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Kim Patterson's Home - Best in Health, Beauty, Kitchen and Baby Products

Welcome to my innovations blog.  I am here to report on all of the amazing, ground-breaking, fun, funky and unique happenings in the areas of health, beauty, kitchen and kids stuff.  I am a freelance writer and stay-at-home mom of a busy toddler, so I am always interested in finding handy new gadgets to help out in the parenting department.  Also, as a self-professed beauty product junkie I am constantly seeking out the newest products claiming to be the next best thing.

I hope you enjoy reading about all of these great new products and ideas as much as I enjoy researching and writing about them.  Please leave me comments to tell me what you think of my latest health, beauty and baby finds.

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Deep Frying Aims To Make The Kool-Aid Man A Little Rounder

On a day-to-day basis I try to avoid deep fried foods (for obvious artery-clogging type reasons), but if I came across fried Kool-Aid, as is being offered at the San Diego, Calif., County Fair, I think that my curiosity would get the better of me.

MyBestFit Narrows Choices Before You Hit The Dressing Room

Some clothing items are just tough to fit, especially if you have any body parts that you are not completely happy with (which pretty much everyone does).  MyBestFit is a full body scanner that can tell you the best fitting items from the selections in its database before you ever hit the dressing room.

Membo Helps You Keep Tabs On The Basics

While it wouldn’t help in every situation, the Membo by Dreamfarm is a fairly simple concept that could really help with remembering some of the everyday routine stuff that tends to slip your mind when you’re busy.

Cook Joy Pack Transforms Boring Lunches

Sometimes getting your kids to eat their lunches is an enormous challenge.  We try to strike a balance between giving them something healthy and also making it tasty and enticing enough that they will eat it.  The Bandai Cook Joy Pack Sandwich and Cookie Maker could help merge the healthy with the fun.

Coffee Joulies Temper Your Scorching Morning Brew

Keeping your coffee at the right temperature can be so difficult!  If it is too hot you burn your mouth and once it cools right down it just doesn’t taste the same.  It’s a juggling act, especially if you are busy doing something else while you are trying to drink your coffee.  This is where Coffee Joulies come in.

Kick To Pick App Gives Fetuses A Chance To Select A Moniker

If you are about to have a baby and feel that your unborn child deserves to throw his/her two cents in during the naming process then there is an iPhone app you should check out.  Kick to Pick gives fetuses a voice of sorts when it comes to choosing their names.

21 Drops Trios Modernize and Simplify Aromatherapy

For many aromatherapy-curious people the practice seems a little too complicated.  21 Drops aims to take the frustration and guesswork out of aromatherapy.  They have created easy to use and tote rollerball vials of pre-blended oils to treat a wide range of issues. 

Get A Tapi And Avoid Disgusting Drinking Fountains Forever

Drinking fountains are generally quite revolting.  Well, the clever people at Dreamfarm have come up with an inexpensive solution.  The Tapi is a rubber device that fits over the tap of most faucets and turns them into a clean drinking fountain.

Snakes And Ladders Lawn Game Puts Kids Right In The Action

Pretty much everyone played snakes and ladders as a kid.  Kids today continue to enjoy this very old game, but can now put themselves right in the action.  The Snakes and Ladders Lawn Game is the same basic game on a giant scale. 

Doodle Duvet Gives Kids A Chance To Draw On The Bed

Do you have kids who are constantly drawing on things they aren’t supposed to draw on?  Are you getting sick of telling them over and over not to do that?  Instead of fighting it you can now go with it and get them a Doodle Duvet.