All Natural Relief With Zim’s Products Review and Giveaway

September 10, 2016 By Marijean

*This review was written by blog contributor Mariella Sajkowski

After three pregnancies, I often have lower back pain. Especially after a day of cleaning the house. I prefer not to take any medications besides an Ibuprofen every now and then. Luckily, I was recently contacted by Zim’s Max-Freeze to write a review on their products.

A little history on Zim’s

Zim’s® started over 60 years ago with the creation of Zim’s Crack Creme® by a pharmacist in Austintown, Ohio. Today, the Zim’s® brand has expanded to over 25 products ranging from lotions and cremes to pain relief gels and diabetic care items. The Zim’s Max-Freeze® brand provides an affordable topical pain relief gel that emphasizes the use of natural ingredients such as Ilex Flower and Aloe Vera.

Zim’s® continues to offer exceptional naturally-based products from a small town in Ohio. We look forward to expanding more in the future to provide you with products that utilize the power of natural ingredients to a make a difference in your life and those you love.

Zim’s Max-Freeze Patches

The Max-Freeze patches are a new product in the Max-Freeze line. They are topical patches that provide temporary pain relief with lidocaine and menthol. You simply remove the patch from the packaging, peel off the backing and place on skin. At first touch the sensation is cool. After about ten minutes, there’s a tingly mentholated feeling. In my opinion the pain relief is greater compared to its competitors on the market. Most importantly, I don’t have to rely on harmful drugs to ease my pain. The patches are available in sizes medium, large, and extra large. They’re $10.99 per package containing 6, 4, or 3 patches depending on size.

Zim’s Max-Crack Creme Creamy Daytime Formula

Zim’s CRACK Creme Creamy Daytime Formula is an herbal formula that softens and moisturizes dry, cracked skin. This product interested me the most since I have very dry skin year round.The lotion is creamy and not greasy. it has a slight cooling sensation which feels wonderful on your feet. $6.99 for 2.7 oz tube

Zim’s Advanced Acemannan Gel with Aloe Vera

This is another new product from Zim’s. Used as a protectant for minor cuts, scrapes, abrasions and burns. This product contains Acemannan, nature’s purest form of Aloe Vera. The gel is thick and cooling. My children like the way it seems to take the sting away from cuts. $9.99 for 3 oz tube.

Zim’s Crack Creme Crack Stick Lip Moisturizer

Zim’s Crack Creme Crack Stick Lip Moisturizer Vanilla Flavored is an herbal lip formula. Zim’s Crack Creme Crack Stick Lip Moisturizer Vanilla Flavored utilizes the power of Zim’s Crack Creme formula to moisturize the delicate skin on your lips. Zim’s Crack Creme Crack Stick Lip Moisturizer Vanilla Flavored soothes dry, cracked, chapped, wind burned lips. Zim’s Crack Creme Crack Stick Lip Moisturizer has a tasteful vanilla scent and is infused with Arnica, Aloe Vera, and Vitamin E. Zim’s Crack Creme Crack Stick Lip Moisturizer Vanilla Flavored is another Zim’s cold-weather essential. Condition your lips naturally before they get chapped with Zim’s Crack Creme Crack Stick Lip Moisturizer Vanilla Flavored.

Like I mentioned earlier, I struggle with dry skin year round. My lips are no different. Zim’s Crack Creme Crack Stick Lip Moisturizer seems to have a thicker formula than Chapstick. My favorite part: all the ingredients are completely natural!

Zim’s Crack Creme Herbal Lip Care with Sunscreen

Zim’s Crack Creme Lip Formula moisturizes cracked, chapped and wind burned lips. Use it all year for soft, smooth lips. Arnica & Aloe Vera with Cherry Flavor. This product is great because it moistures while keeping you safe from the sun. It’s especially useful for beach and ski trips.

Zim’s has an unique formula base of a combination of natural and scientific ingredients. They have an entire line of products including Lip Care, Pain Relief, First Aid, Diabetic and Adult Care. They also have gift sets that come packaged in a cute box of your choice.

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**GIVEAWAY*

Zim’s is giving away a set of Max-Freeze Patches in the medium size to a lucky reader! Enter to win! Giveaway ends 9/26. U.S. Only.

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*I received products in exchange for this review. All opinions are my own.

Marijean

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

Lularoe Clothing Review and Giveaway

September 6, 2016 By Anne

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I have an addiction…. Lularoe. It started out with a maxi skirt. Then another and another. I bought two azures but never wore them. Then a Randy. Then more maxis. A cassie came next. I finally wore my azures and fell in love. More azures were bought. My next purchase was the classic t-shirt. More classic t’s. Another cassie. Somewhere in the midst of all this was the lola and the Nicole. More lolas. Another Randy. I may be forgetting some….oh yeah…leggings. Only solid black except the black with small white flowers. Lindsay was next.

Not to mention the hours of searching for more clothes on Facebook!

Half my closet is Lularoe. I should really just become a consultant. But I’m afraid I’d keep it all and not sell it.

Lularoe clothes are the most comfortable clothes I’ve ever worn. They flatter my body. I’ve jumped out of my comfort zone and worn prints I never would have worn before. I’m wearing skirts again. ( It’s been a long time.) They wash well. There are so many different prints and patterns.

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I was asked to do a review for Channing Callahan. I picked out a light grey Lindsay. It’s super lightweight, almost see through. I love, love it. I wear it around the house as a jacket. I live in Florida and tanks tops are a necessity but sometimes that air conditioner comes on and it gets chilly. The Lindsay is prefect to put on.

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A little about Channing Callahan, Lularoe Rep

I want to share some of my biggest dreams with you and I want you to know what truly makes me happy!

I love Lularoe clothes and I love the… happiness this company brings me. But in this picture I’m wearing my favorite outfit…a simple pair of medical scrubs. I’ve been a nurse for almost 2 years and putting on this uniform brings me true happiness! I’ve had 6 different jobs in that short amount of time, but love the friends I have made through taking care of people while they are sick.

Along with being a full time Lularoe consultant, I hope that one day I will be able to work on the cancer unit at Primary Children’s hospital. Serving and being around little ones truly makes my day.

I hope that through my journey as a consultant I can share the friendship, compassion, and happiness other consultants have brought me. I have met and interacted with so many of you. I love that!! Thank you for your support. Lularoe is so much more to me than just selling clothes ❤️

My hubby, Dakota is my #1 fan. He encouraged me to do Lularoe and it cracks me up when he asks if he can help me photograph new inventory or put together new packages. He gets just as excited about all the unicorn prints as I do and I love that he supports me in anything I choose to do.

Thanks for reading my little “all about me” rant. I hope that I can be more personal in this group and really show you who I am and share my take on Lularoe. Stay tuned for some fun giveaways this week!

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Check out Channing Callahan’s Facebook group for all her styles and collections. Instagram account: @lularoe.channing and Periscope @Lularoe_Channing

Want to win a free pair of OS Mystery Leggings? Check out the giveaway below.

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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!

How Can You Make Your House a Reading House? Book Giveaway

September 6, 2016 By Marijean

**This is a guest post.

How Can You Make Your House A READING HOUSE?

I have formally taught and tutored many different types of readers over the years: new readers, struggling readers, uninspired readers, and those that I like to call classic readers (fast learners). Their instructional needs are very different but they all have one thing in common … parents who want to help them become stronger readers who do well in school. These parents approach me regularly asking for suggestions. They explain that they know they should be reading with their children at home, but want to know what else they can do.

Well, first, here’s the good news. If you are reading to your child on a daily basis, then you are already doing the single most important activity that will contribute to your child’s future academic success. Don’t worry that it feels too simple to be all that powerful. The advantages of frequently reading to – or with – your child cannot be overstated. It’s immediate on-the-job training! Reading together stimulates language and cognitive skills, enlarges the vocabulary base, builds prediction and memory skills, strengthens comprehension, and so much more.

The second bit of good news for those attentive parents is that – yes – there are many other fun ways to practice reading with your children at home. In response to their requests, I have developed a plethora of reading games and routines that can easily be woven into a family’s busy day. In my book, THE READING HOUSE, there are learning experiences for children from birth through fifth grade that touch upon language development, phonics, book selection, loving literature, reading strategies, vocabulary, comprehension, and story extensions. These reading activities are super simple and loads of fun, written expressly for parents who want to engage their children in meaningful learning opportunities.

The reading routines and games below are only a few of the 120+ activities in THE READING HOUSE book. Try some of them at home and let us know how it goes.

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One copy of THE READING HOUSE will be offered as a giveaway through Mommy Has To Work! Please comment below with what your reading routine with your child/children is. Giveaway ends 9/20, US Only.

Marijean

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

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

September 5, 2016 By Anne

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The Swan Princess DVD

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The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today DVD Giveaway

September 3, 2016 By Marijean

If you have a little princess, a little pirate, or even a combination of both.. your children will be sure to love this new DVD coming out on September 6th!!

The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today is out on DVD September 6 from Sony Home Entertainment!

In the brand new original animated film, Princess Alise is training to be the perfect royal but in her heart all she wants to do is sail the seven seas as a swashbuckling pirate! After setting sail, Princess Alise is shipwrecked and washes ashore on an island where she meets Lucas, a young boy who has been living there by herself. They have to work together to survive and get back to civilization!

With her parents away for the summer, fun-loving, young Princess Alise must spend her time with Queen Uberta, training to be the perfect, proper royal…But what she really wants is to become a swashbuckling pirate! Princess Alise sets sail with Lord Rogers, Jean-Bob the frog and Speed the turtle on a bold, high seas journey filled with amazing adventure, danger and discovery. After a shipwreck leaves the brave crew stranded on a wild, mysterious island, they meet Lucas, a young boy who has been living in seclusion. Now the faithful friends must work together to escape the island and the ferociously hungry creatures that dwell there.

VOICE

Jennifer Miller, Yuri Lowenthal, Doug Stone, Grant Durazzo, Brian Nissen, Gardner Jaas, Jayden Isabel, Elle Deets, Clayton James, Kirby Leigh, Joseph Medrano

PRODUCER

Richard Rich, Jared Brown, Seldon Young

DIRECTOR

Richard Rich

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Would you like to win a copy of this DVD? One lucky reader will! To enter take the “Are You A Princess Or A Pirate Quiz” and post your results in the comments section! US Only, Giveaway ends 9/15.

*Each household is only eligible to win The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today! DVD via blog reviews and giveaways. Only one entrant per mailing address per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you will not be eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.