aabbee01
Member Since: May 27, 2017Reviews
AVEENO® Daily Moisturizing Facial Cleanser
I received the AVEENO Daily Moisturizing Facial Cleanser, 354 mL for free in exchange for an honest review. Aveeno is a premium brand in our household, we trust the brand for everything from baby products to all skin care. This new face wash lathers... +
I received the AVEENO Daily Moisturizing Facial Cleanser, 354 mL for free in exchange for an honest review. Aveeno is a premium brand in our household, we trust the brand for everything from baby products to all skin care. This new face wash lathers really well, smells fresh, and most importantly, cleans really well. I had some light makeup on and this new facial cleanser got everything out, leaving my skin super soft and clean. I know because I used a cotton pad to test it, and it came out clean! You know that squeaky clean feeling but not dry-out-tension clean? This Aveeno cleanser can do it for you. Having oat in it helps, as oat soothes skin and retains moisture. This new cleanser is also FREE on lots of things: paraben-free, sulfate-free, dye-free, and soap-free, perfect for a busy family who doesn’t have time to do much research. Cherry on the top is that the new bottle is made with 30% recycled plastic, so doing our small part for the environment. The pump is definitely preferred and sits great in the shower with the other shower bottles (I know, I am one of those lazy ones that washes their face in the shower). Definitely will buy again! -
Batman 4-inch Crusader Batmobile
I received the Batman 4-inch Crusader Batmobile for free in exchange for an honest review. This came at a perfect timing as my 5 and 9 year old are currently bingeing a series of Batman, and they are in the midst of educating their younger cousin... +
I received the Batman 4-inch Crusader Batmobile for free in exchange for an honest review. This came at a perfect timing as my 5 and 9 year old are currently bingeing a series of Batman, and they are in the midst of educating their younger cousin about Joker, Batman and Gotham City. The Batmobile was super easy to remove from the box (unlike most toys, where you need a box cutter AND scissors AND muscles to get them out of the tags) – the little turn knobs are perfect for little hands to unscrew and take them out themselves. Honest opinion though, the 4-inch paper figures of The Joker, King Shark, and Mr. Freeze were a bit disappointing. The cardboard is a bit flimsy and they don’t stand up well. It’s meant to be knocked over by the BatHook launcher but they just kneel over on their own. It’s been 3 days now, I think the kids have gotten tired of the 4 inch figures and starting shooting at other toys instead.
The Crusader Batmobile, Batman and the BatHook launcher though, was GREAT! The quality of the batmobile is superb, large enough to vroom around the house by little hands, and the BatHook was super easy to set up and launch. The launch is surprisingly powerful (by children standards) and yes it is strong enough to knock over the paper figurines (when they are able to stand on their own). I wish there’s another BatHook though, as I’m pretty sure the hook will be missing at some point :) but otherwise, it’s a really fun toy and perfect for a room of little boys to play super hero! Now on to finding more stable figurines for the Batmobile to shoot at!
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PanOxyl PM Blemish Brightening Patches
I received the PanOxyl PM Overnight Spot Patches for free in exchange for an honest review. Look at my photo, that was the night before I used the PanOxyl patch, stupid red zit did not last long! I used the small patch (9mm one) and stuck it on... +
I received the PanOxyl PM Overnight Spot Patches for free in exchange for an honest review. Look at my photo, that was the night before I used the PanOxyl patch, stupid red zit did not last long! I used the small patch (9mm one) and stuck it on overnight, the next morning, it was 70% less red, with only a tiny bump. I mean, it’s impossible to have a zit go away 100% overnight, but I will happily take 70% reduction, which means it’s also small enough to be covered by makeup and concealer. The patch is latex-free with hydrocolloid so no worries sensitive skin, you will be fine! The patch is a little thick but who is looking while you’re sleeping anyway. If it works, it works! The patch contains no parabens, no fragrances, no sulfates, no dyes and no latex, so pretty safe for most skin types. The patch is easy to stick on, and easy to peel off as well, I had no problems taking it off in the morning. Very happy with the first night of results. I used the patch again for night 2, and by day 3, my zit was barely noticeable.
I haven’t had to use the 12mm one yet but I’m sure my porous nose will need it at some point. I feel confident that the patch will help reduce random unwanted breakouts (and usually at the worst times, like before an event), grab a patch and try it!
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PanOxyl PM Overnight Spot Patches
I received the PanOxyl PM Overnight Spot Patches for free in exchange for an honest review. Look at my photo, that was the night before I used the PanOxyl patch, stupid red zit did not last long! I used the small patch (9mm one) and stuck it on... +
I received the PanOxyl PM Overnight Spot Patches for free in exchange for an honest review. Look at my photo, that was the night before I used the PanOxyl patch, stupid red zit did not last long! I used the small patch (9mm one) and stuck it on overnight, the next morning, it was 70% less red, with only a tiny bump. I mean, it’s impossible to have a zit go away 100% overnight, but I will happily take 70% reduction, which means it’s also small enough to be covered by makeup and concealer. The patch is latex-free with hydrocolloid so no worries sensitive skin, you will be fine! The patch is a little thick but who is looking while you’re sleeping anyway. If it works, it works! The patch contains no parabens, no fragrances, no sulfates, no dyes and no latex, so pretty safe for most skin types. The patch is easy to stick on, and easy to peel off as well, I had no problems taking it off in the morning. Very happy with the first night of results. I used the patch again for night 2, and by day 3, my zit was barely noticeable.
I haven’t had to use the 12mm one yet but I’m sure my porous nose will need it at some point. I feel confident that the patch will help reduce random unwanted breakouts (and usually at the worst times, like before an event), grab a patch and try it!
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Children's TYLENOL® Liquid Suspension
I received the Children’s TYLENOL® Liquid Grape flavor for free in exchange for an honest review. This is a new flavor for our young household and was received with much joy. Well, as much joy a sick child can express – it was met with a great... +
I received the Children’s TYLENOL® Liquid Grape flavor for free in exchange for an honest review. This is a new flavor for our young household and was received with much joy. Well, as much joy a sick child can express – it was met with a great “oooh I love grape!!” Tylenol is a very trust brand, I mean I had it growing up, so really excited for this new product.
It has been a sick summer here, as expected with multiple young children who attends day care, and after the cold and flu medicine shortage not too long ago, we are very happy to try out the Tylenol liquid grape. My 4-year-old developed a slight fever 2 days ago and it turned into a full blown fever by night time. After a little bit of the Tylenol liquid grape, he went back to sleep and by morning, he was fine. He actually slept through most of the night, we only woke him once to give him a bit more medicine. Always check how much to feed your child according to the instructions, by age and weight. The liquid went down so smoothly, it helps that he loves grape, there was no fight at all! Every 5ml there’s 160mg of Acetaminophen and one of the best thing is that it is parabens free! I would not like to give anything that would harm my children in the long run.
Now that the 4-year-old is feeling better, it’s only a matter of time when the others will get sick (oh I am not surprised). This Tylenol is good for children from age 2-11 so it will be ready for the next sick child. We will definitely be picking up another bottle next time we are at the drug store!
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Vida by PADERNO 6-Slice Air Fryer Toaster Oven
I received the Vida by PADERNO 6-Slice Digital Air Fryer Toaster Oven for free in exchange for an honest review. OMG this is THE ONE appliance to have in your kitchen, no matter what size your kitchen is. It has 12 pre-set cooking functions and... +
I received the Vida by PADERNO 6-Slice Digital Air Fryer Toaster Oven for free in exchange for an honest review. OMG this is THE ONE appliance to have in your kitchen, no matter what size your kitchen is. It has 12 pre-set cooking functions and after using this for about a week as a young family, I can tell you, you don’t need any other appliances ever again!
Few things to keep in mind – definitely read the manual before you start, there’s so many functions in this little powerful oven it’s important to take a look and see what it can do. Also, there’s no “function” showing on the oven LCD screen so keep the manual around for a few days (like we did) until you get familiarized with the oven. I do wish the functions are listed in the screen, but I guess there’s not enough space. The icons are useful but things like broil and reheat and keep warm, would definitely be more accessible if it’s listed on the display. Keep the manual nearby for a few days!
The oven does get hot (like any other oven), so make sure you follow the manual rules of leaving a clear space of at least 10cm around the oven (my partner used a measuring tape just to be safe!) The oven door is a little hard to pull sometimes and the recoil is a bit strong, just make sure your fingers are out of the way and you should be fine. Otherwise it shuts tight and we can confirm no air gets let out. The 4 trays that come with it are easily slid in and out, and easy to clean.
Now on to the functions!
Roast + convection: we roasted a small pork tenderloin. The baking tray is amazing and the fan was slightly louder than our old toaster oven, but it’s STRONG! Absolutely LOVE the light function, you can see everything as it cooks, and turn it off when you don’t need it to save energy. The pork turned out really well, and we were able to fit in veggies as sides in the oven too (when we could not before).
Bake + convection: we baked a small Sheppard’s pie, absolutely no complaints there! The pie baked well and the wide tray actually made pulling it out of the oven so much easier and less risk of burning your hand.
Broil: we broiled the pork tenderloin for about 5 minutes, love the preset so there’s no need to google what temperature and how long. Again, the light was amazing and you can check to see how the surface is cooking without opening the door.
Keep warm: as a household with small children, the keep warm function is a godsend for us adults. My dinner was sitting nice and warm after the little ones have been fed, and so we could enjoy a warm meal.
Reheat: similar to the keep warm function, the reheat is amazing on its own. We haven’t had to use our microwave since we got this little new powerful oven. 15 minutes (preset) is all it takes to reheat almost any meal. The best part, the reheat gave my leftover Sheppard’s pie a nice crisp crust.
Air fry: I was a bit skeptical of the air frying option, since we have a “regular air fryer” that works pretty well. Surprisingly the air fryer basket holds up just as much as our regular air fryer. It can hold up to 4lb of food, we didn’t test it out to see if it was 4lb but it held enough frozen chicken nuggets for 3 hungry children + 1 adult. 14 minutes in and we had a delicious snack. It might be worth noting you need to be in the air fryer function to increase the temperature, as each function has its own temperature limit. It didn’t make too much of a mess, but maybe because it was frozen nuggets. I’m sure if we air fry greasier items it will drip to the oven pan below. The distance between the pan and basket is pretty good so I don’t think there will be much splatter (but yet to be determined).
Toast/Bagel: this is our daily morning use. Instead of 4 pieces of toast in our old oven, we can now toast 6! LOVE the “shade” function where you can select different cook levels of the bread and bagel. The difference between the two functions is one will turn on both top and bottom heating rods, and bagel will only turn on the top ones.
Pizza: Haven’t had a chance to try out the pizza function yet but assuming it’s similar to baking but with a cook time preset, which if I haven’t mentioned already, LOVE the presets! Takes so much time and stress out of cooking! Looking forward to a pizza making night soon!
Dehydrate: I’ve never used a dehydrator before, so we tried out with a few small pieces of bananas. Again, thank you for the pre-sets, we had them in over night (plugged in but away from all appliances, just in case it got too warm – it didn’t). The dried bananas were AMAZING! Now we don’t have to buy them at the shops, we can make our own, bananas, apples, mangoes, jerky!!!
All in all, this is an AMAZING machine and honestly, we’ve been using it multiple times a day since we got it, I don’t know how we lived before this! 100/100!
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DAP Alex® Ultra Advanced Latex Sealant
I received the DAP ALEX ULTRA Advanced Latex Sealant for free in exchange for an honest review. This came at the perfect time, the wall in my laundry room had a crack for the longest time (thank you previous owner who did not care), and it was the... +
I received the DAP ALEX ULTRA Advanced Latex Sealant for free in exchange for an honest review. This came at the perfect time, the wall in my laundry room had a crack for the longest time (thank you previous owner who did not care), and it was the perfect weekend to try it out. We LOVE it! It worked like a charm! We cleaned the area of dust and debris, let it dry, and applied the acrylic latex sealant, and approximately 15 minutes later, it was dried! I was slightly worried the color wouldn’t match the wall, but the white was perfect and looked seamless and blended in. We prefer acrylic latex sealant than caulk as there’s more elasticity and easier to correct any rookie mistakes (like over applying or making a mess or missing the spots altogether, yes speaking from personal experience!) Sealant in general also is better for walls/objects that will shift or move or shrink, like the wall in my laundry room. This DAP Alex Ultra has anti-shrink technology and it’s been 2 days, my laundry wall still looks great! We thought we would need to paint over it (as the white color may not match) but it actually did, so thank you DAP for saving us a bucket of paint! Application was super easy, it did not smell at all (unlike other brands). It says it is waterproof and that we have yet to test it (but probably won’t for a while, I am not hoping for a laundry accident!) but the touch and look definitely feels water resistant and smooth. -
Bai Antioxidant Infusion Molokai Coconut
I received the Bai Antioxidant Infusion Molokai Coconut for free in exchange for an honest review. This new drink came at the perfect time, as it feels like 30c every day! I got the drink from Freshco, it was nice and cool from the fridge, and... +
I received the Bai Antioxidant Infusion Molokai Coconut for free in exchange for an honest review. This new drink came at the perfect time, as it feels like 30c every day! I got the drink from Freshco, it was nice and cool from the fridge, and popped it open in the park as I let the kids run wild. The coconut taste super smooth, almost like a regular coconut water, but less sweet. There’s only 1g of sugar and it is from a naturally sourced sweetener – none of the artificial sugar that looks like is causing harm. It almost feels like I’m in the tropical area enjoying a cold cold summer drink. The bottle is BPA free, I might just reuse it for something else, maybe a homemade smoothie later.
The only thing I would point out is that it has 65mg caffeine per bottle, it’s in the small prints in the back label so not too easily read. I’m glad I didn’t let my kid try this otherwise there will be no bedtime! I’m okay with 65mg of caffeine, I can always use a little boost, but this is not just a regular coconut drink. Actually I like having a bit of extra caffeine in this summer drink – bring on summer!
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PADERNO 3.5 Cup Compact Food Chopper with Vortex Blade
I received the PADERNO 3.5 Cup Compact Food Chopper with Vortex Blade for free in exchange for an honest review. I was so happy to receive this beautiful black stainless steel finish food processer! We just did our kitchen so the stainless steel... +
I received the PADERNO 3.5 Cup Compact Food Chopper with Vortex Blade for free in exchange for an honest review. I was so happy to receive this beautiful black stainless steel finish food processer! We just did our kitchen so the stainless steel appliance goes perfectly with our new granite kitchen top. The only other Paderno appliance I have is a cooking pan, and I absolutely love it, now I have a second love!
This new compact food chopper works SUPER FAST and when you think 3.5 cups, it’s actually bigger than most of what majority of the recipes call for. My first try was to chop a whole clove of garlic for a spaghetti sauce recipe. It took me longer to peel the garlics than to chop them up in this new food processor! One click and approx. 5 seconds later, I have a whole cup of freshly minced garlic for my recipe. I want to note that this chopper is SO EASY to clean. I don’t know if it is the plastic or the stain resistant BPA-free Tritan™ chopper bowl, but after using the chopper, all it took was a quick rinse and off to the drying rack.
In my picture I have a multitude of fruit bits to chop, for one of my little picky eaters. 5 seconds, and viola, a beautiful puree that the little one has no idea what’s in it (that’s what all moms want right, get them the best nutrition without all the fuss!) I think I will try a smoothie next! Extra brownie points for being a Canadian brand (I didn’t know until today), good job Paderno, and thank you for making my cooking life so much easier with prepping and cleaning!
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Nair Prep & Smooth Face Hair Remover Cream Coconut Milk
I received the Nair Prep & Smooth Face Hair Remover Cream Coconut Milk for free in exchange for an honest review. First of all, absolutely LOVE how small the remover cream tub is – I can already see myself taking this for a cottage weekend for a... +
I received the Nair Prep & Smooth Face Hair Remover Cream Coconut Milk for free in exchange for an honest review. First of all, absolutely LOVE how small the remover cream tub is – I can already see myself taking this for a cottage weekend for a quick touch-up (or removal). The squeeze tub works super smoothly, without over or underapplying on the face. The instructions are super clear, easy to follow, and best of all – FAST! The cap twists in perfectly, I am 100% not worried about any leaking. Love the collagen ingredient, we know we need it (nobody is getting any younger)! Couldn’t smell the coconut milk but that’s totally okay with me, I prefer my products to be a bit scent-free anyway – but knowing the coconut milk content inside helps. No bad ingredients – double check marks! Super easy application and only takes a few minutes, then a quick wash/wipe, absolutely no pain at all! I used it around my lips and like magic, a few minutes with the Nair Prep on, one wet wipe, and all the little fuzzy hair were gone! It has been 3 days and I haven’t had to reapply yet. My skin felt so smooth after, I didn’t need to add any aftercare products. What a great little tub to have for a quick getaway or a short trip, definitely adding this to my face care routine. -
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