Last week I was sent a box of Hair Color Pastel Chalk. The hair chalk will work on any color hair and is excellent for wanting to try out a color first before committing to dying. The color will last about two days and easily wash out. I was excited to try this since I would be able to put it to good use come Halloween. When I first opened the box, I noticed that there were no instructions & everything else was Chinese. So I headed over to their website to look up how to do it. You have to wet the section hair that you want to use them on, and then rub the chalk on. Since I have brown hair, the site suggested that blue, pink and purple would be the best. While testing them out, I found that it worked best by getting my hair damp, then wetting the chalk stick itself. I also found that if I tried brush my hair wigs before it dried it would comb the color out. The yellow, white and black didn’t show up as well. In fact, the while pretty much disappeared into my ...
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Food Review – Hoffbrau Steaks
A few days ago, I was given a $40 gift certificate to go and check out Hoffbrau Steaks. Hoffbrau is a steakhouse restaurant with several locations serving the DFW area, Granbury, Haltom City and Amarillo. We when to the North Dallas restaurant that just recently opened located on Campbell Road. We got there a little while before the dinner rush started, so we were able to sit right down and order. We started with the Sweetwater Shrimp, a jalapeno stuffed with a large shrimp, then wrapped in bacon and dipped in Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce, for our appetizer. Jason ordered the 10 oz Rib-Eye and I ordered the 8 oz Smoked Sirloin. Both of our dinners came with a side & salad. But enough of this…I’m going to let the pictures do the talking: Sweetwater Shrimp 8 oz. 'Ladies Cut' Smoked Sirloin 10 oz. Rib-eye The entire meal was excellent. The meat literally melted in your mouth. We ate everything, including the bread roles. Even ...
Book Review – Danger’s Kiss by Christine Michels
Danger’s Kiss is a romantic thriller/mystery by awared-winning author Christine Michels. Kim Tannas hates her home town. When she was a kid, her father was murdered and more recently, her husband was killed in the line of duty. Now she is forced to return to face her own demons when her cousin is brutally murdered in what appears to be a random crime. However, Sheriff Vaughn Garrett suspects that it’s the work of a serial killer, and Kim quickly finds herself to be the next target.The story was very well written and was an enjoyable read. All of the characters are fully developed and apeal to the reader. The plot moved along at a great pace and it has an unexpected twist at the end.Now, I knew that there were going to be romance scenes in it, and I expected to run across them right away. There are several scenes where the sexual tension is building between Kim and Vaughn, and I kept expecting something to happen. Just when I had given up and figured that nothing would happen ...
Product Reveiw – NNAT®2 Practice Workbook
A few weeks back, I was sent a copy of the NNAT®2 Practice Workbook from The Test Tutor. The book is designed to help children prepare for the NNAT®2, a test that looks at the general intellectual ability of children. The book covers grades K (age 5) through 12, has 85 full-color exercises & answer key, test & scoring details, and test taking strategies. When I first received the book I had no idea what the NNAT®2 even was. After looking it up, I still don’t really know. From what I understand, it’s basically a test to see if your child is gifted and/or talented. It gives teachers an idea of how children will perform during their school years. It tests pattern completion, reason by analogy, serial reasoning & spatial visualization. Apparently, many schools now have students take this test at some point in their early years. Basically, the questions in the workbook are predominantly shape and pattern related…sort of like the stuff they do on Team Umizoomi. Your ...
Cardio 630 Review & Giveaway [ENDED]
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Mom Blog Society Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. A week ago, I was sent a Cardio 630 Heart Rate Monitor from SportLine. SportLine carries a wide range of fitness gear, including hydration items, pedometers & accessories. The Cardio 630 has four main features: Heart Rate/Exercise, Time/Date, Chronograph & Alarm. It’s designed to be super easy to setup and use. The first thing I noticed about the Cardio 630 is that it uses a chest strap to transmit your heart rate. I’ve only ever used the ones that are just the watch, and, frankly, the straps don’t look to be all that comfortable. I was expecting there to be rubbing and chafing. However, it ended up being quite nice. It’s very lightweight and after the first few minutes you have it on, you don’t really notice it anymore. The watch, as expected, was very easy to ...
Spanx Review & Giveaway [ENDED]
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Mom Blog Society Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers . I was recently asked to try out a Spanx bra. Spanx clothing and intimates are designed to enhance your body and shape, giving women more confidence in how they look. I got to choose between three of their bras: Bra-llelujah (front-closure), Bra-llywood Hills (side-slimming) & Bra-liminate (chest minimizer). After looking over all three, I decided to go with the Bra-llywood Hills. I’m not a big fan of front-closures and I don’t need to minimize the size of my chest. The Bra-llywood Hills narrows the side profile, while reducing spillage & overhang (aka side boobs) and gives a bit of lift…all of which is a bit more useful to me. I’ve gained a bit of weight since having my daughter, so I wasn’t entirely sure what size around to get around. The Bra-llywood Hills only ...