Monday, September 12, 2016

PURA D'OR Anti-Hair Loss Premium Organic Argan Oil Shampoo (Gold Label) 0☆


I really hated this shampoo.

I lost a significant amount of hair just using it, and my hair stuck together badly. like, I had to wash my hair 3 times with another shampoo, and then leave conditioner in for 20 minutes just to detangle it. It left it straw-like.
I tried it again the next day, thinking it was maybe a fluke, and I had something in my hair that reacted badly with it. No luck.
Day three, I tried once more, on just one spot, because I'm a bit nuts, and like to actually give something a good try before saying it was awful. NOPE.
My hair is... not average. its bleached, and dyed random rainbow colors most of the time. It's very coarse, but not horribly damaged, as I don't use heat on it. This shampoo left it looking, and feeling like I have been using a blow dryer on high, followed by a hot iron without protectant.
This shampoo was just horrible. It has taken 3 months for my hair to recover from it, 3 months for the bits that fell out completely to grow back out.

The hair at the nape of my neck broke off unevenly on the 4th day, that I did NOT use the shampoo, and I ended up shaving the bottom 3 inches. Well, undercuts are in luckily.

I will say this, I was thoroughly impressed with how quickly an "anti-hair-loss" shampoo caused me to lose my hair. It takes doing. Even double strength ion bleach with level 40 developer for an HOUR didn't mess my hair up that badly. A perm post bleaching, well, that was right on par.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think its a bad shampoo. My parents loved it. My husband said meh, and my brother said whatever, its shampoo. None of them have horribly processed hair.


If you do, I'd just steer clear of this shampoo.

If you have normal, not overprocessed hair, here is the link.

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Yodel battery powered led light 7.5☆









So, this is a nice little, very bright led light. Somehow, over the course of the first day it was home, it became one of my 1yo's favorite toys. As such, I can assure the world, this is a very, very sturdy little camping light. It has been thrown down onto a tile floor, innumerable times, chewed on, fought over, and I retrieved it from the dog on several occasions. It's been on about 60 hours, on the same set of batteries(cheap dollar store batteries at that) and I don't notice any dimming.
I intend to place this in my emergency stash once my son has tired of it, as with what it has already experienced, I'm quite sure it could survive just about anything. It is small, but bright enough that while it does not totally illuminate a large room, it does make it possible to see everything, assuming you function well in low light. I'm seriously considering buying another one for emergencies.
Please consider that although it looks rather large in my son's hand, he's under 30 lbs.

I got this at a discount, in exchange for an honest review.+









Yodel battery powered led light

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Vulcan Journey 7" and various accessories 7☆


















Note: all of this cost less than $55 together.
I was apprehensive about buying a windows tablet. I was afraid the small form factor would reduce it's usability, that it wouldn't be able to connect more than one Bluetooth peripheral at a time, and in the case of this particular tablet, that I would be unable to find a case that fit it.
This tablet is not super touch responsive. It's hard to do anything intricate with it, and the small form factor DOES actually effect it's usability. However, after a bit of tweaking, finding the perfect case, and a Bluetooth mouse....
I have a tiny, perfectly functional laptop that fits in my purse, can sync files from my gaming laptop and my desktop, and I can play games from both of them on it with a screen viewer, from anywhere(using my phone as a hotspot)
Honestly, I bought this because I was curious about Windows in small form, as I usually use android or Linux based os for my raspberry pi experiments, phones, and tablets.
I was impressed.For the price, this is probably the best you can get. And for another $10 I got an M-edge case, this case fits my tablet very well. It's super secure, and only a little larger than the case for my kindle. The Bluetooth keyboard it comes equipped with is absolutely amazing, and brought the function of my tablet way up.I love that the keyboard area is magnetic, so if I forget to close it and it swings open, the keyboard doesn't hit the floor.
I also bought a Tonor Bluetooth mouse. Of these items, it was the only one I received any kind of discount for.
It is tiny, lightweight, comfortable to hold, and while it uses AAA batteries instead of being rechargeable, I have not had to replace them yet, and it is very responsive.
The little tablet is as a tablet, a failure, pending the download of new drivers. But, as a tiny laptop it is amazing, and it can do anything a laptop with similar specs (1gb ram, quad core) can.
There is a lot of function packed into this tiny tablet, and I expect to see great things from Vulcan Electronics!


Vulcan Journey 7" Windows Tablet



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Rajrang Wrap Around Skirt Wholesale Printed Reversible Two Layer 9☆






I bought a set of 10 and I absolutely adore them.
They fit amazingly well at the waist, and fall to mid calf (keep in mind I'm 5'8" and 220 16/18 dress size) I have about 8 inches of overlap.
I got gorgeous patterns, and 4 of the 10 are being given as gifts to various friends and family. Mostly the ones with gold, as that is a color that looks horrible with my undead pallor (seriously though, I'd make a vampire look tan)
One I received was ripped, however wevez immediately sent through a refund on that one. I'm very happy with my purchase, and hope to buy more at a later date.
It's not just me who loves them either. They make the perfect princess gowns for the tot!
With a bit of creative draping, these can be anything you want!
I paid for these with an amazon gift card I received from screenwise trends, and out of pocket. No discount.

I can't vouch for all the sellers of this product, only wevez.


Rajrang Wrap Around Skirt Wholesale Printed Reversible Two Layer (Apparel)



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Sunday, September 11, 2016

MoKo kids headphones 8☆





These are super cute, fairly durable kids headphones. They have a volume limiter, which is amazing when you have a small child who likes to fiddle with volume settings constantly. My daughter adores these. She is a major Pokémon fan, and she is convinced this is a Pikachu bunny on the side. The cord disconnects completely, and you can plug a second pair of headphones into the outgoing port on the headset. There is no mic, but that's not really a deal breaker. The sound quality is fine. Not high end gaming headset quality, obviously, but, I don't really expect that for 11$ The best part about these headphones? I no longer have to listen to the "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon special" five times a day. I received these at a discount off amazon, for review.


Kids MoKo headphones on Amazon





(From my personal review blog Chaotic Neutral )

Friday, September 9, 2016

Transition time!

The next few weeks we will be reposting old reviews, and adding new ones! 
Thank you for your patience!