I love local companies. Especially if they are small businesses that really care about delivering good service and a good product and ESPECIALLY when they state on their “About” page that they dislike the price gouging practices some businesses use when they charge a fortune for shipping.

A few months ago I was contacted by a woman who is a student at Utah State studying Public Relations. She studies with a few professor friends of mine and she contacted me on behalf of her employer, SWEETLY YOU, a local online store that makes all sorts of bath and body products in over 50 yummy scents. She wondered if I would be interested in reviewing some bath and body products for my blog and to sponsor a giveaway of their product to you all.

Being a sucker for yummy bath products I said, yee haw! Bring it!

And bring it they did.

I am reviewing the same product I am giving away to you all:

- The Complete Moisture Boost Set (valued at $39.95) “Consisting of one 8 oz bottle of Premium Body Lotion, one 8 oz bottle of Moisturizing Spray Lotion, one 9 oz jar and one 1.5 oz purse size jar of Shea & Cocoa Butter Cream – each with your choice of scent, and one 3.5 oz Original Jelly Belly® of your choice.”

Cache Valley residents, Kari and Justin Hoops, have put a lot of thought and effort into the quality of both their product and their packaging. I love the labels. They aren’t just a logo, URL and list of ingredients like you find with so many small business bath and body products. Each product actually tells you how and what to use this product for. The packaging is fun. Each order is colorfully packed and includes a bag of Jelly Belly gourmet jelly beans so that your order not only smells yummy but tastes yummy as well.

Notice how many times I have used the word “YUMMY” in this review? It’s deliberate because “YUMMY” is the best word to describe the products I received, people.

Everything I selected to review was in a fruity scent because those are my favorite.

Let’s get the negative out of the way first. I only had one complaint with my experience. I felt that the scent of the Pomegranate Premium Body Lotion was too much and too sweet, but I like the texture and coverage and it is a good moisturizing lotion so I would probably be quite happy with the product if I had selected a different scent.

The single use packet of Dead Sea Bath Salts (NOT in the giveaway package) in Sparkling Mandarin Tangerine was great. My husband is more of a “soak in the tub” person then I am so I let him try this one out. We both agreed that the moisture of his skin after the bath and scent of the salts was dead on. And ANY time I can get my husband to use a skin/spa product and like it you know it’s a thumbs up. (Now if I could just convince him of the importance of exfoliation. Sigh.)

And now on to my favorite things in the box:

The Tropical Mango Shea & Cocoa Butter Cream is LOVELY. It is thick without being heavy and greasy and it blended into my dry heels and hands beautifully and gave my super dry skin some needed relief. It was truly a joy to put on my skin.

And the big winner?

Their Moisturizing Spray Lotion in Juicy Cantaloupe.

People, I LOVE this product. Love, love, LOVE it.  It is a light spray containing natural avocado oil, aloe vera and no artificial colors and it feels soooo good when you spray it on. They recommend spraying it on after a work out or when you get out the pool or after being in the sun and I can totally get on board with that.

I love how it feels on my face. It’s like an uber awesome and soft spritzer.

MY favorite way to use it is when I get out of the shower. I towel off and it is the FIRST thing I put on. My skin is so dry that it often starts feeling tight and dry by the time and can get lotion on after I bathe. This way, my skin stays soft and keeps moisture until I can put something heavier on my skin.

AND? I CAN NEVER REACH MY FREAKING BACK TO MOISTURIZE IT.

With this spray, my back gets some love as do other hard-to-reach places.

I hope you consider ordering from them.  And if you win this giveaway I KNOW you will be thrilled with it!

So, let’s get to it then!

GIVE AWAY RULES:

1. GO TO THE WEBSITE AND HAVE A PEEK AROUND.

2. LEAVE A COMMENT (one only) TELLING ME WHAT SCENTS YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE FOR YOUR PRODUCT. (No, you won’t be disqualified if you don’t have a scent for each thing, all SINGLE comments are entered,  but try to pick at least one scent, dudes.)

3. THE CONTEST WILL END 11:59PM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD. WINNER ANNOUNCED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24th!

You’ll love this stuff…promise.

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And a couple more things that are awesome…

My good friend, Scribbit, is hosting her biggest giveaway EVER. And it is a monster cool one. Go to her site and enter to win a HP Touch Smart 600 computer. (It looks so freaking coolio, peeps. I HAD to tell you all about it because well…I love you all and it is a staggering giveaway and computer! You can access information by touching the monitor. How nifty is that in a desktop?) The deadline to comment and enter is 12 am Saturday, November 28th, so GO!

And?

One of our blogging own has been selected by Microsoft as one of 5 finalists to be an OFFICIAL OLYMPIC BLOGGER. Crazy Blogging Canuck is hilarious, funny, and best of all…kind and generious.

This is Amber’s DREAM JOB, people. She is one of the most deserving people on the earth and was my roommate at my first BlogHer. She is truly the best (Even though she is WAY too freaking chipper at 6 am.And even though she shunned me to spoon and cuddle with Scribbit.Heh).

I usually don’t pimp people and contests out but this is not a vote for a hot mom calendar or to get their teeth bleached or a new camera. This is sending someone on a job to blog officially for THE OLYMPICS. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE SOMEONE’S LIFE DREAM COME TRUE HERE.

How often do you get that chance?

Please, please, PLEASE GO HERE AND VOTE FOR AMBER. Tweet about it. Spread the word. You have to enter an email and pick a password but it is worth it in my opinion. Go all Oprah on this story and send our bloggity pal to cover the Olympic games.

AND…

Don’t forget to enter my $118 Aquaphor gift basket/$100 Visa gift card give away HERE. (You have until Tuesday, December 15th to enter)

Good luck on the giveaway(s) and good luck to my dear friend, Amber.

“But, Moooooom!!!!!!!! YOU are the one who told us “Annie” was a good movie and now you aren’t letting me finish it!”

“It’s 10:30 and you are an HOUR past your bedtime. I don’t care if you’re finished. You can DVR it and watch it tomorrow.”

“MOM! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND WOMEN IF YOU DON’T LET ME EXPLORE MY INNER EMOTIONAL SIDE BY WATCHING CHICK FLICKS?!!!! YOU ARE SUPPRESSING MY SENSITIVE SIDE!!!!! IF I DON’T END UP MARRYING A GOOD WOMAN YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY!!!!! AND WHEN YOU ARE IN THE NURSING HOME WITHOUT GRANDCHILDREN IT WILL BE ALL. YOUR. FAULT!!! WAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Get off the stage* and go to bed, James. You forget that you are talking to a MUCH BIGGER DRAMA QUEEN with years and YEARS of experience. You came to me for A REASON, you know. Now go to bed before I go all Shaniqua on you. Because I guarantee you do NOT want push your mother to the point that I out emote you. Just try it. It will be ON LIKE DONKEY KONG, MISTER.”

“So you’re just…just…OKAY suppressing my inner joy?”

“At 10:30 at night? Absolutely. GOOD NIGHT.”

*Thanks to Prairie Mama for the terminology. I have a feeling it will get a lot of use around here. Heh.

The site is my old blogspot blog (New design coming soon), and my reviews will be about products I love and will review on my own dime AND compensated reviews. You will NEVER be in doubt which is which. Cause that’s how I roll.

Normally things like this would go in my side blog, but, um…I don’t have one right now. I’m pre-posting this (I’ll stop with the leftover comparisons but dude, pre-publishing is so dang handy!) so I’m hoping it will be up by the time it publishes but if not, it won’t be forever.

SO ON TO THE FUN STUFF: The give away!

You have a chance to win an amazing gift basket chock full of Aquaphor products (Valued at $118.38) AND a $100 Visa gift card by telling us what some of your favorite uses for Aquaphor are.

There is also a chance to win a $1,000 Visa gift card.

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE AND ENTER

This is a great product and a great opportunity for some spending cash for the holidays.

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