Perricone’s Advanced Face Firming Activator Giveaway
Who is Dr Perricone and why are his products so prestigious?
Dr. Nicholas Perricone, MD, FACN, is a board certified clinical and research dermatologist, and CEO of NV Perricone MD, Ltd, a leading manufacturer and retailer of skin care products and supplements. A brilliant scholar, Dr. Perricone completed medical school in just 3 years, graduating with distinction. He completed his internship in Pediatrics at Yale Medical School and his Dermatology Residency at Ford Medical Center.
He is the author of the three New York Times # 1 Best Sellers, The Perricone Promise (Warner Books 2004), The Perricone Prescription (HarperCollins 2002), and The Wrinkle Cure (Warner Books 1998) as well as the New York Times best seller, The Perricone Weight Loss Diet (Random House 2005). His most recent books are Dr. Perricone’s 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health and Longevity (Random House 2006), and Ageless Face, Ageless Mind (Ballantine 2007).
After years of research Dr. Perricone arrived at the conclusion that cellular inflammation may be the underlying cause of wrinkles. According to Dr. Perricone, this inflammation is not the redness that is visible to the naked eye but rather microscopic irritation that takes place in your cells leading to cellular damage. He believes that this inflammation is responsible for skin-related problems like breakouts, wrinkles, and loss of firmness.
Dr. Perricone’s holistic approach to aging treats this inflammation in three ways: through diet, nutriceuticals, and his award-winning line of skin care products and cosmeceuticals. Through his program this type of inflammation can be stopped, which slows down the skin’s aging process and even reverses existing damage. The effects of this program are not only visible externally but will enhance your life with better overall health and increased energy.
Dr. Perricone’s constant research and groundbreaking products keep him at the forefront of advancements in the field of skin care products. With his introduction of the brain-beauty connection, we have the materialization of skin care’s current phenomenon: Neuropeptides. Dr. Perricone has also been featured in just about every magazine known to mankind, Allure, Vanty Fair, Esquire and he has even been talked about by the big wig Oprah!
Try his 7 Step Skin Quiz to find out more about your skin care!
Prissy Green is lucky enough to be partnered with Perricone MD on a giveaway today! I have one bottle of his Advanced Face Firming Activator for one Prissy Green Reader. This bottle is a $120 value.
Advanced Face Firming Activator
Corrects imperfections for smooth, youthful, radiant skin
With Alpha Lipoic Acid and DMAE
Advanced Face Firming Activator transforms skin to appear firm, toned and absolutely glowing, while preventing further damage. Formulated with Alpha Lipoic Acid and DMAE that work synergistically to visibly resurface skin’s texture, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and reveal a radiant and healthy complexion. Paraben-free.
Alpha Lipoic Acid – Patented
- The ultimate antioxidant protects the cell
- Diminishes fine lines, wrinkles and discoloration
- Refines skin texture
- Reduces pore size, puffiness, imperfections and uneven skin tone
DMAE – Patented
- Provides ultimate contouring benefits to skin beginning to lose elasticity
- Delivers lifted, tightened and toned appearance to the skin
- Diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
Sodium Hyaluronate
- Locks in moisture to help diminish the appearance of lines and wrinkles
- Hydrates to renew suppleness in the skin
In order to enter, please tell me what the current problem is with your anti-aging skincare routine, and why you think the Advanced Face Firming Activator would work for you!
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The Andean Collection Review and Giveaway
The Andean Collection creates socially conscious fashion.
The idea behind The Andean Collection’s line is to bring you great fashion forward designs, while creating a greener planet, and providing a path out of poverty for artisans using fair trade principles. In addition to being paid fair wages, our artisans share in the profits of the company as partial owners of The Andean Collection.
Their fashion forward designs are bold and inspiring. They are a vehicle through which you can exhibit your own personal style by layering and mixing & matching pieces in any number of ways. More than great fashion, The Andean Collection is also a story. A story that will become your own as you grow closer to our artisans and learn about the effort that goes into hand making each of your pieces. Please read their blog to learn more.
Their natural materials are an amazing alternative to common synthetic beads and are unlike anything ever used before in the fashion forward jewelry industry. The Andean Collection’s original designs are a pleasure to wear, both because your purchase is good for the earth and the people who inhabit it, but also because these natural rainforest materials are wonderful to the touch.
I was sent the Acai Necklace to try out. Shown below is the multi color, but I actually have the pollen color. It works with just about any outfit. jeans, and a white top, black top, just about anything can get dressed up with this necklace. I like it because it has some weight to keep in place, but isn’t so heavy that you want to take it off after wearing it for a few hours. The beads/seeds are also really smooth. The Acai seeds are hand dyed.
I love anything that is fair trade, but the fact that the Andean Collection actually allows their artisans to be part shareholders, is just that much cooler. and that much more of a reason to purchase from them.
I have one Andean Collection Acai Bracelet in color Fire for one Prissy Green reader to win! (second picture) To enter, head over to The Andean Collection and tell me one item you would most like to own.
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NearbyNow
I know there aren’t many women like me. I do not like to shop. I like to shop online, but not in stores. Especially during the holidays.
But there are times when I need to shop, and I want to know who has what I need, and where it is. So let me introduce you to NearyByNow.com. A shopping service that combines the best of the online and in-store experience, saving you both time and money. With NearbyNow.com, you can search for specific items, see which local stores have exactly what your kids want, and even find out which items are on sale.
NearbyNow offers a great way to enlist your whole family in the shopping experience:
Just have them go to www.nearbynow.com, and enter a search term of the clothing or accessories they want. Blue jeans are a good example, since they’re an item kids can be very particular about. You can enter terms like “girl’s jeans” “Lucky,” or “denim,” and NearbyNow.com does the rest, showing a range of styles, brands and prices available at local retailers.
If they want to reserve an item, just follow the prompts, and a member of NearbyNow’s concierge team will reserve it and send a confirmation e-mail within 10 minutes. Then just zip over to the store, where your kids can can try the items on before committing to buying them. NearbyNow saves you time as well, since you no longer have to do the “shopping mall search” to find exactly what you want at the best price. And no more online return hassles and costs.
With NearbyNow.com, you can save time, money, and maybe even a headache or two.
I hear lots of money hitting piggy bank, for savings on buying items that aren’t the right ones, gas money, and finding sales!
Aqusana Water Filters Review
Craig and I stopped the water bottle habit years ago. I hope most of you have stopped that bad habit by now too. Not just for the landfills, but the plastic can leech awful chemicals when it is subjected to extreme temperatures.
I first got off the bottle wagon with a Brita Pitcher. The main problem for me, was that I would fly threw it, and then not have enough water cold. I also made ice cubes with it, my water at my condo (where I lived before now) was awful.
So then Craig and I moved here, and we purchased a PUR water filter for the sink. It worked great, no issues at all. It just seems to cost a lot to replace the filters. We had it on our kitchen sink, and used it for any amount of cooking, drinking etc. Then one of the plastic pieces seemed to get corroded and the threading became stripped. That was that for PUR.
So I had hear of Aquasana, and their filtering shower heads. So I went their to browse their home water filters. And purchased a Counter Top Water Filter. The AQ-4000 to be exact. Craig installed it, with no major issues, and it maybe took him 30 minutes. We have fresh flowing water at any time, for food, the dogs, drinks etc. We need to replace the filter, only every 6 months, or every 500 gallons of water. I tend to think we could go longer then that, as it is just the two of us. But the filters are only $47.99. Aquasana has figured it out, that basically it will cost $8 a month for all the fresh water you need. That is pretty much 1 1/2 cases of water, right? If you get it on sale. =)
Here are some other benefits of Aquasana filtered water.
* Reduces up to 99% Chlorine, Lead, Mercury, VOC’s, THM’s, MTBE and 100 other common tap water contaminants!
* Sub-Micron Filtration
* Filter out 99.99% of Cryptosporidium and Giardia (chlorine resistant parasites)
* Leaves in the natural trace minerals
* Improves taste and smell
* Lasts up to 500gallons or 6 months
* Removes Turbidity
* Compact design (7″Wx9″Hx4″D)-Installs in seconds
* 60 Day Satisfaction Guarantee!
* Only 9cents a Gallon for Better than bottled water quality!
* Made in the USA!
And use the link below and save 20%~ The counter top filter I have is on sale right now, for $99!
Make it Monday- Peach Cobbler
August 25, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Recipes: Home, Skin, Food
Sorry this is late yall. Monday was a nightmare!
Anywho, All Things Mama is hosting Make It Monday today, so go pay her a visit and get your Peach Cobbler on!
Mountain Rose Herbs Review and Giveaway
Mountain Rose Herbs has been a go to site of mine for as long as I can remember. From buying clays for facials to buying herbs. Now they even have Good Trade Spices!
All of their bulk dried herbs, botanicals and seasonings are strictly selected from the finest harvests and they have meticulously reviewed and analyzed all our materials to promise you an herbal product that is so fresh, colorful, and fragrant you can’t help but to smile.
Mountain Rose Herbs line of organics are the first choice for respected authors, herbalists, stores, scientists, manufacturers, students and schools. Since 1987 they have continually come to Mountain Rose Herbs to satisfy their botanical requirements, and in this time we have repeatedly delivered the quality they expect. They attribute this astounding quality to the fact that Mountain Rose Herbs has over 11 farm operations, 6 wild harvesting operators, and acts as a direct liaison and processor with farmers and growers all across the globe.
They are confident not only in the quality of materials they supply, but the ethics involved with their preparation and handling. If you feel beguiled and often frustrated with the inferior quality of “Mass Market” herbs and spices that have been on market shelves and within stores inventories for months and sometimes years, then you can count on Mountain Rose Herbs to deliver a product that is unsurpassed in quality and freshness.
Mountain Rose Herbs has always taken a formidable and uncompromising stand when it comes to the protection and sustainability of our natural world and the delicate systems which balance all life as we know it. This complex and venerable planet produces all of the products we share with you, and it is simply a matter of appreciation and respect that must be given. Not only do we lead the industry in environmental stewardship, we also adhere to strict principles and protocols that ensure fair treatment and compensation for the people involved with the production of our products; both domestically and overseas. These are the very same people that produce much of what we offer you and our wish is to further guarantee that they are compensated well for their services and treated with respect. Through common consensus we hope to encourage an ecological practice within businesses and our communities, where more is given than is taken. This follows the simple, yet powerful dictum…
“The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives” to read more about their practices see here.
They carry aromatherapy, herbs, spices, clays, teas resins, butters, salves, syrups, and well, just about anything you might go looking for!
Craig and I have been put to the task of trying out a few of their new Good Trade Spices. I have to admit, we aren’t complaining one little bit! So far my favorite is the Grilling Spice, all organic ingredients include: Garlic, Rosemary, Thyme, Black Pepper and other spices. This was so outstanding on my corn on the cob, I didn’t even use butter. We also tried in on pork chops, and some roasted eggplant. It is really outstanding.
One that I have been using a lot indoors is their Smoked Sea Salt. This Pacific Sea Salt is slow smoked over real Pacific Alder wood, giving it an authentic and full bodied smoke flavor. What I really love is that it doesn’t leave a lingering charcoal flavor, and can be used so easily inside to pair with anything that has been grilled outdoors. I added a little to my last batch of Mac-n-Cheese. and wow, did it really make all the different cheese flavors pop.
I also love Lemon Pepper, and my contact at Mountain Rose Herbs, said that I just had to try this. I have only used it in my salad dressings so far, (olive oil, lemon juice and this herb) and I am and I wonder how I lived with the grocery store variety!
I have all of these, Smoked Sea Salt, Lemon Pepper, Grilling Herbs, West Indies Rub, Mexican Seasoning and lastly Thai Curry for one Prissy Green Reader! The Mexican Seasonings have been a new staple for our tacos.
To enter, head over to Mountain Rose Herbs and choose another Spice from their HUGE selection and come tell me what it is and what you would use it in. Choose one that isn’t mentioned here please.
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WaterPik Eco-Flow Review and Giveaway
Trying to cut down my shower time has got to be my biggest green downfall. I fall flat every time. I just can’t seem to even get my hair washed and rinsed before my shower timer start dinging. Now I have cut it down some, but I am still no where near the Aussies 4 minute shower. Does it help that I am an every other day girl? YES.
So what is a shower loving mama to do about those extra minutes? Get a EcoFlow Water Saving Shower Head by WaterPik. Yes, yes, truth is that I STILL need to cut my shower time, but there are products to help save water. Not only are we saving money, but we are able to save a lot of water too!
The EcoFlow® water-saving shower head, the latest innovation in eco-friendly technology, saves up to one gallon of water a minute and features five powerful spray settings plus an exclusive fingertip pause control to use when shampooing, conditioning, or shaving. This efficient low-flow shower head pays for itself in just six months – saving you more than $901 annually on your water bill.
1 Average shower lasts 10 minutes. Average number of showers per day, per household is four. Source: U.S. Department of Energy. January 2007 (hey I am actually average, not as bad as I thought!)
With there being a few settings, don’t forget to keep it on the low flow! It truly does just as good of a job getting me soaking wet, and getting the suds out of my hair. I especially like the pause button. Perfect for when I am sudsing up either myself or my hair, plus a great tool for shaving! Little is worse then getting those gams all lathered up, then the shower spray rinsing it down the drain before you have started to shave!
And being able to utilize the hand held feature makes cleaning the shower a hassle free!
So are you trying to cut down too? What about your kids? Do you have have teenagers that drain all the water? I have FIVE WaterPik Eco-Flow Hand Held Shower Heads to give away here on Prissy Green. To enter, head over to WaterPik Eco-Flow and tell me which shower head you like the or one of their conservation tips!
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Purist – A’kin Review and Giveaway
LEADING THE WAY…NATURALLY!
A’kin is made naturally by The Purist Company Australia. A’kin ® products are organic, ingredient rich, vegan, 100% natural botanical aromatherapy, are hypo-allergenic in matching the skins natural pH and are the world’s first sulfate, paraben & ethoxylate FREE products.
In creating A’kin shampoo, conditioner, body wash and skin care products, The Purist Company Australia has used the latest technology and scientific knowledge combined with the best ingredients nature can supply to deliver natural healing ingredients deep into the skin. The result is hair and skin that looks radiant, fresh and healthy, that is achieved in a pure and safe way. You can indulge yourself with regular use throughout the day without risk of irritation or allergy.
All A’kin products are FREE from sulfates, ethoxylates, parabens, propylene glycol, petrochemicals, silicones and artificial colors.
I have been trying out the Lavender Shampoo, especially formulated for dry hair. First, it smells just how it should, like fresh cut lavender flowers. There are only a few scents as good in the shower, citrus being one. The Lavender Shampoo leaves my hair my hair so silky soft. And surprisingly it still lathers nicely minus the sulfates. I love it doesn’t dull my do, and rather creates sparkling highlights.
They carry many arrays of shampoos and conditioners specific to your hair type- Mandarin-every hair type, 
Lemongrass-Combination Oily and combo scalp, Rosemary-Normal, YlangYlang-color treated or any chemically treated hair, Unscented-for sensitives and a specially formulated Rice Proteins and Aminos for hair that needs extra love and attention.
I have the chance to offer one of you a Shampoo and Conditioner of your choice, both in the 7.6oz size. To enter go to Purist USA and tell me one product you would like to try out. They have skin care, hair care and body care, so don’t get lost!
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Ethora on Etsy, Review and Giveaway
During my bouts of insomnia, I can usually be found either writing posts, or online shopping. I usually don’t buy the items, I save them to my cart, or email them to myself and give it the ol’ 24 hours. If I still want it, I might get it, but I admit, most of the time I don’t.
This tree is by far my favorite. if anyone reading wants to donate to the Karissa needs more trees fund, please do so with this. =)
Ethora was a completely different story of my late night shopping escapades. I was fascinated, and mesmerized by the beauty of her creations. All of her creations are handcrafted out of recycled sterling silver wire, natural gemstones, and various special findings.
I purchased two rings. One Tiger’s Eye, and one a pinkish Moonstone. As you can imagine, I put them on as soon as they arrived. Now I sorta wish would have bought one of her more triangular shaped rings as these look the same minus the stone, but I am still thrilled with my purchase.
The owner of Ethora would like to give you the chance of owning one of her magical creations. A ring of your choice! To enter, head over to Ethora and tell me what your favorite piece is. I haven’t named names here, so you can use these items, just make sure you give me the proper Ethora name for it! 
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I have a hankering in my heart for these earrings too.
Sustainable Switzerland
August 25, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Promotions & Random
When people ask me where I would go if I could go anywhere in the world, I am always quite stumped. First, it depends on who might be at war, and where I would feel safe, and two somewhere unique and not toursity.
Did you know that Switzerland is one of the most Environmentally friendly countries in the world? Switzerland takes a tough stance on pollution and introduced revolutionary Legislation that would help reduce the amount of pollution. Switzerland also charges fees for their water and waste management services as well as environmental taxes which promote personal responsibility.
Traveling to Switzerland is a Green Fantasy, here are just some of the things that make Switzerland a Green Wonderland;
-Train travel is easily accessible
-bike friendly nation
-Green friendly hotels and resorts
-Abunduance of organic products
Wouldn’t it be great to take a great vacation? A vacation that you could teach your kids how “greener” countries have made it more readily available to be eco-conscious?
I love waterfalls, and hiking. sustainable Switzerland has Nozon Gorge: Waterfalls between Romainmôtier and La Sarraz and Engstligenalp ob Adelboden. Plus quite a few more that are with in reach.
My favorite love of travel is food. To be able to taste and see all the culinary delights from each region!
Now don’t get me wrong, traveling to Paris would be magical, it for some reason has never been in my top 10. Even though I took French for years!
