Trillium Organics, Review and Giveaway (Closed)

You probably read, maybe even here about the USDA law soon to apply to personal care just the same as food? Well Trillium Organics is listed as company to trust from OCA. And is on their BUYcot list. =)

Trillium Herbal Company, Incorporated was started in 1994 by Karen Ciesar. Since its inception, Trillium Organics has grown to include over fifteen different products, most notably Organic Body Polish. A majority of Trillium’s most popular products are listed on the Skin Deep website, which rates toxicity in cosmetics. Trillium regularly shows up as TOP RATED and are some of the safest products in any of the categories.

Trillium Herbal Company, Inc., a Certified Woman Owned Business located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin has earned its Organic Certification from the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA). From the beginning, Trillium has sought to produce a beneficial product using honest organic ingredients while creating a positive impact on the planet.

Trillium earned the Leaping Bunny certification from PETA, which denotes that the operations are 100% Cruelty Free. To that end, all of Trillium’s products are carefully hand blended in small batches. Trillium works with local, domestic, and fair trading suppliers and its operations are designed to support purity, consistency and certifiable authenticity. Trillium is certified to be a sustainably managed business by Green America (formerly Co-op America). To lessen its carbon footprint, packaging is all coded #1 PETE, and is 100% recyclable.

Trillium *scent* me their Clementine and Clove Collection.  There is not a better scent for this time of year out on the market.  It is slightly warming, fresh and with a sweet & spicy kick. It energizing with the clementine and the clove, well clove is an aphrodisiac.  So yes, it is quite sexy.  The set included:

Botanical Body Soap
Organic Shea Butter
Organic Body Oil
Organic Body Polish

My favorite item?  of course the Body Polish.  It didn’t leave me too oily or greasy, yet left my skin so silky smooth!  I actually used it, then applied just a tad more of the Body Oil over it and went to watch movies the first day I had it!  I was as smooth as a babies bum for the longest time!  I have been using the Shea Butter on my feet since it has the awesome warming effect.  It is slight, but it helps take the chill out before I layer them up with socks!

Trillium truly specializes in organic bath products for Mom & Baby.

Their OGmama’s line includes:

Organic Belly Polish which helps to nurture and aid stretching skin.

Organic Moisture Oil, light and fast absorbing, healing for all skin types.

Organic Gentle Soap, just a simple, cleansing soap gel that cleans with out stripping.

Organic Belly Butter which is perfect for all areas of expanding skin, plus knees, elbows, cuticles and anywhere else you might need it!

Trillium carries two organic bath lines for babies.  OGbaby’s Really Fragrance Free and OGbaby’s Breathe Free Tea Tree.

I was able to try out the OGbaby BFTT is it ever so scented with just the right amount of Tea Tree.  Enough to enjoy it and breathe deeply, but not so much to overpower the littlest of noses.  The OGbaby’s BFTT carries an Organic Gentle Soap and an Organic Chest Rub.

The OGbaby RFF line does contain a very slight amount of essential oils, but no fragrance.  NONE.

The OGbaby line includes:

Organic Gentle Soap which doubles as a baby shampoo.

Organic Moisture Oil with chamomile, calendula and lavender.

And Organic Barrier Balm, a zinc free, castor oil formulation to prevent diaper rash.

Trillium doesn’t even stop there.  They have products for acne, eczema and skin care tips for anyone that needs a little steering in the right direction!

And Trillium would like to give one of you a chance to try their line out!  They are offering one Prissy Green reader:

OGbaby Really Fragrance Free
1 3oz Barrier Balm
1 8oz Gentle Soap
1 4oz Moisture Oil
16oz OGmama Belly Polish
Total retail value being $56.92

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Baby Bath Oil- Make it Monday

Babies, especially newborns are susceptible to cradle cap and extremely dry skin.  I know a lot of mom’s want to bath their new babies every day, but that isn’t a good idea.

When you do bath your baby try this recipe for kicking the cycle of dry skin.  And you can use it yourself, because what mom doesn’t need a little bit of moisture love?

Ingredients:

• ½ cup avocado oil

• ½ cup virgin olive oil

• 1 tablespoon dry calendula  flowers (if impossible to find you can use Calendula Oil, 2 tsps)

• 2 drops chamomile essential oil

Instructions:

Boil the calendula  flowers in 2 cups of purified water for 1o minutes. Let it cool.   Use a cheesecloth to separate the flowers from the water.  (OR boil in a reusable loose leaf tea container.)

Combine all the ingredients in a a glass jar and use about 2 tablespoons per bath.  If you can’t find Calendula flowers, they do sell Calendula oil.  Just see what the ratio is, most manufactures add Calendula oil  to a carrier oil.  Use about 2 teaspoons of Pure Calendula Oil.

And don’t forget to add about 1 1/2 cups of warm filtered water if you use the calendula oil.

This would also make a great hair & scalp conditioner, cuticle treatment and whatever else might be drying up at this time of year!

See some of my other recipes in the Home, Skin and Food Recipe Category!

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Dancing Dingo Review and Giveaway

Sophistication Unleashed

Dancing Dingo Luxury Soap was created in Austin, Texas, by Kathy Cumberland Goodwin. Kathy had been in the engineering field for over 20 years, and one day began to notice that her life seemed to be passing by at a greater rate of speed than in previous days. Kathy was secretly burning to discover what in life would make her feel truly happy and fulfilled; what was her passion?

While searching for answers one beautifully starlit Texas night, Kathy was momentarily distracted by Margaret, the Dancing Dingo dog. Margaret happens to be a dog who would rather hop around on her hind legs checking out the world above the floor, than walking on all fours. Looking into Margaret’s happy and smiling eyes, Kathy realized her answer: happiness lies in doing what feeds your soul, like Margaret’s dog dancing. For Kathy, happiness would be found in having a company that encourages women to treat themselves well and have fun with products that are both natural and good for you!

Today that’s what Dancing Dingo Luxury Soap is all about: treating yourself well, both physically and mentally, with natural and good-for-you products. Whether it’s soaking in a soothing botanical Bath Tea, or stretching out for a cat nap in crisp cool linen sheets scented with French Lavender Linen Spray, Dancing Dingo is committed to creating scrumptious products that make you feel pampered and glad to be woman. Celebrating our ‘Sophistication Unleashed!’ motto, Dancing Dingo boasts of products that are good for you and lusciously scented.

Life is all about how you choose to live it! This is the true essence of Dancing Dingo.

The name of this company makes me want to write a jingle.  Isn’t it perfect for a silly T.V. Commercial?

Just take a look at their dancing Dingo,

And now you try and tell me your kids wouldn’t want to get cleaned up by soap with a dancing dingo, with a pink tutu? Lucky for us adults, Dancing Dingo carries more then kids soaps, but every toiletry us ladies covet, stuff for men, pets, and even babies!

Most of their products are Vegan, but all of them are cruelty free. Plus they are all paraben and sulphate free!

Dancing Dingo believes that offering naturally-good-for-you body products makes naturally happy, healthy people! And at this stage of the game?  There really is no reason to settle for anything less!

They offer a wide range of natural and earth friendly products for every member of the family. For the natural baby Dancing Dingo offers their Dingo Baby line of gentle and skin-friendly essentials. They also offer a line of grooming products for your best friend called Dog De-funkifier. Plus they donate a portion all sales of their Dog De-Funkifier to the Animal Trustees of Austin.

Dancing Dingo is approved by Leaping Bunny and PETA. Plus they are eco-friendly, by recycling and using minimal and biodegradable materials (wherever possible) in all packaging. Dancing Dingo even won the, 2008 Green With ENVY Award as one of Texas Top 30 Eco-friendly companies.

Once I stumbled upon Dancing Dingo, I knew I had to write about them here.  I fell in love with comfy site, and all the products that you can see are made with love.  And frankly, anyone with dogs as mascots and spokespeople dogs, are always at the head of my list!

Dancing Dingo sent me a few items to sample and review for you here on Prissy Green.  I have always been a huge Sandalwood fan, but it can be pretty pricey to purchase and bottle for home use, so I always rely on a “master” to do the mixing for me.  I didn’t go wrong with choosing the Sandalwood Vanilla Coconut Kukui Skin Conditioning Spray.  The scent is simply stunning. I promise it will stop any man in their tracks.  And the oil itself is so moisturizing but because they use fractionated coconut oil, it is light, and almost a dry oil.  Not greasy.  I pair this with my Cocoa and Shea Hand and Body Lotion, in Sandalwood Lavender, and smell fresh all day!

I only use the Coconut & Kukui oil in my driest spots, elbows, ankles, feet and back, so it promises to last me a long time!  The ingredients?  Fractionated Coconut oil and Kukui oil.  that is it!  Plus the essential oils to make the scent of your choice!

I am so glad I have two products that have the gorgeous Sandalwood Lavender Scent, because there are times with an oil spray doesn’t work.  And that is when their Cocoa & Shea Hand and Body Lotion cames in “handy.”  I love to keep this by the bed, so I can rub it into my hands and feet before bed.  Although the lotion can take dry skin out, it isn’t greasy, and tends to sink it rather quickly, so it would be great for those of us that type all day!

My new go to lip care of late is Dancing Dingo’s Botanical Lip Treatment in Lavender Ylang Ylang. One touch of this, and your dry lips are history!  Cocoa Butter, Shea Butter, jojoba oil, Rosehip oil and bees wax this is certainly a luxury item with out the price tag for your lips.  I have even been putting it around my cuticles when they seem to get dry.  The texture is smooth and silky.

Lastly, I was also sent their moisturizing Neroli Hydrosol.  Neroli, also known as Orange Blossom, is one of the most versatile hydrosols available. Neroli is astringent making it useful for oily and acne prone skin types. Neroli Hydrosol is wonderful as a facial toner, fragrant body splash, and facial moisturizer to spritz on throughout the day. I enjoy this just after I finish my makeup, seems to set it, and yet also keep my mineral makeup from getting to dry.  I am also guilty of using it after I shower, and before I have applied anythng else!

Dancing Dingo also carries perfume misters, shampoo & conditioner, all your facial care needs and even men’s shaving needs!  Plus an endless supply of hand crafted soaps, and I promise, there is a scent to please any nose!

Dancing Dingo has been kind enough to offer a $35 Gift Certificare to one Prissy Green Winner, and also to offer a Soap and 4oz. Lotion to two runner up winners!  Winner chooses scents of course!

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Homestead Company Review and Giveaway

The Homestead Company Started back in 2005.  It originally started as a resource in teaching mothers how to care for their babies in the most natural way possible, more as a good neighbor program.  That formed into a home-based business for sharing knowledge of nutrition and health wellness.  Each product is designed to make your skin healthier, with a specific health concern in mind. Using natural, good wholesome ingredients, that can make you feel safe and secure about what you are using on your skin, and your children’s skin.

Melanie Nader is the owner, founder and creator of the company, plus the mom to 5 kids!  “Every mom knows the struggles of a baby who cries in the night due to diaper rash, eczema or other skin ailment. We address each of these problems with specific products, and guarantee that our products will work.”

Nader personally created and patented all the products in The Homestead Company line. Each batch is purposely made in small numbers to ensure precision, and careful detail has been considered in every step of production; even our bottling process is designed to preserve the natural quality of the products. The Homestead Company proudly makes all products in the U.S.A.

I seriously have THE softest feet on the planet right now.  literally.  I use this maybe twice a week.  And I apply the Peppermint foot lotion each night before I got to bed.  It is dreamy!

The Homestead Company’s Hand & Foot Scrub is more creamy and moisturizing then anything, so perfect for summer feet!  My feet can get so beat during the summer, and tired.  I actually apply it to dry feet. I let my feet soak in the shower, then I get out, dry them off, and scrub it in, then let it soak up the yummy ingredients, then spray it off.  I come up with crazy methods for everything!  (on sale for only $13.99)

• With Coconut Oil and natural sea salt, this will exfoliate the rough skin and add moisture while nourishing the skin.
• Emu oil is known for softening dry skin, and while massaging the foot scrub you are not only taking off the dry skin, you are massaging emu oil into your skin to help end dry skin.

The lotion I mentioned earlier that I rub into my feet every night before I go to bed, is the Homestead Company’s Peppermint/Eucalyptus Lotion.  It wakes my feet up, and keeps them from feeling so heavy.  It is so hard for me to fall asleep at night when my legs feel like lead. Also makes my hands feel really nice, the scent is pretty light, so it isn’t waking my senses up, or making me tingly.  It is really just the right amount. (on sale for $9.99)

• Most lotions have ingredients that actually dry out the skin, causing your skin to need more frequent applications. Once you try our lotion, you will experience the difference, and in the end actually save money.
• Moistens, softens dry skin on hands and feet.
• Long lasting softening affects.
• Remember, no lotion can bring dead skin back to life, it needs to be exfoliated, so use the foot scrub to take the calloused and dry skin away and keep them soft with our all natural foot lotion.
• Can also be used over entire body as a great massage lotion, or deep moisturizer.

Homestead Company also has many Baby products including a Diaper Rash treatment  Plus Eczema cream, Body butters and Scrubs, and more!

They have offered up a $50 Gift Certificate to one Prissy Green Reader! This way you can purchase what ever you would like!  Hopefully some pampering goodies for yourself!  To enter, go to the Homestead Company, and tell me one other product that you would like to try that hasn’t been mentioned here.

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