Shaklee Videos: Shaklee 180 Harley Pasternak speaks in Brooklyn NY

I had to share this video! Harley Pasternak is a celebrity trainer who talks about why he believes in Shaklee supplements! It's a great story! I love the products that I use and share with others and the best part is that they are the best ones for you!!!

Shaklee Videos: Shaklee 180 Harley Pasternak speaks in Brooklyn NY

My Shaklee Story

I first heard about Shaklee online through a blog.  It was about 3 years ago that I found and started reading Bonnie Donahue's blog. She was posting before and after pictures using Shaklee products and I was amazed at the results.  I also hadn't really realized how harmful the chemical cleaners I had in my home at that time were. After finding Bonnie's blog I started reading other blogs with Shaklee before and afters and I was hooked. I knew I had to try them. 
About this same time, Joe's cousin Rachel friended me on Facebook and she started posting things about Shaklee.  I immediately asked her how I could place my first order! I purchased a Basic Kit and was so excited to get it!

The first thing I did when I got my order was to try out the Scour Off on my shower door!  I was amazed at how well it cleaned my glass door and the tiles! I called Joe at work to tell him! He was the one who had been cleaning the shower previously and he was glad that I found something that I loved and would now start cleaning the shower again. :) We have hard water and so the door and tile would get horrible soap scum. Over the years we had tried all kinds of cleaners. Each time I used one for awhile and then would try some other brand. Joe had actually taken the door off the last time to clean. I right away told Rachel how excited I was about the Scour Off! I hadn't even tried anything else yet but I asked her for information about becoming a distributor.  I just wanted to share the product with family and a few friends nothing too serious.  I signed up in November of 2010.
I tried the rest of my kit but also started using the laundry products.  I also bought some vitamins. I bought some pre-natal vitamins. Shaklee doesn't have a pre-natal vitamin but just the multi-vitamin and a few others added.  I got my vitamins but was already taking my Target brand pre-natal. I wasn't pregnant yet but was trying to get pregnant. I did get pregnant later that month and continued to use myTarget brand of vitamins; I wanted to use them up before starting my new ones.  I was feeling horrible though. I felt sick and wasn't really eating well.  I decided to stop using the Target vitamins and starting using the Shaklee vitamins.  I felt better shortly after and continued to have a great pregnancy. I also had a great delievery! I remember reading about women who using Shaklee vitamins and how they had great pregnancies and deliveries and hoped for the same! I call Lauren my Shaklee baby! She has had Shaklee vitamins all along and has been such a healthy little girl! She is almost two and still hasn't had a cold! She has only been on antibiotics once for an eye infection! I know it's all the Shaklee vitamins that she takes now! We all have been so much healthier after getting rid of all the chemical cleaning products in our home and switching to Shaklee vitamins.
Over the last few years I have grown my business slowly only by sharing my experiences with the products that I love. I also have read tons of testimonials and read about the dangers of using chemical cleaners. I use most of the products that Shaklee offers and LOVE them all.  If you would like more information on any of the products I would love to share them with you.  I have made a basket, I call it my "Going Green for a Week Basket," if you are local you are more than welcome to try them yourself and see how great they are.
I truly wouldn't recommend these products if I didn't believe in them and the Shaklee company! There is not requirement to buy a certain amount of products every month, you buy as you need.  You can visit my store here.  I could go on and on about Shaklee, I am passionate now about sharing and helping others make their homes and their lives healthier!!

Vinegar Vs. Basic H

What I am going to share is from a Facebook group of amazing Shaklee users and distributors. My mom used vinegar growing up but has switched to Basic H. I used it in my home but not often because I disliked the smell. Basic H has no smell, which I personally like because I had always been sensitive to cleaners scents.

I talk to a lot of people who tell me they use vinegar and/or baking soda. So if you use Vinegar take a minute to read this.

Even if you thought you were saving money and helping the environment
using the old stand-by of vinegar and baking soda you might be interested in
learning that even these formulas from the past end up costing more and are
actually creating more packaging waste. Not fitting in with today's picture
of being environmental.

Get Clean Basic H2 vs. Vinegar and/or Baking Soda

Usage Per Gallon for a General Cleaner
Vinegar - 1/2 cup
Basic H2 - 2 teaspoons

Distilled Vinegar (1/2 cup per gallon of water for general cleaning)
Cost per bottle = 16 oz / .89 cents (Acme brand 10/09)
Usage Cost: to make 1 gallon general cleaner = .22 cents
Usage Cost: to make 48 gallons general cleaner = $10.68
Packaging Waste: 12 Bottles to make 48 gallons of general cleaner

note: if you need to add baking soda, dish soap, or oil to the formula for
persistant stains or cleaning that's an additional expense and additional
packaging waste.

Shaklee Basic H2 (2 teaspoons per gallon of water for ALL-PURPOSE Cleaner)
Over 1000 different uses with this one bottle!

Cost per bottle = 16 oz / $10.35 (10/09)
Usage Cost: to make 1 gallon All-Purpose Cleaner = .22 cents
Usage Cost: to make 48 gallons All-Purpose Cleaner = $10.68
ONE Bottle makes 48 Gallons of All-Purpose Cleaner!
(One bottle of Basic H2 equals the cleaning uses of 5,824 bottles of 26 oz.
Windex)


For every ONE Bottle of Basic H2 used for All-Purpose Cleaning you would
use 12 bottles of vinegar plus, if needed, baking soda to do the same amount
of clean. Plus, Basic H2 has the smell of "clean" and is pH balanced with
our skin. No need to wear gloves or a mask.


*My Basic H bottle lasted me two and a half years! I use it all the time too. I know that if I was using vinegar or traditional cleaners from the store I would have spent more than what I paid for the bottle over the same time period!

Got Stains?

Lauren has always hated wearing bibs! She would pull them off everytime so I gave up on them. However that means I deal with lots of food stains on her shirts. I'll be honest I had gotten rid of almost all my store bought cleaners except Shout. I had a huge Sam's Club bottle and hated to just get rid of it. SO I had been using it until recently I decided to try using my Shaklee detergent. I knew it would work so much better than the Shout and I was right! 

Here is a shirt of Lauren's that she wore while eating spaghetti. I left to sit a few days and then rubbed it with the detergent. I put a drop on my finger and rubbed it on each area. I only let it sit for a few hours and then threw it in the wash with the rest of Lauren's clothes.

After

 

 

Doesn't it look so much better? And btw, this is a hand me down shirt too! I think it looks brand new!

 

I use the Fresh Scent Laundry Deterget. I love the smell it has, it's very light, not strong like a store bought detergent.

 

 

Here is the link to it. Shaklee also has a fragance free detergent.

I also use Shaklee dryer sheets when it comes to laundry. They are great and leave your clothes static free! The best part is they are biodegradable!

 

(I can't figure out how to rotate my pictures! I have tried several times, sorry! I will play with it more later.)

 

Have a great weekend!

Defend and Resist!

I have mentioned how much my family loves Shaklee's Defend and Resist! It's amazing and it works! We have been using it for about two years now! I received this great testimonial from a coworker and wanted to share.

Thank you so much for introducing me to the Shaklee Defend and Resist Complex product. I love it! I am a first grade teacher and I am around germs all the time.  Ever since I have been taking it, I haven’t gotten sick.  I have also given it to my own kids when they feel like they are getting sick and so far we are a healthy family.  Thank you for sharing this product with me!

Here is the link if you would like to read more about this amazing product!

Thifted shelf makeover

I have been meaning to share this little shelf for a while. I bought this shelf at the Good Will about 3 years ago?? I bought it to redo for Daniel's room. In the meantime we bought him two larger shelves at Ikea so he didn't really need this in his room so I decided to use it in Lauren's room.
Here are the before pictures

I couldn't pass it up at only $2.99 and I am glad I didn't.

The first thing I had Joe do is sand it for me. I am horrible at sanding so he did that part. Next I primed it and then paint it with the leftover pink paint we had from Lauren's room.  The little hooks were hard for me to paint. I guess you can't really see them anyway.  I got the "L" before Lauren was born and didn't really have a purpose for it so I thought I could use it here. The only thing is I feel like it limits what I can put on it. So for now here is what I have on it.

Lauren does not have a lot of closet space or dresser space so this is perfect for her jackets. The little owl hook I found at Target in the Dollar section although it was like $2.50 I think. I wasn't sure if it was ok here but it will do.

Shaklee Testimonials

I am working on a fundraiser for Daniel's school and asked my Shaklee users for some testimonials regarding the products they love. Just wanted to share them here as well. I personally am obsessed with my products! I wouldn't recommend them if I didn't think they worked! We use all the products, cleaning, vitamins, weight loss and skin care. I promise you will love them if you try them! And if not Shaklee has a 100% money back guarantee!

"I love the Get Clean line from Shaklee! After two years of using the products, I love that my home and my family are free of chemicals and toxins, found in so many cleaning products and without compromising on quality. It really works and I will never go back!"

  "My husband and I use several products from the long list of products that Shaklee offers. We use products in the skin care , cleaning, healthy nutrition (weight loss) line and we also use seven different kinds of vitamins. The products that really stand out and have impressed me are the cleaning products. I spilled ice tea ( a large amount) on my carpet, Nature Bright took the stain right out. I used several products prior to Nature Bright and nothing worked. Also Scour off which I use to clean my shower doors and tile is easy to use with great results. Last year my husband was on the Cinch weight loss program for approximately two months, he lost 25 pounds. One last note Shaklee guarantees their product 100!"

"My husband asked me to buy some comet so that he could give the shower a good scrub. I can no longer use these harsh chemicals because it really makes my asthma flair up. So I grabbed my jar of Scour Off " my favorite shaklee product" and gave it a quick once over. When my husband came home he was amazed at how clean the bathroom was.it smelled great and took less time to clean."

"Shaklee products are the real deal when it comes to being green. If you have sensitive skin they have an awesome detergent with such a clean smell that is truly chemical free. I can say this because my husband has defiantly experienced the difference. We use to use Costco Eco friendly detergent but since using Shaklee my husband has felt such a difference in his skin allergies."

"Quite honestly, there isn’t anything about Shaklee that I don’t LOVE! My home, my family, my health; these are all the most important things to me and everything about Shaklee products fit right into with all of my priorities. I can use any of the Get Clean Products and not worry about sending my kids out of the room because of toxic fumes. I don’t ever have to be afraid that they might get into the kitchen cabinet where I keep my cleaning supplies, because I know they would be safe with my Basic H concentrate if they did get into it. And what is really great, is I can even encourage my children to clean with them and I can be sure it won’t get into their eyes, or cause any breathing problems. I also love that Shaklee is so affordable. My Basic H and Scour Off Concentrate last so long, and can be used for so many things that I don’t ever think of buying cleaning products at the store. Plus, ordering from my own home is so much easier for me than to cart my whole family to the store every week! And finally, I love that Shaklee is committed to the environment. I feel great about my purchasing choices with Shaklee because I know that I am being proactive to help preserve our Earth’s resources. P.S. who doesn’t love the natural smell of cherries when cleaning the stove or bathroom! I love my Scour Off!"

Updated 12/13
"I love my Shaklee cleaning products. They work as good as or better than the toxic cleaners I was using before. The window cleaner is amazing! The laundry products smell fresh and clean. The best part is I can use them without worrying about exposing my baby to harm while I am pregnant! Thanks for your help;) I hope to place another order in the new year !"


Updated 3/1/14
"I'm addicted to Shaklee 180 vanilla! Can't believe how good it makes me feel. Thank you!"

Thank you so much for introducing me to the Shaklee Defend and Resist Complex product. I love it! I am a first grade teacher and I am around germs all the time. Ever since I have been taking it, I haven’t gotten sick. I have also given it to my own kids when they feel like they are getting sick and so far we are a healthy family. Thank you for sharing this product with me!


"Mr dr says I have a really good vitamin D level, the best she has seen! Told her I take Shaklee vitamins.: :) From a pregnant mom

Thank you to all of you who sent these to me! It's not to late to send one in! Have a great week!

Healthy New Year /Better Eating Resolutions

Resolve to snack healthier This year resolve to start eating one more healthy snack a day. Instead of reaching for chips try the new Shaklee 180 Snack Crisps. They are a much healthier snack choice when you are craving something salty and crispy, yet contain a whopping six grams of protein per serving to help stabilize blood sugars. What chip or cracker have you seen that can do that? When you are craving something sweet, instead of reaching for cookies or other sugary carbs, opt for a healthier alternative such as the Shaklee 180 Protein Snack Bars. They are high protein (ten grams of protein per bar with only 15 carbs! These low-glycemic snack bars really hit the sweet spot with me and help sustain my energy without the sugar crash of simple carbohydrates. Another smart option this year is to enjoy a small handful of nuts or trail mix. Take advantage of fresh fruit in season. Citrus fruits like oranges are especially good because they take time to peel and eat. Eat pretzels or a few whole-wheat crackers with low-fat cheese. But only snack when you're really hungry -- not just bored or stressed -- and only eat one serving. To learn more about snacks listed above visit my web site http://creatingahealthieryou.myshaklee180.com/us/en/

Cost Comparisons

I found this on our Sharing Shaklee Facebook group page. I think it is a great tool for anyone looking into Shaklee 180.  I started my 180 yesterday! I am doing smoothees for breakfast and meal bars for lunch! I personally like the vanilla smoothees and the peanut and chocolate bars.

Here is the link to view the Shaklee 180 products! Feel free to message me if you have any questions!

Bathroom cleaning

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! We had a great Christmas! The kids got so many toys and are enjoying playing with all their new things! 
I cleaned both bathrooms yesterday while the kids were away for a sleepover at my parents.
These are the only things I use now to clean my entire bathroom.

I use Basic G to clean the counters and the toilet. I also add one scoop of Nature Bright in the toilet to whiten it. I usually let it sit for a minimum of 15 minutes and then scrub it.
In the shower I spray Basic G and then use Scour off on the tile and glass door. It is amazing!! It does such a great job. Before using these products I would try a new product everytime I ran out of something because nothing really worked. And you should have seen the box of products I gave away when I switched to Shaklee! This stuff WORKS! It still amazing me how few products I need to clean so many things in my home.
 I also use Nature Bright to whiten my tile grout if it needs it. I just mix some in a cup with hot water and then use a toothbrush to scrub it.
It had been a long time since I cleaned the glass door, here is a picture.

 And after

 And a picture of my faucet, I only used a little Scour Off on this to shine it up!

Here is a link where you can find these products. http://monicamyoung.myshaklee.com/us/en/category.php?main_cat=HomeCare

Hope you have a Happy New Year!!

Take Control of your Health

I have been working on my Shaklee University courses and loving all that I am learning. Just wanted to share some information!
So yes you can control your health. Many people may argue and say no I can't control it but you can control a lot of it. Think about what you bring into your home, the food you buy, store bought and fast food, cleaning products, supplements and much more. Those are all things that you have control over so do your research before buying!

80% is dependent on YOUR choices
20% is genetics

Supplements
Do you take a good multivitamin? Some people have told me that they don't because they eat healthy! Really! But according to Dr. Jamie McManus our lifestyle makes it hard to make all good choices. Our food today is overprocessed, harvested too early, exposed to polluted air and water. Also many people eat fast food because it's more convenient but they are just eating empty calories!If you don't take a multivitamin you should really consider taking one.
This is the multivitamin that I use and love! I also add other vitamins, such as a B-Complex.

Stress management
Contributes to:
Weakened immunity
Chronic diseases
Digestive problems
Memory loss
Elevated blood pressure

Learn to relax - things you can do
10 minutes of deep breathing daily
Get more sleep
Omega 3's help with stress

Small changes can make a difference! (Even just one)
*changing your diet
*Adding exercise
*Losing weight
*Adding dietary supplements

Anyway just a small piece of what I have learned. I am enjoying learning more and sharing it with others!

Santa Fe Chicken recipe

This is what I made for dinner tonight. It's one of our favorite meals! Last year when Joe started dieting I stopped making a lot of the recipes I used to cook so I searched online for some healthier recipes. I came across Skinnytaste.com. It's a wonderful place to find healthier recipes of things you might already make. I have made a few other recipes but this has been our favorite so far! We like it over brown rice but a friend recently said she likes it in a tortilla almost like chicken tacos I guess. http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/02/crock-pot-santa-fe-chicken-425-pts.html# If you haven't tried this yet you should!! Have a great weekend!!

Shaklee Independent Distributor

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Halloween Banner and Mantle

I quickly made a banner tonight. I saw this idea on Pinterest. While at Home Depot last week I remembered that I wanted some orange paint chips for a project. I thought it was made with paint chips but once I checked it tonight I realized it was wooden. Oh well I still made it work and they aren't exactly the color of candy corns but close enough. I have been making seasonal cut outs to clip on some twine on our dining room mirror and it still had summer on it.

My supplies

And after

Now my mantle is complete!

That's all for tonight! Good night! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

A scrapbook page!

I am sad to say this is the first page that I have created for Lauren! :( I made this page the night before her party for our guests to sign. I got this idea from my friend Michelle. I had done it a few times for Daniel as well. When I was making this page I realized how much I have and that I really need to find the time to scrapbook again!!

That's all for now!

Organized Pantry

So I said I would do this organization challenge but I slacked off a bit. Last Wednesday I had the day to myself so I did work on organizing our paperwork and shredded a bag full of old bills! Paperwork always seems to pull up quick around here. I organized the pantry today and it felt great to clean it out!! I found things I forgot I had and threw away many out dated items. Here is my before of the top half of the pantry area

I took everything out, one shelf at a time and wiped it clean before putting things back. I also tried to get rid of as many boxes as I could to save space and I think I did pretty good! Here is an after picture of this half.

This next picture is not the pantry but it is above the stove and I didn't organize it. It had some of Joe's Keurig coffees and other instant coffees in it. So while cleaning the pantry I found more teas and coffees so I moved them here so that they are all together now. Makes sense. I used a black basket I had to put some of them in.

And the after picture

Back to the Pantry. The bottom half was pretty bad. And I found lots here that I forgot I had or that I had many of the same thing.

Again I took out everything one shelf at a time. Cleaned the shelf and sorted through everything. It looks much better and is organized better. You can't see but I added one new basket next to that black wire basket.

Speaking of the black wire basket... I love it, found only 2 at Home Goods about two weeks ago. I put all of the fruit snacks in it.

I put the second one on top of the fridge for now with misc. snacks. Love it!

That's all for now! Guess I should start organizing another area!

How to clean with Shaklee products

I love all my Shaklee products, I love how well they all work. Really with all our products, a little goes a long way. Today my sister in law sent me this picture and comment on Facebook. I didn't tell her to write this, she did it on her own after trying her Scour off. Which is the same excitement I had 2 years ago when I first tried Scour off and sent Rachel a message telling her how much I loved it and what I needed to do to sign up! Anyway here is the picture :)

Patty's message: Ok so I just cleaned my bathroom with scour off from Shaklee and my faucet was dirty with hard water stains and everyday gunk and it not only cleaned amazing but polished it like new! The best part was that I didn't have to wait for Hanna to be out of the house cause I usually have to use a harsh cleaner and no strong scent and my asthma did not act up! I love this stuff it was super easy to use, I did not have to wait for it to set in like other cleaners and I just polished my whole bathroom. Thanks, my bathroom looks like a five star hotel bathroom.

It does look like new, doesn't it? Great job Patty and thanks for sharing!!

Seeing this picture reminded me that I cleaned my shower head and never shared pictures. Now the before pictures are pretty gross. I usually get so into cleaning the tile that I forget about the shower head. I saw this on pinterst and tried it. Now I am sure that the Scour off would also do an amazing job on cleaning this but I wanted to try it with the Basic H.

I put some hot water in a ziploc and added a few drops of Basic H. Next, I dipped my toothbrush in it to gently scrub off any gunk that might come off.

Next I tied the ziploc bag onto the shower head and left it on for a couple of hours.

I was anxious to take it off but just checked on it. Check out the bottom of the bag! GROSS!

And finally here it is all cleaned up.

So much better!!! Here is a link to Scour Off And the link to Basic H

Organizing my kitchen

So I mentioned I enrolled in a home organization event. The first week is the kitchen. I have started but I am not complete with the kitchen yet. I have done good so far. I didn't realize how bad it looked till I started taking my before pictures and looking at them on my camera! lol I even have a bag of stuff to get rid of! I started under the sink. I don't have much under there anymore since I switched to Shaklee cleaning products but it needed to be straightened up. I took everything out and wiped the bottom and put things back. I even found one hidden bottle of JetDry that went in the trash :) Before and After

So much better! Next was the dishwasher. I am constantly putting the magnets back on here. I wiped it off with my Shaklee degreaser. Some magnets had stickers on the back and left marks on the dishwasher. I cleaned it and put them back on but Lauren threw them off in 2 seconds. I quickly decided to take the letter ones off and put them in the garage on the freezer. So now there are three magnets left!(I guess I didn't take a picture)

Next up was the Fridge and freezer.

In the freezer I threw away stuff that was expired and even have one empty shelf! We also have a big freezer outside. I keep things that we use more often inside like vegetables and ice packs for lunch, etc.

Onto Day 2: I started with the bowls we use everyday. I had also been putting the containers I used for making Lauren her baby food. I haven't used these in a few months so I took them out and found a new home for them. I also got rid of some of the ziploc containers because it's crazy how many I have in here and I don't use that many.

To the left of that cupboard I have larger bowls, one of my crockpots and other misc things including medicine. I put some medicine back in the bathroom where it belongs. :)

Next up was cups! I have too many cups! There are so many cups in this house it's crazy! I got rid of some! You'll see that the next few cupboards all have cups!

Next more cups and our everyday China, which I would like to replace and just get new plates and salad bowls since that's all we use. But it's also still blue and I have gotten rid of all the rest of the blue in my kitchen! Changing these out would give me more space!

Now in the after you will see more cups, haha but they are from another cupboard that I cleaned out.

Ok this next one is almost too embarrassing the show! lol It's above my oven. The cupcake holder and disposable trays look like they are on top of the bags and cling wrap but they are farther back.

Now much better.

This is another pretty embarrassing one! lol And this is where those cups came from.

I wanted to somehow fit a basket of art supplies that I have been moving around trying to find a home for so that's why I decided to move the cups. So in this yellow basket are paints, stickers, markers, crayons and foam stickers that I don't want the kids to be able to easily get too.

The last cupboard is above the fridge so it is not easy to get to. I quickly saw that it had room for some more things so I put my baby food maker there and the containers. I also put my breast pump items here, that's what is inside the bag.

I am pretty happy with how much I have done so far. I hope to finish the rest by tomorrow!!