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Faith and Family Reviews Giveaway- Babo Botanicals

Posted by html404 on February 28, 2011
in All Natural Products, Baby Products, Contests, Giveaways

Congratulations to Kimberly! You won this giveaway! Winner chosen by Random.org. Thanks to all who entered and to Babo Botanicals for sponsoring this great giveaway!!!

So, this weeks giveaway sponsor is Babo Botanicals! And they want to give one lucky reader a Complete Calming Giftset!

The Complete Calming Gift Set includes:

* 3 in 1: Bubble Bath & Shampoo & Wash
* Calming Moisturizing Lotion
* Set of three (1 oz) Bunny Soaps (fragrance free)
* 100% Natural Jute Bag ($10 Value)

Babo Botanicals Products are all natural, not tested on animals, organic, and safe for the youngest members of your family! How wonderful is that?

Enter to win a Complete Calming Gift Set from Babo Botanicals! Estimated value $45.

Mandatory Entry: Tell me what else you would like from Babo Botanicals.

Extra Entries (Please be sure and leave a comment and link for extra entries):

1 Entry:Follow Faith and Family Reviews On Twitter

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1 Entry: Like Babo Botanicals on Facebook. And leave a comment saying- Faith and Family Reviews sent me.

2 Entries: Follow Faith and Family Reviews on Google Friend Connect (on the our right side bar).

2 Entries: Tweet about this giveaway, but only one tweet per day please. Include your tweet url with your comment. You may write your own tweet or use this one:

Giveaway: Enter to win a Baby Botanicals gift set! http://bit.ly/fGFwqI @faithfamilyrevw! Please share! Thx!

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and link back this post.

1 Entry: for every comment you leave anywhere else on this blog, but please leave a link with your comment!

1 Entry: For every comment you leave on Kate’s blog.

Details:

This giveaway will run from February 28th-March 11th, 2011 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. Babo Botanicals will send one winner their prize. Winner will be contacted via email on or before March 10th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their e-mail at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to international.

Thanks and have fun!

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Funky Monkey Fruit Snacks

Posted by html404 on February 25, 2011
in All Natural Products, Food and Treats

Funky Monkey Snacks are truly funky fruit snacks that are all natural and just fruit. Freeze dried fruit to be exact. Our family enjoyed these snacks. Each of these snacks had their own unique taste. I think I can honestly say that I do not think we have tasted anything quite like them. In a good, funky way. There is no other way to describe it. Here are the flavors for you to decide for yourself:

Purple Funk (banana with acai)

Applemon (apple with cinnamon)

MangOJ (mango with orange juice)

Pink Pineapple (pineapple with guava)

Bananamon (banana with cinnamon)

Jivealime (pineapple with lime)
Carnaval Mix (pineapple, banana, apple, papaya)

Pretty clever, huh?

The only thing is these packages only contain .42 ounces of fruit. Not very much and not very filling when you have a crew of growing little people. But these would definitely serve as a traveling treat, since we like to get convenient little snacks like these for our road trips. It is something new and fun.

Funky Monkey Snacks are 100% fruit, 95% organic, all natural, raw food and gluten free, GMO free, peanut/tree nut free and Kosher. No preservatives, Mom! Gotta love that.

The .42 oz bags are sold in a box of 12 for $15.48. 1 oz bags are sold in a box of 12 for about $30.00

For more information visit www.FunkyMonkeySnacks.com

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

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Review ~ Spiffies Wipes

Posted by Professor on February 16, 2011
in All Natural Products, Baby Products, Health, Health and Nutrition, Personal Care Products

Spiffies Tooth Wipes Natural Grape Flavor

I am pleased to review Spiffies Wipes. This innovative product has been a hit in our household! This product is an alternative to teeth brushing in young children. The wipe is a convenient square that is then wrapped around the finger. This, the finger with the wipe is used to brush the teeth. I have used these wipes on both my 2 year old and my 4 year old. The 2 year old prefers to use a regular toothbrush but will tolerate using the wipes. I think she likes the control of being able to brush her teeth on her own with the toothbrush, where I brush her teeth wit h the wipes. However, my 4 year old LOVES the wipes. He allows me to brush/wipe his teeth without any fuss.

The wipes come in various flavors. We were given grape and apple to try. Both flavors were well received by my children http://www.spiffies.com/default.aspen without and “ick” factor. The only drawback to the product is once the wipe comes off your finger it leaves a sticky residue on your finger/hand. But it comes off easily after a quick hand washing with soap!

This product contains Xylitol, which is a natural food substance, which gently fights cavity-causing bacteria. I believe this is a great product for children who are reluctant to brush, as well as a supplement for children who like to brush…you cannot go wrong with extra dental hygiene! This product can be found at most Drug Stores or at http://www.spiffies.com/default.asp

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Review ~ Eardoc

Posted by Professor on February 16, 2011
in All Natural Products, Baby Products, Family Stuff, Health, Health and Nutrition, Personal Care Products

This is an interesting product. We have used this a few times and in each instance my children have said that their ear pain has diminished using the product. I have not had any ear pain myself so I can only rely on the honesty of my children.

The product boasts the ability to relive ear pain immediately (which we did experience). It also states that it can be an alternative to ear tube surgery. This is a wonderful asset to the product because we went through this surgical process with my youngest and I wish there was a product like this out there when we were going through the process of ear infections.

How does the Eardoc work? “Ear doc treats an ear infection by naturally opening the clogged Eustachian tubes, therefore allowing drainage of accumulated fluids outside of the middle ear and relieving the associated ear pain.” ~ Eardoc website http://www.eardoc.info/

Basically, the Eardoc works by vibration…a vibration goes through the Eardoc and when placed behind the ear the vibration helps open the ear tubes. The vibration can be large or small, as the Eardoc has a mechanism on the side to adjust the vibration. The vibration is slight and does not hurt, even at the highest setting.

All in all, this is a unique product that actually works! I will continue using it and provide my children with a natural way of relieving ear pain!

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Nature Crops Bars

Posted by html404 on February 13, 2011
in All Natural Products, Food and Treats

I was sent all three bars by NatureCrops . I was really excited to try these bars as they are all natural, contain no high-fructose corn syrup, and are made with organic quinoa. And are gluten free.

We got to try the Quinoa and Almond, Quinoa and Prunes, and Quinoa and Strawberry bars.

Nearly all of our family loves quinoa, which we usually eat in a soup. I know, I know, quinoa in soup is very different than in a bar. I am just saying that to share that we have actually tasted quinoa and trying these bars is not our first exposure to it. Nevertheless, we were disappointed in the Quinoa and Almond bar. I thought it tasted rather stale and I did not care very much for it. I found all three bars rather dry. For some reason (perhaps because of our soup), I expected them to be more moist than dry. The Quinoa and Prunes, and Quinoa and Strawberry bars tasted alot better then the Quinoa and Almond bar, but overall I did not like the taste of Nature Crops bars as well as other bars I have tried. I wish I could say I did, but sorry I cannot. Everyone’s taste buds are different though.

We divided these bars up into little pieces so that everyone could try them and the younger children did not seem to mind them at all and asked for more. While my oldest did not care for them. The next two say they liked the prune one best, then the strawberry and then the almond. Just proves what I said, everyone’s taste buds are very different!

For more information please visit: http://www.naturecrops.com/

For additional info about Quinoa go here: quinoahistory

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ClosedPopchips a Tasty Treat Giveaway

Posted by html404 on December 17, 2010
in All Natural Products, Food and Treats

Congratulations to Ellen! You won this giveaway! Winner chosen by Random.org. Thanks to all who entered and to Popchips for sponsoring this great giveaway!!!

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review, thanks to Popchips.com and Happy Healthy Moms Product Review Team. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

Popchips are an all natural snack. It is a potato chip that is not fried or baked. Popchips are made with a little heat and pressure, then pop! a Popchip has been created. Popchips are seasoned with all natural ingredients, are free of any added preservatives, added colors or flavors. They come in 7 different flavors – Original, Barbeque, Sea Salt & Vinegar, Salt & Pepper, Parmesan Garlic, Cheddar and Sour Cream & Onion. Popchips have less than half the fat of fried chips, no trans fats, no cholesterol and the only flavors to have a teeny tiny bit of saturated fat is sour cream & onion and cheddar, containing .5g of saturated fat.

Popchips.com has a list of all the nutritional facts and ingredients in each bag. Full disclosure. Gotta like that.

We received a sample pack of Popchips. They were actually very yummy. They tasted like potato chips, obviously, right? Yet at the same time they were different. They crunchy to eat, were not greasy like regular potato chips.

Here is our family’s voting results on the Popchips flavors:

#1 Barbeque
#2 Cheddar
#3 Sea Salt & Pepper
#4 Original
#5 Parmesan Garlic
#6 Sour Cream & Onion
#7 Salt & Vinegar

We thought Popchips were a tasty, all natural treat and even though we all had our personal favorites we definitely like Popchips.

For the month of December, Popchips is offering Facebook Fans (old & new) an opportunity to save $1 off their next bag of Popchips! All you have to do is be a Popchips fan (“like”) on facebook. This is a 30 day rolling coupon, so they have 30 days to use it after they print it, anywhere Popchips are sold in the U.S.

We’d like to encourage you to consider emailing your friends, family, influencers, etc., with the following link: http://popchi.ps/hnPjlH
to “pop” over to popchips facebook page & click the ‘share’ button below the post that is there and share it on your wall.

For those of you on twitter, please feel free to retweet the following: http://twitter.com/#!/popchips/status/10377410658701312

Enter to win Popchips! One of you lucky readers the chance to win a month’s supply of Popchips!

Mandatory Entry:Visit Popchips and tell me what flavor Popchip you would like to try.

Extra Entries (Please be sure and leave a comment and link for extra entries):

1 Entry:Follow Faith and Family Reviews On Twitter(http://twitter.com/faithfamilyrevw)

1 Entry:Follow Pop Chips on Twitter

1 Entry:Like/Friend Faith and Family Reviews on Facebook.

1 Entry: Like Popchips on Facebook AND comment on there wall saying “Faith and Family Reviews sent me and be sure to print off your coupon for a $1 of Popchips!

2 Entries: Follow Faith and Family Reviews on Google Friend Connect (on the our right side bar).

2 Entries: Tweet about this giveaway, but only one tweet per day please. Include your tweet url with your comment. You may write your own tweet or use this one:

Giveaway: Enter to win a months supply of Popchips! @faithfamilyrevw! http://faithandfamilyreviews.com/?p=6112 Please share! Thx!

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and link back this post and Popchips.

1 Entry: for every comment you leave anywhere else on this blog, but please leave a link with your comment!

5 Entries: Tell me your favorite thing about Christmas.

Details:

This giveaway will run from December 17th-December 30th, 2010 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. Popchips will ship one winner a months supply of Popchips. Winner will be contacted via email on or before January 15th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their info at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to US only. And the winner must use their home address if they win. Popchips will not ship to P.O. boxes.

Thanks and have fun!

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Thrifty Thursday- Cheap Organic Cosmetics

Posted by html404 on December 2, 2010
in All Natural Products, Thrifty Thursday

We came across a company called Vita Cost awhile back where you can find deals on all things “green” we have found some fairly cheap cosmetics for a fraction of what they would have cost at retail price. Plus they have great deals ALWAYS going on!

Check them out here: http://www.vitacost.com/

Also, their clearance section here is a GREAT place to find steal deals!

Other Websites:

Softlips- Organic all natural, and they can be found online or at Target and Walgreen’s. (they are on sale now!)

Aroma Leigh: Although, we are sad to see them close down, we are happy at the bargains we can find for eye shadow here.

Happy Thrifty Thursday!

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Closed12 Days of Christmas Giveaways – Day 11- Happy Baby Food!

Posted by html404 on December 2, 2010
in All Natural Products, Baby Products, Giveaways

Congratulations to Richard! You won this giveaway! Thanks to all who entered and to the wonderful sponsors! Winner chosen by random.org

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to YOU! A entire line of Happy Baby Food Organic healthy kids meals! Not that I give my children baby food for Christmas, but hey this will save you money so you CAN buy more gifts.

This includes:

Happy Baby Pouches or Happy Tot Pouches- (you get to pick the flavors) “Our pouches are BPA and phthalate free. These sealed pouches also allow us to naturally preserve all of our 1: starting solids, 2: simple combos, 3: balanced meals, and 4:organic superfoods for tots & tykes organic purees without additives. And our pouch packaging allows us to cook all of our baby food at a lower temperature than jarred baby food—giving them not only great flavor, but a significantly higher level of nutrition.”

Happy Bellies Baby Cereal- (you pick the flavor) “HAPPYBELLIES cereals are the first organic baby cereal to incorporate DHA for brain and eye development and the first baby food to incorporate the power of probiotics for baby’s wellness. Organic + Immunity + A whole lot more . . . Probiotic protection: Good bacteria specially formulated to help strengthen your baby’s digestive system which can protect against the development of allergies, Enriched: with DHA for eye and brain development, plus iron, vitamins and minerals essential to baby’s health, Doctor endorsed: Recommended by and developed with Dr.Sears, 100% natural: We support sustainable agriculture. No pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, no genetically engineered ingredients (GEIs). BPA FREE”

Happy Bites Healthy Kids Meals- (you get to pick the product) A complete line of nutrition for your toddler and young child, HAPPYBITES are yummy, balanced meals in easy-to-pick-up handheld sizes. They taste great with flavors kids love and are packed with hidden veggies in every bite!

Happy Melts- (you get to pick the flavor) HAPPYMELTS are a truly delicious and nutritious treat made with the goodness of organic yogurt and fruit. This yummy snack offers protein, low-sugar, and the added boost of pre and probiotics for digestive wellness.

Happy Baby Organic Meals- (you get to pick the flavor) Each box has 12 individual cubes of baby food, so there is no waste and no heating in plastic. Just pop out what you need, heat, and enjoy. We created optimally nourishing recipes with Dr Sears, select the best organic ingredients, steam, puree, and flash freeze to lock in the taste, texture and color of real fresh foods, so you don’t have to!

Happy Baby Puffs- (you get to pick the flavor) Made with whole grains, our HAPPYBABY PUFFS come in three organic flavors to give baby variety and build growing palettes. Supplemented with vitamins and minerals, our Puffs also come in green packaging that allowed us to reduce our imprint, offer 40% more in each container, and pass the savings on you!

Enter to win these fabulous products! You’ll be getting a total of 6 products!

Mandatory Entry:Tell me what flavor you would choose (of any one of the products) if you won.

Extra Entries (Please be sure and leave a comment and link for extra entries):

1 Entry:Follow Faith and Family Reviews On Twitter(http://twitter.com/faithfamilyrevw)

1 Entry: Follow Happy Baby Food on Twitter

1 Entry:Like/Friend Faith and Family Reviews on Facebook.

1 Entry: Like Happy Family on Facebook

2 Entries: Follow Faith and Family Reviews on Google Friend Connect (on the our right side bar).

2 Entries: Tweet about this giveaway, but only one tweet per day please. Include your tweet url with your comment. You may write your own tweet or use this one:

Giveaway: Enter to win a line of baby food products! @faithfamilyrevw! http://faithandfamilyreviews.com/?p=5952 Please share! Thx!

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and link back this post and Happy Baby Food.

1 Entry: for every comment you leave anywhere else on this blog, but please leave a link with your comment!

5 Entries: Tell me your favorite thing about Christmas.

5 Entries: Tell me a story about your kids.

Details:

This giveaway will run from December 2nd, to Thursday, December, 17th 2010 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. I will ship one winner their coupons for the product. Winner will be contacted via email on or before December 30th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their info at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to US only.

Thanks and have fun!

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Health And Garden Tuesday: Top 12 Cosmetic Companies Are Actually Harmful

Posted by html404 on November 30, 2010
in All Natural Products, Health & Garden Tuesday, Health and Garden Tuesday

Here is a list of 12 cosmetic companies that are actually harmful. These may be popular, but they are actually very harmful to your body.

Here is a list of the top 12 cosmetic companies:

1. Maybelline *
2. Mary Kay *
3. Estee Lauder *
4. Lancome
5. Clinique
6. L’Oreal
7. Chanel
8. Max Factor
9. Cover Girl *
10. Neutrogena
11. Revlon
12. Avon *

And here is our list of how harmful they are:

12- Mary Kay- Mary Kay is the lowest of all the cosmetic companies that are harmful. Only a 7. But that’s still pretty hazardous. (see here)

11- Maybelline-Maybelline’s products aren’t that pretty either. Their product that contains the most toxins reaches a 8 on the “scale”. (see here)

10- Lancome- Some of Lancome’s products also reach a rating of 8. (see here)

9- Chanel- Chanel also reaches a bad rating for quite a few of their products. They get a 8. (see here)

8- Clinique- It seems 8 is a popular number as Clinique also reaches a 8 on the scale.(see here)

7- Max Factor- Most of Max Factors products are either a 7 or a 8 on Cosmetic Database. (see here)

6- Neutrogena- Neutrogena’s products aren’t good for your body as they reach a 9 on Cosmetic Database. (see here)

5- ESTÉE LAUDER- ESTÉE LAUDER also has some 0 rated products but, they also have some pretty nasty ratings as well on Cosmetic Database. Including some 9’s.(see here)

4- Avon- Avon has some products that are ranked as a 0 on Cosmetic Database. But if you got to the second page you’ll see plenty of 7’s, 8’s, and 9’s. So I’ll have to watch what I buy from them! (see here)

3- Cover Girl- This may be a shocker but Cover Girl is a 9 as well. Some of their products are a okay rating but we found ALOT of their products are either a 7,8, or 9. (see here)

2- Loreal- Loreal also has plenty of products with a toxic rating of 6,7,8,9, and 10! (see here)

1- Revlon- And the big the most toxic cosmetic company on our list is….. REVLON! Yep, although this comapny has SOME non-toxic products. 500 + of their products are either a 6,7,8,9, or 10! (see here)

Happy Tuesday!

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Review of Clementine Art Supplies

Posted by Bobbie Gould on August 26, 2010
in All Natural Products

I received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While I consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, my review is my honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

I received Clementine Art’s Natural Paint Set to review and here is my review.

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My children thought that the Clementine Art paint painted really well! No clumps, and it dried fast too! It washes of very well. Which is GREAT!

My second eldest daughter thought that it would have been nice to have some white or black in the kit as she could not make a day time scene in her picture as the paint was too dark. She had white and black in her other paint supplies but we chose to stick with using only the Clementine Art product we were provided for. My oldest daughter reported that the paint containers seemed to tip over easily so with younger children it might be best to have an adult helping.

One other observation that the girls made was that the colors do not dry true to the color that they appear. They dry a lighter shade of the color. This happens when you dry the pictures inside and outside in the sun. The colors look almost like pastels when dried.

We thought that it was nice that all of the Clementine Art Supplies where are natural. They have no chemical dyes, or other additives! How neat?