LoveTrueNatural Review & Giveaway

I received Plump up the Volume Anti-Aging Kit from LoveTrueNatural. The Anti-Aging kit comes with

1. Advanced Lift & Firm Serum (4ml tube)
2. Eye Bright Peptide Serum (4ml tube)
3. Plump Lip Treatment (15 ml tube)
You put all of these products on your freshly cleaned face. I washed my face and then put on the Advanced Lift & Firm Serum on my face and neck. I immediately felt it drying. After it started drying, I felt it gently tugging and tightening my face. After it was dry, my skin felt so smooth and silky. I loved it.
After the Advanced Lift & Firm Serum dried, I applied the Eye Bright Peptide Serum around my eyes. It took more than one application to see the results in this, but after about 2-3, I did. Making dark circles disappear is more difficult than tightening your face. Dark circles are caused from many different things.

Often it’s fatigue, or the natural process of aging- where you skin thins, you lose collagen and the blood lines show. My dark circles are from fatigue. I rarely get the needed amount of sleep, and NEEDED something (desperately) to help me with this. I didn’t just want to cover it up with makeup, I wanted it to go away.
I can see each day as I use this a big difference in the amount of darkness underneath. This product has amazed me in the amount of time that it helped the darkness go away. It wasn’t completely gone, but really—there isn’t a product that can truly make it go away, just reduce it.

Like I said- the reason I even have dark circles is because of my sleeping pattern. I couldn’t expect this to take it ALL away, since my sleeping is still at a minimum. I loved that it helped reduce it SO much and then using concealer and makeup- you CAN’T see it at all.

The Plump Lip Treatment is something that you can feel INSTANTLY. You can feel this helping your lips. I have tried others that taste VERY bad, this one tastes like a peppermint/cinnamon mix and actually DOES work. You put it on like a normal lipgloss during the day. (It feels like a chapstick but is more creamy) It doesn’t stay on for long periods of time as a creamy liquid, but you can still feel it long after the cream is gone. It seeps into your lips and gives your lips a natural glow (and tint).

I was very happy with all 3 of these products and how well they worked, and how fast the results came. If you AREN’T looking for something to keep your skin youthful and glowing- they also sell other products.
They sell Face Products like cleanser, exfoliators, and moisturizers. They sell organic makeup; such as foundation, makeup remover, mascara, and more. Natural Hair Care products such as shampoo and conditioner, etc. Even more on the website.. be sure to check it out.

“True Natural Spa’s all naturaland pepperminty lip plumper is the must have product for full, voluminous lips!Combine this with their ultra-concentrated, spa-grade anti-aging serums torestore your skin’s youthful appearance and resilient complexion.

“Plump” combinescinnamon oil, peppermint and niacin to bring fullness and a warm tingle to yourlips

The True Natural Spa LiftingSerum contain bio-hyaluronic acid to reduce the appearance of fine lines,natural polysaccharides to provide intense firming and lifting, Ferulic acidand pomegranate extract give antioxidant protection against harsh environmentsand premature aging.

The Eye Bright Peptide Serumcombats dark circles, skin pigmentation and fine-lines around the eye area witharbutin, cucumber extract and collagen enhancing peptides.”

About:
The ingredients used to make each product on loveTrueNatural will never be a mystery. A complete and clear ingredient listing appears on all loveTrueNatural products, making it easy for you to make informed decisions, especially if you have any allergies, sensitivities or concerns. If an ingredient listing is missing or you believe it to be incomplete or erroneous, please let us know so we can research and correct the listing!

We give preference to packaging that is designed to have the lowest impact on the environment and utilize post-consumer recycled (PCR) content and products with ingredients that are safely biodegradable.
Not only are the products we recommend as safe as possible, we are also committed to fair trade and fair working conditions. Products found on loveTrueNatural are never tested on animals, nor do they utilize dead animal byproducts.

Here at loveTrueNatural, we do the
research for you. Not only are the products
we recommend safe and free from harmful ingredients, but our team of Estheticians & Beauty Experts have personally tried each & every product to ensure they deliver the results promised, and, WE LOVE IT.
We aim simply to provide you with THE BEST natural beauty shopping experience. Our staff is here to help you find the right skin care regime, choose natural makeup colors, and offer tips on anti-aging products and more. Whether for yourself or loved ones, Natural Beauty Begins Here!
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Jessica
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My Oh My– A Visit from the Fairy Hobmother! ♥

I finally got to meet the generous Fairy Hobmother!! The Fairy Hobmother has been flying around sprinkling goodness on tons of hardworking blogs that I have been visiting in the last couple of weeks.. and had been  hoping for a visit as well, so keep your head high and your hopes UP!.

If you comment on any of the blogs to which he has landed.. you just may get a visit as well. That’s how I ended up getting a visit. You might want to follow him on twitter– He is giving me a chance to get one of the Top Five Washers on his website, which I could definitely use.!

He tweets as well: “Trying out new magical means of spreading joy and happiness! Bear with me whilst I get the glitter balance right..”

I had an amazing time looking around!! Comment on this post AND YOU could be paid a visit as well!!
He is a clever clever man.. so just keep your fingers crossed, your hopes up, and keep working HARD and you may see some tiny swirls of that pixie dust dropped on your blog.!

He is out spreading random joy and happiness, so maybe you’ll get a part of that JOY!

While you’re here.. click on the link and take a look (even if it’s just to daydream) at all those amazing washer & dryers.. ♥

Saffron Rouge- Dr. Alkaitis Face Products #Review

Dr. Alkaitis Organic Purifying Facial Cleanser

This is a very gentle cleanser and is 100% pure and organic. It’s an amber colored cleanser that does foam up very nicely and has a nice consistency. It smells VERY clean and has a light scent that smells amazing.

It didn’t strip my face of it’s natural oils and a little tiny bit cleaned my entire face. I have had really large pores (always have) but this seemed to shrink them a bit, which I liked).

My skin was so soft afterwards and seemed extremely healthy. It doesn’t have chemicals in it, which is AWESOME. I only received a small bottle of this and STILL have some of it left. I can use a tiny amount and it works VERY well.

Dr. Alkaitis Organic Herbal Toner

Organic Herbal Toner is a wonderful multi-purpose product that operates as toner, astringent, an anti-inflammatory , and a skin balancer. It also helps sooth and treat burns.  Does not dry out the skin like other toners and can be used as a moisturizer for oily complexions. Awesome for after sun care.

I have oily skin on my nose and jawline but dry skin on my forehead and cheeks and have tried many toners that didn’t work well. This toner clarifies while not making dry patches on my cheeks and forehead, and takes the oil away from my nose and jaw.

This toner smells like a mixture of lavender and wildflowers, although it isn’t strong and overpowering. My skin is very balanced and healthy looking because of this.

I am sold on this toner. It hydrates while refreshing my skin. Leaves my skin feeling silky smooth and it smells great as well.

 

Dr. Alkaitis Day Crème

This is certainly perfection in a tiny tube! This is a lightweight crème that absorbs immediately and glides on with no trace of greasiness or oiliness. This barely has a smell, but it DOES smell lightly herbal with a sweet side.

It has a soothing effect when applied, and has cured my face of the random stand alone zits I get a couple of times a month. I use mineral foundation powder over this, and my face always looks glowing and healthy. The makeup never cakes up, dries up, gets too oily, or rubs off.

It claimed to adapt to different skin types, so I let my mom use it as well. Where I have oily acne prone skin- she has dry skin that peels. This DID help her face stay moisturized, yet not oily. She liked it. SO—it DID adapt to both of our skin types, just as it claimed it would.

Although I was only sent a small tube, it has lasted me for quite a while. A pea size amount of this can be used for my entire face and neck. I love this because it is also completely natural. My skin is glowing and my pores haven’t clogged up once since I’ve been using this!

 

Dr. Alkaitis Night Crème

This is richer than the day crème, but blends in very well to not leave an oily residue. My skin immediately begins to feel hydrated and smooth. It never caused any irritations or breakouts. My pillow case never had any greasy marks left from it.

It blends really well into my skin where I can’t even tell I have a thicker moisturizer on. I would love to use this in the colder months, it feels like my face is just drinking this in!! It’s basically a whipped like texture and is very calming.

If you have oily/ acne prone skin like I do, it’s hard to find a night crème that doesn’t add to the breakouts. Other night cremes were just too greasy for me and ended up making my pores clogged and causing acne..

Not this one. It is 100% natural and smells AMAZING!

All of these products are organic and natural. They smell amazing and work that way too. I’ve never found an ENTIRE line of cleansers, toners, and hydrators that ALL worked well. I could maybe find one from this one, one from that one.. but this whole line is amazing.

It may be pricey, but it’s absolutely worth it. WHY? Because it LASTS so long AND gives results within the first couple of days. Why would you want to spend very little and see no results? I wouldn’t. I would rather see the results then be using something for absolutely no reason at all.!

 

About Saffron Rouge:

Saffron Rouge is the first beauty retailer in the world to focus exclusively on organics.

Offering over 1,000 of the world’s finest organic beauty & aromatherapy products, Saffron Rouge is North America’s #1 online destination for organic skin care, cosmetics and aromatherapy.

In order for a product to be sold at Saffron Rouge, it must meet the following criteria:

1. It must have at least one of the organic body care certifications, or provide sufficient evidence to Saffron Rouge that they are using certified organic content as much as possible.
2. Saffron Rouge considers products that contain even one Black List™ ingredient not acceptable for sale.

This way we can guarantee that all the products available at Saffron Rouge are free of toxic synthetic ingredients, synthetic colors, fragrances and preservatives, and are never tested on animals.

Saffron Rouge is comprised of a group of beauty experts that are passionate about organics. We take great pride in only selling the best and purest beauty products. Our goal is to operate a website where consumers can shop carefree because they know that everything we carry is truly organic.

Find Saffron Rouge Online:

Facebook , Twitter, and The Blog

 

Disclosure:

Products were sent to me for review purposes only, I was not compensated for this post. All opinions are 100% mine and completely honest.

 

Thanks,

 

Jessica

ABC’s Of Me

I am a member of VoiceBoks, an online community for building up blogs and creating friendships. I am so thankful to have found this! I have had such an awesome time there.

I am doing the ABC’s of Me.. courtesy of Voiceboks

A: Age. I am 23. I have made it SO far in my 23 years though. I have a wonderful hubs, 2 amazing kids, a college degree (almost) and a BLOG that I love. I also sew and crochet, and dabble in other crafts.

B: Babies. My Kids have changed me so much. Before I was a mom, I was the wild and spontaneous type. There would be no telling where I was or what I was up to. Now I’m the exact opposite. It doesn’t bother me though. I LOVE being a mom.

C: Crafter. I LOVE just about any kind of craft. Crocheting, Sewing, Paper Crafts, Jewelry Making, Soap and beauty supplies making, candle making.. I am IN love with making stuff out of nothing!

D: Daddy Adam is Awesome to the kids. We have been together for 7 years and have Aidan 5 and Adisyn 3. Although we have our ups and downs I can ALWAYS count on him being there for me, with no questions asked.

E: Education means the world to me. I used to bring all my books home from school and I’d copy each chapter and keep my own notes in it as well. I swear I should have been a teacher, but I’m not.

F: Friend. I am quick to befriend people. I am easy going (Most of the time) and love to laugh.

G: Giggles. When I get the giggles, It’s hard for me to stop. I start giggling, then I get the giggle bug and think everything is funny.!

H: Happy. I believe that most of the time we create our own happiness. How can we lead a positive life with a negative mind?

I: Independent. I am that. I love being able to do stuff for myself and not have to solely depend on people to help me. I love making my own money and doing stuff for my kids just because I can!

J: Mommy J. I am the middle of 2 kids. I have an older brother who passed away @ 3 months due to crib death, and a younger sister Brandy, who I am super close to.

K: Kids. 2 kids of my own (5 and 3) and a stepson (9). No more for me. I am done having kids. Although I can only have 1 more anyway because my first was an emergency C-section.

L:Love. I’ll probably be with Adam until I’m old and grey and then nobody else would want me anyway!! ♥

M:Math- I SUCK at math. Other than the basics; adding, subtracting, division, multiplication. I can learn the others, but can’t remember..lol

N: NERD. 100% true. I totally admit it. I LOVE learning, reading, HTML, blog design, and everything in between.

O: Organized? I TRY. I have everything where I want it, it’s just the principle of keeping it there! The kids are tornado’s here lately.

P: Paper and Pen Addict. I have TONS of notebooks, binders, loose leaf paper EVERYWHERE. It comes along with the writing, I suppose. I never know when I need to write something down.

Q: Queen of the house. Adam is the best! He works all day and then comes home and helps me with the kids (sometimes) and then helps with supper.!

R: Reading: Yep. You’ll almost always catch me with a book in hand. Or kindle now—Since I got one for my Bday! I still would rather have a traditional Book though =)

S: Silly. When I get sleepy, I tend to think just about anything is funny.

T: Tidy. No matter how tidy I try and keep my house, it never works out too well for me. My kids get into everything! So, I have to constantly run around them picking stuff up!

U: Underestimated. When I became a blogger, nobody in my family or anyone of my friends understood. When I said that I’d end up making money and doing what I wanted through my blog, they thought I was a nutcase. NOT anymore. I SHOWED everyone I was capable of chasing my dream and tackling it.!

V: Vows. Although Adam and I have been together for 7 years, we still haven’t married. I am in no rush. I call him my husband anyway. The only thing that we don’t have is the paper.!

W: Writer. Not just a blog writer, but writer in general. I have always loved to write. No matter what it is.

X: X-rays, have had my share of them!. I have really bad neck and back problems. I used to think I was supergirl. I would try and pack stuff that MEN carried. Heavy logs, furniture, other people. NOW I am paying for it.

Y: Yarn. I am IN LOVE with all the colors and types of yarn. If I had a million bucks, half of it would probably be spent on yarn, no joke.

Z:ZZZ’s. I tend not to sleep at night. Instead I stay up all night and sleep most of the day. It started with me trying to stay up a little bit past my kids bedtime to get some work done. Then they started staying up later and later.. Now it’s the story of my life. LOL

 

-Jessica

Kavatee Neckalina Review

I have to say that I have never seen or even heard of a Neckalina until KaVatee. I love accessorizing my wardrobe to give me that chic and sophisticated look. This is absolutely what every woman should have!

When my kids were babies, all I could be seen in were jeans and t-shirts. There was no point in dressing up just to be thrown up on or have them smear something on my clothes.

Now that they are older and no longer have these issues (we hope! LOL) I am taking FULL advantage of looking as pretty and as classy as I can. This year I went and bought some new clothes, boots, and some new purses! YAY me. Just what I needed to start my year off right.

But I was totally missing something, and I couldn’t quite place my finger on it. Now that I have a Neckalina, I’ve figured out what that something is. There is nothing like making an outfit pop like neckwear. Plain jewelry or a scarf by itself, yes- but a Neckalina- NOW that’s really making a statement.

I received the Caroline Neckalina, which has such a elegant look with a frisky, flirty flare. This glamour girl inspired necklace features antique gold and pretty pink beads.

I absolutely DID feel like a glamour girl! This made me walk with a pep in my step all day because it is swanky, fashionable, and yet superior all in one. I am SO glad I found this! See me looking all spiffy there?

I know I will be using this TONS now. Especially since it’s almost time for flirty, kittenish dresses and this is the PERFECT thing to add some flair to a simple summer dress.

This is something that can make ANY ordinary outfit look amazing. In the picture, I am wearing a  grey polo Vanity shirt and some ripped Aeropostale pants. After adding the Neckalina, I couldn’t stop feeling like a million bucks.

Created by designers Katie Conely and Valerie Eidson, KaVaTee delivers unique and easy-to-wear accessories for women. You can wear the necklace and scarf together (as pictured) or you can take the necklace off and wear them separate! Chunky Jewelry is AWESOME!

From KaVaTee: “Our Daily Fashion Philosphy: 

“Find a flattering silhouette for your figure.  Keep it clean and classic, and add something to make a statement! (A pop of color, a bold texture, a fantastic pattern, or a WOW Accessory).”

Can’t you tell a difference in yourself when you have on makeup, your hair looks halfway decent, and you have on something that isn’t sweatpants?..lol. I know I can. When I have on sweatpants and my hairs a mess, I am DEFINITELY not going to be feeling up to doing much. Now inset- KaVatee. I’ve never had an accessory do as much for me then this.

It came straight out of the bag SMELLING like class- NO JOKE! I don’t know if they spray purfume on it, or if it’s something they make the Neckalina with, but it smelled amazing.

As you can tell it looks like an infinity scarf in a way, but they spice it up and put a chunky necklace on it. I am absolutely in love with this! (My mom has already tried to steal this from my closet, so I will probably let her borrow it also!) My mom is also a fashion nerd! She has more shoes than there are days are in a year.!

The best part about this is that it has a button connecting it together. I have done my hair and been able to unbutton it and put it on without messing up my hair OR makeup!

 

The best part about it is they have so many colors to choose from, and they give them such cute little names. I WILL collect all of these (and probably a couple extra for my mom!)

The Audrey is our exquisite, turquoise Neckalina with a bold beaded necklace. This vintage inspired necklace features antique gold, and stunning turquoise beads.

The Brendi is an edgy, gunmetal gray Neckalina with a rocker vibe.  The necklace is made of layered, metal chains of all sizes.  ROCK ON!

The Kelsey is our fierce, Black Neckalina.  The dainty chains with scattered black beads layer to make a powerful statement.

and you can find many more on the website to fit whatever style your going for.!

 

About KaVatee

KaVatee, pronounced (Kah-Vaa-Tee)

What does “KaVatee” mean? The “Ka” is for Katie Conley, the “Va“ is for Valerie Eidson, and the “tee” represents our LOVE of tee shirt feeling fabrics.  We met at Parsons School of Design in NYC.  We have several years of experience in the fashion industry from couture houses and corporate brands, to private labels and celebrity styling.  After soaking up everything we could while working for others, we decided to pursue our KaVatee dream!  We are learning everyday as we bring our vision to life.  

KaVatee’s mission is to design and provide unique and versatile accessories that make it easy for today’s woman to look and feel fabulous. 

Today’s woman is so multi-faceted.  Her life is very full and filled with a lot of demands on her time.  The Neckalina makes her life easier because this one accessory can take her through her entire day.  She can wear the scarf to her morning yoga class, switch to the necklace for her business lunch, and combine the two for her hot dinner date.  She can de-clutter her closet and have one accessory for all of her needs.  

Disclosure: I was sent products for review purposes only, I was not compensated for this review. All opinions are 100% my own and completely honest!

 

 

Jessica

Review: Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser from Liz Earle

The most basic skincare regimen is making sure you wash your face twice daily. If you don’t clean the dirt from your pores, they will clog and give you blackheads and pimples. I’m not saying that you don’t already know THIS, but even I have had such long days with sick kids and a sick hubby and fell asleep without washing my face.. (AND.. it turned ugly) Even skipping one washing.

Washing my face relaxes me before I go to bed, and invigorates me in the morning. I am addicted to this Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser. I LOVE the feeling this cleanser gives me. You can FEEL it working on the deep down dirt that most cleansers leave behind.

(Muslin Cloths not pictured)

The Muslin Cloths that come with it are AMAZING and feel so different from washing my face with a regular washcloth. It feels like heaven. You pump the cleanser into your hand, rub it in your hands, and smear it on your face and neck. You can immediately rinse this off, or leave it on for a couple of minutes. I’ve done both and was AMAZED when I left it on for a minute or so.

Then you run hot water and put the muslin cloth under the faucet, and wipe the cleanser off. There is nothing like a hot muslin cloth running over your face. I felt like I was having a facial at home. It didn’t take long to clean it, and my face was clean but not dry and stripped of it’s natural oils.

Before using this I had a very dry forehead. WHY- I’ll never know, but it kind of felt like plastic. Probably from using another cleanser that wasn’t working out so well, but I’ll talk about that at another time. This cleanser made the dry forehead disappear within ONE use.

It is thick and creamy and smells like eucalyptus which I LOVE the smell of because it smells so naturally clean. It has a nice cooling effect when applied and started to tingle my face. (Not BAD tingle, I mean like HOW DID YOU EVER LIVE WITHOUT ME? tingle).

When you use the muslin cloth it’s sort of like cleaning a window or brushing your teeth. WHY? Because you start in one section doing a circular motion and work your way down. I had makeup on and NONE of it was left after the first cleansing. My eye makeup wasn’t smeared and my mascara didn’t run. It got ALL of this!

My skin was so unbelievable. I couldn’t stop touching it, It felt like silk or satin. So smooth to the touch I wasn’t sure it was skin.. lol. It’s amazing what a great cleanser will do for you!

I have problem skin here and there. I get breakouts still sometimes. Not bad ones, but I still hate even having ONE zit or feeling like there are blackheads on my nose. Since using this, I haven’t had ANY issues with breaking out, and I am very impressed.

This is a high quality cleanser. Something I would expect a spa to use. I have never in my life used anything that made my skin feel so AWESOME in ONE wash. Usually cleansers take a couple of washes to show an effect on my skin. Where I have combo skin other cleansers were drying out my dry spots and not getting all the oil from the oily spots. NO MORE FOR ME! I am awestruck and in love.

I feel like a celebrity when using this, getting the best treatment!! And you can too.

The muslin cloth is bigger than regular washcloths but they are super thin. The thinness doesn’t take away from how sturdy it is and how clean my face felt. I have never washed my face with muslin, but let me tell you- I was MISSING out!!

The Muslin Cloths are easy to clean. You just handwash them in hot water and air dry them. Or you can machine wash and air dry. They keep their stability and work like a dream!

It is unique to any other cleanser because of the ingredients. It is packed with ingredients like eucalyptus oil, rosemary and chamomile extract, cocoa seed butter, includes a muslin cloth and a set of instructions.  You can go here for full list of ingredients

 

About Liz Earle:

We are passionate about all we do and always keep in mind our ‘precious recipe’, a combination of carefully selected ingredients that make us who we are:

• products that really work on every skin type by harnessing the potent powers of the finest quality ingredients
• a simple, no fuss and dependable routine, which is also a pampering daily treat
• an affordable choice with everything beautifully packaged
• a commitment to first class service
• our caring, award-winning team who make it all possible

  We hope you enjoy the difference that is Liz Earle.

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Keep in touch with them on twitter and the blog

You can buy this online:

Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser starting @ $9.
Liz Earle Pure Muslin Cloths

Disclosure: Samples were sent for review purposes only, I wasn’t compensated for this. All opinions are 100% my own.

 

Jessica

PhoneFetcher Review and Giveaway

I don’t actually want to admit how long it takes me to find my phone when I’m out and about. I can hear the music and it lights up but it seems like it’s lost in a deep abyss. I end up getting frustrated because I have to dig and dig to find it!

When I seen the PhoneFetcher, I KNEW this was something that could save me some time as well as sanity. I didn’t want to be stuck in the grocery line digging in my purse. Or at the bank, or the Dollar Store, or any place else for that matter.

Not only that, I don’t know what I would do if I lost it OUTSIDE of my purse. I would probably have a heart attack. My phone wasn’t expensive as some I see, but I still like it and it cost ME a pretty penny. I would like to keep it.. lol.

 

This is an awesome accessory for both men and women. I use mine by clipping it to the ring on the side of my purse.

My purse is huge because I usually carry so much stuff with me. The Phonefetcher makes it SO much easier to find when I’m out and about. I don’t have to worry about missing calls or texts. I don’t have to worry about the phone getting lost and never seeing it again.

It works on ANY phone that has a place to plug in a headset. You just put the attachment from the Phonefetcher inside the headset plug in and your ready to go.

Can you see my phone dangling? The phonefetcher is REALLY strong. It didn’t come off even when bounced around. So even if you put this in your back pocket and it came out, you wouldn’t have to worry about your phone hitting the ground.

My husband wanted to use mine, but because I chose bright green he backed away slowly.. lol. I want to get him one in black so he can keep his phone in his pocket while he is at work. He’s a foreman for a tree trimming service, and he barely keeps his phone with him because he thinks it’ll come flying out of his pocket while he is in the boom cutting trees. My mom and sister want one now, so I guess they’ll be getting one pretty soon (as a gift from me).

The Phone Fetcher comes in 8 fun colors and a silver chain model will be available in about six weeks.

 

Follow Phonefetcher online:

Twitter and Facebook

Disclosure: I was provided a sample for free for review, but all opinions stated are 100% my own and completely honest.

 

 

Jessica

Unjunk Your Junk Food Book Review

This year I made a vow to eat healthier, exercise, and be greener. I thought I was doing pretty good with every single vow I made. Until I received Unjunk Your Junk Food- Healthier Alternatives to Conventional Snacks that is. Now to make us a healthier family, I needed the help of Randy Boyer ,Andrea Donsky, and Lisa Tsakos – NaturallySavvy.com!

After reading this book, I am appalled. Statistics are VERY against us, saying that 1/3 of our diets are made up of junk food. This is a HUGE problem. Obesity, Diabetes 2, and digestive problem rates have skyrocketed.

This book isn’t saying that you have to give up eating snacks. It’s just telling us that there are better choices for us then what we may be choosing. The trick to feeling better, eating healthier, and avoiding obesity is eating foods that have less additives and chemicals, and are less processed.

This book is amazing. It helps in TONS of ways. It shows how to properly read an ingredients list and how to pick out the hidden sources of sugars, AND looking at the sugars they DO show. It breaks down the meaning of label terms such as trans-fat, enriched, fortified, etc.

Eating a well balanced diet is very important. I didn’t see how eating sweets would throw us off, but now I understand FULLY. Carbohydrates (Carbs) which we NEED, although many diet and weight loss programs tell us different, help us as long as we are eating the right KIND of carbs and not overdoing it.

If you eat too many sugary carbs it ends up resulting in high blood sugar. High blood sugar overproduces insulin, which helps to lower blood sugar. When this happens we end up craving sugary foods to bring blood sugar back to normal and it will eventually lead to gaining a ton of weight and resistance of your body’s natural insulin.

This book isn’t one of those boring books that put you to sleep within the first chapter. This books brings all these nutritional facts to life and make ME want to learn how to make myself and my family healthier. How can we do this on our own if we don’t understand the way all this stuff works throughout our bodies?

How did you learn how to read? You didn’t just start out reading sentences. You had to start with the alphabet, right? This is the same thing. We can’t learn to eat right, if we don’t know how to properly find hidden fats, sugars, and how and why all these things are bad.

I praise this book to the HIGHEST. I think that if more people read this, we could definitely become a healthier America. Each chapter talks about different types of junk food, and what’s in that junk food. The best part is, they explain WHY you might be craving these junk foods.

The best part of the book is that it helps you CHOOSE the right choices. The first chapter is salty foods, so it breaks down the different salty foods and gives you the BAD and the GOOD of each choice. For instance, low-fat/light potato chips features “Lays Light” and “Brother’s All Natural Potato Crisps”. The winner is NOT Lays. Lays Light has an ingredient called Olestra which can’t be absorbed by the body.

I love how it breaks down and gives choices rather than canceling out snacks all together. The bad choice is on the left, the good choice is on the left. It then gives you an explanation as to why the one on the right is a better choice.

Adam is a HUGE Doritos fan. Everytime we go to the grocery store, he always puts in 2 bags. Nacho and Ranch. I wasn’t astonished to see it on the bad list because it had SO many ingredients they couldn’t even fit them all on the page without having to shrink them. Most of the ingredients in Doritos are actually ingredients you should avoid. AND Adam eats these like they are going out of style.

Although there were a few things in my cabinets that do not need to be there, I found items that can be kept. Our Smore’s Poptarts are Cholesterol Free, A good source of vitamins, minerals, and calcium.

The most important thing is- that this book teaches you what to look for, so you can go through and choose which items you should be tossing and which ones you should buy. It’s not a very huge book, so it wouldn’t be hard to toss it in your purse and bring with you on your next grocery shopping trip, which is what I plan to do!

 

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I received one copy of Unjunk Your Junk Food: Healthy Alternatives to Conventional Snacks for free from NaturallySavvy.com for review. The opinions are my own. 

 

Jessica