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Why I love – Alikay Naturals Lemongrass Leave In Conditioner!

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So I'll have to be honest, I have not been that great lately when it comes to taking care of my natural 4b/4c hair. I have neglected my hair so much to the point that I am now suffering from tons of breakage and very low porosity hair all over my head. I have good reason though when your a mom with 4 boys and one of the tightest curl patterns on earth.

Sometimes I just don't want to do my hair and a lot of the times I just throw it into a bun, and go. I don't like going to salons since I can never get a sitter and I don't like to many people looking after my kids except me.

I even fell out of love with my hair for a while and almost decided to cut it all off and go back to the TWA that I once had like Amber rose! -;)

However, this past couple of weeks I decided it was time to get serious again and I actually feel like doing my hair again. If you follow my blog you know that i'm not that big on styles. I'm lazy 😉 and easy come easy go is best for me. I actually would like to focus more on length retention and strengthening my hair again. I still use many of same natural products which I will have an updated hair regime coming up soon.

This journey has led me back to a tried and tested favorite, which is Alikay Naturals Lemongrass leave-in conditioner and essential hair growth oil. I have been using this girl's products since the early days of her company when it was being made out of her house. I still consider myself one of the first ones to try her products, I even met her in person at her first hair booth event in Orlando years ago!

Alikay Natural'S products are now found in many stores from target to sally's and even in your local area at many salons.

My two favorites smell great and always leave my hair shiny and stay conditioned.

Alikay Naturals lemon grass leave – in Conditioner consists of:

Water
Aloe juice
coconut
silk amino acids
vegetable glycerin
wheat germ oil
lemongrass extract
botanical blend
sweet almond oil

Essential Oil Blend includes:

Emu oil
Rosemary extract
olive oil
Jojoba seed oil
tea tree oil
peppermint oil
essential oil blend
sweet almond oil

And Much More!

I love Alikay Natural's products in fact I used almost all her products over the years and I recently just ordered some more stuff online this past cyber Monday to save on the cost.

Good stuff and I am excited to be back on this journey towards healthy hair.

P.S. What about you do you like Alikay natural products?

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Yep! You Can Buy Natural Food’s Online!

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Well you guys know, how I did a full in depth review of Thrive Market and how I am able to buy natural food's online. Not just that I am able to buy all sorts of natural beauty products there too!

Well I ended up making a video to show you guys some of items that I bought from thrive market and how you can get food products from there also!

In the first box I did not have a whole ton of food items but a couple. The next shipment will be a lot more. I basically just wanted to show you that you can buy natural food products online that are really natural.

Eating foods that you can get in the best quality will be really beneficial for your health, as a matter a fact read this post I did awhile back. On how food can affect your mood.

Really Interesting stuff.

You can read that post here!

Really Cool! 😉

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Thrive Market – Why I love It!

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Hey, I wanted to take a minute and show you guys my order of my Thrive market order. If you have not heard yet, I love shopping! I also love to save money and avoid trips going to and back from the store if I don't have to. Shopping for all natural items can be expensive. Especially If you have not figured out yet how to save money either bargain shopping at different stores or using coupons.

That is why I love this new Company called Thrive Market! They really make it simple to shop for everyday natural and organic items that you use around your house. Not only that thrive market has all of their items at or below retail prices with many items being as much as 25%-50% off!!

Yes, ya'll I have been able to save on a ton of items from food to all natural bath and body products and even green cleaning items. I was able to get me this all natural Window cleaner for the low, as you can see here.

Even the boxing comes in recyclable pretty packaging which I will save and reuse for the coming future.

Thrive Market is the first socially conscious online marketplace offering the world's best-selling natural and organic products at or close to wholesale prices. Think Costco meets Whole Foods Online.

For the less than $5 a month or a ($59.95 annual membership) You will save and shop on high quality foods, natural bath and body products, natural beauty products and personal care.

Some of the brands include Welda, Seventh Generation, Giovanni products and Annie's Homegrown and even Eden Foods!

In fact with every membership made with thrive market they will match that and give one free membership to a low income family. In order that they will also have a chance of high quality natural items for their home and family.

What do you think? Would you give thrive market a try?

So far so good, I had free shipping on my first order and I even got a membership!

Also thrive market has items to fit just about whatever you are into say for instance you like paleo, Gluten-Free, Raw, or Vegan. It has items in every category for what you are looking for.

In fact with your first purchase you even get 25% off to go along with all the other savings!

Cool Huh!

As a matter of fact I even made a video showcasing some of the items I got from there. Once I edit it I'll post it!

If your interested in trying them out visit them here at Thrive-Market!

Than come back and tell me what you got! 🙂

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Download Free Books For Kindle!

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I'm a huge fan of Kindle, and I love reading books right off my Free Kindle for Desktop App, right on my computer! Amazon gives kindle daily and weekly deals that will allow you download and read free kindle books. I love to read and new books alway excite me, except I don't have the space on my bookshelf to keep any new hardcover books unless I really enjoy the book and want to use it for future reference.

So with Amazon you get the option to sign up and keep in the know about their daily kindle deals amongst other things, or you can you can just do what I do and just log in and browse for free kindle books in your category that you might be interested in.

For instance some of Today's deals that free kindle books include:

HOMEMADE BODY SCRUBS and MASKS for BEGINNERS: All-Natural Quick & Easy Recipes for Body & Facial Masks to Help Exfoliate, Nourish & Provide the Ultimate … Men's Fashion, Homemade Kindle Book 1)

DIY Natural Household Cleaners: Mother Nature's In The House Going Green And Making It Clean (DIY Household Hacks Book 2)

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Best Habits To Organize Your Home in Five Days: Easy Hacks to Declutter Your Space, Create a Positive Environment & Get Inspiration Back to Your Life (DIY Hacks & Home Organization)

So if your interested you don't even have to have a kindle you can just download their kindle for desktop here or on your mobile device here.

To be able to download free books for kindle is great option that will not only give you free books to read, but also is a great option on saving some money when you want to read new books, but its not in the budget to do so.

So tell me do you have a Kindle, and do you read Free Kindle Books?

P.S. My Friend Carrie Willard has a Kindle book on Habits here that she is allowing us to read for free! Great book check it out , you'll love it!

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Among Friends Hand-Crafted Baking Mix!

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Eating cookies is one those things I don't think no one could ever let pass them by. Just the ooey, gooey goodness of chocolate chip cookies. The crunchiness of those oatmeal raisin nut cookies or the sweetness of some coconut macaroons are all the things that get me excited every single time!

I mean hey, if I could have cookies every day I would.Except for the fact that I'm trying to lose weight and eating the most healthy most additive and preservative-free cookies is always high on my list. Know more so Gmo-free. Really a great tasting gluten free cookie mix.

If I'm not making them myself. 😉

So instead of making them myself, late-night my kids and I decided to make a batch of the Among Friends Handcrafted Baking Mix! The mix is the Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookie mix which can make up to 30+ cookies in one batch. If you measure it right. This cookie batch consists of whole oats, premium chocolate, whole grains and did I mention the fact that their all Non-Gmo Verified.

Along with the fact the ingredients are only:

Whole oats
organic whole wheat pastry flour
chocolate chips, cocoa butter, vanilla beans
Natural brown sugar
Organic cane sugar
sea salt
baking soda
soy lecithin

The only things what you will need to make the cookie mix is one egg + 1 tsp of vanilla extract + 6 tbsp butter or substitute.( coconut oil or whatever you like) 😉

First we put we poured the mix in a nice medium size bowl.

Next I mixed the softened butter together with the eggs, extract. I whipped it with a blender to make it nice and creamy ( I even a added a lit bit of coconut oil for an added effect of richness.

Third we combined the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, and blended them all together.

Fourth if you have not already pre-heated oven to 350° than do so. We scooped out those little suckers with a small ice cream scooper onto a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

We baked and then the last step was we ate!

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I can actually say, everyone in the house loved the cookies! Except my youngest son, but he's really picky and doesn't like much. (Ha, ha!)

The whole batch was gone the first night and they really, really, did taste like cookies that I make on the regular except for the fact I don't have to do the mixing and measuring myself of the dry parts.

Will I purchase this mix again, of course!

Especially for days that we go out of town and I can make cookies in the hotel suite or something. We like to travel and The Among Friends hand crafted baking mixes are sure to be on top of my list. This gluten free flour cookie mix is not only a GMO-free cookie, but tastes really, really good.

What about you, do you sometimes use baking mixes, in a pinch?

Are do you make everything straight from scratch?

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