Beneficial Products for the Great Outdoors
Focus Focus! Vitamin by KalaVita
I take vitamins and supplements for quite a few different purposes, including one for my hair, skin, and nails (combination vitamin for me). As I get older, and after having kids, your skin and hair and nails can become thin, brittle, easy to damage and hard to heal. Dull. Prone to breaks (hair and nails) and wrinkles, dry and/or oily patches, and just thinner skin in general (which is a main reason why your skin wrinkles).
I just tried these new chews (think gummies) that are also said to improve brain function, as well as improve energy levels. They taste nice- like a gummy bear without the over the top sweetness. I take them as the last supplement, since they can get rid of that weird aftertaste some vitamins leave in your mouth. Sort of like a palate cleanser in a way.
Focus Focus! by KalaVita; delicious vegan gummies powered by nature, with no artificial flavors, sugar-free and gluten-free.
Focus Focus! Promotes focus & concentration, with ingredients like L-Theanine, an amino acid naturally found in tea leaves, it keeps you calm, regulated, and clear for lift-off, and Neumentix, a clinically proven ingredient from patented spearmint lines to support focus during the day without disrupting sleep at night.
We know that you wouldn’t recommend to your audience something that you haven’t tried or thoroughly researched before. That’s why we’d love to send you some Focus Focus! samples, to you for trying them and include them in one of your future listicles, or stories. We want to connect you and your audience with KalaVita’s value of optimizing their daily health and wellness with innovation, simplicity, and delight.
More Information, via the website
- Help improve concentration, memory, and cognitive function, without the caffeine jitters or 3 PM slump
- Formulated with Neumentix™ to improve focus, memory, and cognitive functions; Guarana extract and L-Theanine to sharpen concentration and boost energy level
- Best 0-sugar caffeine alternative
Try it out and see what you think of it- you might find something you’d like to add to your health and beauty arsenal.
Watermelon Vegan Sleep Solution Launched: CBD+CBN Gummies
Having trouble sleeping? All natural CBD is a great way to help you get some sleep, and it’s non habit forming as well. Inflamade provides a natural health solution to those in the athletic and abilities communities with Paraben–Free CBD Creams that have over 20+ uses, amongst its drug test safe CBD oils.
Their latest product Deep Sleep CBD + CBN Vegan Gummies combines the power of CBD + CBN – and works to put your mind at ease and sleep throughout the night. With 20mg CBD + 5mg CBN, and 3mg Melatonin per watermelon gummy, products are lab tested to ensure 0% THC and 100% Drug Test Safe.
The compounds CBD and CBN have different impacts on the body, but when combined, they aid in alleviating restless nights and insomnia.
CBD is the most-widely used compound of the two and is found in cannabis and hemp plants. Its anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties can be added to everything from beauty products, to food, to tinctures here at Inflamade.
CBN is less-widely used and this is due to less research on the compound’s benefits and side effects. In recent years, its popularity has continued to grow due to its potential benefits in aiding sleep and alleviating pain.
These new CBD + CBN gummies are engineered to help with REM sleep. Plus, Melatonin is also good for inducing sleep as well as healing and relieving pain. According to the National Pain Report, melatonin may reduce pain and insomnia in patients suffering from fibromyalgia, a natural hormone that helps the body regulate sleep and wake cycles.
Vegan, gluten free and made with the highest quality CO2 extracted CBD – working naturally with your bodies, Inflamade CBD gummies aim to help the body with pain and discomfort, enhancing the healing process to soothe joint and muscle discomfort.
Inflamade.com ships directly to your doorstep, with free shipping in the USA. Retailing at $70 for 30 gummies.
Check out https://inflamade.com to see the full range of products, and choose the one(s) that are right for you.
Looking to Spice Up Your Cooking?
Looking to shake things up in the kitchen? Check out these spices, rubs, and foodie finds.
Price: $3.99 – $44.99
Rainier Foods is the maker of delicious premium spice blends. From vegetables to chicken, pork, beef, seafood, and snacks, they have the right seasoning for any recipe. Bulk rubs are also available. A family-owned business located in the shadow of Mt. Rainier in Washington, they source the finest ingredients, with all products made locally to ensure the best quality from the Pacific Northwest. The brand proudly donates 1% of sales to the Washington National Park Fund. Also available on Amazon.
WIN! Disney, Nike, Lego, Google series by Lowey Bundy Sichol
Idea Makers shares the incredible stories of 15 women who changed the world through their entrepreneurship. Author Lowey Bundy Sichol presents five industries that women are leading in recent years: food, fashion and clothing, health and beauty, science and technology, and education.
Jenn Hyman brought couture fashion to everyday women with her idea to Rent the Runway. Morgan DeBaun supports Black journalists through Blavity. And Sandra Oh Lin is inspiring kids everywhere with KiwiCo activity boxes.
Readers learn about how the women featured risked their early careers, gave up their salaries, and sometimes even went against the approval of their families to follow their passions and start their own businesses. Today, these women are modern leaders worth billions of dollars and employing tens of thousands of individuals, including Kathleen King (Tate’s Cookies), Christina Tosi (Milk Bar), Payal Kadakia (ClassPass), Alli Webb (Drybar), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe), Sandra Oh Lin (KiwiCo), Reshma Saujani (Girls Who Code), and Jenn Hyman (Rent the Runway).
Young women today are embracing innovation and idea making, and the women profiled in Idea Makers will show them how that can change the world.
The From an Idea to… series by Lowey Bundy Sichol, MBA, is the world’s first entrepreneurship biographies for kids, introducing them to business and entrepreneurship and inspiring them to become entrepreneurs, business leaders, and problem solvers themselves through grit and passion.
Ever wonder how Nike became the athletics empire it is today? From an Idea to Nike digs into the marketing campaigns and strategy that turned this running-shoe company into the outfitter for many athletes as well as the iconic American brand. With infographics and engaging visuals throughout, this behind-the-scenes look into the historical and business side of Nike will be an invaluable resource for kids interested in what makes this business run. Find out where the name Nike came from and how the famous swoosh became the signature logo. Learn about the company’s first marketing campaign with a star athlete. (Hint: It wasn’t Michael Jordan!) Explore the ways Nike expanded marketing from running to basketball, soccer, golf, and beyond!
From an Idea to Lego is a behind-the-bricks look into the world’s famous toy company, with humorous black & white illustrations throughout.
Today, LEGO is one of the biggest toy companies in the world, but a long time ago, a Danish carpenter, Ole Kirk Christiansen, started with just an idea. Find out more about LEGO’s origins, those famous bricks, and their other inventive toys and movie ventures in this illustrated nonfiction book! Find out the origin the name “LEGO.” (Hint: it combines two Danish words.) See how LEGO grew from a carpentry shop to a multi-platform toy company. Discover how LEGO bricks are made and how they came up with their design.
From an Idea to Disney is a behind-the-movie-screen look into the history, business, and brand of the world’s largest entertainment empire. With humorous black & white illustrations throughout, learn about the company behind the world’s favorite mouse, Mickey!
Today, the Walt Disney Company is the biggest entertainment company in the world with theme parks, TV shows, movie studios, merchandise, the most recognizable cartoon character in the world, Mickey Mouse. But a long time ago, brothers Walt and Roy Disney started out with just an idea. Find out what Walt first intended to name his famous mouse. (Hint: It wasn’t Mickey!) Discover behind-the-scenes magic of how Walt Disney World is run. Explore the ways the Disney expanded its brand from a little mouse into media, merchandise, and more!
From an Idea to Google is a behind-the-computer-screen look into the history, business, and brand of the world’s largest search engine. With humorous black & white illustrations throughout, learn about the company that even earned its own catchphrase: Google it!
Today, Google is the number one internet search engine and the most visited website in the world. But a long time ago, two college friends, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, started out with just an idea. Find out where the name “Google” came from. (Hint: It involves a LOT of zeros!) Discover how Google became the fastest and most popular internet search engine of all time. Explore how Google transformed from a tiny startup (in someone’s garage!) into one of the most powerful companies in the world.
Lowey Bundy Sichol (her last name rhymes with pickle) is an award-winning children’s author with an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. She is a leading expert in teaching business and entrepreneurship to kids. Lowey’s nonfiction series, From an Idea to… is the world’s first business and entrepreneurship book series for kids, and has received a 2020 Best STEM Book, a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection, and a 2020 ILA-CBC Children’s Choices Book, among others. She is also the founder of Kids Idea Tank, the nation’s biggest entrepreneurship competition for kids age 13 and younger. She lives near Chicago, Illinois. Visit her online at www.loweybundysichol.com.
Feel free to enter to win using the RC form below. Ends 4/14/2022
- US/Can only
Winner will receive:
- Idea Makers: 15 Fearless Female Entrepreneurs by Lowey Bundy Sichol (Chicago Review Press; 3/1/22; ISBN: 978-1641606745; Hardcover $16.99; 224 pages; Ages 12+)
- all 4 titles in the From An Idea To… series (Clarion Books; Ages 10-12; Paperback $6.99; illustrated by C.S. Jennings)
- From An Idea To Lego: The Building Bricks Behind the World’s Largest Toy Company (ISBN: 978-1328954947)
- From An Idea To Nike: How Marketing Made Nike a Global Success (ISBN: 978-1328453631)
- From An Idea To Google: How Innovation at Google Changed the World (ISBN: 978-1328954923)
- From An Idea To Disney: How Imagination Built a World of Magic (ISBN: 978-1328453617)
Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month With These Books
These books from Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing are perfect for celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Check out the following suggestions based on your child(ren)’s ages. Each month, try to expand your children’s horizons (and perhaps your own) with different authors, cultures, gender, religions- in short, points of view that might be different from your own. There is a lot to learn, and many different points of view to learn it from. S&S gives really great suggestions monthly based on your favorite topics or what age child you have- check out the website and see what is going on from month to month. You can subscribe to the newsletter as well to stay in the loop.
Books for young readers to celebrate AAPI Month
By Kat Zhang; Illustrated by Charlene Chua
5/3/22 | ISBN 9781534497351 | Ages 4-8
Amy Wu does her best to make her new classmate feel welcome in this warmhearted and playfully illustrated follow-up picture book to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao and Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon.
By Terry Fan and Eric Fan
5/3/22 | ISBN 9781534483170 | Ages 4-8
From the critically acclaimed, award-winning creators of Ocean Meets Sky and The Night Gardener comes a whimsical and sweet tale of a young girl who cares for her pet cloud as it grows.
MINDY KIM AND THE FAIRY-TALE WEDDING
By Lyla Lee; Illustrated by Dung Ho
4/5/22 | ISBN 9781534489004 | Ages 6-9
Fresh off the Boat meets Junie B. Jones in this adorable chapter book series following Mindy Kim, a young Asian American girl—in this seventh novel, Mindy’s dad and Julie get married.
By Radhiah Chowdhury; Illustrated by Lavanya Naidu
3/1/22 | ISBN 9781665903905 | Ages 4-8
Reminiscent of Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow’s Mommy’s Khimar, this beautifully woven tale about the bonds of love, culture, and memory follows a young girl learning about her family history through her grandmother’s katha chest.
By Maggie P. Chang
1/18/22| ISBN 9781534484719 | Ages 6-8
Spunky, funny, and friendly Geraldine Pu gets ready for picture day in this second book in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read Graphics series!
Adventures for Middle Grade readers
ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR
By Xiran Jay Zhao
5/10/22 | ISBN 9781665900706 | Ages 8-12
Percy Jackson meets Tristan Strong in this hilarious, action-packed middle grade contemporary fantasy that follows a young boy as he journeys across China to seal the underworld shut and save the mortal realm.
LIA PARK AND THE MISSING JEWEL
By Jenna Yoon
5/3/22 | ISBN 9781534487932 | Ages 8-12
Perfect for fans of the Storm Runner and Aru Shah series, this thrilling middle grade fantasy follows a young girl who must venture to the undersea kingdom of the Dragon King in Korea to save her parents from an evil diviner spirit.
By Kelly Yang
3/1/22| ISBN 9781534488304 | Ages 8-12
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a poignant middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience as an Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
By Hena Khan
3/9/21| ISBN 9781534459885 | Ages 8-12
In the companion novel to the beloved and award-winning Amina’s Voice, Amina once again uses her voice to bridge the places, people, and communities she loves—this time across continents.
Gripping Young Adult reads by and about Asian-Americans
MADE IN KOREA Paperback
By Rebecca Kim Wells
5/24/22 | ISBN 9781534474383 | Ages 12 and up
Frankly in Love meets Shark Tank in this feel-good romantic comedy about two entrepreneurial Korean American teens who butt heads—and maybe fall in love—while running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school.
By Jessica Jung
5/10/22| ISBN 9781534462540 | Ages 14 and up
The sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller Shine! Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl in this knockout series from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend, fashion icon, and founder of the international luxury brand, Blanc & Eclare.
SHINE Paperback
By Jessica Jung
5/10/22 | ISBN 9781534462526 | Ages 14 and up
Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl by way of Jenny Han in this knockout debut about a Korean American teen who is thrust into the competitive, technicolor world of K-pop, from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of one of the most influential K-pop girl groups of all time, Girls’ Generation.
By Hanna Alkaf
4/19/22 | ISBN 9781534494558 | Ages 12 and up
They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.
By Bethany Mangle
2/15/22 | ISBN 9781534499034 | Ages 14 and up
The Bachelor meets Gilmore Girls in this laugh-out-loud young adult romance about a girl who joins her mother on a reality dating show for single parents—only to fall for a contestant’s son.
PHO LOVE STORY Paperback
By Loan Le
date| ISBN 9781534441941| Ages 12 and up
When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their families’ age-old feud about their competing, neighboring restaurants.
By Chloe Gong
11/16/21| ISBN 9781534457720 | Ages 14 and up
Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.”
By Rebecca Kim Wells
11/16/21 | ISBN 9781534488427 | Ages 14 and up
The Cruel Prince meets A Curse So Dark and Lonely in this epic reimagining of “The Sleeping Beauty” that follows a teen girl on a quest to wake a sleeping princess in an enchanted forest, while searching for the truth behind her own deadly curse.
RENT A BOYFRIEND Paperback
By Gloria Chao
11/09/21 | ISBN 9781534462465 | Ages 12 and up
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets The Farewell in this “entertaining and nuanced” (Kirkus Reviews) romantic comedy about a college student who hires a fake boyfriend to appease her traditional Taiwanese parents, to disastrous results, from the acclaimed author of American Panda.
STORM THE EARTH Paperback
By Rebecca Kim Wells
11/02/21| ISBN 9781534454484 | Ages 14 and up
Maren and her girlfriend Kaia set out to rescue Sev and free the dragons from the corrupt emperor in the explosive finale to the journey that began with Shatter the Sky.
New and Interesting Gifts for Mother this Year #MothersDay
Wondering what to get your mom this year? Tired of the same old, same old? Here are some new and interesting ideas to check out.
Syosaku Japanese Knives #MothersDay
Is your mom the best cook around? If her happy place is the kitchen, she will love some fancy cookware for her big day. What better way to show you care then to show you know what she loves- as well as love to eat what she makes you? After all, food is love. Well, at least an expression of it.
One brand that has cookware down is Syosaku, one of Japan’s –and arguably the world’s– finest tableware brands. They specialize in creating Urushi Glass Plates and knives that are suitable for both home cooks and professional chefs alike.
Urushi is a lacquer that has been used on wood in Japan for over 9,000 years including in building the Kinkaku-Ji (the Golden Temple). Syosaku’s innovative process allows them to create beautiful glass plates. Each plate undergoes a one-month process of layering the Urushi, drying the lacquer, and painting. Since each plate is made individually, they are all one-of-a-kind pieces. Syosaku is able to fulfill custom orders, featuring any size, shape, or design that can be desired, as well ready-to-purchase plates. Urushi glass plates have incredible depth and provide vividness that cannot be found in china or porcelain.
These are truly beautiful, and one of a kind.
Each plate is individually wrapped in a newly designed package that matches the beauty of the product itself.
In addition to creating beautiful plates, Syosaku is one of Japan’s –and arguably the world’s– finest knife producers. Syosaku crafts knives that are suitable for both home cooks and professional chefs alike.
Syosaku’s knives are made in Sakai, a port city in Japan that has a centuries-long history of creating knives, originating from forging samurai swords. Each part of the knife making process is divide among different artisans and small producers who specialize in each making each part of the knife, forging the metal, creating the handles, combining the knives and finishing them. Depending on the knife, it can take up to six months for the artisans to craft a fully finished product. each knife can be custom ordered to cater to the consumer’s preference in a variety of different wooden handles, handedness, and each knife can be engraved with a name in Chinese characters. Syosaku makes kitchen knives that can be used by professional chefs and home cooks alike, ranging from $50 to $3,000.
Syosaku’s collection makes for a unique, one-of-a-kind gift for Mother’s or Father’s Day and all other celebratory occasions. There is a wide selection of ready-to-order designs and price ranges to choose from, as well as the ability to place a custom order.