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I have had the express pleasure of trying so many different skincare products over the years and I have been impressed by many. So many of them work great with chemcials and additives and other work fabulously with pure natural ingredients that are simplistic and refreshing. In all of my years, and I am old, I have never had a mineral mud mask. Yes, yes I know it is hard to believe, but I got to have some fun with our next sponsors product.

I have been having so much fun with the folks at the SpaStation.com over the past few months. I have gotten some pretty cool new products to sample for you and this one is really neat. Alaska Glacial Mud Co has some pretty awesome mud they call the Glacial Facial! Love it. It is a purifying mineral mud masque that comes in a jar and in several scents. I am excited to tell you about my glacial facial. OOh and they sent me their Exfoliating Mineral Bar Soap to check out too! YAY

I tried out the Alaska Glacial Mud Facial Purifying Mineral Mud Masque that comes in a 3.5 oz jar. According to the site: This Glacial Masque is made with the most mineral-rich, pure glacial clay in the world, sustainably hand-carved from the remote waters of the Copper River Delta in Alaska. It’s enriched with a special combination of certified organic and wildcrafted botanical extracts from the Pacific Northwest that are chosen for their moisturizing, skin-softening, anti-aging, and immunoprotective properties. Gentle and balanced for all skin types. Laboratory-tested, allergy-free, does not cause irritation. Paraben-free. No synthetic fragrances, colors, or fillers. No animal by-products or testing.

I didn’t have an old makeup brush available so I just spread it all over my face in equal amounts. It is a green mud so I ended up looking like I was in camouflage or something. LOL This mud is super smooth and felt wonderful to touch. It dried pretty quickly and I could feel it tightening a bit. I hopped in the shower and the mud rinsed off very easily. After drying off, I was so surprised at how my face felt. It was so soft feeling. I had a tiny bit of tightness in a few areas, but my face was amazing feeling. I never knew what a mud masque like this would do! How cool is that? I Love this!!!!

Next I tried the Alaska Glacial Mandarin Lemongrass Lavender Exfoliating Mineral Soap Bar. The site says:This exfoliating mineral soap bar is supercharged with Alaska glacial mineral mud to remove tough dirt, exfoliate dead skin cells, detoxify pores, cleanse, and help defend against breakouts. Suitable for the entire body, especially great for the face, shaving, and as a shampoo replacement. Gentle and balanced for all skin types.

The lovely bar has a nice lather and felt great on my skin. I like the mellow scent and it did a fabulous job cleansing. It contains beautiful high quality oils along with the gorgeous mud from the Copper River Delta on Alaska’s Pacific coast. The mud that Alaska Glacial Mud Co. uses contains amazing minerals and elements from the surrounding mountains and glaciers. The clay is known to contain particles that absorb toxins and exfoliate dead skin. This is a great bar of soap… and I hate calling it soap because it is so much more than that! My skin is happy!

Swing by the Spa Station for more products from Alaska Glacial Mud Company as well as their thousands of premium spa products for your home and body. It is a fabulous place to shop!

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You are going through your day and are wearing out and just a little hungry. Let me tell about That’s It Fruit Bars. They are just the pick me up you need. They come in a convenient package that will fit in your purse or pocket so you can take them any place. You don’t have to peel or core any fruit but you have all the advantages. These bars are so tasty you won’t want to deal with fruit again. I was fortunate enough to get to try three flavors. The ones I tried were apple and cherry, apple and apricot, and apple and pear. I cannot pick a favorite because they were all so good. All of these bars have just two ingredients. The fruit!! They are filling and give you the energy to finish your day.

I had my son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter over for a tasting party. None of us could get over how good they were. The fruit flavors just burst in your mouth. The apple and pear taste like fresh pears to me. There is the equivalent of one pear and one apple in each bar. My son liked the apple and cherry the most. He said it tasted more cherry than apple to him. In this bar you get one apple and ten cherries. My daughter-in-law and my granddaughter like the apple and apricot the best. They said it was such a great flavor combination. You get one apple and two apricots in this bar.

Is there a better more convenient way to easily get enough fruit? My son is going to their web store at ThatsItFruit to buy a case of each of these reasonably priced healthy treats. I am thinking of doing the same thing. My great grandchildren visit me often and think I should have a treat for them. This what I intend to treat them with from now on. They won’t know it isn’t candy and it will be so good for them.

These bars have no sugar or preservatives added. Just fruit! Each bar has just 100 calories, 3g of fiber and no fat. They are gluten free, Kosher and vegan. They have a daily percentage value of Vitamin C 4%, Calcium 2%, Iron 4% based on a 2000 calorie diet. The USDA recommends 2 to 4 servings of fruit a day. This is a really good way to get that fruit.

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With 2 guys in the house that shave and myself too, we tend to go through a lot of razorblades. My hubby does have an electric razor but he prefers the close shave that a blade gives him. The main issue is that disposable razors and replacement blades don’t last very long and it costs a small fortune to keep them on hand.

There is a neat product out called the MagnaBlade. This is a patented product that magnetically sharpens razor blades and extends its life and performance. When you use the MagnaBlade, you can use the same razor for up to 12 weeks which is great for reducing waste and saving big money. This device requires no batteries and starts working right away. I was intrigued.

So I get the package and it is just a docking port looking thing that you place your razor into. You can hang it on the wall in the shower or elsewhere or just leave it on the counter. You simple place your razor into the docking thing. That’s it… or what appears to be it. Apparently from the scientific point of view, there are some ceramic magnets inside this little docking station that interact with the iron in the blade that keep them sharper for a longer amount of time. So looking at it really means nothing. It’s what’s going on inside this little thing that is neat.

Hubby started using it after we got the MagnaBlade and used the razor for the past week without having to change it out. It has kept the blades sharp whereas by now, he would have changed the razor. This little magnetic razor blade sharpener is doing its thing! I know he was surprised.

what I am going to like is the economical part of this. Extending the razor blades means a nice savings for us and it is also an awesome Green product too! This a great item and every guy and gal that uses a regular razor would benefit from this product. Check it out! I think you will be intrigued too.

Disclaimer: Chris Carroll has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review but did receive a free product to try out so she could evaluate and use it for her review. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.

Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Medicine Mama’s Apothecary based out of Ojai, CA. In a beauty and health industry filled with chemicals, toxins and scientists attempting to achieve results, a woman named Donna Steinman decided to look to nature – more specifically, to the honey bees for answers.

With knowledge about the healing properities of pure honey bee ingredients, and an appreciation for the beauty effects of olive and avocado oils when they come into contact with the skin, she set out to craft her own, organic, all-in-one skin care cream.

Today, I get to introduce you to the product called Bee Magic, an all-in-one skin cream that blends purifying propolis, healing antimicrobial honey, nourishing royal jelly, revitalizing bee pollen, moisturizing extra virgin olive oil, and protective beeswax to provide skin overnight nutrition. The Bee Magic is available in two different retail sizes: (4 ounce) which sells for $30.00 and the (2 ounce) which sells for $20.00.

People are raving about this all-natural, all-in-one, healing skin cream that can be used in a variety of ways. It can be used to treat rashes, burns, scars, cuts, scrapes, and bites from infection. It’s great for soothing dry, irritated skin and you can use it to help relieve sunburns. The product is certified organic by the CCOF.

I decided to try the product out on my hands because a few weeks ago I cut my finger and needed stitches. That meant that I couldn’t really wash that hand for almost 2 1/2 weeks until the stitches were removed. As you can imagine, my hand was super dry! I slathered this healing cream all over my hand and on my ‘healing’ scar. It didn’t burn or irritate my skin at all and after just 3 days, I saw a remarkable improvement in my skin. My hand felt softer, my skin looked smoother and equally important, the redness around my scar was completely gone!

During that same week I used the all-in-one Bee Magic cream on my lips because they have been super dry with this wacky weather we have been having. I just used my fingertip to apply it and again…I got very impressive results! Unlike most lip balms I have used in the past, this healing cream isn’t waxy nor oily. I love that I didn’t feel like my lips were sticking together and it did a great job at moisturizing them! (pucker up hubby, here I come! LOL).

I am really impressed with this Bee Magic All-in-one healing cream and I can’t wait to use it for additional things as they crop up and need treated. In my personal opinion, every medicine cabinet and beauty bag should have a jar of this Bee Magic sitting in it! This is a fabulous product!

I would love for you to visit their web site and check out all of their products. I think you will be very impressed with what you see! Thank you Medicine Mama’s Apothecary for participating in a product review here on the Two Classy Chics blog!

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