Review: Sipping Schedule Motivational Water Bottle

Fun Fit is an amazing Company that helps to motivate you to live a healthy, happy, active while still having fun lifestyle. They even have a movement you can join called The Healthy Living Movement. They offer healthy challenges, a fitness blog, and group walks to help you get started with your healthy lifestyle. Fun fit was gracious enough to send me their Sipping Schedule Motivational Water Bottle which I loveeeee! 
It motivates you to drink more water and it also has a timeline on it that helps to remind you to drink all 8 glasses. The water bottle has motivational words to keep you motivated to help you finish every drop. If you keep up with the time increments, the more water you drink, then the more healthier you will be. This bottle is 32oz, BPA Free, and comes in a variety of colors. They even have one with a straw built in!
 I love it and recommend it to everyone!

If you are interested in purchasing their water bottles, visit their website at www.Funfitca.com

Review: Beauty Bayou

Beauty Bayou sent over Their Tangerine Dreams Exfoliating Sugar Scrub and Their Mardi Gras Mango Pucker Butter for me to review. 

The Tangerine Dreams Exfoliating Sugar Scrub

Product Claims: Don't wait to exfoliate! Our Tangerine Dreams Exfoliating Sugar Scrub is just what your skin needs to prepare for cold, harsh weather. But don't wait until winter to shed that dead skin. Do it before it gets dry and rough.  The sugar, combined with moisture rich ingredients like Avocado and Jojoba oils, will gently exfoliate and leave your body feeling silky smooth for hours.  Your body will love you more when you treat it to this delicious scented scrub!

Ingredients: Organic Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Olive Oil, Avocado Oil, Jojoba Oil, Vitamin E, Fragrance

My Review: First, let's talk about the smell. I loveeeeee it! It smells amazing and it does not have a strong scent, nor does it linger for too long. It leaves my skin feeling silky smooth and cleansed. I couldn't get enough of it! I was exfoliating twice a week just because I loved how soft it left my skin and how amazing it smelled. I do recommend only exfoliating once a week. It can be too harsh for your skin if you do it too often. The ingredients in this scrub also has amazing moisturizing benefits. This scrub left my skin feeling smooth for an entire day! If your experiencing dry, rough skin and lotion isn't helping, try exfoliating with this scrub. I guarantee it will help. 

The Mardi Gras Mango Pucker Butter

Product Claims: This rich, creamy formula with Mango Butter moisturizes and soothes your lips while the added Vitamin E provides extra protection from the sun. 

Ingredients: Olive Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Castor Oil, Beeswax, Mango Butter

My Review: I love products with simple NATURAL Ingredients. Most Lip Balms are made with horrible ingredients in them. You put them on your lips that you lick throughout the day, which leads to you digesting the harmful ingredients. This Lip Balm is made with amazing ingredients that help benefit the skin on your lips. After I exfoliated my lips with The Tangerine Dreams Sugar Scrub, I then used this Lip Balm on my lips. It moisturized my lips so well and it was a plus that it smells really good. It also soothed my lips after exfoliating. I use it daily and my lips love me for it. I want to thank Beauty Bayou for sending these two products for me to review. I really enjoyed them and recommend these products to all of my readers. 

If you are interested in purchasing any Beauty Bayou Products, visit their website at www.Beautybayou.com

Review: Freshie Feminine Care Products

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to review these 3 Feminine Washes by Freshie. I received The Fresh Scent, Extra Fresh, and The Uncented. 

Important Fact from Freshiefemcare.com 

Most soaps and feminine washes are made with harsh ingredients that can cause dryness, redness, irritation, and other gynecologic health issues in women.  If you care about being fresh and understand the importance of avoiding harmful ingredients in your feminine hygiene products, it's time to include freshie in your daily feminine care routine.  

Great to know. I now only use natural Soaps and Body Washes that have amazing benefits for your skin. 

Product Claims: Our natural external feminine wash gets you 3X fresher without the use of any harsh or synthetic ingredients.

Ingredients: I couldn't find an ingredient list but these Washes are Sulfate-free | Paraben-free | DEA-free | Free of Synthetic dyes | Free of Synthetic fragrances | pH-Balanced | NOT tested on animals | Made in the USA

My Review: Now, I have read amazingggg reviews about these feminine washes which is a plus. I didn't have any issues "down there" before trying these washes, but I've heard great things so I didn't mind giving them a try. Man let me tell you, I definitely noticed a difference. I've always used Dove "down there" and even Gynecologists suggest using Dove on your private area so I thought I was doing the right thing. After using these washes, I felt a tingly, cool, fresh sensation "down there" that lasted allll day. I couldn't believe how fresh I felt. The name Freshie fits the product perfectly. The Fresh and Extra Fresh Scent smells sooo good and is not overwhelming at all. The Unscented one is perfect for those who are sensitive to fragrance. The washes are very gentle, lather up nicely, and a little truly goes a long way. My favorite thing about these Feminine Washes are that they are 100% natural and are pH Balance. People don't realize the horrible effects that these products with harmful ingredients in them have on our bodies. With time, using products with harmful ingredients in them can have negative side effects and can lead to bigger problems for our bodies. Thank you so much to the Owner of this Company for giving me the opportunity to review these washes.  

If you are interested in purchasing these Washes, visit their website at www.Freshiefemcare.com

Review: Carmella Marie

Thank you to Carmella Marie for sending over 4 of her products from her Product Line. I was very excited to review these products when I received them. You guys know how much I love my Natural Hair Products. She sent over 

.The Clarifying Cleanser
.The Hibiscus Honey Deep Conditioner
.The B3 Natural Hair Cream
.My Gel Flax Seed Gel

The Clarifying Cleanser

Product Claims- Clarifying Cleanser will clean and help maintain moisture while producing safe suds. If you love suds but need moisture this clarifying cleanser is the perfect shampoo for you. Made with Organic Black Soap

Ingredients: Honey, shea butter, osun (camwood), palm kernal oil, cocoa pod ash, palm bunch ash, aloe vera, lime juice, water,  Gylcerin, Xanthum Gum**,Cetyl alcholol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sorbitan Laurate,  Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Fragrance

 *Certified Organic **Natural

No Parabens | No Mineral Oil | No Silicones | No Artificial Colors| Sulfate Free 

No Animal Testing | No Formaldehyde


My experience when using this Clairfying Cleanser was nothing but amazing. It didn't strip my hair not one bit and a little goes a long way so this bottle can last you a while. It lathers up a lot and cleansed my hair very very well. Some clarifying cleansers that I've tried in the past dried out my hair. I didn't have that problem with this one. Sometimes I reach for a Shampoo with Sulfates in it to deep clean my hair every 6 months, but now that I have this amazing concoction, I won't have to do that anymore. 

The Hibiscus & Honey Deep Conditioner

Product Claims- Hibiscus & Honey- Deep Conditioner is amazing for your hair. It will soften your hair and leave it smelling delicious (The scent is not over powering at all) 

Ingredients: Distilled Water, Honey, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumkin) Seed Oil, Behentrimonium Chloride, cocamidopropyl betain, sorbitan laurate, Hibiscus Babdariffa, phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbic Acid, fragrance, clover seed oil

My experience using this Deep Conditioner was pure awesomeness lol. I love it dearly. The product claims were so right, it did soften my hair like no other. I loved it so much that I even used it as a leave in conditioner and my curls loveddddd it. My hair was moisturized for an entire week and I didn't have to reapply any product. I also used this to deep condition with when I lightened my ends again a few days ago and it helped my curls stay moisturized and supple. I recommend this deep conditioner to anyone experiencing dryness, those who dye their hair, and just anyone who loves an amazing deep conditioner. 

The B3 Natural Hair Cream

Product Claims- B3 Natural Hair Cream is a conditioning cream will strengthen your hair, reduce split ends and reduce shedding. This product is great for thinning edges as well as other trouble spots such as itching and other problematic areas. (Although growth is not guaranteed we have had several testimonies over the years). 

Ingredients: Water**, Theobroma Cacao Butter*, Avocado Oil**,  Cocos Nucifera**, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter*, Lanolin, Jojoba Oil*, Aloe Vera**, Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5)**, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate**, Sorbitol**, Vegetable Glycerin**, Triticum Vulgare**, Olea europaea**, Hydrolyzed Jojoba Protein**, Cera Alba*, Polysorbate 80, Glycol Sterate, Potassium Sorbate**,  Citric Acid**, Tetrasodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Gloycol, Sorbic Acid, Fragrance  

*Certified Organic | **Natural

No Parabens | No Mineral Oil | No Silicones | No Artificial Colors| Sulfate Free 

No Animal Testing | No Formaldehyde

This product can also be used as a pre-poo treatment.

Omg, I loveee this product! It has a thick consistency and a little goes a long way, like foreal foreal lols. It may be a hair cream but it reminds me of a hair butter. If you guys have been reading my blog for awhile then you know that I love me some hair butters. When using this product you don't need to do much sealing and you definitely don't need to use a hair butter. This product has got you covered in the sealing department. It is perfect to use in the LOC method and it is also perfect to use alone. The first time I used it, I used wayyyyy too much but it didn't weigh my hair down like I thought it would. If you use too much of a hair butter, your hair would be weighed down dramatically and that's the difference between this Cream and a hair butter. I don't think anyone would be disappointed when using this product. I truly enjoyed it. 

My Gel Flax Seed Gel

Product Claims- MyGel is made of Flax Seed Gel which is full of Omega Fatty 3 Acides; MyGel promotes shine and helps revivedull Curls. This flexible holding gel is a great way to enhance curls, twists or twist outs even wrap or set hair. For those who have relaxed hair this will leave your hair bouncy if you wrap your hair with it at night (Use a dime size per section of hair). 

Ingredients | Water* Linum usitatissimum extract*, Sorbitol, Olea europaea*, Jojoba Oil*, Safflower Oil, Polysorbate 80, Xanthum Gum, Potassium Sorbate, Fragranc

 

*Certified Organic | **Natural

No Parabens | No Mineral Oil | No Silicones | No Artificial Colors | No Animal Testing

Now, I normally don't use gels in my hair and I was a little hesitant about using it, but it looked so enticing and I've heard great things about Flaxseed Gel. I must say that I love this gel. It didn't dry my hair out, it's organic, and it makes my curls pop! You can't be too heavy handed with it. A little goes a long way with all of Carmella Marie Products which I love. I can't wait to do more styles with them, especially since spring is coming. I really enjoyed all of these products and so did my hair. 


If you are interested in purchasing Carmella Marie Products. Visit carmellamarie.net

Washed & Deep Conditioned with the Clarifying Cleanser & Hibiscus Honey Deep Conditioner. 

 
My Wet & Dry results of my curls after using all of the products.

Review: Curls


I want to thank Curls for sending over These 3 products from their BlueBerry Bliss Line. The package included:
.Their NEW Blueberry Bliss Reparative Leave in Conditioner.
.The amazing Blueberry Bliss Control Jelly.
.The Infamous Blueberry Bliss Curl Control Paste.

Did you know that Blueberries are rich in Vitamin C and Vitamin B Complex, which is amazing for hair growth. It can increase your hair growth up to 200%! Now that's insane, of course, in a good way. Another amazing thing about Blueberries in the Blueberry Bliss line is.... It slows down hair graying and loss! That right there is astonishing!!! The entire Blueberry Bliss line is great at penetrating the hair shaft and providing great moisture and it also prevents breakage because of the Vitamin C. Oh yeah, let me not forget to mention that The Blueberry Bliss line contains Organic ingredients. Now let's get into the review. 

Blueberry Bliss Reparative Leave In Conditioner ingredients: Purified Water, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Certified Organic Blueberry Fruit Extract,Certified Organic Coconut Oil, Glycereth-26, Sorbitol, Certified Organic Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Silk Amino Acids, Certified Organic Chamomile Flower Extract, Fragrance, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol.

Product Claims: Repair, restore, and condition on your overworked curls with this uber softening leave in conditioner.  Formulated certified organic blueberry extract, coconut oil, grapeseed oil and mango butter.  Clinically proven to repair damaged hair, encourage hair growth, and prevent breakage. 

This Leave in Conditioner can be used on wet or dry hair, which I loved because I like to remoisturize my hair during the week. This leave in is great for prepping your hair for any styles that you like to do. Putting a leave in conditioner in your hair, especially one like this one is Imperative to any hair regimen. This product is by far one of my all time favorite Leave ins. It has a thick and creamy consistency  which is great for my thick curls. It provides sooooo much moisture which us curly girls need the most. It also gives amazing shine and makes my curls pop. Not to mention, it had amazingggg slip. It was so easy to detangle my hair. I usually have to put tons of conditioner in my hair in order to detangle but I didn't have to with this leave in which surprised me. It doesn't flake and it also doesn't leave white flakes when your hair dries. My hair last awhile using this leave in, it could of lasted even longer if I didn't want to try another style. I recommend this product to any and everyone of all types of hair textures, especially those whom have dry hair. You will love this New Leave in Conditioner I'm sure. 

Blueberry Bliss Curl Control Jelly Ingredients: Water, blueberry leaf exract (, PEG 40 hydrogenated castor oil (seeds co pressed from the ricinus communis plant), acrylates copolymer (stabilizer that sets the hair and protects it from humidity), carbomer polymide-1, aminomethyl propanol (ph adjuster used at less than 1%), caprylyl glycol (natural fatty acid), sorbic acid (organic food preservative), hexyl cinnamal (fragrance from the essential oil of chamomile).

Product Claims: Define, Defrizz and Hold Your CURLS in one snap! Your New Go to Styler... Formulated with organic blueberry extract, and raw castor oil, Blueberry Bliss Curl Control Jelly will define, defrizz and hold your curls in place.

If you have been following my hair journey for a while, then you know that I do not use gel and I just recently started using stylers. I just used to do the LOC method with a leave in, oil, and cream and that's it. This Jelly is straight up THE TRUTH! I love it! Now, you have to use this product on wet hair to reap the full benefits it provides. I used this after I used the Reparative Leave in Conditioner. Omg! It had so much slip for it to be a type of jelly styler! You can run your fingers through your hair soooo easily! This product is lightweight so if you like heavy gels, this may not be for you. Because I don't care for gels, this product was perfect for my curls. It left me with bouncy, defined, moisturized curls. It doesn't leave a crunchy feeling and you know how some say you shouldn't wear hair gel in the cold months? Well, you won't have a problem with this one being that it's so lightweight that I honestly consider it a styler. Nonetheless, in my eyes, it's more than perfect. 

Blueberry Bliss Curl Control Paste ingredients: Water, Ceteareth-25, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Vegetable Glycerin, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Keratin, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Silk Amino Acids, Vaccinium Angustifolium (Blueberry) Fruit Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Jojoba Esters, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Corn Starch, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance, Blue 1, Red 33

Product Claims: Formulated with organic blueberry extract, argan oil (proven to encourage hair growth) mango and shea butter, argan oil, Blueberry Bliss Curl Control Paste smooths and slicks down unruly edges, creating the most luxurious sheen! Use this super sculpting pomade to enhance, define and hold your curls.

A Tip from the Curls Company themselves: use on wet hair if you want a soft hold. Use on dry hair if you want a strong hold. 

First things first, did you know that The Blueberry Bliss Control Paste is a Naturally Curly 2015 Editors Choice Winner?! How cool is that?! This is definitely a favorite of mines. This  control paste is not like other edge controls. When using other edge controls, I never liked the way my hair felt at the end of the day. I always felt like I had to wash my hair after using them. Plus, they didn't have as much hold as The Control Paste has. A lot of edge controls on the market have harsh ingredients and can cause damage when used on a regular basis. You can use this edge control daily and not have any issues. It leaves your edges soft and looking fleeky, lol. It doesn't leave any residue or make your hair look like you tried too hard to lay them edges down. A little goes a long way. Seriously, you don't need much. It is definitely worth the price. A jar of this would last you awhile unless you use it as a styler which I have seen some curlies do. This product will lay down your edges for the entire day. You won't experience any frizz, puffiness, nor those unruly edges that you get in the middle of the day after you JUST used those other edge controls just that morning. Did I mention that it gives your hair the most amazing shine?!!!! I truly love this product. This product is very versatile and can be used for, wash n gos, braid outs, twist outs, or whatever style that you desire. What a win. 

Overall, these products are amazing and I will definitely be purchasing more. Thanks Curls!

Edges on fleek due to The Blueberry Bliss Control Paste.

After I used the Reparative Leave in Conditioner alone. 

My Wash n Go results after using The Reparative Leave in and The Curl Control Jelly. 

My wet hair after pairing the Curl Control Jelly with other products. 

My Braid Out Results using the Curl Control Jelly. 

If you are interested in these products, you can visit your local Target or visit their website at www.curls.biz for more info on where to purchase.