Life by Cynthia

As a blogger and big fan of social media, I make most of my connections online. When I have the opportunity to meet my colleagues in person, it's hard to pass up! At blogging and social media conferences, I get a chance to connect with online friends in real life and I also learn a great thing or two from industry leaders. Connecting with event sponsors is also a big plus. Celebrity sightings are known to happen every now and then! Pin Exchange, Photo Gift from HP, Business Cards from my new friends , Disney Treats, and THE Grumpy Cat caught napping! I was going to wake her but feared she would be PISSED OFF Cat instead of just Grumpy. The Disney On The Road event with the Disney Social Media Moms led me to Arizona this year. This event was held on June 25 and the venue was the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess 7575 E. Princess Drive Scottsdale, AZ 85255.  About 100 attendees were expected for this event, but I believe that a few had to miss the program due to unforeseen ci...

Thanks to an event sponsored by Whole Foods Markets in San Diego, I had an amazing opportunity to learn about skincare, beauty, and bodycare items that were selected with the highest quality standards in mind. Whole Foods held an event to showcase their Whole Body Department. I enjoyed the product demos, food, drinks, AND information about the high standards that Whole Foods Markets maintains as far as the products that are offered in their stores. Attendees received a goodie bag full of products from their bodycare line. THANK YOU Whole Foods! I enjoyed the added bonus of catching up with my blogger friends! Whole Body Quality Standards: Whole Foods Markets carefully evaluate each and every product sold. They are passionate about aromatic, luxurious, effective personal care products and the pleasure of sharing them with others.  They encourage vendor partners to use plant-based and naturally-derived ingredients, pure essential oil fragrances, gentle preservatives a...

This is a sponsored post on behalf of Mamma Chia. Mamma Chia  is a conscious and sustainable company with a mission to share the magic of chia through delicious, high quality, organic chia-based foods and beverages. This spring Mamma Chia unveiled several highly anticipated new products including: Two new Chia Squeeze Vitality Snack flavors – Mango Coconut and Wild Raspberry Convenient four packs of the Chia Squeeze Vitality Snacks Mamma Chia’s organic bagged chia – black and white seed varieties WIN Mamma Chia goodies! Total retail value: $75. Winner will be selected at random and prize fulfillment is direct from sponsor. Giveaway open to U.S. residents. Winner must reply with 24 hours with address and T-Shrirt size, otherwise an alternate winner will be selected.  The Mamma Chia prize pack includes: One week’s supply of Mamma Chia products - 7 Chia Squeezes (varied flavors) and 7 beverage vouchers One copy of Janie’s book – Chia Vitality...

Looking for an action-packed weekend of fun for the whole family? Head to your local IMAX® Theater for the premiere of How to Train Your Dragon 2 ! Starting this Friday, June 13th, the second chapter of DreamWorks Animation's beloved How to Train Your Dragon franchise is soaring to all IMAX theatres domestically in select engagements. The IMAX 3D release will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience®, creating a unique environment that will make audiences feel as though they are flying alongside heroic Viking Hiccup and his faithful dragon, Toothless. Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Kristen Wiig reprise their respective voice roles, joined this time by Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett, Djimon Honsou and Kit Harington. For more information about How to Train Your Dragon 2, please visit DreamWorks Animation's official website . For IMAX T...