Influenster Gillette Venus Embrace Voxbox

60% of women believe their sensitive skin gets in the way of a close, smooth shave; but the sensitive skin symptoms women are experiencing may just be irritation from using the wrong or dull razor.

I was sent a Gillette Venus Embrace Sensitive razor Voxbox from Influenster. I'm in love with this razor. This has given me the close moisturized shave! My skin isn't dried out or irritated at all. I'd highly recommend this razor to anyone looking to try someone new.

I honestly feel that the Gillette Venus brand of razors is the best priced brand on the market. I own quite a few and I love them all.

Disclaimer:Items in this post were sent to me for testing purposes.

Victoria's Secret Angel Sports Bra Review

I was recently sent a Victoria's Secret sports bra from Influenster to review. I really didn't know what to expect, I mean I know VS makes and sells amazing underwear but a sports bra isn't just for fashion.
I was sent the Angel Sports Bra in the most gorgeous coral color. This sports bra comes in band sizes 32, 34, 36 and in cup sizes A-DD. The Angel sports bra has memory fit that conforms to your body and Body-Wick that keeps you cool and dry during work outs. This bra is great to wear when jogging or doing moderate impact activities.
I wore the bra a few times on my morning run and I'm quite impressed with it. It keeps my girls in and they feel super secure. I've worn many different sports bras over the years but the Angel bra takes the cake. It a a great bra for the price and it's not just a ”cute” bra it's functional!

Here;s a pic of me wearing my Angel sports bra after my morning jog! https://twitter.com/kristin41750/status/478539303224500225/photo/1

 Have you tried any of the new VS sports bras? If so what's your favorite?

DISCLAIMER: Items in this post was sent to me complimentary for testing purposes. 

Nectresse Natural No Calorie Sweetener

Nectresse: Nectresse sweetener tastes like sugar but has zero calories per serving! 100% all natural Nectresse is made primarily from mink fruit combined with other natural sweeteners.

My breakfast with belVita breakfast biscuits

I recently received the belVita breakfast biscuits in my Sugar 'N Spice Influenster VoxBox and I was excited to try these. My mom brought these a few months back and raved about how much she liked them. Here's what I came up with for my breakfast with belVita.

SNEAK PEEK: Influenster Sugar 'N Spice VoxBox 2013

Check out the items I recently received in my Sugar 'N Spice VoxBox 2013. In the coming weeks I will have a few reviews and thoughts on some of the products but this is just to show you all what I got!

Beer and Cheese Biscuits

Lately, I've been so lazy when it comes to cooking, baking and blogging. I've gotten complaints from my brother about not being in the kitchen whipping up my "new creations", so the other day I decided to make biscuits! These are made with dark stout beer and cheddar cheese a great combination. These biscuits would  be perfect as a side dish for a game day meal. I ate mine with chicken wings it was amazing!!

Beer and Cheese Biscuits
Makes 2 dozen

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup scallions,chopped
3/4 cup cheddar cheese,grated
7 tbsp unsalted butter,melted
1(12oz.) bottle dark beer (I used Guinness)
1 tbsp milk
1/4 tsp paprika

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add scallions and cheddar cheese; mix well. Fold in butter and beer, mix until just combined.
Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface; pat down to 1in disk. Use a 3in round cutter to cut biscuits. Gather scraps, pat down and cut remaining biscuits. Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheet.
Brush biscuits with milk; sprinkle with paprika. Bake for 25 mins until golden. Serve warm.
ENJOY!!

Apple Brownies

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, right? That's what I kept telling myself while baking these. In my attempt to lead a healthier lifestyle in 2013 I'm trying my hardest to find "healthier" alternatives to my favorite foods.
So for my first "healthy" dessert I present Apple Brownies. In my opinion these brownies resemble an apple pie/cake . It looks and smells like apple pie, and that's mainly because of the cinnamon. Honestly these brownies are so decadent and flavorful and they don't require much ingredients.

Palmolive Fresh Infusions

Palmolive Fresh Infusions was designed with elegant simplicity and the freshest scents in mind. The clean you've always trusted from Palmolive blends with naturally inspired fragrance for the freshest kitchen around.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Enjoy and be safe!

Thanks so much for being with me through the year. I really appreciate all of the support and comments! 

Ghirardelli Sea Salt Escape

Description: The decadently rich and creamy milk chocolate in Sea Salt Escape is combined with bursts of sea salt and roasted almonds delivering an epicurean chocolate experience. Experience a moment of timeless pleasure with all natural Ghirardelli Gourmet Milk chocolate. Is your mouth watering too?

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

YUMMY!! I love oatmeal raisin cookies and this here is another amazing recipe I'd love to share with you. I have to admit I've never made them before today. *hangs head in shame* I decided to make them as a surprise for my mom, she loves oatmeal raisin cookies!

Since this was my first time baking oatmeal raisin cookies, I was shocked at how dense the cookie batter was. I was afraid that the cookies would be dry and hard but they weren't at all. They were beautifully browned and moist! I loved them!

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Christmas is a few weeks away, and I always bake cookies during the holidays! I guess I'm hoping Santa will stop by and indulge in some lol. Today I'm going to share these amazing white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. I fell in love with these cookies when I had some from a local bakery a few years ago and since I can't get them anymore I just bake my own! I like to lightly toast my macadamia nuts to give them a nutty taste, you don't have to do this they'll still taste good. Bake these cookies and take them to the office cookie exchange or pot luck and watch everyone drool!

Influenster Cosmo VoxBox

A few weeks ago I received an email about the Influenster Cosmo VoxBox. I was so excited that I qualified for the box(since not everyone that signs up for one gets one) and was even more thrilled to find out I'd be receiving one! So here's what I got!! To learn more about Influenster please click here .

Rum Cake

So thanksgiving was a few days ago and I made the desserts! This year I decided to make the macadamia maple cupcakes and a rum cake. Usually my mom would make the rum cake just because I never wanted to, this year she made my pumpkin cheesecake(which I'll share in another post) and I did the rum cake. This cake is completely from scratch and it's the most amazing moist cake EVER! I didn't expect that it would be so moist and I was pleasantly surprised.

Macadamia and Maple Cupcakes

Well my brother just dubbed this THE BEST CUPCAKES HE"S EVER HAD!!!! I strongly agree with him. I love chocolate, hazelnut, but I mean this takes the cake!! I love that I came across this recipe and that I decided to try it, the only downside is that it only makes 10 cupcakes!! Like what recipe only makes 10 cupcakes not 12 but 10 ugh! Lol Anyways its super easy like ALL of my other recipes and super tasty!

Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream

Earlier this week at work I had 2 of my wisdom teeth extracted. It was a pretty good experience since I've never had any serious dental work done. After dealing with that I decided that I needed to treat myself to something sweet and of course delicious.

Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

I'm excited! It's fall and when fall is here my taste buds start to crave pumpkin pie,carrot cakes and apple pies. I decided after having dream about these cupcakes to make them! I love the smell of pumpkin and these taste amazing!

Fried Pork Wontons

I love fried pork wontons/dumplings whatever you want to call them I love them. I order these every time I eat out. Making them was SUPER easy and fun. There are other variations of this dish, you can use ground trukey,chicken or beef.  I used lean gound pork. Lean Ground pork has its own flavor and its not super fatty. This is a very simple recipe, it makes a lot of wontons (perfect for a party). Just add sweet chili sauce and life is good.

Easy Guacamole

Guacamole....oh how I love thee! Avocado is known as one of the best anti aging super foods and it's amazingly delicious too. You can eat avocado for ANY meal of the day. I've seen my mom make this numerous times and on a night where I needed a quick/healthy snack I whipped this up.

Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake

I had a horrible craving for chocolate...anything chocolate. I needed a slice of cake, a brownie, a chocolate bar I mean something chocolate so I decided to use the left over cocoa powder and whip up a decadent chocolate cake. I mean this fed every single craving I had. This recipe is simple but I didn't realize until I mixed all of my ingredients that it was A LOT more batter than I expected so I divided it equally among my bundt cake pan and my cupcake pan. Simple, right? Yes!