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Rethink What Matters is a campaign created by Bare Escentuals for women.  They’re inviting women nationwide to shake up their foundation and talk about topics that are more than just skin-deep – from going bare in public to discussing what really matters most.

On the site rethinkwhatmatters.com, you will find a quiz about different topics every week. The topic this week is called “Rethink What You’re Investing In.”   Ask yourself this – Do your assets need re-evaluating?

Some of the questions they ask are, what does your portfolio look like and what is your investment philosophy like and so on.  I have to be honest and tell you that I have no investments (well, besides my home) nor do I have a portfolio.   I know, it’s sad.  I guess it’s something I need to rethink

On top of the quizzes they provide, they are also giving away free products when you enter your answers. Each week until March 26th, 500 women will receive bareMinerals goodies and are offering a chance to those who share the quiz with their friends, a trip of a lifetime to either Paris, Costa Rica, Turks & Caicos, Italy or Asia – you win, you choose!

As part of their Rethink what matters campaign, Bare Escentuals is giving 2 lucky readers a chance to win an all-natural lip gloss. Valued at $15.00. The winner gets a choice of  7 colors - Cassis (Golden Rose), Chiffon (Nude Sand), Cupcake (Rose Pink), Iced Coffee (Java Cream), Sugar Plum (Purple Plum), Sugar Cookie (Pink Peach), Wild Honey (Golden Peach)

How to Win

MANDATORY ENTRY:

Visit rethinkwhatamatters.com, answer the survey and come back here and leave us a comment letting us know what is something you must rethink in your life?

Extra Entries

1. Follow us on Twitter @NewYorkChica & Tweet this:

I just entered @NewYorkChica ’s giveaway for a Bare Escentuals Lip Gloss. http://shortmyurl.net/113 #giveaway #newyorkchica

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2. Subscribe to New York Chica by email. Click on the link on the right sidebar to enter your email address (5 extra entries). Please be sure to confirm your subscription.  If you are already a subscriber, leave us a comment telling us you are a subscriber.

3. Add our link to your sidebar or Blogroll  (3 Extra Entries).

4. Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and let us know which post (5 Extra Entries).

*Please note that you must comment each time for EVERY entry. For example, if you subscribe to our updates, comment 5 times for that entry and let us know what the comment is for.  It makes it easier for us to count the # of comments.

Thank you for entering & Good luck!

Giveaway ends on March 21, 2010 at Midnight EST.  The winner will be announced the following day with the help of RANDOM.ORG and will be contacted via email.

If the winner does not contact us within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen. **U.S. residents only**

Full Disclosure:  A sample will be sent for review purposes only. No other compensation was made.

My kids loved taking baths when they were babies but when they got older, they wanted to “feel big” and start showering as opposed to taking baths. My 4 year old loves baths but also loves the shower. She said it’s an indoor rainfall.  So she takes baths when she wants to play and showers when she wants some “rain”.

Suave Kids® has started a new campaign, Wash Them Grow, to encourage parents to turn bath time into quality family time. Suave Kids encourages parents to teach, nurture and transition their child through the stages of growth and cleansing.
 
Suave Kids created www.washthemgrow.com an online forum for parents which includes a trivia game and tips generated by parents, for parents. The trivia game features a virtual child that you can literally watch grow with each correctly answered question. 

As part of the campaign, Suave Kids is inviting moms across the country to visit WashThemGrow.com to play a fun online trivia game, after which she’ll receive an automatic entry into the Suave Kids Wash Them Grow Sweepstakes.  Trivia is refreshed daily, and each game play gives her another chance to win weekly prizes such as a laptop, video camera and digital camera. 

Plus, one lucky winner will win a Grand Prize family vacation to Orlando!  Today through February 22, 2010, moms can visit WashThemGrow.com daily to play the game and literally watch her virtual child grow with each correctly answered question.  Mom can also boost her chances of winning by referring friends to play the Wash Them Grow game.

 The lucky Grand Prize winner of the Suave Kids Wash Them Grow sweepstakes will receive round trip air transportation from the airport nearest her home city to Orlando, Florida; seven nights deluxe garden view accommodations at a luxury hotel; additional spending money; and seven day park passes which include unlimited admission to the major Orlando theme parks.

Don’t forget to tell your friends to visit www.washthemgrow.com and enter everyday until February 22nd.  Good luck!

Suave sent me 4 bottles of bodywashes in 4 different scents to review and try out.   They are:

*Suave Kids Berry Body Wash – This hypoallergenic and ophthalmologist tested formula makes bath time tear-free.  The gentle formula cleanses effectively without drying out skin like a bar soap can and features a fun, fresh scent.
*Suave Kids Strawberry Body Wash – This hypoallergenic and ophthalmologist tested formula makes bath time tear-free.  The gentle formula cleanses effectively without drying out skin like a bar soap can and features a fun, fresh scent.
*Suave Kids Free and Gentle Body Wash – Suave Kids Free and Gentle Body Wash is specially formulated to be gentle on skin.  It is ophthalmologist tested and tear-free.  The formula contains no dyes and leaves skin clean and fresh.
*Suave Kids Moisturizing Body Wash – Suave Kids Moisturizing Body Wash gently cleanses and moisturizes, leaving kids’ skin feeling baby soft and smooth.  This product is tear-free, hypo-allergenic and gentle on kids’ delicate skin. (There were all great but this is my favorite.  My 4 year old has dry skin and this body wash kept her skin really soft and sweet smelling too.)

(They all retail for about $1.99 – $2.50 so they are quite afforadable!)

THE GIVEAWAY

Suave is sponsoring a giveaway for one lucky reader to win their very own collection of bodywashes that you see above.  The winner will receive 4  full size bottles that were mentioned.

MANDATORY RULE

Tell me what is your favorite body wash that you use on yourself or your kids.

FOR EXTRA ENTRIES

1. Follow us on Twitter @NewYorkChica & Tweet this:

I just entered @NewYorkChica ’s giveaway for 4 full-size bottles of Suave Kids Bodywashes http://tinyurl.com/ychwofg
 #giveaway #newyorkchica

[Leave a comment with the tweet’s url so you can get a valid entry (ex. click on the time your tweet was sent).  You can Tweet ONCE A DAY.  If you Tweet more than that, that entry will be disqualified. (Must have 50 or more followers on Twitter)]

2. Subscribe to New York Chica by email. Click on the link on the right sidebar to enter your email address (5 extra entries). Please be sure to confirm your subscription or your entry will be disqualified.

3. Add our link to your sidebar or Blogroll (click HERE for the code)  (3 Extra Entries).

4. Fan us on Facebook (5 extra entries).

5. Follow us on Networked Blogs on Facebook (3 extra entries).

6. Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and let us know which post (5 Extra Entries).

*Please note that you must comment each time for EVERY entry. For example, if you subscribe to our updates, comment 5 times for that entry and let us know what the comment is for.  It makes it easier for us to count the # of comments. 

Thank you for entering & Good luck!

Giveaway ends on March 1, 2010 at Midnight EST.  The winner will be announced the following day with the help of RANDOM.ORG and will be contacted via email.

If the winner does not contact us within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen.  **U.S. residents only**

Full Disclosure: As I mentioned before, I received four bottles of Suave Kids body washes to review.  My opinions have not been influenced by the product given and I did not receive any monetary compensation for the review and/or giveaway.

Congratulations Deedles. You are New York Chica’s newest winner! You have 48 hours to contact me with your shipping info or another winner will be chosen.

Thanks to everyone for entering. Please stay tuned for more giveaways! In the mean time, check out the sight side bar and enter the giveaways we have going on right now.

More giveaways coming your way so stay tuned!!

Full Disclosure: I received the soup, information and the prize pack you see below from MyBlogSpark and Progresso. No other compensation was given.

I recently had a yummy and nutritious opportunity to try out Progresso’s New High Fiber Homestyle Minestrone Soup.  I’ve always been a soup lover, especially in the cold, winter months.  I don’t know about you but for me it’s nice to sit down with a bowl of hot soup and a side of crackers to dip in the soup when it’s cold outside.  It makes me feel so warm inside that I often forget it’s freezing outside. I’m not much of a winter lover so feeling warm is my number one priority.

I have a question for you.

Did you know that Progresso® soups has over 75 flavors? It’s true!

I had no idea until MyBlogSpark sent me the information.  I knew they had lots of flavors but not that many.  I was truly amazed on the taste of the Homestyle Minestrone also.  The flavor is nice, rich and has a very homestyle taste, just like grandma’s soup.

Each can of the High Fiber Progresso Soup has 28% of your daily fiber per serving (7 grams) and has no added MSG or any artificial flavors so it’s healthy, good for you and tastes great.  The High Fiber line comes in 4 flavors: Chicken Tuscany, Creamy Tomato Basil, Hearty Vegetable and Noodles and Homestyle Minestrone (the flavor I tasted). I’m sure they all taste great. I  can’t wait to try them all.  Progresso makes some yummy foods so you will not be disappointed on any flavor soup you choose.

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In the Winter, the weather can wreck havoc on your skin. The dry air in your home and the cold air outside really dries out the skin. That is why we need to use extra moisturizers to keep our skin soft and supple. It also helps if we use the right cleanser for our skin.

For me, the right cleanser means a soap that smells great, leaves my skin soft and of course, one that cleans well too.  If a cleanser has exfoliators in the product, it’s an added bonus because it sloughs away the nasty dead skin cells that if left on your body if you don’t exfoliate.

Recently, I was sent the new Caress Evenly Gorgeous body wash as well as the Gorgeous beauty bar with Burnt Brown Sugar and Karite Butter to review and I have to say I was very pleased with the results. It gently exfoliates and moisturizes to reveal beautifully, even-toned skin.

After I used it, my skin was soft and smelled wonderful.  The scent is amazing and it contains natural exfoliators to get rid of those nasty dead skin cells that I don’t need to carry around.

My husband even asked what was the nice scent I was wearing. He thought I had on a new perfume or something.

Here is what Caress says about their product:

Caress® makes skin the ultimate fashion statement with the introduction of the Caress Skinwear Collection®. Caress gives you gorgeous skin – right out of the shower – that you will want to flaunt just like the season’s hottest styles. Now you can shower on your look with Caress body washes and beauty bars for even toned, radiant or silky skin … and have the confidence to show it off!

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Congratulations Karen. You are New York Chica’s newest winner! You have 48 hours to contact me with your shipping info or another winner will be chosen.

Thank you everyone for entering. Please stay tuned for more giveaways! In the mean time, click HERE for new giveaways!

EXTENDED GIVEAWAY DATE!!!!!!!

Since I’m a mom of three young children, I often wonder what my kids could encounter when they’re on the internet.  There’s so many sites they can view without you knowing so sometimes the internet can be scary for both child and parent.

I was excited when the CEO and Founder of KIDO’Z contacted me to check out their brand new version of KIDO’Z with some major cool upgrades.  It’s geared towards children ages 2-8 so this makes it perfect for my 4 year old.

What’s KIDO’Z?

Well, KIDO’Z is a true one stop web environment for kids that is safe, easy and of course fun.  Kids could browse sites, watch videos and play games on KIDO’Z without the parent worrying their child will see inappropriate things on the screen.  They can even create and communicate with the new KIDO’Z MAIL and socialize and express themselves with the new KIDO’Z PLACES, a mini social network for young kids.

Parents don’t have to be afraid of the internet any longer.

There’s also a premium package that parents can purchase (or win for free here!) for less than $5 a month or $50 annually. It’s called KIDO’Z PLUS, which gives the kids an even more creative, fun and cool content and features. Parents get full statistics reports on their kids’ usage, as well as access to advanced security features.

Here’s 5 reasons why it’s a good idea to upgrade:

1. More Content: KIDO’Z PLUS members get access to exclusive content including high quality educational games. Content is updated on a regular basis.

2. More Personalization: KIDO’Z PLUS members have unlimited access to room editing and avatar styling taking personalization to the next level.

3. More Creativity: KIDO’Z PLUS members get access to tons of cool animation, backgrounds and Ecards for creating exciting and unique KIDO’Z MAIL’s.

4. More Control: Parents get full usage statistics reports including daily time usage, activity reports, most popular content and more…

5. More Security: With KIDO’Z PLUS, parents get advanced security settings including setting a daily time limit, password protected exit and more…

BONUS: This program can be translated to 17 different languages!!!

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Since I had three different posts for this giveaway (caused by a nasty comment glitch), I had to use my math skills to add a few numbers to get to #369 (such a HUGE pain in the butt!).

Here is the “problem”:

The first “official” post had 356 comments & since the post had a “comment glitch” (no other comments could be recorded for some strange reason), I had to re-post the giveaway on a brand new post. Read the rest of this entry →