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Emerita specializes in creating exceptional skin care products for women over the age of forty. Their products contain only the essential ingredients, many of which are naturally derived, and are all free of Paraben, which has been shown in numerous studies to have negative impact on one’s health.

Why should a woman over forty chose Emerita? After the age of forty, it’s especially important to pay attention to your skin and pamper it. The level of hormones in a woman’s body declines after the age of forty, which results in increased dryness, roughness, less elasticity and poorer self-healing. The products at Emerita are designed with all of this in mind, and so they contain many of the essential ingredients required to help strengthen and rejuvenate skin.

All this said, it will be my mother who will be trying out some of Emerita’s products, as I am not quite 24 — so about sixteen years shy of needing Emerita!

Included in the review will be Emerita’s Microdermabrasion Face Scrub and their sample packs.

By the way, are you interested in Emerita’s skin care products? Enter their skin care products giveaway! On July 31st, 2008, one person will be randomly selected to receive a bundle of Emerita skin care products, valued at $85.00!

Also, consider Emerita as a wonderful idea for a Mother’s Day present! Mother’s Day is just a little over a month away, so head to emerita.com and select the perfect gift for your mom! Psst… use the coupon code SC77 to save $5.00 on an order of Microdermabrasion Face Scrub!

I am not, nor will I ever be, a morning person. So when I do have rise early, I throw myself into the shower to wake myself up. Or, at the very least, I head to the bathroom sink to wash my face and freshen up. Either way, it takes more than just an alarm clock to get me up and moving. So when it comes to facial cleaning products, I look for things that scrub, tingle and burn - anything to give me sensations that wake me up a bit.

A few weeks ago I went shopping for makeup remover, and while I was buying that, I saw a new product: Neutrogena’s Deep Clean Invigorating Ultra-Foam Cleanser. I like foam products, because first and foremost foam is cool. Secondly, foam products tend to last longer than standard rinses, creams and gel. And knowing that Neutrogena made the product, I was sure it would work well.

And it does! The cool, intense tingling is just what I need to wake up. It feels good and refreshing on my face (I’m one of those weird people that wants to feel a tingling or burning sensation to know that the product is getting into your pores and working!), and it does an excellent job of removing makeup gunk from my face and leaving it fresh and clean.

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My three year old daughter found a pint sized pail of Crayola Sudsy Mudsy Foaming Mud Soap at Target a few weeks ago, and it looked too cute to pass up. The stuff is just what it sounds like: colored and scented soap that is thickened to replicate the texture and gunkiness of mud! It smells good, it feels cold and clammy, and it does a good job of turning the kids and the bath water green! The good news is that it doesn’t stain the tub itself, which is something I initially worried about.

You can find Crayola Sudsy Mudsy Foaming Mud Soap at Target, and probably K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Toys ‘r Us and Babies ‘r Us. I paid $4.49 for it. Bonus: a tiny little shovel comes with the tiny little pail! Just make sure that it’s kept out of reach of babies and young toddlers, as it could possibly be swallowed.

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We have three guns that my grandfather gave to my husband. He (my husband) has been wanting to pick up some more ammunition and a case for one of the guns… I’ll have to tell him about this site.

I don’t know if I have mentioned this before, but I live in a rural area. The country. The suburbs outside of the suburbs. Middle of nowhere. Or, as I call it, the boonies. I’m four and a half miles from the nearest gas station, five miles from a grocery store, eight miles from Target, and ten miles from Wal-Mart. When you live in the boonies, you live with rednecks, and their love for beer, Confederate flags and electric airsoft guns. It’s okay though: so long as you stay off their property and keep your hands off their trucks, wives and dogs, it’s all good!

I used to work in fast food and retail settings. During my jobs in those settings, I obviously interacted with a lot of people, both men and women. I had the opportunity to see lots of different mens wedding bands. Some men sported plain, solid gold wedding bands. Other hads fancier ones, with engravings and tiny diamond chips. Then there were the men who didn’t wear any bands at all. I never asked, but I often wondered — why? Ring sizing isn’t that expensive, and a wedding band isn’t that bad to wear!