Influenster Natural VoxBox '12

     We're finally here in Wichita, KS! We got here on the 26th, got a place on the 27th (a one bedroom apartment, which compared to our nice three bedroom house, it's overwhelming), our stuff arrived here, we found out on the 28th, on the 25th, but we couldn't get our stuff delivered until the 2nd, and just got internet today. Ugh. It's been crazy and busy. But as I unpacked my cook books and baking gear, I got re-inspired  so hopefully I can get back into the game soon.

     On another note, I signed up for an Influenter voxbox. If you want to sign up HERE is their web site. Influenster basically sends out free samples and people like me, those with blogs or vlogs give their opinion out on these things. I recently received the Naturals VoxBox which had in it:
The Original Dish Drying Mat
CleanWell Antibacterial Hand Wipes
GeoDeo
Nectresse
EBOOST
Lypsyl
And within each box, everyone gets one in four items. I got Maxi Hair Tablets.

Ok, here are my 100% honest opionions about each product.

The Original Dish Drying Mat

Before I had this dish drying mat, I had a bulky dish rack. It was nice, but it took up so much space. On top of that, at the time we lived in New Mexico and the water was so hard that it would leave nasty hard water stains all over it. I like my house to look clean and clutter free. This was not clean. Then I got this mat. Three letters: OMG. It took less space, did the same job, without the hard water stains. It is always clean. It absorbs so nicely and dries fast! It's machine washable if it ever does get dirty. It's affordable. It's about $5.  The only con: You can't place glasses or cups faced down on it because it isn't airy enough to let out the moisture. So the water just sits there. But you can easily fix that by tilting the cup to let in some air. 

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CleanWell Antibacterial Hand Wipes 

The biggest pro: They're natural. They use thyme oil instead of harsh chemicals to do the same job. For this packet you see in the photo you get 8 pocket packets with 10 wipes in each so 80 total and it costs $26.99. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to tell you this, but I'm going to anyways. If you go to store.cleanwelltoday.com and and enter in the promo code voxfb20 you'll get 20% off of your order. This deal expires on 10/12/12 so get to it! Also if you go to their Facebook page you can get a coupon for $1.00 off.

GeoDeo

GeoDeo is 97% natural. The other 3% is apparently is essential to maintain the effectiveness. I have EXTREMELY sensitive skin. Anything besides Dove Sensitive Skin and I break out. I end up itchy and make myself look like a monkey itching my arm pits. It's awkward. But this deo doesn't have any harsh chemicals, especially metals, which I have noticed that aluminum is the main and active ingredient is most deodorants. The only thing I didn't like was the smell, but there are 2 other scents that I will be sure to try.

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Nectresse

I love Splenda. I use it in everything. EVERYTHING! Well, Splenda has made Nectresse. It's 100% natural made from Monk fruit with nothing artificial. It is zero calories and it tastes pretty close to Splenda. So if you like Splenda and you like all natural, get some Nectresse. 

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EBOOST

I'm not big on energy boosters, so I, unfortunately, have nothing to compare it to. I liked everything about it but the taste. It was orange and had a horrible after taste. Luckily you only have to drink 8 oz. Jillian Michaels gives it an A+, so that's saying something. There's no added caffeine, just natural caffeine from green tea, so there's no crash. It's also 5 calories per packet! What the what! Yea...

If you go to EBOOST.com you can order them from there and get free S&H on orders over $30. If you go HERE you can also get a coupon!

Lypsyl

Lypsyl. This is the only one I didn't like. 

When it comes to chapped lips, there's no better lip balm than Burt's Bee's. Put one coat on and you're good. This balm, about 30 minutes after applying, it was all gone! Why? The first ingredient is Mineral oil. The second ingredient is Petroleum. These are both drying ingredients and should not be used for your skin. Go to this web page to read more about it. 

Burt's Bee's, however, doesn't have any of these ingredients. 

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And within each box you got either one of four products and I got Maxi-Hair.

Maxi Hair is for hair, nails and skin. It is about $17.99 per bottle, which to me is a bit spendy. I personally take pure biotin for my hair, skin and nails. Maxi hair's main ingredient is Biotin and not only do you have to take two (and there are only 90 tables, so 45 uses), but the pills are HUGE! Biotin's tablets are smaller than a pinky nail and you only have to take one a day. Plus Biotin is about $3.00 per bottle and has 120 tablets (that's 120 uses!)