An Essential Oils Giveaway! My Favorite Diffuser with GuruNanda's 10 Aromatherapy Blends

Since a friend began selling essential oils, I've been learning about the benefits of them. I love the health benefits and I adore the scents, but I really can't afford to pay $20 a bottle! I was so impressed when I finally discovered GuruNanda. You can buy their oils at WalMart for $9 and they come in the same type of bottle and smell just as amazing, and are 100% natural, just like the more expensive brands!

GuruNanda's 8 aromatherapy blends: Calming Sleep, Tranquility, Breathe Easy, Refresh, Invigorate, Harmony, Focus, and Relaxation.

Each oil box comes with a "scratch and sniff" sticker so that you can smell the scent before you purchase it.

You can purchase the GuruNanda Oil Diffuser from Amazon for $20.  I've seen a similar diffuser retail for $85 which, really, is just crazy!  GuruNanda's Diffuser comes with a light which can easily be turned on and off, depending on your preference.  The light is pretty, changing through a rainbow of colors.  The instructions recommend using up to 1-3 drops of your chosen oil, though I only use 1.  That seems to be the perfect potency for us.  At this rate, these oils will last us a very long time!  My allergies have been horrible for the last few days so I used the Breathe oil last night. It smelled wonderful and I wasn't stuffy when I woke up today!

One of my readers will win an oil diffuser and all 10 aromatherapy oil blends from GuruNanda!  Enter by 3/22.

Special thanks to the wonderful people at GuruNanda for providing me with these products to review and give away.  All opinions are honest and my own.

A New Snack Subscription #Giveaway à la the Amazing ChefClubBox!

The ChefClubBox is a new healthy-snack subscription box started by 16 year old chef, Remmi Smith.  I was so impressed with the incredible amount of great contents in this box! I am definitely excited to be able to offer a giveaway to one of my readers as well as a 50% off coupon for all of you!

The ChefClubBox comes to your doorstep once a month in a big box that is stuffed full!  You have options depending on different things--what you'd like included, and how many snacks you'd love to have.

The ChefClubBox was started by an amazing teenager.  “I have just a passion for helping others,” Remmi Smith said in a recent interview. “I have a passion for eliminating childhood obesity. I know that I can help fix the problem, and I know that I can help kids realize their dreams. That’s what keeps me going every day.” Now is that the kind of young entrepreneur you want to support, or what?!

Five healthy snack bars--That's It fruit bars are one of my kids' favorites so they were excited to see them here!  I really loved the Frontier Bites, square morsels of granola and fruits.

Hooray for cookies!

Fruity goodness!

An interesting flavor--plantain chips with sea salt! I love discovering new things and being surprised by boxes like this!

Salsa in a St. Patty's day hat! How fun is that?!

I have to tell you that it really endears me to a company when they include a "special surprise for moms and dads"!

"We whisk you a lucky month." Love it!  Very Pinteresty.

Part of the surprise--a handstamped necklace by the vintage pearl. It's beautiful!

TEA! Do you know how much I love tea?! And I had just run out. Plus, Italian Dressing mix for a fun recipe and a really cool orange slicer so you don't get gunks of orange peel in your fingernails.  Very cool!

More tea!  And Numi Organic Tea is one of my favorites. I drank all these teas in one day. They were delicious!

One of you will win a subscription box from ChefClubBox! Enter below by 3/21! In the meantime, you can purchase your first box at 50% off via the code SISTERS.

Madison Reed Natural Hair Color Review: I Love Tuscany Brown! Free Shipping Coupon!

Update: Get free shipping at Madison Reed for a limited time!

 

I haven't colored my hair in a couple of years and really felt like a little change.  Nothing drastic, and most people might not even notice it because the color I chose is so natural-looking and perfectly compliments my skin tone and eye color.  Before I chose to go with Madison-Reed, my hair had a bit of lighter color on the ends and I was hoping that their Tuscany Brown would even it out. And it did!  I can't say enough wonderful things about their hair color!

Madison-Reed hair color includes keratin, ginseng, and argon oil so it's actually good for your hair.  It also brings out highlights which I love!

Madison-Reed is made with natural ingredients and actually smells good while you apply it and after! 

What's in the box? 

Your package will include everything you see below.  Once at their site, you can build a Hair Profile to find out exactly which colors would be most perfect for you!  It's a lot of fun.  You can also call their Color Crew who actually answers the phone right away and is very sweet and helpful.

Each Madison-Reed box includes everything you see here, plus a shower cap and 2 pairs of black gloves (underneath) that actually fit--not like the cheap ones you get in the boxes. A complete do-it-yourself salon experience!

Special thanks to the wonderful people at Madison-Reed for providing me with their products to review! 

Bluum, the Best Baby and Toddler Subscription Box! #Discount

Bluum is a mom & munchkin product subscription that delivers a monthly box of new goodies for you and your little one, all the way from pregnancy to preschool. I used to subscribe when my kiddos were little.  They always have great boxes as you can see in the photos below! (compliments of Google images)

 When you sign up, you enter your child's age. The boxes grow with them as they send age appropriate products. This is the 25 month's box. How fun is does that look?! Boxes go all the way up to age 5.

The 5 month old's box completely stuffed full! I love the variety and the quality of the items. Look at that bunny, so adorable!  They always send the best-reviewed and newest mom and baby products.

 

 A baby's box!  You can build your own box using the bluum app or choose the bluum surprise box.  Surprises are so fun to get in the mail so I'd recommend that route. That's why I am hooked on subscription boxes and this is definitely the best one I've found for babies and toddlers! Plus, the shipping is always free.

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Try bluum today!

Use the code MRVUDG1Q4Z during checkout to start bluum for $10 off your first month!

Pley, Completely Different With Unlimited TOY RENTALS of Every Kind & a Much Lower Price!

 

Where Pley was once exclusively Lego rentals, it now offers all kinds of new and exciting toys!  So how does it work?  Well, first you or your kiddos add which toys they'd like to receive (their pleylist).  A couple of days later, they receive one of the sets in a box like this.  The shipping is very fast and shipping both ways is always free.

Just a small sampling of some of the toys Pley is currently offering.

This is the most recent set my kiddos received.  This one was on their Amazon Wishlist for ages but we didn't have the extra money to spend on it.  They've played with it for about a month and now they're ready to send it back.  Just like with Netflix, you keep the set as long as you want and after you send it back, they rush you a new one.  There's no limit to how many times you can do this in a month.

When you're ready to mail the set back, you just stick it in the postage paid envelope and drop it in your mailbox.  As soon as the mailman scans the code, Pley ships you off something new so that you don't have to wait.  Couldn't be more simple!

The Cost

Pley Subscriptions start at $9.99 month.  If your kiddos get bored with the same old toys, this would be really perfect for them and worth the price! Head over here to sign up!

Special thanks to the wonderful people at KidStuffPR and Pley for providing us with a 3-month gift subscription to try out Pley. All opinions are honest and my own.

The Best Paying Affiliate Programs to Join... How to Make Money Blogging!

A few weeks ago, I posted on getting started with your own product review blog. I thought another helpful post would be one featuring what I've found to be the highest paying affiliate programs. I officially monetized my blog around last March (which means I added affiliate links and started making money with it).  Getting started took awhile but now I make from $300-$2,000 a month depending on whether I put little or more effort into blogging.  Now that I know what I'm doing, it doesn't take very much more effort at all.  One of my posts went viral back in October and I'm still making money on it!  That was through Educents. Which brings me to the links of my favorite affiliate programs.  With the exception of the middle two, they are all through ShareASale so you'll have to set up a log-in and password for them. After that, it's super fast to apply for any of the other ones.  Maybe it should go without saying, but all of these are free to join! I would never, never refer you to an affiliate program that charges you money. 

Here are my favorites.  

Many of these will pay you right away just for placing a banner on your site, have great bonuses, and offer high commissions, and provide free items to affiliates.

Epic!

I've made thousands of dollars with Epic!  When you sign up with them through ShareASale (free, of course--I will never recommend an affiliate program that isn't), they will offer you free months service if you ask (Epic is an e-book library for kids) and they'll pay you $5 for everyone who signs up under your link for their FREE trial! Since it's a free trial, the conversion rate is super high. Plus, they have some great contests monthly and they are super nice to work with, and also do performance incentives. I adore them.

SocialFabric 

SocialFabric pays you between $125-$200 for one blog post!  They are very selective so if you don't get approved right away, try again when you have a bit more experience. A few things they look for are whether you're consistently blogging, have nice, big, colorful photos, and have a good following.

BlogPaws 

They pay $125 per post plus provide you with animal items to blog about. I love them! They are super nice and easy to work with.

ShareASale
SAS is a free affiliate program that works with thousands of companies that work with bloggers. There are a ton of great brands, and I go over it in the blog post here where you'll find everything you need to know. I've organized articles by type (kids, beauty, fashion, etc.) so you can easily find what you're looking for.

 

Easter Color Me Cookies! A Delicious Eleni's Cookies Review

Reblogging this post because these incredible cookies would make such a wonderful Easter gift!

What's better than eating cookies? Coloring and designing them first!

 My kiddos had so much fun in art class/snacktime today decorating the cookies from their new Color Me Dogs.  The cookies are delicious, not too sweet and slightly crisp.  They are packaged very well.  None of our cookies were broken and all were neatly iced.  They're completely nut free, even made in a nut free facility, and kosher, too.

The Cookie Gift Set came with edible ink markers which my kids thought were so cool!  You can also order additional markers in many more colors.

Color Me! Dogs are just one of the types of cookies available in the Color Me! line of cookies.  There are also Safari Animals, Dinosaurs, Automobiles, Flowers, Gift Tags, Christmas Cookies and so many others in reusable tins or as individually wrapped party favors.

Everything came in a reusable tin that keeps the cookies fresh––for up to 2 months.  The perfect thing to mail to someone or give as a gift.  Perfect for Easter!

Movie Ticket #Giveaway! The Young Messiah: Discover the Savior when He was a Child

My kids and I are so excited to see this movie!  The preview looks amazing, and it seems to follow the bible and historical tradition as closely as possible. 

The Young Messiah is not just a story about Jesus. It’s the story about Jesus and his parents.  Just like we are, they were faced with difficult decisions on what was best for their children.

IN THEATERS MARCH 11TH

Inspired by Scripture and rooted in history, this story imagines a year in the boyhood of Jesus.  Remaining true to the character of Jesus revealed in the Bible, The Young Messiah is an inspirational story about the childhood of the Savior for the whole family.

When the mystery of Jesus’ divinity begins to unfold in His early years, He turns to His parents for answers. But Mary and Joseph, in an effort to protect their child, are afraid to reveal all they know. How do you explain the ways of the world to its Creator? How do you teach the Teacher? How do you help the Savior who came to save you?  

Follow the young Messiah as He and His family take the extraordinary journey from Egypt to Nazareth and on to Jerusalem – where His true identity and profound destiny are revealed.

Giveaway 

One reader will receive a pair of AMC movie tickets to see The Young Messiah!  Enter below by March 15th at 11 pm anyone's time. U.S. only for this one.

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Lucy's Pooch Picks for 2016! #ILoveMyDog

Lucy loves when I allow her to be a guest blogger at The Traveling Sisterhood.  She wagged her tail quite excitedly when I asked her if she'd like to share her favorites with our readers.  Or maybe she was just wagging her tail because she heard the word "cookie"... Whatever the case, here are her favorites which she thinks every dog would love!

#1 Dish: Eco-friendly Bamboo Bowls from The Green Pet Shop. These bowls are not only environmentally friendly, but look gorgeous in our kitchen and are very sturdy! The bowls also come in green and orange, and in small or large. Lucy's are small.  #1 Food: Merrick's Classic Small Breed Recipe--perfect for little dogs, made in the USA with deboned chicken and whole grains, and she loves the taste.

#1 "Cookie": Look Who's Happy Tempt'n Tenders. In Lucy's book, all treats are cookies.  She doesn't go for the crunchy type--she loves the jerky and these are her favorite! They're natural treats and smell amazing. I was almost tempted to try one. Almost.

#1 Training Treat: Wellness Petite Treats in Lamb, Apple, and Cinnamon. These treats make Lucy's breath smell amazing!  They're the perfect tiny size for rewarding her, plus they're natural.  Currently on sale for $4 at Chewy.com!  #1 Toy: Outward Hound's Kibble Drop. This game is so fun! You drop the tiny treat in the middle (Wellness Petite Treats are the perfect size) and she has to lip the correct flap to find the treat! The kids and their friends love playing this with Lucy. This one is on sale for $9! Your dog needs it, I'm telling you!

#1 Subscription Box: Poochperks! Lucy has tried numerous pet boxes and this one is by far her favorite... and mine. Their treats are all made in the U.S.A. and their plans always have free shipping.  The numerous, wide variety of high quality goodies makes this the best box for the money... and the most fun! Save 15% using our link! 

#1 Pet Shampoo: Reliq's Mineral Shampoo in Pomegranate. I wish I had other than a stock photo of this one, but alas, Lucy has only tried a nice sized sample pack. But the pomegranate makes her smells amazing!  Plus it's natural which I love.

#1 Soup: CARU Pet Food. Yep, Lucy has a favorite soup.  Since this one, she's tried others but this is her favorite!  It tastes amazing, or so she tells me, and is actually human grade food!

Now you know all of Lucy's very favorite things!  What are your pooch's favorites?