The Honest Company: Bundle Trial

Hey  there y'all!

Sorry I've been MIA for a while, life caught up with me, we moved and I've been super focused on getting our new house in order, and let's be real, some things just took a back seat for a min.  A last though, I have returned and things have kinda settled down........( I say that now) so I'm going to really try to get back into the swing of things back on here and maybe......maaaaybe possibly my YouTube channel. We'll see.

So The Honest Company, I know this is somewhat controversial to a lot of people out there to say the least. Just like any other product out , there is going to be rave reviews and reviews condemning the  product and or company to the lowest depths of hell. Maybe particularly more in this case because this company was half founded and partly ran by a very well known and successful actress.

Now to be completely honest haha, no pun intended. I have watched YouTube videos of people expressing their opinions about the products and I've read articles on the internet about the recent lawsuits happening.  Please know and believe none of these things have influenced what I think in anyway.

With that said, let's get into it shall we!

We've all seen the commercials and ads online for The Honest Company, lots of people were excited to learn when Target started carrying some of the products in store. I'll admit I was drawn  in by the super adorbs packaging and the complete transparent want for the product because Jessica Alba co-created and co-runs the  company. Don't judge anyone for this because we've all done it. A celeb creates or sponsors, endorses, collaborates on  a product and we all lose our damn minds.  This was no different. Jessica Alba, while a famous actress is also a mother and has stated many times that  wanting good products for her children with out all the harsh chemicals was her main reasoning behind creating The Honest Company.

So I ordered 2 of the trial bundles, I only had to pay $5.95 for shipping and they mailed them out to me.  I ordered the Essentials bundle and the Wellness bundle for kid's and infants.

In the Essential bundle I received 5 travel sized products including, honest multi-surface spray, honest hand soap, honest face + body lotion, honest organic healing balm and honest shampoo + bodywash and in the Wellness bundle I received a single does of the kid's multi-vitamin and a packet of the baby and toddler muti powder.

I have tried some of these products not all but most of them along with my children, and what I have tried............I do like and probably will purchase in the future.

Now here's the fine print...... well kinda.  When you order your free trials you are automatically signed up to receive these bundles every 4 to 6 weeks (you can customize this yourself) They don't hide this fact from you and they tell you that if want to cancel you have 5-7 days after your bundle arrives to call them and say thanks, but no thanks. They also offer 2 other bundles I believe. A diapers and wipes bundle and a formula bundle.

For me personally, the Essentials bundle is where it's at. It's $35.99 for the bundle, that includes 5 full size products. They do give you the option to buy these products separately but the bundle is the best value.

Now I understand, lots of people are calling The Honest Company out claiming their products aren't as safe and natural as they would like everyone to think. That they still use harsh chemicals in their cleaning products. I can't comment on whether they do or not. But let's use common sense here. The cleaning products may say plant based or more natural but that still doesn't mean you should let your kids spray them or mess around with them.  If you want something super natural use vinegar and water if your feeling daring throw a drop or two of dawn dish soap in there.  Other wise stop complaining, stop buying the honest company products. If you didn't like them bummer but don't go on a shame campaign against the company because the products weren't what you thought they should be or you don't care for the co-owner/creator.

Those are my thoughts on my Honest Company trial bundles I ordered. I encourage you to order if you are on the fence about it or have been thinking about it. Try it, if its not what you thought or not for you just cancel and go on about your life if you love it awesome! Order more, or don't, do what you want.  I like what I've tried, plain and simple!

I hope this helped y'all, I encourage you to still do research and ask questions about these products if you have them. 

Stay Beautiful Y'all

XOXO

Emily

16 Weeks Along

Like I said sorry bout the quality, but don't you love my dark gray sweat pants? I sure do he he!

How far along: 16 Weeks

Total Weight Gain: I'm not sure, we got rid of our scale here at the house because it was done for. So that's on my list to get. If I had to guess I would say I gained a pound maybe 2.

Maternity Clothes: Same as last week, I prefer sweats while at home and yoga pants.

Stretch Marks: I have a few, but only on my sides by my hips and their not super dark.

Sleep: When I can get it, I'm getting to the point where I toss and turn, can't get comfy. Then when I finally do get comfy i have to get up to pee, sorry if that's tmi for you but it's true.

Best moment of the week: It's Christmas!!! Seeing my girls open their gifts, priceless!

Miss Anything: My Energy

Movement: Yes, I'm pretty positive I'm feeling a little something every now and again.

Food Cravings: Still wanting sweets, sweets, sweets!

Anything making you queasy or sick: No

Gender: We find out at next appt in Jan.

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Major loss of energy, and generally being uncomfortable, I think my iron may low and may behind my energy loss and major tiredness.

Belly Button in or out: Normal this week

Wedding ring on or off: On

Happy or Moody most of time: This week due to the holiday and stress I was pretty nuts and irritated lol, which I think is to be expected.

Looking forward to: Being with family and ringing in the new year!!

15 Weeks Prego!!!

                                                                       

Hey again, so I know I said I was going to start at 14 weeks with posts and pics, but it didn't quite work out that way what with Christmas happening and family and now New Year's. So, I am starting at 15 weeks and sorry about the first couple of pics and their quality/angle ha ha. I tried to take them myself then had the hubs take one and he was just home from work and tired so, yeah fun times, fun times. All the pics were taking on Tuesdays since that's when my weeks changes, just a little FYI.

How far along: 15 weeks

Total weight gain: This week at my doc appt. I weighed 102 lbs and I think my starting weight before I got prego was 95 lbs........ I wanna say.  I will check for sure and fill ya guys in.

Maternity Clothes: I could wear them if I wanted to, but lately its been sweats and yoga pants, jeans with a bella band once in a while.

Stretch Marks: Nope none.

Sleep: I'm pretty tired and this time around I'm having to get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, which never happened before, so that sucks.

Best moment of the week: My girls hearing the heart beat at my appt!

Miss anything: I miss my occasional margarita.

Movement: Sometimes I think I can feel something, then I think no I'm psyching myself out. But I think its gonna happen really soon!

Food Cravings: I want chocolate and sweet stuff, occasionally salty and a lot of meat, turkey bacon OMG!!!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not this week, there were sometimes when certain smells got  me, but hopefully that time has passed.

Gender: We don't know yet at my next appt on Jan 16, 2014 is when my ultrasound is, so hopefully we will find out then.

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: A little bit of heartburn mainly at night, just general pains of everything stretching and the feeling of being uncomfortable.

Belly button in or out: A little poked out.

Wedding ring on or off: On

Happy or moody most of the time: A mixture of both, even though the hubs would say I'm  moody lol.

Looking forward to: Christmas with all of our family.

Fantasy Football Anyone?

Yes!! Football season is right around the corner and I'm super excited about it. My fav team is the 49ers but I also have certain players that I like and follow. My husband is a die hard chiefs fan, so are my parents ( I personally hate the chiefs, I'm sorry if that's your team lol but I don't like them. They took my beloved Montana from my 9ers and I've disliked them ever since, yeah dumb, childish, I should just get over it, they didn't steal him blah blah blah! In my mind they stole him end of discussion. Whoa rant much lol.

Anyways getting back on point here.

The hubs got me hooked on watching The League on netflix, which happens to mainly be about a group of friends and they are all in a fantasy football league. Now mind you I had never personally took part in fantasy football, I had heard about it, but I honestly thought ok, something for men to fill their down time with. Lol but honestly after watching The League I was interested in it.

So I asked my husband if we could do one and he's pretty excited. We are asking our friends if they want in on our league, but if we can't get enough ppl we're gonna join a league that's already up and going. So yeah that's what I've been up too. I have to say I'm pretty excited to do the fantasy football league, even though I have no idea what I'm doing. I have a feeling my husband is going to take the driver's seat with this and I'm just going to give input on the players I want, which is fine with me. But I'm still excited for football season!!! Go 9ers!!!!