giveaway | The Angel Forever

Category Archives giveaway

Buy General Mills cereal and go to movies – Giveaway

Posted on November 16, 2009 10:00 am by TheAngelForever

Since I had my oldest son, over six years ago, I can count the number of times I have seen a movie in the theater on one hand. Sad to say, but very true. At first it was trying to find time to go with a newborn, then it was what to see with a child and quickly after that can we afford to go with the skyrocketing price of admission?

Imagine buying some of your favorite cereals and being able to submit codes to get free tickets to see a movie. The great news is that this is a reality. There is a current promotion from General Mills called e-movie cash.

When I was contacted about this promotion, it was news to me. We buy a lot of the participating cereal, but I had not seen the boxes in our stores yet. I was sent a "Movie Moment" prize pack that included 4 e-movie cash certificates ($12 each) and one free coupon for a free General Mills Cereal.

As soon as our tickets arrived, my husband and I started to think. Should we see what family movies are coming out and try to take both of the boys? Or, should we do two date nights to the movies for the two of us? We still have not decided, but are working on that now that several new movies that look interesting are coming out.

Details about the e-movie cash promotion:

Starting in November, you can receive a free movie ticket when you purchase two specially marked packages of General Mills’ Cereals. After purchasing two cereals, visit generalmills.com/moviecash to enter the code found inside each box of cereal and print your free movie certificate good for admission to any movie.

Participating brands include select sizes of: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Trix and Reese’s Peanut Butter Puffs.

To find a participating theater near you, log onto http://emoviecash.com/dis_locator/.

I know that we will be buying more of the participating cereals (love Honey Nut Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch in our house) and log the code from the specially marked boxes to obtain some additional e-movie cash for our family. At this time every little bit helps, especially when you can use something you already buy to score some nice family entertainment for free.

Giveaway:

Thanks to MyBlogSpark and General Mills, one lucky reader will win their very own "Movie Moment" prize pack. Remember, this includes 4 e-movie cash certificates ($12 each) and one free coupon for a General Mills cereal.

Rules for Giveaway:

MAIN RULE – Answer the following question: What was the first movie that you or your child saw in a movie theater?
1 Bonus Entry – Follow me on Twitter @TheAngelForever and Tweet about the giveaway. Be sure to include @TheAngelForever and General Mills "Movie Moment" prize pack in the Tweet. Please leave a direct link to your Tweet in a separate comment for each daily entry. Example Tweet (feel free to use): Would you like to go to the movies free? Enter for a chance to win a "Movie Moment" prize pack from @TheAngelForever http://bit.ly/1WVIJ2
1 Bonus Entry – What is your favorite General Mills cereal?
1 Bonus Entry – Subscribe to my RSS feed (or let me know if you already are) in a separate comment.
1 Bonus Entry – Who will you take to the movie and what would you like to see?
1 Bonus Entry – Leave a comment on any of my non-giveaway posts from the month of November. Be sure to leave a comment here to let me know which one.
3 Bonus Entries – Write a post on your blog linking to my blog about the General Mills "Movie Moment" prize pack giveaway. Be sure to leave 3 comments about this to get credit for all of your extra entries

To enter, please follow the rules above within the comment section. Contest starts today November 16th and ends at 10:59 EST on December 3, 2009. You do not have to be a blogger to enter, but must leave a valid e-mail address for me to contact you for mailing address once the giveaway is over. I will select the winner using random.org and contact you via e-mail. You will have 48 hours to claim the prize. If there is no response, another winner will be selected. Open to U.S. residents only.

Disclosure: I received the "Movie Moment" prize pack from MyBlogSpark and General Mills as a thank you for sharing this information with my readers. No other compensations was given. The opinions expressed in the review are my own feelings about the promotion.

Categories:
fun giveaway Movies Product review

Yoplait Kids Yogurt prize pack winners

Posted on November 16, 2009 9:43 am by TheAngelForever

Thank you to everyone that entered my Yoplait Kids Yogurt prize pack giveaway. This morning I used Random.org to get two entry numbers for the prizes.

JamericanSpice and Charity now have 48 hours to respond to my e-mail with their information for prize delivery or the next person will be notified. Be sure to check out my Softlips giveaway that is currently taking place and another one will be coming later today.

Categories:
giveaway web fun

Softlips PURE & Winter Flavors – Review & Giveaway

Posted on November 12, 2009 11:09 am by TheAngelForever

I have a confession to make. I am a 30-something adult woman and I do not wear lipstick. Wait, let me clarify that. It isn’t that I do not want to wear lipstick, I can not wear it. Around the time I was in college, I noticed that when I used lip balm, lip stick and most products of that nature that my lips had a horrible reaction. We are not talking a little rash or anything. I mean, my lips would blow up like I had cosmetic surgery on them and would tingle and hurt.

This was a horrible experience. No matter what I did, I could not narrow down the problem to a certain ingredient. I just worked from trial and error. For my wedding day, I had to carefully plan out my makeup. Obviously I wanted to wear some color on my lips. I bought some hypoallergenic lipstick from a major seller in a department store. I tried it a few times and then stopped. From previous experience, if something was going to happen it took a while. I tried the lipstick on a practice run the day before my wedding. The morning of my wedding I had my hair done. My maid of honor helped me do my make up. As I sat there my lips started to tingle. Oy vey! I was lucky they did not swell much that day, but I was a mess for my honeymoon.

One of the products that I have been able to use to protect my lips and keep them soft is Softlips brand. I once left a comment about how I loved that their line was one of the only lip products that did not cause an issue for me. Much to my surprise, I was contacted by the PR agency that works with Softlips. They asked me to review their PURE 2009 products, along with their Limited Edition Winter Flavors. Of course, I said yes!

Softlips PURE 2009 product information

Softlips PURE is the line of premium organic lip conditioners designed with skin-conditioning ingredients to help keep lips soft, supple and healthy. Available in several flavors, Softlips PURE is USDA-certified organic and 100% natural. The premium, organix ingredients provide a silky-smooth, eco-friendly lip conditioner for softer, healthier lips. The product line also contains no animal by-products and is not tested on animals.

Now available in six flavors for 2009: pomegranate, honeydew, peppermint, acai berry, papaya and chai tea.
Product is mounted on recyclable packaging
Vegetable-based ink is used on package of PURE products
Found in a slim stick to allow for easy carrying whether in a pocket, purse or make-up case
Natural and free of synthetic chemicals, it only uses pure organix oils and beeswax along with other natural ingredients like shea butter and vitamin E.
Can be used alone or under/over lipstick
Available in mass retail, supermarket and drugstores nationwide for the suggested retail price of $2.99 for the 0.07 ounce stick.

Softlips Limited Edition Winter Flavors product information

Softlips is the line of premium lip conditioner designed with skin-protecting ingredients to help keep lips soft, supple and healthy. Available in several flavors varieties, Softlips Lip Balm with SPF 20 offers superb coverage and protection from the environmental elements, as well as a healthy sheen without the heavy waxiness or stickiness of traditional lip balms.

Now available in four limited edition winter flavors beginning September 2009: winter mint, sugar cookie, sugar & spice, sugar plum berry
Combines lip protection with SPF 20 and moisturizing emollients that allow for a sheer glossing effect
Like the PURE flavors it can be used alone or under/over lipstick
Also packaged in slim cases to allow for easy transport in pockets, purses or make-up cases
They can be found in the cough and cold section nationwide for the suggested retail price of $2.99 to $3.99 for the dual-stick pack
The Softlips limited edition winter flavors (dual packs) Sugar & Spice with Vanilla and Sugar Plum Berry with Cherry will be available at Target, while the Winter Mint with Vanilla and Sugar Cookie with Cherry will be available at Walgreens.

Keep up to date on the latest from Softlips by become a fan on Facebook. You can also enter the fourth annual 2009 Softlips Picture Perfect Lips Model Search.

My Thoughts:

As I mentioned at the start, I was already buying Softlips on my own to use before this review. This opportunity allowed me to try their new PURE and Limited Edition Winter flavors.

Softlips Limited Edition Winter Flavors – I love the fact that the winter line includes the SPF protection, every little bit helps to protect my lips. The pairing of flavors in the dual packs are wonderful. The winter flavors really do work well together and allow you to test out one of the limited edition options along with one from the regular Softlips line. The scents are not overpowering, but make you think about the sweet aromas from the holiday season. My favorites were the Winter Mint and Sugar Cookie. There is just something very comforting about the Sugar Cookie flavor that reminds me of baking delicious cookies.

Softlips PURE flavors – As a person that is working hard to recycle, use more Earth friendly products and watch the products that I use with my children I love that this line is all natural and organic. The range of flavors available are amazing. Honeydew made me long for the summer and the delicious summer fruit, pomegranate of the fall harvest, and papaya of the tropical Hawaiian paradise. At the same time I was very intrigued by the acai berry and chai tea which were quite different than anything else I had ever tried. The peppermint was refreshing and had a little tingle that went with it, but not in a bad way.

I was a fan of Softlips before this review and will continue to be. I love that they are expanding their horizons, not only with new and exciting flavors, but also with more green products. Next up for me, I want to try their tinted lip conditioners. A little color on my lips would not be a bad thing, especially when I go out to something special.

Giveaway:

Thanks to Softlips one lucky reader will be able to win their own Limited Edition Winter Collection.

Rules for Giveaway:

MAIN RULE – Answer the following question: If you could have Softlips create a new flavor, what would it be and why?
1 Bonus Entry – Follow me on Twitter @TheAngelForever and Tweet about the giveaway. Be sure to include @TheAngelForever and Softlips Giveaway in the Tweet. Please leave a direct link to your Tweet in a separate comment for each daily entry. Example Tweet (feel free to use): A chance to win Softlips Limited Edition Winter collection from @TheAngelForever. Check out the review and giveaway http://bit.ly/1FcHwG
1 Bonus Entry – Let me know which winter flavor you are most excited to try and why.
1 Bonus Entry – Subscribe to my RSS feed (or let me know if you already are) in a separate comment.
~~1 Bonus Entry – Become a Fan of Softlips on Facebook and let me know you did.~~ Update 11/15 – Found out that Facebook does not allow this type of entry. All previous entries of ths type will count, but none after this point. I still hope that you will become a Fan of Softlips anyway because they are very interactive on their page.
1 Bonus Entry – Leave a comment on any of my non-giveaway posts from the month of November. Be sure to leave a comment here to let me know which one.
3 Bonus Entries – Write a post on your blog linking to my blog about the Softlips giveaway. Be sure to leave 3 comments about this to get credit for all of your extra entries

To enter, please follow the rules above within the comment section. Contest starts today November 12th and ends at 10:59 EST on November 29, 2009. You do not have to be a blogger to enter, but must leave a valid e-mail address for me to contact you for mailing address once the giveaway is over. I will select the winner using random.org and contact you via e-mail. You will have 48 hours to claim the prize. If there is no response, another winner will be selected. Open to U.S. residents only.

Disclosure: I received the Softlips PURE and Limited Edition Winter flavors complimentary of Softlips in order to facilitate this review. No other compensations was given. The opinions expressed in the review are my own feelings about the product that I tried.

Categories:
giveaway looking back me moments Product review

Yoplait Kids yogurt – Giveaway

Posted on November 5, 2009 10:00 pm by TheAngelForever

Both of my boys have become picky eaters. Still, one of the items that they both enjoy is yogurt. We love this because yogurt is a great source of protein and calcium. When I took the little guy for his two year well visit in May, our doctor cautioned me about a lot of yogurts having too much sugar in them. Thanks to that, we started to pay much more attention to labels.

A few months after this, I was asked by My Blog Spark and Yoplait to have my kids try Yoplait Kids which has 25% less sugar than the average leading kids’ yogurts. I immediately said yes because both of the boys had seen these in the store and begged me to try them. Hello, they have Dora, Blues Clues, Diego and the Backyardigans on them!

I was sent a coupon to select one of the Yoplait Kids products to try along with the same prize package that is being given away (see below). One day, when everyone was healthy we all went to the grocery store together. I asked NHL, my six year old, to go with me to select one of the Yoplait Kids items to try. First, we agreed to do the drinkable ones. We figured that, if they went to school with him, this was much less messy and easy to manage. Next, it was time to figure out a flavor. This is important stuff to a six year old. The options were:

Strawberry (Dora)
Banana (Backyardigans)
Mixed-Berry (Diego)
Strawberry Banana (Blues Clues)

NHL selected his based on flavor, not character, which surprised me some. His pick was:

On Halloween, we opened up the package for both of the boys to try. JSL had not been eating much recently (thanks to a febrile seizure two days earlier). He was not thrilled with the prospect of yogurt….until his little eyes saw Blues Clues. NHL, was ready to go the minute he heard yogurt and knew it was the ones we had bought earlier. He quickly finished his yogurt and asked for another.

Meanwhile, the little guy was thrilled to have a straw to help in his plan of attack for the Blues Clues yogurt. When we tried to remove him from the kitchen to drink it, he refused. He stayed put and wanted to drink it there.

Although JSL likes yogurt, he will often start eating/drinking one and then stop. So much food is wasted this way. I am happy to report that this did not happen with the Yoplait Kids yogurt. This yogurt was the perfect portion for a little guy and easy for his smaller hands to handle. Here is a closer view. We had to help him some because he was getting tired before nap time.

The verdict: The boys really like the yogurt. They both drink it up and never leave anything that ends up being tossed. NHL has taken it in his lunch box to school several times. Just this morning, he asked for another one to go – definitely a plus with him since he does not like much that is easy to transport to school. We will definitely continue to have the Yoplait Kids yogurt in our yogurt buying repertoire.

Giveaway:

Two lucky winners will each receive their own "Yoplait Less Sugar, More Fun" prize pack. The prize includes a coupon for a Yoplait Kids yogurt of your choice, a travel cooler, a fun spoon that changes colors in warm water, a reusable place mat with games to keep the kids happy while snacking, and a fuzzy tangle for some after-snack fun. Please note: This coupon offer for a free six pack of Yoplait kids yogurt is not valid in some states including Idaho, Lousiana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota and Tennessee.

Rules for Giveaway:

MAIN RULE – Answer the following question: How do you make snack time fun for your children?
1 Bonus Entry – Subscribe to my RSS feed (or let me know if you already are) in a separate comment.
1 Bonus Entry – Follow me on Twitter @TheAngelForever
1 Bonus Entry per day – Tweet about the giveaway. Be sure to include @TheAngelForever and Yoplait Kids yogurt in the Tweet. Please leave a direct link to your Tweet in a separate comment for each daily entry. Example Tweet (feel free to use): Chance to win from @TheAngelForever "Yoplait Less Sugar, More Fun" prize packs. Two winners (ends 11/15) http://bit.ly/1UnMG2
1 Bonus Entry – Which type of Yoplait Kids would be purchased for your kids and why?
1 Bonus Entry – Add TheAngelForever to your blog roll and leave a separate comment.
1 Bonus Entry – Look around my blog and leave me a comment on another post. Please let me know which post you went to here so you get the bonus entry.
3 Bonus Entries – Write a post on your blog linking to my blog about the Yoplait Kids yogurt. Be sure to leave 3 comments about this to get credit for all of your extra entries.

To enter, please follow the rules above within the comment section. Contest starts today November 5, 2009 and ends at 10:59 EST on November 15, 2009. You do not have to be a blogger to enter, but must leave a valid e-mail address for me to contact you for mailing address once the giveaway is over. I will select the two winners using random.org and contact you via e-mail. You will have 48 hours to claim the prize. If there is no response, another winner will be selected. Open to U.S. residents only because the coupons are not valid outside of the United States (also note the state restrictions listed above)

Disclosure: This review and giveaway was made possible by My Blog Spark and Yoplait. They provided me with the gift pack and coupon to purchase a package of Yoplait Kids yogurt. The opinions of this review were mine and I received no other compensation.

Categories:
food glorious food giveaway jsl nhl photos Product review

Rummino Game Winner

Posted on November 2, 2009 10:04 am by TheAngelForever

Thank you to everyone that entered my Rummino game giveaway. This morning I used Random.org to get an entry number for the prize:

Liz now has 48 hours to respond to my e-mail with her information for prize delivery or the next person will be notified. Stay tuned because another fun giveaway is coming very soon.