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Healing CBD Hemp Lotion

Posted on by Grayson
I have been given this product as part of a product review through the Chronic Illness Bloggers network. Although the product was a gift from The Fay Farm, all opinions in this review remain my own and I was in no way influenced by the company itself or by Chronic Illness Bloggers.
I have to admit that I was skeptical about this product when I signed up to review it. If you read my writings often, I have a weird mix of beliefs and tend to shy away from natural things because, as I was growing up, that was all my family would do to help with my pain.
Turns out, multiple chronic pain issues don’t really respond to copper bracelets aside from turning wrists green… Anyway, it’s safe to say that I was looking for this to totally bomb.
But it surpassed anything I could have thought.
 
The first thing I used this for was actually an injury. I managed to cut open my fourth toe on my left foot to the point where I needed three stitches to hold it on and heal. My pinky toe on the same foot was also injured and broken… The fourth toe may be broken too, but since there is little that can be done for a toe, I didn’t ask for an x-ray.
I was told, after this accident, to make sure that I kept the area moist and clean. The day after, I began using this healing CBD lotion on the area to help with moisture and the whole clean thing.
It greatly reduced the pain that I was having, both from the injury itself and from stepping incorrectly with stitches.
There was even a point in the next week where I drove home during my lunch time after a meeting specifically to apply this lotion to my foot. Within a week, I was able to remove my stitches. The lotion continues to help the scar tissue and skin in the area improve.
In the meantime, the horrible dry skin that I have on my heels has greatly reduced. I am no longer catching skin on blankets, but have smooth feet! And that is still the case without having used the lotion for two days.
It has helped immensely with the pain from my fibromyalgia as well, whether this is in my hands or – the worse area right now – my neck.
The other night, I had a bout of painsomnia that was the most intense I’ve faced in a while. I ended up having to take a large amount of medication in addition to getting a back rub and applying this lotion to my neck and tailbone area.
It finally helped to break the painsomnia cycle.
If this lotion can help solve my icky, scratchy feet in addition to helping me heal from an injury and deal with my fibro pain in the midst of my biggest fibro flare in years?
I’m sold.
The CBD products from The Fay Farm are kind of badass. You can snag Healing Hemp in 2 oz or 8 oz.
Because I loved this product so much, I will be reviewing their Serenity CBD lotion coming soon, so stay tuned!
To learn more about The Fay Farms’ CBD products, please read this post from Julie Ryan at Counting My Spoons. You can also visit Project CBD’s Beginner’s Guide.

 

Review: Nimble

Posted on by Grayson
This is a sponsored post. I was provided the product in exchange for an honest review, and I have been compensated for my time through the Chronic Illness Bloggers network. All opinions remain my own and I was in no way influenced by Version22 Designs or Chronic Illness Bloggers.
 
I feel like the name Nimble is a combination of ‘nifty’ and ‘thimble.’ I’m totally making this up, but check out how it looks and tell me that it doesn’t make sense.
Right? This is totally a cute yellow nifty thimble.
I was super excited to be a part of trying out the Nimble! I’m not great with sharp things sometimes, especially when my Fibromyalgia and SJIA hit my hands… AKA Sunday after making questionable food and beverage choices at Aunt Brenda’s wake.
Upon first glance, I was interested to see that this little fingertip-hugging cutting tool had similar ideas to a box knife. The only difference is that the cutting piece is permanently out and unadjustable.
I was totally fine with that since this cute little fingertip cap doesn’t cut me but does cut other things.
I’m a bit of a klutz, so this was a great tool to try out. I’m always cutting myself whether opening packages with sharp objects or with my hands.
I wasn’t entirely sure how well this would cut, especially with my hands being less able during this time period. It cut through paper pretty well.
And even cut through tasty snack plastic easily. Honestly, it did even better on that than the paper.
When I used the Nimble on cardstock, it was less easy. Again, my hands have been flaring and, thus, aren’t as strong. I did also try this on an Amazon box I needed to break down and had some difficulties there as well.
The nice thing is that the Nimble is small enough you can adjust how you have it on your finger and the pressure you need to apply. My guess is that my hands were getting in the way no matter what.
It does take a certain amount of pressure to cut and I just wasn’t at that strength level this weekend. Nonetheless, this was very useful even with grumpy hands on tape, plastic, and regular paper.
I am very excited to start using this in my kitchen, too, as it seems to be very easy to clean.
Courtesy of Version 22
Want to snag your own Nimble and easily open some bacon? Head over to their Kickstarter and snag a sweet deal (note: bacon not included).
If you’re not familiar with Kickstarter, you pledge a certain amount of money to help a product be created and, depending on your donation level, also get fun bonuses. Here is what Version 22 Designs and Nimble currently have available:
On Kickstarter, you only wind up being charged if a product meets its fundraising goal. Since Nimble has reached that already, this means any orders you placed are guaranteed to ship out.
It may take a little while for you to receive your Nimble as they have not been completely created yet. The current timeline indicates that October will likely be when these start shipping. The nice thing is that’s just in time for those gift-giving holidays!