Hi everyone! Today is the day after Christmas and I am sitting here going through all of my stuff, having a bit of a relaxing day after all of the prep work and fun of yesterday. I am pooped! I don't know about you, but getting ready for Christmas just gets to be busier and busier every passing year. My girls are bigger now, but they are no less active. In the end, my favorite part of the holiday seems to be the late evening hours of peace and quite that come when everyone is settled in for a holiday movie munching on freshly popped corn and sipping spiced cider. That is when I am the happiest. The gifts and the food and the family visits are all nice and meaningful, but it is the quiet of an evening with my children and my husband that make Christmas special for me.
I always call the day after Christmas my "Do nothing day". It doesn't always turn out to be a day filled with nothing, because I need to be doing something all the time and not much will keep me down. Even when watching a movie I need to be doing something, like crafting or crocheting. Drives my husband up the ever, loving wall. So it goes, my do nothing day is turning into a day filled with answering emails, going over comments and planning the first month of the new year for my YouTube channel. I can feel the promise of the new year upon me. This year, more so than in years past, I am hoping that is a good sign. I know that I am motivated to make this coming year an amazing one in the kitchen and garden for myself, my family and for all of you!
With that in mind, I recently began receiving boxes from Influenster which are filled with great samples of new products to try. I plan on sharing some of these boxes with you today and in the coming weeks whenever I receive one. I want to share my thoughts and feelings about what they send me. I have only received on box so far, in 2013 and it was filled with some amazing products that I would not have known about which I cannot live without now, it also included some tried and true favorites.
Today I wanted to share with you a product that I was sent to sample. Meaningful Beauty Creme' De Serum. This is from super model Cindy Crawford and you may have seen this advertised in one of those late night infomercials. I have to tell you that I am usually very skeptical and suspect and would most likely not go out of my way to purchase such a product for any number of reasons. When I got the opportunity to try this serum, I did not have high hopes. I really kind of chuckled at the thought to be quite honest.
Well, as with lots of other things in life, I was totally wrong about my initial approach to this product. This serum is quite simply, delicious! It only took one try for me to be hooked on it! It is a tiny little bottle, that packs a powerful punch! I have dry skin and being almost 50, whether I like to admit it or not, I am beginning to see signs of aging. YUCK!!!!! Under eye circles, fine lines and some dark spots that have been with me since the birth of my youngest daughter, 14 years ago. Even though most people would not notice them, I do and while I don't mind for the most part, there are days when they bother me a lot.
One little pump of this serum glides over your freshly washed face like a light silk veil. It absorbs into your skin and helps it to remain soft and supple. I was really surprised that there was not oily or greasy residue. My skin tends to be dry but I have an oily T-zone. This serum is wonderful and since I began using it about three weeks ago, my dark spots started to fade as well as the circles under my eyes and the fine lines I spoke of are starting to go away. In short, I am really impressed with this product.
If you are interested in learning more about meaningful beauty you can find them here:
You can also sign up to be an Influenster of your own! I love participating in these trials and maybe you will too! You can find Influenster here: http://www.influenster.com/ You have to fill out some surveys to find out what you like and where you fit as far as what is appropriate to your lifestyle, but after that you can start to qualify to receive your box of fun filled samples to try and review!
So, I hope you don't mind if I pop in from time to time to share my "Vox Box" with you and let you know what I think about what I get to try! Let me know what you think about what I think, I think that will be a lot of fun!
My goal for the new year is to post a whole lot more here on my blog and let you into a little more of my life besides the kitchen. I have plans to possible start a crafting channel, raise the bar on my kitchen channel and get the ball rolling on Rick's home improvement channel. Blogging is just a natural progression for us. This gives us an opportunity to check in or pop over for a quick snippet of our life maybe that we don't want to share on video or to enhance what we have done on video. We hope you like what we have planned for the new year and as always love your input, suggestions and feedback!
Here is hoping that this holiday season has found you well and happy and that the new year will be filled with amazing awesomeness for all of us!
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