Good morning to all you lovely readers in Blogland! It has been quite a while since I last posted anything, but I am back for round two and will hopefully stay on track this time! I have many lovely projects to tell you about and a few pictures to share as well! To take a minute to catch you all up on life, (unless of course you follow me on FB or Instagram) quite a few things have changed around here.
Our sweet girl T is now in Pre-K, and loving every minute of it. Every morning when I wake her up for the day, she asks if it's time to go to school yet. Lol I am really enjoying her school life as well, and can't wait till after school to see her work everyday.
Mason enjoys having the rule of the roost while his big sister is gone, but he is equally as excited to go pick her up everyday as well. It's too cute to see him running around saying "TT school, TT school". One thing I do enjoy is being able to get projects done, and clean house while she is gone and he is napping. Makes life a little easier. Well until they both are here to tear it all up again. Oh well, a Mother's job is never done.
Other than that, it has mainly been the usual. Cleaning house, grocery trips, and a project here and there. Oh, and we do have some very beautiful pheasants hanging out in our backyard. They are almost fully grown now, and will probably be heading off to be sold before long. I will try to get out there to take some pictures of their beautiful colors!
Now onto an awesome company called Influenster. I signed up with them a couple weeks ago, and was very excited when I found out that I would be receiving the #mamavoxbox! "Influenster is an exclusive online community where tastemakers and trendsetters (such as yourself) come to share the latest and greatest news, places, products, and reviews with each other. Active members of Influenster get exclusive access to deals, promotions, and swag from brands that thrive off the input (the good, the bad, and the ugly -- they just want to know what's up).
As a member, you prove your influence by gaining Expert Badges and show how you live by earning LifeStage Badges...both of which are won in a variety of ways, such as: completing surveys, writing reviews, creating videos, and engaging in other social media."
Since I was a lucky recipient of the #mamavoxbox, I wanted to share with all of you what products exactly came in my box and how I like them so far! The reviews of the following products are strictly my own as well as my children's, and we have not been compensated for them. The products were complimentary from the companies, for my honest opinion of their products!
Here is what came in the MamaVoxBox.
As a member, you prove your influence by gaining Expert Badges and show how you live by earning LifeStage Badges...both of which are won in a variety of ways, such as: completing surveys, writing reviews, creating videos, and engaging in other social media."
Since I was a lucky recipient of the #mamavoxbox, I wanted to share with all of you what products exactly came in my box and how I like them so far! The reviews of the following products are strictly my own as well as my children's, and we have not been compensated for them. The products were complimentary from the companies, for my honest opinion of their products!
Here is what came in the MamaVoxBox.
The first product tried in this box of course was the Annies Home Grown Mac 'N Cheese. (@AnniesHomeGrown) As soon as the munchkins saw that sweet bunny on the Orange Cup and picture of Mac 'N Cheese at the bottom, they new what was up. Mason started running around saying, "Bunny Cheese" and that was the end of it having a home in the box and not my sons' stomach. Needless to say, it was very easy to make and they make it simple for school age kids to make themselves. Tegan is 4 going on 5, and she could have made it herself, had I let her. I also love the fact that it's made with 100% cheese, and only takes 2 minutes to make. In the end, they both loved it and gobbled it down!
The second product that I tried, was the Ponds BB Crème.
I was send the Ponds BB Crème in Light and Medium, to try for my skin tone. Since I wasn't sure how each color would work, I decided to try the Light this morning and will try the Medium tomorrow. I washed my face and then applied a small amount of BB Crème to each area of my face; cheeks, forehead, nose/eyes, and chin. Immediately after I applied the crème to each area I could feel the coolness of the moisturizer sinking in. I usually apply a moisturizer before my make-up anyway, so this comes to a bonus since the BB Crème has that as well as a concealer and SPF.
Here is my before picture:
And here is the After:
You can't tell to much of a difference, but I believe it was because my skin tone calls for the darker shade. Medium will probably be made more for me, and I will be trying it tomorrow morning! Since it was a little light on me, I just applied my Bronzer, a little eye liner/mascara, and I was ready to go! At least I know I have some SPF on my face and living in Florida, it is very well needed! All in all the BB Crème is a great product and I will more than likely pick up another tube in Medium, once I run out!
The third product that was tried is the belVita Soft Baked Breakfast Biscuits in Mixed Berry, with my morning Iced Coffee.
It was very moist and smelled as equally as good as it tasted. My mom and Mason even tried a piece and they enjoyed it as well. Our favorite part of the biscuit was the yummy pieces of dried fruit! The dried Cranberries and Blueberries were delicious! The only thing that was didn't fly so high was the fact that because its such a moist snack, it tends to fall apart pretty easily and becomes crumbly. Other than that it was a terrific breakfast bar, or snack to be had.
Thank you for catching up with My Hovy Home!! Be sure to check back tomorrow, for some more goodies and another review!!
