Miss Rated Reviews

Product ratings and reviews for anything bought or free! These ratings are done on black, combination skin so results may vary.

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Hair Grow Plus by Kimi Health and Beauty

So i really haven’t been using this long enough to say it works for my hair. however Biotin has always been extremely effective at least with my nails. My hair doesn’t change as drastically as my nails do. 

This product has 5000mcg of biotin. It’s tasteless which I like and veggie capsules are better for you so that’s great too. The ingredients also list Vitamins A, C, & E which I appreciate cause I need more of all of it. Also They Have Saw palmetto berry, nettle, green tea, and pumpkin seed powder all of which I’ve seen in some form or another on natural hair blogs. So I’m sold I believe it has to be a good product. 

I took a picture today of my flat twists even though I already took 5-6 doses I figure I should have a point of reference for you guys. This is an unfinished post I have to come back and update you guys with results. 

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Anti Cellulite Treatment Massage Oil New York Biology

Got an anti cellulite massage oil from New York Biology! This stuff smells amazing. mainly like citrus but its a good smell that wake you up gently if you shower in the morning like me. I read some reviews that said they felt tingling or tightening when they use this but I don’t feel that. Its possibly because my pore there are small or I’m not using enough or my skin is used to being moisturized. I haven't been using it long so I cant say it’s effective but I’ll update if I notice any real change. 

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Premium Bamboo Carbon Natural Air Purifier by OPUL

I ordered this because I bought some used furniture and it has a heavy wood smell. I also wanted to try these things. They’re all over the place in advertisement. Everyone is on this charcoal kick. ( I also want to try the charcoal tooth powder and blackhead strips)

Anyway I could hardly put my clothes away for two days before they'd pick the smell of wood up. When I got this I threw it in one of the drawers to see if it'd work and it did! It didn't remove the smell from the dresser but the clothes didn't smell like I left them in a forest and now, I don't feel like I'm wasting my money when I wash my clothes. Fabric softener, refresher and scent booster are all ridiculously expensive. If anyone catches them on sale send me a message.

 I have a closet with shoes to try it in too and based on the reviews its great for that too. I received this item for free for my honest and unbiased review.

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Activated Charcoal Odor Absorber and Air Purifier By Sagano

So there will be two links at the end of this post because the one I ordered is not the one I got.

This is what I received:

And I threw it in the fridge Since I have adult brothers who just let stuff rot if they didn’t eat it. After two days I noticed that the fridge didn’t smell like it needed an overhaul. I cleaned it afterwards and the fridge doesn’t smell like the industrial cleaner either. I am extremely impressed with the strength of this thing and only wish I could use it in the freezer. I haven’t tried but If there is a smell in the freezer the smell goes into the taste of the ice cubes so I’m going to put it in the freezer and test that too.

This is an awesome product and the first link will be to the item pictured above.

https://www.amazon.com/Activated-Charcoal-Absorber-Purifier-Sagano/dp/B011KW8EUY/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1471891002&sr=8-2&keywords=sagano+charcoal

And this is the item i was offered:

http://www.amztk.com/sagano100gbag

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The Last Humans Trilogy by Dima Zales

The Last Humans trilogy is a set of books sent to me for free in Kindle format.

It’s a Sci-Fi series about a boy named Theodore and a ship named Phoe. (pronounced Fee) It follows both them and a few of Theo’s close friends in a world where they live on a piece of land surrounded by something called the Goo in a seemingly half virtual world. Well Phoe throws Theo into a bunch of crazy situations trying to get her memory back. Along the way they make and lose friends and fall in love. The WHOLE book I imagined Phoe as tinkerbell though. I don’t think that’s what the author had in mind but that’s all I could think.

We find out a lot about the world and I’m trying my best not to give away what happens in the books but it’s kind of difficult. They’re good books. The first one starts slow and it took me a while to get into it. But once you get comfortable with the world’s vocabulary it really draws you in. There were times where I had tensed up. However, the world doesn’t quite experience emotion so there isn’t a lot of emotion to feel. Battle scenes are well written and the author s very descriptive.

There are allusions to sex and descriptions of touching and kissing but I’d say its about PG-13 kind of stuff. There are no outright descriptions of this. There is one death scene I found particularly hard to read. If you’re giving the books to your children you should read all the books first. My favorite book is the last one in the trilogy called Haven and while I want to tell you WHY I cant because it’ll spoil everything. So go check out these books. You can buy all three. Links below.

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Humans-Complete-Trilogy/dp/1631421816

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Bael Wellness Seat cushion

So I have some back problems. I’m a side sleeper, wrong bed wrong pillows wrong position and all that. Also at my job I work with computers so I bend a lot lots of sitting, different chairs, different support levels not all of them the best. My computer chair is also only verified for about 4 hours of sitting at a time but since becoming a blogger....anyway I was thinking about a support belt but I was offered the chance to try out this seat cushion. 

The cushion is extremely supportive and in the first two days I didn’t notice a difference and I thought it was sort of uncomfortable but I just had to get used to it. Now I’ve had it about 2 weeks and my back pain is more manageable. Its a lot better than sitting on any regular office chair for hours and spares you the expense of a $2-300 office chair. I really am so very happy with this deal

If you’re interested you can buy it here:

https://www.amazon.com/Bael-Wellness-Sciatica-Orthopedic-Tailbone/dp/B00HUJWBHY

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Napz All Natural Sleep Aid

So I’ve always had a hard time sleeping or keeping a regular sleep schedule. I ordered this sample off of the Napz website which I learned about through a sample email I get everyday. 

This product works better for me than melatonin. Melatonin will help me fall asleep but if i wake up I can’t go back to sleep and it leaves me groggy. But Napz doesn’t have that side effect and even if i do wake up I can fall back asleep easily. I used one pill on two  separate nights even though the recommended serving is both at once. I did this because most nights I go to bed early morning but i also have to get up early morning. 

Th first night I took it at 1 AM and i had to be up at 9 AM. I slept well and was fully rested when I woke up. The pill has no unpleasant taste or smell. there is also no after taste. I did not crash during the day and did not need any pick me ups. 

The second night I took it at 10 PM because I wanted to really test it. I woke up around 3 AM I usually wake up and stay up around 2-3 hours without any sleep aid and then I get tired again. I woke up I was only up around 10 or 15 minutes before I fell back asleep and stayed asleep until 7 AM.

 All in all I really liked this product I didn’t make it in time to write the review they asked for I had other reviews to write and school and work.

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Snapple Straight Up Tea

First I do like the different design of the bottle. It puts it up there with pure leaf (but not really because pure leaf bottles allow better use of space) The label, I'm not a fan of. When I did design we stressed simplicity in certain things and the label could be less busy. There's simply too many fonts and then the leaves and the slanted snapple logo its all too much and everything clashes. The colors are just fine. It smells pleasant. Smells like tea but it doesn't taste like tea. It just tastes like sugar, There’s the slight flavor of lemon which is not listed though citric acid is so I guess that's what that is. It goes well with salty foods. I like stronger teas than this and I did enjoy it, I would choose to have it with a mean if its available but its not something I would buy regularly. And I wouldn't buy it as a drink for the day where I would just have it alone. I really just hope they make stronger black tea.

I got the green tea with my free coupon this time. This tea smells like honey and its a pleasant smell. Its not too sweet and I like that and it has not quite the taste but the feeling of honey in it. It's not a very strong tea so if you like Ito-en or something like that you won't enjoy this tea. I would have this as an all day drink i actually drank it all on its own not with food. There's a fruit extract in it which I found out is a type of cherry from the West Indies. I'm not tasting cherry but it might be for something other than  taste. Overall I'm happy with this one though I wish I waited I'd have picked up the green tea and the Rooibos tea.

I plan on buying the Rooibos one to try too it’ll probably have its own post. but these two were free. I will include my 10% off link for use at any Target and they’re also on sale 5 for $5 on top of that until 7/30/2016. I really did enjoy the teas though they arent as strong as I’d like and i think they’re worth spending the money on.

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Head and shoulders CoWash Moisture care

Head and shoulders is a dandruff line. So it's got dandruff chemicals. For me it acted like a protein treatment. It made my hair tough. Sort of hard and wiry. Even my moisturizing products couldn't bring my soft hair back and I don't know if it's like a protein treatment and wears off after a while or I have to wash it 10 times to get it to go back. The only reason I would rate this above the Hello hydration line is because my hair maintained a little of its texture. My hair is moisturized It's just not soft. In case anyone is wondering I have two of the 4 type hair texture I think a and in different sections. I say if you have dandruff, and you plan on protective styling its a good buy. However unless I develop dandruff, I will not be purchasing. 

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Nutrition Now Hair Skin and Nails gummies

I opened the bottle and I wasn’t impressed with the smell. It smells like medicine trying not to be medicine. Some stuff just smells like that when its berry or cherry flavored so I didn't mind much. When I got it one of them was sticking to the top of the bottle which made me wonder if they'd all stick together if it started to get hot. They are a little sticky when you take them out but they have what I think to be a super cute design. There is some concerning white wet film on the of the bottle which i assume is an additive to stop them from sticking to the bottle or each other.  

Taste! Let’s get to taste. They taste like knockoff gummy bears. They're softer that a Haribo gummy but around the same texture. Which brings me to the last two things about the which is what I dislike. After chewing them (they must be chewed) there are little granules of the stuff that makes it a vitamin I guess. but its a chalky after taste which i have yet to experience  in any gummy vitamin. Its unpleasant to me that chalky taste and the granules. If I wanted chalk i'd take a tablet or a mint for the granules. Its would be acceptable then but not in a gummy. I seem to have gotten a little growth from it but its too soon for before and after pictures. I did receive this for free for reviewing purposes.

http://h5.sml360.com/-/1yn0l

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Queen Helene Mud Pack Masque

Let me start by saying I have little luck with facial cleansers and that I bought this today. That being said this is a full review but there will be a follow up review as this is not a daily cleanser. Clay is extremely drying so I will be using it once a month and will report back in about 3 months.

So first look:

Looks good. $4 at my local beauty supply. Ingredients are a little concerning seeing as I've been doing the naturalista thing. I bought this because water is the first ingredient and the following ingredients are kaolin and bentonite clays. Then Glycerin, zinc oxide, propylene glycol, methlyparaben, phenoxyethanol, citronellol, geraniol, linalool, fragrance, and iron oxides. 

When you open it it smells like fragrance over chemicals. After reading methlyparaben, and phenoxyethanol  this is something concerning, I was thinking maybe I don’t want to put this on my face but I tried it anyway. It has good reviews on amazon. 

Looking closer:

It comes out like clay which is great cause my worry really was that this was more chemicals than clay. That is actually way too much and I had to wash quite a bit of it off my hand after applying it to my face so 8oz for $4 will last me practically forever.

It says to leave it on 5-10 mins. I left it on about 7 minutes (till it dried) and rinsed it off in warm water, pat dry with a microfiber towel and then went back to rinse it a second time because i have these tiny white heads and it wasn’t easily washed out from in between the spaces. I recommend maybe exfoliating before hand or washing this off in the shower so you know its off. 

I have combination skin but the oily bits aren’t super oily so I’m finding the return to my skin being oily very slow which is great! It really leaves your face feeling clean. However it did really dry out the drier parts of my skin so i followed it up with some Thayer’s Aloe Vera Formula Witch Hazel in the rose petal scent as a toner and Shea Moisture’s African Black Soap Problem Skin Moisturizer. 

You MUST moisturize after clay can be extremely drying. This makes your face feel tight as well as clean if you use this please moisturize.

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