Francois et Mimi Stacking Mug Set with Rack

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Hey everyone!! So I drink coffee and hot tea and hot chocolate so I love me a good mug. The problem is it seems like people who make kitchens think you don't need storage space. I mean hello I have a three bedroom apartment and only have 3 upper cabinets and 3 lower cabinets (one under the sink so that hardly counts) so I was super excited to get these mugs. First off they are stoneware, which means I could even bake the thing if I chose too. These mugs are nice and big too. The straight sides lend to easy cleaning even if you choose the manual route though, they are dishwasher safe too. One of the coolest things about it though is the rack it comes with.

Now instead of valuable cabinet space, I keep my mugs right next to my French press on my countertop. They are beautifully colored and my only complaint is I think the blue cup should have a pink handle instead of a blue handle just cause well I like being able to stack them where the handle matches the next cup color and I can only do that one way where as if the blue cup had a pink handle it would work full circle. These are very nice tough coffee mugs even the kids dropping them hap hazardly in the sink hasn't chipped them. I look forward to trying more from this company in the future and you can pick up a set of these rocking mugs right here.

MeasuPro Instant Read Waterproof IPX7 Thermometer

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Hey everyone. So I know not everyone needs to know the temperature of their food items. I mean I've went my whole life without needing a thermometer but basically just because I overcook everything to make sure its done enough lol. Anyway some foods need to be cooked to a particular temperature not even to just be done but to be done correctly. For example quiche. A good quiche should be cooked to 165°. Well since I never had a food thermometer I never tried making it before. I actually have made it twice in the past couple of days and stupidly forgot to take pictures. Anyhow I actually forgot I had this laying around to review.

I made the quiche according to the recipe and thought to check the temperature only after I pulled it put of the oven at the end of the time. It was almost 30° hotter than it was supposed to be and quite firm. It was really more of an omelette pie than a quiche. The next day I made another and checked the temperature half way though the cooking time. To my surprise it was done and the difference was like night and day. My quiche was perfectly creamy and delicious! Its a great idea to have one around for cooking most things so you don't give yourself food poisoning. It is as accurate as a temperature thermometer (you know like what you use to see if you have a fever). It has all these buttons on it but has this handy looks water resistant cheat sheet to help you figure out what they are for but its cool cause its still easy to use. Anything that makes me be able to do more, easier, I like! You can pick one up here.

Inside Smarts premium delicates wash bags.

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Hey everyone. So this product wasn't really something I ever thought I would use but it surprised me. So what they are, is a set of 4 super silky zip up bags in 2 sizes that you are meant to put your snagable clothing items in so they don't get messed up in the wash.

Unfortunately I didn't have any unsnagged pantyhose to test out in this but I did find putting stringy things in it kept my laundry from getting all tangled and hard to get apart. Also its quite handy to keep my kids school uniform in so I can just grab the bag out of the drier in the morning and he has a full fresh outfit to wear including socks and underwear even without having to dig through the drier in the morning. He can even find them himself. I also found them great for storing stuff in easy to grab locations with less paranoia of coming across a spider in my oven mitt for example and a good place to keep rags handy in my kitchen without taking up valuable drawer space. I know they aren't meant for this, but for the price it is worth buying an extra set for this. I like how the zipper hides behind a band keeping the bag itself from snagging, plus its made of plastic so you don't need to worry about rusting. If you would like to pick up a set or two you can do so here.

Plugfones Giveaway!

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Hey everyone! So right off the bat here what the heck is a plugfone? Well you know those soft smushy foam thingies that construction workers wear to protect their hearing? Imagine if you could use those to block out loud noises AND still here your favorite tunes. Great idea right? Yeah the people who made these thought so too and even made it where you can switch between these sound blockers and a really cool shaped and comfortable ear bud cover in a bunch of different colors.

Now I was lucky enough to have my hubby working at the Daytona 500 so he could try them out for me, unfortunately he didn't take any pictures of using them there (but then again this is my schtick not his so thanks babe) but they did work awesomely. Since he had a lot of down time he got to listen to what ever music he wanted and even watch YouTube (though not my channel :P) while the races were going on and actually hear. I on the other hand was happier with my test of the product (only one set means I was without while he had them). Cause I could hear whatever I was trying to listen to on my tablet, but not the TV, never the TV since I couldn't plug into it I couldn't tune out the three noisy boys that rule this house. I actually find both sets comfortable which is strange since I don't normally like ear bud type phones cause they make my ears itch but these didn't. They also come in a lot of cool colors. Mine are purple! My husband hated that aspect of course, probably why there were no pictures come to think of it. They are a definite improvement on regular ear buds and I think you should check out their website here after you enter my giveaway below.

Crystal Wash Giveaway (closed)

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Hey everyone!!! Super excited today. Took my sweet time on this one just to prove to myself that this was truly legit. OK get this, you know how you always put laundry soap in the machine to wash your clothes? Maybe you've even gotten the little pouches you can just toss in because they are convenient? Maybe you buy special *expensive* laundry detergent because its better for the environment or made for sensitive skin. Maybe like me you went out and bought the non scented kind cause the regular kind broke out your kid's skin? I always thought it was crazy paying so much for soap that didn't even leave your clothes with a scent other than water. But you gotta do it right? Not technically.

 Even the littlest can help with the laundry

 I freaking LOVE these things!!!!

The reason we use soaps for cleaning is because without getting too very technical it makes the water and oils play well together for at least as long as it takes for the oil to pull the dirt out and the water to pull the oil out. So if you could do that without soap your clothes would get just as clean. That is exactly what this company did. They took some kind of bio ceramic that has the effect of raising the pH of the water and making the molecules smaller so it can effectively pull the dirt out of your clothes. This actually turns the water into hydrogen peroxide which sanitizes your clothes without bleaching them. If I fully understood everything about it, I would probably have just invented the thing myself but that is the gist of it. All of this and you can recharge its power just by sitting the balls in the sun for an afternoon. I know its crazy. But I have been using them exclusively for my laundry since I got them about a month ago. Given my household I've been able to run the gambit on them too. They have faced up to mystery working man stains that by the way my detergent could not get out including collar stains and stains from the strap of a dirty tool bag rubbing on his shirt. Stinky dirty socks. Children's accidents type 1 and 2 (think about it). Blood, and greasy rags (from cleaning the stove top). I even got to try it out on stinky pet odors and still the offending jacket came out clean smelling and in fact hair free as did the rest of the load. In every case these blew me away. All of my clothes are clean, I don't have to buy laundry detergents anymore. I actually still have some I haven't used left over. They are meant for 1000 washes. Retail price is 50$ plus shipping but you can get it for less.. I'll get back to that in a minute but let's do the math. That is $0.05 a load. Looking on Amazon Seventh Generation free and clear packs which are also supposed to me more environmentally friendly and natural and convenient are $0.30 a load. That's 6* the price. The cheapest I could find (not even natural just cheap) were $0.16 a load. So we are talking huge savings plus that's 10* the packaging you are not having to throw away. The crazy thing is they are actually making it even better and you can help. Pay attention this is how you can get this even cheaper. They have a kickstarter going on right now to develop a smart version that has a built in chip that tells you when to recharge it in the sun based on the waters pH, gives you real time reports of your laundry's pH level, how much you've saved, some type of laundry tracking stats not sure what that is for but whatever. It has a stain guide and a label decoder so you know how to care for your clothes properly and best of all will notify you when your laundry is done washing and even how many washes you have left before needing to order another set. All of this via Bluetooth right onto an app on your phone. Super cool right?? I know I for sure want to check it out! Even if only for the "put your clothes in the drier" alert lol. Any who, if you support their kick starter you can actually get either version or both versions or several sets (at a steep discount) or you  know like a T-shirt, or a laundry bag or a fuzzy feeling you are helping a small company and the environment and maybe yourself and if you are loaded and wanna give them a boatload of cash they are even giving away a gold washer and drier set (for like 10k) I'll put both links but I suggest clicking the one for their KICKSTARTER first so if it is still running you can get the discount price and check out what all they are doing more in depth than I have done here otherwise here is where you can buy it any old time and don't forget this is a giveaway so please enter below, it cost nothing and your might win a few years of free laundry. Tell your friends don't be greedy and enter!!! Trust me, you want this. Oh and if you do want scented laundry you can always use fabric softeners or those little bead things that are just for making your laundry smell good or essential oils. So y'all know I have had a winner for every contest I've posted, I don't post the winners name publicly because you might not want everyone knowing but if you do, feel free to comment anytime. More giveaways coming soon too so enter them!!!!

Minzos 4 in 1turbo pen

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Hey everyone! So if you are going to have one pen on you this one pretty much takes the cake. I mean heck it has a laser pointer that can be used for a presentation, or for playing with your pets, or small kids and even for directing dense people. It has a flashlight which comes in handy in a dark room or if you've dropped something or if you are hunting through a drawer..

It has both a pen and a stylus so its handy whether your tablet is of the highest tech or kicking it old school. Now the stylus itself is built very nice, much sturdier than the write through kind. The pen is of good quality as well and writes well. The batteries are easy to change out when you need to. Now for the downsides as both the laser pointer and the flashlight are on the end with the pen clip you have to be careful not to shoot yourself in the eye with it if storing it in the shirt pocket. As the flashlight is at the opposite end from the pen its no good for writing in the dark. As the stylus is actually the cap covering the pen one would think you should at least be able to fasten it on the opposite end while you use the pen so as to not lose the stylus however, it doesn't fit. I really think this is a great tool for home and office. The led flashlight is bright. The laser is on point. The pen works well and the stylus looks like it will last years if you don't lose it. I hope they come out with a new model where the cap will fasten on both ends and it has a use able flashlight on both ends (or at least on the business end) because then I could truly say it was the perfect pen. If you'd like to check it out yourself you can pick it up here.

Coosh 13000 mah portable powerbank

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Hey everyone! So this has so far been my favorite portable charger I've tried out, and why wouldn't it be? From the smooth super soft feel of the textured plastic to the massive battery supply that can charge my kids tablet ( a kids fire tablet) 4 times from dead to full on a single charge. Meaning I get peace and quiet even on the most horribly boring appointment packed days. It actually has a bit of battery to spare after all that so the momma could make an emergency call if need be.

This is definitely not the tiniest charger out there but who needs tiny when you can have power. It even has 2 seperate charging slots to pop on a second device (if you've brought another cord) though to be fair one port charges twice as fast, which actually may be a good thing I mean if you are charging the phone and the tablet you want to make sure your phone gets most of the power right? Heck I can even use it to charge my phone and my portable speaker and keep the party going all night anywhere! I really love this thing. it's become part of my morning routine of things to grab along with my shades, mod, juice, keys, purse, phone, and diapers. So much so I almost forgot I was supposed to review it. You can forget most of the puny little battery chargers and be glad you picked this one up here.