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win a body shop gift basket

body shop contest win a body shop gift basket
What better way to end off the week than with a great giveaway? I love Body Shop products not just because they smell good enough to eat, but because they look great on display on the bathroom countertop, too. Clustered together, they make great decorative displays. So today, I’m offering you the chance to win a gift basket featuring six amazing summer products from the Body Shop’s Cooling Peppermint Foot range and the Coconut Bath & Body range. Get your skin and feet summer-ready!

Giveaway: Two gift baskets, each one including Cooling Peppermint Foot Spray, Cooling Peppermint Foot Lotion, Peppermint Purifying Foot Mask, Coconut Body Butter, Coconut Body Scrub and Coconut Shimmer Body Lotion. (Approximate retail value: $110 each)

Leave a comment below and share your best bathroom organizing tip. I`ll choose the two winning responses.

Contest closes June 28, 2010 at 12pm EST. Open to all residents of Canada, except those in Quebec. Not open to any Transcontinental Media employees, their families, or any other persons with whom they reside.

frilly lilly

Looking and smelling positively good enough to eat, these products from Calgary-based Frilly Lilly are actually supposed to go on your body, not in it! The product line (inspired by desserts, of course!) launched in 2005 and since then has garnered recognition here at home and with our neighbours to the south; the line has been picked up by Fred Segal in Santa Monica, Kitson in Los Angeles, as well as The Palms and The Wynn hotels in Las Vegas. And with plans for expansion, the Frilly Lilly brand is about to go global; they`re already in Hong Kong, France and Qatar with plans to open more international boutiques in the future. But I`m simply in love with the fabulous offerings Frilly Lilly puts forth, not just because they`re wonderful products and beautifully packaged, too, but because this company is homegrown talent at its best. For more information, visit frillylilly.ca and click here to find a list of boutique locations.  Even better, visit their online boutique and shop from the comfort of home! OK, ready to check out the goods? Here are some of my faves!

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Mini Cupcake Bathcakes
Price: $16.00 CAD

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Pink Lemonade Lip Butter
Price: $10.00 CAD

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Lemon Meringue Bathcake
Price: $12.00 CAD

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Fresh Tangerine Sugar Scrub
Price: $28.00 CAD

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biodegradable towelettes

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Many wipes used in households today, whether they be baby wipes or other wipes, contain polyester, a petroleum product, and chemical-based liquids.

Go totally green with these handy towelette rolls. Made of vegetable fibres and packaged in easy-to-carry rolls, each has 10 tabs or wannabe towelettes; just add 2 tsp of liquid (water, lemon water, rosewater — your choice!) and you end up with a wipe that measures 8 1/2 by 12 inches.

No worries about leaking, dripping or drying out!

Available at: www.ashtongreen.com

Price: $2.95 for 10 tabs to $24.95 for 100 tabs

Do you have a product you’d like to recommend for this blog? Email Laurie at naturalchic@styleathome.com!

good for you bath products

carrots21 good for you bath productsAfter hiring an environmentally friendly cleaning service during a really busy period, I realized, if I`m having environmentally friendly products used on my apartment, what about on me??

So I set out to find more eco-friendly bath products, and Yes To Carrot items caught my eye with their paraben-free* formulations.

My faves? The C How To Shower Carrot Rich Shower Gel, C Through the Dry Spell Deliciously Rich Body Butter, and C Is for Hair Care Hair and Scalp Moisturizing Mud Mask — perfect for colour-treated hair.

Available at: Shopper`s Drug Mart

Price: $9 to $14

*Check back soon for a glossary of terms I’ll be compiling on eco terminology!