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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 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.
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ SuperTooth’s newest introduction to its Bluetooth Speakerphone line – the Crystal Review & Giveaway!!
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
If you need to make a hands-free call while driving or otherwise, you need a solid Bluetooth headset as it is now the law to not be using your cellphone up to your ear manually or face a hefty fine! Most phones sold these days have the awesome speakerphone mode. This setting is usually good enough for an impromptu hands-free call in a small and quiet office or space. However, when you get on the road in a loud vehicle, the phone’s flaws are immediately made apparent. For example, the built-in microphone can be less than ideal for canceling the levels of road and wind noise present in a car at highway speed, which leads to poor quality on the receiving end of your calls. I’m sure that you hate having to repeat yourself over and over to callers as much as I do, so SuperTooth’s brilliant newest gadget called the Crystal improves call quality bigtime!!
The world’s best-selling intelligent headset just got better. The SuperTooth Crystal is a Bluetooth car speakerphone. This baby links wirelessly by Bluetooth with your phone and allows you to have hands-free calls while driving. The SuperTooth promises high quality in-car Bluetooth connected speakerphone action which is definitely does! Simply clip in on your visor and it works excellent! It is compatible with basically all cellular phones such as the smartphone, android, and even the iPhones! The metal clip connects to the actual device via the Crystal’s built-in magnet, and you’ll be good to go if you want to keep the device up above you on your sun visor or if you want to pop the device off for a moment’s inspection. This device is 130 x 50 x 14 mm, small enough to fit in your hand or pocket quite easily, and has a battery capacity that will have you talking for 20 hours or working with 40 days of standby.
The SuperTooth Crystal is an awesome Bluetooth car speakerphone as it can play back music from Bluetooth A2DP enabled phones, announce GPS instructions as well as function as a hands free system. This last feature is great for those with stringent hands free driving laws that are strictly enforced nowadays!!
I received a black one to review and I love it so much!!
Clip, connect, drive!
“The SuperTooth Crystal is a Bluetooth car speakerphone. It links wirelessly by Bluetooth with your phone and allows you to have hands-free calls while driving. Keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel!
The SuperTooth Crystal doesn’t require any installation. Just attach it to your car’s sun visor via its durable, magnetic clip and enjoy hands-free calls while driving!
Drive in style!
The SuperTooth Crystal features an ultra sleek design and high-quality finishings to fit perfectly into any car.
It is user-friendly with its forefront, big buttons making access to the key commands much easier.
Talk around the clock!
The SuperTooth Crystal provides up to 20 hours of hands-free talk time or 40 days of stand-by time with a 3 hours charge of its lithium-ion battery.
You’ll never be short of battery, as the SuperTooth Crystal beeps when its battery is low.
Sweetie AND your boss! The SuperTooth Crystal supports Multipoint technology. It is very practical if you have both a personal and a business mobile phone, as it can be connected to both phones simultaneously. You don’t have to choose anymore!
The intelligent speakerphone The SuperTooth Crystal’s fully automatic pairing feature makes it easy to use for anybody. Just enter your car, bang the door, and the SuperTooth Crystal will automatically reconnect to your phone. For added convenience, it will beep to confirm reconnection.
Keep tabs on battery life You’ll never run out of juice with SuperTooth CRYSTAL. To check battery status, glance at the battery meter that automatically displays in the status bar of your iPhone .
GPS friendly The SuperTooth Crystal supports Bluetooth A2DP to stream music directly from compatible phones. It can also announce turn-by-turn navigation from all Bluetooth A2DP-enabled smartphones.
Technical specifications:
- Bluetooth hands-free kit version 3.0
- Quick fixation on sun visor via metal clip
- Headset and hands-free profiles
- Multipoint : 2 phones can be paired simultaneously
- Streams the music of your phone / Announces GPS instructions of your smartphone via Bluetooth A2DP profile
- Low battery audio signal
- Automatic pairing
- Full Duplex
- DSP
- Operating range : 10 meters
- Frequency : 2.4 GHz
- Rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery
- Voice recognition dialing (if phone supports)
- Last call redial
- Reject incoming call
Size and weight:
Height: 49 mm
Width: 130 mm
Depth: 14 mm
Weight: 100 grams / 113 grams (with metal clip)
Battery life:
Talk time: 20 hours
Stand-by time: 1 000 hours
Charging time: 3 hours
Battery type: Lithium-Ion”
The SuperTooth Crystal gets a huge thumbs up from CoolCanucks, and I absolutely recommend that everyone own one of their own!!
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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Dog Trots Globe — To Paris & Provence (Hardcover book) Review & Giveaway!!
Monday, August 20th, 2012
This is the story of Chula, a Shetland Sheepdog who travels to France, from California, at the grand old age of nine. It chronicles her adventures from Provence, to Paris, and back home again. There is even a handy hints and tips for travelling on an aeroplane with a dog which is extremely helpful!! This book was written about Chula’s point of view when travelling.
As a pet owner, I could really appreciate the humorous slant that the dog’s perspective gives.
Dog Trots Globe – To Paris & Provence does what every travel book aspires to: it convinces a reader who has never visited a place to want to go and evokes memories in those who have already been there. Toss in over 150 colorful photographs and a beautiful Shetland Sheepdog and you have an enchanting travel book!!
Author Sherry Long is not at all unfamiliar to Pet travel. 8 years ago she started traveling across country with her then 9-month-old Sheltie, Chula, getting her accustomed to and comfortable with the new experiences that occur on a daily basis while traveling with your prescious dog, your best friend!
As overseas travel with dogs appears to be sprouting wings (thankfully), Sherry has come out with a book on her experience traveling to and in France – or should I say her dog Chula has? I personally detest leaving my dogs at home when I am off traveling, and yearn for them every single day that I am without them!! Dog Trots Globe is one dog’s view on the wonders of the markets, the fields and the sausages of Provence and the somewhat less joie de vivre experience of Paris due to limits on where you can take your dog. Dogs are not allowed to experience art at the Louvre, but most restaurants will allow them to dine inside if you ask prior to visiting!!
Chula endured a bit of a walk on the wild side, boldly snatching a baguette from a shopper’s bag as the delicious aroma must have been too tempting! Every day was a new adventure – even the scary one in the South of France involving thousands of animals Chula had never seen before, and that was a bit much for her according to Sherry, but Chula gamely conquered her fears when she met these creatures later in the countryside!
This book is not dull or boring, that’s for sure!! Pack with the most excellent adventures, I recommend that everyone own a copy!!
You can find this phenomenal book called Dog Trots Globe at Amazon and iTunes in book, e-book or enhanced e-book formats. The research and extensive information on pet travel to France and the preparation that involves is at the publisher’s site.
Now retired, Sherry Long founded and directed The Hampton-Brown Company, a ” leading publisher of language and literacy materials” K-12. She served as CEO for National Geographic School Publishing after National Geographic bought the company in 2006.
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.
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