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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Two Leaves Tea Company Review & Giveaway!!
Thursday, September 27th, 2012
Being huge tea drinkers at my house as well as at my parents, I just knew that I had to try all of the huge assortment of teas that Two Leaves Tea Company carries! After coming across their website, my eyes literally popped when I saw many different mouthwatering flavors that I have never tried before!!
I was sent a some of their famous Paisley teas, and as expected, they tasted just as good as described! We all had a field-day experimenting all of the scrumptious flavors in that box! These are the most delicious teas that I have tried yet!!
At Two Leaves Tea Company, you will find the best organic tea ever! They offer so many varieties of yummy teas that you can try for yourself, or even offer as gifts for your family and friends! Almost everyone that I know is a tea-lover, and now I have the perfect gift in mind for that person on my hard to buy for list!!
Choose from:
jasmine petal green
assam breakfast
earl grey
tamayokucha
chamomile
peppermint
gen mai cha
three tea sampler
better morning blend
better belly blend
better rest blend
mountain high chai
orange sencha
And so many more!!
“Founded in 2005, two leaves tea company™ began with a journey. Founder Richard Rosenfeld travelled the world on business, where meetings are synonymous with amazingly flavorful cups of tea. After returning to the states, Richard looked everywhere for a good cuppa’ tea…but had a hard time finding one.
Richard travelled to gardens in China, Sri Lanka and Japan to establish relationships with tea growers in order to bring premium, whole-leaf tea from the best harvests to tea drinkers around the world. Two leaves tea company™ has been recognized for the passion, care and effort that goes into cupping our tea, with awards such as the Best New Tea award for 2005–2006 from the Specialty Coffee Association of the United States, and the People’s Choice Award at the Great Canadian Tea Steep Off in 2006.”
“Our experiences at the gardens have taught us one incredibly important thing — how to recognize and appreciate great organic whole leaf tea. Our commitment to “go there” means we’re providing our customers with tea that tastes as if it has been plucked and steeped direct from the gardens.
Two leaves tea company™ was one of the pioneers of the pyramid shaped tea sachet that allows tea drinkers to experience whole leaf tea in the comfort of their own home. The sachet gives the whole tea leaves the ability to expand, yielding a rich, flavorful cuppa’ that can’t be paralleled.”
You just cannot go wrong when shopping at the Two Leaves Tea Company. Their prices are very reasonable, their customer service skills are phenomenal, and their delivery time was also beyond outstanding! I strongly recommend this scrumptious tea to everyone!! At this time, two leaves’ primary distribution in Canada is in foodservice (cafes and restaurants). Some of these cafes/coffee houses may also sell whole boxes of their tea. However, all of their products are sold on the website twoleavestea.com.
♥→I received product for review. The opinions within this post are of my own and I was not influenced in any way. Please do your own research before purchasing products. Your opinions and results may differ than mine.←♥
Win It!! Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to win some of this awesome tea! Open to Canadian & US residents only.
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Life without Plastic Freezycup™ Ice Pop Molds Review & Giveaway!!
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Back in 2009 I discovered a phenomenal company called Life without Plastic when I had the opportunity of doing a review and giveaway with them. They sent me a Stainless Steel Airtight Watertight Food Storage Container as well as a Stainless Steel Hot Meal Container to test out, and these 2 products are still used at my house to this day! These products rock, period!!
We know too much plastic ruins the earth. And plastics containing BPA ruin our health. BPA is short for bisphenol A, and studies have shown that it can cause cancer and other medical illnesses in animals. Well, some companies are pioneering the move to BPA-free products, to keep us humans safe.
We’ve seen reference to the dangers plastic poses to marine life and wildlife, garbage that we humans directly and indirectly deposit in the oceans or on the earth, but how clearly have we received the message? Not clearly enough it seems!
Once animals, marine life or wildlife ingest plastic, thousands of spines lining the throat and esophagus make it nearly impossible to regurgitate. The plastic can lead to partial or even complete obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in decreased digestive efficiency, energetic and reproductive costs and, for some, starvation.
Plastics ingestion doesn’t always cause death, but there are clearly health risks! The frustrating, yet hopeful aspect is that humans can easily begin addressing the solution, without major lifestyle changes. It’s as simple as reducing packaging and moving towards alternative, biodegradable materials and recycling.
And this is why I am certainly grateful for “Life Without Plastic”!!
About this wonderful company, a blurb from their website:
Who We Are: Activists for a Plastic Free Planet
“We launched Life Without Plastic (“LWP”) in 2006 after several years of daydreaming about how to make a contribution to reducing the large quantities of plastic that are consumed every second of every day around the world. We played with ideas for raising awareness about the issue. We wanted to address the environmental disaster that the consumption of plastic is causing, and the damage that leaching plastic can cause to human and animal health. We quickly realized that before we could effectively help people reduce their plastic consumption, we had to be able to point them toward non-plastic alternatives that could replace the plastic items currently used in day-to-day life. When Life Without Plastic was created, very few alternatives existed in the North American market, especially for food and drink containers. Our son was born in 2003, and he was the catalyst. He made us look more actively for alternatives in North America and in other countries around the world. This is how Sanctus Mundo, our unique product brand, came into existence.
Fast forward three years to 2009 and here we are. There are now many more alternatives to plastic products available thanks, for example, to the tremendous media attention on bisphenol A over the past two years. Yet one thing we are noticing is that the quality of these alternatives varies significantly. There are some wonderful new products created with a real concern for quality, health, the environment, and workers conditions. But there are other products out there that are unsafe. For example, not all stainless steel is created equal, and as with many things, price is often an indicator of quality.
As we continue to fulfill our goal of making available more and more high quality alternatives to plastic products, we are now able to begin focusing increased attention on an equally important element of our mission: raising awareness about plastics issues by providing solid science– and experience-based information and showing people, one person at a time, the beauty and simplicity of a life without plastic.”
This great company carries all sorts of alternatives to plastic, making the environment such a better place.
They sell all kind of sweet products, including:
Bags
Child and Baby Products
Food Storage
Non-Plastic Toys
Tableware
Water Storage
This time around they sent me some fantastic Freezycup™ Ice Pop Molds to try out and as per usual, Life without Plastic did not disappoint!!
Summer at the Diotte household means refreshing popsicle time. We eat popsicles all throughout the day and the evening. We devour them when we’re blazing from the hot summer sun, like we have been for most of this summer. We chow on popsicles at any old time because they are refreshing, fun, and when they’re not loaded with sugar and artificial food colouring like the ones you might buy in the store, they’re very healthy and also an eco-friendly soothing snack for people both young and old!
These Freezycup™ Ice Pop Molds are made of stainless steel and come with three reusable bamboo sticks and two silicone gaskets each.
Popsicles are one of the easiest make-it-yourself treats both because they’re quick (not counting freezing time), and because they use up fruit that might be too ripe to eat but very easy to puree. All you need to make popsicles is:
* Life without Plastic Freezycup™ Ice Pop Molds
* a mixture of whatever tinkles your fancy, (whatever you would like to eat in your popsicle)
* a blender of some sort to puree the ingredients so you can pour them into your Freezycup™ Ice Pop Molds; and
* a funnel so you can easily pour the puree into these awesome Ice Pop Molds.
These are the best Freezycup™ Ice Pop Molds by far that we have ever tried! No more shopping for supermarket popsicles now thanks to these molds from Life without Plastic! They rock!!!!!
♥→I received product for review. The opinions within this post are of my own and I was not influenced in any way. Please do your own research before purchasing products. Your opinions and results may differ than mine.←♥
Win It!! Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to win 2 individual Freezycup™ Ice Pop Molds! Open to Canadian & US residents only.
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
Such high quality products at extremely low prices!! I would recommend this company to anyone, you just cannot go wrong with Life Without Plastic!
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Yves Rocher Canada ~ D-14 Shape Refiner & Slimming massage accessory Review & Giveaway!!
Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Being a HUGE fan of Yves Rocher products, I was beyond ecstatic when they agreed to team up with CoolCanucks to do a second review and giveaway!!
Yves Rocher is the world leader in botanical beauty products! Yves Rocher is the online destination for beauty cosmetics including skin and body care, fragrance, makeup, and bath.
Yves Rocher, a world leader in botanical beauty care, was founded over 40 years ago in France. Since its inception, the company has grown to more than 1,800 beauty centres worldwide, and distributes its catalogue on five continents, in 90 countries and over 20 languages!!
Yves Rocher has a Foundation called the Yves Rocher Foundation. Here is a bit of info: The Yves Rocher Foundation – Institut de France was an initiative of Jacques Rocher, son of Yves Rocher. The Foundation supports local and global initiatives that help preserve nature and educate people about the environment all around the world. Created in 1991 and placed under the auspices of the Institut de France in 2001, the Yves Rocher Foundation is working towards creating a “greener world” through 2 key initiatives: the Women of the Earth Awards and the Plant for the Planet Programme.
For further information on the Foundation, check out www.yves-rocher-fondation.org.
Yves Rocher sent me their FABULOUS D-14 Shape Refiner & Slimming massage accessory to Review, and it is phenomenal!
Slimming Care
“Yves Rocher has found the necessary ingredients for its slimming care products in its botanicals. After 4 years of intensive research, Yves Rocher Botanical Laboratories discovered a variety of Green Coffee Bean, Coffea Canephora Robusta, with 3 times more slimming effectiveness than the traditional caffeine based slimming products. Test the effectiveness of these targeted treatments for a visibly slimmer look day-by-day.”
For who? For all women who are looking for visible results in just 14 days, Yves Rocher’s Botanical Beauty research offers a double slimming and firming action. :
Give it a try: the results are amazing and proven scientifically.
How does it work? This product combines two plants for an intensive double action:
• Green Coffee bean to reduce the appearance of fat storage*
• Centella Asiatica extract to tone up skin
In only 14 days, skin is firmer, your figure is redefined and looks slimmer. On the starting blocks to sculpt your silhouette.
I was ecstatic to be able to review this product after hearing so much about it! I simply applied it to my thighs and butt every day and night for 2 weeks and I saw a noticeable difference in the way my skin looked in those areas! My skin definitely looked firmer and redefined! I was impressed to say the least!!
Also included was the Yves Rocher Slimming massage accessory which boosts your slimming massage!
A real boost to your detox program: the detox rolling-pressure and suction technique accessory.
• Helps product penetrate • Activates micro-circulation • More effective draining
For the low price of $30 for these two products, you can also achieve an awesome firmer body with no use of pills or harmful diets! As usual Yves Rocher did not disappoint!!
Thanks to Yves Rocher Canada, there are going to be 10 winners of a D-14 Shape Refiner PLUS a Slimming massage accessory! SWEET!!!!!
This company scores a huge thumbs up from CoolCanucks!!
♥→I received product for review. The opinions within this post are of my own and I was not influenced in any way. Please do your own research before purchasing products. Your opinions and results may differ than mine.←♥
Win It!! Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to be 1 of 10 winners of a D-14 Shape Refiner & Slimming massage accessory! Open to Canadian residents only.
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Steward Bags 100% certified organic cotton Reusable Bags Review & Giveaway!!
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
For some, it can be hard to imagine a world without plastic – especially plastic bags.
The cons of using plastic bags are so overwhelming I don’t think I can think of any pros. They are a huge pollution problem, their lightweight design allows them to blow away easily. The fact that they are free gives them no value so people don’t think about how they dispose of them. They are made from petroleum, which could be used for fuel or energy. They don’t biodegrade, instead they breakdown and are mistaken for food and are often eaten by both land and marine animals which is fatal. They are found everywhere and many animals become fatally entangled.
They are not biodegradable, so they will persist pretty much forever, wherever they end up. Landfills if we are lucky, but because of their widespread use and their ability to fly away in the wind, they can be a big part of the trash along roads and fields. If they get into the water, they look like food and end up clogging the stomachs of a variety of animals, most famously sea turtles looking for jellyfish.
The recycling of plastic bags, while preferable to other disposal methods, is not cost-effective. Plastic bags have only existed for 25 years yet the billions that have been produced since then have caused immeasurable damage to the environment and to wildlife.
Thank Heavens for Steward Bags 100% certified organic cotton Reusable Bags!!
I was sent some Steward Bags 100% certified organic cotton Reusable Bags to review, and they are phenomenal! The benefits of using these 100% certified organic cotton Reusable Bags are fantastic! They are a re-usable alternative to plastic, each one has the potential to eliminate hundreds of plastic bags!!
Their Mission Statement:
“To provide grocery shoppers with a high quality, eco-friendly alternative to plastic produce bags as well as encourage and challenge others to become active participants in stewardship initiatives for our planet.”
Company History:
“Steward Bags was born out of our family’s love for the outdoors and our passion for stewardship of the Earth. We are committed to learning new ways to reduce our ecological foot print. We waited for others to create an eco-friendly alternative to the plastic produce bags and grew impatient. In the meantime we debated. One of us insisted on tying a knot in the top of the bag so the produce didn’t roll out. The other, however, argued that knotting the top of the bag makes it difficult to re-open and impossible to reuse. Either way these bags ended up piling up in our garbage and utimately in the local landfill. Not only have we developed this organic produce bag as an Earth friendly alternative to plastic produce bags, now we have one less thing to argue about. We feel that the development of our product is a natural progression from reusable grocery bags.”
I give Steward Bags 100% certified organic cotton Reusable Bags a huge thumbs up, and absolutely recommend that everyone purchase these phenomenal reusable produce bags!
♥→I received product for review. The opinions within this post are of my own and I was not influenced in any way. Please do your own research before purchasing products. Your opinions and results may differ than mine.←♥
Win It
Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to win some 100% certified organic cotton Reusable Bags! Open to Canadian residents only.
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Grab a Scab Permanent Stick-on Fabric Patches Review & Giveaway!!
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
Grab A Scabs are permanent stick-on fabric patches made by Scabbee. Scabs don’t require ironing or sewing. Scabs can be cut to any shape and will not fray. Best of all, Scabs are machine washable so they can be used to mend and accessorize all your clothes! They are available in different shapes, sizes and themes and can be used on clothes and backpacks, as well as water bottles, notebooks and more. These fun Stick-on Fabric Patches are taking the world by storm!!
Each Grab a Scab is also machine-washable, so you won’t be re-applying a new Scab every other week! They are extremely easy to apply, and no sewing required! Simply peel and stick!!
My little Nate had a blast with his grab a scabs after I gave him the awesome one’s that I was sent to review! He was certainly the envy of the neighborhood, and his friends wanted some so he shared!!
Scabbee & Friends
“Scabs are made by Scabbee, a friendly monster with lots of character. Scabbee hides his picture on every Scab, so watch out for him! Scabbee has three great monster buddies; Goop, Brain Freeze and Cotton Ball who help him come up with the greatest and craziest new Scabs. Which mini-monster are you most like?”
Grab a Scab Permanent Stick-on Fabric Patches are so much fun and certainly make great conversation pieces! Some of the neighborhood mothers inquired as to where to buy them! And better yet? They are a 100% Canadian Company!!
Scabs are super sticky fabric sticker patches. “Once they are on your things, they won’t come off — not in the wash, not at play — SCABS STAY PUT!” Made of durable fabric these easy to apply patches make a wonderful fashion statement, while extending the life of your clothes or adding flair to items like bike helmets and water bottles!
Available in a variety of sizes, and even in reflective, allergy alert and custom fund raising styles ~ there is a Grab A Scab patch to please most anyone!
Grab a Scabs are so much fun and they have a zillion uses to boot! Here are just a few!!
* patch a whole in pants, coat, snowsuit and more with NO sewing or ironing
* decorate backpacks, bikes, notebooks
* dress up a plain t-shirt or cover a stain
* trade with friends
* use to list allergies
* use for sport teams
* reflective scabs are great for clothing and bikes
I recommend that everyone own some Grab a Scab Permanent Stick-on Fabric Patches! This company scores a huge thumbs up from CoolCanucks!!
♥→I received product for review. The opinions within this post are of my own and I was not influenced in any way. Please do your own research before purchasing products. Your opinions and results may differ than mine.←♥
Win It!! Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to win a $25 e-certificate to the Grab a Scab Website! Open to Canadian residents only.
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Aurora World Raggedy Ann Doll Review & Giveaway!!
Saturday, September 1st, 2012
Aurora World is best known for it’s extensive quantities of much loved children’s plush toys for boys and girls. Aurora World is the leading supplier of affordable, high quality plush toys and gifts.
Plush toys are well loved by kids of almost all ages. Babies have their favorite plush toys and so do teenagers!
I know that I certainly had my favorite growing up, and I am sure that you also remember your favorite! After finding Aurora World while surfing the net one day, I desired to know more about them!
Aurora World recently introducted add a lineup of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and I love the fact that my little niece Riley was excited and clung to the Raggedy Ann doll that Aurora World sent me to review!
Aurora World, Inc. has been named the newest plush license for Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls!!
“RAGGEDY ANN & RAGGEDY ANDY CLASSIC Handmade by Aurora — The beloved ragdolls are back! Aurora’s soft and huggable dolls are heirloom treasures to be passed along for generations. Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy were created by Johnny Gruelle in 1918 for his daughter, Marcella. Aurora has captured the spirit of the heartwarming originals with ten sweetly nostalgic styles in four sizes — 8″, 12″, 16″ & 25″. Beautifully made, with fine facial features in soft brown tones and yarn hair. Has the traditional embroidered “I Love You” heart on his chest. Larger dolls features plastic button eyes, smaller sizes have embroidered eyes. Raggedy Ann is dressed in proprietary vintage-inspired fabrics, and both Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy feature their own unique styling. Each collectable comes with a 4 sided hang tag that highlight Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy’s origin and legacy.”
I used to have both Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls when I was a young girl, and I took them everywhere with me! I slept with them, played house with them, hugged them, and even sat them at the dinner table with us!
I am so happy that Aurora World brought back my magical memories after being able to review her at my age now!!
Again, Aurora World did not disappoint!
♥→I received product for review. The opinions within this post are of my own and I was not influenced in any way. Please do your own research before purchasing products. Your opinions and results may differ than mine.←♥
Win It!! Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to win your choice of either Raggedy Ann or Raggedy Andy! Open to Canadian & US residents only.
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
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CoolCanucks Review of MIA AND THE MIGOO DVD!!
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
What’s the story?
Mia (voiced by Amanda Misquez) hasn’t heard from her father, Pedro (Jesse Corti), in a long time and has a vision that she should go look for him. He’s actually trapped in an underground tunnel at his work site, which is run by a luxury real-estate development firm headed by Mr. Jekhide (John DiMaggio), who must take his own young son, Aldrin (Vincent Agnello), to a tropical island where he plans to build an exclusive vacation club. Aiding Mia on her trip to the remote island are her dead mother’s good luck charms, a sorceress (Whoopi Goldberg), and eventually by the Migoo, a shape-shifting, marshmallow-like creature (Wallace Shawn) that can multiply into various versions of itself and whose job it is to protect the Tree of Life, a special “mother tree” that resides in the middle of the proposed development. Aldrin and Mia band together to both attempt to find Pedro and to try to stop Jekhide from destroying the tree.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
From the distributors of the Academy Award®-nominated The Secret of Kells, comes MIA AND THE MIGOO, the gorgeous second feature from renowned French animator Jacques-Rémy Girerd. A fable-like journey of a young girl who must overcome her fears on a quest to find her father and save the world from destruction, MIA AND THE MIGOO was created from an astounding 500,000 hand-painted frames of animation. A stunning work of art, breathtaking to behold, with backgrounds that invoke Van Gogh, Monet, and Cezanne, it also features the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine, James Woods and Wallace Shawn.
Following a premonition, Mia sets out on a cross continental journey, though mountains and jungles in search of her father, who has been trapped in a landslide at a construction site on a remote tropical lake. In the middle of the lake stands the ancient Tree of Life, watched over by innocent, bumbling forest spirits called the Migoo, who grow and change shape as they please, morphing from small childlike beings to petulant giants. The Migoo have been disrupting the construction to protect this sacred site – and now together with Mia they join in a fight to find Mia’s father and save the Tree, with the future of life on Earth hanging in the balance.
Mia and the Migoo isn’t just beautiful to look at it, its an entertaining and thoughtful story. I hesitate in using the word, as people have the impression a movie can’t say anything of substance without being preachy, but it also contains some nice messages about respect: self-respect, respect for others, and respect for the world around you. While some might bridle at the rather subversive idea that the environment and caring for those around you is more important than turning a profit, considering how so much popular entertainment aimed at children these days celebrates consumerism it makes for a refreshing change. The only problem is the message is so subtle it will probably be lost on most of its audience. While Girerd and company are to be commended for creating something which doesn’t assume its audience is stupid, when people are used to being bludgeoned over the head they might not respond to a gentle tap on the shoulder.
The story is a combination of a classic road trip and adventure as young Mia leaves her village to look for her father, Pedro. He has taken a job far from home on a construction site building a resort in a remote wilderness area. Strange accidents have been happening on the site, cranes have fallen over and there have been land slides. When Pedro hears an odd noise in one of the tunnels they are building on the site he goes to investigate and is trapped by a cave in. Hundreds of miles away Mia wakes up from a dream of her father in trouble. With her mother already dead, she’s not prepared to lose her father and after visiting her mother’s grave heads out to find him.
Aldrin lives in a world so completely different from Mia it might as well be on another planet. His mother and father are divorced and his father, Jekhide, the businessman behind the development project Pedro was working at, is a workaholic who ignores him. His mother is a scientist studying the effects of global warming on the Antarctic ice-cap, so in some ways Aldrin spends the film in much the same way as Mia, looking for his father. For even though he ends up travelling with Jekhide to the construction site to investigate the mysterious accidents, they might as well be hundreds of miles apart even when they’re in the same room. In so many ways Aldrin is the parent in their relationship as he’s always having to take his father to task for his self-centred and selfish behaviour.
CAST
· John DiMaggio (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Little Fockers, Bee Movie)
· Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost, For Colored Girls, Sister Act)
· Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket, Married to the Mob, Cutthroat Island)
· Wallace Shawn (Toys Story 1, 2, 3, The Incredibles, Monsters, Inc.)
· James Woods (Once Upon a Time in America, The Virgin Suicides, Casino )
BONUS FEATURES
· “Making of” Featurette
· Interview with the Director
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD
Catalog #: EOE-DV-7081
Running Time: 91 mins. + extras
Genre: Animation
Rated: PG
Aspect Ratio: 16 x 9/1.78:1
Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital
Language: English w/English SDH Subtitles
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Baby Butz Cream Review & Giveaway!!
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
Baby Butz 100% natural, 100% guaranteed.
Why force your child to suffer even worse diaper rash because of creams that contain toxic chemicals and alcohol?
Baby Butz is the ONLY diaper cream in Canada stamped with the Health Canada Natural Health Product number.
Baby Butz cream is made with their PFP (Proprietary Formulation Process) and the following natural ingredients:
♥Zinc Oxide ♥Lanolin ♥Petrolatum (Petroleum jelly) ♥Starch
Baby Butz does not include perfume, alcohol or chemicals which rocks!!
Tons of parents go through that annoying phase of baby’s skin conditions and it can be awful frustrating finding just the right product to cure these conditions.
Diaper rashes tend to be the most bothersome issues for babies because they occur in extremely sensitive areas and are often very painful if left untreated. Just by the looks of these unfortunate diaper rashes leaves a parent crushed at the thought of what their poor little one must be feeling, and knowing that they are in pain hurts a parent so badly.
I just recently came across a Canadian-based company that carries a fantastic diaper rash cream that left me wanting to know more. Baby Butz is a mom-founded company and was created because a caring mom saw a need for a diaper rash cream that was clear of perfumes, chemicals and toxins!
See more about this awesome product here on this video!
Demitri was truly blessed with having such a phenomenal mommy who loves him unconditionally! This story tugs at my heart, that’s for sure!!
Baby Butz Cream is 100% natural and 100% guaranteed. The ingredient list is: Zinc Oxide, Lanolin, Petrolatum, Starch. The texture of this cream is very thick and dense which means you need very little. After all, a little goes a long way!
Baby Butz Cream worked like a charm on baby Riley and am so glad that we found this fantastic product!!!!!
Baby Butz Cream scores a huge thumbs up from CoolCanucks, and I honestly recommend this product to everyone out there!!
♥→I received product for review. The opinions within this post are of my own and I was not influenced in any way. Please do your own research before purchasing products. Your opinions and results may differ than mine.←♥
Win It!! Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to win some Baby Butz Cream as well!! Open to Canadian & US residents only.
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Lilikin&Friends Review & Giveaway!!
Saturday, August 25th, 2012
Introducing Lilikin&Friends, the hottest new plush toys available on the market!
Most people absolutely adore stuffed toys, both young or old! We all have many emotions that we share … smiling when we are happy, frowning when we are sad, the look of wonder when we are confused. But no matter what, Lilikin&Friends stand by your side no matter what!
“Lilikin&Friends are top quality plush toys made with cotton fabrics that are certified organic by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). They’re stuffed with eco-conscious recycled polypropylene fibres, and have been tested and approved as safe for even the very youngest of our friends.”
Lilikin & Friends were born in the summer of 2009. Created by Kimberley Cleland a seasoned toy designer with 10 years of industry experience with children’s toys. The company is based in Montreal and is 100% Canadian which rocks!!
Lilikin is the melancholy grey kitten. Mollycoddle is the ultra-dainty albino bunny, and Eleven is the small-for-his-age monkey! They are so soft, adorable, certified organic, and each has their own little personality!!
We had the opportunity of reviewing the Mollycoddle: The Ultra Dainty Albino Bunny and baby Riley went crazy over her! Mollycoddle has fit in perfectly since Riley loves bunnies, and she shares her love of baked goods and cake pops with Mollycoddle!! She is so beautiful because she’s more girly and wears a pretty pink ballerina skirt!
Mollycoddle is 18″ from head to toe and weighs approximately 1 lb. All branding material is printed on recycled post-consumer waste paper with vegetable-based inks. Stuffed with polyester fiber and recycled polyethylene pellets for a heavy, droopy body that can be gently posed!
Lilikin&Friends gets a huge thumbs up from CoolCanucks, and I recommend that everyone own one, or all three!
♥→I received product for review. The opinions within this post are of my own and I was not influenced in any way. Please do your own research before purchasing products. Your opinions and results may differ than mine.←♥
Win It!! Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to win a Lilikin&Friends of your choice!! Open to Canadian & US residents only.
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Tatcha Japanese Skin Care & Beauty Products Review & Giveaway!!
Friday, August 24th, 2012
Japanese geisha are well known worldwide for their mystery and beauty. When Victoria Tsai, founder of Tatcha, learned of a book published in Japan in 1813 that described 156 skin care ingredients and detailed instructions about how to use them, she was inspired to create a 4-step skin care regimen, or “ritual,” based on that of the geisha.
People by the millions have been singing the praises of Tatcha blotting papers since they first swiped one across their oily foreheads in 2009! Tatcha founder Victoria Tsai definitely proves that her phenomenal company is no one-hit wonder with the release of a full skin care line based on authentic Japanese beauty rituals!!
“To be clear, this is no Memoirs of a Geisha fantasy. Years of hard work, befriending Kyoto locals, and much sleuthing led Tsai to a 200-year-old text and a rare opportunity to meet with a real geisha girl (with skin so flawless, it brought the brand founder to tears).
Tsai enlisted scholars to translate the text and met with scientists who helped her formulate a base recipe of green tea, Okinawa red algae, and rice bran. The awesome result was a skin care collection spanning camellia cleansing oil, exfoliating enzyme powders, licorice-rich brightening serum, and a silky moisturizer!
When one looks at a Japanese ladies face, they see nothing but sheer beauty. You see perfectly gorgeous milky white flawless skin, and never notice a flaw in my personal experience. I am so jealous of their natural beauty, and often wondered why their skin was always perfect. After being able to review the Tatcha Japanese Skin Care products, I see why now!! Have you ever seen a geisha that had a blemish or pimple? I haven’t!
The newly launched skincare line centers around 4 key products; a 1-step Camellia Cleansing Oil, Rice Enzyme Powder, Brightening Serum and the Moisture Rich Silk Cream. Rather than load you down with unnecessary products, these are essentials perfect for every day use. The Camellia cleansing oil is lightweight, yet loaded with camellia and rice bran – ingredients filled with skin healing anti-oxidants.
For over 300 years, Japan’s geisha have been known for their beautiful, porcelain skin. TATCHA discovered their daily regimes in a 200-year-old manuscript. Tatcha has worked with teams of scientists, scholars and geisha themselves to decipher the rituals and ingredients from this text.
Their all-natural formulas carries the secrets of the geisha involving the most precious green teas, Okinawa red algae, rice bran and other time-tested ingredients.
My own personal main concern is redness on my cheeks and improving the overall texture of my skin without irritating it further as my skin is super sensitive. I think Tatcha is an excellent line (if not, the best one that I’ve tried) for these kinds of issues. The biggest improvement that I’ve seen thus far after a week’s usage is the reduction of redness and a clarity that hasn’t been there in years. It’s not instantaneous mind you and does not acheive your best look overnight in just one dose, but with continuous usage it does work, I promise you that. After just over one week some lingering spots have healed and lightened! Tatcha Japanese Skin Care & Beauty Products rock, believe me!!
I give Tatcha Japanese Skin Care & Beauty Products a huge thumbs up, and recommend that everyone try these amazing products!
♥→I received product for review. The opinions within this post are of my own and I was not influenced in any way. Please do your own research before purchasing products. Your opinions and results may differ than mine.←♥
Win It!! Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to win a Sampler Set of their great products!! Open to Canadian & US residents only.
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
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