Scrubbing bubble extend-a-clean mega shower foamer

One of the things in my bzzz kit was the Scrubbing bubble extend-a-clean mega shower foamer, the following is my review of that product.


Shower before:

Really dirty shower bench

The shower was sprayed down and let to sit as directed.

The ledge after cleaning:

The bench after cleaning:

The shower doors after cleaning, you could still see specs of cleaning product left over that didn't come off with just the spray of the shower.

Close up of the stuff left over from just a spray off of water from the shower:

The bench seat in the shower after being sprayed down needed to be scrubbed a little to get all the dirt off, but look how clean it is now:

You can see the soap scum more clearly on the metal surfaces in the pictures, when I tried photographing the surround of the shower all I got was a flash, but any where in the shower that there was soap scum before the cleaning still remained after the cleaning. It did clean the basic dirt and grime, but did nothing for the soap scum.

***disclaimer: I am a bzzz agent. I received this product for free to review. I do not get cash for submitting my reviews and all my reviews are my own opinions and completely honest. I do receive my points for my time in submitting reviews.

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This month of March it's Lash talk. I answered their survey for what I like in my mascara. Here I will review their Professional super thick lash mascara.




This is one of the cheapest mascaras at just over $5.I liked that it was thick and did what I wanted it to. I even liked the smaller wand, which I don't normally. Normally I like large curved wands that seem to seperate lashes better. The only thing that I didn't like was that it seemed to take a while to dry. I had to keep my eyes open and do my best not to blink (do you know how hard it is to not blink when your trying not to, it's hard). Even though it took a while to dry I think it's worth it for the cost. With the economy anything that allows me to be the fashionista I am while still being frugal is tops in my book.





**Disclaimer, I am a BZZZ Agent and have joined the Cover girl 50th Aniversary Campaign. I did NOT receive this or any product free for this review, I paid for the product myself. I will receive MyPoints only for posting the link to their Cover girl Facebook page, not for the review of their product.

homesteading and sustainable living sites

There are hundreds of homesteading sustainable living sites, I am reviewing a few.

Mother Earth News It isn't in my opinion very user friendly. Although it has sections such as Do-It yourself, Real food, and Green homes I feel the sections are too broad. I believe they need sub sections such as in the Real food category I would sub categorize by type of meal. As it stands when you click on Real food you see a couple articles with pictures and have to click a link below those first few to browse all articles. When browsing articles there is a list with a small description next to each titled article. You must comb through the list reading titles to try and find what it is you are looking for. There is a search tool, however one term you choose to search for may be contained in many articles some of which may have nothing to do with what it is you are truly searching for.

Mother Earth News is a magazine so there are pop ups asking if you want to buy a subscription to their magazine. For me it popped up every so many clicks.

My favorite part of the site is the Land for sale section. You can search for acres of land for sale based on the state you are searching for property in. I would long term love to have a main home on at least 10 acres of land. I would also like a vacation home up north on some acres on a lake that can be boated on and fished from. You are supposed to be able to sort the list after you chose a state by price or county. When I tried sorting by price it sorted it by the most expensive, I would have liked to sort it by either the highest to lowest or the other way around. When I tried to sort by county it reloaded the page, but it was not sorted by county...I did try multiple times to see if it would sort by that category and got no result from it.

Homestead has a few articles on the front page of their website, but the meat of their site is found when you click on the index. The index brings you to their library where there is a list of sections such as food, lifestyle, land. Once you click on the category you want you get another list of articles on that subject. There is not a lot of articles listed, however the ones that they do have are very informative. The only thing I found that I did not like is that when you click on the article you want to read it opens in (for me I use firefox) another tab.

Urban homestead is about a family that is homesteading and living a self sustaining lifestyle in the most unlikely of places, the city. This site is about how they do that. Although there are some interesting articles that leave you saying hmmm there weren't a lot of articles that I found worth reading.

Backwoods Home is another magazine website. On the front of their website they have the articles from their current issue as well as their most popular articles. There is an article index on the left side of the web page. The two categories I like the most that I thought had the best more informative articles were self reliance and making saving money.

saturday soiree home made laundry soap

Tools used to shred the soap, it has three different parts to shred the soap, so I tried all three to make three batches. The point was to find the best way or easiest way to make the laundry soap.



first shred on the cheese grater



second - middle shred



third shred



now to boil the soap to melt it down



I marked the buckets where the water fill was supposed to be, it was much easier then trying to use a 4 cup measuring cup for gallons of water.



my stir-ing stick was also used as a measuring point for the water inside the buckets.



three buckets filled with water and ready for the melted soap to be poured in.



my little helper stirring the batch



it was work doing three batches but she still stopped to smile for me, how cute

Mine didn't turn out how the recipe says it turned out for others, mine looked like soapy water, so if it doesn't turn out slimy for you don't worry, it still works. I made these buckets in May of last year and still have 1 bucket left. I have not seen any difference in how clean the clothes are, it works just like regular store bought detergent but it is way cheaper. I use 1/2 cups of the liquid only and it works just as good, I have had no problems with this what so ever.

I got this recipe from cutting corners/tips and tricks section of sample life


This is the what taxicheermom had to say about what she did, how it worked for her and the recipe:

I’ve been experimenting with making lots of cleaning supplies at home, but this one is by far the craziest - and the most successful. Basically, I made a giant bucket of slime that works incredibly well as laundry detergent at a cost of about three cents a load. For comparison’s sake, a jumbo container of Tide at Amazon.com costs $28.99 for 96 loads, or a cost of $0.30 a load. Thus, with each load of this stuff, I’m saving more than a quarter. Even better - I got to make a giant bucket of slime in the kitchen and my wife approved of it.

Here’s what you need:
- 1 bar of soap (whatever kind you like; I used Lever 2000 because we have tons of bars of it from a case we bought a while back)
- 1 box of washing soda (look for it in the laundry detergent aisle at your local department store - it comes in an Arm & Hammer box and will contain enough for six batches of this stuff)
- 1 box of borax (this is not necessary, but I’ve found it really kicks the cleaning up a notch - one box of borax will contain more than enough for tons of batches of this homemade detergent - if you decide to use this, be careful)
- A five gallon bucket with a lid (or a bucket that will hold more than 15 liters - ask around - these aren’t too tough to acquire)
- Three gallons of tap water
- A big spoon to stir the mixture with
- A measuring cup
- A knife

Step One: Put about four cups of water into a pan on your stove and turn the heat up on high until it’s almost boiling. While you’re waiting, whip out a knife and start shaving strips off of the bar of soap into the water, whittling it down. Keep the heat below a boil and keep shaving the soap. Eventually, you’ll shave up the whole bar, then stir the hot water until the soap is dissolved and you have some highly soapy water.

Step Two: Put three gallons of hot water (11 liters or so) into the five gallon bucket - the easiest way is to fill up three gallon milk jugs worth of it. Then mix in the hot soapy water from step one, stir it for a while, then add a cup of the washing soda. Keep stirring it for another minute or two, then add a half cup of borax if you are using borax. Stir for another couple of minutes, then let the stuff sit overnight to cool.

And you’re done. When you wake up in the morning, you’ll have a bucket of gelatinous slime that’s a paler shade of the soap that you used (in our case, it’s a very pale greenish blue). One measuring cup full of this slime will be roughly what you need to do a load of laundry - and the ingredients are basically the same as laundry detergent. Thus, out of three gallons, you’ll get about 48 loads of laundry. If you do this six times, you’ll have used six bars of soap ($0.99 each), one box of washing soda ($2.49 at our store), and about half a box of borax ($2.49 at our store, so $1.25) and make 288 loads of laundry. This comes up to a cost of right around three cents a gallon, or a savings of $70.

and I am linking to a Saturday party

oriental happiness now readable

Before from the goodwill, a nice happiness symbol sign. I really like it, but the black in the letters is a little too light in certain areas making it hard to read. My little sister Aly who is 7 always asks me what it says because she can't read it.

So I took my sharpie pen marker and went over the letters and now after......


Much better, now Aly can read the sign easily.

finished bed??

Sorry it's been so long since my last post, it's not my fault...seriously I got caught up in everyone else's fabulous blogs. I had 1,000 + blog posts to read. Without further ago here is the finished bed.

The first photo is what it looked like with the mattress and box spring. Remember it's high enough to put rubbermaid containers underneath it for storage.


For a 6 foot something man, this bed is obviously too high. What's a girl to do, but remove the box spring.


And that worked only to a point. It's shorter now, I still need to a step stool to get up on it though. And now I have another problem...the mattress is falling through the cracks of the support beams.

Now I need to get a board so the mattress doesn't fall through anymore. More on that as it progress's.

master your metabolism

For a Jillian Michael's book it wasn't as good as I expected it was going to be. If I had bought the book I would be very disappointed. Don't get me wrong it's not a completely or even remotely bad book, but it isn't over all great or even good book.

The book can be summarized in 2 pages, that's pretty much the extent of good content that I found to be useful.


Step 1: remove bad stuff

Step 2: restore - add good stuff, eat/drink good stuff

Master your metabolism power nutrients

Group 1: Legumes 1-3 (s)ervings/(d)ay
Group 2: The allium family 1s/d
Group 3: Berries 1 s/d
Group 4: Meats & Eggs 3-5 s/(w)eek
Group 5: Fruits & Veggies 5 s/d
Group 6: Cruciferous veggies 2-3 s/d
Group 7: Dark green leafy veggies 3-4 s/d
Group 8: Nuts & Seeds 1-2 s/d
Group 9: Organic dairy 1-2 s/d
Group 10: Whole grains3-4 s/d

GO ORGANIC:

Helps you stay slim and prevent diabetes.
Help you avoid scary hormones.
Help you avoid pesticides and other chemicals.
Help you prevent antibiotic resistance.
Make your food taste better.
In season make your diet more diverse.
Make your food more nutritious.
Help you save the earth.

Don’t bother buying organic

Seafood
Water
Foods you don’t eat often

Sometimes buy organic if you’ve got the cash

Processed foods
Onions
Avocados
Pineapple
Cabbage
Broccoli
Bananas
Asparagus
Corn
Mangoes

Always buy organic

Meat, dairy, eggs
Coffee
Peaches and nectarines
Apples
Bell peppers
Celery
Berries
Lettuce
Grapes
Foods you eat a lot

Step 3 : Re balance

1- you must eat breakfast
2- you must eat every 4 hours
3- you must not eat after 9 pm, especially no carbs

-Eat as early as feasible no more than an hour after waking. Grab a quick bowl of high-fiber cereal or an apple with a handful of almonds before your workout.

-Eat until you’re full but not stuffed.

-Combine foods correctly:

40% carbs
30% protein
30% fat

Average sized women trying to lose weight should consume 1200-1400 calories
A large sized women trying to lose weight should consume 1400-1600 calories
A moderate to large somewhat active women at your desired weight 1600-1900 calories

Master your lifestyle

Vitamins:

Biotin 30 mg
Folic acid 400 mcg
Niacin 20 mg
Riboflavin 1.7 mg
Thiamine 1.5 mg - carb addicts are often deficient in thiamine.
A 2,500 iu
B6 2 mg helps with depression
Copper 900 mcg
Iron 18 mg
Magnesium 320 mg
B12 30 mg
C 400 mg
D 2,00 iu
E 200 iu
K 10 - 20 mg
Zinc 15 mg
Selenium 70 mg
Chromium 60 - 120 mcg
Potassium 4.7 g
Calcium 1,000 - 1,200 mg
Omega - 3 fatty acids 1 g helps with bipolar disorder and depression
Sleep at least 7 hours
Move your body every day
Br good to yourself

2 good pages in the book are those that summarize what to eat for breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. I like that she gives you a list that you can choose from she makes things less ridged.