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    Winter Beauty Problems SoftLips #Giveaway

    November 14, 2013 - By 

    What is your number one skin care problem in the winter? I have a whole host of issues that are specific to the season. It’s super annoying and frustrating every year to have dry skin and hair the moment the heat comes on in my home. I also hate static. It ruins most every hairdo from November on until Spring. And dry lips? Don’t even get me started. My whole family has super dry lips starting now. Actually cold and flu season does a number on lips, doesn’t it? I received some Soft Lips products several months ago actually and…

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    When Back to School Means Skin Breakouts: Two Chances to Win #Giveaway

    August 27, 2013 - By 

    Nothing screams back to school like a skin breakout. It happens every time your child, or even you, have a special event scheduled and the anticipation plus the erratic eating leading up to the event paints your skin an angry mess of acne, blackheads, pimples and stress. So what to do? From the time I was a teenager, Oxy and Phisoderm, were routine fixtures in our bathroom. Phisoderm was a great tool for daily face washing and skin maintenance as soon as I hit the teen years. Back then the packaging looked a lot different than it does now, but…

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    Beauty Products for Women: Aveeno BB Cream Review

    August 6, 2013 - By 

    Beauty products for women were represented well at #Blogher13 this year. Skin care products for women were a highlight of the brand expo hall for me, because at least 8 out of ten posts here at thriftymommastips.com are health and wellness related. I left Chicago stoked about several new beauty products. And happily I have several items to try out and review over the coming months. This Aveeno Clear Complexion BB Cream tops my list already. I have been a fan of Aveeno products for a few years now. Their Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizing Cream is a staple of my…

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    Tria Beauty Series – Post 7 – #Giveaway

    May 22, 2013 - By 

    Well, my lovelies for the past several months I have been teasing you with the promise of a grand giveaway. First I tested this Tria At Home Hair Removal Laser device out. I put it through the paces and tested the safety features. I took you through all the features. I also noted clearly that it does not hurt. It is effective, efficient and inexpensive. What’s that? You don’t believe me? Well, think it through. How much does it cost to go to the dermatologist’s office to get that hair removed? How much does electrolysis cost? Yes, that’s right, this…

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    Tria Beauty Series – Post 6 – At Home Hair Removal

    May 18, 2013 - By 

    For several months now I have been posting about my Tria At Home Hair Removal Laser 4 X. Last week I finished the extended period of testing. I have to say I loved this product and will continue using it at home. It’s simple, effective and affordable (if you consider that a trip to the dermatologist’s office for laser hair removal will run hundreds). It is also safe. In fact I wrote a whole entire post about the Tria At Home Hair Removal safety features here. So this is my last post before I offer you the giveaway.  My daughter…

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    Tria Beauty Series Post 4: At Home Hair Removal

    March 4, 2013 - By 

    Tria at Home Hair removal laser has been a regular part of my daily routine now for several weeks. This is post number four about the device which promises to remove hair permanently from legs, underarms and other areas of the body where unwanted hair grows. At the end of this series I get to give a device away (worth $449) and the giveaway will be open to Canada and the U.S. I have been faithfully using the Tria for several weeks, and have seen it easily integrate into the morning beauty routine here. It works best after a shower…

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    Tria Beauty Series: Post 2 Adding a Routine

    January 22, 2013 - By 

    This is the Tria Beauty Home Laser Hair Removal device. I wrote about Tria last week and will continue to do so to demonstrate the results the product provides. Tria Beauty is a handheld unit that gives the same results you can get in a dermatologist’s office in your own home. So last week I set the device up and was impressed with the safety features and this week I have been all about getting into a routine so that I use the laser every day and will be better equipped to see results six or seven or eight weeks…

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    Movember – #DIY Alternatives to Help Your Man Ditch His Shaving Products for Good

    November 20, 2012 - By 

    Movember is the time of year many Canadian men ditch their shaving products to grow their mo’s. But most guys would probably ditch these products for good if they took a closer look at the ingredients on the labels. Toxins don’t discriminate when it comes to personal care products for men or women. A report recently released by the Environmental Defence Fund, called The Manscape: The Dirt on Toxic Ingredients in Men’s Body Care Products, found ingredients with links to cancer, birth defects, sperm damage, obesity, asthma and other chronic health problems in commonly used men’s body care products like shaving cream,…

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    My Avon Lady: Sales Jobs Are Rarely So Rewarding

    July 28, 2012 - By 

    This is a sponsored post. Avon is a company I have loved from the time I was a child. As a little girl, I browsed those brochures with passion and dogeared all the pages with cute girly necklaces or bath soaps. Once in awhile someone would buy me something tiny from the brochure and I was in heaven. Avon has always been a female focused, woman friendly company and in these last ten years I have come to love it even more. When we moved to our current home I searched for an Avon lady and luckily I found one.…