I am so excited to be able to have Grateful Body as one of my sponsors for Blog Bash 2011! Let me tell you, I have heard so many stories about women who have sensitive skin. Blotchiness, redness, or irritations so often crop up and because of it, some women don't even use cleansers or moisturizers, for fear of what it does to their skin! And even those who do use conventional skin care products find themselves not quite enamored with what is out there on the market. If they were to try Grateful Body, they would be so happy with it because of the
100% natural and synthetic-free ingredients that are wholly organic as well!
I have tried the cleanser and moisturizer already and absolutely love, love, love them. What I hadn't tried before was the Midnight Oil. Ladies, this stuff is the bomb! It contains not one, not two, not three...but 7 pure oils, as well as 9 essential oils of different herbs and fruits. Oh, and don't forget the rosemary extract to top it off. When I put it on, my skin immediately drank it up and then it felt so smooth! Like velvet! The smell is pungent and aromatic, like you stepped outside in the morning and inhaled your herb garden! Pure luxury! But enjoy it while you can because in a few short minutes there is no trace of the scent. All that is left is your own smooth,luxuriously smooth skin. Am I pouring it on? No, I don't think so, it's all so true!
Our exquisite blend of the most pure, transcendent plant oils and essential oils! This incomparably nourishing body oil contributes to silky, healthy skin while providing a comforting antidote to the effects of stress and hurry. The soothing, subtle scent is popular with both men and women, and has a relaxing, grounding effect on the mind and emotions. A truly wonderful body oil.
The products even come packaged responsibly!
Another amazing product is their Essential Eye Cream!
The menu of ingredients in this amazing potion is unreal. If you want to check, look here! I was blown away!
Now for the giveaway entries--Grateful Body has graciously consented to award one follower a Midnight Oil of their own ($22) AND an Essential Eye Cream ($40)! This is a total value of $62.
The entries here are for extra/early entries and are in conjunction with Blog Bash 2011, June 22 - 26. Make sure to enter your mandatory entry at my main Blog Bash post starting on Wednesday, June 22!
- Like Grateful Body on Facebook! Leave your FB first name and last initial so I can check!
- Read my other review about Grateful Body and comment on it there. Come back here and let me know you did!
- Tweet this daily for an extra entry daily! Include #blogbash11 and @Melahelen. Please leave the tweet status link! You can copy and paste:
Win a $62 skin-pampering duo from @GratefulBodySC and A GAL NEEDS...@Melahelen at #blogbash11! Enter here - http://bit.ly/iMeO5C
- Blog about this event, with a link to this post and to Grateful Body! Leave the post link with me!
- Grab my button, A GAL NEEDS...and put it on your blog and leave me the link where you did!
Thank you so much, Grateful Body, for these wonderful products and your excellent customer service and for being my sponsor at Blog Bash 2011. I was provided products to review and the opinions expressed are mine! Giveaway ends 11:59 MST on Saturday June 26, 2011. Winner will be notified by e-mail and should respond back no later than 48 hours after initial notice! Note: US Only!
And why would you even want to know how heart healthy you'll be 20 or 30 years from now? Just let it be a surprise, right? But think about it--if you know how healthy (or unhealthy) your heart will be when you hit old age based on some good science, you can make more concrete life plans and decisions now based on your future health! I would consider where I want to be living, how much savings to have, how much insurance do I need, should I rent and let someone else take care of my yard, or will I be healthy enough to manage that on my own? Will I need to have enough insurance to cover major heart surgery? And what can I do now to insure that I do have better health when I am older?
It turns out that there is a simple test that you can take if you are middle aged (45 or older) to see where you will end up in terms of risk of death from CVS complications if you continue your present course of lifestyle. Just run and see how fast you make a mile! "Recently, researchers at the Cooper Institue in Dallas and another set from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School looked at more than 66,000 people and concluded that looking at fitness level in midlife said as much about future long-term health as cholesterol, high blood pressure and other standard measures." (See article)
Basically a woman who can run a mile in 9 minutes or less is considered highly fit and in 10.5 minutes is only moderately so. And if a woman runs a mile in 12 minutes or more, well...that's very poor and your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease is higher! At 45 years of age it is a 13.7% risk vs a 3.4% risk if you are fit; at 55 years of age the risk of CVS death is a 34.2% risk vs. a 15.3% risk and at age 65 the risk goes to 35.6% risk as compared to only 17.1%. This is not including other risk factors that might raise this percentage higher i.e. smoking,etc.
Of course, you don't just decide at age 45 to go out and run a 9 minute mile after years of inactivity in your 30's. So the message I get from this is that we need to start doing regular cardio exercise to boost our fitness in our 30's and continue that in the years beyond.
I've decided to take my cardio fitness test this Friday to see how I fare. I'm not sure I can do a 9-minute mile. My son is practicing with the Varsity Football Team right now, preparing for try-outs. He's a Freshman and he told me that to be considered for a linebacker position on Varsity, you need to do a mile in under 8 minutes. (7:59 is the slowest time you can get) What? And I'm supposed to come in a minute behind conditioned HS players at 9 minutes? I'm not so sure about this.... I'll update this post when I do run the mile and let you know how I did!
Update: I took another timed run on 10/13/11 and this time I ran it in 11:05! Getting better! Read about that run here!
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If there's one thing I've learned over the past 15 years, it's that we get enough toxic junk from our everyday environment, enough to make many of us very sick. So anything I can do to control what is absorbed through my skin and hair, I will do it! It will be that much less for my body to have to assimilate and fight off in order to protect me from getting cancer, allergies, auto-immune diseases and much more. Does that make sense? I'm not an alarmist by any means, but I do care.
With that said, I will gladly promote any company that helps with my goal of finding the safest and most natural but effective products that I can find!
Let me introduce you to Purity by Hairclinics, a company that gives us organic products for sensitive skin and for everyday life! They have organic shampoos for sensitive scalp/skin, chemically treated hair, normal hair, oily scalp and course hair! None of their formulations have sodium lauryl sulfate or other synthetic foaming agents, thus very mild! It made me laugh a little when I saw their description of what I think must be coarse hair...on their website they call it fat hair, or do they mean thick hair? Or am I just an uneducated consumer? At any rate, they originate in the Netherlands and are expanding into the U.S. so maybe some of the expressions may be a little bit different. I think it is cute, though! I think I have the problem of fat hair, as a matter of fact!
Aside from the organic hair and body care products, the company produces a specialized line designed to prevent excessive and hormonal hair loss called Keratene.
Right now, they are currently having a fantastic promotion and giveaway to familiarize folks with their products! If you buy 3 of their organic hair products, you can get a 4th one for free!
Last, but most exciting for me is that they have agreed to be an official sponsor of Blog Bash 2011! I couldn't be more pleased! Someone will receive a set of Purity by Hairclinics products (ARV $80)! So with no further ado, here are the early/extra entries for this great offering to one of my readers!
- Visit the Purity website and tell me which hair product(s) you'd like to have!
- Tell me what you think 'fat hair' means! (See my post above)
- Register for their free newsletter and get updates on deals! (Worth 5 entries)
- Tweet this daily for an extra entry daily!
"Purity by Hairclinics-A sponsor of #blogbash11 #Win a set of beautiful organic hair products! @keratene http://t.co/ffTF2Kzto @melahelen"
That's it! Don't forget to stop by my Blog Bash 2011 main post to enter there for the mandatory entry! That will be up this Tuesday, June 21st! In the meantime, these are extra and early entries! Winner of this giveaway will be chosen with Random.org and will be notified by e-mail. Please respond within 48 hours of initial notice. Giveaway is for U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter. Special thanks to Purity by Hairclinics for this great prize package! Giveaway ends at 11:59 MST on June 26th!
