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  • Going Green with Conscious Box {Giveaway}

    Have you seen this subscription box services?  I’m sure they’ve been around for awhile, but I seem to just be learning about them all. I love that you can have new products delivered to your door to try out before buying full size products.

    This especially holds true with all natural earth friendly products. I grew up using chemicals for cleaning, and eating processed foods – as I feel most of my generation did. We also seem to be the generation pushing for more natural and earth friendly products. My mom always taught me to be a good steward of the earth, and we often went on trash picking duty around our block. We also canned a lot of our own fruits and veggies, despite the many processed foods we ate. My problem presents itself when I want to buy an all natural product – 
    What if it doesn’t clean as good?
    What if the taste is bland?
    What if it’s too expensive, and then I find I don’t like it?
    It’s hard breaking out of habits, and trying something new, especially when many families are struggling financially.  This is where Conscious Box can help!  Each month they put together a new Conscious Box full of products from Health and Beauty, to Food and Home. Try all natural cleaning products, healthy snacks, and natural energy boosters. A low monthly cost, and you get to try a myriad of products to see what does and doesn’t work for you. On top of it all, they have Gluten Free and Vegan Boxes to choose from as well.
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    Right now my readers can receive 25% off any subscription to Conscious Box with Code: LOVELIFE
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    One lucky Home Maid Simple can win a 3 Month Subscription to Conscious Box. 
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    *This is a sponsored post. I have received a conscious box in exchange for posting this giveaway. All thoughts and opinions remain 100% my own and honest thoughts. I try to bring my readers products I believe in and would recommend to friends and family.
  • doTERRA essential oils

    doTERRA essential oils

    I was sent some doTERRA essential oils. 
    I’ve never really used essential oils before, and I was excited to try these out. I hear my friends talking about them, and all the different ways they use them, and kept thinking to myself I should try these out.  So when Angela contacted me to see if she could send me some samples, I was thrilled!  I left what she sent me up to her, because I didn’t know what I would end up using or not.
    I received lemon, peppermint, and lavender singles. Also balance and slim and sassy blends.

    Lemon. I really love lemon water, but I don’t really like cutting them up, or squeezing the juice into my water.  I quickly learned that just one drop of lemon essential oils in a cup of water is plenty.  Did you know that a cup of warm water with lemon juice helps keep swelling in your feet during pregnancy away?  I did, and I know it works too. Whenever my feet have started to swell I drink a cup of lemon water.

    Lavender is one of my favorite smells. I’ve been adding a drop to my humidifier, and just love the scent it sends through the house.  It really helped the other day when our fireplace decided to smoke us out of the home. Lavendar is also a natural calmer. Princess R has been having some night terrors recently, so I’m going to stick the humidifier in her room tonight with the lavendar. We’ll see if that helps any.

    Peppermint works as a digestive aid. I have not yet tried this one, but Princess R has also been having some constipation again. I think I’ll dry rubbing some on her tummy, to see if it will help get things moving again.

    Balance.  I am in love with this one!!!  This is a blend of spruce, rosewood, frankincense and blue tansy. It is to promote tranquility and a sense of balance. Plus the smell is just wonderful.  I put a little of this in the humidifier this morning to help me be at peace while I took on the closet of handed down girls clothes. It also helped me attempt calmness when I discovered the liquid dish soap dumped all over the basement floor (tips to come on how to clean THAT up!).

    Slim and Sassy.  This one I have purposely not used yet. I’m saving it for after baby comes!  Slim and Sassy is a metabolic blend to help curb appetite between meals.

    *product was provided to me at no cost. All opinions are my own.

  • EcoFresh cleaner review

    EcoFresh cleaner review

    I won my first ever blog Giveaway at the beginning of this year!  What did I win, some awesome green cleaners by EcoFresh. I finally got around to trying them this last week, and really enjoyed them.  I tried them first out in the bathroom.  Wow, they really smelled fresh!  I was pleasantly surprised.  So after finishing the bathroom up, I moved onto the kids room.  One of my favorite things about this product is that it is safe to use around kids because it doesn’t have any of the harsh chemicals in it.  Now this is where the product really amazed me – You know that strip of wall next to your kids bed that gets gross from their feet, hands and who knows what else.  Well it was time to clean it.  Normally I have to pull out the big stuff like ammonia or Mr Clean Magic Erasers to get this off the wall, and then it still usually leaves a bit of gray stain.  With EcoFresh, I sprayed, left it for about 10-15 seconds, then wiped it with a dry cloth.  NO SCRUBBING!  Seriously it shocked me.  Today I’ll be trying it out on my white chairs (don’t ask why we bought white chairs with toddlers in the house, I don’t know!).

    Dsiclaimer: I won these products.  I was not asked to review them.  I just really enjoyed them and wanted to share the product with you my readers!