Citrus lane review

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Well after a long wait i finally recieved our first CL boxes. One thing I didn't le right off the bat is that the boxes were both addressed to me and not my kids. It would be nice to know which box was for which kid. Also it took 6 days ( not including sunday) for it to ship from northern Cali to norther Oregon. Usually that takes 3 days tops with USPS. I did cancel my boxes as they did not meet my expectation for the new latest greatest ideas and products. Some people loved their may boxes, but I did not.

The first box is for my 3 month old little boy.  I was least pleased with his box.

The first product I will talk about is the gripe water. Although we have deffinatlynused this and I am glad to have recived it, it has been in boxes before. This is my biggest problem with the box is I had seen several reviews already list this as an item just a few months ago. I wanted CL to introduce me to new things not stuff that I probably had heard about and had seen from other moms. The gripe water has been awesome. It seems to settle little mans belly great. There is one thing I dont like. The dose for my 3 month old is one Tbls. Thats a lot to get a little guy to take from a dang dropper. So although the bottle is full-sized and seems big it really is not because the dose is large.

The travel size dapple dish soap was a great find. I stuck it in my pump bag and it fits so nicely. It has a great smell. Very mild and is colorless. Yet again this was another product i had seen before. I do plan on continuing to use the bottle for wash pump parts on the go. I have not notced a difference in the ease of cleaning. But it does not take as much to rinse off, and a little goes a long way.

The book was the best find in my little guys box. Bear Takes a Trip is a cute little story with a ryme. There is also a simple way to introduce how to tell time for older children. In my opnion its a pretty complex book for a baby, but you can never have too many books.

Another thing I had seen in other reviews of boxes where these dang keys. Correct me if I am wrong but what baby doesn't have keys? Mine now has three sets. I love the Green Toys concept but anything would have been better then keys. Again I will whine about how I was expecting new and different item. I also do not like these keys because they are HUGE.  They are also pretty heavy and very loud. Not a hit for my little guy at all. 

The Mommy Hook was the gift for mom in my sons box. Again another very popular product i had heard of, in this case i never wanted such a thing. I am going to have to get creative as to what to use it for as my stroller has a huge basket. And I don't like the concept of hanging things off the back of my stroller as I have seen strollers tip from overloading. I am going to figure something creative for it. 

Next is my 2.5 year old daughters box. I was sad that her box seemed so empty. It is a good thing her brother is really good at sharing. Lol 

I will say it again you can never have too many books. The only thing I did not like was that its a paper back and my daughter is very hard on books. It did come with a CD however we have nothing to play it on. The story is pretty good. I was expecting it to be like the wheels on the bus, but it is a story about traveling.

Hands down the best item we recieved. Different, new, something I have never seen. Inspires creativity, and I love that. I think my daughter still needs to grow into it a bit, but she does like it. Again i love this because it is differnt then what i see in the stores and it is from a green company. This was my expectation of the box overall and I only received one toy that met that. 

Wonderful concept but so not aged right for my daughter she has not had something like this in well over a year. They did not even taste good. They where very tart! My husband actually ended up eating the whole package and he even said he did not much care for them. My daughter is nearly three, she is not into dehydrated snacks. Crackers or chips would have been more appropriate in my opnion. 

The mommy gift in my daughters ox was cookies...... I only got a couple as my daughter did love these. They had a bit of an after taste. The initial taste was great but they left a residue and after taste in your mouth that was not pleasent. Also cookies being shipped in a loosly packed box made for more crumbs then anything. I did like that it was something I had never heard of! 

That all for the boxes. Like I mentioned we did cancel as the boxes where just not for us. If you are a first time mom it would probably serve you great. If your a experianced green mom, I would save the money, stalk their facebook page and buy the thing you see that interest you. As a experianced mom I feel let down by a services that promises latest and greatest and gives 90% of things I had already known about, and did not really want. I did really love that CL sent personalized surveys to my emails. I love the concept and the company seems good, but I would only recommend them to new moms with one child or twins. 

I will keep my eye on the company maybe we will try again after they have aged their concept a bit more. For now they are simply not worth 50 dollars a month. We plan to enroll our daughter in classes this fall instead.

 

The Honest Company free trial review

My honest company review is deffinatly not the best they will ever receive, or that you will read.

The one thing I did like was the diapers. They have a great texture, and just feel softer. I love the waist band that wraps all the way around. My sons skin did seem less irritated by these diapers. The places where diapers rub around his legs and waist were less red at diaper changing time. The soiled diapers also had a different feel to them. The felt more like wet saw dust, compared to the normal squishy gelly feel.

The wipes seemed like any others to me. Although they did seem to be more scent free then ordinary wipes.


The laundry detergent was quite orderless, and colorless. I did like that. But I did not notice a difference in my cloths after they where washed. Also youH use one once per load, and with our current detergent we use half of that.

The shampoo was my least favorite item. It was very thin and you had to use a ton. I used the entire sample in one shower, that was between my 2 year olds hair and mine. I still needed to use more shampoo in my hair after the sample was gone, so I really didnt feel like I got to try it at all. Mind you I have pretty thick hair. When I called to cancel the subrcptions the representitive told me it was an old formula in the sample kit and that the new sample worked fine in her thick hair. The smell of the shampoo is really great though.

The hand soap is very thin like the shamoo. It also has a very fufu flowery smell I am not fond of.  My hands do seem less dryed out after washing. I dont think hand soap is the best sample to send out with lotion because I cant get a good feel for what is making a change when multiple product are all changing at once.

The healing balm is interesting. It has help decrese the dryness on my sons legs pretty well. Got ride of the ashey peely skin. It is very oily and slightly gritty. It does blend in nicely, but you still feel pretty oiled up. I found it has also really helped the dryness on my elbows. I also like that a little bit goes a long ways!

The face and body lotion is ok. I find it also very thin, and it has that same fufu smell. The thing that bothers me about the smell is it is not sothing my husband will use, and I dont like using such powerful smells on the kids. Its mild enough yes but still very noticeable.

I am probably not the best reviewer for their products as we already use a lot of green products. As mentioned before our laundry detergent, we also use green cleaners, and a few green beauty products.  If the diapers and wipes bundle was close to comprable to what we pay at Costco I would have kept that service. Alas, no matter how i try to figure it we would spend 20 dollars more a month with Honest diapers. Maybe if  I had seen a huge difference in the quality of diapers, or if they really made a differnece in my suns skin or rashes, I would pay the extra.

If you have any questions I would love to answer them. I recommend trying honest if you are not yet using other green products. The healing balm is great i recommend that for sure. I will keep trying other products and keep this as a living review. Honest gave a mothers day 10.00 credit so that says something about the company. Please feel free to use this link to start using Honest.

http://honest.com/accept_invitation/267313