Monthly Favorites for July 2016 - my favorite things from this past month!
It's time to talk Monthly Favorites again!
As always, there is food products, beauty products and things that in general make my life easier and I want to tell you about them. If you try something and love it too - let me know! I'd love to hear about that!
In my Monthly Favorites series I share my current obsessions with food products, kitchen items, sometimes even home and beauty. You can see my first post, HERE. If you recently discovered a product and love it – tell me about it in the comment section below! I’d love to see it!
1. Season's Choice Steamed Broccoli Florets
You may think this is such a weird product to have in Monthly Favorites but just hear me out. If you ever bought a bag of frozen broccoli florets just to open it and find that there are maybe 3 florets inside and the rest is chunks of stalk - you will know what I mean. I can't tell you how many times that happened to me. I even gave up and just started buying fresh broccoli which of course I had to use up quickly. Until I tried Season's Choice frozen broccoli florets that can be steamed right in the bag. This brand is available at ALDI's which I am sure you know by now - I love! I've been buying it for few months now and not one time (not even kidding) did I have a single stalk piece in the bag. Not one time! What you see on the picture on the bag - is what you get. I love using this broccoli steamed and served with our favorite Asian dishes (like THIS one) or thrown them in while still frozen into our pasta dishes.
You can get this product at ALDI stores. Price: .99 - $1.19
2. Purely Elizabeth Probiotic Granola
I am completely new to this product and I received a PR sample from Purely Elizabeth to try their granola. I received three bags of granola: the original grain-free granola, the probiotic chocolate sea salt and the banana nut. From all of them, my favorite is the original. It is crazy good! It's delicious with yogurt or milk but also as a snack as it comes in big chunks. It has cashews, dried coconut flakes and is sweetened with coconut sugar. It is absolutely delicious! My kids love it too! I place some in little ziploc bags to take with us while we run errands.
This product is available in many retailers nation wide and also on Amazon HERE.
3. Maybelline Better Skin foundation powder
This is my new favorite foundation. If you have seen it in a store and wondered how it performs - I am here to tell you that it is exactly what it says it is. It makes your skin look amazing! I was very skeptic going into trying it because it's a powder foundation. I have a combination skin and the dry parts don't like the powder. I usually just use a thin layer of powder to set my concealer, in my t-zone and like the dewy look. I am already a fan of Maybelline foundations and use the Fit Me! line on everyday basis. I love the Fit Me! concealer too!
I was excited to give this new one a try! After the first time trying it, I was blown away to see how great it looked. It visibly smooths out fine lines and evens out the tone. I would say this foundation is light to medium coverage (depends on your skin, if you have acne scaring or sun spots) so keep that in mind. But it is supposed to look like your skin, just better. I think I ordered one shade too dark for my skin which is fine right now because it's summer but for winter I will need a lighter shade. This foundation stays looking great all day. No joke! I was blow away that in the end of the day (and keep in mind it is hot and humid in Kansas right now) it looked as I just applied it. My Hubby gave me a lot of compliments on how my skin looked so this is definitely a keeper! 😀
I received this foundation for a review from Influenster.
You can find this product anywhere Maybelline products are sold and Amazon HERE - which has a $2 off coupon for it right now!
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That's all of the products that made my Favorites in the month of July. I hope you found some new ones to try and if so, let me know in the comments below! What are you obsessing with this month? 😀
Have a beautiful day, everyone!
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Sandi says
We love Purely Elizabeth granola...their oatmeal is pretty delicious too!
Sues says
Ooh I need to try that powder! I use a bb cream, but sometimes I want something lighter that will still get rid of shine!
Dee says
I'll definitely have to check these out! 🙂
Maryanne says
That granola look super tasty!
Sabrina says
My kids love broccoli! That would make dinner so much easier!
Joanie says
That granola looks like a product I need to find!
Becky says
these are great!!!
Michelle says
Love these favorites! That granola looks amazing--can't wait to try it out!