Folgers Flavors : Coffee Enhancers

Recently I have been able to try all four flavors of coffee enhancers from Folgers. I received these samples free from Crowdtap in exchange for a review and word of mouth marketing.
 As most of you know, I am addicted to my morning cup! I can't start my day without it, so I was very excited to be able to mix it up a little with these flavorings. While all of them were delicious! My favorite was caramel, of course! Caramel is pretty much my favorite flavoring of anything. :) I love how you can add as little or as much of the flavors as you want. There is no pre measured amount, so I can do it like I please.
 I also love that these aren't just for coffee!! These are especially good in hot chocolate! They are a great way to take a dull cup of hot chocolate to the next level.
 If you haven't already tried these, you should definitely try some soon! I definitely would recommend these to everyone! :)

Rimmel London Scandalash Mascara

Before I begin my review, I will state that I received this product for free from Influenster for the purpose of trying the product and then letting people know what my opiniong is. I always give my honest opinions regardless of getting a free product. So, I was a little skeptical when I first saw this product in my Rose Vox Box from Influenster. I have only ever found one mascara that I really like. It was one from Loreal that I got to try for free, but I cannot afford to purchase it myself. However, I gave the product the benefit of the doubt and decided to give it a try. Boy am I glad I did! This mascara is fantastic! It goes on great with the new applicator and it doesn't clump at all which is very unusual for a thicker mascara. I was very pleased with how the brush separated each last and coated it with mascara in order to make it look like false lashes. Another thing about this product that I like is that it is made by Rimmel. Their products are very affordable and go on sale often, so most likely this is a mascara which I will be able to afford in the future. The only con I found with this mascara is that it feels pretty heavy when it is first applied, but you get used to it in no time. In my opinion the short lived feeling of "heaviness" is outweighed (yes, I see the pun)by the long wear of the fantastic looking mascara. I have always wanted to wear mascara because I have pretty thin lashes to begin with and they tend to fall out easily. I am so excited about a product that actually does what it says it does. In this world of pumped up claims that usually fall short, I am very impressed by Rimmel and its ability to follow through with its claims. This is definitely a product I would recommend and that I would continue to use in the future!! This product hits shelves in November 2013!! Look for it in a store near you!

Kroger deli fried chicken

 My newest campaign for bzzagent was for Kroger brand deli fried chicken. I got a free 8pc. fried chicken, free chips, and free 1 liter coke. The fried chicken was really really tasty!! The batter tasted great and was perfectly crispy. The only complaint we had about the chicken was that some of the pieces didn't have a lot of meat. It was a great convenient meal! All I had to do was go pick it up at the deli counter and as soon as I got home we could eat dinner! I also tried the BBQ kettle chips from Kroger. They were very good! I don't usually like BBQ chips, but I really liked these. And, of course, the diet coke I got was great!!! I love all of the convenience foods that Kroger has available. Their deli counter is full of great and affordable dinner ideas when you are in a hurry. They offer baked, fried, and rotisserie chicken as well as sandwiches, chicken tenders, and wings. I have bought the rotisserie chicken several times. I usually do my grocery shopping close to dinner time, so I will often buy a rotisserie chicken so I don't have to cook a whole meal right when I get home. I am looking forward to trying some of the other selections that are offered at the Kroger deli counter.

Colgate Optic White Oral Care Regimen

A few of the items in my Sugar N Spice Voxbox from Influenster were the items included in the Colgate Optic White Oral Care Regimen. This included the toothpaste, mouthwash, and a toothbrush! I have used the toothpaste and mouthwash before, but not the toothbrush. I hadn't used it in a while however because I only bought it the first time because I got it for free.
  Before I say what I think of it, I will give a brief history of my oral care. I got braces when I was 9 and didn't get them off until I was 16. The orthodontist I had did not do a good job cleaning my teeth during that time, and it is hard to get them as clean as they should be with just a toothbrush when you have metal covering the majority of your teeth. When he removed the braces, my orthodontist told me that the enamel on my teeth had been damaged from the glue as well as from the teeth not being able to be cleaned properly in 7 years. He told me I would always look the way it did and just to take care of them as well as I could.
 Since then, I have been very self conscious about my smile. I have always wanted to go have professional whitening done, but have never had the money to be able to do it! I have used whitestrips with little to no success, and they are pretty pricey as well.
 When I started using this toothpaste, I didn't have much hope of it working like it said it would. I have pretty much just come to accept that my teeth are going to stay this way.
  I have been using this regimen faithfully for the last 7 days and have seen an improvement in the color of my teeth. I am really hoping as a little more time passes that I get even better results! I am going to post a before and after photo, even though it makes me cringe to think of people looking at my teeth because even the after photo isn't great! I am going to continue using this until my free toothpaste and mouthwash is gone, and then I will post another update to see if they look even better then. I am hoping this will continue to whiten my teeth to help me not be as self conscious.  I don't expect it to work as well as a professional whitening, but hopefully it will return some self esteem when it comes to my smile because I love to laugh!!!! :)

Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector Oil Free B.B. Cream

Me and my girl getting ready for church! Doesn't my skin look great! :)

My newest campaign from Bzzagent is for Garnier. I got to try (for free) their Oil Free B.B. cream. Before this campaign I had never even heard of BB cream, let alone try it. So I was really excited to get to try something new. I was surprised when I tried it the first time that it was sooooooo runny!! I applied it with my hands so that it wouldn't get wasted by soaking into a sponge. I loved the coverage that it gave! It covered blemishes very well and really evened out my skin tone! It replaced my usual foundation as a great base for my other cosmetics. It really gave my skin a great finished and smooth look. I was a little surprised at how expensive this stuff is. On Amazon it is selling for over $16. That seems a little steep to me, but I don't typically spend more than 5 or 6 dollars on my foundation and the added SPF isn't that important to me. I also feel that they should have more shade options. I am very fair skinned and the light/medium was too dark for me. It wasn't so dark that it really looked terrible, but it didn't really match my natural skin shade. So, I probably wouldn't buy it again unless I could really get a great deal, but I will enjoy using my free bottle until it is empty!

Kroger Spring Dinner Campaign

So, this campaign was AWESOME! I got coupons for a free (Kroger brand) pork tenderloin, crescent rolls, refrigerated mashed potatoes, cake mix, and cake frosting.

     I have never made a pork tenderloin before. I don't usually buy it because of the expense, and I was so excited to try it for FREE! I decided to do something simple because I felt like anything very strong would overpower the flavor of the pork itself. So, I simply put it in the crock pot with some brown gravy and let it cook on low for 7 hours. It was so delicious! It was really flavorful and juicy! I had heard from many people that it can get dry, so I was really excited to find out that it was so tender and juicy and full of flavor. My husband and I both loved it!

I served the pork with the refrigerated mashed potatoes. They were good, but usually if I buy refrigerated mashed potatoes (which I only do if I have a coupon) I buy Bob Evans. These were not nearly as good as Bob Evans potatoes. They were kind of yellow, which I know isn't a matter of flavor, but it you enjoy food with your eyes first. They weren't nearly as creamy as Bob Evans potatoes! I did enjoy them and they were cheaper, but I have found many coupons lately for Bob Evans potatoes which makes them around the same price as the Kroger ones. I kind of think that refrigerated mashed potatoes are a waste of money when it doesn't take very long to make the flakes.

I didn't have time the night we made the pork to make the crescent rolls, so I decided to make them as appetizers for another night at dinner. I made pinwheels with the rolls. I put salami and Italian cheeses in some of them and put pepperoni and Italian cheeses in some of them. I heated some pasta sauce for dipping! These were so delicious! My husband LOVED them and asked me to make them much more often! The rolls were so flaky and buttery and made a great sort of crust for my pepperoni and salami. They definitely were just as good as the Pillsbury ones and they are cheaper, even with the coupons that I am able to find. I have already bought additional cans of these crescent rolls in order to make some more!












Lastly, I made the cake mix into cupcakes for today's potluck dinner at church! I bought white cake with vanilla icing. I decided instead of making plain white cupcakes, which I think is kind of boring, I would make m&m cup cakes. So, I added M&M's to the mix and then frosted them and put chocolate powder on top. They were delicious! The cake was very moist and the icing had great flavor! I was really glad the icing was very easy to spread, but it also wasn't too runny! I think they were a hit at the dinner! They even looked pretty! (I will include a picture)
 In closing, these are all products that we enjoyed, and I would probably buy all of them again except maybe the refrigerated potatoes! I can't wait to do another campaign for Kroger! I love these!

Dickinsons Original Witch Hazel Oil Control Towelettes

 

I got these to try for free in my Influenster Sugar N Spice Voxbox! Dickinsons Original Witch Hazel