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Unreal Candy: A Review

So. I am a Bzz Agent. I signed up with BzzAgent many years ago to give my opinion on new products, website, services, etc. I got a set of coupons to try out this new candy called UNREAL. I’m not a huge candy eater. It takes me quite a while to make it through a regular bag of M&M’s. But I was intrigued and wanted to try it out.

Unreal Candy Display at Walgreen's

UNREAL bills itself as “unjunked” candy. No HFCS, no GMOs, no artificial colors and flavors, no partially hydrogenated oils, and 40% less sugar.  Great idea, but how does it work in practice? Pretty well actually. I used a coupon and got a bag of UN 41, a plain M&M’s clone. As you may have noted from the picture above, they have peanut and plain M&M like candies, a Milky Way clone, and a peanut butter cup clone. The Walgreen’s I visited did not have the Milky Way and since I’m not a fan of peanuts, that left me with UN 41. I had no trouble redeeming the coupon, but I did have a problem figuring out which was which. Look at the picture of the display. It shows the blue bags having peanuts and the green without. This was wrong. So pay attention to what’s on the bag and not the pictures on the display.

Candy in hand, I headed home to try it. Not bad. The candy coating was actually sweeter than the chocolate inside. For a second I actually thought it was dark chocolate. It was pretty good. If I were a regular M&M eater, I would buy this instead. Why? They taste like Smarties. Smarties are also chocolate candies similar to M&M’s (larger) and sold in the UK. To get them imported would cost a ridiculous amount of money, so UN 41 is a nice alternative.

I appreciate what UNREAL is doing, but you’re still eating candy. I don’t get any warm fuzzies knowing that I’m not eating pure junk, but I do feel a little better. I wish UNREAL well and I hope their candy takes off. If I can find a place that has UN 54 (Milky Way) I’ll do a review of that later.

Burt’s Bees Sensitive Skin: A Review

So. I am a Bzz Agent. I signed up with BzzAgent many years ago to give my opinion on new products, website, services, etc. I received a package with samples for the new skin care products by Burt’s Bees. It’s called Burt’s Bees® Natural Skin Solutions for Sensitive Skin with Cotton Extract. Lots of words, right? Well, I’ve been a Burt’s Bees user for a while now so when I had a chance to try this out I was excited. This product works great. This past Texas summer (and fall so far) has been horrible for my face. It alternated from being too oily to incredibly dry and flaky to random breakouts. I used the cleanser and moisturizer for two weeks. My skin has never felt better or more refreshed. The cleanser didn’t leave my skin feeling dry and tight and the moisturizer did not leave my skin feeling overly greasy. They both have a pleasant fragrance that is not overpowering, very much a clean smell which I love. In fact, I liked it so much overall that I had my boyfriend try it. His skin is waaaaay sensitive and this didn’t cause any reaction from his skin.

Summary:

Burt’s Bees Naturals Sensitive Skin Care is great for both women and men. At least in my house. Go to the website and get your $2 off coupon and try it for yourself.