“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Teavana. I received samples for this review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.”

One thing that I really enjoy drinking it tea. It is a beverage that I like hot, cold, over ice and the flavor varieties of tea is endless. I have finally experienced Teavana which has me wondering why I hadn’t found it sooner!

I am used to making hot tea at home in my Keurig or from teabags. Making a cup of Teavana tea was whole new experience. An experience that I really liked and couldn’t wait to make my second cup.

Not only does the ingredients in this Teavana tin look pretty cool, they smell AMAZING! This is Teavana’s Spiced Apple Cider. If I didn’t want to use it to make hot apple cider, it sure would make for some fragrant potpurri. …

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When I was a child I loved riding a bike. My youngest who happens to be my one and only son doesn’t really care for bikes, he LOVES scooters. This boy was sooo excited when I gave him a brand new Mountain Dew Scooter one morning before school that I received to review.

There was no waiting until after school to give the Mountain Dew Scooter a ride. He had to test it out before school and show me his cool moves. …

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“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for LISTERINE. I received samples for this review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.”

When you have four children, you have a lot of teeth to worry about. Kids can get lazy when it comes to dental hygiene so as parents we must not only provide the dental products for our kids to use, we must continue to remind them just how important it is to keep good care of their teeth. We must build heroic habits for our families!

We had received some products from Listerine this month and I have to say that I am impressed that my two youngest children. They were excited to try the new products, especially the Listerine Smart Rinse. I have caught them using this bottle of green mouthwash without having to remind them which makes mom smile. I am not sure if it is the color, the taste or the fact that Captain America is on the bottle but hey are using it!

While the two youngest have been enjoying using their green mouthwash, the rest of the family has been using the Listerine Healthy White. I like that this is so much more gentle on my mouth than the original Listerine products I have used in the past. It does have a strong flavor but my mouth definitely feels clean after using it.

My kids can tend to slack of on their dental hygiene routine so it is up to me to keep reminding them to not only brush, but to floss and rinse too!

Here are some things to remember when building heroic habits for your family:

1. Taking just a few minutes to care for your mouth each day can help you establish healthy habits for a lifetime.
2. Brushing alone actually misses 75% of your mouth? It is essential to rinse with LISTERINE® Antiseptic in order to reach nearly 100% of your mouth and get rid of the germs that cause plaque and gingivitis.
3. Your mouth is vulnerable at night. While you’re sleeping, plaque and gingivitis germs multiply and build-up. Protect your mouth with a quick rinse of LISTERINE^® Antiseptic before bed.

For more healthy habit ideas be sure to subscribe to the Heroic How-Tos from LISTERINE…

To find out where to buy the Listerine products, visit: https://www.listerine.com/shop-now

Disclosure – I am a Trunx Brand Ambassador. All opinions are my own.

One of my favorite things to do is take pictures. I have been attached to a camera since I was a kid when I got my first 110 camera and learned how to develop film in the 8th grade. Then I got a Polaroid and that was fun except that the film was so expensive. When the digital cameras came out I was so excited. I loved taking pictures but I dreaded having to take the film in to get developed. Now I have a fancy DSLR camera and a handy smartphone that I use to take as many photos of my family, friends and all the fun places I get to see as I want!

One thing I use to worry about was before was storage for all my photos. When smartphones first came out there wasn’t such thing as a cloud drive and putting all those pictures I was taking from my phone to my computer was taking a ton of the space on my harddrive. I then bought a harddrive just for my photos that seems to be running out of room too!  Since I love taking pictures (especially of my kids), I tend to take a dozen photos of the same thing to make sure I get that perfect shot. I now use the Trunx app on my phone and even desktop to help me save all those priceless photos I have taken.

Trunx is a FREE and family friendly app that allows you to snap, organize, share and store your photos forever.

Not only can I save the photos on my smartphone, Trunx allows me to also save all the thousands of photos that I have stored on my backup drive as well as my photos from Facebook, Instagram and Dropbox. This cloud storage app is available on both the AppStore and GooglePlay and is offering UNLIMITED storage until 2015. I love having all of my photos in one place and better yet, not having to worry about running out of storage space.

Have you ever wished that your photos have sound? Now you can! You can take EchoPix photos with this app that are enhanced with the sounds of your surroundings so you can remember that moment more vividly. I wish I would have had this app when all my kids where smaller but plan on having some fun with this app during the holidays.

I am happy to be a Trunx Brand Ambassador and will be sharing some additional information next month about the handy features of the Trunx app…

This is a partnered post with Shopular. All thoughts & opinions are my own.

One thing I love to do is shop. I don’t get to shop as often as I like but when I do get to go shopping and spend some money, I definitely try to save a little money if I can. When I shop online I usually look for coupon codes or promotional offers to save money, at least on shipping. What I can now do is find some deals while I am shopping at the stores near me and when I am shopping at the mall with the Shopular app right from my phone.

The Shopular app is PERFECT for those with a smart phone that loves to shop and find the latest deals. With this FREE app you can get deals sent right to your phone. The app uses geo-locating to find relevant deals and by setting up location based notifications on the app you can get notified on deals that are happening right in your area or even at your favorite mall.

What I like about this app is you can find deals at over 40,000 top retailers in the US like Walmart, Target, Kohl’s, Walgreens, and so many more. You select your favorite stores listed in the app and when you search for deals it will display deals from those favorite stores right at your fingertips.

 

When you are shopping you can find deals, check out store circulars and use coupons right from your phone. When you find a deal that you like you have the option to save the deal and to easily find it later. Since I don’t get the Sunday newspaper with all the stores sales ads and coupons, I think having the stores weekly ads available on the app is a real handy feature.

What I like best about this money saving app would be the coupons that you can use from your phone. For instance I love doing crafts and shopping at Michaels. When I was playing around with the app I found a coupon that I could use to save 40% off one item by just showing the coupon on my phone to the sales clerk.

Know that every time I shop at Michaels now, I will be looking on my phone to see if I can save some money. I have also setup the notifications so that I will know about the hot deals from my favorite stores, hottest deals for the weekend and the latest deals for my nearby stores and malls!

For more information on the Shopular app, visit: www.Shopular.com.

Contest Alert – This month is Halloween and Shopular will be having a contest for those making their own costume this year. For those participating, they will be asked to share their creativity on Instagram for a chance to win a $500 gift card.