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I love to DuWop my makeup

I love to do up (DuWop) my makeup get it…oh ok sorry. So I’m no good a making up a play on words so let’s get down to what I’m trying to tell you. This may sounds silly but when I choose my makeup brands I tend to do it by mood. I love a brand that seems to have my attitude and have a kind of edgy feel to them. I also love anything that glitters. Hey, I’m a girl.

DuWop Cosmetics has a number of products that make me want to explore the brand a little more. DuWop cosmetics has a product called “Lip Venom” which makes me think, Lip Venom huh? Ok how is this going to give me the look I want? Lip Venom is a lip plumper that uses essential oils along with nourishing oils that gloss. Ok sounds good to me. There are several versions of the Lip Venom too. The original as well as Twilight Venom which gives your lips a blood red bitten look, Lip Venom pink shimmer, and Lip Venom 2nd sin. Nothing sexier then plump glossy lips right?

Now for the glitter part, that’s easy. I love the Crushed Heavy Metal Metallic Eye Shadow. Three glittery metallic shades. What I love about these colors, they are great alone or to enhance one of your favorite eye colors. I love to take a smoky eyeshadow and add some metallic eyeshadow over top or to the crease of my eye lid. I think it really gives my eyes dark shimmery look.

DuWop cosmetics can be found on Apothica.com. You’ll also find some of your other favorite make up brands there as well. Stop on over and check out the DuWop Cosmetics and you might like to DuWop your makeup too.

Have any of you ever tried DuWop Cosmetics. I’d love to hear your experience with the brand!

***I wrote this post as part of the Apothica blogger program for a chance to win DuWop Cosmetics products. Any opinions expressed in this post are my own. I will also be eligible for a $10 gc from Apothica.com for this post. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post.***

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NuNaturals #giveaway 4 winners 2/28—CLOSED

Random.org generated these winners in this order: 75-Shannon, 127–SLS, 32–wendysue, 62–Adalia
Winners have been contacted via email and have 48 hours to reply to winning email notification.

If you read my review of NuNaturals, you already know about the wide variety of Stevia products that NuNaturals has to offer. Stevia, as most of you know is a healthier sugar alternative that adds sweetness to your food and drinks without the sugar. Two products I got to try that I only touched on in the review was the NuNaturals Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia Alcohol Free and the NuNaturals Pure White Stevia packets.

NuNaturals Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia Alcohol Free comes in an easy to use, brown glass bottle with a dropper. A serving size is 7-14 small drops (about 1/4 to 1/2 of dropper full). This products has a very smooth and flavorful Vanilla taste. The bottle makes it so easy to quickly add a hint of Vanilla and sweetness to your favorite drinks and foods. I LOVE it in my coffee. I normally take milk and a teaspoon of sugar in my coffee. I used 14 drops of the NuNaturals Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia. I didn’t need any sugar plus it gave my coffee a very pleasing vanilla flavor.

NuStevia Pure White Stevia Packets was another product I had the opportunity to try. These convenient packets are great to keep on your desk at work or two tuck a few into your purse when you go to a restaurant or a friend’s house. I’m not typically a huge fan of sugar alternatives (I know it’s healthier but the after taste usually is not for me), but this didn’t seem to have that odd after-taste that other sweeteners have. I had given some to a co-worker who is Diabetic. I wanted to get the opinion of someone who normally does use artificial sweeteners to compare. She told me what she noticed was that the sweetness doesn’t seem to hit you right away, that she would taste the sweetness as it hit the back of her throat. I don’t like anything too sweet so for me using half a pack at a time was plenty.

NuNaturals has sooo many different products for any need you might have. They also offer: baking blends, liquid cinnamon, products with fiber added, supplements, and so much more.

Many people probably made ( yet another ) New Year’s resolution to lose weight starting 2011 by eating healthier. One of the challenges in eating healthy is how do you change your menu options in your own kitchen ? Many people are not willing to devote the time to their own health & wellness efforts by coming up with new healthy recipes. Our NuNaturals All-Star Recipe Collection might assist their efforts by offering over 150 quick & easy to prepare menu options, created by Food Enthusiasts, as yourself, that helps create healthy menu items by reducing refined sugar sugar consumption which is one of the major dietary risk factors among consumers of today. We include this recipe package to all contest winners when we ship their awards. Your readers can also find many of these healthy recipes by visiting our website : www.nunaturals.com .

If you’d like to try it or not sure it you’ll like it, those in the Continental US can request a free sample by sending a self addressed and stamped #10 envelope to:

NuNaturals , Inc.
2220 West 2nd. Ave. # 1
Eugene, OR 97402
Or, you’re ready to buy some of their great products you can use CODE: BLG228 at check out to get 15% off our order. Also for orders over $35 (after discount) you can get FREE shipping as well. Discount code is effective until Feb. 28, 2011.

GIVEAWAY

NuNaturals is going to give 4 FFCM readers a 50 ct box of NuStevia White Stevia packets and a bottle of Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia 2oz.

(Open to Continental US only and no PO Boxes)

Mandatory Entry: Visit NuNaturals.com and tell me, in a comment below, one other product you’d like to try.
(Don’t forget to leave an email so I can contact you if you win)

Bonus Entries: (Please leave a separate comment for each entry completed)

1. Tell me one recipe you’d like to try from the selection 150 recipes on NuNaturals site.

2. Follow FFCM with google friend connect, networked blogs, blog frog, RSS feed, and/or Email subscription. (give yourself 1 entry for each one you do. Please leave separate comments for each)

3. Like FFCM on facebook

4. Follow me on twitter: @angiewith3 and leave your twitter id in a comment.

5. Tweet this giveaway using the RT button in upper Left corner or you can use this message:

” 4 winners will get 2 NuNaturals Stevia products www.luvsavingmoney.info 2/28 US @angiewith3 “

Can tweet 2 X per day at least two hours apart. Leave your tweet link in a comment below.

6. Vote for me to become an AVONDreamers ambassador to be able to give you all some great AVON giveaways. Must like AVONDreamers on Facebook AND post this message on their wall:

” I nominate http://angiewith2.blogspot.com/ for an AVONdreamers Ambassadorship “

Each person can only do this one time. You can give yourself 5 extra entries for doing this.

7. Leave a thoughtful comment on my NuNaturals review post and then leave a comment here telling me you did.

Giveaway ends Feb. 28 at 11:59 pm EST. 4 winners will be chosen using random.org. Winners will be contactec by email and have 48 hours to respond. If no response in 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Giveaway is open to those in the Continental US. NuNaturals cannot ship to P.O. Boxes.

***I received an assortment of NuNatural products to try for review purposes at no cost. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. Any opinions expressed are my own unless otherwise stated. ***

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NuNaturals Review — tasty Stevia products

I want to try eating better I really do. I try to have my family eat better too. It’s a tough job. We like sweets. What can I say? I’ve considered trying alternative sweetener but, they just don’t taste the same to me. I had heard about Stevia products but have never tried any of them.

NuNaturals offers a variety of Stevia products from white stevia packets, liquid Stevia, baking blends, liquid cinnamon, health supplements, and a whole lot more.

I received a very generous package to sample the NuNaturals products. I tried some myself and also gave some to one of my friends who is dieting and one of my coworkers who is Diabetic to get their take on it as well. You can use the NuNaturals products to cut down on or eliminate the sugar in recipes or adding to your favorite food or drink.

One product I really found myself using a lot was the Pure Liquid Cocoa Bean Extract. First of all, the flavor was pleasant. I could put a drop on my finger and taste it. It really did have a sugar taste in my opinion (and I am not normally a fan of the flavor of alternative sweeteners). This product also has other benefits though. 10 milliliters of this extract has the same amount of the beneficial polyphenols that a chocolate bar has. What are polyphenols? Well they are the an anti-oxidant that reduces free radicals (reactions that can cause damage to cells). Chocolate contains some polyphenols but the NuNaturals Pure Cocoa Bean Extract gives it to you with no fat and no sugar. I added this to my coffee almost daily since I received it (instead of sugar).

The Baking mix and many of the white Stevia products work on a 1:1 ratio. In other words, if the recipe calls for a cup of sugar you substitute a cup of the NuNaturals Baking Mix instead.

You can use this in any of your own recipes to cut down or eliminate on sugar. Or, you can check out a few of the 150 recipes on www.nunaturals.com like Sour Cream Bundt cake, Raw vegan soft serve ice cream, Natalia Rose’s Green Lemonade, and lots more.

I had given my coworker who has Diabetes the Pure liquid Stevia in a plastic bottle, some of the baking mix, and some of the NuStevia white stevia powder packets. She told me she thought it was similar to some of the other Stevia type products she tried in flavor but it was a pleasant flavor.

In my personal opinion, it seemed the liquid versions tasted more like sugar to me than the powder version. It could be all in my head but like i said, it’s my opinion. The Baking Blend was another favorite. Very good flavor when I tried it in an apple cinnamon muffin recipe I tried. The texture and flavor was not much different from when I’ve made the recipe with sugar, the kids didn’t even notice.

I received such a generous package, I really could go on and on with each product. The last one I’ll highlight is the Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia Alcohol free. This was another product I enjoyed putting in my drinks to add a little flavor. It has a very smooth and pleasantly sweet Vanilla flavor. I think this would also be great for some added flavor in a candy or frosting recipe.

There are so many products that NuNaturals offers. Stop by their website and check them out. Also NuNaturals.com is offering FFCM readers a special discount of 15% when you enter code: BLG228
at checkout. You can also get free shipping on their site on order of $35 or over (after discount). This discount code is good until Feb. 28, 2011.

Review Summary: NuNaturals products are similar in cost to other sugar alternatives on the market. I love that NuNaturals offers such a wide variety of products. Small products you can stick in your purse to use wherever you go and items to help you bake/cook healthier. The customer service is friendly and quick to get back to you if you have questions or comments.

PS: Be on the look out for a NuNaturals giveaway coming soon!

Can’t wait to try it? That’s cool, you can request some free samples from NuNaturals by sending a self addressed, stamped #10 envelope to:

NuNaturals , Inc.
2220 West 2nd. Ave. # 1
Eugene, OR 97402

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Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce Review and #Giveaway—CLOSED

Random.org chose number 2: theladya and number 31 SLS as the winners. Winners have been emailed and have 24 hrs to reply to winning email.
***as a side note, please be sure to include a way for me to contact you when entering giveaways. A number was drawn but there was no contact info: email, twitter id, FB id, for me to contact that person so unfortunately I drew another number. I really hate to do that but I must have a way to contact***

I had heard about Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce but hadn’t had the opportunity to try it yet. A sauce that you can really use for anything? Well I’d have to try that for myself.

I received two bottles of Original Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce to try. I have to say that I’m not a fan of the traditional bottled BBQ sauce that you can buy up here in the north. I don’t know what it is, but I just don’t care for it. I didn’t know what to expect from this sauce. Would it be salty? tangy? bland? sweet? I was trying to decide what to make with it.

My 7 yr old has been bugging me since the end of last week to make sloppy joes. He had to wait until I went to the grocery store to get hamburger buns. So, I decided today I would go ahead and make him his sloppy joes along with some tater tots. I thawed some ground turkey (yea that’s right I snuck that in there too). Went to get the sloppy joe mix and it wasn’t there. Either I imagined we had it or my toddler carried it off somewhere. Hard to tell at this point. My son was disappointed. Then a light bulb went off, “duh, I could try using the Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce”. It’s supposed to be all purpose right?

It smelled wonderful as I mixed it in the pan with the browned ground turkey. I tasted a little bit of the sauce. It had kind of a sweet, tangy flavor. Maybe a hint and I mean a small hint of spiciness.

So I served up the sloppy joes and waited for their reaction. They were eating them. I didn’t see any noses wrinkle or hear any complaints. When they were about half done with their sloppy joes I asked them if they liked the taste of the sloppy joes with the County Bob All Purpose Sauce. They said they did about the same as regular sloppy joe sauce.

I read the label to them as we were eating “hey kids, you can even use this on you tater tots. My toddler tried this. He’d dip his tater tot, nibble it, dip it again, nibble it, etc etc. I tried it to and thought it was just as good as using ketchup only with a little different flavor.

County Bob’s All Purpose Sauce uses all natural ingredients. As I read the ingredients on the label while I chewed my sloppy joe I was pleasantly surprised that I understood each and every ingredient in that bottle. Simple things like garlic, vinegar, corn starch, etc. I kinda like to know what I’m eating.

As an added positive for me the bottle is made from plastic, not glass. My 19 mo old toddler knows how to open the refridgerater door now and worry about him getting at a glass jar.

It was also interesting to see that on the side of the label in smaller print it says “Christ is our CEO” with a little Jesus fish in the phrase.

Review Summary: This is truly a handy sauce to have around. Works like ketchup, BBQ sauce, sloppy joe mix, steak sauce, dipping sauce, whatever you need. Keep a few bottles of this around and save some room in your fridge.

Ok enough about my experience, let’s get you to taste County Bob’s All Purpose Sauce.

GIVEAWAY

Country Bob’s is offering 2 FFCM readers 2 bottles of their original All Purpose Sauce.

US only

Mandatory Entry: Follow FFCM with Google Friend Connect

(don’t forget to leave an email so I can contact you if you win)

Bonus Entries: Please leave a separate comment for each entry completed.

1. Visit Country Bob’s website and tell me one recipe you might like to try if you win.

2. Follow Country Bob’s on twitter: @countrybobs

3. Like Country Bob’s on Facebook.

4. Like FFCM on facebook.

5. Follow FFCM on twitter: @angiewith3 and leave your twitter id

6. Tweet this giveaway using the RT button in the upper left corner of this post OR you can use this phrase:

” Enter to win 2 bottles of @countrybobs all purpose sauce on http://bit.ly/dQD7sE 2 winners 2/21 US @angiewith3 “

Can tweet 2 X per day at least 2 hrs apart.

Giveaway will end Feb. 21, 2011. Open to US residents only. 2 winners will be chosen using random.org. Winners will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to reply to winning email. If no reply at 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen.

***I received 2 bottles of Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce to review. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. Any opinion expressed are my own. ***

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