Monday, November 14, 2016

Review: Joseph Abboud's Black Linen Fragrance

Photo by Joseph Valo III
When you turn on the television you see Men's Warehouse commercials featuring Joseph Abboud's clothing line and fragrance line for men, you can see that everything about Joseph Abboud's clothing line and fragrance line is about quality, style and class. Last year I had the honor and privilege to test and review the Joseph Abboud fragrance. This year Joseph Abboud went and released a new fragrance called "Black Linen" in collaboration with Harry Fremont. 

When I got  Joseph Abboud's "Black Linen" fragrance the packaging was all about quality and style. The fragrance bottle has a black background that has a stylish cap and has a classy look. Now on to the fragrance. The top note is grapefruit to give it a citrus smell right off the bat. The middle note is Clary Sage that gives it a relaxing feeling. The bottom note is Hatian Vetiver to give it that masculine smooth and earthy undertone to bring everything together.

Everything about this fragrance is classy and sophisticated.  This fragrance would be perfect for when you go to work, when you go out for the night on the town or you can even wear it for your loved one. What I really like about this fragrance is the calming effect it has, it lasts a long time and the fragrance lasts a decent amount of time as well. 

I would definitely recommend this fragrance to any man who wants to have a great quality fragrance that lasts long and has a masculine, classy but yet sophisticated smell. You can find "Black Linen" by Joseph Abboud at these following places: Mens Wearhouse, Joseph Abboud, Jos. A. Bank for $65.00. You will not be disappointed by this fragrance. I will definitely be purchasing this fragrance in the future.

 Disclaimer: The said product above was sent to me as a gift by my fiance.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Armani Code Profumo : Fragrance Review

Photo by Joseph Valo III
Armani was founded by Giorgio Armani  and has been around for a long time. Armani is most noted for their fashion as well as their fragrances. When you say the word "Armani", you think of the high end suits and fashion as well. They also known for their fragrances too. Today I will be reviewing Armani Code Profumo.

I was sent Armani Code Profumo to test and review. When I got it, I was excited because when you think Armani you think High End, Classy, as well as quality. The packaging was extremely good and was of good quality and when I pulled out the bottle it has a sleek and classy design with the colors of the bottle to accent the scent of the fragrance. 

The real test was when I sprayed the fragrance. I immediately noticed the Cardamom with the notes of Tonka Bean, Woody Amber Accord as well as Styrax too. The other test was to check how long the fragrance would last and it passed the test. It lasted all day and the great part about it is that a little goes a long way. 

If you want to definitely get noticed use this fragrance and you will be getting complements all day and night. Armani Code Profumo is one of those fragrances that you can wear for special occasions with your loved one or when you are on the prowl. Everything about Armani Code Profumo screams passion, excitement, warmth, fiery passion and seduction. 

You can find Armani Code Profumo at some of these places in the stores and on line as well.
 Giorgio Armani Beauty, Ulta, SephoraFragrancenet.com , Fragrantica.com The price ranges from $60.00 to $110.00. I would definitely recommend this to family and friends. Armani Code Profumo is that perfect gift for your man. You will not be disappointed when you get this. I know that I will definitely getting Armani Code Profumo in the future. 


Product disclaimer: Got this to test and review.

Monday, August 29, 2016

Michael Odegard makes hate site about me

Hi readers. I don't really care for drama and honestly, I'm not trying to be dramatic when I say that it has come to my attention that my stalker Michael Odegard from Portland, Oregon has made multiple hate sites about me. Truth be told, I never met this man in my life. All of this started when I politely asked Michael Coleman Odegard to leave Sarah Afshar, my fiance (who was my friend/ex at the time) alone along with her mother. I simply asked him to cut his losses and move on. That is all I asked. I have never met this guy in my life nor have I ever knew anything about him. When I told him to cut his losses and move on he started to attack me online before calling my number and harassing me offline. I have filed numerous police reports on this guy not because I feared him, but because he is unstable and impossible to predict. Not only does he constantly play the victim and damsel in distress by constantly attacking me and spreading lies, but he also engages in psychological manipulation and trolling. If he is trying to get people to believe him and his lies, he would have no problem shooting me and crying victim in the aftermath.





He has came here to my blog delivering the same old death threats and harassing me. He didn't think I would react because truth be told, Michael Odegard from Portland, Oregon is a bully. I only responded back with facts and truth. I don't aknowlege him because he is nothing to me and the only thing that I did was made blog posts here at MY OWN blog and no where else. Recently, Odegard started proving his sociopathic mentality by playing the victim and using his illness to get away with harassing me and other people including my fiance Sarah Afshar and Brian Joseph Mann. Oh and about Brian Joseph Mann, I have never met this guy in my life and yet Odegard has created this warped story that I am somehow conspiring with Brian Mann to stalk him. This is just part of Odegard's sickness and how he is using the victim mentality to get away with harassing innocent people.
Odegard has a thing for calling me a domestic terrorist and so forth. Just recently, Michael Coleman Odegard made 2 more hate blogs about me (even included my name in one of them) and my fiance Sarah Afshar where he labeled me as a Domestic Terrorist and everything. Odegard even threatened me as well. He also went and used our pictures to spread more hate and lies to further his own agenda. I served my country for years and as a result, defended the land of the free and the home of the brave. I have risked my life and spent my time saving lives for over 12 years as a volunteer fireman. I have no desire to engage let alone feed Michael Odegard's dementia, meglamania and cheesy covert intimidation. A psychopathic personality is known to use the internet to consequently manipulate their audience. Having a sufficient level of ruthlessness, they can conceal their agenda by playing the victim which is true in Odegard's case.
You see, a couple of years ago Mike Boudet from the Sword and Scale podcast tried to contact me via Facebook and YouTube. Boudet tried to get an interview with me to hear my side about the whole Michael Odegard thing. I simply left it go because I had better things to worry about other than a stalker and harasser from Portland, whom I never met in my life. in which is all the way across the United States from me. What Mike Boudet did was have Michael Coleman Odegard in the podcast when he did a podcast about Morgan Ingram. This had absolutely no bearing on the subject matter of the podcast, which I thought was very odd. I understand Boudet is obsessed with ratings and is known for guilt tripping, but feeding into a mentally ill man's deception and giving him a platform to spread even more is pretty low. Even for someone like Mike Boudet who has been criticized for being a sensationalist.

Michael Odegard is a true bully and anyone who can think practically and realistically can see exactly what he is doing. He is the one spreading lies about me and Sarah, harassing us and engaging in behavior just for attention. He is using a tactic called traumatic one-trial learning and reversalising intermittent reinforcements by lying about his own personal struggle only to project it onto innocent people. He wants a response from us because he wants you to all believe his multiple stories he's concocted. You don't have to be a psychiatrist let alone have credentials in social science to know that Odegard is engaging in psychopathic character assasination while engaging in psychological manipulation. I've been a volunteer firefighter for over a decade and served in the United States Armed Forces. I have friends who are schizophrenic and bipolar. I have suffered from depression and PTSD. I am not attacking mental illness in anyway. I am simply defending myself and my fiance from Odegard for his anger, hate and rage not to mention the many lies he has spewed and spread about innocent people including myself. Michael Odegard does not scare me neither does his brandishing anger because I am still standing, but I refuse to sit here and allow him to spread untrue lies about me.
Michael Odegard is lying about me and I, Joseph Valo III, will continue to exercise my 1st amendment right of the Constitution, as I have every single right to defend myself. I will continue to tell the truth.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

MuscleTech's Lab Series After Build post workout review

Photo Taken by Joseph Valo III
MuscleTech keeps on coming out with new supplements and one of the new ones is After Build Lab Series. When you get done with crushing your work out you need a great post work out supplement and MuscleTech's After Build Lab Series is the one. I was sent this product to test and review. 

Here is a little bit about Lab Series After Build. 

4:1:1 BCAA Matrix  
L-leucine       4g
L-isoleucine  1g
L-valine        1g

Growth & Recovery Matrix
L-glutamine                   2g
Creatine Monohydrate  2g
Creatine HCI                 1g

Lean Muscle & Performance Matrix
Betaine              2.5g
Taurine                 1g

Hydro-Electrolyte Support Blend
Sodium Chloride            63.5mg
Dipotassium Phosphate  55.5mg
Coconut Water                   50mg
Black Pepper Extract        5.26mg

You need to read the whole label and follow the directions to the "T". This supplement is powerful. When I went and got this to test and review I went and tested this product to the max. First I tested the taste, It tasted very good with no after taste. For the mixing test, I went and tried the old stirring with a spoon in the glass of water and it mixed fairly good. Then I went and tried to mix it in a shaker cup and it passed with flying colors. And for the final test I tried it in a fruit punch smoothie and it tasted great and mixed extremely well with no funky after taste.

Phase 2 of my testing was to see how the recovery and strength  went after using it for a month. After the first 4 days I noticed that my recovery was getting better and by the 4th week I had to work out even harder to feel the soreness but the soreness was very minimal. During that time I noticed that my strength was increasing as well as my muscle mass as well. 

MuscleTech's After Build Lab Series post work out far exceeded my tests in everything. I highly recommend this to family friends and anyone who wants a faster recovery and that extra strength and muscle mass. Also with this post work out you need to drink lots of water because of the Creatine in it. What I like about After Build Lab Series is the BCAA's and the support blend. The BCAA's help with the synthesis of protein that you need for your muscles and also the Support blend because it helps with the replacement of the electrolytes that you burn and use during your workouts. When you stack After Build with the 100% Whey Advanced you will see more results.

You can find more about this post workout supplement and others here

Disclaimer: The said product above was sent to me to test and review. My opinions are unbiased and based from me using the product.

Monday, June 20, 2016

100% Whey Advanced Protein Lab Series by MuscleTech Review

Photo Taken by Joseph Valo III
MuscleTech came out with a new protein powder called 100% Whey Advanced a few months ago and I had the opportunity to test and review it. MuscleTech takes great pride in the taste and what they put in their product. What MuscleTech did was create a whole mew protein powder with the highest quality ingredients and pure protein.

What they also did was put BCAA's in with it and also Glutamine too. What that does is help and aid in the absorption of protein and help with recovery and to build lean muscle as well. This is great to take right after you are done with your work out and great with smoothies too.

This protein powder has 25 grams of protein, 5.6 grams of BCAA's , 4.4grams of Glutamine and Precursor per scoop. Also it is Banned Substance free as well as the serving size is 1 scoop.

I tested MuscleTech's Lab Series 100% Whey Advanced protein powder in the following categories, Taste. Mix, how much muscle I gained and also how the recovery was too. So let's get to it now.

The taste was really great and it tasted just like triple chocolate brownie and didn't have funky after taste as well. First, when I mixed it I tried several different ways too. I went and mixed it in a shaker cup with bottled water and there was no clumps and everything blended well. Then I tried it with vanilla soy milk and it still mixed well. I also tried it with the water in a glass and mixing it with a spoon and that worked to a certain point but I recommend that you use a shaker cup to mix it. Then for the ultimate test I went and made a triple chocolate peanut butter brownie smoothie and it passed with flying colors and tasted just like the real thing.

Since I have been taking the 100% Whey Advanced protein powder I have noticed a faster recovery because of the BCAA's and have gained about 4 pounds of lean muscle in about 4 weeks.

I also want to stress about reading the whole label and look at the indigence to see if you may be allergic to anything.

I would definitely recommend this protein powder to anyone who wants to gain lean muscle and a faster recovery. Also I would definitely recommend this to family and friends as well. I am completely satisfied with this supplement and will be buying it in the near future. You can find MuscleTech's Lab Series 100% Whey Advanced Protein Powder here.

Disclaimer: I got the said product to test and review and this review is of my unbiased opinion as well.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

MuscleTech's CellTech Hyper-Drive Review

Photo Taken by Joseph Valo III
I would like to take the time to let you know all about MuscleTech's newest product called CellTech Hyper-Build. When I got this product to test and review I was happy because I remember the CellTech Hard Gainer and how good it was. 

What MuscleTech did was take the old CellTech and made it better and made it a 5 in 1 powerful post workout supplement. They added more BCAA's, Electrolytes and added Tart Cherry to it and many more things. 

When I first tried it the first thing that got me was how good it tasted. There was no funky after taste at all. I decided to put this to the test and it passed. I read the whole label and followed the directions to the "T". The end result after taking this for a week was more strength. I also noticed that I wasn't sore like usual and I was starting to get more muscle mass as well. What I like is that there is no loading phase with this and that it has electrolytes in it to help replenish what you lost during your workout.

The one thing I want to stress is that you must drink more water due to the creatine and you must read the whole label front and back and follow the directions. 

CellTech Hyper-Drive is broken into 5 parts.

BCAA Matrix -  4g L-Leucine, 1g L-Valine, 1g L-Isoleucine, 1g L-Glutamine.

Muscle Growth and Stregth Matrix - 4g Creatine Monohydrate, 1g Creatine HCL.

Cell Volumizing amino Acid Matrix - 1g Taurine, 240mg of Tart Cherry Juice Concentrate.

Electrolyte Blend - 180mg Sodium Chloride, 50mg Coconut Water, 50mg Watermelon Juice, 40mg Dipotassium Phosphate.

Support Blend - 100mgWhite Mulberry Extract, 50mg Prickly Pear Concentrate.

How to take CellTech Hyper-Drive is you mix 1 scoop with 12oz of water and mix. Or if you have been using it for more than a week you can use 2 scoops in 24 ounces of water for the full effect. But if you are just starting to use this supplement just go with the 1 scoop for a week and then go with 2 scoops. but just remember that you need to drink adequate amount of water. And just take it right after you work out. 

I would definitely recommend CellTech Hyper-Drive to anyone who wants great muscle recovery and strength. CellTech Hyper-Drive will do what it says. I'm completely satisfied with this supplement and I will be using MuscleTech's CellTech Hyper-Drive as my post work out.

You can find out more about MuscleTech's CellTech Hyper-Drive here.
 
Product Disclaimer: I received this product to test and review.

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Hydroxycut Gummies Review

Photo taken by Joseph Valo III
For everyone who is either trying to lose weight or thinking about losing weight. Here is a wonderful weight loss supplement that you can use. Its, the Hydroxycut Gummies from Hydroxycut, America's #1 selling weight loss supplement. What Hydroxycut did was they went and put a whole new spin on weight loss supplements by creating the Hydroxycut Gummies. 

When I first got them, I was taken away because I thought who would do something like that. But if you think about, it's a great idea and this is why. A lot of people dread taking pills and powders and find it a little cumbersome. When I first tried them I was expecting a supplement taste but that was clearly not the case at all. They tasted really good and guilt free as well. 

Since I started taking the Hydroxycut Gummies which was about 2 weeks ago, I have lost about 6 pounds. How the weight loss supplement works is, that you take 3 Hydroxycut Gummies 30 minutes before your 2 largest meals and that's all. How easy is that, right? Just one thing to remember is that you can't have more than 6 in a 24 hour period. How the weight loss supplement works is that it helps to control your appetite and has B Vitamins in it to help metabolize fat. Also one great thing is that it is stimulant free too. 

For best results; combine with exercise and a well balanced. If you are all the time on the go you can also take them with you as well and the best thing is that they taste great.. 

Now don't get fooled by the candy appearance because they are a weight loss supplement and not for little kids. Also with anything you put into your body read the whole entire label. The reason for that is because you may be allergic to something in the product. That goes for everything like shampoo, food, skin care and so forth. 

This weight loss supplement has Robusta Coffee Extract which is a key ingredient and has been clinically proven to help with weight loss. For more information you can visit there website here. I would definitely recommend this weight loss supplement to anyone who wants to lose weight and friends and family. 

So, if you are interested in losing weight when pills and powders are not your thing, check out the Hydrocycut Gummies.

Product Disclaimer: I received this product as a sample to test and review