Queen Mea
Member Since: May 13, 2017Reviews
GLISS Color Guard Conditioner
I'm very picky when it comes to my conditioners, very few ever seem to wash out of my hair completely and this one was no different. My hair felt greasy after using it almost to the point of hopping back in the shower and rewashing my hair with a... +
I'm very picky when it comes to my conditioners, very few ever seem to wash out of my hair completely and this one was no different. My hair felt greasy after using it almost to the point of hopping back in the shower and rewashing my hair with a different shampoo and skipping the conditioner.
I'm not sure what it was about this that left my hair feeling gross but I will not be using it again, I ended up giving the bottle to my mother in law.
My mother in law however loves this conditioner as her hair is extremely dry and it has worked really well in bringing back some life to her hair. She has not had the same experience of her hair feeling greasy so this leads me to believe that my hair is actually the problem and not the product.
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GLISS Color Guard Express Repair Conditioner
I thought the color guard was great, it made my colorful hair look brighter and feel healthier but I absolutely cannot get over the scent, it completely killed my experience. I was not expecting the smell to be so overpowering. My husband actually... +
I thought the color guard was great, it made my colorful hair look brighter and feel healthier but I absolutely cannot get over the scent, it completely killed my experience. I was not expecting the smell to be so overpowering. My husband actually left the bedroom to sleep on the couch because the scent of the treatment gave him a migraine. The product itself is easy to use and works well without leaving my hair feeling greasy like some other color treatments do. -
Rubbermaid FreshWorks Produce Saver
Thanks to ChickAdvisor I received a full price coupon for the new Rubbermaid Freshworks Produce Saver and I absolutely love it! I'm not a big fan out tupperware type containers, they always end up lost at the back of my cupboard never to be seen... +
Thanks to ChickAdvisor I received a full price coupon for the new Rubbermaid Freshworks Produce Saver and I absolutely love it!
I'm not a big fan out tupperware type containers, they always end up lost at the back of my cupboard never to be seen again, with good reason, very few actually keep food fresh for long but this Rubbermaid container is amazing. I cannot tell you enough how well this product works at keeping produce fresh.
My family couldn't decide on what berries to test this with so I decided to try out something a little different, I bought peppers and stored them in the container. Usually food of any kind doesn't last any longer than a day in my tiny fridge before the food starts to get mushy, freeze or go bad but after a week in the freshworks container my peppers were still crisp like I had just bought them, a little dry on the edges I'll admit, but the container does say not to cut up your produce before storing.
So what is the secret that Rubbermaid has stumbled upon that keeps fruit and veggies so fresh? I'm guessing it has a little something to do with the freshvent lid and crisp tray.
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mayim pads
Something unusual happened to me this month, I got my period right in the middle of the afternoon while I was out shopping! I know some of you are shaking your heads saying "thats not unusual" but for me it is, I normally get my period either first... +
Something unusual happened to me this month, I got my period right in the middle of the afternoon while I was out shopping! I know some of you are shaking your heads saying "thats not unusual" but for me it is, I normally get my period either first thing in the morning when I roll out of bed or right at bedtime and I always know it's coming because of the severe pain associated with it, so getting my period in the afternoon without warning was a very unusual occurrence.
I don't keep pads on me when I'm out, I keep them at home, so when I got my period I wasn't about to run to the store and buy yet another big ass box of pads to carry around with me that day, I instead went to the washroom knowing they always have a machine to get pads from for a couple coins. Well after seeing the price of a single pad in a machine that looked like I might be buying air, if it even worked at all, I decided to take my $1 and head over to the dollar store to buy a small box of pads instead.
This became the perfect opportunity to try out a product that I normally wouldn't even consider trying under any other circumstance and I quickly decided that I would use these cheap pads for my entire period and really put them to the test instead of wearing just one to get me home.
Now some people have asked me why I use pads instead of tampons and the answer is, I have endometriosis! Wearing tampons causes indescribable pain and if I'm being completely honest, my flow is way too heavy to actually use any tampons, I bleed right through them within an hour.
I'm forever looking for a new pad that won't look like I'm wearing a diaper, smell foul and actually last throughout a day. On a light day I change my pad about every four hours but on a regular day I'm changing my pad every hour, and that's using the super heavy overnight flow pads that look like giant diaper bottoms strapped into my panties.
Browsing the isles looking for pads at the dollar store I came across Mayim brand pads mixed in with the panty liners and saw that they actually had more than one flow, so I bought the heaviest flow pads available to me and ran to the washroom to try them out.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that these Mayim pads had wings on them and they didn't sport that fresh out of the package, chemical scent that most cheap pads (and some expensive brands) have. I thought the pad looked a bit thin for a heavy flow and I was slightly concerned with how long this was actually going to last before I was running back to the washroom to change it, after all I was right in the middle of my day and I didn't want to run home just for pads.
The pad was surprisingly comfortable to wear and it didn't look huge in my tight leggings either (yes I checked my butt out in the mirror lol haven't we all?) I was feeling pretty self concious already due to the fact that my abdomen swells nearly 8 inches when I'm bleeding so I was happy when I didn't look like I just put on a diaper under my pants.
Every female alive that wears pads knows that tight pants and a ton of walking around on a hot day with a pad strapped to your underwear is a chaffing nightmare waiting to happen and that is exactly the circumstance I was in, tight non breathable leggings on a hot summer day walking everywhere because I didn't have my car. I was terrified of what the outcome might be, knowing that even the expensive brands have caused bad chaffing and even chemical burns in the past.
Surprisingly I was chaffing less than I did with the always pads! After a couple hours I went back to the washroom to check if I needed to change my pad yet and see if there were any visible burns or chaffing blisters I just wasn't feeling. Everything was great, I wasn't swollen, burnt or chaffed after hours of sweating and bleeding, I still didn't need to change pads and I couldn't even smell myself unless I put my face right next to my undies.
After 10 straight days of using the Mayim pads I am delighted to say that I have found my new brand! A box of 10 Mayim pads only costs $1.35 at my local dollar store (shout out to Dollar Tree for always having great products) which means I can get just as many Mayim pads as I can always pads for half the cost without having to seriously cheap out on the quality, an impressive feat for a cheap brand of product. I really do love these pads, I love the price and I love the fact that I am getting, in my opinion, equal or better quality than I do with expensive brands like always.
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Great value Ice tea
My husband and kids absolutely love this iced tea! Personally I prefer hot tea as I have always found powdered iced tea to be either chalky or tasteless but this one was really good. It still has a bit of a powdery taste but I have found myself... +
My husband and kids absolutely love this iced tea! Personally I prefer hot tea as I have always found powdered iced tea to be either chalky or tasteless but this one was really good. It still has a bit of a powdery taste but I have found myself drinking this one more than any others I have tried. The price it was really got me, for $8 a big can will last my family a month compared to others nearly twice the price! This has become a regular edition to our grocery list -
secret outlast clear gel unscented
I'm forever trying out new antiperspirants and deodorants, trying to find the ultimate one that not only works well but also doesn't leave any white on my very black wardrobe. This one is up in the top of the list for me for its effectiveness but I... +
I'm forever trying out new antiperspirants and deodorants, trying to find the ultimate one that not only works well but also doesn't leave any white on my very black wardrobe. This one is up in the top of the list for me for its effectiveness but I do have to complain about the alcohol scent on the unscented one. I have had quite a few friends and family ask what smells like alcohol when I'm wearing it without any perfume or body spray. I do have to say that while I might have an alcohol scent wafting around me, my clothes do not have any white stains on them so I can't complain too much. -
Celestial Seasonings Honey Vanilla Chai Tea
I have always been a fan of these teas so when I saw there was vanilla chai I absolutely had to buy it! This tea has everything I want in a vanilla chai tea and the honey was the perfect touch. My kids didn't care for the flavor but that's fine... +
I have always been a fan of these teas so when I saw there was vanilla chai I absolutely had to buy it! This tea has everything I want in a vanilla chai tea and the honey was the perfect touch. My kids didn't care for the flavor but that's fine, more tea for me -
Breathe Right Nasal Strips
I had these sitting in my bathroom for quite a while before finally trying them out, now that I have tried them I wonder how I lived without them. These 100% work exactly as they are supposed to! I was having one of those days where my face felt... +
I had these sitting in my bathroom for quite a while before finally trying them out, now that I have tried them I wonder how I lived without them. These 100% work exactly as they are supposed to! I was having one of those days where my face felt heavy and I wasn't getting enough air through my nose so I put one of these bad boys on and instantly noticed a difference in my airflow. I immediately put one onto my husband to test if the strip would help with his snoring. Of course the strips didn't completely eliminate the snoring but they helped quite a bit. In the morning I felt like I had actually slept, which is rare, and I attribute that feeling of a great rest all to the increased airflow the strips provide! I definitely need to keep these on hand -
Air Wick V.I.Poo Lavender Superstar
I got the lavender scent & normally I really dislike anything lavender but this one was pretty good. I was a bit concerned with the warning labels all over the product, I'm not fond of putting anything that can burn me that close to my butt, however... +
I got the lavender scent & normally I really dislike anything lavender but this one was pretty good. I was a bit concerned with the warning labels all over the product, I'm not fond of putting anything that can burn me that close to my butt, however I found that the product actually works really well. I share a tiny washroom with two kids and my husband so we are always looking for something to cover the smell, especially in the morning. The VI-Poo works great and left the washroom smelling a lot better than it usually does. The scent lingers in the air for quite a while after using it so that was a big bonus. -
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