Magnificent Manicure Kit: A Review

I love having girls...pretty dresses, hair bows, painted nails and toenails...I love every bit of it. Macie has liked having painted nails for a while now, after all she is seven and is starting to notice all the little details that come with being a girl. Zoa will be five in just over a month and is starting to notice everything as well.

While I don't have quite enough energy to have painted nails on them all the time, we do enjoy a quick polish every few weeks. So when Team Mom sent me the Magnificent Manicure Kit by Elmer's to review, I knew the girls would be thrilled with trying it out!

This set includes everything you need to create scented lotion, buff and shine your nails and apply a crystal mudd to your hands and feet. Right up a girls alley!

The great thing about this set is it allows you to explain the science behind it. You can easily turn this into a fun lesson that is hands on and would be a great addition to a home school parent, as well has a parent that just wants to enjoy an afternoon with your little lady. I am not the only one that likes this toy...Creative Child's Magazine named this toy the Toy of the Year in the Educational Toy category!

I love when toys provide me with enough entertainment to want to do it...and this toy did just that!

Want one? The Magnificent Manicure Kit is only $19.99 and is available at Toys "R" Us in store and online, as well as many other nationwide retailers.

Three Ladies and a Dad Reviews Disclosure: This review is possible through Team Mom and Elmer's. Team Mom and Elmer's sponsored this post by providing me Magnificent Manicure Kit so that I may write a product review. My product review is an expression of my own honest opinion based on my experience trying the product, and is not reviewed or edited by Team Mom and Elmer's. Team Mom and Elmer's does not compensate me in any other way for this product review.

PUR Flavor Options: A Review and a Giveaway

***THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED***

When we moved into this home, one of the first things I noticed was how the water was not exactly, ummm, clear. It was cloudy and had particles floating around. It kind of took the appeal out of a tall, nice glass of cold water.

When PUR offered me to review a product of theirs, the PUR Flavor Options Water Pitcher, I was stoked. Nice, clear water, not to mention clean!

I received the water pitcher with the grape flavor option. It was fairly simple to assemble and the water is crystal clear! Plus, you get to control how much flavoring you want, if any, by pressing that blue button on top of the handle. There are five flavors available right now...grape, lemon, strawberry, raspberry and peach.


My girls are not big water drinkers. We always offer it, but they tend to shy away from it. With the flavor option, they have chosen "grape" water nearly every time. This makes for one happy mama!

PUR is also doing great things for the world. From their website,

"Clean, healthy drinking water is a basic need for people everywhere but unfortunately many go without," said Dr. Greg Allgood. "By joining forces with others who share a common goal, we can bring major attention to the global water situation and provide even more people with access to clean drinking water – whether it's abroad or right in their own kitchens." Anyone in the U.S. can join the clean drinking water cause by purchasing a PŪR pitcher or faucet mount system, which donates a week's worth of clean drinking water to a small child in a developing country."

Overall, this is more than just a company trying to make money. They are a company on a mission to raise awareness about the importance of clean water and they are providing tools to people to help them have clean water.

Pretty awesome, huh?

Okay, okay...on to the fun stuff!

Want 'em? You can get the PUR Flavor Options Water Pitcher from Amazon and other nationwide retailers.

Wanna win it? PUR has agreed to give one PUR Flavor Options Water Pitcher away to one of you! To enter, just leave me a comment. Be sure to include you email address or a way of contacting you. For additional ways of entering and the fine print, click here.

This giveaway will end on October 30, 2009.

Good Luck!

(P.S. Just as I was about to publish this, Macie (7) asked if she could get her a cup of "grape" water. Not lying!)

Three Ladies and a Dad and One Lady's Reviews Disclosure: This review is possible through PUR Water Filtration. PUR sponsored this post by providing me PUR Flavor Options Water Pitcher so that I may write a product review and offer a giveaway of one pitcher. My product review is an expression of my own honest opinion based on my experience trying the product, and is not reviewed or edited by PUR. PUR does not compensate me in any other way for this product review.