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Stylish Women’s Chef Coats from Chef Uniforms – GIVEAWAY


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  My longtime readers know that I started a new journey about 2 years ago. I have put in so many endless hours trying to hone my professional cooking skills in school and at home. One byproduct of trying to become a chef is that companies that work with chefs professionally started asking me to try their wares in hopes of me sharing my thoughts with my readers and also fellow culinary students. I will never forget the time I made my chef try some exotic yuzu juice from a company online. We all had funny faces that time. I [...]

The Walking Company Pink Ribbon Collection To Support Breast Cancer Awareness


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  The Walking Company has, for the second year in a row, has begun a “Walking For Hope” Campaign. From donations of a portion of sales of their exclusive Pink Ribbon Collection shoes, they hope to top their 2011 total of $200,000 to hit their goal of $250,000, with proceeds going to City of Hope and over 100 charities nationwide. The company is very proud to support Breast Cancer Awreness and Research and I am very proud to be a blogger for the company, because I love the product and they are great to work with. The pink ribbon collection [...]

A Rockin’ School Year with Just Jen!


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It’s been almost three years since I learned about a company that makes glittery, sparkly shirts for girls and women! Just Jen is the only brand of rhinestone encrusted apparel I trust because wash after wash, they are still beautiful and still have all the crystals on them. For us, they are the best! My daughter was just six years old when we tried Just Jen for the first time with a holiday shirt review. She looked so cute and the color was great on her! Cute, right? This year we had the pleasure of working with Just Jen and [...]

Too Funny T-shirts – T-Shirts.com


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There is nothing I love more than a unique and funny t-shirt. As a mom and busy college student I wear casual t-shirts almost daily. I happened to mention that when I go to Brandcation 4 in October, we should have a funny t-shirt contest. And wouldn’t you know, T-shirts.com asked me to review some!   It took me a long while to decide on what to get. I am a huge star wars fan and also kitschy humor fan. I decided to go with my gut and the first one I picked out was a Star Wars shirt titled [...]

Kushyfoot Sandals Review


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I can’t say I have ever needed to keep an extra pair of shoes in my purse. I don’t wear heels unless I am required too so there isn’t a need. But I do think it is cool that there is a company that has portable shoes that can roll up and fit in a purse. Kushyfoot is the company and they sent me a pair of Sandals in slate to review.   The sandals are extremely thin, it is like walking barefoot with a tiny bit of cushion. The style reminds me of Egyptian. They looked nice and felt [...]

Valentine Fashions from The Children’s Place


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Looking for last minute ideas to dress your cutie for Valentine’s? Check out The Children’s Place. I’ve been working with them for a couple years now getting the pleasure of sneak peaks of the new stuff and trying a few pieces. For my daughter who is nearly 9, I had to have the skirt from this adorable cherries line, and she has already begged me for the complete outfit. The skirt is just as adorable in person!   And for my little dude I wasn’t going to look for valentine’s for him since he is not in daycare and won’t [...]

New Dragon Knight Line from Kidorable


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I worked with Kidorable last year and really enjoyed the rain gear that we got. This year Kidorable unveiled a new designed called the Dragon Knight Collection. This adorable lineup features a jacket that resembles a suit of armor, an umbrella that resembles a sword, boots with lots of character and a backpack to match. And of course the adorable matching hanger for the coat. Kidorable sent my son the jacket and boots to try out and he looks so cute in them! cute boots! He was so cute he has paparazzi after him. Ok it was just his dad..but [...]

4 Coats, 4 Brands, Which Coat Reigns Supreme?


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The challenge was simple enough. Try out 4 different coats from 4 different brands, evaluate every aspect on the coats, and give my opinion on them and also choose which one I liked the best, as in, which jacket seemed to out shine the rest. We tested zippers, snaps, inspected seams, you name it we checked it. As luck would have it we got our first accumulation of snow that caused a snow day for my daughter so we had some fresh snow for our photos! First let me show you the insides of the jackets, three of them had [...]

Stay Warm This Winter With The Children’s Place


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Isn’t she just the cutest? This is my beautiful daughter Alyssa. I happened to be working with The Children’s Place when the very same night she came up to me and told me she needed a new hat because the ear from her current hat had fallen off. She loved that hat, perhaps a little too much. At any rate, I received a $25 gift card from TCP to go shopping and what better timing, it was time to get my girl a hat. The problem is I didn’t stop there! I started with the hat, mittens and scarf – [...]

Toning Up with Reebok


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I have made excuse after excuse and it took me looking at my toes today to finally snap out of it and get serious about fitness. My eating habits have changed, I try to eat healthy and do have my carb day so I am not deprived. But after seeing what I swear is fat on my toes, I’m determined to drop at least 25 pounds before fall semester. And to jump start that weight loss, I had some help from Reebok. Reebok is a company that has been around for many years and for me personally with my feet, [...]

Dansko Professional Clog – Review


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You all know that I spend hours on my feet being in class. Last semester in my very first cooking related class I made the grave mistake of buying “work shoes” at Payless. By the end of the 12 weeks my back and feet hurt so bad. I researched and looked for the best shoes for aspiring chefs based on as many reviews or suggestions I could Google. Over 90% of the responses were Dansko clogs. These shoes are designed for people that work for hours on their feet. They feature a rocking bottom that is designed to help you [...]

Skating it Up with Heelys


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Its’ a shoe. It’s a skate. No, its both! Heelys have been around for a while but surprisingly we hadn’t even tried them until Heelys sent my older kids each a pair to try out. Now we don’t have a skate rink or park, so my kids aren’t really seasoned on anything with wheels except for bicycles. Well tricycle if you count the toddler. These shoes feature panels that open for you to pop in wheels to transform them into skates. Of course you can still walk with the wheels in but you have to walk on your toes! My [...]