The Easy Way To Stop Smoking

Howdy folks! I am going to do something a bit different this week. I am going to review a book called The Easy Way To Stop Smoking by Allen Carr. The reason that this review will be different is because I will be blogging about becoming a non-smoker. Don't misunderstand me, as I type right now I am smoking. However, with Mr. Carr's book you are to continue to smoke until you finish the book. I will be finishing the book tonight, so tomorrow will be my first day as a non-smoker.

Notice that I said non-smoker and not my first day quitting or trying to quit. There are many ways people trick themselves into not quitting or set themselves up for defeat from the get go. Alot of the addiction to cigarette's are in the mind. Now I am not saying there is not a physical addiction, that would be silly since we all know that there is. But I have always believed that my addiction to cigarette's was something that I would have to fight out in my mind more than physically. This book by Allen Carr totally supports that. Mr Carr dispels a lot of the myths that are assocatied with smoking and has really opened my eyes to alot of things!

Now you may be saying to yourself how can a book help me become a non-smoker. I have tried so many times to quit and failed every time. I understand how a book can sound absurd, but honestly think about it. We as human beings know that knowledge is power. This book gives you the knowledge that you need to defeat the demon that holds you captive.

Follow my blog and see how my life changes with the help of this book. I am so excitied to be able to post here come tomorrow that I am a non-smoker! I cannot wait!

This book has helped many people quit. Don't believe me? Google the book and look for reviews or check out the reviews on Amazon. I encourage you if you are a smoker or have a loved one that is a smoker, get the book. Read it. After reading the book if you choose to continue to smoke than you have lost nothing at all. And if you do read it and quit just think of the gain!

If you are a smoker I have a challenge for you. Just for today when you lite a smoke do nothing else but smoke it. Don't talk on the phone, don't talk to others, don't read, and don't let your mind roam. Give your full attention to the cigarette. Really taste it, really feel the smoke entering and leaving your body. Pay attention to how you feel once you have smoked it. I think you may be surprised.

If you would like to check out the reviews for the book on Amazon you can find it here. The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-Smokers Using Allen Carr's Easyway Method

Yankee Magazine's Living Well on a Shoestring: 1,501 Ingenious Ways to Spend Less for What You Need and Have More for What You Want

If you are serious about saving money, then this is a great book to get your hands on! This book offers many ways to save money in almost anything you do. From travel, to decorating, to grocery shopping and more. I have found it to be an irreplaceable resource particularity now with the economy in it's current state.

The down side of this book is it is a bit long and wordy. Also some of the info is out dated but most of it is right on target.

To check out more about the book or to order Yankee Magazine's Living Well on a Shoestring: 1,501 Ingenious Ways to Spend Less for What You Need and Have More for What You Want

Silk Naturals Pure Mineral Makeup

I love this stuff! Goes on great, does not look cakey at all. As an added bonus it is Bismuth-free!

And here before your very eyes you can see how well it works!


To the right are my tools for this demonstration. A mini Kabuki brush and a sample of Silk Naturals Pure Mineral Makeup Ivory Foundation.







Now you must bare with me. It is laundry day and I look a
serious mess so I will not be doing this demo on my face. Instead I will be using my hand. You will have to wait for another day to see my hotness (insert sarcasm here lol!).



This mineral makeup is not hard to apply at all. Make sure that you exfoliate your skin first. Then apply a light moisturizer. Allow a few minutes to soak into your skin. If there is excess moisturizer left on your face (um or hand in my case!) blot gently to remove with a tissue or cloth.


Next pour a small amount into the lid, just a small amount! You do not need a lot to get good coverage. Next, you want to swirl the brush around in the lid to pick up the mineral makeup. Tap the brush gently on the lip of the lid to remove the excess. Now buff it on to your face, using a swirling motion. For more info on how to apply mineral makeup see my article on eHow How to Apply Mineral Makeup.






Add as many layers as you need for the coverage you want. Here is the finished project. What do you think?




If you would like to check out Silk Naturals line of products please visit http://www.silknaturals.com/creb/

And if you would like to read about how to choose a mineral makeup please see my article at eHow How to Choose Mineral Makeup

Review of the Swiffer Sweeper 2 in 1 Starter Kit

Well I must say that I was pretty excited to get my hands on one of these! I thought that this would be something great that would cut done on my cleaning time and would help with little messes that happened through out the day.

However, I was less than impressed after trying it.

Let's first start from the beginning. It was easy enough to put together. As you can see the pieces are pretty explanatory. Putting the dry cloth on it is a little bit of an adventure though! You have to be careful and not get your fingers caught in the catches that hold the cloth in place. Besides that it was quite easy.





While the dry cloth did pick up a lot of stuff off my floor (things I didn't even know that I had on my floor!) and was great for getting under things that I can't get under with a broom I found that it did not pick up everything that I hoped it would.





Little pieces of this and that were still left all over the floor still calling for the need of my trusty ole broom and dust pan.




Next, I decided to give the wet mop cloth a try. Upon opening the package a large amount of cleaning solution drops on the floor and my socks. Not a big deal, at least I know the pad is well saturated. The mop pad has a scrubbing pad on it that I thought (note the word thought) was pretty cool. Attaching this pad was about as hard as the dry pad, but you have to make sure that you have the scrubber in the right place.

Using it was pretty easy except for trying to use the scrubber on it. Every which way I would turn to try to scrub the floor the silly thing would flip on me. I finally reached down and held it so I could see how well the scrubber, well scrubbed. Yeah, not so great at all. It lifted nothing off the floor at all with the scrubber. I had more luck with my fingernail.

The wet mop works well on light dirt. However with the wet mop nor the sweeper did I see any deep corner cleaning at all. As a matter of fact all either did was push dirt into my corners. Looks like I will have to get my scrub brush out and clean those in the morning. The wet mop solution does leave a nice scent that lasts for a bit.

All in all I am very disappointed in the product and will not purchase again.

Welcome!

Welcome to The Stay At Home Mom's Review! In the upcoming weeks I will be reviewing all sorts of products here on my blog. Some of the products I will be reviewing will be cleaning products, makeup, clothing, children's toys and games, computer software, children's website, etc. I hope you enjoy it! All comments are welcomed!