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Get your underarms ready for summer

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I participated in an Influencer Program on behalf of Mom Central for Dove. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

Yup, that’s right you guys — I’m about to talk about my armpits on the blog today! Get ready for it. If you dislike getting rid of your underarm hair, please note this is my opinion. I feel much more comfortable,  and I prefer to have hairless, soft and moisturized underarms, especially when wearing sleeveless tops or tanks.

Now that we’re getting closer to summer, and those tank tops making reappearances I’ve decided to discuss grooming again. Ah, wonderful visual.Selfie-with-underarm

If you’re a long time reader, you know I asked a company if I could review one of their epilators last November. A razor has touched my underarms probably three or four times since then, out of pure laziness and sometimes a little fear. It still hurts to use one of those things, but it’s my preferred method that I reserve only for the underarms. I can’t bare to try it anywhere else.

Epilators helps prevent razor burn, bumps, and the unsightly 5 o’clock shadow that some people get when they shave. I find it best to use more frequently than not. Don’t wait for your hair to grow out. Just do it every couple of days, because if you let those suckers grow, it’s going to hurt yanking them out with the device.

Quick and easy tips to get your underarms summer ready

  • Exfoliate your underarms with a gentle body scrub, or exfoliating mitt
  • Epilate those underarms
  • Follow up with tend skin to prevent ingrown hairs
  • Towel dry, and apply your favourite anti-perspirant/deodorant

Not done here, talking about my underarms, and how I take care of them. I’ve been using Dove go fresh deodorant for as long as I can remember, primarily because I love the cucumber scent, and keeps me dry. But last time, I mixed things up and bought the peach one. It didn’t mix with my body chemistry well, and by the end of the night I felt like I had to apply more to de-stink.

Because I was selected to participate in an influencer program with Mom Central, I was sent two full sized Dove Advanced Care products, which I hadn’t tried. I was interested to see how it would work in comparison to the Go Fresh line.

Dove-Advanced--CareRevive is a fragrance of pomegranate and lemon verbena. While nourished beauty is described as having a floral powdery fragrance with notes of jasmine and rose. The latter, is my favourite.

Do you go through as many steps as I do for your underarm regimen, to keep them soft, and smooth?

Have you ever used Dove products?

What about an epilator?

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My dream honeymoon

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My husband and I have never officially been on a relaxing getaway, can you believe that? In the 9 years we have been together, the times we went on vacation he has either done an Ironman Triathlon, or we went home to Newfoundland to visit our family and stayed in our own parents houses.

Since we got married in 6 days over the Christmas holidays, not inviting many friends or family, we were thinking of planning a wedding reception later on this summer when we fly back to Newfoundland. We haven’t even thought about cost of plane tickets or the 10+ hour flight, it’s currently put on the back burner until we get sorted out on what we want to do. Nothing has been set in stone, but we do know we’ll be home for a celebration. I love a good party! It’s still going to be kept fairly simple, hosted in my parents back yard.

As much as I love flying home, I can’t help but want to take a relaxing vacation somewhere hot, as a newly-wed with my hubby. We didn’t have a honeymoon, unless you qualify driving across the continent in 3 days in a u-Haul a honeymoon ;)

I’ve been browsing websites for potential honeymoon ideas for the future (definitely won’t be happening in the next year) but it doesn’t hurt to plan in advance. I went onto RCI’s website because I noticed you can build and win your dream vacation. Through RCI’s “Win Your Dream Vacation Sweepstakes,” you have the chance to win a dream vacation worth up to $25,000.

I know being in California we have tons of beaches, but I’ve always wanted to chill out on one in a tropical setting. I bet The Guy would be down with heading to Turks and Caicos with a few spa certificates to royally spoil us to no end. I can only imagine the pampering that would happen. RCI-Dream-Vacation

A total of 40 vacations will be given away in celebration of RCI’s 40th anniversary. I mean, that’s a lot of chances to win. My Mother always told me I have a horseshoe up my butt, so I definitely submitted my entry.

Visit RCI.com/sweeps to enter to win until June 18 – and the more you share your dream vacation through social media, the higher your chances of winning. RCI is the global leader in vacation exchange.

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

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