Update~ We have our giveaway winner! The gift certificate goes to Maegan, with comment #57 as chosen by random.org. Congrats Maegan! Please come back after you have tried out your new products, and tell us how you like them!
Here at Shadow's house, we are having a nice easy day off~ a spa day, for much needed pampering and rejuvenation. I'm using my favorite new skin care products, and I am SO excited about them! Why?
Because I have dry hypersensitive skin, and the worst allergies of anyone you will likely ever meet. My doctor said he wants to put me in a bubble. I have chemical sensitivity. That means chemical odors, especially PERFUME, make me very ill. I didn't always have this problem. It came upon me gradually, as my allergies got worse and worse, and I slowly withdrew from the "normal" world. Things got so bad, I had to take a medical leave from work, and I was off for a year. During that time, I rid my home of all scented items, and now I search for natural alternatives to commercial products that I used to take for granted.
Any of you who have a perfume allergy already KNOW how difficult it is to find products that won't irritate your skin. Things labeled 'sensitive', 'hypoallergenic', and 'fragrance free', have gone through my bathroom in a sort of sorry trial and error parade. Most of them give me the heebie jeebies. Rashes, itching, headaches, nausea, and a general unhappy funk. Into the wastebasket they go. If you read the label, yes they might not contain artificial perfume, but they still have harsh chemical additives.
What to do?
I'm so sensitive, I actually cringe at the thought of trying anything new. Branching out into a new line of products took an act of real bravery! If you are hypersensitive like me, let me be your canary in a coal mine, the proverbial guinea pig.
So I decided to try some of the new organic products from
Winsome & Green. The idea of using something made in small batches by a real person is appealing; as well as the use of natural organic ingredients, with no artificial fragrances or chemical additives.
Calendula Baby Balm
I'm not a baby, but I do love this balm. It takes care of my super dry skin, and soothes the itchy owies away.
Smell: pleasantly warm and buttery. Yum!
Cleansing Grains
An interesting product! It's a powder. I mixed a tiny bit with some lotion and warm water, and massaged it onto my face; then I scrubbed with a washcloth, and rinsed. My skin felt soft, smooth, and clean.
Smell: fresh, clean oats with a slight pleasant herbal odor.
Honey Bee Lip Balm
I confess, I'm a bit of a lip balm addict. Usually I need to reapply my lip balm constantly to keep my lips from chapping. This balm is the bomb! I used a teeny dab of it last night, and 8 hours later my lips were still moist and protected.
Smell: delicious mint and orange. I want to eat it.
Honey Mint Sugar Scrub
This is heaven in a jar. It is wonderfully revitalizing and refreshing, and it feels great.
Smell: like you are enjoying a peppermint patty in the shade of a juniper tree in the high Sierra. Take me away!
I loved every one of these products, and they passed my sensitivity test with flying colors! No adverse reactions of any kind. I'm very hard to please, but I must admit, I'm impressed!
In fact, I love this natural skin care line so much, I have decided to partner with
Christa of
Winsome & Green for an exciting giveaway! Christa has graciously agreed to provide our giveaway winner with a $50 gift certificate. This gift certificate is good for anything in Christa's shop: beauty products including the lip balms, cleansing grains, detoxifying masks; along with her line of organic garden seeds. Perfect!
Christa has also given our readers a very generous coupon code! Enter code SHADOW20 at checkout for 20% off any Winsome & Green order through the duration of the contest. :)
The Rules
This giveaway is available to the US and Canada only!
(note: leave a separate comment for each entry to increase your chances!)
To stand a chance to win,
you MUST:
1. Be a follower of this blog
For extra chances do any or all of the following:
1. Tweet about this giveaway and show us a link to your tweet
2. Blog about this giveaway on your blog and link back to our blog (leave your blog link behind)
3. Share this giveaway on your Facebook (leave your FB link behind)
4. Follow Christa on
twitter
5. Visit Christa's
shop, and tell us what your favorite item is
6. Like
Christa and
Shadow, and leave a comment on our pages.
7. Follow Christa's
blog
DURATION
This giveaway will run for 2 weeks from April 26 to Noon pacific time, May 10, 2012.
The winner will be chosen by random.org on May 10, 2012 and will be announced immediately and contacted via email.
If the winner cannot be contacted within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen by random.org.
This giveaway is available to the US and Canada only!
Good luck!
