REVIEW: Nature's Bounty® Hair, Skin, & Nail Gummies

Nature's Bounty® Hair, Skin, & Nail Gummies <-----click this link for more info!

I received a bottle of 80 Nature's Bounty Hair Skin & Nails gummies via Smiley360 to review and share information on.
Smile360 periodically gives panelists an opportunity to qualify for "challenges" to try out products. After being declined for the Oxiclean challenge (weird because i use cleaning products a lot..) and a dentures one, this is my first challenge.
The box arrived 3-26-14 and contained the Gummies, a somewhat flimsy plastic purple compact mirror, a somewhat flimsy plastic bright pink dual side foldable nail sander, 2 elastic pieces of fabric that I think are suppose to be...hair ties according to Smiley360, and 5 sample packs that include 2 gummies and a $1 off coupon. All the accessory items have the logo on them.
I do take Vitamin D gummies on occasion, but i don't think that hair/skin/nails gummies would be something i would pick up on my own. Why not? #1. I didn't know they existed, and #2. i would not know if they would even work just looking at the bottle. But my nails are pretty rough, especially with a stressful labor intensive job that reduces freshly painted nails to mere flecks of color in under 2 hours. 15 minutes in, there are large chips. My hair i also kind of a thick tangly wreck. So we will see if I have any hair or nail improvements.
I took 2 gummies last night and 2 this morning.
The gummies are little pink circles that are strawberry flavored. There is no bad taste or after-taste, and they do taste like berry.
I went to the website and they have a wide range of products- some of which are super fruit diet pills. This concerns me as I know the majority of them are scams as they contain a very tiny percent of he product advertised- not enough to make a difference.
I have visited the Smiley360 page and like at BzzAgent, the "reviews" already up are of people lacking punctuation and spelling checkers, who haven't tried it yet, are just happy to get it, or have used it once and are gushing about how happy they are to have received it. Some are saying they think it might be working already after a use or two. Some talk about how "yummy" or "tasty" they are and at least one person says it's a great product even though they have not been taking them long enough to tell if they work yet. Those are NOT reviews.  Those are people who are very happy to get free products and they seem to think that if they give a positive review to everything they try, they will keep getting more free things to try. "Reviewing" a health product, a vitamin by just saying how "yummy" it is is useless and unethical. You are not reviewing candy that is sold on taste for much less. You are reviewing a vitamin, I would not pay $20 for a bottle of candy. Would you? 
I will wait until I have an opinion, and then post mine. I think the aim of these sites is less honest reviews and more word of mouth. They want you to share on your Twitter or your Facebook. I find that when people post about things like this, it is regarded as spam, and those people are removed from updates and feeds etc. I don't wish to spam people who couldn't care less, but I will share with family and friends, and write honest reviews online.
Hair ties: These are too small to loop twice- they can't hold my thick hair. :( I am using them anyways.
Mirror: Keeping it in my coffee table drawer.
Nail file/buffer: Have not used.

Here are the basics:

cost: $5.79 at Walmart, while Amazon wants about $16. unable to find a cost on website.
claims:
ingredients:
Corn Syrup, Sugar, Dicalcium Phosphate, Grape Juice Color Concentrate, Gelatin (red flag), Modified Food Starch, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Natural Strawberry Flavor, Black Carrot Juice Color Concentrate, Maltodextrin, Fractionated Coconut Oil (Contains one or more of the following: Carnauba Wax, Beeswax), Silica.
No Artificial Flavor, No Milk, No Lactose, No Soy, No Gluten, No Wheat, No Yeast, No Fish. Sodium Free.
Calories=15
Total Carbohydrate= 4g (1%)
Sugars=2g
Vitamin C (as Asorbic Acid)=15 mg (25%)
Biotin (as d-Biotin)=2,500 mcg or 2.5 mg (833%)
Statement:

I will update regularly any changes!

Day 2 (3/27/14): No change. Nails are still short and easily crackable. Hair still he same thick tangly mess with hairs constantly shedding. I hope it doesn't get thicker!

April 3rd- no change

April 7th (11 days in) - no change. two nails broke last night.

Note: This product has been provided to me at no cost to myself by Smile360 on behalf of Nature's Bounty. 

REVIEW: Schick Hydro Silk- Doesn't Do What It Says, But Still Performs Blade Wise: Grade: C

I received this razor, a coupon for free shaving cream, and 4 coupons for $3 off the razor via BzzAgent.
First, let me state that prices range for this razor and what is included. Buy only the set that comes with 3 extras, because the price is the same! Although that ranges depending where you buy. CVS is one of the most expensive at over $12, and Walgreen is around that price as well. Walmart seems to have one of the lowest prices at around $8.
Claims:
The BzzAgent guide advertises it as a razor made to prevent nicks, cuts, razor burn, redness, and sensitivity. Specifically for people with sensitive skin that is easily irritated and red afterwards. The moisture strip along with the 5 blades is supposed to be the source behind it.

My impressions:
Day 1:
The first time i used this it really was the best shave ever. No cuts or nicks on ankles or knees. I did have some redness and sensitivity on underarms as with any razor because it didn't give the close shave there that it promised, and I was required to shave over and over at least 4-5 times. But no leg irritation and a smooth shave. The razor even comes with a little snap case that covers the blades that prevents you from cutting yourself if you put the razor in a bag. It contains 2 replacement cartridges.

Day 2:
Still a good shave, but I discovered the secret behind the "moisture strip" or the "slug strip" as I call it. It's a sticky clear strip on the top and it leaves behind a trail of clear slime where you shave. But since you usually shave in the shower, it gets washed away before you see it. This strip also wears down every use, and becomes less effective.


Day 3:
The moisture strip is deteriorating and almost gone. The shave is not as great, and slightly uneven.

Day 4:
The first day I shaved, I was cautious. Expecting nicks and cuts that never came. By Day 4 caution was out the window and I was shaving like a normal person. That's when I received the cut on my ankle. PICTURED. The slug strip is all gone except for a tiny patch that clings stubbornly to a corner on the top. The 5 blades are still providing a good shave, but it's not moisturizing, it's not nick or cut free, and there is some irritation.

Day 12:
Yes I am still using this razor after 12 days. It is still sharp enough which is why I give this razor a C+ instead of a D or F.  I am back to shaving carefully the way I always did; ready for a nick or cut, avoiding ankles and knees, no longer carefree. There is occasional redness as well. The only feature that remains that is working is those 5 blades.

Conclusion:
Well, this moisture slug strip is what's behind the shave that they claim puts an end to nicks, cuts, redness, and sensitivity, and that strip is gone in 3 uses. So on that claim, it's just like any other razor , only with claims that it cannot back up. It reminds me of the razor years ago with the bar of soap attached. It did work better... until the soap dried out and the blade became dull before the soap was gone.
However, the 5 blades do offer a closer shave (everywhere but underarms!) and especially in harder to reach areas, it performs better than others. This may be the blade design combined with the razor shape. If I am still using this blade over a week later before sit gets too dull to use, that's something I didn't get before.
I think that Schick should drop this moisture strip that only works a few times and focus on marketing it on blade and razor design and blade longevity.
I have 2 coupons left and will be buying another set ONLY because of how long this blade set lasted.

Introduction

This blog exists to document and review product trials I receive. And the occasional product i just love.
Like many, before I buy I search the internet to see how others like something, how well it works.
It started about 7 years ago with getting product trials via survey companies- very very rarely.
Food, hairbrushes, lotion...Some were secret trials with no brand name. Nothing local is very available here aside from one company i would hear from every few years. What are the companies I signed up with?
BzzAgent...
Then I signed up wBzzAgent and got a coupon for a free Silk Soymilk and a couple of discount coupons. This was before I read how unhealthy soy is. I have since switched to almond milk by Blue Diamond who I prefer. I didn't hear from BzzAgent for YEARS after getting soy milk, some scrubbing bubbles cleaner, and then a terrible eyelash formula by super icky Loreal. Finally in 2013 I e-mailed them to complain, was put back on the invite list they had taken me off of, and by 2014 was getting invites... The problem with BzzAgent is that they claim to match you up with campaigns that are a good fit for you, and so far they have not invited me to over 10 campaigns that have been a perfect fit. Organic food, organic make-up, breakfast shakes...
I suspect it is actually completely random. But still a great chance to try new things you may end up buying. I use almond milk daily thanks to my experience with BzzAgent and trying soy milk at a time when it was not as popular as it is now.