Spring Clean: Freshening Up Your Home

Spring Clean: Freshen Your Home

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In the Kitchen

Set of 3 Mixing Bowls

BrightSpring Mixing Bowls

I absolutely adore this set.  I've never in my life had the privilege to own a brand new set of mixing bowls.  So, I was thrilled when I got the chance to try these out!  Made with stainless steel and featuring a rubber bottom and rubber handles, these are not only a beautiful set, but also extremely functional as well.

This set comes with three bowls.  It also features measuring lines as well inside the bowl, so that you can easily measure ingredients without having to get yet another measuring cup.  They feature a spout for easy pouring, and rubber handles that are extremely easy to grip when your pouring up into your pans.  They also feature a rubber bottom to help prevent them from sliding around when your mixing ingredients together.

I absolutely love these!  No kidding they are so easy to use, they are gorgeous and the handles are probably my favorite feature of these mixing bowls!  I was thrilled with them!!

They are definitely a 5 Star product in my book.

Vremi Retro Style Pots

Who wouldn't love to have these beautiful pots in their kitchen?  I cannot tell you how utterly thrilled I was when these arrived at my home!  These were another first for me, my first "Grown-Up" Brand new pots!!  

The color of them is absolutely reminiscent of Spring time!  The colors and design make them not only extremely functional, but also make them a beautiful design accessory in your kitchen as well.

They come in three sizes, a smaller pot for making veggies, a medium sized casserole dish, and a deep pot that would be perfect for cooking roasts!

If your in the market for a new set of pots and pans, love retro and spring colors you can't go wrong with this set!!

Elite Bakeware  3 Piece Cake Set

Ok, so I'll be really honest here.  I'm not a baker.  Not in anyway shape or form.  It's just not something I was blessed with.  I like to tell people, I was born in the south and taught to cook by using measurements like "A pinch of this a dab of that", measuring cups and me don't mix too well.

However, my mother is a phenomenal baker and she was thrilled when I handed these over to her.  I've not yet gotten to try any of her creations she's made with these, but I definitely am looking forward to see what she comes up with!

In the Bedroom

Nestle Sheets

Everyone should purchase a new set of sheets at least once a year.  Nothing is more luxurious than lying on a set of nice, clean, crisp sheets every night.  It definitely helps me to get a better nights sleep whenever I can snuggle up in new sheets.

These are extremely cozy sheets!  They aren't too thin to where you feel as if they are going to tear apart at any moment, they are extremely durable.  I haven't yet slept on them, because I am trying to wait until we move into a new home so that when we move, I have a nice new bed to sleep on!

**  All of the above products were sent to me for review purposes.  However, my thoughts and opinions are 100% honest and my own.

Walmart Beauty Box: Spring THE Over 35 Box

Over 35 Spring Beauty Box

What It Is:

The Walmart Beauty Box debuted Fall 2014 and was actually really nice!  I was really extremely impressed  by the amount of goodies that had come in a $5 box.  The Walmart Beauty Box is a seasonal subscription box that is released every three months.  So far, there have been 3 total boxes.  Fall, Winter and now Spring.  OF course, the next box will be the Summer box and we should get it around June.

Spring 2015: The Over 35's Box aka THE OLD FOGIE Box

So, to say I'm a tad disappointed in the sampling of the Spring 2015 Walmart Beauty Box, would be an understatement.  I guess that Walmart being Walmart and how HUGE they are, you would think that they would have some MEGA power with all these fabulous brands that they carry and would be able to introduce some on trend items in these boxes.

However, a lot of the items that were in this box were repeats that I've had in other boxes or have seen in other boxes.  Nothing really was like " Oh Wow!  That's cool. I've never seen that before".  But, unfortunately there just wasn't anything that I felt as if they introduced or even really made sense for a Spring Box.  I feel as if Walmart had this wild haired scheme, wanting to cash in on the Subscription Box explosion and have found themselves ill prepared.

Spring 2015 Foil Line-Up

So, Walmart Spring 2015 Beauty Box did manage to break on record, the MOST foil packets carried by any single subscription box in the history of subscription services....

I had FIVE total foil packets....  

Spring 2015 FOIL Line-up

What's Inside:

Loreal Youthful Glow Serum

Olay Regenerist Luminous

Garnier  Miracle Sleeping Cream

Nivea In-Shower Body Lotion

Burt's Bees Intensive Firming Serum

So basically skincream, skincream and MORE skincream....  YAY...

Walmart Spring 2015 Coupons:

The coupons were probably the highlight of the box, with coupons for most of the skincreams that we were given foil packets of in addition to the standout hit of the Coupons:  The ROGAINE coupon...  Need I say more????

Deluxe Samples

So.......  The younger crowd were blessed with a couple full sized items like Mascara, and a nice LIPSTICK.....  We, the OLD people (35 and older equals OLD in Walmart Beauty WORLD) were given knock out hits like, Loreal Shampoo and Conditioner (Repeat from Nov. Sample Society), a pretty decent sample with the Caress "Adore Forever" body wash (Probably the single one item I like and will use out of this box) and then a Dial 7 Day Moisturizing Lotion....  And LAST but NOT least a sample of LADY GAGA Black Fluid Perfume...  Because ALL over 35 women LOVE Lady Gaga...

But...  But, it's just $5

Yes, it is JUST $5 and YES, I could just sign up as a 24 year old girl and hopefully get some of the cool items...  However, why should I have to LIE about my age to get something decent in a subscription box from Walmart?  Why is it that Walmart thinks that once you hit 35 you only need to start focusing on SKINCARE and haircare???  The over 35 probably spend way more money at Walmart than the under 30 crowd does, yet they have made it clear they are primarily targeting that age group with this Subscription Service...  That's just wrong.

I would say it's just a fluke, but this box was no better than the Winter Box which also had NO COSMETICS for it's over 35ers.....

I don't know if I'll cancel....  I mean, it is just $5 every three months and even a poor chick like me can swing that amount!!  However, I hope that Walmart hires some better people for their box curators...  Because whomever is curating these boxes now, clearly doesn't know what their doing.  No service is EVER going to please 100% of it's customer base when dealing with subscription services, however the majority of your subscribers should be able to get excited about at least ONE thing each box....

My Unboxing Video....