This post brought to you by éclos Skin Care. All opinions are 100% mine.

Are you getting to a "certain age" where you feel the need to improve the appearance of your skin? Maybe you live in an arid environment and want to moisturize and pamper your skin regularly so that you can look younger naturally. éclos Skin Care Products is a scientific breakthrough in natural skin care. éclos Skin Care is a plant based beauty line that can help you look younger and pamper your skin.

Researchers have found that Plant Stem Cells extracted from a rare Swiss apple, (Uttwiler Spätlauber), show tremendous ability to
stimulate skin stem cells, encouraging aging skin to behave like younger skin.  These stem cells minimize the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and
tired skin. According to the research quoted on the éclos website, 100% of women who tried these products saw results in two weeks.

Similar products used to only be available at a high cost in specialty stores.  éclos is the first brand to bring plant stem cell active ingredienst to mainstream stores at a fraction of the cost- making beautiful and younger skin available to women everywhere.

The éclos product line includes the following items:

Facial Cleanser Skin Prep: a deep cleaning formula gently lifts away makeup and daily grime, while balancing the skin's PH

Cellular Activator Face Serum: Regenerates skin cells, rehabilitates aging skin, and resists further damage

Moisture Therapy Regenerative Cream: Awakens cell renewal, brightens dull skin, and reduces lines ad wrinkles

Restorative Eye Cream: slows signs of aging, firms delicate skin, reduces fine lines

Instant Radiance Facial Scrub: activates cell renewal, removes dull dry skin cells, improves texture and tones

Skin Renewal Clay Mask: restores youthful texture of skin, absorbs dirt and impurities, and tightens and reduces pores

éclos Terry Cloth Head Band

I haven't tried these products, but knowing that they are made from plant based ingredients makes me more apt to try them.

This post brought to you by Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine.

You may or may not know that I am one of those millions of Americans who have no health insurance. Every time I visit a doctor or buy my medications, it is 100% paid out of my own pocket.  The older I get, the more I seem to have to go to the doctor. 

The Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens is now being offered at a special discount! For $35 a year, a family membership covers everyone in  your immediate family, including your spouse, dependents 22 and under and PETS!. Because my husband is covered by Veteran’s Administration health care, I would only need the plan for individuals, which is now only $20 for a year!

This great Savings Club also gives you savings on more than 8,000 brand name and generic medications; discounts on flu shots, pet prescriptions, nebulizers and diabetic supplies. You’ll also get bonuses when you buy Walgreens brand products and photo services.

I know I am going to take advantage of this special price, since Walgreen’s is everywhere. When we travle around the country, I know I can find a Walgreen’s in almost every town.

You can find more information about the Prescription Savings Club by following  Walgreens on Twitter and

Walgreens on Facebook. Go on over there and find out if this plan would help your famiyl!

This post brought to you by Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine.

For the last year, Walgreen’s has been negotiating a new contract with Espress Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX), the pharmacy benefit manager for Tricare, an insurance provider for America’s military families. Those negotiations were unsuccessful, and the contract expired on Dec. 31. As a result, Walgreens is no longer part of Express Scripts’ pharmacy provider network as of Jan. 1, 2012. This includes all Walgreens pharmacies nationwide and Duane Reade pharmacies in the New York City area. You can read more about the situation here: Walgreens and Express Scripts

Those people who are covered by Tricare have found that their prescription costs have not gone down as a result of this contract expiring–and some have even found their prices to be more. Added to that, they have to drive further to find a participating pharmacy. Express Scripts itself has stated that their patients will not see any significant savings from excluding Walgreen’s from their network.

Express Scripts could offer substantial savings to its clients by promoting 90-day refills at retail pharmacies, but it conflicts with its own mail order 90-day prescription business that it profits from.

Walgreen’s wants to support and protect the troops, but since they are being excluded from Express Scripts contract, they are no longer able to fulfill prescriptions for military families. Many patients under an Express Scripts plan have used Walgreens pharmacies for years. In an effort to minimize their disruption and inconvenience, Walgreens unveiled a comprehensive national effort to make this transition as smooth as possible and is doing all it can to help patients continue to use Walgreens when possible, or take care of them as they are forced to leave Walgreens in order to use their in-network coverage.

Only patients with certain prescription insurance plans managed by Express Scripts will be affected by this. Check with your local Walgreens pharmacist to find out for sure if you’re impacted. You can check the back of your prescription insurance card – if it says Express Scripts, then you may be affected. If it doesn’t say Express Scripts, then they are not affected.

To minimize the disruption Walgreen’s is offering a special discount on annual membership for its Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens. An individual can join during a special January promotion for only $5, or $10 for a family membership, and receive savings on more than 8,000 brand name and all generic medications. More than 400 generics are available with a three-month supply for less than $1 a week. Regular annual membership is $20 for an individual and $35 for a family.

For more information check Walgreens on Twitter or Walgreens on Facebook

This post brought to you by Cafe Well. All opinions are 100% mine.

Cafe Well is a social network that offers corporate wellness programs that  WORK. It was created to provide a safe, secure and anonymous health care destination that connects you with other people who share your health care interests and needs. Café Well is the only destination that exists for one reason “health.” The community is there to address your needs, from chronic condition support like Celiac Disease, Diabetes or Arthritis to healthy lifestyle tips and challenges. CaféWell understands how hard the health care system is to navigate and makes it easy to get the health information you need, when and where you want it. That is why Cafe Well is available to everyone.

To get started you can…

• * Explore and join discussion groups to share experiences and get support
• * Connect with other community members with common health interests
• * Invite family and friends to join your own personal health network

On your Home page you can easily manage your activity and stay up to date on the latest news. You can start a private group for your friends and family to stay connected and work together on challenges, or join any of the existing groups for support and information.

 Race to the Moon is a corporate challenge , available only toforgot eligible Health of America members, that aims to get members more fit and active by walking or running through offering free wireless pedometers which tracks their steps and rewards them for milestones and total steps. This program actually works and gets their members more active!   Race to the Moon works to get people moving and keep them moving,  In just under a month, the program has participants who have walked over 50 MILLION steps, and average 2.5 million steps a day.

The company I worked for last summer had something similar to this–they provided every employee who wanted one a pedometer to wear. Each person was encouraged to keep a written record of the steps they took each day, and the ones with the most steps each week were rewarded in some small way. The Race To The Moon Challenge takes that idea a step further by using wireless pedometers to automatically record your steps. I think that is a great idea!

If I could create a challenge of my own, I would probably make it very easy and simple to follow, so that people could be successful and continue to get healthy as time goes on. Maybe I could make mine a “Eat Less for Success” weight loss program. What would your challenge be?

This post brought to you by Schar. All opinions are 100% mine.

Schar, a leader in the gluten free world, has re-launched their Sub Sandwich rolls, Ciabatta rolls and Baguettes! These delicious gluten free bread products are heat and serve, so all you have to do is warm them up and you’re ready for lunch or dinner.  I can’t wait to try their Baguettes, toasted with garlic and parmesan cheese! Or maybe I’ll make a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich on one of their Sub Sandwich rolls! 

Right now, you can sign  up for the  Schar club and get a sample of one of their great bread products! The first 2000 Schar Club Members who  request it will get a free sample of their Ciabiatta rolls! Once you sign up,on the left hand side you will see a column titled “toolbox”. Under that column, you will find the word “Giveaways”, click that and then you will be taken to the page to order your free Ciabatta sample! Easy! You’ll also get exclusive access to new products, tips, recipes and promotions. What are you waiting for?

Which one of the Schar products are you drooling over? What are you going to make with it?

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Hiltons of Branson for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Have you ever been to Branson, Missouri? We haven’t been there yet, but it is on my list of places to go. There are live shows, fishing, golfing, boating, caves to explore, and much more! I could spend a month there and never get bored!

I’d love to go see Larry the Cable Guy  on August 20. He is one of my favorite comedians. I’d also love to attend  the Alabama Revival—Alabama is one of my favorite country groups!  And those are only a couple of the many live shows going on in and around Branson right now.

If I could have my pick of places to stay, it would surely be the Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing. With features including a fully equipped kitchen complete with cook top, oven, microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator, wet bar and complete compliment of cooking/dining utensils, I really could enjoy an extended stay there.

Hiltons of Branson have several special packages to choose from, like the Branson Best Value package. The package includes deluxe accommodations at Hilton Branson Convention Center or Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing, two adult and two children’s tickets to the Legends of Kung Fu show at the White House Theater in Branson, MO, two adult and two children’s two-day passes to Silver Dollar City^®, a $25 gift card for shopping, and a $25 food credit for Level 2 Steakhouse. On top of all that your third night is free! Now I call that a great deal!