It’s no secret that we are naturally concerned about the safety and well-being of our family, especially when it comes to the possibility of getting hurt. Everyday cuts, scrapes, and minor wounds are just a part of life, whether it’s from playing, cooking, cleaning indoors, or engaging in outdoor adventures. While these incidents can’t always be prevented, there’s a solution that can provide peace of mind: DrySee Bandages.

DrySee Bandages offer a fantastic solution for addressing those common mishaps. They stand out with their unique combination of a waterproof design so that moisture does not compromise the healing process and its patented color-changing technology. This smart feature indicates bandage change through color change, ensuring that wound care is both effective and easy to monitor.

I had the opportunity to try these out! They work really well and I like that they are waterproof and love that the color change lets you know to change the bandage!

You can find them on Amazon.com.

Self Disclosure: I received a free sample to facilitate this post. Images were also provided.

Bumpas are a new line of weighted, plush toy friends from the co-creators of Ugly Dolls. 

Weighted plush has taken over where weighted blankets have left off!  And the weight of this plush doll (nearly 3 pounds!) creates deep pressure stimulation which can help promote a sense of security, reduce stress and anxiety — even improve sleep quality for kids. . . and their parents! 

They’re literally designed to hug you! Their arms are perfectly sized to give realistic-feeling embraces and hold together to hold onto the wearer.  They even have eyes on the back of their head to keep the wearer “protected and safe!” 

Whether it is used during homework, home relaxing after school, or to simply watch a movie with, Bumpas are there as an emotional support friend! They totally tap into the growing MESH (Mental Emotional Social Health) trend in toys right now, too.

I highly recommend Bumpas! I recently gave mine to a little girl I babysit, and she loves it!

Self Disclosure: I received a free sample to facilitate this post. Images were also provided.

Eeze Natural Health has launched Travel-eeze, its product designed to tackle a common discomfort faced by travelers worldwide – constipation. The water-soluble powder’s all-natural and vitamin-enriched formula offers an effective solution to alleviate digestive issues, Travel-related changes in dietary habits and schedules often lead to digestive complications, specifically constipation, which can dampen the overall travel experience.

Travel-eeze is crafted with a blend of natural ingredients, including magnesium citrate, Vitamin C, flaxseed powder, raspberry powder, and cascara sagrada to alleviate constipation without adverse side effects such as cramping, diarrhea, urgency, or dehydration. Travel-eeze supports bowel regularity, stool consistency, digestive function, and immunity support.

Key features of Travel-eeze include: 

• Travel-Friendly Convenience: In five travel-ready stick packs, Travel-eeze is the perfect compact companion for globetrotters and frequent flyers.
• Fast and Gentle Action: The gentle yet potent formula ensures quick relief without problematic relief.cramping, urgency, and bloating .
• Natural Ingredients: Travel-eeze is derived from all-natural non-GMO ingredients and ensures maximum effectiveness. The formula is vegan, gluten-free, paleo and keto compatible, making it a perfect fit for everyone.
•  Pleasant Flavor: Delicious berry flavor  

Travel-eeze retails for $19.99 for a pack of 5 packs. 

About Eeze Natural Health 

Eeze Natural Health, founded and made in California by serial entrepreneur Elizabeth Hall, provides high-quality products that improve the lives of its customers and enhances the travel experience.  

For more information about Eeze Natural Health Travel-eeze, please follow on Instagram at:@eezenaturalhealth, and visit: https://eezenaturalhealth.com

Self Disclosure: I received a free sample to facilitate this post. Information and images were also provided.

Mabel’s Labels Halloween Label Gift Packs

Make this Halloween a spooktacular one with these personalized label packs… the perfect alternative to candy! Lost and mixed-up items is a scary thing, so your friends and classmates will love these frightfully fun name labels and bag tag from Mabel’s Labels! Includes six sets of 5 Large Rectangle Labels and 1 Bag Tag. Available in 8 exclusive Halloween designs. Durable, waterproof and dishwasher safe. Learn more at www.mabelslabels.com. These are also a hit with Teachers! I love using mine on my water bottle!

Sweet Chaos Fall Flavors

Sweet Chaos is the perfect mix of your favorite sweet & salty snacks… especially their Fall-inspired offerings that include Pumpkin Spice, Candy Corn, Black & Orange, Maple Brown Sugar, and Vanilla Chai.  My favorite is the Maple Brown Sugar! Sweet Chaos Drizzles are Gluten Free, made with Non-GMO popcorn, and have no artificial colors or flavors. Non-GMO popcorn is popped in Coconut Oil, with just the right amount of Cane Sugar and Sea Salt, and then sprinkled with delicious drizzles! Learn more at https://sweetchaos.com/.

Wiley Wallaby Candy Corn Drops

Wiley Wallaby is bringing back their seasonal-inspired Candy Corn Drops, just in time for Halloween! Wiley Wallaby’s Sourrageous Drops are a new way to enjoy licorice, featuring a chewy inside and a sour crunchy outside. With its seasonal offering, it brings together this new-school way to enjoy licorice with old-school, classic Halloween candy corn flavors. The Candy Corn Drops are fat-free and do not contain high fructose corn syrup. Learn more at www.WileyWallaby.com.

Make Jack-O-Lantern Lavash with Atoria’s Family Bakery

These scarily healthy Jack-O-Lantern Lavash can be whipped up with just a flick of your wand! Simple and delicious, the two-ingredient spooktacular treats will be the hit of any Halloween gathering. Atoria’s Family Bakery flatbreads make a delicious base for easy recipes that can inspire families to have fun with their food and build healthy habits. All of the bread is baked with simple non-GMO ingredients and no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. All treats and no tricks! Visit shopatoriasfamilybakery.com.

Handzies Soap + Water Wipes

Sticky, spooky hands can be cleaned with ease this Halloween! Individually packaged and perfect for the classroom party, pumpkin carving or out trick-or-treating, Handzies Soap + Water Wipes give everyone fresh, clean hands using only natural castile soap, water and essential oils. Say goodbye to harsh hand sanitizers, Handzies do not contain alcohol, BZK, triclosan, artificial perfumes or dyes. Check out http://handzies.com/.

Happy Halloween!

Self Disclosure: I received free samples to facilitate this holiday post. Images were also provided.

BioLift™ works immediately to improve cognitive performance, with long-lasting effects. No jolts, no energy crash, no sleep interference. All natural, low glycemic. Less caffeine than a cup of decaf.

BioLift™ helps by providing a circadian-friendly botanical alternative to caffeine-laden drinks that only mask root problems.

I like that it is All-Natural and Clean: BioLift™ derives its taste and power from four natural ingredients, namely gingko biloba, elderberry, guarana, and carob.

BioLift™ is backed by extensive research in circadian rhythms and is formulated with four natural ingredients: elderberry, ginkgo biloba, guarana, and low glycemic carob extract. This unique blend provides hours of focus without the jitters or interference with sleep, making it an excellent choice for individuals seeking a clean and effective nootropic solution.

Find out more at https://www.drinkbiolift.com/

Self Disclosure: I received samples to feature. Images were also provided.

With kids being away from home, for perhaps the first time, it is important for them to know how to protect themselves on campus and off and what to do if they are in certain situations. Unfortunately, in today’s day and age, it is it is not enough to just tell them to not drink and drive. With recent attacks on students and more being reported every year, it is important to provide tips and products to keep college students safe.

As a college student, safety should always be a top priority. That’s why SABRE offers the best pepper spray and other personal safety devices to help you feel more secure on campus. They also provide access to hundreds of videos and educational material. In addition, the SABRE College Safety Program provides personal defense training to help students stay safe both on & off campus. Watch this video to learn how our course educates and empowers.

SABRE offers a variety of personal safety products, from pepper sprays and gels, dog and bear sprays, and home security devices, all of which include innovative features to perform at the highest level at a moment’s notice, helping provide safety and peace of mind no matter where the day takes you.

The SABRE Back to School Bundle is PERFECT for any college student.

SABRE products are the most trusted by public safety officers worldwide. Our industry-leading certification and testing maximize safety and product effectiveness and our safety training and empowerment videos and classes help consumers and officers go confidently. And SABRE is proudly dedicated to supporting 501(c)3 charities that align with our mission to help Make It Safe.

“SABRE’s personal safety tools are designed to work immaculately in a worst-case scenario, but equipping one’s self with the right spray, whistle, home or travel device is knowing that your safety is in your hands. For commuting, traveling, nighttime outings, on-campus strolls, hiking in the woods, walking in the city, and much more, SABRE creates peace of mind,” said David Nance, CEO and son of SABRE’s founder Larry Nance.

As a leader in its industry for nearly 50 years, taking control of personal safety is SABRE’s specialty. Its tools are crafted for convenience and security for the user from all angles, including practice sprays to help individuals feel completely ready.

SABRE security tools are available on Amazon and at retail locations such as pharmacies and outdoor/sports products are sold. To find a location nearby, visit SABRE online.

I had the opportunity to try the products out and their products really make me feel safer when I am out in the early evening walking my dog.

Self Disclosure: I received free samples to facilitate this post. Images and information were also provided.

Nobody knows good soul food like Booker co-founder of Soul Food Starters – well, except some of our grandmas. But in today’s world, not everyone has the time to put love into a good homecooked meal. You know, the kind of comforting soul food that gets each member of the family excited to sit down for supper. That’s why husband-and-wife team Claude and Crystal Booker decided to transform their cherished family recipes into pantry-ready starter kits that make it easy to bring together the heart and soul of every family through food.

Coming together, Connecting, Comfort-the three C’s of Soul Food:

Laughter echoing through the house, delicious aromas circulating the air, male sports comments shouted at the tv, the pitter-patter of children’s feet running to sneak into the kitchen, clanging of pots and pans, and the ding of an oven were sounds most of us missed the last three years due to the pandemic. Soul Food brings people together. The power that food holds defies most adversities; however, some of its influence can be born because of adversities.

“With years of culinary training, a proud southern lineage, and a little Black girl magic, we were able to package what makes soul food so special. It’s not just about a luscious mac and cheese dish, perfectly seasoned collard greens or a bubbling peach cobbler that’s fresh out of the oven, but also about preserving Black culinary traditions and supporting Black women and families to celebrate one another. Our meals come together quickly – inspiring our customers do to more of what they love while still having time for family dinner,” said Claude Booker.

Booker’s Soul Food Starters are pre-portioned spice mixtures that take the guesswork out of how much salt, sugar and time to put into classic soul food sides: mac and cheese, collard greens, candied yams and peach cobbler filling. Customers can keep their favorite mixtures on hand and just shop for fresh

goods (collards, peaches, yams and cheese) when they’re ready for a memorable meal. Chef Booker, a classically trained chef in culinary arts, food service management and a Master of Science in managerial technology, grew up in rural South Carolina.

Today, he integrates his upbringing of preparing meals from his grandmother’s four-acre garden and neighbor’s livestock into his “country to the core” cooking philosophy. The Bookers have made it their mission to preserve Black culinary history and family time through their mealtime shortcuts. Through the Booker’s Soul Food Education Fund, every time a starter packet is purchased, it helps support education and programs for Black youth … because celebrating soul food is about the soul, heart and minds of past, present and future generations.

Find Booker’s Soul Food Starters at your favorite local grocers, including Winn Dixie, Kroger, Stop & Shop, Food Lion and more. The meal starters are also available online.

To learn more about Booker’s Soul Food Starters, visit the family-owned business at SoulFoodStarters.com.

Self Disclosure: Images and information were provided.

When the summer heats up, coffee lovers crave something a little less steamy and a little more refreshing. Iced coffee fits the bill perfectly. For some, that means driving to the nearest chain, dropping a bundle, and leaving quality to chance.

But you can save time and money – and the planet – on a superior brew by making it at home, exactly the way you like it.

Steeped Coffee’s pre-portioned, eco-friendly coffee bags allow you to steep a farm-to-cup brew nearly anywhere, sans the machine, waste, or harmful chemicals found in powdered coffee. No need to give up high-end coffee.  With a Steeped Coffee Bag and a little bit of patience, your great-tasting, ethically-sourced glass of cold summer happiness is just a few minutes away.

Steeped, Inc. is all about premium coffee with a conscious. Its proprietary single-serve brewing system features Steeped Coffee Packs (think tea bags for coffee) to deliver locally-sourced and roasted micro-batch coffee one delicious cup at a time. Nitro-sealed to preserve freshness, Steeped Coffee Packs are made with renewable and compostable materials and presented in recyclable packaging.

The award-winning coffee experts at Steeped Coffee have some tips on preparing the perfect iced coffee. The secret to a classic iced coffee, says the Steeped team, is a well-crafted coffee concentrate. A good concentrate is also the basis for many other refreshing coffee drinks we associate with summer sipping. Read on for tantalizing recipes!

How to make the perfect Steeped Iced Coffee Concentrate

For each serving, you’ll need

1 Steeped Coffee Pack

1 10 oz. mug

Filtered water

Directions

1. Heat filtered water to 205 degrees, or just below boiling
2. Place Steeped Bag at bottom of mug
3. Pour hot water over Steeped Bag until the mug is half full
4. Use string to dunk Steeped Bag 20 to 30 times over 1 minute
5. Leaving the Steeped Bag in, let the coffee steep for 5 to 7 minutes or more to taste
6. Remove Steeped Bag

Here’s their recipe that is my favorite!

Steeped Iced Latte

You’ll need

Steeped Iced Coffee Concentrate (see above)

Milk

Cocktail shaker

Ice

Optional: sweetener or flavored coffee syrup to taste

Directions

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Add 1 part Steeped Ice Coffee Concentrate and 1 part milk.
3. Sweeten to taste, or replace sugar with flavored coffee syrup to make Vanilla Latte, Caramel Latte, etc.
4. Shake until foamy
5. Pour into a glass filled with ice

I love this one too!

Steeped Thai Iced Coffee

You’ll need

Extra-strong Steeped Iced Coffee Concentrate (allow bag to steep a few extra minutes)

Sweetened condensed milk OR evaporated milk OR half-and-half

Ice

Ground cardamom

Directions

1. Prepare basic Steeped Iced Coffee as above.
2. Pour into tall glass over ice.
3. Top with your choice of sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, or half-and-half, but DO NOT STIR. Sweeten to taste.
4. Sprinkle with ground cardamom.

Self Disclosure: I received free samples to facilitate this post. Images and recipes were also provided.