Bed Bugs - How Do You Know If You Have Them

Bedbugs do not feed on waste food like cockroaches or mice and rats do, they feed on the blood of a warm-blooded host. The signs that you have bed bugs are itchy welts, commonly in groups of three. You should see tiny red or brown marks on your linens were you have rolled over them at night and killed them.

If you think you have bed bugs check the carpet, linens and the entire bed frame, bed bugs are never far from there host (you). Check everything within a 30ft radius of your bed.

Look for nymphs and shed skin remember though that you are looking for something that is 1mm total in length and is probably translucent. The bugs go through many different stages before they become adults and are very hard to see before that.

If you cannot find them by visual inspection, you can use the old tape trick to find them. Take a roll of packing tape and tape the bottom of your bedpost and frame rails and all along your baseboards around your bed. You will find nymphs and eggs if you have an infestation. If you find anything that looks like dirt or smudges on the tape after a few nights you need another trick to catch them in action.

Bring a flashlight to bed with you. Wait until it has been dark for at least 30 minutes. Then slowly get the flashlight and shine it under the covers where you have been getting marks on your body. These bugs are very small but you will see what looks like dirt running away from you.

Bed bugs are very robust creatures and have been known to go over 500 days without a meal. If you have them, getting rid of them is another article I will cover later. Trust me when I tell you that you are out of your league in exterminating them.

InStyler in Stores - Best Places to Find the InStyler in Stores at the Lowest Prices

Finally, you can find the InStyler in stores and you are not limited to the direct forced InStyler company 'buy two get one free' offer, which only seemed to give you an unnecessary extra InStyler rotating hair iron for an inflated actual price of $134.96 + S&H, which is really a lot to pay. For those that were sharing the purchase with another member of the family or a friend, then the price was effectively half of this total.

Quick Price Comparison Update of InStyler Availability

InStyler Direct Offer - $134.96 + S&H, but for this you get 2 InStyler Rotating Hot Irons

In Stores - around about $100 each

Online - consistently between $40 and $50 each (see below for lower post holiday bargains)

Where To Find The InStyler In Stores

Buying from stores allows you to buy and pay for a single InStyler Rotating Hot Iron, but you should be aware that they are still priced around about the $100 mark, which even at this lower than direct InStyler company price, is still a fair bit more money to spend than if you bought it online.

Target - Target stores currently seem to carry the most reliable stock levels which makes it a convenient purchase for most that inevitably visit one of the Target stores or have one close by.

Bed Bath and Beyond - consistently seem to have good stock levels and the store has a good satisfaction guarantee policy.

Hair and Beauty Stores - If you are out and about in the mall, you will probably find the InStyler in stores there, particularly in the smaller hair and beauty stores.

As Seen on TV Stores - If your local mall has one of the 'As Seen on TV' stores in it, then chances are they stock the InStyler as well, however, their stock levels and availability does seem to be a bit hit and miss.

Where To Find The Best InStyler Bargains

Now is a great time to get a real bargain on an InStyler hair iron. So many people took up the direct InStyler two for one offer, at a time when you really could only buy the InStyler directly from the company.

The result is that these people now realize that they just don't need an extra 'just in case' InStyler and they are selling these original, new and unused rotating hair irons at bargain prices. If you are one of those people and now realize that your spare second InStyler is just going to forever collect dust, then why not sell it and get some money back.

Even better than that is the inevitable overspending that some people have indulged in over the holiday season, which for you means that they are more inclined to sell their 'spare' InStyler for really silly money at the moment.

If you know where and how to hunt out the bargains, it really is not currently uncommon to pick up an InStyler rotating hair iron in the $30 range. Whether taking advantage of these peoples holiday overspending is morally right, well I'll leave that decision entirely up to you!