Beating The Mid-Day Slump

Beating The Mid-Day Slump
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If you are anything like me, mid-day is the most exhausting time of day. Morning motivation has slipped away, and it feels like the afternoon is just crawling ever so slowly by. So I wanted to share with you some great new products to help bring you back from that wave of exhaustion.

Mid-Day Malfunction!

As a mom of four someday’s, I just forget to make sure that I take care of myself. Or I’m so busy feeding everyone else, half the day goes by and I realize that I’m starving. So I started looking for items that help with the mid-day run down and keep me feeling healthy. That’s when I discovered a company called Just Ingredients. A company that believes that real ingredients are what matters most.

Flavored Water

I’ll be the first to admit that I struggle with drinking as much water as I should. By adding their Flavored Water, I am a little closer to meeting my daily water goal. I’ve tried a couple of different flavors and my favorite is definitely the Strawberry Limeade followed by Tropical Paradise.

When it’s mid-day I don’t always have much time to create a meal, especially if I’m at work. So finding a product that leaves me feeling full and empowered is what I look for and that’s where the Protein Powder pack comes into play. My favorite so far that I’ve tried is the Vanilla Bean Protein Powder. With a creamy taste and no artificial sweeteners, this powder leaves me ready to face the day without feeling hungry. These powders come in so many amazing flavors, from Snickerdoodle to Creamy Peanut Butter Chocolate.

Protein Powder

Just Ingredients even offer some great skin care products from an Organic Face Serum Oil that helps to fight those signs of aging. This Face Serum helps balance your skin no matter if it’s dry or on the oily side like mine. Just Ingredients also have some amazing lip balm choices. My favorite Lip Balm is Fresh Mint. With 100% natural ingredients this lip balm leaves the sensitive skin of your lips feeling soft and protected from the elements with a SPF 14 protection level.

Skin Care

All and all as a busy mom and full-time employee, Just Ingredients is a company that works to help better my days. When natural products leave me feeling full of energy during that mid-day slump, and it’s not just that temporary boost. I don’t have to worry about putting their products in or on my body, I know exactly what’s inside them and it is the very best products that I can choose. If you are interested in finding out more about this company and their products be sure to check out their Website.

Your Beverages Can Be Sustainable Too

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Your Beverages Can Be Sustainable Too
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Consider the environment when enjoying your morning cup of coffee or tea! Switching to reusable and sustainable products allows you to show off your personality as well! You can choose cute designs and such! 

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4 Must Have Products You Need

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Cute Summer Essentials

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Cute Summer Essentials
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New makeup tools

I love wearing makeup. I try to renew my makeup and tools regularly! I was sent beautiful makeup brushes from Varenti Beauty! I was sent the Fluffy Eye Blending Brush, Crease Blending Eye Shadow Brush, Pro Face Brush, and Pro Powder Face Brush.

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Perk Up And Glow

I remember when my skin naturally glowed. They say you glow when you’re pregnant! However, what if you could replicate that feeling of feeling beautiful and just naturally glowing?! 

Perk Up And Glow
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I love coffee! I still remember our first Keurig we ever received. Before that, I would only drink iced coffees or frappes from a well known fast food place. When we were introduced to the Keurig, I discovered that I liked hot coffee too! 

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Perfect Stocking Stuffers for 2020

Perfect Stocking Stuffers
Perfect Stocking Stuffers
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Tis the season of giving and one area that has always stumped me is stocking stuffers. Never knowing the right amount to spend or what items are best. This year however I found some perfect stocking stuffers for the 2020 holiday season.

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Easy (And Free) Way To Support Your Child’s School

Easy (And Free) Way To Support Your Child's School -- Coca Cola Give Program #beautybrite
Disclaimer: I am sharing my personal experience with the Coca Cola Give program. The Coca Cola Company is in no way endorsing, contributing to, or compensating Beauty Brite Blog for this content.

Easy (And Free) Way To Support Your Child’s School

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If you’ve read some of my previous posts on Beauty Brite you might have heard me mention my affection for Diet Coke. It’s one of my favorite drinks. I often have an icy cold glass of it next to me while writing, playing around on the internet, cleaning, reading or crafting.

Easy (And Free) Way To Support Your Child's School -- Coca Cola Give Program #beautybrite

They used to have a rewards program that I participated in. I entered codes from their products and traded those points for cool stuff. I think the coolest thing I received through that program was a silver tumbler with a lid and plastic straw. If I had enough points and there wasn’t anything else I was really interested in, I would trade points for a coupon for a free 12-pack of Coca Cola.

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Each code you entered earned a specific number of points. The only thing I didn’t like about that program was that you there was a limit on how many codes you could enter to earn points each week.

Easy (And Free) Way To Support Your Child's School -- Coca Cola Give Program #beautybrite
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First of all, several family members knew I was using that rewards program and would save all of their codes for me. In addition to the codes I had from purchased products, I often had some I couldn’t use until later.

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Also, I was pretty sporadic about remembering to enter codes. This resulted in the accumulation of zip loc bags full of caps as well as codes torn from 12-packs of Coke building up in my mudroom.

Then, the company announced their intention to discontinue that rewards program, which bummed me out a bit. I was very happy to hear that they intended to launch a different rewards program. So, I held onto the cap codes until I could find out if they would be able to be used with the new rewards program.

This summer has been a bit hard so far with all the unrest in the country and the coronavirus stuff going on. So, I decided it was a good time to check out the new rewards program and do something fun to get my mind off of everything going on in the world for a short time.

I like their Coca Cola Give program because there isn’t a limit on how many codes I can enter (at least that I’ve found, so far).

You probably think I’m joking about having a bunch of codes built up. I assure you, I’m not. Check it out, here are all the codes I had sitting in bags in my mudroom to use when they launched this new program.

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Yeah. Not joking! I had been collecting caps in quart-size zip loc bags, using gallon size bags only when I was out of the smaller size and even brown paper lunch sacks when I had no zip loc bags in the house at all. In the end, before taking this picture, I had nearly 30 various bags of caps. It was nuts! It took me about a week of working every evening for a couple of hours to get all of these codes entered into the website.

In looking at their new rewards program, I decided I was interested in using my codes to make monetary donations. To try it out, I chose the American Red Cross and entered a few codes. It is so easy and quick to do!

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Then I realized that you can make donations to schools! So, I have subsequently been entering codes with my daughter’s school designated to receive the donations.

If there isn’t a school you’re interested in donating to, here are the other organizations you can choose:

National Park Foundation

Boys and Girls Clubs of America

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Children’s Miracle Network Hospital

American Red Cross

Special Olympics

USO

And for all of you out there about to say I need to find a healthier snack — here ya go!

Easy (And Free) Way To Support Your Child's School -- Coca Cola Give Program #beautybrite

I thought an apple was a fitting snack while entering codes to benefit my daughter’s school, cuz teachers … apples … pretty neat little connection there. LOL

After entering all the codes you can see in the pictures above, here’s where my total donation history stood.

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Yes, that’s nearly $65 donated to my daughter’s school. But, some time has passed since this I took these pics. I have gathered more codes to enter.

Easy (And Free) Way To Support Your Child's School -- Coca Cola Give Program #beautybrite

As it stands right now, I have donated a total of:

$71.60!!!

It feels good to do a nice thing for my community. Our children’s schools have always been appreciative of the different ways that parents have supported their efforts to provide kids with fun activities and additional educational opportunities that would otherwise be beyond their budgets to provide.

I think this is definitely a much more fun and consistent activity to support our local educational institutions than constant fundraisers. Our local Kroger also has a program that shoppers can sign up for to support schools, so I do that, also. I like these two programs because it’s easier for parents to do things like this. Also, if there were more programs like this, it would mean less time for school personnel researching fundraising efforts and more time doing what they love most — helping our kids to grow into successful, well-rounded adults.

What is your favorite way to support your schools? Alternatively, which of the organizations listed above would you donate to through Coca Cola Give?

Fabulous Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life

When it comes to gift giving, food is a great way to go! Everyone loves to eat! We share a variety of fabulous gift ideas for the foodies in your life!

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Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life

I’m a huge food and beverage lover. I love to cook and make new drinks. Something about being in the kitchen is comforting. With the holiday season coming it is time to start thinking about gifts. Below is my list of fabulous gifts for the foodie in your life.

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The Traveler

I have a nephew who loves to travel. When I saw this beautiful duffle bag, I thought it would be a perfect gift for him to take on his adventures. The Muscle Duffle from Groovy Guy Gifts is STUNNING! It is made of heavy canvas, leather accents and has beautiful brass hardware. The quality makes it worth every penny, and can handle just about anything you can throw at it!

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