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CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Tropical Traditions Organic Virgin Coconut Oil Review & Giveaway!!CLOSED

Friday, June 11th, 2010

 

Coconut oil is both a healthy and great-tasting addi­tion to smooth­ies, shakes, and other yummy treats. Thanks to Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions, you get noth­ing but the best!

Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions Coconut Oil is one of the first vir­gin coconut oils to be exported to the United States from the Philippines.

Brian Shil­havy (founder of Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions) dis­cov­ered the health ben­e­fits of coconut oil after mov­ing to live in the Philip­pines with his wife, Mar­i­anita. He believes that coconut oil made by tra­di­tional meth­ods is supe­rior to the mod­ern coconut oils found in stores.

Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions offers 3 types of coconut oil:

1. Gold Label Cer­tifed Organic Coconut Oil
2. Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions Green Label Organic Coconut Oil
3. Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions Expeller-pressed Coconut Oil

I found the oil to have a very rich coconut fla­vor, tan­ta­liz­ing to the taste­buds.  I even tried mix­ing a table­spoon of this oil into my cup of cof­fee (try it, you’ll like it!) and it melted instantly! When I used the oil as an after-shower skin mois­tur­izer it absorbed quickly and smoothly, leav­ing my skin soft, smooth and healthier-looking (not to men­tion smelling heavenly!) The uses for Coconut Oil are amaz­ing, did you know that you can even cook with Coconut Oil?? I did not know that until recently! See all of the great recipes on the Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions web­site by click­ing here! We made a batch of banana choco­late chip muffins with with the coconut oil instead of but­ter or oil and they were beyond just delicious!

“Vir­gin Coconut Oil is a food, and is one of the best cook­ing oils you can use. It has been a sta­ple cook­ing oil for thou­sands of years in trop­i­cal cli­mates. As a cook­ing oil, its chem­i­cal struc­ture is kept in tact and there­fore is resis­tant to muta­tions of fatty acid chains even when used in higher cook­ing tem­per­a­tures, unlike most veg­etable oils. Research shows that the medium chain fatty acids found in coconut oil boosts the body’s metab­o­lism, raises body tem­per­a­tures, and helps pro­vide greater energy which can lead to weight loss.”

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Here is a pic­ture of a gen­tle­man trans­port­ing organic coconuts far away from the pol­lu­tion of any city or roads in the rural moun­tain areas of Mt. Bana­haw in the Philip­pines, in prepa­ra­tion to make Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions Gold Label Vir­gin Coconut Oil:

 

This grade of coconut oil can be applied directly to the skin for con­di­tion­ing. It is great for elim­i­nat­ing dan­druff. As a cook­ing oil, its chem­i­cal struc­ture is kept intact and there­fore is resis­tant to muta­tions of fatty acid chains even when used in higher cook­ing tem­per­a­tures, unlike most veg­etable oils.  

I defi­nately give Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions a huge thumbs up, and rec­om­mend this great Coconut Oil to everyone!

DISCLAIMER: Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions pro­vided me with a free sam­ple of this prod­uct to review, and I was under no oblig­a­tion to review it if I so chose.  Nor was I under any oblig­a­tion to write a pos­i­tive review or spon­sor a prod­uct give­away in return for the free product.

 

The very kind and gen­er­ous folks over at Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions have gra­ciously offered to give one lucky Cool­Canucks reader the chance to win a quart sized jar (32 oz) of this amaz­ing Organic Vir­gin Coconut Oil as well!! SWEET!!

 

To Enter:

Manda­tory Entry – ***This is a MUST!! Those who don’t ful­fill the very first entry will be dis­qual­i­fied! Also, any com­ments such as ‘enter me’ or ‘love to win’ will be deleted.***

1) This is a MUST. You must sign up for the Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions newslet­ter, as per their request.

 

————->The Above is MANDATORY before any extra entries count. <—————

 

*****EXTRA ENTRIES: (Optional, these are there for you just in case you would like more chances of win­ning!!)********** Leave com­ments all in one com­ment box, or in sep­a­rate boxes, that is totally up to you! Note: All entries left in one box only counts as one entry so your choice!****************

 

SUBSCRIBE to Cool­Canucks Blog (right hand-side of blog) via email. (You must ver­ify the sub­scrip­tion in your email too, as I will check! Not ver­i­fied = dis­qual­i­fi­ca­tion, sorry!) Leave me which email addy you sub­scribed with in your com­ment please.

 

Fol­low Cool­Canucks Via Google Friend Con­nect – this is also on the right hand side of my blog.

 

Fol­low @coolcanucks and @Troptraditions on Twit­ter! Leave me your twit­ter name!

 

Tweet this con­test! Leave me the Sta­tus Link to your tweet! *NOW UNLIMITED TWEETS DAILY!!* and leave a com­ment each time with the Tweet Sta­tus Link*

(Please note, there is a NEW Retweet but­ton added below this post – you may also use that for a quick and easy tweet – be sure to leave me the sta­tus link though!)

 

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Become a Reg­is­tered Cool­Canucks Mem­ber in our forum and leave me your user­name there!

 

Blog, Stum­ble, Digg or share this give­away on any open pub­lic forum and leave me the link to it! +5, leave 5 comments

 

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Refer a friend to Cool­Canucks Forum – do not sign your­self up and cheat, I can check IP’s! Tell me who the refer­ral is, and earn 10 extra entries at once!

 
Pur­chase any­thing from Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions for the dura­tion of the give­away and get 10 extra entries!! Just tell me in a comment!

 

**Give­away open to both Canada & US and expires on July 13th, 2010**

 

A HUGE thank you to Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions for spon­sor­ing us with this GREAT Con­test here at CoolCanucks!!

 

 

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    Beth
    June 16th, 2010 at 5:33 pm 

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    CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Basa Body 100% Fresh & Natural Skincare Review & Giveaway!!CLOSED

    Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

     

    One word to say about Basa Body prod­ucts — AMAZING!!

    I was beyond ecsta­tic when the kind folks over at Basa Body agreed to a review & give­away here at CoolCanucks!!

    Basa Body is 100% Fresh & Nat­ural Skin­care. Their all-natural prod­ucts are infused with organic vir­gin coconut oil to nour­ish, hydrate and reju­ve­nate your skin.  They strive to keep their coconut body prod­ucts 100% nat­ural with no arti­fi­cial ingre­di­ents– this means no alco­hol, no petro­leum prod­ucts, no arti­fi­cial col­ors or parabens. Their coconut oil body lotion is great for sen­si­tive or dry skin. Their Basa Stick is made from 100% nat­ural coconut oil, and soaps are made with the finest nat­ural ingre­di­ents. Most lotions use water to tem­porar­ily smooth your skin, but when the water evap­o­rates, the skin is left as dry or drier than it was before. Basa Body prod­ucts actu­ally help the skin heal. They are con­fi­dent your skin will love their all nat­ural won­der­ful organic prod­ucts for the body, face, and hands.

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    I was sent their very famous Basa BUSU: “Kiss” Gift Pack to review, and the results after usage were totally fan­tas­tic! Not only does the Nat­ural Coconut Oil Body Lotion smell extremely heav­enly, it leaves your skin feel­ing so soft and smooth!

    Their Nat­ural Coconut Oil Heal­ing Balm (Basa Body Stick) soothes, soft­ens, and pro­tects irri­tated, cracked and dry skin, such as that on my right ankle. A few uses of this prod­uct made my ankle not­i­ca­bly softer and appeared to get rid of that dry skin that sur­rounded it!

    Both of the Basa Body Soaps were won­der­ful! They came in two fab­u­lous scents — Rasp­ber­ries and Cream, and Mint Choco­late Truf­fle. Insanely Heav­enly!! I can hardly wait to order more and stock up on these great Basa Body Products!!

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    Your pur­chase of Basa Body’s coconut body lotion and beauty prod­ucts is not only the best choice for your skin, but every item sold helps rural Kenyans work their way out of poverty!

     

    What an excel­lent com­pany! Their cus­tomer ser­vice skills as well as deliv­ery time were also com­pletely out­stand­ing!! I give this com­pany a huge thumbs up, and rec­om­mend that every­one try these phe­nom­e­nal products!!

     

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    The very kind and gen­er­ous folks over at Basa Body 100% Fresh & Nat­ural Skin­care has gra­ciously offered to give one very lucky Cool­Canucks reader the chance to win this same great Basa BUSU: “Kiss” Gift Pack as well! SWEET!!

     

    To Enter:

    Manda­tory Entry – ***This is a MUST!! Those who don’t ful­fill the very first entry will be dis­qual­i­fied! Also, any com­ments such as ‘enter me’ or ‘love to win’ will be deleted.***

     

    1) Head on over to Basa Body and check out these great prod­ucts! Come back here and tell me which prod­uct you would love to have!

     

    ————->The Above is MANDATORY before any extra entries count. <—————

     

    *****EXTRA ENTRIES: (Optional, these are there for you just in case you would like more chances of win­ning!!)********** Leave com­ments all in one com­ment box, or in sep­a­rate boxes, that is totally up to you!

     

    •SUBSCRIBE to Cool­Canucks Blog (right hand-side of blog) via email. (You must ver­ify the sub­scrip­tion in your email too, as I will check! Not ver­i­fied = dis­qual­i­fi­ca­tion, sorry!) Leave me which email addy you sub­scribed with in your com­ment please.

     

    •Fol­low Cool­Canucks Via Google Friend Con­nect – this is also on the right hand side of my blog.

     

    •Fol­low @coolcanucks on Twit­ter! Leave me your twit­ter name!

     

    •Tweet this con­test. Leave me the Sta­tus Link to your tweet! **NOW UNLIMITED TWEETS DAILY!!* and leave a com­ment each time with the Tweet Sta­tus Link**

    •(Please note, there is a NEW Retweet but­ton added below this post – you may also use that for a quick and easy tweet – be sure to leave me the sta­tus link though!)

     

    •Become a Reg­is­tered Cool­Canucks Mem­ber in our forum and leave me your user­name there!

     

    •Become a Fan of  Basa Body on Face­book and leave a com­ment on their wall that you came from Cool­Canucks!

     

    •Blog, Stum­ble, Digg or share this give­away on any open pub­lic forum and leave me the link to it! +5, leave 5 comments

     

    •Grab our Cool­Canucks but­ton located to the right of the blog. +5, leave 5 comments

     
    •Sub­scribe to Cool­Canucks RSS Feed! + 2 leave 2 comments

     
    •Refer a friend to Cool­Canucks Forum – do not sign your­self up and cheat, I can check IP’s! Tell me who the refer­ral is, and earn 10 extra entries at once!

     
    •Pur­chase any­thing from Basa Body     for the dura­tion of the give­away     and get 10 extra entries!! Just tell me in a comment!

     

    **Give­away open to both Canada & US and expires on May 31st, 2010**

     

    A HUGE thank you to Basa Body for spon­sor­ing us with this GREAT Con­test here at CoolCanucks!!

     

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    Nury
    May 24th, 2010 at 5:25 pm 

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/daer0n/status/14647616879 Thank you.

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