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I feel like a Smoothie

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I have a craving for a smoothie. I know – it’s winter – not exactly the right time for a frosty cold drink, but I’m craving a nice fruit smoothie right now.

I think maybe after dinner tonight I’ll pull out the seldom used Magic Bullet and make my husband and I some fruit smoothies. I haven’t made one for a long long time.

For some reason when ever I make one – with the full intention of making a healthy drink, we end up adding some rum or vodka to our smoothies. LOL Hey it tastes great, but it’s not really the point is it? Ok … it’s great in the summer on a hot day when you’re sitting on your patio perhaps enjoying some freshly barbecued food.

We have lots of frozen fruit in the freezer so it will be easy to make a great fat burner smoothie. If I don’t do it tonight I’m certain it will happen sometime over the weekend … can’t stop those cravings when they hit can you?

Moisturizers are so expensive!

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I guess this is skin care week here at Shopping Maniac. I spent some time today doing some research on facial moisturizers and I managed to find some great eye creams, day time cream and the best night cream for my sensitive slightly dry skin.

What gets me is that there are so many choices out there and a wide price range. Since we’re on a budget I can’t go spending 50 to 75 bucks or more on a cream – especially one with just one specific purpose like a night cream or eye cream.

Why are moisturizers so expensive? Do the products really warrant those big price tags or is it just business? If it’s just business then business must be booming!

Good moisturizers

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Huh – I was just doing a search for under eye creams and I came across phisoderm moisturizer. I didn’t know they made a moisturizer.

When I was a teen there was a skin cleanser that came in a big bottle with a pump on it. I’m sure it was called Phisoderm.

Anyway I’m still on the hunt for good moisturizers. I have sensitive skin and often flare up with allergies so I need a moisturizer that doesn’t irritate my skin. Any ideas?

The weight loss business must be booming

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It seems every time I go into a drug store or a general sales type store they have tons of weight loss products at the end of the aisles and right at eye level in various places.

Even the magazines I like to read seem to have more advertisements for these types of products than they used too. It must be a good business to be in … especially in North America where they say a high percentage of people are morbidly obese.

Have you noticed an increase in these products in your favorite stores and in ads in magazines too?

Three Things to Consider About Instant Wrinkle Removers

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It seems like every time you turn your head there are new instant wrinkle removers on the market. The truth is that the use of any of these products for one night will instantly remove the wrinkles. You must do your homework to do your own homework to find out which product is best for you even though a celebrity will claim that their product is the best for healing wrinkles. You can find some great producsts to make you look younger as long as you ae not expecting miraculous, instant results.

If you want a product for healing wrinkles, what should you look for? The top three reasons that you should (or should not!) buy a skin care product.

1. Does the product address your needs?

You may be concerned about sagging skin that is highlighted by your wrinkles. Or you may have bags under your eyes. For a variety of reasons, instant wrinkle removers appeals to both men and women. Choose the product that addresses your specific problem. Any reputable company will have a few specific well done products that addresses each skin care need.

2. The products contain what chemicals?

Many companies that say their products are superior for healing wrinkles use harsh chemicals that can damage your skin more. Look at the ingredients. One chemical that is in many skin care products is dioxane. Dioxane is considered a carcinogen by the state of California. Do you want to put a cancer causing agent on your skin? Something that may also damage your skin is the fragrances in that in instant wrinkle removers. And even after years of research that proves that alcohol dries your skin, some of the leading skin care companies continue to put alcohol in their products.

3. Any product that has many high-paying celebrity endorsements is one that you must be aware of.

Likely these skin care companies are spending more money on marketing than on research. When large amounts of cash are offered, even celebritites will stretch the truth about instant wrinkle removers. Do you want to buy products from a company that cares more about making money by selling a product or a company that sells a quality product? Before you are swayed by celebritites, please research products that are for healing wrinkles on the Internet.

If you need a product that will help in healing wrinkles, will you let yourself be taken in by celebrities that tell you your skin is bad. Here is some advice: Find a product with CoQ10, which is not found in many of those advertised products that claim to be instant wrinkle removers. This ingredient is a powerful anti-oxidant that works like a vitamin on your skin. One form, Nano-Lipobelle H-EQ10, penetrates deep into the skin. You will see the results after a few days of use.






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