Dark Shadows starring Johnny Depp Blu-Ray Combo Pack #Giveaway 10/12 CLOSED

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Open to US residents 18  yrs of age or older.  The giveaway will end on 10/12/12 at 8:59 pm PST.  The winner will be chosen randomly via the Rafflecopter widget.  The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to contact me back.  The sponsor is responsible for prize fulfillment.  Mommnie of 2 is not responsible for lost or unreceived prizes.  

Notonthehighstreet.com Review

  

I found an amazing website that offers so many great items.  Not On the High Street is based out of England.  They offer everything from jewelry, clothing, accessories, children's items and much more.  This is an amazing website with a huge selection of great products.  I really had fun browsing everything that they offer.  

I ordered 2 pairs of really cute silver earrings.  I ordered one pair for myself and one for my 5 year old.  I love that the website is very user friendly.  I was looking for earrings and did a search and so many choices came up.  I also did a search by silver stud earrings and it narrowed it down perfectly more to what I was interested in browsing through.  I chose some adorable silver mini heart stud earrings for my daughter.  She loves them and they are perfect for little ears.  They are adorable and we are very pleased with the quality of them too.  I also chose the sunflower earrings for myself.  I also love these ones too.  They are a quality earring that is comfortable to wear.  They look great on too.  I love silver stud earrings and was very impressed with the amount of silver used in these.  These are packaged beautifully too and would make a wonderful gift for someone that loves fun earrings.  Both the sunflower and silver mini heart earrings are great because they go with almost everything!

  

You can see some of the other great items that Not on the High Street offers below.  What item is your favorite that they offer?  There are so many great ones to choose from.  You can also learn more about them by visiting them on Facebook and Twitter.  

  

  

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.    

Sweetsation Therapy Organic Skincare Review and Giveaway 10/25 CLOSED

I am always looking for products that I can feel good about using on my skin.  When I came across Sweetsation Therapy I was really interested in trying their products out.  They offer organic and natural skincare products that you can feel good about using.  They offer a great selection of items for men, women, children and babies.  Sweetsation Therapy was created by Natalia.  She has done a wonderful job created high end products that don't have high end prices.  The products from Sweetsation Therapy are made in the US too!  

I received 2 great face care products to try out.  I received the C* Perfect Skin Face Cleanser.  I love this cleanser.  It does a really good job cleansing your skin, but doesn't over dry it.  It is organic and it has Vitamin C, Enzymes and Antioxidants added to it.  The product is very easy to use.  I love the convenient pump to dispense it.  You only have to use 1 to 2 pumps of the product to cleanse your face.  It includes some wonderful ingredients like papaya and cucumber extract.  My face felt super clean after I used it too.  You can visit the Sweetsation Thereapy website to purchase this product or see all the wonderful benefits of using it!

I also tried the LaNouvel Cellular NutriSerum.  This is also another wonderful product!  It is full of ingredients like Collagen, Hyaluronic Acid and more.  So what exactly does this product do?  It helps provide wonderful moisture to the skin.  My skin felt amazing after using it.  The product helps do a number of things, but I am in love with the brightening effect and intense moisturizing that it provides.  I also love that this product will not clog pores.  Moisturizing is super important to me, but sometimes it can cause me to break out.  This product does not.  You can learn more about the benefits of the LaNouvel Cellular NutriSerum or purchase it by visiting the Sweetsation Therapy website.

  

You can also connect with Sweetsation Therapy on Facebook and Twitter.

GIVEAWAY - Enter to win a bottle of  LaNouvel Cellular NutriSerum. or C* Perfect Skin Face Cleanser.

2 winners -  each winner will receive 1 item.  Open to US residents 18 yrs of age and older.  The giveaway will end on 10/25/12 at 8:59 PM PST.  The winners will be chosen randomly by the Rafflecopter widget.  The winners will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to contact me back.  The sponsor is responsible for prize fulfillment.  Mommie of 2 is not responsible for lost or unreceived prizes.  

Baking with Just Almonds Review

I love almonds.  They are one of my favorite nuts for snacking on.  Just Almonds offers almonds straight from the farm.  I truly was impressed with the almonds I received.  I sampled their raw whole almonds and they were so fresh.  They are some of the best I've ever had.  Just Almonds offers a variety of almonds that you can purchase right from them online.  They offer blanched almond flour, natural almond flour, almonds for eating, roasting almonds, sliced natural almonds and more.  

Just Almonds offers a quality product that comes from the Central California area.  I would call them almond experts after tasting their products.  They have been in the wholesale almond business for over 30 years.  I was really intrigued when I looked around the Just Almonds website and found out that almonds are not actually a nut, but they are a fruit.  Raw almonds are packed with nutrients too!  

I received 2 wonderful products from Just Almonds to sample.  I received some raw almonds and some almond flour.  I have had raw almonds before, but these are super fresh and delicious.  I snacked on them, but I also incorporated them in a recipe.  I have never used almond flour, but since I love almonds I knew this would be great.  This is great to use in baking.  It adds great flavor to many dishes.  I used the raw almonds and almond flour to make some mandel bread cookies.  This is actually my grandmother's recipe that I altered to include the almonds and almond flour.  I replaced some of the regular flour with almond flour in a recipe that I have.  It came out wonderful with the combination of the almond throughout the cookie from the almond flour and the pieces of almonds from the raw almonds.  These cookies are great for snacking, dipping in coffee or desserts.  

Almond Mandel Bread Cookies

Mix together . . . 

2 eggs

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup sugar

Add. . . 

1 1/2 cups sifted flour

1/4 cup almond flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 cup chopped raw almonds

1/2 tsp. vanilla 

1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Mix well.  Batter will be dry.  Make 2 loaves on floured board (will be oily).  Place on large cookie sheet.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes at 350 degrees.  Remove and slice into 1/4 inch slices.  Spread on baking sheet and toast at 400 degrees until slightly brown or dry.

What would you use raw almonds or almond flour in?  Do you have a great recipe that you would like to share?  You can save 10% off of your Just Almonds order by using the coupon code MO2 at the checkout.  

You can purchase your own almonds and almond flour from Just Almonds.  You can also learn more about them by visiting them on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest too.  

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.     

Aroma Rice Cooker Review

My family absolutely loves rice.  My 7 year old would eat rice at every meal if I allowed him.  My husband loves it so much that he buys it in bulk bags of about 20 lbs each.  I just wanted you to get an idea of how much rice we eat. 

 A good rice cooker is very important to me.  I stopped cooking rice on the stove top years ago because there is too much baby sitting that goes along with it.  If you aren't familiar with how a rice cooker works it's pretty neat.  I love that you can just put in your rice and water and you end up with perfect rice.  

Aroma offers a variety of great rice cookers to suit all different types of cooks.  I received a wonderful model to try out that makes up to 20 cups of rice.  This is a digital display rice cooker and it makes it really easy to set and cook.  You can purchase this Aroma Rice Cooker for $64.99 directly from their website.  This is not just a rice cooker though.  It is much more and I love that it has some wonderful extra features.  This rice cooker allows you to choose whether you want to cook white or brown rice with just the touch of a button.  If you have a rice cooker and have tried cooking brown rice you may have had some issues with it cooking correctly.  I love that my Aroma Rice Cooker can adjust to the type of rice in the unit with just the touch of a button.  Ok so maybe you have a rice cooker and all it does is cook rice, but this one cooks other items besides rice too.  This also doubles as a steamer and slow cooker too!  I love it.  I think it is so neat that I can perfectly steam veggies or slow cook a roast with ease.  There is one last option that I absolutely love.  You can set your rice up in the morning and put the delay timer on, so it will be ready later in the day.  This makes cooking dinner super easy.  I also like that the instructions are super easy that it doesn't make it confusing to use the unit.

What did I think?  I love it.  It does a perfect job cooking rice.  I am super picky about my rice being cooked to perfection.  The Aroma Rice Cooker did a wonderful job cooking it exactly how I like it.  I tested both sticky sushi rice and a longer grain rice and it did excellent cooking both varieties.  I am definitely going to get my use out of my Aroma Rice Cooker.  I am certain that I will be using it a few times a week.  I am so excited to try out the additional features some more too!  What would you try cooking in the Aroma Rice Cooker?

You can also connect with Aroma on Facebook and Twitter.

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.    

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Pop for Word Families Game Review and #Giveaway 10/14 CLOSED

Do your kids love playing games.  Mine love it.  They are 5 and 7 years old.  I received the Pop for Word Families Game from Learning Resources and my kids couldn't wait to play it.  This game is geared towards grades 1 and up, but my Kindergartener was able to play with the assistance of an adult or my 2nd grader helping her.  This game is great to help with reading skills.  The game itself is suitable for 2 to 4 players.  I was so excited for them to start playing.  

The game was simple enough for my 5 and 7 year old to play together, but it wasn't frustrating.  I know my kids give up easily if a game is too frustrating.  However, the game is still challenging enough for their age group.  The game is really cute.  The little popcorn box is filled with little popcorn shaped cardboard pieces. Each player spins and then they pick a piece of popcorn.  The popcorn has either a beginning or ending word sound.  The word sounds are ones that you can add multiple letters to in order to make a number of words.  So you can either spin a 1, 2 or 3. For example:  if you spin a 2 you will attempt to make 2 words using the beginning or ending word sound.  This is really fun for my kids to do.  My 7 year old is able to read the sounds on each piece of popcorn, but my 5 year old can't just yet.  My 7 year old helped my 5 year old by reading the word sound to her and she was still able to add letters to it and make a word.  If the player pulls a piece of popcorn out that says POP then that players puts all the popcorn pieces back in and has to start over.  The player with the most popcorn pieces collected wins.  You collect the popcorn pieces by creating the correct amount of words with the word sound you pick.  

  

I really loved playing this game and watching both of my kids play too.  It was challenging enough for both of them, but definitely wasn't overly frustrating.  I love that they enjoy the game, but are learning while they play.  This is a great way to help build reading and spelling skills.  I also really love that the game is compact and great if you want to take it with you on the go.  The game is also easy to store and I love that it doesn't take up a ton of room either.  Do you know someone that would enjoy playing this game?  You can purchase Pop for word Families directly from the Learning Resources website for $9.99.  This would make a great gift for children that are new readers too!

You can also connect with Learning Resources on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.

Giveaway - Enter to win a Pop for Word Families Game.

Open to US residents only age 18 yrs of age and older.  The giveaway will end on 10/14/12 at 8:59 pm PST.  The winner will be chosen by the Rafflecopter widget.  The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to contact me back.  The sponsor is responsible for prize fulfillment.  Mommie of 2 is not responsible for lost or unreceived prizes.

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.  

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Midnight Velvet Avery Boot Review and #Giveaway $109.95 value 10/14 CLOSED

I am a shoe addict.  I admit it, but who doesn't love a cute pair of shoes?  With Fall coming I am always on the lookout for great boots.  I only recently started wearing boots more last year.  It doesn't get super cold where I live, so I honestly don't need them.  I will say that I love the way they look though.  I came across some adorable boots offered from Midnight Velvet.  

I fell in love with the Avery Boots by Restricted the minute I put them on.  I chose the black color, but they also come in a brown too that is really pretty.  It's almost like a chocolate brown.  The boots are really great to wear with a number of different things.  I have been wearing skinny jeans and I love these boots paired with them.  They look great.  I actually wore them the other day to pick up my kids from school.  In the short time I was out I got 3 compliments on how cute they were.  I know that I will be wearing them often.  I can also see that they would be really adorable with a skirt or dress too.  The boots come just above my knee.  They are a great length.  However, I am only 5 feet tall, so depending on your height they may not come up that high on you.  I love the look of all the buckles and the zippers on the boots too.  They really are a lot of fun.  I wanted to share something else with you that i love about these boots.  They are a flat boot, but on the inside of the Avery Boots is a hidden 1 inch boost platform.  Those of you ladies that can use the extra height - well these are for you!  The boots are very comfortable too.  I think fashion is very important, but I think you need to be comfortable in what you wear.  If you are interested in purchasing a pair of Avery Boots they are available directly from the Midnight Velvet website for $109.95.

  

Midnight Velvet doesn't just offer shoes either.  They do offer some amazing shoes, but they also offer some great clothing, accessories, jewelry and more.  If you are looking for something that you will look great in they have so many options to choose from.  I really had fun browsing the great selection of fashionable items they offer.  What item is your favorite?

You can also connect with Midnight Velvet on Facebook and Twitter.  

Giveaway - Enter to win a pair of Black Avery Boots!

Open to US residents 18 yrs of age and older.  The giveaway will end on 10/14/12 at 8:59 pm PST.  The winner will be chosen via the Rafflecoopter widget.  The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to contact me back to claim their prize.  The sponsor is responsible for prize fulfillment.  Mommie of 2 is not responsible for lost or unreceived prizes.

I received this item free of charge from Midnight Velvet. No monetary compensation was received or offered, nor was I under any obligation to write about this product. All opinions expressed are my honest thoughts on this product. I am not offering any sales or taking any orders for this item. I will not receive any compensation in connection with any sales of this item.

Sponsors reserves the right to substitute the giveaway product for an item of equal or greater value depending on sizing and inventory

Healthy Choice Greek Frozen Yogurt Review

I absolutely love Greek yogurt.  It is one of my favorite healthy snacks and I even eat it as a dessert.  I recently found out that Healthy Choice offers Greek Frozen Yogurt and I was so excited to learn more about it.  I really couldn't wait to try it.  

Healthy Choice Greek Frozen Yogurt comes in 4 great flavors.  It is available in Vanilla Bean, Raspberry, Blueberry and Strawberry.  They all sound really great, but I chose to try the Vanilla Bean and the Raspberry.  These come in 100 calorie portion controlled containers too.  They are low in fat and contain only 1.5 grams of fat per container. These are perfect for a little sweet treat.  I was really impressed with these.  The flavor is great on both the Vanilla Bean and Raspberry.  The Raspberry was my favorite.  It has a really good real fruit flavor.  It was a really refreshing treat.  The Healthy Choice Greek Frozen Yogurt is creamy and has a great texture.  I love that I can now have a delicious sweet treat without the guilt.  These are great to keep in the freezer for those times when you really need something sweet to eat.  What flavor would you want to try?

You can learn more about Healthy Choice products by visiting their website.  You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.