(In compliance with the new FTC Guildlines, please note that this is a sponsored post.  I was given these products to test and review free of charge.  However, I was not paid for the review and the opinions are my own.)

Been a while since I have done a Flaunt It, for sure. Been busy busy, but there is much to introduce to you so the show must go on! Today I bring you:

Reviyve LLC ethnic cosmetics without all of the harsh chemical additives

It is our goal to provide products that are three fold in nature:

1. High quality yet without all of the harsh chemicals that many of the commercial brands contain
2. Products that actually do what they claim to do
3. Affordable products

Are there other affordable, quality natural skin care products available on the market?  Sure, but how many are manufactured by people as closely involved with the manufacturing process as I am?  How many people selling their products actually use them on a daily basis?  I give my customers quality skin care products because not only do I sell them, I consume them.

First, I will address the fact that I am not a woman of color. Actually, I’m very fair skinned. That doesn’t mean I don’t get dry skin, so I was still an eligible candidate to check out some product.

Michelle sent a wide variety of samples to check out, including; Organic Shea Butter Balm – Lemon, Avocado Cream, Cocoa Butter Cream – Exotic Almond, Hemp Lotion – Eucalyptus Citriadora, Hemp Lotion – Peach, Organic Green Tea and Face Cleanser, Moisturizing Sugar Butter Scrub – Rosemary Mint and Peppermint Goat’s Milk Lotion.

I particularly love the Avocado Cream and the Organic Shea Butter Balm – Lemon, but it was interesting to try many new ingredients like goats milk and this had been my first time trying hemp lotion. I appreciate that Michelle works hard to bring her clients natural ingredients for their specific skin types and takes the time to produce natural products for her customers. Additionally, she works hard to make skin care products that really work for ethnic skin types rather then just claiming to with no real results.

During a time when small batch cosmetics companies are  are being put to the test with the recently introduced Safe Cosmetics Act, it’s important that we are aware of companies like Reviyve LLC and we not only buy from them, but we support them!

Reviyve LLC is giving one of our readers the chance to try their Whipped Shea Cream to enter do any or all of the following:

• Visit Reviyve LLC and comment here on which product you would love to try
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post.
• Follow @ecoofficegals or @Reviyve and comment that you did.
• ReTweet this giveaway and link to it below.
• Stumble this giveaway
• Use other forms of social networking to spread the word about this giveaway.
• Subscribe to my feed to stay up to date with the latest from Eco-Office Gals.
• Can’t wait to win? Buy anything from Reviyve LLC and comment 5 times that you did! (I will confirm)

The deadline for entering is Wednesday 8/4/10 at 8pm EST at which time one winner will be randomly chosen.  Please don’t forget to leave a separate entry and any entries that show obvious laziness i.e. a simple “Thanks for the great giveaway” will not be published therefore not counted. It’s just not fair for the people that do know how to follow simple directions. US and Canadian residents only. Thanks!

And the Winner is…

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Flaunt It! Monday: Reviyve LLC

It’s been quite a while since I did a flaunt it, hasn’t it? I have several products to review and plenty of giveaways to do, but tending to my clients needs has come first and so Flaunt It fell behind.

Today we will pick back up with Eden Home I discovered them on Twitter quite a few months ago and admired all the beautiful and organic products on their site. I contacted them and we started chatting. A little about Eden Home (from the site):

Offering a complete selection of organic, all natural and eco-friendly products for your home and life that won’t have you compromising your sense of style.

Most people do not realize how cotton is grown, processed and finished. As many as 2000 different chemicals are used in the textile industry! Those chemicals are often left on the fabric and then transferred to you or your baby when absorbed through the skin.

Unfortunately, many of the so-called “organic” and “natural” products sold today are either not truly pure or not beautiful. So we started Eden Home to offer healthy choices ranging from organic clothes for baby to natural bath towels, from organic cookware to all natural shampoos.

The Garden of Eden was created to be lovely and beautiful, perfect and pure. At Eden Home our mission is to offer the purity of organic without losing the beauty, whether you’re looking for organic bedding, clothes for baby, natural bath towels or organic cookware and more.

Since I had not yet done a review of “green cookware” I expressed my interest in trying some. Eden Home sent the La Chamba Natural Cookware – Small Oval Casserole with Lid.

Made from black clay found in central Columbia, La Chamba cookware can be used in the oven, microwave, and on the stovetop. There are no toxins used in the production of La Chamba cookware and tableware. The makers of this unique product use no glazes and there is no lead in the clay. You can feel safe and confident using this unique and authentic traditional clay cookware. La Chamba cookware has also been featured by celebrity chefs such as Rachael Ray.  2.0 Qts.

I must say I am impressed and admittedly a little afraid of this large pot. It is heavy, beautifully made and I REALLY don’t want to break it! It’s much nicer then any of my other cookware for sure! I have made chili and spaghetti sauces in the pot on the stove, and a roast right in the oven. The temperature takes a little getting used to.  It takes a little longer for things to get boiling, I’m guessing due to the thickness.  I did burn the chili a little the first time I used the pot and had to let it soak for quite some time to get all the burnt stuff off. I was more careful the next time. It’s great to have a large pot like this and know your not leaching chemicals into the food. I can’t say this for my old, beat up, thin Teflon set that must be discarded! It’s been been a wonderful opportunity to review this pot from Eden Home Organic, be sure to check them out!

So, how about a chance to try out some goodies from Eden Home? They are giving one lucky reader a $35 Gift Certificate to use in their store ! Do as many of the below as you wish and leave a separate comment for each one:

• Visit Eden Home and comment here on which product you would love to buy if you won the GC.
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post.
• Follow @edenhomeorganic on Twitter or become a Fan on Facebook and comment that you did.
• Tweet this giveaway
• Stumble this giveaway
• Use other forms of social networking to spread the word about this giveaway.
• Subscribe to my feed to stay up to date with the latest from Eco-Office Gals.
• Buy anything from Eden Home Organic and comment 5 times that you did! (I will confirm)

The deadline for entering is Wednesday 06/30/10 at 8pm EST at which time one winner will be randomly chosen.  Please don’t forget to leave a separate entry for each one of the above that you do and any entries that show obvious laziness i.e. a simple “Thanks for the great giveaway” will not be published therefore not counted. It’s just not fair for the people that do know how to follow simple directions. US residents only. Thanks!

(In compliance with the new FTC Guildlines, please note that this is a sponsored post.  I was given these products to test and review free of charge.  However, I was not paid for the review and the opinions are my own.)

Here are your random numbers:

10

Timestamp: 2010-07-02 02:28:39 UTC

Congrats Tammy!

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Flaunt Your Green! Eden Home

Hey everyone!

It’s Monday and I have been trying to get back into posting. A slipped disk in my neck has made it hard to use my right hand … whine.. whine.. whine!

Anyway! Monday means review and giveaway not crying about not feeling my hand for nearly a month now right??? So, lets get to it!  I was introduced to a company called Warmables, quite some time ago (yes it’s been a while since I have done a flaunt it!) and they have these nifty carriers that keep your meals warm with cherry pits. Personally, I love this idea since I am not a huge fan of sandwiches and how boring can the same cold stuff for lunch get?? I REALLY wish I had come across this before the economy crashed and my hubby was doing construction!  I can’t tell you how many times he whined about how sick and tired he was of sandwiches and various types of pasta salads. I just didn’t know what to make him that could stay warm until lunch, so I resorted to things that could be kept cold.

Warmables would have been a perfect solution for my husband and meanwhile waste-free, bpa-free and enviro-friendly:

Please know that all Warmables products are made by us (your Warmables team) in a small sewing studio in Jersey City as the orders come in.
Materials are purchased in the USA and Canada only.
We are totally focused on healthier lunches, our economy and environment.
Warmables will not be produced overseas. Instead of cheap production done in China or elsewhere we are offering work for a handful of us, supporting our economy where we can.
Our Warmables lunch systems are delivered as 3 or 4 piece sets (the Warmables pouch, liner, a BPA-free food container and a cherry pit bag) and do not produce any garbage at all.
Warmables pit bag products are made of natural cotton and filled with real cherry pits.
Packaging materials are kept to a bare minimum for environmental reasons.

Yes, cherry pits keep your food hot… or cold since you can also freeze them. I had learned about the rice sock trick when I had my first c-section, but never thought much of cherry pits (Images of the Witches of Eastwick running through my head!). This is a neat little idea and I’m glad to be able to share it with you! Personally, I think the office size (image above) is a better size for everyone to use, the kids size seemed a little small to me, and once it’s all packed together it has a handle for easy carrying.

So, Want a chance to try a warmable?? You know the routine, let’s do it!

Do as many of the below as you wish and leave a separate comment for each one:

• Visit Warmables and comment here on which product you would love to try
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post.
• Follow @ecoofficegals and comment that you did.
• Subscribe to the Warmables newsletter and comment that you did.
• Tweet this giveaway
• Stumble this giveaway
• Use other forms of social networking to spread the word about this giveaway.
• Subscribe to my feed to stay up to date with the latest from Eco-Office Gals.
• Can’t wait to win? Buy anything from Warmables and comment 5 times that you did! (I will confirm)

The deadline for entering is Wednesday 3/3/10 at 8pm EST at which time one winner will be randomly chosen.  Please don’t forget to leave a separate entry and any entries that show obvious laziness i.e. a simple “Thanks for the great giveaway” will not be published therefore not counted. It’s just not fair for the people that do know how to follow simple directions. US and Canadian residents only. Thanks!

Here are your random numbers:

55

Timestamp: 2010-03-06 21:26:19 UTC

Congrats Lily Kwan!!

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Flaunt It! Monday – Warmables

Happy 2010! I hope it has been a happy and safe one so far and continues to be so! Let’s start off the year with a straight giveaway. Something special for one of my readers to start off 2010 right.
Tara Burner owner of Revived Jewelry has made a special, custom necklace for one of my loyal readers. Tara’s description of this beautiful piece of upcycled eco-art:

Made from Tiger’s Eye, recycled aluminum wire and a sterling silver charm with “Believe” on it.
“It is easier to believe than to doubt.” ~E.D. Martin
Each of these items is made of a gemstone that was hand chosen for the necklace.
Recycled copper wiring and other recycled wiring is used on each necklace.
Each is designed by hand and done so with feeling, care, love and prayer along with being energized creating your one of a kind Revived Jewelry item.
Each necklace comes on a black imitation leather cord tied in a double slip knot for easy adjusting to whatever length you desire.
Each necklace comes in an organza bag with a card describing Revived Jewelry.

A huge Thank You to Tara for making this custom piece of upcycled jewelry for my readers! Want to win? Do as many of the below as you wish and leave a separate comment for each one:

• Visit one of Tara’s many sites found at the bottom of Tara Burner and comment here on a product you would love to try, something you learn from the one of the sites, or leave a comment on one of her sites and link to it here.
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post.
• Follow @TaraBurner on Twitter and retweet:  Custom, Upcycled Jewelry Giveaway by Revived Jewelry! http://bit.ly/4Hj091 #giveaway #green comment that you did.
• Stumble this giveaway
• Use other forms of social networking to spread the word about this giveaway.
• Subscribe to my feed to stay up to date with the latest from Eco-Office Gals.
• Buy anything from Revived Jewelry and comment 5 times that you did! (I will confirm)

The deadline for entering is Wednesday 1/06/09 at 8pm EST at which time one winner will be randomly chosen.  Please don’t forget to leave a separate entry and any entries that show obvious laziness i.e. a simple “Thanks for the great giveaway” will not be published therefore not counted. It’s just not fair for the people that do know how to follow simple directions. US residents only. Thanks!

Here are your random numbers:

9

Timestamp: 2010-01-07 12:45:05 UTC

Crystal enjoy your necklace.

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Flaunt It! Monday: Revived Jewelry

(In compliance with the new FTC Guildlines, please note that this is a sponsored post.  I was given these products to test and review free of charge.  However, I was not paid for the review and the opinions are my own.)

Why not Bob? Why not on Tuesday? Yah, I know it’s Tuesday, but we were out of the house almost all day yesterday and when we got home we were doing the tree trimming, holiday decorating, family thing. So, I pretty much didn’t realize it was Monday until about 10pm last night. So, if you don’t tell I won’t either!

So, Why Not Bob Store? Bob sells eco-friendly, biodegradable products for your catering and entertaining needs. With the Holidays in full swing and entertaining plans in order you know you will have that guilty need for disposables. I mean do you really want to spend half of Christmas day washing glasses, dishes and utensils from the Christmas Eve bash you threw the night before?

(From the site)

We believes it’s time to take the next step by using products made from renewable, plant-based resources, that are petroleum free, non-toxic and require less energy to produce. Compostable products, in the right conditions, turn back to soil in a short period of time.

Made From Renewable Resources

• Vegetable starch and sugarcane are eco-friendly alternatives to plastic and tree paper.
• Mature every season
• 100% compostable
• Petroleum free, non-toxic
• Breaks down in 45-120 days under certain conditions (heat, moisture & movement)

In one year our products made from renewable resources save:

• 742,414 gallons of gasoline – enough to drive around the earth 673 times
• 13,478,914 pounds of greenhouse gases
• 8,629,476 kW hours of energy – enough to power the average American household for 810 years

Designed To Be Compostable

Since the products are disposable, Eco-Products does not add any toxic or unnatural materials to ensure that the inherent compostability remains. When disposed of properly in a composting facility, the products have a beneficial impact on the environment.

• Breaks down in short time periods (generally 45-120 days) under certain conditions (heat, moisture & movement)
• Diverts material from landfills to become rich soil and part of a sustainable cycle of production

I had the opportunity to try out some of the products from the Why Not Bob Store and I was very pleased with the quality. I especially liked the Sugar cane plates.  Additionally, the plant starch cutlery was not only nice quality, but I have been able to wash them over and over in the dishwasher and they have held up perfectly!  The only downer was that the cold cups warped in the dishwasher, but they hold up fine handwashed. This was my own fault they aren’t meant to hold up to the heat.

So why not try products from the Why Not Bob Store? for your holiday parties or other events? The Why Not Bob Store will give one reader a party pack to try out over the holidays!

This party pack consists of:

• 10″ 3 compartment dinner plates
• 6″ dessert plates
• 12 oz green stripe cold cup
• fork,spoon,knife wrapped with napkin
• 12 oz bowl
• 13 gallon bio bags size 24″x28 .66 Mil

Do as many of the below as you wish and leave a separate comment for each one:

• Comment here on what Why Not Bob Store? product would help you green your holidays – or something you learned from their site.
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post.
• Tweet this giveaway
• Stumble this giveaway
• Use other forms of social networking to spread the word about this giveaway.
• Tried a Why Not Bob Store? Product… Let us know what you think.
• Subscribe to my feed to stay up to date with the latest from Eco-Office Gals.

The deadline for entering is Thursday 12/10/09 at 8pm EST at which time one winner will be randomly chosen.  Please don’t forget to leave a separate entry and any entries that show obvious laziness i.e. a simple “Thanks for the great giveaway” will not be published therefore not counted. It’s just not fair for the people that do know how to follow simple directions. US residents only. Thanks!

Here are your random numbers:

1

Timestamp: 2009-12-11 14:34:46 UTC

Congrats Steve!

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Flaunt It! Monday: Why Not Bob Store?

Good Monday morning readers! This morning I bring you Sacred Herbals: Natural Aroma Therapy Bath, Body and Spa products.

Welcome to the world of Sacred Herbals, where natural is always better! At Sacred Herbals, we don’t have many rules, but the few that we do have, we follow with the same sense of pride and purpose we put in to each and every one of our unique hand-crafted products. Our rules are simple. We produce extremely high quality products, made in small batches, using only all natural and organic ingredients when ever possible. We also believe in using the very finest ingredients available anywhere in the world. While so many still claim to make “natural” products, we proudly include all the fine details found in the corners others so frequently seem to cut. The result is nothing less than the finest natural luxury aromatherapy, bath, skin and spa products made anywhere. (more from the site)

Sacred Herbals sent their Shakti Perfume Oil and Autumn Spice Lip Balm to try out. I had never tried natural or organic perfumes. I’m actually pretty stuck in my ways with my Calvin Klein Euphoria. So, this gave me the opportunity to try something new. I chose the Shakti because the scents sounded appealing to me: Vanilla, Rose, Lemon & Orange. I’ve worn it several times and it does have a nice scent almost like a lemon or orange cake icing (guess that’s the vanilla). I didn’t pick up on the rose though. However, the scent is a little too light for me. Rather, it doesn’t linger.  It seems as if just a few minutes after applying it, the scent is gone. I prefer to apply my perfume once and be done for the day. Same goes for my make up, I’m just not the type to run to the ladies room throughout the day and reapply. This would be a better fit for someone that is more accustom to doing touch ups during the course of the day.

The lip balm was much more spicy with nutmeg, vanilla, cloves and orange essential oils and a long list of natural oils, waxes and butters to soften up dry lips. Mainstream lip balm is loaded with a ton of toxic crap you really don’t want on your lips so I definitely recommend finding a more natural alternative to keep your lips moist!

Using both of these products and the opportunity to learn about Tara and her great company has been an enjoyable experience. Sacred Herbals has many other products that look simply dreamy and I look forward to spoiling myself with them! Want a chance to try them yourself? You know the routine, let’s do it!

Do as many of the below as you wish and leave a separate comment for each one:

• Visit Sacred Herbals and comment here on which product you would love to try
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post.
• Follow @sacredherbals or @ecoofficegals and comment that you did.
• Tweet this giveaway
• Stumble this giveaway
• Use other forms of social networking to spread the word about this giveaway.
• Subscribe to my feed to stay up to date with the latest from Eco-Office Gals.
• Buy anything from Sacred Herbals and comment 5 times that you did! (I will confirm)

The deadline for entering is Wednesday 11/25/09 at 8pm EST at which time one winner will be randomly chosen.  Please don’t forget to leave a separate entry and any entries that show obvious laziness i.e. a simple “Thanks for the great giveaway” will not be published therefore not counted. It’s just not fair for the people that do know how to follow simple directions. US and Canadian residents only. Thanks!

Here are your random numbers:

42

Timestamp: 2009-11-27 16:11:10 UTC

Congrats Heather C!!

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Flaunt It! Monday: Sacred Herbals

(In compliance with the new FTC Guildlines, please note that this is a sponsored post.  I was given these products to test and review free of charge.  However, I was not paid for the review and the opinions are my own.)

In honor of America Recycles Day we celebrate a company that make recycling a part of our everyday lives!

Small Steps™ by Marcal® brand products focuses squarely on the company’s green heritage. For over five decades, Marcal has been saving trees and reducing landfill by making its paper products from recycled paper. Marcal uses paper collected from curbs in residential neighborhoods in cities and towns across America; from the small blue baskets in office buildings, unwanted junk mail, and waste from printers; all in an effort to do something good… to produce something that people need.
Marcal is an integral part of the northern New Jersey community. The company uses recyclables from more than 600 municipalities from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and New England. The company is one of the largest employers in New Jersey, employing over 900 people.

This company had a true passion in recycling way before it was the cool thing to do. Yes, since 1950 they have been using paper waste, not trees to bring paper products into our home. After all is “Your Ass Worth A Million Trees A Year?”

So, Marcal sent me some of their Small Steps products to try out.  Now any of my readers that have been with me a while know that I try not to use paper at all, if possible.  One thing I almost never buy is paper towels, I use my Skoy Cloths and washable rags. So, when I received this shipment which included several rolls of paper towels who would know how perfect the timing would be!

I’m not going to get into too much detail in this post, but I will be guest posting about my family’s experience of living without water for many weeks on another blog soon.  Anyway – this was one point in my life when I probably tripled my waste since washing dishes, clothes, the house etc had to be done waterless or at the kindness of neighbors and friends. So, having these “responsibly – disposable” products were a true blessing!

The paper towels helped me keep the house clean as possible with cleaners, they were not linty and held up nicely. Granted they’re not the bleached white, fluffy soft, almost cloth-like paper towels that many people might use, but as far as I’m concerned… if you want cloth-like… use cloth!

My family got to try out the Small Steps toilet paper as well.  This is one area I’m stuck buying paper for life.  No getting around it… at least none I’m willing to try! So, why not at least try to buy a little more responsibly and use TP made from recycled paper instead of virgin forests? Right? Sure it may take a little getting used to – again it lacks the bleach and fluff many of us… this time including myself, are used to. There were no complains from the family, it served it’s purpose. What else can I ask for?

I would definitely use Marcals Small Steps in my attempt to green up my act.  There’s no reason not to! Take a look around at the paper products you are using in your home, can you make a positive change for the environment by switching to Small Steps?

Marcal is hooking up one of my readers with a great package of their Small Steps products: Dinner Napkins, 180ct Napkin Drawstring Bag, Upright-80ct Facial Tissues, 144ct Facial, Single Roll Giant Towel, 1,000ct Bath, 4 ct bath 1000 ct, 3 roll Regular towel! Do as many of the below as you wish and leave a separate comment for each one:

• Comment here on what Marcal product would help you make a green step – or something you learned from their informative site.
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post.
• Follow Marcal Small Steps on Twitter.
• Tweet this giveaway
• Stumble this giveaway
• Use other forms of social networking to spread the word about this giveaway.
• Tried a Small Steps product before? Let us know what you think.
• Subscribe to my feed to stay up to date with the latest from Eco-Office Gals.

The deadline for entering is Wednesday 11/18/09 at 8pm EST at which time one winner will be randomly chosen.  Please don’t forget to leave a separate entry and any entries that show obvious laziness i.e. a simple “Thanks for the great giveaway” will not be published therefore not counted. It’s just not fair for the people that do know how to follow simple directions. US residents only. Thanks!

Here are your random numbers:

108

Timestamp: 2009-11-19 16:00:17 UTC

Congrats Jessica!

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Flaunt It! Monday: Marcal Small Steps

(In compliance with the new FTC Guild lines, please note that this is a sponsored post.  I was given these products to test and review free of charge.  However, I was not paid for the review and the opinions are my own.)

Happy Monday! Hope everyone is doing wonderfully and hasn’t loaded up on way too much Halloween candy! So, today we dive into a pesty little topic. Luckily, in SC I haven’t has to deal with too many bugs like I did in FL with those palmetto bugs and sugar ants. Yuck! Not to say we don’t have any. I think Laurens County may be the fly capital of the world and fleas have been a HUGE issue this year! So what do you when you are trying to purge all these chemicals from your cleaning products and then you have to deal with getting rid of bugs??

EcoSMART is a safer alternative to ridding your home of bugs: (from the site)

EcoSMART Technologies, the world leader in safe pesticide solutions, is a venture-backed company with patented technology and a world-class management team. Our mission is to create the world’s safest, most effective pesticides based on natural ingredients. We have 15 years of scientific research and a wealth of patents behind us. We make the only 100% safe insecticide that is proven to work. We offer the only complete line of EPA exempt pesticides sold in the US.

I had the opportunity to try out the Safe Home Value Bundle and I am happy to say they make flies drop to the ground and repel fleas decently. When I was in Florida last weekend I also had the chance to use the repellent as the gnats came out and it was very effective.  We also had an issue with ticks at the beginning of the season, but after continuing to spray the dogs with the repellent when they went outside, I don’t recall seeing a tick for quite some time.

I must say the scents are very strong, however in comparison to the awful smell or pesticides these are strong scents of peppermint, rosemary, cinnamon, lemongrass and other fragrant oils.

So, if you have to go Rambo on the pesky critters that occasionally find their way into the house why not give it a shot without all the chemicals?

Meanwhile, how about a chance to try out some EcoSMART products? EcoSMART will give one lucky choice of one of the following bundles:

* Safe Home Bundle
* Safe Plant & Garden Value Bundle
* Safe Picnic Value Bundle
* Safe Personal Care Value Bundle
* Safe Lawn & Outdoor Value Bundle
* Safe Patio Value Bundle

Do as many of the below as you wish and leave a separate comment for each one:

• Comment here on which bundle you would love to try if you won – or something you learned from the site.
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post.
• Tweet this giveaway
• Stumble this giveaway
• Use other forms of social networking to spread the word about this giveaway.
• Tried an EcoSMART product before? Find the product on their site and write a review, let us know where to find it.
• Subscribe to my feed to stay up to date with the latest from Eco-Office Gals.
• Buy anything from EcoSMART and comment 5 times that you did! (I will confirm)

The deadline for entering is Wednesday 11/04/09 at 8pm EST at which time one winner will be randomly chosen.  Please don’t forget to leave a separate entry and any entries that show obvious laziness i.e. a simple “Thanks for the great giveaway” will not be published therefore not counted. It’s just not fair for the people that do know how to follow simple directions. US residents only. Thanks!

Sorry for the delay in picking a winner:

Here are your random numbers:

14

Timestamp: 2009-11-16 02:10:24 UTC

Congrats Jenny Gibbons

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Flaunt It! Monday EcoSMART

This isn’t your typical Flaunt It! Monday people. This is something I ran across last night and it really deserves a HUGE Flaunt. So, today I am asking you to read this and take action.  See how YOU can go out and Flaunt this innovative trip that will start in less then 24 hours.

Yesterday I was followed and asked for help by @ShockingBarak. I didn’t pay much attention at first until I was asked to RT. That’s when I went to their site and saw their mission. Now I know all of you remember the trip our auto mongrels took to our state capital to beg and plead for money to keep their doors open, right?  Driving their hybrid SUV’s big enough to sleep my whole family comfortably? How can we forget? Shocking Barak hasn’t forgotten either and decided to show people the way it could have been done!

Our plan is to retrace the route of the automotive CEOs who went to Washington DC asking for government loans. But instead of looking for aid, we’d like to present President Obama with a homegrown solution to the transportation crisis. Having worked with Brammo, we’re fans of what they’re doing. We want to spread the word and we want to have a little fun while we’re doing it. So join us as we surf from plug to plug in a quest to meet Obama, fueled by nothing more than electricity and the kindness of everyday Americans.

The Brammo Motorcycle they refer to is a light weight, mass produced, 100% electric motorcycle.  It produces no emissions, no noise pollution, is made from recycled parts and can be recycled. Read more…

So, in itself a very innovative idea right? So, what can you do to help? Are you in the path they are taking from Detroit, MI to Washington, DC? Can they swing by and charge up? Can they crash for the night and enjoy your company? Can you provide them with a homegrown or local meal or snack?

Oh yah, the biggie, they need us to reach out to President Obama. So, if you happen to know someone, that knows someone… or maybe we can all just make some noise!

If you are not on their trip route, like me, there are still ways you can help! Tweet or Facebook the trip and the mission! Show your support by blogging about it. Maybe even buy a few Carbon Credits to help offset the emissions to charge the vehicles? I’m just thinking off the top of my head early this Monday morning. I’m sure there are many ways you can help if you are close by or far away. That is why I am here to tell you about it! So get out there, and make this viral, or comment below with thoughts on how we can help, or tell us what you are going to do to help!

I have not been asked to post about this, I am not being paid to post about this, I just love the idea and want to share & support. I hope you will too!

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Flaunt It! Monday: Shocking Barak

So the readers that visit Eco-Office Gals should have at least one fairly common goal: do what we can to help the Earth, right?  I certainly hope so!  So, when you get all these ideas going of simple things you can do each day to help the environment, where do you go? myEARTH360! A great online source full of great home products to green your home, work, yourself, your family and the pets.  I like that myEarth360 stocks products that are practical, things that you actually use in your home on a regular basis.

However, myEARTH360 goes beyond simply supplying environmentally sound products, portions of each sale goes back to schools to support environmental education and awareness! Here are some great details from the site:

• Development of the I Count for My Earth Campaign, a school program that gets the green message out to kids in an interactive, fun way. Lynn personally developed the campaign before the business even existed and is just something I do because I think enviro-awareness has to start with the kids so they can become the champions at home.
• Schools can participate in the I Count campaign for free, Shop & Share is optional.
• Creating and selling signature I Count for My Earth water bottles at Lynn’s son’s suburban Chicago school.
• Encouraging consumers to ‘vote with your dollars’, by shopping her online store and its diverse array of no-sacrifices-necessary, low-impact products. From essentials (home, school and office supplies, pet care, etc.) to extras (tableware and fashion), everything you buy counts for the earth!
• Launch of myEARTH360 hosted green parties: attendees share ideas on how to buy more eco-responsibly while discovering amazing green products from the eco.practical to the eco.chic in an upbeat, communal atmosphere.
• Regular e-newsletters and blog updates covering important eco-related issues like indoor air pollution, the battle of bottled water and what you can do about them.

This is a great place to shop and know you are really making a difference! So, I got to try a few fun products from Lynn’s store including some beeswax candles and some Shaklee Basic H2 All-Purpose Cleaner.

The Beeswax candles were a first for me and I was excited to try some of these. I do enjoy candles and know how cruddy paraffin candles are. They were great and very slow burning in comparison to paraffin.

Lynn also included a bottle of Shaklee Basic H2 All-Purpose Cleaner from her Shaklee Get Clean Site. Shaklee is non-toxic, biodegradable and manufactured by a green company. The bottle came with a little bit of cleaner, which I just added water to the fill line. The cleaner was truly versatile and cleaned up everything nicely.  There were no strong odors, crazy colors, just clean!

I love the concept behind myEARTH360 and encourage you to visit them for your eco-friendly needs!

Meanwhile, how about a chance to try out some goodies from myEARTH360? Lynn will give one lucky a $25 Gift Certificate to use in her store ! Do as many of the below as you wish and leave a separate comment for each one:

• Visit myEARTH360 and comment here on which product you would love to try or something you learn from the site.
• Blog about this giveaway or the I count for my Earth Campaign and link back to this post.
• Follow @myEARTH360 on Twitter or become a Fan on Facebook and comment that you did.
• Tweet this giveaway
• Stumble this giveaway
• Use other forms of social networking to spread the word about this giveaway.
• Subscribe to my feed to stay up to date with the latest from Eco-Office Gals.
• Buy anything from myEARTH360 and comment 5 times that you did! (I will confirm)

The deadline for entering is Wednesday 10/07/09 at 8pm EST at which time one winner will be randomly chosen.  Please don’t forget to leave a separate entry and any entries that show obvious laziness i.e. a simple “Thanks for the great giveaway” will not be published therefore not counted. It’s just not fair for the people that do know how to follow simple directions. US residents only. Thanks!

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2009-10-09 18:10:45 UTC

Congrats Jessica!

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Flaunt It! Monday: myEARTH360