Kleenex Pocket Packs or Kleenex On The Go

Kleenex is a very popular brand when it comes to tissues. For a long time we had to carry tissue in our pockets if we needed it. However, in the past couple of years Kleenex has been coming up with new ways to make tissue more portable and mess free. In the top we can see the pack that one can carry in their bag, backpack, or purse. There are many designs you can choose from as well as some designs for kids that have Disney characters. This pack resembles a regular Kleenex but with a plastic wrapping and a way to easily open and close your pack.

In the next image we have a newer pack, this new pack is designed to fit in your pocket. This new pack also has various designs you can choose from. It resembles a wallet that you will open and inside your tissues are found. Both are plastic so that they are light weight. This is a product that anyone can have and it can be an essential one to have. Whether it is flu season or Kleenex tissues can always come in handy.

Tabasco Boxer and Money Bank

Last month when I was Valentine shopping I came across with these boxers that were just so hilarious. At first glance you don't see a boxer, all we see is the Tabasco bottle. I remember thinking, "why is this right here in the clothes section, it should be over in the food or groceries section." After looking at other clothes I saw this again so I decided to take a closer look at what it was. Turns out there is a boxer inside. The way the company designed this is very creative, because if you were to give this as a present to your significant other he would think you are giving him a Tabasco Sauce. Once you actually get the bottle you know it is too light to be a Tabasco Sauce. The bottles' purpose is not just to hide the boxer inside, it can also be used as a little bank where you can drop in coins and dollars. Since you can open the bottle from the bottom you don't have to break it to get the money you already have, like with other piggy banks or money banks.

This is a very versatile gift, a two in one gift, you give your significant other a boxer and a little bank where he can start saving a little more money.

Next time you don't know what to give your significant other for your anniversary or for next years Valentine's Day, you might want to think about giving them this unique two in one gift.

5 Gum: Truth or Dare

Last year 5 Gum launch a special edition of their gum. The special edition was called 5 Truth or Dare. In the wrapper you have 3 truths or dares and you could go online to enter a contest they were having. I think this is a great idea because in having these truths and dares it makes the experience a very interactive one. This can even turn into a game with friends and maybe people would buy it more to see what other truths and dares other packages might have. They also designed the wrappers in a way that looks nice or clean. Each section of the wrapper has one truth or dare, for the most part one doesn't run off to the next truth or dare. The color of the wrappers for the most part is the color of the gum and they have the 5 in different sizes.The actual box has an elegant design because it's in black. It doesn't have much lettering or other images that can make the package design look cluttered.

Lay's Limon Chips

Today I'm going to talk about the design of the bag for the Lay's Limon Chips. These chips were inspired by a Mexican snack, you basically get some fried potato chips and you put some lemon/lime and/or some hot sauce. When these chips first came out I was skeptical to whether or not they were going to taste as good as when you put the lime juice on the chips. I must say that they do and they are my favorite.

Enough with the flavor part, let's analyze its packaging. As we know, they have the same packaging as all other chips. They come in a aluminum bag. Since the flavor of these chips is limon or in english it is lime, the color of the bag is a lime green or yellow green. Like in all of Lay's products and in all or most chips, the brand's logo appears at the top and centered. The chips are enlarged to show texture and it gives the consumer a sense as if they are already eating and tasting the chips. A juicy lime is also shown because that is the flavor of the chips. The bag is very clear in showing what the consumer is about to buy and eat. It is very simple because we just see the company's and brand's logo and the rest of the bag in just an enlarged visual of the product. This is great because as a consumer you don't need to see any extra stuff just an image of the product or maybe have a part of the bag that is see through where we can see the actual product.

Hair Dryer Attachments

I mentioned in my previous post that I was going to talk about hair dryer attachments since I talked about a hair dryer. Now there are various types of hair dryer attachments but the ones above are the most common: they are the diffuser (which is in the upper left hand corner), the concentrator (lower left corner), and the pick (right side). These attachments come in variations but they usually all look like the ones in the image. Their design can be kind of weird especially if you haven't seen them before, when I saw one of these attachments before I very confused. What in the world is this? What would you use this for? Attachments are usually very light weight this is because you wouldn't want a huge amount of added weight to a blow dryer. Some blow dryers can be a bit heavy although lately companies have been working to fix this issue; if you have one of these blow dryers and if you have a heavy attachment, then your hand is going to be very tired by the time you are done blow drying. Attachments are usually made out of plastic which is cheap and very lightweight. Each attachment has a purpose of how it is build, from its design to how they let the air out.

The Diffuser:

It is a bowl shaped attachment that is used for wavy, curly, or kinky hair ( I'm calling all of these hair types, curly hair). It has those big teeth so that it doesn't destroy the curl formation and pattern. It also has various tiny holes where the air flows thru because in this way the air isn't harsh and doesn't create frizz, which in curly hair it is very easy to do. The bowl shape is so that you can cup in various strands of hair making the hair more easy to dry but without the frizz.

The Concentrator:

It almost looks like a vacuum or a vacuum attachment. The concentrator concentrates heat in a specific part of the hair. Its design helps with this because the air flows almost in a line because of the nozzle's shape.

The Pick:

This comb attachment is used to create volume in your hair. The long and thin teeth that this attachment has helps create volume when you are combing your hair in an upward motion. The air that the blow dryer gives to the hair helps create even more volume because of the attachments opening in the middle.

These are the most common attachments. Attachments come in weird shapes but each of them serves a purpose.

Conair 1875 Watt Ionic Conditioning Hair Dryer

This is the Conair 1875 Watt Ionic Conditioning Hair Dryer, a pretty long name right. There are many hair dryers and many hair dryer brands. One of the most famous and common brand for hair dryers is Conair. There are hair dryers that cost hundreds of dollars while others cost as little as $15. Conair's hair dryers usually cost less than $75. This dryer costs approximately $25. This blow dryer is marketed more toward those who want to buy a blow dryer but don't want to spend much money. Not only is it an affordable blow dryer but it is a great blow dryer, users have rated it fairly high compared to other blow dryers that cost the same. I know that this is a great blow dryer because I own one of these but in the red version. What many users look in a blow dryer are different heat settings, speed settings, and a cool shot button. This blow dryer has two heat settings: high and warm. Users like having different heat settings because for most users the highest speed setting is too hot for their hair. Having another option is good for those people because it allows them to switch the dryer to a cooler setting and avoid hair damage. This hair dryer also has two speed settings, this is how fast the blow dryer blows air out.The settings are high and low, the low option is good if you don't want to get frizz or if you don't want to feel a big burst of air blowing in your face or head. Another option that this hair dryer has is its cool shot button,this can be helpful when the hair dryer starts to heat up, by pressing the button it sends cool air and therefore cooling the dryer. This button is also used to make your styled hair last longer. Another great feature is that it is lightweight compared to other hair dryers that are the same size. These options are what makes this hair dryer popular, not only that, as I mentioned I have a red version of it and in the picture it appears blue, there is also a purple and a grey version of the dryer. Having these different options make this hair dryer a great pick and makes this option one of the best options. Not only that, it is also available in most drugstores, and other places like Walmart and Target. Being affordable and having various options is great when looking for a blow dryer to purchase. Along with the price this dryer comes with attachments which I will cover on my next post, but they are basically enhancers for your blow dryer. Above are two attachments that come with this blow dryer, one is a heat concentrator and the other is called a diffuser, but as I said I will cover them in my next post.

The Sims

The Sims has been a very popular game over the past years. This game is a virtual reality game that now has had 3 versions of it and various expansion packs as they call it. This game is designed for anyone who wants to take a break from reality and create a new life with their Sim which is the character or avatar they create. You can customize your Sim: their physical appearance, the way they dress, how they behave, etc. Aside from this your Sim can have their own house in which you can pick which objects you want to have in it and how to decorate it. You can also have friends, pets, and even babies,.... yes I said babies. As I said this game has already had 3 versions of it and last year they released their most recent version (which makes that its 4th version) with better graphics and more options to better customize your avatar or Sim as they call them. This may be a good buy for those who want to go on virtual reality adventures. The expansion packs add more adventures, those who want to have pets to take care of can buy the pets pack, those who want to have a university experience can buy the university pack, their is also an expansion pack for different seasons and for those who like the night life. This game tries hard to have expansion packs that various types of people might like, in their version 3 there was an expansion pack for those who like supernatural stuff and they could turn their Sim into some sort of supernatural creature. In general this game is played more by adults and it is always released for computers, although there have been a couple of versions for gaming consoles but they aren't very customizable. In their most recent version (Sims 4) there still isn't a way for Mac users to play the game, but Windows users can play the game. This game is very popular that a version for Facebook was created, now unfortunately that was taken off, which was a shame because all the progress that users had made was deleted and it couldn't be recovered in another version of the Sims. I played the game when it was available in Facebook and I have to say it is very addicting and even though the actual Sim couldn't be very customized the house of your Sim was very customizable which made the game a very popular one in Facebook too. There are many virtual reality games and websites but the Sims seems to still be very popular because of its various customizable options. If virtual reality is your thing the Sims may be a game you might want to check out.

Bath & Body Works PocketBac Holders

My previous post was about the PocketBacs and I thought I couldn't write a post about them without writing another post about their companions the PocketBac Holders. Just like the PocketBac their holders came in a variety of styles. There are holders that have animal designs, others have the design of cartoon characters, and there are the regular holders. The regular PocketBac Holders already come in various colors, some are one color and others have more than one. They help complement the PocketBac because one can mix and match them with the holders.This is a very smart move by Bath & Body Works because it makes it fun to mix and match them and buyers might be intrigued to buy new designs of the holders as well as new collections of the PocketBacs.

Bath & Body Works Hand Sanitizers or PocketBac

We see these little guys everywhere, it seems like everyone has one of these. They are the Bath & Body Works Hand Sanitizers or as they call them, the PocketBacs. They came in various colors, smells, and collections. The above ones are just a few of the ones available or the ones that they have released. There are like hundreds of them. Each year new collections are launched, there are some collections that are always launched around Christmas time and they have smells from our favorite Christmas treats, other lines have been launched for Halloween season, and there are others that have been launched in the summer. Bath & Body Works has done an effective job with their PocketBacs, the designs that they have are very diverse, some come in bright colors and others are almost see through for those people that want something less appealing. The label is generally associated with the smell or the feeling that you get when you smell it. All these options have made the PocketBacs very popular, but the most important aspect of the PocketBacs is that they are hand sanitizers and I believe that this is very important because it helps reduce the spreading of germs. Not only is this a cute object but it helps to maintain ourselves clean whenever soap and water are not around

JVC Gumy Earphones

As I was wondering what to include on my next post, I was looking at my earphones which I have in two different colors (purple and pink) and I bought a pair of red ones for my brother. Then I started reflecting on how popular these kinds of earphones have been and still are. Why is this? The JVC Gumy Earphone line has been a very popular one, I remember getting my first Gumy earphones when I was in high school approximately some 5 or 6 years ago. They continue to be a very popular type of earphones, this is because they have various colors to choose from as we can see in the picture above. They also offer different designs, one that is the in-ear headphone and the other being the regular earbud. The most recent line of Gumy earphones now has the microphone integrated for people who listen to their music in their phones, this allows them to also be able to answer phone calls without having to unplug their earphones. The option of having various colors opens the window for more customers who might want to buy them because they have more conservative colors like black and white, as well as neon colors.

FIFA 15 PS Vita Cover

The above image is the cover of the FIFA 15 game for the PS Vita. Now this is just one of the many covers that came out for this year. EA Sports and FIFA have done various covers and depending on where you live the cover might change, the only thing that doesn't change is that all the covers include Messi as the main figure. Now as I mentioned this is just one of the many covers that came out, for the cover in Mexico we see Messi again but this time accompanied by Javier "El Chicharito" Hernandez. It seems that the two companies decided to include Messi who is the most popular soccer player at this time along with the most popular player in that country; in some countries this didn't happen and they just put Messi in the cover.

This is the cover for the US version of this popular game. In this cover we see Clint Dempsey and Lionel Messi. As mentioned before Messi is in all the covers because he is considered the best soccer player and he is very popular. Clint Dempsey is in the cover because he is one of the most popular US soccer players and he has been doing good in his career and he is the captain for the US national team. FIFA and EA Sports seem to have opted for using the most popular national players: by this I am referring to a player from that country, for example the most popular player in Spain, Brazil, Mexico, etc. By using the most popular player in the country along with the most popular player in the world (although some may argue you can also put Cristiano) people and especially teenagers, are going to want to buy this product. Another main reason to buy this is that it is rated E for everyone, even though in this image it says RP (Rating Pending). By having a game that has been rated E, parents are more likely to buy it. For example, many parents with younger kids sometimes struggle to find a popular game but that is age appropriate because most of the popular games are rated T for teen or M for mature. Another reason this game may capture the attention of many people is that it is available in various gaming platforms. I only put the cover for the PS Vita for the purpose of showing a cover but it is available for most if not all the most popular gaming systems today. All of these details are what makes this game a very popular one although its overall design may seem a bit simplistic.

Mascaras: Are They Really That Different From Each Other? How Are They Being Advertised?

What is the difference between all the different mascaras? How are they each labeled within the same brand name? For this post I'm focusing on the Maybelline line of mascaras, because they are only ones that I personally use. I can't be talking about the Revlon or Covergirl mascaras and compare them with each other and each brand line of mascaras if I don't know the actual effects that they might have in my lashes.

So as we see in the image above, there are six different kinds of mascaras from Maybelline. There are more but in the image only these appeared, they seem to be the most popular ones not only because they appeared in this image but I know this because when I go to the drug store they are the ones that go out of stock faster. Also, Maybelline has taken out a couple of new mascaras, and because of this they might not be in this image. For each mascara the company uses a set of words; the first word describes how you might feel when using this mascara (according to them of course), the other word describes the "function" of the mascara. As we can see the word that describes the "function" of the mascara is bigger and bold so that it can stand out to the possible buyer and depending on the result that they want to have in their eye lashes the might be more inclined to getting that mascara. For example, many women who buy mascara want to have volume in their eye lashes, therefore buy seeing this image in a drugstore they might go for the first mascara in this image which is the Colossal mascara. This image might be a good resource if it is your first time buying mascara, but after a while a after experimenting with various mascaras one may find that you can get the same or better results with another mascara.

The company also uses words to describe how one might feel with each mascara. In the first image they say that you will be bold with that mascara. Are you really going to feel bold? It depends on the person, some may feel bold when using the purple Falsies mascara. Also sometimes or most times the images may be altered to make the product they are promoting stand out. The person buying this product doesn't really know what they are going to get or the results of using this product until they actually try it out themselves. For the most part the images seem accurate to me, this is comparing my results from when I have tried these products. The overall advertising of these products is effective because of the company's use of words to describe the products and because of the bright colors used. The different angles in the images help show the function of each mascara.

Nature Valley Box

The image above might be one of the many boxes that one may see when we go to the grocery store. There are many types and brands of snack bars. As we can see it has the usual Nature Valley logo that states that this snack bar is 100% natural. Why is this so important? Right now it seems like almost everyone is opting for healthier and more "natural" food. For many people eating something natural may be equivalent to eating something healthier. Because of this many people pick foods or packaged items that say "100% Natural", whether they are really 100% natural we don't know but that is the logic that some people have. By just having the 100% natural sign this product is attempting to provoke interest in people that are trying to make healthier and smarter choices. However, this is not the only type of consumer that the product might be trying to reach for. This product can also be aimed towards people that are in a rush, like college and university students. Another element in the box is the picture of the snack bar. Like in most snack bar boxes or cereal boxes, the photo of the bar is enlarged so that the consumer can look at how good this treat looks. The almonds, oatmeal, raisins, and the other bits of fruit and nut are showed in a way that catches the consumer's attention. In the bottom right hand corner there is also an enlarged picture of the individual fruits and nuts that are in the snack bar. The company does a good job promoting their product and making it look appealing to the eye and by having the enlarged image of the snack bar it also gives us a sense of almost being able to taste it. Visually it communicates very well and another good thing about the design in the packaging is that although there are some words the images are more appealing which to me this always has to be the main focus in the labels or packing of boxed products.