September 8th, 2009

Suave, Take Me Away

Yes, I know that line is usu­ally con­nected to another prod­uct, but I have never felt like that after using that stuff. It took a shower with Suave® Nat­u­rals Body Wash Apri­cot Exfo­li­at­ing Shower Gel to get me utter­ing those words. See, I am a bit of a shower snob. While I love the scents of body washes and such, I usu­ally stay away from them because my skin is very dry and sen­si­tive. Not to men­tion that I have severe aller­gies and most fruity, flow­ery scented things irri­tate my asthma symp­toms. So, when BSM Media offered me the chance to try out a few of Suave’s prod­ucts, I was a lit­tle hesitant.

But oh how things change. The Apri­cot Exfo­li­at­ing Shower Gel is like a mini-spa in a bot­tle. The scent is soft and pleas­ant and my skin felt smooth. After using it in my morn­ing shower I was reju­ve­nated and my body was awake. Suf­fice it to say, I did not expe­ri­ence any side effects either– no dry patches and rashes like I nor­mally get from some of the more expen­sive items. And even the Cocoa But­ter with Shea Lotion was a pleas­ant sur­prise. It was thick and pro­vided my feet, hands, and elbows with the cov­er­age needed to stay mois­tur­ized all day long.

Now I have to be hon­est with you– I don’t nor­mally pam­per myself. In fact, show­er­ing on a daily basis is usu­ally my rest and relax­ation time, but even then, I am usu­ally rushed by the con­stant “Mommy. Mommy. Mommy…,” calls from my tod­dler. I barely get a chance to take in the fra­grance of the soap before I have to jump out to man­age some 3 –year-old cat­a­stro­phe. But Suave® and Holly Robinson-Pete are encour­ag­ing moms to take a few min­utes out for our­selves and Shower Your­self Beau­ti­ful this sum­mer. And while the sum­mer is almost over, I thought some of her tips may serve us all well as we get ready to tackle the hus­tle and bus­tle of the upcom­ing months.

Robinson-Pete sug­gests that moms wear a sim­ple, light fra­grance– like one from the Suave® line of body washes– to feel more beau­ti­ful. Or how about send­ing your­self some beau­ti­ful flow­ers just to remind your­self that you are loved! She even sug­gest sched­ul­ing tea time for your self by tak­ing a few min­utes to enjoy a cup of herbal tea and some tea sand­wiches. And of course, there is always the relax­ing bath (at night when the chil­dren are asleep, if your house is any­thing like mine) with can­dles, and the nice fra­grance of Suave® Nat­u­rals Laven­der Vanilla Calm­ing Body Wash.

I think these are some good tips! but, I want to know what you do to pam­per your­self. Start­ing today, Sep­tem­ber 9 and run­ning until Sep­tem­ber 20- the  “They’re Back to School, Pam­per Your­self Give­away.” You will earn the chance to win a lovely col­lec­tion of Suave® Prod­ucts to help you get back into your rou­tine with­out stress.

To Enter:

(1 Entry) Leave a com­ment here telling me what you do to unwind when life gets to stressful.

(1 Addi­tional Entry) Tweet this con­test using the text below:

While the kids’ are away, Moms will play! Pam­per your­self with Suave Give­away http://​www​.momon​therise​.com/​2​0​0​9​/​0​8​/​1​7​/​s​u​a​v​e​-​t​a​k​e​-​m​e​-​a​w​ay/

(1 Addi­tional Entry) Friend me on Face­book and Post this give­away to all of your friends.

August 15th, 2009

Love, Hugs, Peace Movement at Build-A-Bear Giveaway Winner

Well, I had a very dis­ap­point­ing turnout for my give­away this time. I am going to chalk it up to sum­mer being very busy and peo­ple not really hav­ing time to enter con­test. yep! That had to be the case. At any rate, thank you to all who entered. I placed all four names into Ran​dom​.org and the win­ner is:

Janet Car­pen­ter

Janet, please con­tact me by Wednes­day August 19 with your mail­ing address and I will send out your gift card right away.

February 23rd, 2009

Free Membership to SHEBang for One Year (REVISED)

The Give­away

Last week I inter­viewed Krista Colvin and she is offer­ing one lucky reader a FREE One Year VIP mem­ber­ship to theSHE​bang​.com

What is The SHE­bang?
from the SHE­bang website:

She’s the plan you’ve been crav­ing.
A hip and sassy web­site
guid­ing and inspir­ing you with
monthly projects, weekly to-do lists,
coach­ing calls with fea­tured guest experts,
solu­tion based prod­ucts + dis­counts to boot.
SHE’s the answer to how “that girl does it all”.
SHE’s the whole shebang!

How Do You Enter?

Do the fol­low­ing  on your blog:

Leave a com­ment explain­ing the one area in your house that is your biggest embarrassment.

I will stop accept­ing entries at 11:00 PM  3/1/2009.

I will select a Win­ner using Ran​dom​.org on 3/2/2009.

Good luck, and be sure to spread the word.

And another big thank you to Krista Colvin.