Shape Mags, I was very interested since I never heard of them before.

Magnetic Stick N Stack makes building so quick and easy because each plastic tile has magnets around its borders. You can connect and make all kinds of things such as vehicles, houses, shapes, letters, animals etc..

Here is what I received to review:

Magnetic Stick N Stack Shape Mags:

A total of 60 Magnetic tiles.
Includes 4 windows . Fully compatible with other brands.
Clear transparent tiles Color Red Blue Green & Yellow.
Made of top quality & Safety tested to for all american guide lines.
Set Includes 2 Large 6×6 32 Small squares 3×3 4 Windows 3×3 8 Long triangle 3×5.5 4 Wide triangle 3×4 10 Small triangles 3×3

Magnetic Stick N Stack Shape Mags The Car Set:

A total of 16 Figures
2 Car bases
18 total pieces
Made of top quality & Safety tested to for all american guide lines.

One Red Magnetic Stick N Stack Stabilizer

A 12X12 Powerful Magnetic building plate with 128 magnets enclosed in the tile for ultimate durability.
Allows you to build twice as tall your magnetic tiles.
Compatible with all other brands.
Clear transparent tile, Color Red.
Made of top quality & Safety tested to for all american guide lines.

Magnetic Stick N Stack, Idea Book, 100 Colored Pages of Structures, Vol 2

Both of my children were very excited to open the boxes and get to building! I love all of the shapes and the bright colors. As you can see my children had a blast making fun projects out of Magnetic Stick N Stack sets! They spent hours building with their imagination creating some really neat things! They connect to each other very well, are very sturdy and don’t fall apart easily when you go to lift up your creation to move it. I love that there are endless possibilities of what you can make with Magnetic Stick N Stack sets. My son loves to build garages out of them for his cars, and my daughter builds doll furniture out of them. We have had them for a week now and each day they continue to build with them. I love how creative they are getting, and I do think these are a great learning toy for my children.

These are recommended for ages 3 and up, and they would make perfect gifts for all occasions. Magnetic Stick N Stack are fully compatible with Magna-tiles TM brand & all other major brands.

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***I was given a product in exchange for my honest opinion. This review is based on my experience with the product. I am not affiliated with the company and everything in this review is my opinion.

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Marijean

My name is MJ. I have two wonderful children and work part time as well as volunteer at my children's school.

Vitafive: Custom Gummy Vitamin Packs for Adults and Kids Review @vitafivegummies

August 1, 2016 By Marijean

I try to live a healthy lifestyle. Exercise daily, eat my fruits and veggies, also take my vitamins. Well, let me re-phrase that. “Try” to take my vitamins when I remember. I always have a hard time remembering to take my vitamins daily. I am also not a fan of swallowing pills (who is?) or taking chewable vitamins. I prefer the gummy kind but can never find one that tastes good. Most are too sweet or artificial tasting. I need to find a good gummy vitamin that I won’t forget about taking each day.

I was recently contacted by a company called Vitafive. What is Vitafive you may ask? Well, for around $1 a day they offer personalized gummy vitamin packs sent right to your door every 4 weeks. With Vitafive, your vitamins are all prepackaged into one convenient pack for each day of the week. You can take them anywhere with you, no more worrying each morning putting them in a little ziplock bag to take with you or forgetting about the bottle that is in your medicine cabinet. These are so convenient to take to work, school or even on vacation!

I was asked to review a 2 week supply of the Essential vitamin pack. Inside the Essential Pack are 2 Multivitamins and 2 Omega-3. This health pack offers a daily solution to help fill the nutrient gaps in your diet by including a multivitamin, as well as providing you with enough Omega-3 to help tackle the deficiencies most Americans deal with on a daily basis. Vitafive offers 7 different vitamin packs. Essential, Beauty, Heart, Brain, Active, Immune and Sleep. They also offer a customized pack of the specific vitamins you choose. Very cool since some folks may want different vitamins than others.

Prices for the vitamin packs for 4 weeks:

Brain ($24.00), Heart ($34.00), Active ($34.00), Sleep ($24.00), Essential ($24.00), Beauty ($29.00) and Immune ($29.00). For kids, Essential ($19.00), Immune ($24.00) or Healthy Bones ($24.00). Customize your own pack (starts at $14.99). Shipping is free.

Each individualized packet contains exactly what you need. There are no questions, no issues, and you know exactly what vitamins you are getting each day. I love that I can take these on vacation and I don’t have to bring the whole bottle or put them in a pill container. They are also great to take out to a restaurant if you like to take them directly with food. So convenient in many ways!

I have been taking these vitamins for 7 days now. I actually can’t wait to take them each day. They are delicious! They don’t taste artificial and they do have a real fruit flavor taste. They aren’t really chewy either and they didn’t stick to my teeth. I am looking forward to ordering them for my children since I know they will love the taste as much as I do. I have noticed my energy has increased and I do believe it is from taking these.

Other great things about VitaFive is that they are:

Gluten Free
Vegetarian
Kosher & Halal
Made in the USA
Vitamins are safe from melting in temperatures of up to 140 degrees

I know you will be as satisfied as I am with your new vitamin packs, but if for some reason you aren’t, you can cancel your subscription at anytime with no hassle.

Use coupon code mhtw30″ (all lowercase) to enjoy 30% off your first month with vita five. Click here to order.

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*I received a complimentary 2 week trial of vitafive in exchange for this review. All thoughts are my own.