Review: Dr. Scholl's for her High Heel Inserts

I recently signed up for BzzAgent and received my first box. 

BzzAgent is a website where you review different new products from different brands. They currently have a campaign running from Dr. Scholl's.  They have a line out specifically made for a woman's foot. I received their high heel inserts. 

The inserts.

To truly test out the effectiveness of this product, I placed one of the inserts in one side of a pair of shoes and left the other side out.  If I was going to review this product, I really wanted to see a difference if there was one. By the end of the day did I have both inserts in or out?!


OUT! The product is advertised as being slim so that when you place it in your shoes your foot doesn't have to squeeze into the shoe to fit.  I did not experience this though. I immediately noticed a difference when putting my heels on and it lasted all day. By the middle of the day I had to remove the insert because the tops of the shoes were digging into my foot, causing some undue pain on the tops of my feet.


Also included in the box from BzzAgent were some coupons for the purchase of some other Dr. Scholl's products. I might end up using them to try out some of the other items in their line. This product may not have worked for me, but others might. We shall see...

I received this product complimentary from BzzAgent for my review.

Review: Tangle Teezer

I kept hearing about the Tangle Teezer from all the long haired beauty gurus on You Tube.  At first I kept thinking that it was a gimmick and that this funny looking brush could not work better on hair than my hairbrush that I have been using for years. I decided to go to Sally Beauty Supply to check it out and see what all the hype was about. It was sold out. 

I ended up coming across another Sally's while out shopping and went to see if this one had it. They had them in stock in the pink and purple colors. I didn't get it then because it was $13.00. I was not about to pay $13.00 on a brush, especially one that could have the same results as a really bad 'As seen on TV' product. 

I ended up receiving an email with a $5.00 off coupon and was going to get some groceries at a store that happens to be right next to the original Sally's that I went to. I stopped by again, not expecting to leave with anything. They had one Tangle Teezer in stock, so I picked it up and using my coupon spent $8.00.

This is what the brush part looks like.  

The brush doesn't have a handle and I'm assuming it was designed to be ergonomically pleasing. 

The bristles are in two different lengths.

Close up of the bristles. 

I tried out this brush on my dry hair first.  My hair was very dirty and I had it in a ponytail all day. At the end of the day, after taking out my hair, it was a tangled mess. I can honestly say that the Tangle Teezer works.  The brush GLIDED through my rats nest. It didn't pull on my hair at all like a regular brush does and got out all of the tangles quickly and easily. 

I tried this out on wet hair too and it worked just as well. I really didn't think that the product would work as well as it did, but was pleasantly surprised. The brush was designed to fit in your hand easily, but it doesn't seem to fit into my hands. I drop this brush a lot while brushing my hair, but I'm okay with that because it takes out the tangles so painlessly. 

I find placing my hand that doesn't have the brush in it on the other side of my hair as it is being brushed really helps to comb out my hair. The bristles on the Tangle Teezer are shorter than a regular brush, so I use my hands to push the hair into the bristles after most of the tangles have been brushed out. 

This brush doesn't work well for styling, because it doesn't really pick up the hair. I still have to use my regular brush to comb my hair in different directions, so this brush can't be the only brush that you  use. The brush is lightweight and smooth. I definitely recommend getting this brush if you have long hair to brush out the tangles without breaking your hair. 

Review: Tastykake Kandy Bar Kakes

I received this Tastykake Kandy Bar Kakes bar in the S'mores flavor in my Influenster Vox Box.

The bar was coated in hardened chocolate and had graham cracker crumbles sprinkled on the bar. 

Thickness of the bar. 

The cake was tasty and was there was a creamy frosting in-between the layers of cake. The flavor was good. Sweet without being sickly sweet.  I really liked that the chocolate that surrounded the bar held up and wasn't just a thin layer. The only thing that I didn't really like about this was that the cake wasn't very moist. I don't know if I just didn't notice it at the beginning or if the other end was different than the one I started on. But when I came to the end of the bar, the cake was dry 

In all I liked the flavor of this bar and would probably eat it again. I haven't seen any of these cakes in the stores. Maybe I just haven't noticed them. I can't really say if I would purchase these or not. For the most part, I prefer savory snacks over sweet ones, but the mood might strike and I could see myself buying a box of these. 

**I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes.

Review: Palmolive® soft touch

I am signed up for a product review program called Influenster.  How it works is that you sign up on the website and review products that they have listed on the site.  You earn badges for the reviews and this will increase your Influenster badge score.  You can also link up your other social media contacts to increase your score also. Most of the products for review you probably have heard of and most likely have used.

Every so often companies will reach out to Influenster with new products that they want tested. You will fill out a pre-qualification survey and based on that information you may be selected to test the product. If you are picked, Influenster will send you an email to let you know that you have been selected and to keep your eye out for a package from them. Once you receive the package, you must review the product or else you will be disqualified from any further boxes.

Interestingly enough, I did not fill out a pre-qualification survey for the product that I received. I filled out a survey for another product, wasn't selected, and received an email letting me know that I was picked for this program. 

First look!

I received two bottles of Palmolive® soft touch dish soap.

Left: Vitamin E

Right: Aloe

 

You could receive two of three different formulas of this product, Vitamin E, Aloe and Coconut Butter.  I am happy with the two formulas that I received. Influenster  and Palmolive sent two full sized bottles - one for you to try and one to give to a friend to try. I'm planning on giving this to my sister when I see her next. They also sent a bunch of coupons for $1.00 off future purchases of this product - or to distribute to your friends. 

I tried out the Vitamin E bottle first - strictly based on the pink color. The scent was nice. It was light and fragrant. The product suds up well and seemed to remove the grease and food easily.  I really noticed that my hands were moisturized while washing the dishes. It was like my hands were coated in some kind of oil protecting my hands from drying out in the water. Despite this feeling, it didn't remain when you stopped washing the dishes and dried your hands. 

I have really dry skin and washing my hands or doing dishes dries my hands out really badly. This dish soap helped to stop my hands from drying out. I will definitely be repurchasing this product. I just saw that CVS has this on sale for $0.99 this week, so if I use the coupon that was provided I will just have to pay tax on the bottle. I will probably go pick up some more of these bottles and spread the love to all my friends.

**Disclaimer: I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes

Review: Julep 'Simone' Nail Polish

If you are interested in beauty boxes, there is no doubt that you have heard of Julep's Maven box.  They always have deals where you can receive the first box for next to nothing. I think I signed up with a code that gave me the box for a penny(plus shipping costs, but I think I only paid around $4.00 for my box), but I have recently been seeing links all over the web where you can get the first box for totally free. You will take a style quiz to see what your "Style Profile" is and they will send you a box that corresponds to that style. I was "It Girl" which is for the nail polish lover.  This ended up being the colors that I would have picked anyways, so I was totally happy with my style profile. The first box is the same for each person. It might change with time, my first box came with two colors that were from the Trina Turk collaboration.

You can check them out by clicking on my referral link. Put "freebox" in the coupon code box to get your first box for free!


Now on to the review!


I received Simone as part of the March Maven box.  At first glance it is a really pretty shimmery lavender color. Purple is my favorite color, so I was really happy to receive this polish. The hue lets off a dark purple or blue shimmer color in the light.

Now for the bad. I hated the formulation of this polish! The consistency of the polish ended up being really thick and you really had to get the brush into all the groves of your nail if you wanted coverage. The polish also was really streaky - I had to load up the polish on the brush to get the coverage that I needed to not look like a five year old had painted my nails. This technique caused the polish to get all over my cuticles. Not a good look. Plus the polish took forever to dry and smudged and moved all over the place.

Another issue I had was that the brush was horrible! I felt that the brush was too think and the bristles would go where they wanted, not where you wanted them to go.  You really have no control with this brush.  This isn't the first time that I have received a Julep polish with a crap brush.  The intro box that I received also had a brush that was crap.  It was even worse than the brush that came with Simone.  The hairs went everywhere!

Despite the horrible time I had painting my nails, here is the look I created.

These are the polishes I used:

In artificial light:

In natural light: 

Polish: Julep 'Simone'

Ring Finger: Savina 'Fairy Dust' and Zoya 'Electra'

Top Coat: OPI