Dermstore product review

Another review post from the Dermstore, this time all the products that I received had something to do with summer. Keep on reading and check out these wonderful products!

Blue Lizard Sensitive Sunscreen SPF 30 Plus (3fl oz.): $11.9

What it is:
A non-irritating, maximum protection sunscreen for sensitive skin.
What it's used for:
Blue Lizard Sensitive Suncream SPF 30 + features the finest UV ray-blocking ingredients, including micronized zinc oxide, which provides the best broad-spectrum protection from harmful UV rays. Water resistant and long-wearing, it soothes the skin with its mild formula.
Blue Lizard Suncream's unique packaging turns colors under UV light, so you know when you need to apply!

 My Review:  

This is one of the best, if not the best sunscreen I have ever used. I love the cap of the bottle (Yes, I have even just put it in the sun just to watch the cap change colors.) Okay, I have sensitive so I chose to sensitive type instead of the regular, but I know that the sensitive sunscreen works just how it should! I would definitively buy this product, since I live only five minutes from the beach I would this product a lot!

Get a Little - Self -Tanner Lotion ( 4oz ) by Pur Minerals: $22.50

What it is: 

a nourishing self-tanner.

What it's used for 

Become a bronzed goddess in one to three days with this special formula from Pur Minerals. Get a little Self-Tanning Lotion contains conditioning, soothing ingredients with subtle pigments to nourish your skin while imparting an exotic glow. Designed to resist becoming streaky or overly orange, your tan will look beautifully natural and healthy. 

 My Review:  

This was the first self-tanner I have used, but I must say that it did everything it said it would. My skin felt smooth and the tan was perfect! I would recommend this to anyone who wants to get a beautiful tan without being in the sun!

Mini Pink Leopard Bronzer from Too Faced Cosmetics: $15.00

What is it: 

A brightening, all-in-one bronzer, highlighter and blush.

What it's used for:

The unique printed formula is designed for enchacing the color and contours of the complexion. It features three illuminating colors to mix, match and blend for a customizable finish. Ideal for use as a highlighter, bronzer or blush, and suitable for use by all skin tones.

Pink Leopard Bronzer features lightly shimmering shades of mocha, fawn and dark pink. 

My Review:  

I really, really love this product. I have almost used this product everyday (except maybe one to two) since I first tried it. I am in love with this bronzer. It gives my skin the perfect glow as if I had gotten just a little sun on my checks. I have not used a better bronzer before. I diffidently recommend this product to everyone!


Disclaimer:  I was sent the products mentioned above for free from The DermStore for the purpose of this review. I was not monetarily compensated in any way for a positive review. The opinions expressed above are my own. Yours experience with this products might differ from my own.

Happy Memorial Day!

My Stubborn Heart ~book review~

I absolutely love finding new authors and books that are encouraging and fun to read. Becky Wade is one of the few authors who I will look forward to reading her next book.

"My Stuborn Heart" implanted many values that are important to have in families. It also shows that every family has problems such as: death, pain, but it shows that if you have God you can have redemption and Grace. The characters in the so try came to life while reading and I absolutely loved the opening of the book where Kate is justing coming into the town, Redbud, where most of the story takes place.

Throughout the whole book, there were many biblical principal expressed. I love how the author used God in the story to bring the two main characters, Kate and Matt, togetther to fall in love.
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Kate Donovan has walked through the past months in a lackluster daze. She does her job as a social worker well but really she is only going through the motions.
A request from her grandmother, for Kate to take a three month hiatus from her 9-5 and accompany her to her old hometown of Redbud, Pennsylvania to help restore the old family home, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her doldrums.
She is tired, lonely and depressed. At 31 she was sure God had her spouse out there for her and has prayed faithfully for him since she was young but still finds herself single wondering if he will ever appear.
Then Kate meets Matt Jarreau who is the hunky carpenter her grandmother hired to help them re-do the house.

Unsure of why, but knowing with a strong fact that she feels this way, Kate senses a deep and guarded sadness to Matt. Feeling attracted but waving it away by proclaiming him to attractive for her, she instead determines to pull Matt out of his shell and befriend him. Kate and her grandmother set out to do just that very thing and feel sure that they can succeed.

Could God be finally answering Kate's long uttered prayers or is Matt just in her path so she can help him along the rode to finally healing from his traumatic past?

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I received a copy of this book from Litfuse Publishers as part of their book review program. I was not required to write a positive review; the opinions expressed are my own.

The Champion By Carman Dominic Licciardello

One of my recent books I have read is The Champion By Carman Dominic Licciardello. The writer tells story of Orlando Leone who was moved early in his life towards Christ; however before changing his spiritual life he was a former Olympic cruiserweight boxing champion who had fought in the ring for ten years. I really enjoyed the time I spent reading this book, the writer made the story flow from one part to the next, making it not exhausting to read. This story has seemed to come to life, which had made it hard to set aside after I started to read it. I beilieve the writer did an excellent job on creating the settings for the story, tying them in with and creating the beginning, middle, and end. The story had a sense of adventure mixed in with it making the story both enjoyable and very interesting to read. I would highly recommend this book to any adult or teenager who is looking for a new, exciting book to enjoy over the summer.

MaMi Skin Care Product Review

Ma Mi Skin Care Sample Kit Overview:
Our sample pack is great way to try a range Ma Mi Skin Care products and take the first step to glowing skin!  Packed in a little green sachel, it also makes for a great skin care travel pack!  Each sample pack includes our Reawaken Cleanser, Glycolic Exfoliator, Nightshift Eye Serum and Satiated Moisturizer.

Steps:
Step 1 - Reawaken – CleanserThorough yet gentle cleansing! Removes makeup and impurities! Hydrates for refreshed skin! An advanced, all natural and powerful cleanser enriched with a combination of rosehip seed, olive oil, seaweed and essential oils to provide a complete spectrum of skin nourishment and protection every time you cleanse.
Step 2 - Radiant - Glycolic Exfoliator Mom could not ask for a more thorough, effective and gentle exfoliator.
Our completely natural Glycolic Wash removes the outer layers of thickened and damaged skin, leaving a smoother and healthier appearance.  It penetrates the deep layers of the skin, increasing the rate of dead cell shedding, new cell production and collagen formation.
Step 3 – Nightshift - Eye SerumA miraculous answer to tired, puffy eyes and dark circles (unfortunately, we can’t promise you through-the-night sleep).  Nightshift Eye Serum contains an active complex of soy and rice peptides, yeast protein, hyaluronic and seaweed extract. Not only does it enhance skin firmness and prevents UV damage, it also decreases free radicals and smoothes coloration of under-eye skin.
Step 4 – Satiated - Moisturizer This wonderful blend of jojoba oil, hyaluronic acid, apricot kernel oil and squalane nourishes, hydrates, oxygenates and improves cellular function. It will slow the aging process, gifting your skin with a more youthful, glowing appearance and leaving it smooth and silky.
Note: Some sample kits will not include all the products listed here.

Ingredients:
Reawaken – CleanserPurified Water, Olive Oil Castile, Vegetable Glycerin, Rose Hip Seed Oil, Oil of Kumquat, Seaweed Extracts.
Radiant - Glycolic Exfoliator Ingredients: Purified Water, Glycolic Acid.
Nightshift - Eye SerumIngredients:  Seaweed Extract, Purified Water, Hyaluronic Acid, Oxido Reductases, Soy Peptide, Hydrolyzed Rice Bran Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin
Satiated - Moisturizer Ingredients: Purified Water, Jojoba Oil, Apricot Kernel Oil, Squalane, Hyaluronic Acid, Polyacrylamide, Laureth-7, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin.

Price: $6.95

Application: 

Reawaken - CleanserRecommended for dry skin to normal skin.  Wet face with warm water. Lather a small amount of Rose Hip Seed cleanser in your hand and massage it onto your face in a circular motion. Avoid eye area. Rinse thoroughly with warm water. For best results, use daily and follow with exfoliator and moisturizer.

Radiant - Glycolic Exfoliator Use at night after cleansing. Saturate a gauze pad with Glycolic Acid Exfoliator. Gently buff skin on area to be treated. Let sit on skin for a few minutes, rinse face with warm water to neutralize. Then follow with Hyaluronic Moisturizer to replenish moisture.

Nightshift - Eye SerumApply to clean skin morning and night. Apply a very small amount to finger and gently tap into affected area within the orbital bone.

Satiated - Moisturizer Use morning and evening.  Apply a thin layer to skin and allow to dry before applying make-up.

My Review:

I really like this sample kit, it comes with a large range of products, depending on what you skin is like. You receive four products, along with the other products you receive based on your skin type! They were all very nice product they are exactly how they are told to be like on the website. The products in the sample pack have a very large amount  in each of these products.

None of these products made my skin break out or affect me in a bad way.
I would recommend these products!

Priceless Treasures

Priceless Treasures | Cindy K. Stiverson

We've heard it said and often find it true:
You don't know the value of a treasure until you're without it.

We take for granted the things in life that seem so readily available.
  A paperclip or rubber band, to hold things together.
  A tissue or napkin, to wipe our nose to clean our face, to absorb our tears.
  A Bible to speak words of wisdom and instruction and life and love.

And a Mother, who is all these things and more.
  She is readily available.
  She holds things together.
  She wipes our nose, cleans our face (and our fingers, and, well…everything else!)
  She absorbs our tears and calms our fears.
 "She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue." (Proverbs 31:26)
  She loves.

Within hours after my mother passed into the gates of our heavenly home, I was missing her. Her quick wit…humor…charm. Her warm smile and melodious laughter, which served her well to the very end, as did our Lord Jesus Christ, who so graciously allowed her to slip quietly and peacefully into His arms.

She simply stopped breathing.

As I stood at her bedside in those priceless moments after her passing, I wanted to touch her skin as much as possible while there was still warmth in her body; to nuzzle my nose against her head and breathe in the scent of her hair while she was still there. Priceless treasures I was guilty of taking for granted, clouded by unmet needs. I was so consumed with what she was not, that I never fully appreciated who she was. It’s like I was blind, but now I see!

I see her strength, her commitment. Her perseverance…sacrifice…her unspoken love. I see how much she meant to me, how much she did for me, how much she taught me, and how much of the good in me was modeled by her.

She was a virtuous woman, as described in Proverbs 31 of the Bible.
“Her children stand and bless her… a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised. Reward her for all she has done. Let her deeds publicly declare her praise (vs. 31).”

This last verse of the poem serves as an epitaph for the woman of virtue. It speaks of the legacy she leaves in her passing. It spurred me to write a personal epitaph for my mother, which I read at her funeral.

We publicly declare your praise today,
and in the days to come,
for you deserve to be praised and blessed,
"We honor you, Mom, for all you have done!"

In my earliest of memories,
You worked so hard, striving for the rest.
You persevered through great trials
and did your very best.

I know you are being rewarded
in ways far beyond our reach.
We honor you now by practicing what you've taught,
and even what you preached!

You've stood for us for all these years,
Today, we stand for you!
I pray that our applause on earth
will reach your heavenly ears.

With the reading of this poem, I asked everyone to stand. We clapped our hands in celebration and praise of the life of my mother, Margaret Alice Stiltner.

Imagine our surprise to discover that she had left a poetic epitaph for us! She had clipped it from an old magazine and framed it. I found it when I was cleaning her home, on a nightstand by her bed. My mother was never versed at expressing emotion. This was her sweet way of kissing us good-bye: a priceless treasure to remember her by.