Product Review & Giveaway :: Country Blossom

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Hello Girls! I hope that you are having a blessed day today as you serve our King! Today I've got a sweet-smelling product review and giveaway sponsored by the lovely Country Blossom Etsy shop!

About the Shop ::

Country Blossom is a sweet little Etsy shop that sells lovely lip balms, soy candles, perfume oils and lotions! The owner is Megan and she was so kind to go out of her way to not only sponsor a giveaway but also a product review for which I am very thankful! Here are some of the amazing sweet-smelling things she sells!



Chai Tea Flavored Natural Beeswax Lip Balm



Cinnamon Buns Scented Soy Candle



Shea Butter Lotion Coconut Scented Lotion



Sugar Scrub



Coconut Lemon Perfume Oil



Oatmeal Honey Almond Goats Milk Soap

The Product Review ::

Megan was so very sweet to let me review three of her lovely fall lip balms-pumpkin cheescake, apple pie and candy corn! :D I was so excited to get these and when they arrived in the mail it was a nice chilly day. My lips had started to dry out a bit so I was very excited to try her lip balms! Once I opened the package I instantly felt a rush of fall flavors!

I was very pleased to find that the lip balms texture was too hard and wasn't too soft-just right for your lips! Whenever I use one of the lip balms it brings a nice refreshing scent to mind! When I smell the pumpkin cheesecake it remings me of thanksgiving's yummy pumpkin pie and when I smell the apple pie favor it brings to mind days of cooking pie in grandmas kitchen on a fall day. And don't forget the candy corn! They were all WONDERFUL! But my favorite one if pumpkin cheesecake, then apple pie and candy corn...but they were all very good! I would reccomend them to anyone during this season! Overall I had great, friendly service and was very pleased with the lip balms!

The Giveaway ::

Megan is so generously giving away the same lips balm that I was able to review! The winner will receive one pumpkin cheesecake scented lip balm, one candy corn scented lip balm and one apple pie scented lip balm! It's perfect for this autumn season!



Pumpkin Cheesecake Lip Balm



Candy Corn Scented Lip Balm



Apple Pie Scented Lip Balm

Each of the lip balms are made with beeswax, olive oil, coconut oil, vitamin E oil, and flavoring oil and are 15 oz.

How To Enter ::

Okay, here are the ways you can enter! I have found it necessary for everyone to leave their email address with me when entering a giveaway so that I can contact you if you win. If you'd rather not leave your email in a visible comment with the rest of your entries then leave it in a separate comment and specify that you don't want it published.  Once the giveaway ends I will delete that comment from my dashboard. And please leave separate comments for each entry or it won't count as separate entries!

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• Put Giveaways of Blessings blog button {located on our sidebar} on your blog. Please leave a link in your comment.
• Post about the giveaway on your blog. Please leave a link to the post in your comment.
• Go to Country Blossom and let me know your favorite item/s.
• Heart Country Blossom on Etsy {If you have an Etsy account}.
• Add Country Blossom to your circle on Etsy {If you have an Etsy account}.
• Buy something from Country Blossom {5 entries, comment 5 times}

The giveaway will end at noon on the 9th of November, 2011 and the winner will be posted that afternoon, Lord-willingly. You can start entering now! A special thanks to Megan for letting me review as well as gie away these wonderful lip-balms!

Note: I received these products for free and all thoughts are my own. I simply contacted this shop owner and asked if she would be interested in allowing me to giveaway one of her items and she offered to let me review some of her lip balms which she was very sweet to do. I was not paid to do this product review or to giveaway these lip balms and would reccomend Contry Blossom etsy shop to everyone!

Sweet Pea Totes Winner & Product Review

Greetings! Today the Sweet Pea Totes giveaway ended and not only do I have a winner but also a product review for you from this wonderful shop! I was going to do the product review with the giveaway post, however I did not receive the wristlet in time to add it to the giveaway post, so I'm posting it here. :D Here we go...

The Winner ::

I'm sure you are all very excited to see if you won this giveaway! ;D So after a prayer and random drawing, our winner of the wristlet is...

MISS ALLI!!!

She won with her 21st comment for sharing her favorite wristlet from Sweet Pea Totes!

Congratulations Miss Alli! I've already contacted Mary with your info {since you won a past giveaway I had on Royal Daughters of the King, I've already got your mailing address} so you should get the wristlet soon!

The Product Review ::

{To learn about Sweet Pea Totes etsy shop visit the giveaway post HERE}When I first contacted Mary about doing a giveaway she was so sweet to agree to sponsor one. However after I posted the giveaway she emailed me and told me that as her gift to me, I could pick a wristlet from her shop as a thank you gift for sponsoring a giveaway for her. I was so surprised and thankful for her kindness! She didn't say anything about my doing a product review for her, but I told her that I couldn't let her kindness go without being noticed and her shop go without being promoted as I think it should. So I've decided to do a product review. :D

Mary was so sweet to let me pick a wristlet from her shop and I asked her if I could have one like the one she has given away. She said yes and mailed it very quickly thereafter! I got it along with a sweet note a few short days later.

As far as quality goes it was very high-quality! I couldn't even tell it wasn't made in a factory and that it was handmade and it really looked professionally done! I love the adorable print as well as the polka dots on the inside lining and think they go perfectly together! The bag is just the right size and I've used it so much! It's big enough to hold "the necessities" :D but also small enough to not feel like you are carrying around a bunch of stuff. The strap was very securely sewed and it had a handy little clip so you can take the strap off and use it as a clutch if you ever wanted!

Mary was overall very friendly and went out of her way to bless me with this bag so if you purchase something from her shop I can guarantee that you will get great service! I highly recommend that you all go visit her shop, Sweet Pea Totes HERE! Thank you so much Mary for being so sweet to giveaway one of these adorable wristlets as well as let me review one!

Note: I received this product for free and all thoughts are my own. I simply contacted this shop owner and asked if she would be interested in allowing me to giveaway a wristlet and then she  offered to let me review one as well! I was not paid to do this review and highly recommend this Etsy shop to you!

Perfect Beaded Jewelry Product Review

Greetings! I hope that you all are enjoying this lovely autumn day! Today I'm excited to tell you about a neat etsy shop called Prefect Beaded Jewelry!

About The Shop ::

Today I'd like to share with you about a neat etsy shop I've recently found called Perfect Beaded Jewelry! This is a lovely shop featuring all sorts of handmade jewelry! Chrissy is the sweet owner and she sells all kinds of pretty things including necklaces, bracelets, earrings, clip on earrings, watches, pet jewelry as well as beaded gifts! Here are some of the things she sells!

Pink Glamorous Earrings {Click for listing}

Pink & Black Double Strand Necklace {Click for listing}

Poly Clay Key Chain {Click for listing}

Pink & Brown Stretchy Bracelet {Click for listing}

Pink & White Beaded Watch {Click for listing}



The Product Review ::

So when I first contacted Chrissy I was thinking about reviewing one of her watches but once I laid eyes on these adorable earrings I knew I HAD to review them! ;D Don't you agree?



Pink & Black Chandelier Earrings 

One thing I really liked about this shop is that Chrissy mailed the earrings out very quickly and I got them in the mail 3 days later! They were very securely mailed with bubble wrap so they wouldn't break so I appreciate that!

The are so pretty yet aren't very heavy and are quite elegant in my opinion! :D Overall I got great, fast service and Chrissy was a blessing to work with and I'm so thankful she allowed me to review these lovely earrings! They seem very secure and I've worn them every day since I've gotten them! I highly recommend that you go check out Perfect Beaded Jewelry HERE and possibly purchase something for a friend or for yourself!

{Thanks to my sweet sister Ashley for posing in this lovely photo!}

A very special thanks to Chrissy for allowing me to review this beautiful pair of earrings!

Blessings,

Note: I received this product for free and all thoughts are my own. I simply contacted this shop owner and asked if she would be interested in allowing me to review one of her items. I was not paid to do this review.

Interview, Product Review & Giveaway :: Little Goat Natural Soaps

*NOTICE: THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED*

Greetings! I hope that today is full of many smiles for you as well as lots of fun in this lovely autumn weather! Today I've got and interview, product review and giveaway for you all from Little Goat Natural Soaps Etsy shop! For those of you who love natural things without all the harmful things added then this is the giveaway for you!

About The Shop ::

Little Goat Natural Soaps is a wonderful Etsy shop that specializes in natural goat milk soaps! The sweet owner is Mrs. Karly Casey and she has lots of neat soaps available! Currently she has some neat autumn flavors that I'm sure are wonderful! Here are a few of the soaps she sells!



Perfect Pumpkin Soap Cupcake



Hot Cocoa Soap



Lemon Lavender Luffa Bar



Lavender Soap



Sea Kelp Agave Sea Salt Bar

The Interview ::

GB:: Hello! Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your Etsy shop Little Goat Natural Soaps?

 

KARLY:: Hi! I'm Karly! I live in *very* rural NY state with my dear music professor husband and our darling 2 yr. old son. I am a stay-at-home-mom and make soap in my kitchen while the little guy is napping. ;-) This business began as an effort to make safe soap for my baby. His skin was reacting to name brand baby soaps & lotions and I wanted to know why... the answers were NOT pretty! The number of toxic ingredients in BABY products is absolutely shocking. (Not to mention the ingredients in products for adults!) Most of the ingredients that go into health & beauty products in the USA are unregulated by our FDA. Not good. That means things that cause cancer, disrupt hormones and harm unborn babies are going into most everything we smear onto our skin. It only takes 26 seconds for something toxic applied to the skin to be absorbed into the bloodstream and be detectable in internal organs...

 

GB:: When did you start your Etsy shop and why?

 

KARLY:: I started my Etsy shop last December after being encouraged by a lot of customers to start selling online!

GB:: Do you have a best-selling soap?

KARLY:: Well, my best selling soap has got to be the Perfect Pumpkin! Followed by anything citrus.

GB:: Which soap is your favorite among those that you sell?

KARLY:: Do I have to pick just one?? No... how about the top 3? Perfect Pumpkin, Guava & Fig and the Lemon Lavender Luffa bars!

GB:: Do you have any fond memories of your soap making experiences?

 

KARLY:: I just LOVE making my soap! I guess all of my memories of actually making my soap are fond ones. :) The most memorable moments are when people try my soap and then come back to me to tell me how much they love it! That's the best!

GB:: What is your favorite thing about making and selling natural soaps?

KARLY:: My favorite part of what I do? Sharing what I have learned with everyone else and making a product that is safe for people of all ages!

GB:: How long have you been making your own soap?

KARLY:: I dabbled in soap making about 10 years ago. The materials I used then were surely not safe! But I, like most people, didn't know any better. I stopped for a long while and picked it up again, with new-found knowledge, about a year and a half ago. This time it took off like a rocket!

GB:: Do you have anything you would like to say in closing?

KARLY:: Well, in closing... Thank you, Bethany, for inviting me! This has been fun! I hope the word gets out about how awful most of the ingredients are in products that we thought were safe! Especially products for children! (Please visit Healthy Child for more information.) Thank you all for supporting safe beauty products. :)

GB:: Thank you so much, Karly for allowing me to interview you and for sponsoring our giveaway as well as allowing me to review some of your soaps! God bless you and your lovely Etsy shop!

The Product Review ::

Karly was so sweet to let me review some of her soaps! She sent me a sample of the perfect pumpkin {One sniff and I knew why it was the best-seller!} the guava and fig, orange sunrise and the jack frost!



Clock-wise: perfect pumpkin, guava and fig, jack frost and orange sunrise



Perfect Pumpkin soap

My order of favorite to least favorite as far as the scents goes are: perfect pumpkin, orange sunrise, jack frost and guava and fig, although they were all great smelling! They did lather nicely being that they don't have any harmful things and they always left me refreshed and clean smelling. There is no doubt that the prefect pumpkin is my favorite! It didn't take long to determine it! The smell is a  wonderful mix of pumpkin pie, cream and spices. The winner of this giveaway is sure to enjoy this prize and even if you aren't a big soap person, you will be once you smell this soap! :D A special thanks to Karly for allowing me to review the soaps!

The Giveaway ::

Karly was so sweet to allow me to give away one bar/slice of her perfect pumpkin soap {Her best-seller! :D}! This is a natural bar of soap without all the harmful chemicals in it and I'm sure that the winner will be blessed by it and enjoy it!



Perfect Pumpkin Soap



How neat!

Soap listing information: Could there be anything more heavenly?? Fresh pumpkin, creamy vanilla and warm spices... Don't eat the soap! Pumpkin colored goat milk soap on top of a "crust" of brown mica sparkle, dusted with real organic cinnamon. The winner will receive one 5 oz. (Approximate) bar.

How To Enter ::

Here are the ways you can enter! I have found it necessary for everyone to leave their email address with me when entering a giveaway so that I can contact you if you win. If you'd rather not leave your email in a visible comment with the rest of your entries then leave it in a separate comment and specify that you don't want it published.  Once the giveaway ends I will delete that comment from my dashboard. And please leave separate comments for each entry or it won't count as separate entries! This giveaway is only open to the U.S. {Including Alaska & Hawaii} due to soaps weight and postage prices.

MANDATORY :: Follow Giveaways of Blessing and let me know OR for those without a Blogger account, follow by email {located on our sidebar}.

• Put Giveaways of Blessings blog button {located on our sidebar} on your blog. Please leave a link in your comment.
• Post about the giveaway on your blog. Please leave a link to the post in your comment.
• Go to Little Goat Natural Soaps and let me know your favorite item/s.
• Heart Little Goat Natural Soaps on Etsy {If you have an Etsy account}.
• Add Little Goat Naural Soaps to your circle on Etsy {If you have an Etsy account}.

The giveaway will end at noon on the 2nd of November, 2011 and the winner will be posted that afternoon, Lord-willingly. You can start entering now! A special thanks to Karly for letting me interview her, review some of her soaps as well as give one bar away! Have a blessed day!

Note: I received these products for free and all thoughts are my own. I simply contacted this shop owner and asked if she would be interested in allowing me to giveaway one of her items and she offered to let me review some of her soap samples which she was very sweet to do. I was not paid to do this product review or to giveaway the bar of soap.

Silver Lotus Designs Winner

Hello Ladies! Today the Silver Lotus Designs giveaway ended and after a prayer and a random.org drawing we have a winner...

MISS EMILY RUTH!!!

of Borrowing Photographs Blog with her 14th comment or having the etsy shop in her favorites!

Congratulations Miss Emily Ruth! Please go to Silver Lotus Designs HERE and choose the set of bobby pins {or you may choose three colors of any shown in the pictures} you would like and then email me HERE with your full name, the set/colors of three bobby pins you would like along with your address and we will get your bobby pins to you as soon as possible!

A big thanks to Silver Lotus Deigns etsy shop for sponsoring this giveaway!

Blessings,