Tales Of A Blogging Mommy

A Joyful Advent Box Perfect for the Holidays! I am excited to share with you all a new idea for celebrating advent and the holidays! Lauren Brooke Co. has come out with their very own advent box (pictured above) and it is sure to bring fun and excitement to those who receive it. Featuring a variety of beauty and skin care products this is a great idea for a teen or lady who enjoys a little pampering, beauty, and self care. Feel free to view my YouTube video review on this product and watch me open each advent box before your very eyes! https://youtu.be/j0fzLn-dAoo You can purchase this product directly from my affiliate link below for $45 if you would like to support me as an affiliate of the company. I received this product in exchange for my review. Your support is welcome and appreciated. Thank you. My affiliate link: http:// laurenbrookecosmetiques.com/?afmc=4p **Side note: My blog and any videos/links may use certain Blogger/Google cookies (ex: Google Analytics/AdSense cookies) a...

       First, take a moment to close your eyes and envision your ideal curriculum to teach your child their letters, numbers, sounds, and more. What would it include? Would it contain beautiful water color images to make the lessons come alive to your child? Would it incorporate nature study as your child has opportunities to learn about two new animals each week and interesting facts that capture your child's interest about those amazing animals? Would your ideal curriculum include bible and character study or contain short enough lessons that you can make it as short or as long as you desire? If so, this very well may be the curriculum that you have been looking for!       Letters and Numbers is Gather 'Round's preschool curriculum, which along with their kindergarten curriculum, Ready to Read Program (which starts with Burrows and Holes), can be used for pre-k through first grade! These two curriculum sets are skill based, not grade based, so w...

  Hello Lovelies! I am excited to share a special product with you all from an amazing company, Lauren Brooke Cosmetics. Before I get into what this product is I want to share a little about the company and why I am happy to review their products. Their products are EWG verified as well as EU certified. Their products are also listed and rated on the Environmental Working Group's Cosmetics Safety Database. Also, this company does not hide any of their ingredients or manufacturing processes. Pretty great, huh?! Now to their product...it is called the Organic Mini Lip Expressions Kit. This kit contains small lip balms of different shades and organic scents and offers a great way for you to try out each shade/scent prior to investing in a full-size. It can be purchased on their website for $14.50 using the link provided below. These would make great stocking stuffers or birthday gifts! I know I certainly will be buying these and gifting them to my friends and family. For a full review...

Dab Herb Makeup and Skincare ( https://www.etsy.com/shop/DabHerbMakeup ) is my favorite makeup shop offered on Etsy. Crissy, the shop owner, prides herself in offering effective, organic, food-grade ingredients and healthy, responsible containers to store her products in. Her glowing reviews on her shop speak for themselves. Here, the quality is evident and the products work. Her customer service is also remarkable. When I wear makeup, I find myself mostly wearing products from this shop. Let's take a look at Dab Herb's makeup which I purchased. Pictured above is the Organic Herb Foundation. This is my favorite foundation and it offers excellent coverage. For daily wear, I usually prefer less coverage, but when I want to get all glammed up this is my go-to product. It is blendable, buildable and my ideal foundation. The price is great especially considering the organic, food-grade ingredients that were carefully selected to give you unbeatable natural beauty. When compa...

Prana Potions Apothecary shop ( https://www.pranapotions.com/shop ), owned and operated by Maile (pronouced "My-Lee") and based in Hawaii, provides quality, organic-based healthy cosmetics, body and skincare, personal care, hair care, aromatherapy, and tincture products. Maile has a true talent for creating healing plant-based products and truly is distinguished in her cause for natural healing and beauty. She routinely demonstrates excellent customer service skills; truly the best I have ever come across. This skill set has won her my loyalty as a life-time customer just as much as the quality and healthy-ingredients that resonate in her products.  If you are considering a healthier lifestyle, consider supporting this small business, because not only are her products revolutionary, but so is her personality which shines through in her interactions with her loyal customers, as well as the love she pours into her work. I don't know about you, but I would much rather s...

Two years ago, I quit wearing makeup due to health and financial reasons. I had learned about the toxic effects that mainstream makeup can pose for one's health and it made me take a careful look at what foods I ate, cosmetics I used, and chemicals I subjected my family and I to. For someone who practically depended on makeup to make me look better than I felt, as I live with a chronic illness, it was challenging to muster up positive self-esteem some days. I began to look as poorly as I felt. As time passed, I began researching organic makeup. As living an organic, healthy lifestyle became so important to me, I knew organic makeup was the way to go. In addition to this requirement, I didn't want any makeup that contained toxic ingredients or that contained ingredients that I was not comfortable with, such as hydrogenated oils. I began my hunt for organic, non-toxic makeup armed with the realization that not all organic makeup is created equal or avoids the use of potent...