Chicken Bacon? Is it any good? Is It Really "Healthy"?

So, I decided to try Chicken Bacon yesterday, because it has to be healthier than bacon. Also, it was at the grocery store buy 1 get 1 free. The regular bacon was also on sale for buy 1 get 1 free, but they were all gone, and there was a TON of chicken bacon left. lol. I guess most people won't try it.

Anyway, I've been wanting to try it ever since my Husband's diabetic nurse said that it was good, and tasted like bologna. I don't know what brand she ate, but mine did NOT taste like bologna. It tasted....drum roll please......exactly like BACON!! I know, you're probably rolling your eyes, and not believing me anyway right? It does honestly taste JUST like BACON! The texture is not the same, the texture is like the pepperoni on those Delissio pizzas after they're cooked. It is quite nice actually.

I would have liked for it to be less salty, because two slices, which is the serving size, has 14% salt. OMG. Of course regular bacon probably has more salt, but still.

I think that you should give it a try, when you have time. The brand I have was Maple Lodge Farms or something like that. :)

Fifty Shades of Grey Book Review: Fifty Shades of Boring

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Product Review: Silk'n Flash & Go Luxx - At Home Permanent Laser Hair Removal

want to start this post off by saying first of all, that I bought and paid for this item myself.

I was researching laser hair removal, after a conversation with my doctor, about my unwanted, embarrassing, and stress inducing facial hair. I have a lot of them, due to the fact that I have severe PCOS, aka Polycystic Ovary/Ovarian Syndrome.

PCOS causes me a LOT of unwanted symptoms, the second most emotionally painful is the facial hair. (The first on the list is MUCH more emotionally painful, and that is infertility).


Anyway, enough about that. As you can imagine, I have a lot of tough hairs to get rid of on my face, and other areas of my body, such as underarms, legs, forearms, etc.

The hairs that I do get on my face, the ones that are noticeable, are about as thick as a mans would be, but of course there isn't nearly as much as an average man would have. Even one hair is too much for me though.

So, I looked up a couple of different laser hair removal devices, a couple of which are from Silk'n, and one from Tria. The Silk'n ones seemed to have a larger panel where the light would hit the skin, and thus remove hair. Their manual says that it has a 4cm squared area per pulse. With Tria, you would need to do 50 pulses to cover an area of 9 square centimeters, and you only need 3 pulses of the Silk'n to cover 12 square centimeters. Tria also needs more treatments than the silk'n to have long term results.

Some people also compare this device to the No No! The No No! is a hair burning device, it is NOT a laser hair removal unit.

Anyway, tonight, I just finished my 4th treatment of my face. I can see a big difference in my upper lip area. On my chin and neck, not so much, not yet anyway. If It wasn't for my upper lip, I'd be convinced it's not working at all. I do have to note though, that with my chin and neck, sometimes I can't resist plucking the hairs, because they are very dark and noticeable, so I'm not sure if that somehow interferes with the treatments and their efficacy. I wondered if I might be "resetting" the hair follicle if I am plucking the hair out before the root is dead.

I sent Silk'n an email with some of my questions, but I never did hear back. Boo to them for not replying. My email was important, to me. Those questions are important. I tried to call them, but I was on hold forever, so that's another strike lol.

Oh, I forgot to mention, I've done a couple treatments on my legs as well, and I can see huge patches where the hair is NOT coming back at all, not even fine fuzz. That's pretty awesome!

So, here is my list of pros and cons for this device.

PROS

• Has a Lifetime of pulses (Approx 120,000 - Silk'n themselves say this is enough to do your entire body, follow up treatments, and to share with a friend if you want to.
• It seems to work well, especially on finer hairs, such as on the legs, or arms, toes, etc.
• It recharges between pulses really fast
• Large treatment panel area, so you get done faster.
• Fairly inexpensive for the device, and what it does.
• You can use it in the privacy of your own home, any time of the day or night.

CONS

• Follow up customer service is not good.
• It sort of hurts, but not much.
• Darker skinned people cannot use this device.
• People with light skin, and light hair, also cannot use this device. (You must have light skin, and dark hair. It is possible for dark blondes or redheads to use it, but you would need a lot more treatments, from what I have researched. (Why anyone would want to get rid of their red hair is beyond me, it's gorgeous!!)
• I wish it worked with LESS treatments, but I shouldn't complain. 
• It may take up to 2 years of treatments before you see a complete reduction in some hairs. (This seems to be the case with any laser hair removal though.)

So, that is my take on things. I likely have left out a million things, so if I think of anything, I will update in the comments section. PLEASE leave a comment if you have any questions, thoughts or ideas on this device. I will do my best to answer from my own experience, or what I have researched.

Swiffer Sweep & Trap: Product Review

I saw the new ad for the Swiffer Sweep & Trap about 2 weeks ago, and I thought it would be perfect for me, since I always forget where I put the charger for the Swiffer Sweeper Vac.

I looked at my local Wal-Mart, and it wasn't there, so I quickly forgot about it again. :(

One day as I was begrudgingly looking around Canadian Tire with my Husband, (I say begrudgingly, because for some reason, I hate(d) Canadian Tire, more on this and my change of heart another time.) Anyway, I was looking around CT, and I went through the aisle with the cleaning stuff, because I was looking to see if they had any Barkeepers friend, and they don't. I saw the Swiffer Sweep & Trap, and it was about $23, I can't remember the exact price. I got it, and was excited to try it.

Once I got it home, I of course quickly tore it out of the awkward packaging. That was really really annoying, the packaging is weirdly placed. I don't like it.

First impressions were, this is stupid. It only has 2 free sweeper cloths with it. Come on people, you can't throw in a whole pack? You can't put a coupon in there or something? 2 cloths??

So anyway, I tried it as it was, and it was awesome. Picked up a lot of stuff, but not nearly as much as the Swiffer Vac, and nothing is as good as the broom or a regular broom vac.

I also noticed that hairs were getting caught up around the little wheel, but all was fine.

Then today, I go to use it again, and it was really really awkward, it wouldn't move right. I can't explain it, but it does not feel right. I cleaned the hairs from the bottom, cleaned the little dirt trap, and replaced the cloth with a clean one. I tried going in the wrong direction, the right direction, up, down, north, south, east, and west, and it feels wrong in every direction. It was like the little wheel on bottom simply doesn't want to move right. I had to exert a lot of pressure on it to make it move at all, and then I got a hand cramp. I'm not very pleased with it at all. I didn't keep the box, because it tore off awkwardly like I mentioned, so I can't really bring it back.

I would give this item a 1 out of 5. It picks up a bit more than the regular swiffer, but not nearly as much as the sweeper vac. I'm at the end of my rope with Swiffer anyway. The wet jets keep wearing out, the sweeper vac keeps breaking down, and I've gone through countless units of each. I'm giving up on Swiffer gimmicks from now on, and will wait for Vileda to come out with their better versions. The Vileda pro mist mop is infinitely better than the Swiffer Wet Jet, and the Vileda has a refillable container, does not need batteries, and you can use any kind of resuable pads with it that you want. It can't be the dry cloths, because they don't absorb liquid, but you can even use a terry cloth towel if you wanted, if your included reusable Vileda pad was already dirty.

I've included a captioned picture to show the area that causes me the trouble. Please excuse the dirty sweeper cloth, but I have three dogs, and they shed. LOL.

That is all. I hope I've helped some of you make up your minds about the Swiffer Sweep & Trap. It's NOT worth the money. It's worth maybe $7.99, but even then I wouldn't ever buy it again.