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Fresh Facial Mask System

October 10, 2011 by  
Filed under Beauty Gadgets

Fresh Facial Mask System

 

Fruits such as avocado and cucumber have long been recognized for their skin nourishing properties. That is the reason beauty parlors and facial shops offer a variety of face masks that are made from these natural ingredients.

Facial mask treatments at these spas are generally quite expensive. Therefore, some ladies prepare homemade facial masks by squashing fresh avocados and mixing it with a handful of oats and spoonful of honey to create a moisturizing facial scrub. The downside to this method is that it is rather messy and you your skin is unable to absorb the full nutrients because the ingredients have not been processed.

Fortunately, there is the beauty gadget called the Fresh Facial Mask System. By inserting the desired ingredients into Fresh Facial Mask System, its built in processor will slowly and carefully turn the whole fruit or vegetable into a smooth liquid which contains nothing but the best nutrients for the skin. Once the processing has been completed, you simply apply the mixture unto one of the fifty felt masks that comes together with the Fresh Facial Mask System.

The felt material of the mask helps the skin to breathe and absorb most of the nutrients within 10 minutes. The Fresh Facial Mask System also includes thirty sachets of mineral powder which you can add unto the felt mask. Mineral powder is known to be able to reduce puffiness, redness and tighten pores. On top of that, the Fresh Facial Mask System also comes with a recipe booklet for you to create different masks to suit your skin type whether it is oily or dry.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $119.95

Buy the Fresh Facial Mask System at Hammacher Schlemmer

Dryer Vent Alarm

October 9, 2011 by  
Filed under Safety Gadgets

Dryer Vent Alarm

 

According to a study conducted by the Consumer Products Safety Commission, 15,000 fires that occur annually in the United States is caused by a clothes dryer. This is due to excess lint that is formed during the clothes drying process.

Lint that is accumulated over time blocks the vents in the dryer causing it to overheat and short circuit. To avoid burning the house down, we can occasionally check the lint trap in the dryer but that does not guarantee that there is no lint trapped in other parts of the dryer vent. What is needed is a safety gadget that can alert you of a blockage.

Thankfully the Dryer Vent Alarm is now made available in the market. By installing this device into the dryer’s transition hose, it will alert you with the sound of an alarm when the dryer is blocked with lint. The Dryer Vent Alarm monitors the air pressure in the dryer vents. There are also five LEDs located at the base of the device indicating the amount of blockage in the dryer. When all five LEDs are lit, that would indicate that there is a serious blockage in your dryer vent.

In addition to that, if there is a blockage in the vent the air pressure will go up. At the point when the air pressure reaches a critical level of 90 dB, the alarm will activate. The Dryer Vent Alarm will continue to ring until someone presses the reset button. Not only can this device reduce the number of fire incidents caused by a blocked dryer; it can also save energy because a blocked dryer causes it to use more energy to dry the clothes.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $59.95

Buy the Dryer Vent Alarm at Hammacher Schlemmer

Children’s Configurable Fort

October 9, 2011 by  
Filed under Kids Gadgets

Children’s Configurable Fort

 

Children get bored easily and lose interest in their toys very quickly. Therefore, they are always asking for new toys every time they are at the store and it is very hard to convince them otherwise. Instead of over loading our homes with toys from the living room to the dining area, why not buy the children a toy that they can recreate every time they play.

This is made possible with the Children’s Configurable Fort. The Configurable Fort comes in forty six different colored panels. The Configurable Fort is made of non toxic plastic. Best of all it is also UV resistant. This means that the children can take this kids gadget out into the yard to play without having to worry that the panels will get damaged under the sun.

With the Children’s Configurable Fort rigid panels, children are able to build tunnels, construct forts and many other structures based on their own creativity and imagination. Light weight and durable, the Configurable Fort can be easily put together by children as young as six years old.

To ensure that the Configurable Fort remain stable and strong during play time, it comes together with attachment clips that secures the panels in place. After play time is over, the panels separate easily. Packing and tidying is no longer a hassle because the panels can be stacked flat and they fit nicely into a zipped carrying case. The Configurable Fort also comes with an instruction manual with diagrams of structures for the young architects to build.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $199.95

Buy the Childrens Fort at Hammacher Schlemmer

Star Wars Remote Control Light Saber Room Light

October 8, 2011 by  
Filed under Star Wars Gadgets

Star Wars Remote Control Light Saber Room Light

 

This next gadget I am about to review will blow your socks off and probably make you a little envious of your children because it is the bomb! The Star Wars Remote Control Light Saber Room Light is extremely cool as a room light because it looks just like a light saber. Yes, you would definitely have gotten that through the name of the room light but I can’t stress enough how fun that is!

Relive your Star Wars fantasies through your little one and get him the Star Wars Remote Control Light Saber Room Light. You don’t even need to go through the hassle of assembling it yourself because it comes fully prepared. Simply set it up and switch it on and off via the remote control that comes along with the set.

The LED lighting illuminates up the room in no time and best of all, does lend a little colour and interest to the room. You can choose from three colours – red for Darth Vader, green for Luke Skywalker and blue for Obi Wan Kenobi. No prizes for which colour is the most sought after among Star Wars fans!

This is certainly an interesting collectible for any fan of Star Wars. If you want your kid to experience the fun and excitement of the series, the Star Wars Remote Control Light Saber Room Light is definitely a good place to start. The best thing of all is that it won’t break your bank for you to purchase this. This room light retails at a very comfortable price of $25 which even the rebels won’t find too excruciating!

Available Thinkeek

Price: $19.99

Buy the Star Wars Remote Control Light Saber Room Light at ThinkGeek

Rock-It 2.0

October 8, 2011 by  
Filed under Audio Gadgets

Rock-It 2.0

 

I personally believe that one of the best things of the age that we live in has to be the fact that music is now so accessible. It used to be only those with the biggest boom boxes or turntables could afford to purchase CDs and vinyl recordings in order to enjoy the music of their biggest bands. However, you can now purchase songs off the Internet, put it in your audio gadget mp3 or mp4 players and be off while enjoying the different melodies and beats. It is a miracle and technology is constantly enhancing and evolving to bring us the latest gadgets to stream ourselves with music.

That is why the Rock-It 2.0 is such an iconic device. With the Rock-It 2.0, you can turn absolutely anything into a speaker which means that you can share your music with anyone around you. All you need to do is attach the Rock-It 2.0 to your music player with the customary jack and then stick the device onto any surface and you are good to go. The technology behind Rock-It 2.0 allows it to amplify sounds and that is what you will be hearing.

This is clearly a very clever piece of technology. The Rock-It 2.0 can be purchased for just $50 which is a bargain. It runs on AAA batteries which you can find at any convenience store so that is easy work for you. Just be sure that you are playing your music in appropriate places and not blasting it where you are likely to annoy other people!

Available: Amazon

Price: $29.95

Buy Rock-It 2.0 at Amazon