A few weeks ago I told you about the Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Test Drive Program and how they provided me with a supply of Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control products, including:

• Crest Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Toothpaste
• Crest Pro-Health Clinical Rinse
• Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Pro-Flex Toothbrush
• Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Protection Floss (Glide)

As you can see from the picture above that I took this morning, I’m freshly out of Crest Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Toothpaste. This happened a bit quicker than I thought it would because I found out that my son, Nathan, had been using it, too. Yesterday, my daughter, Lucie, told me she was using my Crest Pro-Health Clinical Rinse. And while we were traveling, I noticed that my husband, Paul, had a small tube of Crest Pro-Health toothpaste in his bag along with his always present Glide floss. (He’s religious about his flossing.) I also enjoyed using the Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Pro-Flex Toothbrush and took it with me on my last two trips, too, instead of leaving it at home.

It’s pretty obvious from the products’ popularity with my family that we all thought the toothpaste and the mouthwash tasted great and that we swear by Glide dental floss. My son asked me this morning if I was going to buy more Crest Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Toothpaste, so I’m convinced that my whole family is hooked on the Crest Pro-Health Clinical Line.

Helps keep plaque from coming back

My biggest surprise was the change in the amount of plaque in my mouth. Since I wear Invisalign aligners 22+ hours a day, I have brush them and my teeth often as the plaque quickly builds up on both surfaces. However, since I’ve been using the Crest Pro-Health Clinical Line, the plaque build up on my aligners is almost nonexistent! I’ve been pretty amazed by it and it’s made wearing Invisalign aligners much easier and less of a hassle.

Crest Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control toothpaste claims to help keep plaque from coming back, and in my experience this is a true statement. It certainly helps you enjoy a fresher feeling mouth, too. I’ll definitely be using these products from here on out.

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Disclosure: I wrote this review while participating in a test drive campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Crest and Oral-B and received product samples to facilitate my candid review. Mom Central Consulting sent me a promotional gift to thank me for taking the time to participate

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Doctors recommend that we have at least 8 hours of sleep per day for good health. On the average, most of us sleep between 6 to 10 hours which means that we spend 1/3 of our lives in bed. Because of that, many back problems can then be closely related to the condition of the mattress that we sleep on.

If you experience back pain as a cause of medical condition, or even just because of a long and tiring day at work, it is important that you know how to choose the right mattress for you to alleviate and totally prevent any back pain. We need at least 8 hours of sleep per day as it is during this time that our body, spine and muscles can take some rest to recuperate from all the day's activities to be rejuvenated for yet another busy day. If during this time, the body and spine is not getting the essential support that it needs from the mattress, the body will work double time to adapt to the mattress thus can cause back pain.

Most people believe that a firm mattress is the solution to prevent any back pain But this is not always the case as the firmness and support of mattress can vary from person to person and can be affected by a lot of factors like weight and height of the person who will use the mattress. Heavier and taller people will require more support so they will not sink in to the mattress thus getting their needed support, as compared to medium sized person.

To guide you in choosing the support and firmness of your mattress, consider this general rule:

• Firmer mattress is recommended for people weighing 90 kilos and above
• Medium mattress is best for people who weighs between 55 to 90 kilos
• Softer mattress is for individuals who weighs less than 55 kilos or for children

With this in mind, it will now be easy for you to find the right mattress that will give your body the right amount of support while you sleep.

If you are ready to shop for your bedroom furniture and mattress, you can check out TheRoomPlace.com bedroom and mattress selection.

TheRoomPlace.com is an online shop which offers different mattresses from different manufacturer like Englander, Medallion, and Simmons. The mattresses from their site are available in different sizes, firmness and price, so you will surely find the right mattress that matches your body weight and comfort preferences.

Sleeping on an uncomfortable mattress has a significant effect on the quality and quantity of sleep that one will get. The more comfortable you are with your mattress, the more you will help your body to recuperate while you sleep and thus can help avoid back pain.

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Ziploc® Perfect Portions™ Bags are the latest innovation from the Ziploc^® Brand. They're used for storing and freezing bulk foods and individual portions of poultry, meat, fish, and more. These are great if you shop the sales and stock up on items like ground meat, chicken breasts, and fish. They’re also much easier – and cheaper – to use than a food vacuum sealer.

Here’s how I use them when wild caught salmon is on sale. I love wild caught salmon because it’s delicious and full of healthy omega-3s! Did you know that buying a whole salmon is usually cheaper per pound than buying it in already cut up steaks? Just tell the person behind the fish counter that you’re interested in buying a whole fish. Then ask them if they’ll cut the fish into steaks for you. You should get the whole fish per pound price, but be sure to ask first.

When you get your salmon steaks home, open the package of fish, grab a Perfect Portions Bag and slip your hand inside the bag. Then grab the salmon steak through the bag, pull the bag over the fish while holding on to it.  Let go of the salmon steak, push the air out of the bag, twist it and then place it (and more wrapped salmon steaks) into a Ziploc® brand Freezer bag. Your hand never touches the raw fish, so you don’t need to worry about clean up or contamination. Plus, using the double bag system also help protect against freezer burn.

Try marinating your fish or meat before placing it in the Perfect Portions Bag. Then all you have to do is defrost and grill it!

Watch Rachael Ray demonstrating how she uses Perfect Portions Bags here.

Ziploc Perfect Portions Bags makes taco night easy

My neighbor likes buying ground beef in bulk during the stock up sales. She browns it and drains any fat by placing the cooked meat in a colander in the sink. (You can rinse cooked ground meat under the faucet to get rid of more fat. Then lay the meat on a paper towel to absorb any water or fat.) She then freezes it to use in later in her favorite recipes.

You can do the same thing with lean ground beef, turkey or chicken. Then weigh out a portion (usually a pound) of already cooked meat to use in spaghetti sauce, chili or taco soup. Just place the cooked ground lean meat in a Perfect Portions™ Bags and freeze for later use. Even better, in many recipes there’s no need to thaw out the meat. Just add it to your recipe while you’re cooking!

If you have taco night at your house, take it a step further and combine the browned meat with your favorite taco seasonings and cook it like you normally do. (Make a double, triple or quadruple sized batch.) Let it cool, then divide into a portion your family would normally eat (a pound or two depending on your family’s size and if you like leftovers). Add the already cooked up taco meat to a Ziploc Perfect Portions Bag and freeze. Then all you have to do is thaw out a bag in the refrigerator the night or morning before.

If you forget to thaw it out, just heat it up in the imicrowave. Ziploc Perfect Portions™ Bags can be used in the microwave on the defrost setting only. Place bag on a microwave safe dish and cook until warm. Do not overheat contents as the bag may melt. Instead, you may want to heat it up just enough to remove it from the bag. Then heat it up to the desired temperature and serve with no fat “refried” beans, grilled fajita veggies, homemade guacamole, fresh salsa, cilantro and corn tortillas.

Ziploc^® Brand products are available in grocery, mass merchandise and drug stores nationwide at suggested retail prices ranging from $1.09 to $4.59.

Enter the Great American FreshOver™ Sweepstakes

Ziploc® is hosting The Great American FreshOver™ Sweepstakes from February 29, 2012 through May 5, 2012. You can enter on the Ziploc® Brand Facebook page by “liking” the page and offering a FreshOver™ food idea tip or recipe.

During the sweepstakes, you can win access to exclusive Rachael Ray videos and tips, weekly prize drawings, coupons and one lucky grand prize winner will win a trip for two to experience the ultimate culinary experience in America’s food capital – New York City. Grand prize winners will stay in New York City for three nights and four days, can eat at the most sought after “fresh” restaurants and swap recipes with Rachael Ray. No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to participate.

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Disclosure: I have partnered with Ziploc^® and am being compensated for my posts. However, my opinions on the product are my own.

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If there’s one thing I’m very conscientious of when cooking is to keep things clean. Not just tidy but germ free, especially when I’m handling raw foods like meat, chicken or eggs. That’s why I wanted to try out the Lysol No-Touch Kitchen System.

Don’t believe that germs are an issue in your kitchen? Take the Undercover Kitchen Challenge and see for yourself. (I got 5 out of 8 on the first try.)

Trying out the Lysol No-Touch Kitchen System

Lysol’s automatic, hands-free dispenser comes with a multi purpose formula that cleans dishes, helps you clean messy surfaces, and kills bacteria when you use it as a hand washing soap.

I received a starter kit to test drive that came with Sparkling Tangerine scented soap. (You can also get it with  Shimmering Berry soap.) The starter kit includes a dispenser, a 8.5oz refill and three AA batteries. Refills are available in Sparkling Tangerine, Shimmering Berry, and Sunkissed Lemon.

At first I was really skeptical. I find Lysol products a bit strong, but the soap didn’t dry out my hands. However, I felt  that the Lysol No-Touch Kitchen System dispensed a little too much soap for hand washing. .

Even so, I was impressed at how well Lysol's soap washed dishes and how the amount dispensed was perfect to wash several greasy pans at a time.

This  was especially evident when I was at my husband’s apartment during a house hunting trip. (He’s living in Georgia for a new job, while the kids and I stay in Colorado until the end of the school year.) He had bought generic dish soap that barely lasted long enough to clean one dish! The experience made me appreciate the cleaning power of Lysol’s dish soap.

I also used it to clean the grease off my stove top. It worked well and didn’t create too many suds. Still I prefer using a spray than dish soap and a wet sponge on kitchen surfaces.

In addition, I liked the orangey scent and appreciated having a hands free soap dispenser when I was cutting up raw meat recently. Finally something that helped me keep my hands germ free when cooking! I’ll definitely purchase a refill bottle when I run out so I always have a hands free soap dispenser next to my sink when I’m cooking.

For a chance to win a No Touch Kitchen System with a year supply of soap complete these two steps:

• Share the Undercover Challenge with your friends below
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Disclosure: This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Lysol. The opinions and text are all mine. Official Sweepstakes Rules

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Since undergoing Invisalign teeth straightening treatment, I’ve been obsessed with that fresh feeling you get after visiting the dentist. Since I wear aligners 22 hours out of the day, I’m so bothered by “yuck mouth” that I’ve woken up in the middle of the night just to brush my teeth! I also go through toothpaste and toothbrushes like crazy since I’m always brushing my teeth.

That’s why I’m working with Mom Central on the Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Test Drive Program. They’ve provided me with a supply of Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control products, including:

• Crest Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Toothpaste
• Crest Pro-Health Clinical Rinse (not shown above)
• Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Pro-Flex Toothbrush
• Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Protection Floss (Glide)

Now, I’m a fan of Oral-B dental products and love, love, love their Glide floss. It’s the only brand I buy. It’s my husband’s preferred brand, too, so I buy the bulk pack at Costco so we always have Glide floss on hand. However, I’ve never liked the taste of Crest since I was little kid. However, I’m willing to give Crest Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Toothpaste a try to see if the trade off of taste for that “just visited the dentist” feeling is worth it.

I’ll be using Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control products (at least) twice daily for six to eight weeks. And I’ll be posting a review to let you know how I liked the products and if I’ve seen any changes in my oral health.  Hope you’ll stop by to read about my experiences in a few weeks!

Pro-Health Clinical Olympic Games Sweepstakes

While I’m test driving Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control products, why don’t you check out their Pro-Health Clinical Olympic Games Sweepstakes for a chance to win trip to the London 2012 Olympic Games?  To enter the sweepstakes visit crestoralbclinical.com/olympicgamessweeps. You’ll also have a chance to enter into a weekly drawing to receive the full product line of Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control products. The sweepstakes begins on March 15th and runs through May 31st.

What are your favorite toothpaste, floss, mouthwash and toothbrush brands?

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Disclosure: I wrote this review while participating in a test drive campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Crest and Oral-B and received product samples to facilitate my candid review. Mom Central Consulting sent me a promotional gift to thank me for taking the time to participate.

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It’s been a month since I started using Cindy Crawford’s Meaningful Beauty five-step skin care treatment. In case you didn’t read my first Meaningful Beauty skin care post, I was given the following skin care products to try:

• Skin Softening Cleanser
• Antioxidant Day Crème SPF 20 UVA/UVB
• Firming Chest and Neck Crème
• Lifting Eye Crème
• Creme de Serum
• Travel Size Glowing Serum (extra gift)
• Glycolic Treatment Pads (extra gift)

While I can say I really like the Meaningful Beauty skin care system, I didn’t see any miracles either. Not that I was expecting any. I already take good care of my skin, and have to give thanks to my mom for teaching me to do so. She worked for Elizabeth Arden in the ‘50s and ‘60s and Mary Kay in the ‘70s and showed me how important it is to have a good skin care routine. Also, my dad was always concerned about skin cancer and made sure I always used sun block, which I do to this day. Plus, I inherited my mom’s terrific skin and like her, I look younger than I really am.

Not that my skin’s so perfect that it can’t be improved. But it would take some drastic measures, like Botox, to remove the few lines (mostly around my mouth and between my eyebrows) that I’m self-conscious about. Also, I think it’s time to get a professional facial to get some clogged pores cleaned up. There’s only so much you can do at home.

The benefits of using the Meaningful Beauty skin care system

• It’s a very easy skin care system to use. While there are several products to use in the morning, you can go through your routine quickly.
• I really like the Skin Softening Cleanser. It removed makeup and oils well, and didn’t leave my skin feeling too dry.
• I had some major breakouts due to stress in the past few weeks. While Meaningful Beauty didn’t prevent pimples, I noticed that my skin cleared up much more quickly than usual – sometimes in a day or two! Also, it was easy to use an acne flare up product with the Meaningful Beauty skin care routine.
• I like that the day crème has SPF 20.
• I love that a chest and neck crème are included as those areas are neglected by other skin care lines.
• My skin seems better moisturized.
• Price wise, the Meaningful Beauty skin care system is  reasonable – $40 for a 30-day supply (including free shipping
• It has a 60-day guarantee.

Some suggested improvements to the skin care line

• I’d like to see a night cream added to the regular skin care routine. I think a night time moisturizing treatment is very beneficial. Plus, it’s a nice treat after a long, stressful day.
• I’d also like to see a lip treatment added. No point having great looking skin if your lips are peeling and cracked.
• Please add a hand treatment. My mom always says you can tell a woman’s true age by looking at her neck and hands. Well, I must be 90 because my hands look awful.

I was pleasantly surprised I liked Meaningful Beauty as much as I did. I wasn’t expecting much and feel that the skin care product line did a good job keeping my skin clean, moisturized and protected from the sun. All in all, I recommend checking out Cindy Crawford’s Meaningful Beauty skin care routine yourself!

What skin care products do you use?

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Disclosure; I wrote this review while participating in a test drive campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Meaningful Beauty and received a 5-step treatment kit to facilitate my review, a second 5-step treatment kit to giveaway, and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.

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Last week I wrote about skin care products for the winter that I love. While I have favorites, I’m not very loyal when it comes to beauty systems. I feel that after using something on your face for six months to a year, it stops working and you need to change product lines.

That’s why I was interested in trying out Cindy Crawford’s Meaningful Beauty anti-aging skin care line as what I was using wasn’t improving my skin, just maintaining it. I wanted something that would work on softening some of the lines I started to see around my mouth and between my eyebrows. I also wanted to find something that was moisturizing but wouldn’t make me break out like the last skin care line I experimented with or that would irritate my skin like the line I tried before that.

Trying out a little Meaningful Beauty

If you’ve seen a picture of Cindy Crawford lately, she looks just as fantastic as she did 10, 15, even 20 years ago. Cindy’s secret is that she’s been working with French anti-aging specialist Dr. Jean-Louis Sebagh and following “Age Maintenance” approach to skin care. Cindy and Dr. Sebagh have partnered to bring his anti-aging skin care formulas to women everywhere.

I was given the following Meaningful Beauty products to try:

• Skin Softening Cleanser
• Antioxidant Day Crème SPF 20 UVA/UVB
• Firming Chest and Neck Crème
• Lifting Eye Crème
• Creme de Serum
• Travel Size Glowing Serum (extra gift)
• Glycolic Treatment Pads (extra gift)

I was also given a kit to give to someone meaningful in my life, my friend Merrie. It was nice being able to treat her to something she wouldn’t normally buy for herself.

Please note: the two kits that are available online here are somewhat different from what I was given to review.

One week’s findings

So far, I like the Meaningful Beauty anti-aging skin care products. They don’t make me break out or irritate my skin. I also like that the line contains a cream with SPF 15 for your décolletage area as most skin care lines neglect that area. Almost all the products with the exception of the cleanser can be taken in your carry on luggage, too. Finally, I liked that the system came with a water resistant card that explained the day and night skin care routine, so you could keep it next to the bathroom sink until you had the routine down.

The products smell just OK, not great but not awful either. I wish a night cream was included in what I got as I love a good night cream. The glycolic treatment pads are a bit harsh and burn my skin a little, so I only use them once a week.

Have I noticed any changes? Well, my skin seems better moisturized and glows a bit. It’s also not as greasy in my T-zone area at the end of the day. If I do get a pimple, it heals more quickly than before.

Price wise, Meaningful Beauty is very reasonable – about what you’d pay for a similar line at a drugstore. However, I think the quality is better, especially the Creme de Serum and the Glowing Serum products. I’ve paid $40-60 for similar serum products from Mary Kay and Arbonne. Considering that the whole line costs $40 for a 30-day supply (including free shipping), it’s a bargain. Also, since it has a 60-day guarantee, it’s worth trying out yourself.

What anti-aging skin care products do you use?

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Disclosure: I wrote this review while participating in a test drive campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf Meaningful Beauty and received a 5-step treatment kit to facilitate my review, a second 5-step treatment kit to giveaway, and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.

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I was recently introduced to a cool new kids’ activity site that will encourage them to “live it up, mess it up, then clean it up” – Clorox Clean-Up Recipes For Fun.

It features two cooking related areas. First, there’s Creative Cooking where kids are encouraged to play with their food and create edible masterpieces. Many of these recipes would be fun for Halloween or birthday parties like Potted Night Crawler Cups, which features gummy worms “crawling” out of dirt made from crushed up Oreos or Ooey Gooey Critters where kids can make “bugs” out of pretzels, peanuts, marshmallows and melted chocolate chips.

Clorox Clean-Up Recipes for Fun also features a Kiddie Cooking section for young Iron Chefs in the making. Sample recipes include "Hands-on" banana muffins, Beans on Toast (one of my kids’ favorites!) and Easy English Muffin Pizza.

While there are a lot of treat recipes in both sections, there are many healthy choices such as Healthy Race Car Snack, Healthy Peanut Butter Dip and Crunchy Cauliflower Salad. Here’s a Creative Cooking recipe I particularly liked because it’s simple, yummy and good for you! And what kids doesn’t like making (and eating) popsicles?

Yummy Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles

Ingredients For Fun:

• 2 cups strawberries cut up into pieces
• 2 cups low fat vanilla yogurt
• paper cups (approximately 12)
• wooden sticks (approximately 12)

How To Make It:

1. Combine strawberries and yogurt. Mix well.
2. Fill cups with mixture.
3. Cover cups with aluminum foil. Insert stick into each cup.
4. Freeze popsicles until they’re firm.

Win an Ultimate Mess Party

To celebrate their new Recipes for Fun site, Clorox has launched the Ultimate Mess Party Sweepstakes. All you need to do is register to their website. By doing so, you’re automatically entered into the grand prize for a chance to win $10,000 toward an Ultimate Mess Party. Plus, you’ll be eligible to INSTANTLY win one of the daily $100 gift cards just for viewing recipes.

In addition, if you share a recipe, you’ll get a coupon for $1 off Clorox® Clean-Up® instantly and receive 10 extra grand prize entries. Also, Clorox Clean-Up is instantly awarding free Clorox® Clean-Up® coupons and $100 gift cards from a variety of retailers for just viewing their recipes.

Check it out and get cooking!

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Disclosure: I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Clorox Clean-Up Recipes for Fun blogging program, for 8,000 My SocialMoms Rewards Points. For more information on this program, click here and see the Terms link.

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Thanks to Walgreens for underwriting this post. I was paid as a member of the Clever Girls Collective, but the content is all mine. Visit discoverbeautywithin.com.

If you have one beauty resolution this winter, it should be to protect your skin and your family’s skin from winter weather. Not only is it cold, but the air is drier due to indoor heating. That means you need to keep your scalp, skin and hair hydrated to look and feel good. You don’t have to spend a fortune either as many products available at drugstores like Walgreens will do the trick.

Here are some of my family’s favorite scalp, hair and skin care products from head to toe:

• On my hair I like to use a deep conditioner like Garnier Fructis 3-Minute Undo Triple Nutrition Dryness Reversal Hair Treatment once a week. I also use Garnier Fructis Style Sleek & Shine Anti-Humidity Strong Smoothing Milk to keep the frizzies and static electricity at bay.
• My son’s scalp gets super dry during the winter. Regular dandruff shampoo wasn’t cutting it, so now he’s using Neutrogena T/Gel Therapeutic Shampoo. It smells medicinal, but it works. Plus, my dermatologist recommended it.
• For the daytime, I use a moisturizer with 28 SPF. My favorite is another Garnier product - Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renew Anti-Sun-Damage Daily Moisture Lotion. If you’re going outside even for a little while, you MUST wear sunscreen. Yes, even in the winter.
• Make sure your kids should use sunscreen if they’re playing outside especially when they’re skating, sledding or skiing as the ice and snow are very reflective.
• At night, I like to use Alba Botanica Advanced Sea Plus Renewal Cream. It’s creamy, but not gooey and a good value at around $14-15. Many natural moisturizers are twice as much.
• For lips I have two favorites - Aquaphor Lip Repair during the day and Neosporin Lip Health Overnight Renewal Therapy White Petrolatum Lip Protectant at night. My lips crack and peel like crazy and both products work very well in healing my split lips. My kids like using them, too.
• For the body I don’t have a particular favorite and usually use something fancy my family has given me as a present for my birthday or over Christmas. For my kids, when they were babies I used Eucerin Original Moisturizing Creme in the big tubs. That’s what my doctor recommended and I’ve stuck by that brand for a long time. Both my kids feel that the stuff in the tub is too greasy for them now and they prefer Eucerin Original Moisturizing Lotion instead. My husband likes using the thick stuff from the tub for his cracked feet.
• For hands I use Eucerin Plus Intensive Repair Hand Creme. My skin on my hands seem to shrink from the cold weather and they literally hurt. Keeping them moisturized frequently helps.
• Burt’s Bees has two wonderful foot creams - Burt's Bees Honey & Bilberry Foot Creme Honey & Bilberry and Burt's Bees Coconut Foot Creme Coconut. These are best used at night since they’re thick and greasy. Apply the cream then put on light cotton socks. If you have cotton gloves, use either as an intensive, overnight hand cream.

All of these terrific and effective products are under $16 at places like Walgreens. If you shop the sales and use coupons, you can pay even less. So don’t use cost as an excuse not to protect your skin – and your family’s skin – from the ravages of winter weather.

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