Ah well. It's tardiness is made up for with the amazing goodies inside. The team behind Cravebox must have listened well when their subscribers received the December box. While it wasn't a bad box, it wasn't very exciting either.
January's Cravebox is The 2012 Vitality Box focusing on 'your health inside & out'. Definitely a well thought out box for the month when people seem most motivated to make healthy lifestyle changes such as eating right and getting more exercise.
The Vitality Box features five products.
• Colavita Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Mèreadesso Woman Face and Neck Toning Gel
• Emergen-C Vitamin Drink Mix
• Switch2Health STEP Pedometer
My initial reaction was some serious happy dancing. Everything in this box appeals to me unlike the December box.

As an adult I have always had them in my house. I would drink them during my pregnancies to help ward off colds and suppliment my vitamin intake. Now I take them whenever I travel or am feeling particularly sluggish. I love the fizzy bubbles and since they branched out from health food stores into mainstream markets several years ago they have so many flavors! I'll always like the Lemon-Lime best but Pink Lemonade, Raspberry, and Tangerine are all good too. I could swear they had a plain Cranberry version at some point that I loved but now they have Cranberry-Pomegranate which I have got to try next time I purchase some.

Want to know more about the health benefits of olive oil? This Q&A from the Mayo Clinic explains them really well. Like all things the great advice my great-grandfather gave me before passing away from cancer at 95-years-old stands: 'everything in moderation'.


I hope Prevention doesn't mind but I photographed the contents pages of the issue so you can see the topics discussed this month. The sections focusing on heart health in particular were great. I have got to start thinking about my heart health now rather than waiting until something goes wrong. Isn't that what prevention is? Thank you so very much to both Cravebox and Prevention Magazine for making this part of the box. I am sooo thrilled with it and excited for the next issue.

January's box included the one product I was desperate to try but cannot afford, the Mereadesso Woman Face + Neck Toning Gel. With a pricetag of $120 this is simply not something I could fit into my budget. It's almost a whole day's pay! While it's no drugstore bargain it's already something I know I will be saving up for or asking for at Christmas. Mereadesso's standard is impressive. You don't find a bunch of perfumes and dyes or funky gunk in their products. Every ingredient is something you can pronounce and probably know lots about already from Aloe and Witch Hazel to Chlorophyl and White Tea. It has a pleasant smell, and pale green hue from the herbal extracts, spreads on smooth and in just 3 days my skin is recovering from the horror another recent product I tried wreaked on it. When I got up this morning my skin looked balanced, I can't think of another word that suits it. My rosacea was calmer than it's been in months. My forehead is usually oily in the morning but today it wasn't oily or dry it was perfect! My breakout from hell is clearing up and my skin is soft, even on the glowy side.
I ♥ that Mereadesso's products are made in Canada instead of somewhere overseas and that the company seems truly devoted to making a healthy, quality product line without tacking on a bunch of 'jargon' and trendy names like 'all-natural' and 'organic' to lure in consumers. It's all very straight-forward and simple down to the packaging. Finally! I am so done with companies labeling things whatever the customer wants to hear just to sell 'snake oil'.



The rewards currently available don't seem very exciting for me but it looks like they have had others in the past so I can only guess they rotate as new sponsors are introduced. I just love the idea though. It's much easier to get motivated when you know you're getting a reward.
So as a whole this box is just about as exceptionally good as it can get. With the products included rounding out to just shy of $170 in value... this box was a steal! I am officially glad I was one of the first people who subscribed to Cravebox, I was honestly iffy on it since there was no previous box to gage the value on at the time the beta started. Now I know this is going to be the best $10 I spend every month. If you're a blogger I highly recommend subscribing when more slots open. You'll have great products to try and review/feature and if you're not impressed you can always cancel. If you're not a blogger this makes a great surprise to give to yourself every month, well worth the cost of the latest issue of Real Simple and a glass of wine or a movie ticket, maybe even better!
Thanks to the awesome companies who sponsored this month's box and to the Cravebox team for making January's box one worth waiting until February for. ;)
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