May Swapsack

Alright. I received my May Swapsack and I was happy that it arrived. For those of you that don't know what Swapsack is, Swapsack is a monthly subscription that provides Natural Hair and Body products monthly. I did a six month Curly Girl Subscription. and I'm done talking here is what I got.

1. Avalon Organics Deep Moisturizing Condtioner Awapuhi Mango Thereapy 14 oz
2. Shea Touch Shearitha Earth Soap Bar

3. aSili Almond Body Butter
4. Cream and Coco CocoMallow CoWash Conditioner Bar
5. Sarenzo Bath & Body On Vacation Foaming Scrub

OMG. Swapsack must have known that I'm having issues with moisture and retaining moisture with my hair. So I was happy to see the Deep Moisturizing Conditioner. This product was 14oz which makes it easy for me to determine if it will actually work for me vs having to squeeze it out of a pack. The smell is very light. Can't wait to try it is all I'm going to say about it. The value of this item is 10.99

I'm not really that into soaps. This is a full size soap. The smell of it to me is like dove and clay. I'm not really feeling the smell at all so it will be a product that I will be giving away. This soap is valued at 5.00.

The almond body butter smells weird to me. I love body butters. I did put a little bit on my skin and it gives it a nice glow. For smell alone, it would be a no buy item for ,e, unless they have it in a different scent. I will be giving it away

This was another product I was excited about the CocoMallow CoWash Conditioner Bar. The smell is like chocolate and marshmallows. I am excited about being able to try it. Call me lazy but I prefer my products to already be mixed and ready for use.  The value of this item is 8.50

On Vacation smells so amazing. As soon as I smelled I for happy. I don't really care for sugar scrubs but I'm going to try this product for smell alone. I have to talk to Sarenzo Bath & Body Owner and find out if she has this in a body butter or an oil.

My overall review of my SwapSack is that I thought it was decent. I liked three of the five items. I also like that the value of my SwapSack is 16.50 and that the Conditioner and the CoWash alone is 2.00 more than the value of my sack. So I got my value worth. Can't wait to see what's in store for June.

May Regular Bulu box

The mail has arrived and my first Bulu Box has arrived today. Bulu is a vitamin, supplement and general health box that contains 4-5 products samples for 10.00 a month. So I had informed a lot of people that I wanted to started looking out for my overall health and I thought this box would be a start. Also another thing that I like about the box is that it offers it's subscribers the opportunity to earn reward points. Those reward points can be used to purchase full size products of things that were featured in the box and also to get another box. So I really don't want to talk to much. Let's get into the box.

Sorry about the picture being sideways. I'll fix as soon as I can figure it out.

First I love the box itself with encouraging quotes like "Do something today your future self will thank you" and "It's always too early to quit" it makes me motivated and happy to start thinking about my health

In the front of the box it contains a booklet to tell you of the items that were included.

This months box included five samples

1. Fit 'n Crisp by Promax

2. Piantiva AllerDX

3. Fitmixer Amino

4. NeoCell Beauty Bursts

5. Artisana Superfood Nut Butter

Looks yummy. With this bar it is only 140 calories. It has 13grams of protein and it states that it has no artificial sweeteners or high frutose corn syrup. A full box of 12  bars is $19.50 . 

As stated in the Bulu Box guide this products is suppose to boost your immune systems  by strengthening kidney health and calming over active kidney function. Full size product is 21.95 for 60 Vcaps

This products is suppose to help with your muscle recovery.  It is a powder that you mix in your water and can be used before, during and after a workout. Full size product for a canister.

This is a Cashew Butter that has additives to help suppress your appetite. Full size product is 34.99 for 20 pack.

This products is suppose to promote smoother and more radiant hair and nails. Full size is 15.95 for 60 chews

My overall review on the box is that I like the concept on it. I do enjoy that it is providing samples to try before buying a full size product and love the fact that they offer you an opportunity to get rewards to redeem on full size products. However, I can't justify the price of the box itself. I think for the price that it should have included at least 1-2 full size products. If they did that, I would be an happy subscriber. 

Reviews on these products will be posted at a later time.

First Graze Box

I've been waiting forever to get my hands on a Graze subscription and I was finally able to get one. Graze is a subscription service that offers healthy snack options that are in small proportions. With Graze, the boxes are $5.00 and you can choose how you want to be billed: once a month, bi-weekly, or weekly. Me I chose the bi-weekly to start but after these boxes I will need to get one every week.

Here is my first Graze box 

Contents of my first box 

1, yin & yang

blanched almonds, jumbo raisins, dark chocolate buttons and cherries

2. fruit and seed flapjack

rustic rolled oat flapjack with mixed seeds and dried fruits

3. my Thai

sweet chili sauce with baked soy bites

4. pomodoro rustichella

cheese croutons, tomato, basil and oregano almonds and mini tomato bread sticks

Review

Oh My Goodness. Everything was great. My favorite was the My Thai. Although it sounds weird, the sauce is great. I wanted to put that on some wings. The soy bites where crunchy. It was great to me. 

The Pomodoro Rustichella was amazing also. I must admit that the my Thai and the pomodoro tied to me. I loved the tomato flavor and it left me craving more.

The Yin and Yang was ok. I'm not a raisin or cherry lover nor fan of Dark Chocolate but to my surprise the dark chocolate wasn't bitter. It had a nice sweet taste and I love almonds. Eating it together balanced out the taste.

Although this seems to be a Graze favorite, I thought they were ok. They would've been better to me if they weren't so sweet.

April Swapsack

I know I'm a little late to post but this is going to be a quick and simple, straight to the point post. I wanted to share what was in my first Swapsack since the May Swapsack will be going out soon.

Swapsack Contents

1. Eden Bodyworks Coconut Shea Cleansing CoWash $8.99

2. Bakeshop Butters Snickerdoodle $7.00

3. Kissed by Nature Green Mint Cold Pressed Soap $4.50

4. Hairveda Sitrinillah Deep Conditioner 

5. Shany Nail Polish $1.99

6. Giovanni Towelettes

For the curly girl subscription I have, it is 16.50. The things that were in my swapsack this month, in value equaled more than I actually paid for the swapsack. I love the fact that they include both hair and body products. I'm being introduced to new things.

Although I was excited about my swapsack, I realized I was only going to try the deep conditioner. I may also try the Kissed by Nature Green Mint soap. I was super happy about seeing the Bake Shop Butters but not liking the scent. I actually swapped it. I also swapped the CoWash and put the nail polish in a birthday gift. I will be doing a review on the deep conditioner and the soap soon.

I'm Back

To all the Naturalistas that followed my blog in the past, I'm back. I had a lot of life changing events that incurred and was not able to talk to you all as much as I wanted to but thank you all that continued to speak with me and follow me other ways. I appreciate your support.

While I've been gone I have talked to some amazing people and wonder new/upcoming business owners and have several products that I have been reviewing. I have been also trying to stop buying so many hair products and let the PJism die, the hair product portion has faded but I officially love natural body products also.

So with that being said, I can't wait to share new findings and introduce you to the items that I love and worked for me and my still none biased reviews.