Are you wondering who the Winner of the Lily Organics gift basket is?

It's that time again! Time to announce the winner of the Lily Organics Skin Care Gift Basket Giveaway! This is hands down my favorite part. As much as I like to recieve, I enjoy giving far more so I love the fact that I am able to help give this wonderful skincare gift basket to one of my very lucky loves!




The winner of the Lily Organics Gift Basket, which is filled with some of the best skin care goodies I have ever used, is.......

Comment number 130, Sarah Simplifies, wins the beautiful Lily Organics gift basket that Lily and Dana were kind enough to offer to one of my lucky readers!

Congratulations to you, Miss Sarah!  I hope that you love Lily's organic skin care products as much as I have and trust me, you'll be just as impressed as I if they work equally as well on your skin as they have on mine! 
They last for quite a long time, I got the little sample sized cleanser, toner, moisturizer and mask to try and I have yet to run out of any of them.  I would love it if you would let your girl here know how you liked the products that are included in the gift basket.

I would like to say a huge and very sincere "Thank You!" to all those who entered this giveaway!  I appreciate each one of my readers, followers and subscribers a very great deal!
I would also like to throw in a second huge "Thank You!" to Lily and Dana from Lily Organics, because they were both just sweet as pie and I enjoyed being able to try their products so much!

Oh, and while you're here please feel free to enter any of my other wonderful giveaways!

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.

Sleepy Bear Winner!

And the winner for the Organic Sleepy Bear from Sleepy Wrap and NAP Inc is....

Comment number 12 wins the adorable Sleepy Bear. Congratulations to you and thank you so much to everyone who entered! (=

So congratulations to Lindseyloo, and I hope that your kiddo will enjoy the Sleepy Bear as much as my two boys have!  You'll be getting an e-mail from me shortly, and you have 72 hours to respond before I pick a new winner. Let me know how you liked it when you get it in!

Kicky Pants Product Review

Have you ever heard of Kicky Pants?  If you answered no to that question then I am genuinely shocked and you seriously need to read this review, because this is one brand of eco-friendly and modern baby clothes that you are going to want to be aware of, for sure!  They are a celebrity baby favorite, and there are several haute tots toddling around wearing the latest from this brand!

Why should you know about Kicky Pants?  Because it is a company on the rise!  It had humble beginnings when Erin Cloke was expecting her second child and on bed rest she decided that she wanted to do something that would benefit their whole family and allow her and her husband to spend more time as a family.  That's an admirable goal, right?  Honestly, who doesn't want to do something that fits into that description?  Her husband has this to say about Erin and the beginning of their company:

She had always been the mom who sought out great products and had to write down store names and web addresses on scraps of paper wherever she went.  She was also frequently looking for things that didn't exist, except for in her head.  And when she couldn't find them, she would make them!  

After the birth of their child Kicky Pants became a reality for Erin and her husband, and the store is named after the baby that she was expecting at the time when she first thought of the idea for Kicky Pants.  The rest, as they say, is history.

I appreciate that Erin is the mommy of two boys, because as the mother of two boys of my own I know just how taxing it can be to find the type of clothes that I am looking for.  It's quite the task to find stylish, modern and trendy baby clothing for my boys that are just as cute as their female counterparts.  If you're the mother of only girls and you don't have any boys to shop for regularly then you can take my word for it, it can get pretty rough when you're shopping for clothing for your tiny members of the male gender.  That's one of my favorite things about Kicky pants.  They have the cutest clothes and they are stylish, modern and don't feature a giant photo of Pooh or Tigger on the butt of them.  Not that I don't like Pooh, but that's not what I'm looking for in my sons clothing.  I want some really great pieces that I can mix and match, classic pieces that have been updated with a modern print, and Kicky Pants provides just that!  You see, I like cute clothing but I don't like overly "cutesy" cookie cutter cloths for my baby boys.  
                                    

Then there's Kicky Pants, which I have described as my dream come true as far as clothes for my boys are concerned.  They have the perfect mixture of "cute" and modern style, and the best part is, wait for it wait for it, they are made from bamboo.  Yes, that's right...I said it, bamboo.  If you have never laid hands on bamboo fabric before then I command you to go directly to the Kicky Pants website and pick up some of their gorgeous bamboo basics baby clothes, because it is the softest fabric that I have ever touched in my entire life, hands down!  Bamboo is a very eco-friendly alternative to traditional fabric and is the triple threat of fabrics -- it's incredibly luxurious feeling, it's eco-friendly and it's a miracle fabric of sorts as it actually absorbs water anywhere from three to four times better than cotton(which makes you more comfortable while wearing it)!  As if that wasn't enough, it actually adjusts to the temperature!  You probably think I'm playing, but I'm not!  Bamboo fabric will adjust itself to stay 3-4 degrees cooler in warm or hot weather and 3-4 degrees warmer in chilly or cold weather.  How amazing is that?

Want to know why I am drooling over them so much?  I mean other than the fact that my own baby love, Jagger, looks too adorable for words in this little kicky pants onesie that they sent to him from their oh-so-soft-I-don't-even-have-the-words bamboo basics eco-friendly baby clothes line.  They have a little bit of everything.  Seriously, do you need a long dress?  They got you!  You want to buy your best friend a super soft bamboo knit blanket for their baby shower?  They have that!  Your sister is having a girl you say, and you want to get your future niece a ruffled diaper cover or ruffled bloomers?  Well guess what, they have those too!


 They don't stop at beautiful clothes for the future well dressed babies and toddlers of the world, because it would be too easy to drop the ball and Erin's not about that, she's on her P's and Q's with Kicky Pants!  You can also purchase some of the cutest toys that I have ever seen.  I'm dying to get some for Jagger, especially the Orchard Mushroom and Orchard Apple, which they describe as ultra-squeezable because they are filled with non-toxic micro beads! Then of course you could always stop in and check out their bamboo basics for Mama too, that's right they also sell some super soft, luxurious feeling eco-friendly maternity clothes, because we all know that you deserve a little something special while you're pregnant, so why not purchase one of their luxurious organic maternity shirts?

** Buy It **

You can find a complete list of online sellers on the Kicky Pants website!  I'm going to include a list of a few of my favorite shops that sell these adorable Kicky Pants items (each link will take you directly to the Kicky Pants items at each store):

•  Panano
•  What Every Baby Needs
•  Innovative Baby
•  The Red Balloon
•  Baby Loves Earth
•  Posh Baby

** Connect to Kicky Pants **

If you would like a chance to earn bonus entries in all of my giveaways then you can: Follow Kicky Pants on Twitter for +2 entries into all of my giveaways, Fan/Like Kicky Pants on Facebook for +3 entries into all of my giveaways, Tweet about this review once per day for +1 entry into all of my giveaways and last but most certainly not least Write on Kicky Pants Facebook Wall telling them you heard about their products from Love comma Ashlee's product review and tell them what you think of this review and their products for +5 entries into all of my giveaways!

• Follow Kicky Pants on Twitter
• Fan/Like Kicky Pants on Facebook

I did not receive any type of monetary compensation for doing this review.  I did get a sample of one of their products to review so that I could give my honest and accurate opinion.  My opinion was not influenced by my receiving this product sample.  All opinions expressed in this product review are my own honest opinions.