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Canadian Organic Products Come to the U.S! Green Beaver Review and GIVEAWAY!!!

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There’s a great line of eco-friendly personal care products made by the Canadian company Green Beaver that I’ve been wanting to try for a year, now. Green Beaver is the largest natural, eco-friendly and organic certified product line in Canada. They have finally started to sell their products in the U.S. and so, I was able to get my paws hands on them and try them out!

The whole family has been trying out the Green Beaver Green Apple Toothpaste. It has a very mild taste. So mild, in fact, that I felt challenged in the same way I have with other natural toothpastes…I started to second guess if it was working. After all, it doesn’t foam in your mouth, it doesn’t taste like most other toothpastes, either. And if you accidentally swallow a little, it doesn’t make you gag (I may or may not have done this, just sayin’). How hilariously ironic is it that when something is safer for you than most other products on the market, you start to question if it is a good choice? It’s really just a matter of getting used to something different and realizing that safe doesn’t mean ineffective. Natural products can get your pearly whites to shine, too!

Darah has been lovin’ bath time lately. Green Beaver Jr. Bubble Bath is her very first bubble bath product. She loves it, of course, and the bubbles smell great. Why have we waited so long to get her a bubble bath? Because our child drinks bath water like she is in the Sahara. We’ve tried to get her to stop, but have had no success so far. We knew we had to get something very mild to use, because we were pretty sure she would eat the bubbles in addition to drinking the water. And yeah, we were right.

We’ve also been using the Green Beaver Jr. Shampoo. The scent is awesome yet mild. I love that it has a pump, which makes it easy to dispense (it also makes it easy for a toddler to dispense, so keep it out of reach when not in use!).

Buy it!: Green Beaver products are reasonably priced, with the toothpaste retailing for $4.99 and the bubble bath and shampoo retailing for $9.99 each. Products can be purchased directly from the website!

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win the same 3 products I reviewed. Woo hoo! The contest will run until August 17th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected via Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.

Mandatory entry: Green Beaver has an AMAZING selection of organic and natural products. Select one that isn’t mentioned in this post that you’d really like to try and leave a comment about it here for your first entry.

My answer: I’d like to try the Passion Lip Shimmer!

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Disclosure: I received complimentary products for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash Review and GIVEAWAY!!

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Bath time is a nightly ritual for Darah. She starts using sign language to ask for her bath around 4pm, even though bath time is right around 6pm. She loves it so much! Darah is very playful in the tub, and really enjoys splashing around, playing with tub toys and, knock on wood, getting her hair and body washed (we lucked out on that one!).

earth mama baby shampoo Earth Mama Angel Baby is a company that offers a splendid line of bath products for mamas and babies, all made from organic ingredients. I’ve tried their Happy Mama Body Wash (with a smell that even the pregnant ladies can appreciate!). For the past month, we’ve also been using their new Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash.

First and foremost, this soap works. Darah gets cleaned from head to toe with it, and it takes care of all the food and dirt that somehow manages to cling to her throughout the day.

Second, the smell is FANTASTIC! Some people avoid scented soaps for their babies because those smells are created using harsh chemicals. Not so with this product. It is scented with organic vanilla and organic orange oils. It smells like a creamsicle! I’ve tried several different bath products over the years (I really should say hundreds…I’m a junkie) and Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash is easily in my top 5 as far as smell goes.

Third, the pump formula is extremely convenient when we are bathing Darah. We can easily squirt out some foam right onto her body or her head and we don’t accidentally get too much product, as we sometimes do with more traditional bottles.

We love this product and I’d recommend it to anyone who wants the best for themselves and for baby, but who would love to have something scented on hand.

Buy it!: If you’d like to try the Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash, you are smart to do so. And getting for a discount is even smarter! use code Itsablog20 for 20% off! The 5.3 oz bottle is $10.95 and they offer a 34 ounce refill, as well!

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need read will win a bottle of Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash! The contest will run until January 16th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States and Canada. Limit one entrant per person, please.

Mandatory entry: Tell me one product in your home that you want to replace with something less toxic, but haven’t yet. Why haven’t you?

My answer: I still have a closet shelf full of body washes that contain ingredients I have since learned are not so good for me or the environment. The frugal gal in me is reluctant to pitch them/donate them, though, since they are already paid for! But I’m not replacing them with other similar products. When they are gone, they are gone! And they are never used on Darah.

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Be sure to check out my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my home page.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.