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I love announcing winners!
Here are the 3 winners of the Fun in the Sun multi-blog giveaway sponsored by:
I want to thank everyone who participated!
Without further ado….
Grand Prize: $100 Visa Gift Card- Justin W.
Runner Up #1: $25 Visa Gift Card- Janna J.
Runner Up #2: $25 Visa Gift Card- Jessica M.
All winners have been notified via email and were given 48 hours to respond. We will get those gift cards into the mail to you this week! Woohoo! Have some fun in the sun!
Update: The giveaway is now over. Congratulations to our winner, Ashley!
With summer’s heat starting to beat down more and more each day we’re all dreaming and eagerly looking forward to our summer vacation, right? Well, technically I’ll be home this summer with a new little baby but many of you will be taking a vacation. Hasbro knows this and they want to help make those road trips and airplane trips a little easier! 
Hasbro recently sent me one of their Fun on the Run games – Guess Who? I remember LOVING this game as a kid and it’s one of my childhood games that is still fun for me today. It forces you to be creative in the use of observation and analytical skills.
I love that it doesn’t require batteries! Most travel games, ipods, DS’, or other handheld devices either need tiny batteries which you’re always out of or it needs to be constantly recharged. I can see the disaster that could lead to on a road trip, how about you? Another great thing about this tiny travel version of Guess Who? is that it has a self-contained storage tray to hold the cards. One container with no extra pieces to forget at home is a great thing!
Hasbro offers six Fun on the Run games – Perfection, Connect4, Trouble, BattleShip, Guess Who?, and Hungry Hippos. These are all classic family favorites and they are all under $10! Guess Who?s suggested retail is $4.99.
On a side note, have you seen Hasbro’s travel Lite-Brite game? Yep, I want one of those for myself!
Hasbro and Hershey’s Kisses Chocolates have teamed up to make your Family Game Nights extra special and extra sweet with HERSHEY’S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates. Visit KissesFamilyGameNight.com for information on how you can share sweet moments of family fun and enter to win a $10,000 family room makeover! You can also enter to win daily prizes, such as Hasbro games for your next Family Game Night or coupons for free 12 oz. bags of HERSHEY’S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates. You can also play an online version of Hasbro’s cheetah fast card game, Ratuki.
I also have a Fun on the Run game to give away to one of you. I can’t guarantee which game it would be, but it will be one of the six listed above. You’ve got to love the mystery, right?
Here’s how to enter:
Please fill out the form to enter. Normally I don’t ask for your mailing address but since the prizes are going to be shipped out tomorrow I need to get the info asap. Your information is safe and secure and won’t be shared with anyone (unless you are the winner and then it will be shared with Hasbro for the purpose of shipping you your prize).
Mandatory entry:
Even though the games are shipped randomly, for fun tell me which of the six games you would most like to have.
Additional entry:
Comments are always welcome but comments will NOT count as entries, you MUST fill out this form to enter.
I’ll draw the winner via random.org today at 2pm EST. The winner will be announced shortly after by email and on this post . I’m sorry but this giveaway is open to U.S. only. Good luck everyone!
Disclosure: I received a Fun on the Run game to facilitate this review but all opinions are completely my own.
Since becoming pregnant I have turned into somewhat of a germ-a-phobe and I’m thinking those tendencies will remain for the first few months of my baby’s life (at least that long!). I just do not want to pick up any cold or flu germs if it can be avoided. JJ Cole’s Shopping Cart Cover provides the perfect protection for moms and babies. It is simple and easy to use…not to mention adorable. You simply take it and place it over the shopping cart and it is ready for baby. You can also slip it over a restaurant’s high chair for protection when dining out. Your baby will love the comfy padding and eye-catching design and you can rest assured that you are keeping nasty germs away from your little one.
Priced at around $29.99, you can’t afford to not have one. Just think how that $29.99 could save you money in the long run by not having to pay for doctor’s visits.
The shopping cart cover comes in four different patterns and has a reversible cotton print on one side and wipeable nylon on the other. I love that it features more mature looking prints and aren’t your standard baby powder blue and soft pink! I think pastel colors can be a bit much when you see them on every baby item and JJ Cole must agree. Another great must-have feature is that the shopping cart cover is machine washable.
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I had trouble coming up with any but I had to try!
Would you like to win a JJ Cole shopping cart cover? I thought so! Here’s how:
Mandatory entry:
First “like” Beauty4Moms on Facebook then “like” JJ Cole Collections fan page on Facebook AND leave a comment on their wall (JJ Cole Collection’s wall) saying that you entered to win a shopping cart cover at @Beauty4Moms.
Additional entries:
Leave a comment for each additional entry.
I’ll draw the winner via random.org on July 4th. The winner will have 48 hrs to respond before a new winner is chosen. This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canada only. Good luck everyone!
Disclosure: I received a shopping cart cover to facilitate this review but all opinions are completely my own.
Summer is coming! As May is quickly coming to a close and June hovers nearby, one thing is for sure: It’s getting mighty hot out there!
What are your plans for this summer?
Are you just planning to try and stay cool and close to home? Or do you have a great family vacation planned?
I know for many, summer can be a really expensive season. Kids are out of school and you know they are going to eat you out of house and home. The ice cream truck tempts you daily. Local pools are increasing their costs to offset city cutbacks. Not to mention the painful gas prices that are hovering at $4 a gallon!
I was wondering, “What can I do to help my readers offset the cost of an expensive summer?” I met with a few bloggers to discuss this and all of a sudden it hit us!
How does a $100 grand prize Visa Gift Card sound?
We didn’t just want one person to win so we decided to give another 2 winners each a $25 Visa Gift Card too!
That’s right…$150 worth of prizes!
Grand Prize: $100 Visa Gift Card
Runner Up #1: $25 Visa Gift Card
Runner Up #2: $25 Visa Gift Card
This giveaway is running on 10 blogs, enter on each blog to increase your chances:
When the giveaway closes, we will combine all entries from each blog to select the winners. You can enter the giveaway on every blog listed, so make sure you visit each one to increase your chances of winning (the mandatory entry is the same for all 10, so if you qualify to enter on one, you qualify to enter on all of them!).
Mandatory entry: (This is an easy one.) You must like ALL of the fan pages listed below. Once you have liked all of them, please leave a comment on THIS blog post letting me know you did. (Please leave your first name and last initial of your Facebook account in your comment. You can enter right here on the blog by pressing “like”, or just click on the blog name to be taken directly to their fan page.
After you enter here…jump over to the other blogs and increase your chances of winning by entering on each one! 10 chances to win!
Giveaway will end on June 3, 2011 at 9:00pm CST. The winners will be chosen by random.org. The winners will be notified by email within 24-48 hours, and will have 48 hours to respond. If no response is received within that time frame, another winner will be chosen. We will announce the winner once they have been confirmed. This giveaway is open to residents of the US only.
This giveaway is not sponsored by Visa and it’s not sponsored by Facebook. It is sponsored by the 10 blogs listed above only.
I’m sad we have had to come to an end of our $100 PayPal cash giveaway! It was a lot of fun for all the blogs involved, and I’m sure it was fun for all of you too! Be sure to stay tuned, because I’m sure you’ll see plenty more fun giveaways in the future!
However, we had to choose some winners…and here they are…
First though, we want to thank everyone who participated!
Without further ado….
$100 Winner:
**Joann J.
$25 Winners:
**Christy K.
**Jodi S.
All winners have been notified via email and were given 48 hours to respond.
I’m happy to announce another very exciting giveaway – $100 cash will be going to one lucky Embracing Beauty reader in celebration of Ebates double cash back for Mother’s Day. *This is completely separate from our other $100 cash giveaway* Only Ebates members can enter but it takes less than 15 seconds to sign-up for Ebates if you’re new (plus new members get a bonus $5 added to their account). I’m dedicated to helping you save money and Ebates has personally saved me a good deal of money over the past 2+ years. If you do any online shopping, I recommend shopping through Ebates for those online purchases. Over 1,200 stores qualify for cash back!
If you would love to win $100 cash (and really who wouldn’t?) then click the link below and fill out the short form to enter the giveaway. Comments are welcome and always encouraged but you must fill out the form to be eligible to win. The cash winner will receive their $100 through Paypal about a week after confirming their Ebates membership status.
Get Double Cash Back for Mother’s Day from 18 Stores
Check out the 18 stores that have increased cash back for Spring through Sunday, May 8 by clicking on “Double Cash Back” in the top right-hand corner after logging into Ebates.
Here are my favorites from those 18:
Restaurant.com was 15.0% cash back, now get 25.0% cash back
Sephora was 4.0% cash back, now 8.0% cash back
Kohl’s was 2.0% cash back, now 4.0% cash back
Enter to Win:
You must be an existing or new Ebates member to enter this giveaway but there is no purchase required to enter. You must complete this form to enter and only one entry is allowed per person. If you can’t view the form, please email me with the subject line “Ebates Giveaway” and be sure to include your full name and your answer the following question. Which Double Cash Back store is your favorite to shop at? You may choose from Sephora, Lancome, Restaurant.com, JCPenney, Avon, Kohl’s, Blue Nile, Teleflora.com, The Body Shop, Sears, Godiva, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Elizabeth Arden, Kodak Gallery, Ice.com, FTD, or Barnes & Noble.
Giveaway Guidelines:
I am providing this giveaway and it is not administered or sponsored in any way by Ebates or its affiliates, but solely by Embracing Beauty. Any questions or comments regarding this promotion must be sent to Embracing Beauty and not to Ebates . The email addresses collected for this giveaway will only be used for the purpose of contacting the winners and will never, ever, ever be sold or given to anyone. This giveaway is only open to residents of the United States or Canada who are 18 years of age or older. This giveaway will close Sunday, May 8 at 11:59 pm (EST). I’ll announce the first name of the winner in a new post the next day which will be posted on Facebook and Twitter, and I will also contact the winner by email. I will choose the winner by using the random number generator at Random.org from the eligible entries received. If a winner does not contact me within 48 hours by email or contact form, I will randomly choose a new winner.
Thanks for entering and come back Monday, May 8 to find out who won. Don’t forget to enter my other $100 cash giveaway that ends May 9!
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Summer is on the way and we’re all thinking of fun in the sun, family vacations and late nights grilling in the backyard. You know what would make those hot days and long summer nights even better?
How about $100 in cash?
Yes, I thought that would sound appealing!
I have teamed up with some really awesome blogs to provide THREE lucky readers with some cold hard cash!
Grand Prize: $100 Paypal Cash
Runner Up #1: $25 Paypal Cash
Runner Up #2: $25 Paypal Cash
This giveaway is running on 9 blogs, enter on each blog and increase your chances:
Thrifty Wifey
When the giveaway closes, we will combine all entries from each blog to select a winner. You can enter the giveaway on every blog listed, so make sure you visit each one to increase your chances of winning (the mandatory entry is the same for all 9, so if you qualify to enter on one, you qualify to enter on all of them!).
Mandatory entry: (This is an easy one.) You must like ALL of the Facebook pages listed below. Once you have liked all of them, please leave a comment letting me know you did. (Please leave your first name and last initial of your Facebook account in your comment.) You can enter right here on the blog by pressing “like”, or just click on the blog name to be taken directly to their Facebook page.
Giveaway will end on May 9, 2011 at 9:00pm CST. The winner will be chosen by random.org. The winner will be notified by email within 24 hours, and you will have 48 hours to respond. If no response is received within that time frame, another winner will be chosen. Please leave your email address or make sure it is in your profile so I will have a way to contact you. We will announce the winner once they have been confirmed. This giveaway is open to residents of the US and Canada only (the prize will be in US Dollars).
While I love a clean home I don’t always like cleaning. I go through phases where I want the kitchen sink spotless or the floors vacuumed daily but that’s not the norm. In order to avoid a heavy spring cleaning I try to keep up with cleaning year round…try being the key word. I’m a huge fan of FlyLady and her cleaning zone method! She recommends breaking up your house into zones where you’ll focus on a new zone each week and spend 15 minutes a day on that zone and an additional 15 minutes decluttering. I love to break up cleaning into small chunks of time. I find it much easier to do any task for 15 minutes a few times each day instead of spending a few hours once a week.
Cleaning toilets isn’t just a spring cleaning task but one that should take place regularly. Let’s face it, cleaning a toilet isn’t something anyone enjoys! Clorox and Mom Central gave me a ToiletWand to review in hopes that it would make my cleaning a bit easier and I want to tell you about my experience with it.
My ToiletWand cleaning kit included a ToiletWand handle, six refills, and a storage container.
Put the ToiletWand handle into the storage container and snap on a refill. Dip the want into the toilet water and clean like usual. Once finished carry the wand over the trashcan and press the release button to drop the refill into the trash.
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My recommendations would be for Clorox to remake the bottom of the storage container with a non-skid base and a narrower storage area that way it would be easier to attach each refill. I tried to reuse the disposable refill in another bathroom but there wasn’t enough solution left. I know it wasn’t meant to be used more than once but with three toilets in our home the cost of these could quickly add up.
In summary, I recommend the Clorox ToiletWand for families with only one bathroom and who would like the convenience of only storing one item instead of two (standard toilet cleaner and toilet wand).
The Starter Kit retails for $10.00 and the refills for about $5.00. Clorox is offering our readers a $3 printable coupon here: http://bricks.coupons.com/Bstart.asp?o=84354&c=CL&p=sqpfkzZP
One Embracing Beauty winner will receive a Clorox Bathroom Essentials ToiletWand prize pack including a ToiletWand, bathroom rug, toilet decal, and toilet paper holder.
To enter fill out this form and tell us one spring cleaning tip you have!
I’ll draw the winner via random.org on April 20th. The winner will have 48 hrs to respond before a new winner is chosen. This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canada only. Good luck everyone!
“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Clorox and received a ToiletWand to facilitate my review and a gift code to thank me for taking the time to participate.”
This is a HUGE giveaway and it’s super simple to enter. Simply “like” Kastel International on Facebook and choose your favorite three items. That’s all it takes and you could win some amazing products!
I’m excited to be hosting a live giveaway! It has been a while since our last one and this one is for 100 postcards from UPrinting! This giveaway is quick and easy with no hoops to jump through.Here’s what one lucky reader will win:
