100% Pure Review and Giveaway

September 13, 2009 by Karissa
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**This post is going to be long, so if you want to learn more about 100% Pure please go check out their About page. It tells you more about their Vegan standards, no perfumes and fragrances, no thickeners or emulisifiers and so much more great stuff about them!**

The first time I ever tried 100% Pure was the middle of last year. I purchased their Blood Orange Body Cream and Organic Lavender SeaFoam Face Wash. The Facewash was still in a glass jar then, they have since moved to a plastic tube. Makes for cheaper shipping, and easier use. I was so wow’ed by that cleanser that I am not sure how to explain it. I was going through some really horrible breakouts. I had just gotten out of the hospital in Chicago, and I was really depressed.

Just look at the ingredients, nothing harsh, nothing acidic, just clean! or 100% Pure
Ingredients: Seaweeds (Kelp, Sea Lettuce, Spirulina),Green Tea, French Green Sea Clay, Saponified Coconut Oil, Vitamin C (ascorbyl palmitate), Vitamin E (a-tocopherol), Sea Buckthorn Oil, Rosehip Oil, Extracts of Pomegranate, Grapefruit Seed and Rosemary, Lavender Essential Oil, Extracts of Cinnamon, Thyme, Goldenseal and Oregano

The Cleanser had me hook line and sinker. And the Blood Orange Nourishing Body Cream reeled me in like a big ol floppy fish! 100% Natural, 100% Vegetarian, Gluten free The smell is so intoxicating, it is nearly sinful. Sweet like citrus, but not sweet like candy. I don’t like to smell like a little girl, so you can trust me on that one. I just can’t put my finger on an adjective to describe it. It is just uplifting. When you put it on, you just can’t help but smile.

Highly nourishing, luxuriously rich, delicious Organic Blood Orange Body Cream, concentrated with potent anti- aging antioxidants, vitamins, softening fruit oils, and moisturizing avocado and cocoa butters. Incredibly decadent smelling blood orange cream will immediately hydrate, soften and give you dewy, glowing skin. Never any artificial fragrances, synthetic chemicals, chemical preservatives, alcohol or other toxins. Made with all natural, highest quality, organic, ingredients.

So then, I had to wait forever to order anything else. I broke down when I saw that 100% Pure was going to be on QVC. Remember me tellling you about that?

So they had a kit that contained, their Ultra Lengthening Black Tea Mascara, Tinted Moisturizer with SPF 20, and their Coffee Bean Eye Cream, all for $30 a $75 for $30!!! yeah, I couldn’t resist! I had been wanting to find a good natural if not organic mascara forever! So i placed my order as soon as I found them on sale.

All of the Skincare, bath products and cosmetics are colored with fruit and vegetable pigments! The mascara uses black tea pigments, but is 100% natural and 100% vegetarian. Simply amazing. It is awesome too! Leaves my lashes black and glossy! Thick and long. I am telling you, it performs better then the non-natural mascara i had been hanging onto! I am so sad that I had lost touch with 100% Pure. I need a store here in Indianapolis! (err, that might be a bad idea!)

100% natural mascara lengthens, separates, thickens and glosses lashes with fruit pigments and Black tea pigments. Gentle, all natural, good for you formula is suitable for everyone, even if you wear contacts or have sensitive eyes. Water and smudge resistant. Comes in 4 shades, Black Tea, Blackberry, Blueberry, and Dark Chocolate.

I actually haven’t tried the Coffee Berry Eye Cream yet. I simply have too many eye creams open right now, and I don’t want to open another! But here is a independent study:

Pretty EYE-mazing huh? hehe.

I did however try out the Tinted Moisturizer with Spf 20. I have the Golden Peach color. The moisture level is spot on, not greasy at all! That is a problem I have had with some tinted moisturizers, other companies want to put shea butter in them, and that is just too much on my face. It is a sheer to medium coverage so if I do have bad circles under my eyes, I put a little concealer on, or a bad acne mark, same thing. I don’t have a problem with that! It has zinc in it, one of it’s forms of SPF protections, and that will help heal skin irritations- so that is just another bonus!

The Tinted Moisturizer also has white tea, acai oil, pomegranate oil and vitamins. While antioxidants protect your skin from environmental hazards such as pollution, smog, smoke, exhaust, etc.

Ingredients: Pigments of Peach, Apricot, Carrot, Pomegranate, Goji Berry and Tomato, White Tea, Cucumber Juice, Aloe Juice, Acai and Pomegranate Oil, Vitamin E (a-tocopherol), Vitamin C (ascorbyl palmitate), Chamomile and Lavender wax, extracts of Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, Grapefruit Seed, Goldenseal and Cinnamon, Lavender Essential Oil
SUNSCREEN ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: 15% Titanium Dioxide and 10% Zinc Oxide

Even now, knowing how good for you these products are, and having tested at least 4. I am simply stunned when I read the ingredients. I almost feel like I am being punked. Like, “no way can these products be THIS GOOD, and yet have so few ingredients, and all of them are healthy, and protective for your skin!” But it is true!!! and most of them are organic!

sooo, I have a special treat for you!!!
I have an Ultra Lengthening Black Tea Mascara, Tinted Moisturizer with Spf 20 in Peach Bisque, and their Coffee Bean Eye Cream for one Prissy Green Reader! I thought the Peach Bisque Tinted Moisturizer would be the safest bet for this coming winter. And since it is a sheer coverage I think it will match just about any skin tone.

To enter, head over to 100% Pure and tell me a unique product you would like to try. It can’t be anything that was mentioned here today. Make it something special! They have cool bath specialty products, all sorts of cosmetics, skin care for face and body and so much more!

Remember, this kit is worth $75!!!

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Tags: 100% Pure, beauty, cosmetics, organic, organic cosmetics, Organic SKin Care, skin care

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September 1, 2009 by Karissa
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Exclusive KORRES Discount

August 31, 2009 by Karissa
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Exclusive KORRES discount for Prissy Green Readers! Code is PRISSY, and you get a WHOPPING 30% off! Let’s give Korres a big round of applause!

KORRES is a collection of advanced natural formulations using a targeted ingredient approach to correct the signs of aging and address a variety of skin concerns. Established in 1996, out of Greece’s oldest homeopathic pharmacy, KORRES today offers advanced natural formulations that deliver maximum results. The active natural extracts used in the formulas ensure enhanced product performance, bringing you clinically proven, advanced skincare benefits, while also avoiding harmful synthetic compounds, to ensure maximum skin compatibility and environmentally- conscious products.

KORRES offers a full range of natural skincare formulations that deliver maximum results -from our complete regimen kits designed to treat specific skin types and concerns to highly innovative products like our best selling yogurt cream for oily and dehydrated skin made from real, edible yogurt. Try our wild rose family, enriched with antioxidant Wild Rose oil, our skincare favorite Evening Primrose eye cream, the multitasking antioxidant and multivitamin sugar crystal treatment for all skin types; all of our products are packed with active natural ingredients that offer maximum skin compatibility and targeted skincare benefits!

Stuck for ideas on what to buy? Try checking out their Best Sellers Page.

I am starting to get infatuated with the Cherry Oil Lip Gloss, 13 colors! Infused with cherry oil and jojoba, for shine and moisture, while antioxidants Vitamin E and C protect and heal.

Yum, Guava Body Butters! they even carry value sets! Value kit featuring the best selling Guava body butter & Guava Showergel and Guava Lip Butter.
A value of $ 43.50 for $34.00. (then add in an additional savings of 30%!)
• Guava is an important source of vitamin C, which stimulates collagen synthesis and restores Skin elasticity and smoothness.
• Guava Body butter, a rich, emollient balm that can be used over the entire body, preferably smoothed onto warm, damp skin, after bathing to lock in moisture. Made with real SHEA BUTTER and SUNFLOWER, ALMOND & AVOCADO OIL.
• Pair with Guava Showergel; a creamy-foam showergel with an invigorating blend of tropical fruit.
• Guava lip butter provides sheer color and contain Shea Butter for deep moisturization.

They also have tons of skin care, treatments and makeup! Please take advantage of this amazing offer! and watch for a review coming soon!

Discount is valid until the end of this month, yep, good until 9/30.