And the Winner Is....

The Winner of the Misikko Corioliss Classic Pro Flat Iron is commenter number 202!  Congratulations!  I hope you enjoy your flat iron as much as I have enjoyed mine!

Misikko Flat Iron Review and Giveaway

Hello, my name is Ashlee...and I am a flat iron-aholic!  Now that you know my nasty little secret I'll tell you something you didn't know about my husband, Justin -- he is a flat iron junkie as well.  I have wavy hair, and it's not those sexy beachy waves either.  So needless to say I am eternally grateful to the good people at Misikko who sent me the Corioliss Classic Pro Flat Iron 1" to try out.  I was so excited about getting my very first professional flat iron that there aren't even words to describe my level of excitement!  As soon as I opened the sleek shiny black box I saw a draw string bag filled with scented faux roses!  I removed my much anticipated flat iron and immediately tried it on my own hair then handed it over for my husbands use.  When our hair turned out straighter than ever and feeling silkier than when we began I knew it was love.   

I must say that I am impressed with how it leaves my hair looking beautiful and Cher straight as well as how it leaves my hair feeling so smooth and silky.
I've made a list of the things that I love about my new favorite styling tool that I've ever owned!

1. I love that my Corioliss Flat Iron is energy efficient at 35 watts!  It heats up to 410 degrees Fahrenheit too.
2. It only takes around 10 seconds or so for this flat iron to be hot and ready to use. So even the most impatient of people won't have to wait!
3. The ceramic plates, the negative ions and far infrared technology is why the results of using this flat iron are shiny, smooth frizz free hair!
4. You can straighten, curl or flip you ends up or under with this flat iron because of the shape of it, it has curved edges which allows you to style your hair many different ways!
5. It comes with a heat proof mat to sit your flat iron on while styling and a heat proof pouch to store it in after you're done, which is a plus if you have kids because they won't get burnt if they try to grab it after you're done.
6. The on/off switch and the temperature controls were in what I considered an awkward place at first before I got used to them.  They aren't on the top and visible when you sat it down, but were inside down below the ceramic plates.  This gives it a chic and sleek look!  It also makes it harder for the kids to turn on should they get it out and plug it in without their Mom having knowledge of it, so that's another plus for a Mommy, because we always worry about things like that!

I've heard  a couple of the stylists I know talk about "paying for a name" and that just means that they pay professional prices for these tools and they work like a $25.99 drug store bought styling tool.  That is not the case with this professional flat iron, you are paying for a quality product that works like a dream and your hair will feel as beautiful as it looks!  I've recommended this flat iron to all of my friends.  I've got my eye on the Croc Hair Dryer- Designer Red because I've heard that Misikko sells the best hair dryers.  I've also been wanting to try the FHI Heat Hot Sauce and the HANA Styling Iron Cleaner, I'll let you all know how I like them when I get them in and try them out!

I decided to flat iron my baby sister Ali's hair to show you all how well it works.  Her hair is curly, very thick, she has a lot of hair and it gets tangled easily.  She also has issues with it getting frizzy. So I took the flat iron to her hair and took pictures so you all could see the results, so that is who is in the pictures you have been seeing in this review.  Ali couldn't believe how good her hair looked and how much softer it felt when I was done.  She was even more impressed when I told her that Misikko gives you 55% off the retail price of $200.00 and you end up paying only $89.99 for this product!  I would gladly fork over the cash to pay for this flat iron but Misikko was nice enough to let me try it for free, and they are letting me give one away to one of my fabulous blog readers as well!

  ** Win It! **

Misikko has been kind enough to offer a Corioliss Classic Pro Flat Iron 1" in black to one of my very lucky readers!

Be sure to leave your e-mail address in your comments so that I will be able to contact you if you win!

Here's how you can enter to win!

Just head on over to the Misikko website and come back here and leave me a comment telling me which one of their amazing specials you would like to have, I linked you straight to their specials page so it's super easy! (*This is the MANDATORY & must be done for any bonus entries to count!*)
I am also allowing additional or bonus entries, you do not have to do these, but they increase your chances of winning as you can get more than one entry.

Additional Entries : (you must leave a separate comment for each additional entry, if the additional entry says +2 then make two separate comments about that entry!)

• Follow Misikko on Twitter
• Like Misikko on Facebook 
• Sign-up for Misikko's Newsletter
• Write on Misikko's Facebook wall that you read about their amazing products on Love comma Ashlee +4
• Follow me via Google Friend Connect +2
• Follow me on Twitter +2
• Follow me on Networked Blogs +3
• Enter any of my other giveaways +1 for each giveaway you enter
• Take my lovely button and put it on your website or blog and link me to where it can be found +3
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to me here at Love comma Ashlee and Misikko at their website +5
• Subscribe to my RSS feed by e-mail +3
• Subscribe to my newsletter via e-mail +3
• Tweet about this giveaway this can be done once daily!

You may use this sample tweet:
I want to #Win a free Corioliss Classic Pro 1" Flat Iron from @Misikko & @LoveCommaAshlee  http://tinyurl.com/28gqrtm

This contest is open to residents of the US and Canada only!  Contest ends August 3rd, 2010  The winner will be chosen at random using random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to my e-mail, if the winner does not respond within 72 hours then another winner will be chosen at random.

I did not receive financial compensation for this review.  I was sent a product to test, so that I would be able to give an honest review.  My opinions about this product are my own and they were not impacted by my receiving free products to test.

And the Winners are...

Well I am finally back, thank God!  My life has been super extremely crazy for quite a while now, and I am looking forward to settling back into a routine and normalcy.  Justin is now working again, so by the beginning of August we should be doing good again, hopefully.

I am so sorry that I have ended up getting behind and have yet to announce the winners of the contests I have had running, but today is the day!  I have a ton of other product reviews and giveaways that I need to get to work on, and I've got some super fab stuff coming up here very shortly.  I feel horribly about the delay in announcing the winners and my absence here at Love comma Ashlee, because I truly do love my blog and my readers!

First up is the Sweet Dream Soy Candle giveaway.

The comment that won was Lindseyloo, she's probably the luckiest person I've ever encountered.  This is her second win here and she's won more other stuff than I can count!  She's nothing if not persistent!

Next up is the fabulous My Lip Stuff giveaway, which by the way is still my favorite lip balm ever and I just so happen to be wearing some right now!

The winner is comment number 70!

Congratulations to NotEasyToBeGreen for winning these fab lip balms from My Lip Stuff!  I hope you love them as much as I have!  (=

Next up is Juice Beauty!  So let's see who gets to win this fabulous SPF Mineral moisturizer, shall we?!  Indeed, we shall!

The winner is comment number 41!

So congratulations to Yoga Mommy on this win, and I just know you'll love your new SPF Mineral Moisturizer, because it's an amazing product!

Thank you so much for all who entered!  I appreciate your support and comments more than I can even explain!
Again, I am so so sorry about my absence and the delay in announcing the winners!  I promise to do my very best to make it up to you and work even harder than I did before to get new amazing products for you all on this blog!  I'm talking to a few new sponsors today to hopefully get a special month long giveaway event lined up for September for my 25th Birthday celebration. 

Juice Beauty SPF Mineral Moisturizer Review and Giveaway!

I think by now most of you already know this, but for those of you who may be new I'll say it again.  I love organic beauty products and organic skin care products!  I was so excited to try Juice Beauty products, because even though I do already use organic skin care products it's safe to say that I have never used anything quite like this before.  Unless you are already a Juice Beauty product owner, it's probably safe to say that you haven't used anything like this before either.

You're probably wondering what is so unique or different about the Juice Beauty brand.  It's actually pretty obvious when you think about it, but I really didn't make the connection until I read the ingredient list.  It is made with a juice base!  That's right, you did read that correctly, I said it's made with juice.  Maybe you have heard of that before, but I know that I have not.

I was given the SPF 30 Mineral Light Moisturizer to try.  It comes in three shades.  I, of course, had to get the light because of my extremely light skin tone.  I don't like tinted moisturizers, I don't use them honestly.  So I did not use this product as a tinted moisturizer, but it could most definitely be used as such if you're comfortable doing so.  I use it either as a moisturizer or after my regular moisturizer for the added SPF benefit.  I love the way it smells and the way it makes my skin feel.  SPF is always a good thing to use anyway, and if it comes in the form of a really awesome moisturizer that will also help to even out your skin tone before you use foundation then that's great!  If you can also use it as a tinted moisturizer then that's great as well.  Everyone loves a triple threat, right?
The SPF Mineral Moisturizer is made with an organic juice solution of apple, white grape and pomegranate juices and also contains other organic plant oil extracts as well as vitamins.  It truly is good for your skin.  When you're using a Juice Beauty product you can be sure that you're only using the best organic ingredients on your skin, and since your skin absorbs up to 64% of what you place on it that is a good thing for sure!

** Buy It! **

You can buy this product, and many other great beauty and skin care products at the Juice Beauty website!  There are also Juice Beauty stores in the US as well as Internationally that you can visit.  The SPF 30 Mineral  Moisturizer retails for $29.00 and comes in three shades choices of sheer, light and medium.  Although the medium shade only has an SPF of 20.

** Win It! **

Juice Beauty has been kind enough to offer a full size Mineral Moisturizer to one of my lovely readers.  If you win you will be able to pick from the sheer, light and medium as to which you want!

Be sure to leave your e-mail address in your comments so that I will be able to contact you if you win!

Here's how you can enter to win!

Just head on over to the Juice Beauty website and come back here and leave me a comment telling me which one of their ten brand commandments you like most or would like to see more companies strive towards! (*This is the MANDATORY & must be done for any bonus entries to count!*)
I am also allowing additional or bonus entries, you do not have to do these, but they increase your chances of winning as you can get more than one entry.

Additional Entries : (you must leave a separate comment for each additional entry, if the additional entry says +2 then make two separate comments about that entry!)

• Follow Juice Beauty on Twitter
• Like Juice Beauty on Facebook 
• Sign-up for Juice Beauty's E-mail newsletter +2
• Write on Juice Beauty's Facebook wall that you read about their amazing products as Love comma Ashlee +3
• Follow me via Google Friend Connect +2
• Follow me on Twitter +2
• Follow me on Networked Blogs +2
• Enter any of my other giveaways +1 for each giveaway you enter
• Take my lovely button and put it on your website or blog and link me to where it can be found +3
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to me here at Love comma Ashlee and Juice Beauty at their website +5
• Subscribe to my RSS feed by e-mail +3
• Subscribe to my newsletter via e-mail +3
• Tweet about this giveaway this can be done once daily!

You may use this sample tweet:
I want to #Win a free SPF Mineral Moisturizer from @JuiceBeauty & @LoveCommaAshlee  http://tinyurl.com/25lje6y


This contest is open to residents of the US only!  Contest ends June 24th, 2010  The winner will be chosen at random using random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to my e-mail, if the winner does not respond within 72 hours then another winner will be chosen at random.

I did not receive financial compensation for this review.  I was sent a product to test, so that I would be able to give an honest review.  My opinions about this product are my own and they were not impacted by my receiving free products to test.

My Lip Stuff Review and Giveaway

I love beauty products, make-up and pretty much anything like that.  I especially love natural, organic, eco-friendly and cruelty free items.  So when I read about My Lip Stuff I knew I just had to try their product.  So I e-mailed Brea, the owner and creator of My Lip Stuff, and she was nice enough to ship me out some products to try.  She was so sweet, and offered to let me host a giveaway for some of her products as well.

I've honestly never seen such a selection of lip balms in my entire life.  They have over 400 flavors!  I was so excited to try the ones that Brea picked out for me.  So when the little package arrived here at the house, I quickly opened it, read the labels and applied the Rainbow Sherbet flavored lip balm to my lips, after smelling it of course.  I was pleasantly surprised that it did in fact smell exactly like Rainbow Sherbet!  I quickly found out that it tasted amazing as well.  I was really intrigued when I found out that Jennifer Garner uses it!  My Lip Stuff has been featured in several different magazines, and is a friend of PETA business. 

I was afraid that the lip balm was going to be that sticky, gross, thick gloss that feels weird and annoys me to no end.  It's not like that at all though.  It's buttery, goes on smooth and makes my lips feel so soft!  I'm a lip balm junkie, and I use it at least six times a day, that's the low end of average for me.  The sticky stuff really annoys me though, and I can not tell you how many times I have bought lip balm and it has turned out to actually be sticky, thick, ill smelling lip gloss that gets all over everything.  I have been using My Lip Stuff for the past week and have put all my other tubes, containers and tiny little jars away.  It truly is an amazing product.  If you're like me and hate that sticky, gross lip gunk that they have the nerve to market as lip balm then this is the product for you, for sure.  Even if you're just looking for an organic lip balm or if you are interested in using cruelty free beauty products, then I suggest this lip balm to you! 

Brea is a person with a wonderful vision, and she runs a company dedicated to leaving the smallest carbon footprint possible, and I really respect that!  I live by the saying "reuse, reduce and recycle" so it makes sense that I would support a company like My Lip Stuff.  Here is an excerpt from her website that I found particularly inspiring:

My Lip Stuff's ultimate mission is to end the suffering of people with chapped lips all across the land. In the process, we strive to end animal testing and save the environment with chemical-free natural products!
My Lip Stuff's products are NEVER tested on animals & contain natural (from the earth) ingredients that are skin loving. Our products do NOT contain any harsh ingredients- and NEVER contain petroleum or mineral oil! We also do what we can by using recycled (and recyclable) materials whenever possible, and even using "green power" (power from renewable resources such as wind, water, or landfill gases).
In the end, We strive to create a natural product made from only the highest quality ingredients, with the least amount of impact on the environment and its inhabitants, for the lowest possible price.

They will also customize your labels for your business, baby shower, wedding, bridal shower and bridesmaid luncheon, bachelorette party, birthday party, holidays and pretty much anything else you could possibly want a personalized lip gloss label for!

** Buy It **

Are you interested in buying and using natural and cruelty free beauty products?  Then My Lip Stuff is the place for you!  They have over 400 amazing flavors of lip balm, including my favorites Shamrock Shake and Rainbow Sherbet, as well as their Booze Balm and Voodoo Balm collections.  You can also check out their list of flavors which range from After Dinner Mint to Zombie flavors.  That's not all though, because they also sell body butter, whipped body butter, bath salts and much more!  You can also join their lip balm of the month club, which would be a super fun gift for anyone you know who is a lip balm lover!  My only regret?  That I haven't tried the zombie flavor...yet!

** Win It! **

Brea was kind enough to offer one of my very lucky readers a 6 pack of her amazingly buttery lip balm in various flavors!  Be sure to leave your e-mail address in your comments so that I will be able to contact you if you win!

Here's how you can enter to win!

Just head on over to the My Lip Stuff store and come back here and leave me a comment telling me which flavor is your favorite! (*This is the MANDATORY & must be done for any bonus entries to count!*)
I am also allowing additional or bonus entries, you do not have to do these, but they increase your chances of winning as you can get more than one entry.

Additional Entries : (you must leave a separate comment for each additional entry, if the additional entry says +2 then make two separate comments about that entry!)

• Follow My Lip Stuff on Twitter
• Follow me on Twitter 
• Fan/Like My Lip Stuff on Facebook 
• Fan/Like me on Facebook +2
• Friend My Lip Stuff on Myspace  +2 (be sure to tell them Love comma Ashlee sent you =)
• Join/Friend My Lip Stuff on Facebook +2  (this is different!)
• Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect +2
• Subscribe to my blog via E-mail +3
• Grab my lovely button and put it on your page, leave me a comment linking me to it +3
• Follow my blog via Networked Blogs +3
• Write on My Lip Stuff's Facebook wall telling them you read about them here at Love comma Ashlee! +3
• Write a blog about this Giveaway and link back to me here & my lip stuff at their website  +5
• Enter any of my other giveaways +1 for each giveaway you enter
• Tweet about this giveaway (one entry per tweet, must be at least an hour between tweets)

You can use this sample tweet:
Win a 6 pack of natural cruelty free lip balm @LoveCommaAshlee and @MyLipStuff here: http://tinyurl.com/22vums5 

This contest is open to anyone worldwide!  Contest ends June 21st, 2010  The winner will be chosen at random using random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to my e-mail, if the winner does not respond within 72 hours then another winner will be chosen at random.

I did not receive financial compensation for this review.  I was sent 3 tubes of the products to test, so that I would be able to give an honest review.  My opinions about this product are my own and they were not impacted by my receiving free products to test.