Redbox is a nationwide movie & video game rental service that strives to bring convenience and affordability to consumers. Rather than have just a few brick & mortar locations, pricey rentals, and all sorts of fees on late returns, Redbox is available via small kiosks (similar to a soda vending machine) that are placed in and around popular stores and shopping centers. I live in a rural area, and in my zip code alone there are over 50 locations, including a kiosk located near a small gas station that is only four miles away (where I live, four miles to a store is very close).
Redbox offers movies on Blu-ray and DVD formats, and games are available for Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3, and Xbox 360. You can rent for as little as $1 per day – or keep your rentals as long as you like. A debit or credit card is required for rentals, which can be set up via reservations online (right now you can reserve DVD rentals online for just $1!), or simply rented directly from your local kiosk. A nice feature about Redbox kiosks is that you can rent from one kiosk and then return your rentals to another – handy if you find yourself in a different area with rentals that are ready to be returned.
Redbox offers thousands of movies and video games, with selections ranging from new releases to ever-popular hits that’ll never cease to entertain.
For more information, check out Redbox at Redbox.com.
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I’m a sucker for anything that glitters or shimmers. I also love lotion, particularly in the winter, when the cold and dry air outdoors combined with the dry air indoors and my frequent hand-washing and dish-washing makes for dry, sometimes lightly chapped skin. All throughout the year I use lotion on my hands, but I pay special attention to the need for lotion in the winter, when the above combination of weather and life factors make my hands feel and look less than stellar.
So when I saw that EdenFantasys began carrying an extensive selection of beauty and body products, I began perusing the selection, and was quite excited to stumble upon Hi light luminous body lotion by Cake Beauty. This lotion promises to deliver richly-moisturizing lotion that provides a hint of shimmer, topped off with the sweet and lovely scent of vanilla cupcakes. The 8.5oz bottle costs $27.99, but I assure you that a little goes a long way, so this is definitely a good deal. (And if you use coupon code ES2 when ordering, you’ll save 15%!)
In terms of moisturizing and shimmer, Hi light luminous body lotion definitely delivers. There’s no disappointment there. With just one small application of the lotion (about a nickel-sized amount) my hands had more than enough moisture and shimmer, and the effects lasted for quite a while. But the scent is just way too strong. I do like sweet scents, but the cupcake scent of the lotion is strong, almost cloying. If you don’t mind smelling super-sweet, then Hi light luminous body lotion won’t disappoint. Just make sure you don’t wear any other perfume or lotion, in order to avoid negatively contrasting scents. 
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You’d be surprised at the types of items that coupons are available for. Around the holidays, you may be able to easily find special promo codes for tungsten rings. Many pet items will contain coupons within the packaging – a prime example of this is with Comfort Zone refills, which cost $40 (each package has a $10 coupon inside).
Of course, it’s easy to find coupons for food, drinks, household products, and personal products – just check your Sunday newspaper, as well as coupon sites like Coupons.com, and Target.com/coupons.
Are there any other coupon sources I’m missing?
Lavanilla 2-in-1 Shower & Shave Body Wash is a body wash I treated myself to with a Sephora gift card I received as an early Christmas present. I’m lazy when it comes to shaving. While I insist on shaving every time I shower (which is daily, unless I am really sick), I can’t be bothered with using a separate shaving cream or foam. So I do my best to find body washes which are richly lathering and moisturizing, so that I can scrub up, lather up, and prep my underarms and legs for shaving all in one fell swoop.
For the most part, Lavanilla 2-in-1 Shower & Shave Body Wash doesn’t disappoint. It has a lovely, soothing scent (neither the vanilla nor the lavender are overpowering), and the body wash does lather well and spread well. For shaving, it’s adequate, but that’s about it. While I’ve dealt with worse, I’ve also dealt with better – from body washes that say nothing of using them for shaving purposes. Lavanilla 2-in-1 Shower & Shave Body Wash leaves my skin feeling smooth and moisturized, without any drying effects of annoying feeling of residue.
In any case, I do really like Lavanilla 2-in-1 Shower & Shave Body Wash, and will most likely purchase it again.
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Sleeping is one thing I rarely have trouble doing. I may wake up once or twice in the middle of the night because I have to go to the bathroom, but generally once I’m asleep, I will stay soundly asleep until my alarm goes off in the morning – though lately I’ve been waking up a few minutes before my alarm is set to go off, which I suppose is okay too. But what about those who have trouble falling asleep? Sometimes something as simple as a noise machine can be enough to help you fall asleep. I for one always seem to sleep more soundly whenever we used our window air conditioning units. Of course, we no longer have those (we upgraded to central air conditioning last April), so I now have to settle for the soothing hum of our ceiling fan. Generally speaking, I can’t sleep in absolute silence – believe it or not, the “hum” of the various electronics in our bedroom has helped me fall to sleep on those nights when I just can’t seem to close my eyes and easily drift off.
One of my favorite daily routines, believe it or not, is washing my face. This is something I do at the end of the day, while I shower, and it feels so good to let the warm water run over my face before I use cleanser. When it comes to facial cleansers, I prefer ones that lather, clean well, and leave my skin feeling clean, fresh, smooth, and free of makeup, oils, and impurities.
Apothederm contacted me back in the fall and provided me with the opportunity to review one of their products. I chose the Brightening Cleanser, and I couldn’t be happier with my choice. Apothederm Brightening Cleanser promises to refine, brighten, and tone skin, by loosening and removing dead skin cells, along with everyday impurities and debris, leaving skin feeling and looking refreshed and renewed. And let me tell you, after several months of using Apothederm Brightening Cleanser, I can assure you that it delivers on that promise.
Apothederm Brightening Cleanser contains several key ingredients, including malic acid (non-irritating acid that reduces the appearance of fine lines); mandelic acid (another acid that absorbs oils and reduces imperfections); salicylic acid (exfoliates, reduces pore size); oligopeptide-10 (contains anti-inflammatory properties); glycerin (draws moisture to the skin); aloe leaf extract (soothes and calms); mugwort extract (skin conditioner); and ubiquinone, a powerful anti-oxidant.
One thing really want to emphasize about Apothederm Brightening Cleanser is that my husband uses it, and he likes it! Prior to Apothederm Brightening Cleanser he rarely cleaned his face with anything more than water and basic soap, due to all of the store-bought facial cleansers always burning or otherwise irritating his skin. But Apothederm Brightening Cleanser doesn’t irritate his skin at all, and so my husband and I are sharing the bottle.
You can purchase a 6 ounce bottle of Apothederm Brightening Cleanser from Apothederm.com for $28.00. Trust me when I say that this 6 ounces will last you a long time – even though both my husband and I are using it, there’s still a good half of the product left! Additionally, Apothederm.com carries many other products for general cleansing of the face and body, as well as specialty products designed for anti-aging, acne, and sensitive skin.
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Disclosure: Apothederm provided me with a free product in exchange for my honest review.
While we don’t have acer laptops at the present time, we do have a lot of HPs – my husband, myself, and my brother each have one. My friends Amanda, Brandy, and Krystal are here, and both Amanda and Brandy have Macbook Pros. Krystal has a Windows-based laptop, though she didn’t bring it. Then there are our two iPads (the kids’, anyway), and our cell phones, ha.
How many devices are in your household?
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