You know how sometimes you buy yummy *lavender* bubble bath and lotion for your baby, thinking you’re really going to get something that smells like lavender? And then you open it up and use it on your wee little babe only to realize it smells like, uh, any other lotion at the store? If it doesn’t happen to you, just pretend it does so this story will work.
I’ve actually had that happen on more than one occasion and it’s pretty disappointing. Especially when I need the *calming* influences of lavender on my children. My first overwhelming reaction to opening the products from Maclaren was *ooooh it actually smells like it’s supposed to!*. Like lavender. Clean, pure, organic wholesomeness. You know you can smell the difference, can’t you? I can, and it’s lovely.
Maclaren takes their organic-ness pretty seriously. No synthetics in any of their products, at all. Which, if you’re a new mom putting lotions and potions all over your baby is a pretty big promise. You don’t want chemicals on that brand spanking new skin! Not only that, all of the packaging for Maclaren’s lovely, organic, wholesome products is made from recyclable material. Beat that.
Summer is almost over. (Ooh, I said it out loud). Feet ravaged by flip flops, hands ravaged by gardening, nerves worn by kids home from school. Sounds like it’s time for a little TLC for mommy.
The Body Shop wants to help with thier new
Organic Virgin Coconut Oil bath and body care products.
The Giveaway: a collection of Organic Virgin Coconut Oil creams, scrubs and
butters valued at over $70!
You can read more about them
here, or you could just take my word that they are divine! Cleanse with the rich shower cream, smooth rough heels and elbows with the body scrub, soften–really soften–with the body butter, and amp up your summer glow with the shimmer lotion. All with a grown-up, earthy coconut fragrance that’s positively delicious. Good for you, good for the earth, good for small economies. All good.
Giveaway Details:
- Leave only one comment on this post to enter
- Entries are open until Friday, August 7th, 10pm, MST
- Anonymous entries will be discarded, be sure to include an email address with your comment
- Link to this post on your own blog (include the url in your comment) and receive an extra entry
- Winner will be announced here Monday, August 10th
- Winner has 7 days to respond, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
- Thanks to The Body Shop for sponsoring this great giveaway!
No summer beach getaway for me this year. Boo. But
The Body Shop is looking out for me by making me
feel a little bit like I’m lounging surf-side on a secluded island. Even if that island happens to by my bathtub and secluded means I’ve locked the bathroom door. Their new line of
organic virgin coconut oil bath treats is deliciously divine. The fragrance alone is perfection: coconut-ty but more sophisticated than that oily glop I slathered on in my teen years. You know what I’m talking about.
I love to use the body scrub in the shower (good-bye rough edges) and follow with the body butter. To die for. The shower cream is a notch or two beyond typical shower gels, and the shimmer lotion is oooh-la-la without being too glittery or juvenile. Like a luxurious tropical vacation in my bathroom. I’ll take it, thank you very much.
The Body Shop’s new Coconut line is also smart: employing organic,
community trade coconut farmers in Samoa. Every step of the process is done by hand, often by multiple generations of small-scale farmers. Read more
here and
here. And
this lovely video (bottom right of the page) is definitely worth a look. You’ll feel so good about indulging yourself via
The Body Shop.
Stay tuned for a coconut giveaway Monday morning. I promise you’ll want in on it.
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