The pureness of water

cells. I can always tell when I’m dehydrated. Not only do I feel crappy, but my skin looks rough and dull.  Wouldn’t it be incredible if someone somewhere out there tapped into the power of water to make our skin more youthful looking? Well they did and I had the pleasure of trying it out. Of what do I speak? It’s the Infotone Face Mist.

Play Misty For Me

When I was a teen, I got into the craze of “facial misting.” I used to carry a mini-bottle of Evian in my purse. Whenever I felt like I needed a lift, I would mist my face. It surely did wake me up sometimes, but I wonder if it really helped my skin? Evian is pure mineral water and I know that’s great for the skin but I never really knew if it did any good. It was one of those things that just felt good to do.  Fast forward to today: the company AquaLiv has created this incredible face mist which contains one major ingredient: H2O. What makes it unique is that it has a 100% natural mineral clay ball inside it. What does the clay ball do? There’s a bunch of scientific stuff behind it which is a bit complex (it’s officially called Aqualiv’s BioT Bioinformation Technology), but in a nutshell here’s what it does: it enhances the water with the qualities of several skin activating compounds. It encourages hydration and promotes clear, youthful, glowing skin. Simply by tapping into the power of water (it uses spring water, to be exact), AquaLiv has created a miraculous product. Can you believe they worked for over 10 years to develop the face mister? They definitely put some serious effort and work into it….and I also like the fact that it hydrates the skin without using any chemicals at all.

H2-O Yeah!

Here are some of the many benefits of the Infotone Face Mist:

Win a Face Mist of your very own! See below for details.

• Penetrates skin quickly and maintains hydration

• Reduces moisture loss through evaporation

• Strengthens bonds between skin proteins and water molecules

• Evens skin tone

• Reduces the effects of oxidation

• Fades wrinkles

In addition, it was also designed to kill a common parasite that most of us have on our skin! Ewwww! So you know what that means folks….it works really well for acne prone and irritated skin.

So after I used the face mist, did I reap any of the benefits? I certainly did! After I washed my face (which I do two times a day) I sprayed (liberally) with the face mist until droplets were running. I let it “sink in” a bit than gently patted dry. Then I applied my moisturizer. If you use the mister, be sure to still use your moisturizer. The mister shouldn’t replace your normal moisturizer, but it really does compliment it. I felt my face was even more hydrated than by using moisturizer alone. Another great use of the face mist is to carry it in your purse for those fresh ups you need throughout the day. It can be used right over makeup with no fear!

Is this the “Fountain of Youth” in a bottle?

According to the website, one bottle will last you a year! How can one little bottle last you that long? Because the secret of the mist isn’t really the water, it’s the technology in the clay ball. When the water is used up in the bottle, all you need to do is refill it using purified tap water or bottled spring water, such as Fiji (my favorite!) On their website they have a complete list of approved and not approved water which can be used for refill. When you refill, be sure to wait 20 minutes, then mist away with all of the benefits!  That fact that the bottle is refillable makes this product incredibly green and it comes in a glass bottle, making it even more eco-friendly (I prefer glass when I have the choice as opposed to plastic which can leach icky chemicals into your products and your skin.)

It’s Giveaway Time!

After using the face mist for over a month, I am very satisfied with it’s performance and hope you will be too! How will I get to try the face mist, you ask? Well it’s giveaway time, honey! The lovely people at AquaLiv has graciously offered to give away 5 (yes, 5!) of their technologically advanced Face Mists. I am so excited for my readers to be able to try them out and see the results for themselves. Each mist has a retail value of $34.97 but is really worth so much more considering it’s refillable! I’m going to make this giveaway easy to enter, because I know we all have so many things to think about. To enter to win your very own Infotone Face Mist (and remember there will be 5 winners) here is what you do:

Mandatory:

Leave a comment stating why your skin is thirsty for the Infotone Face Mist!

Extra entries:

Like Toxic Beauty on Facebook.

Like Infotone on Facebook.

Sign up for the Toxic Beauty Blog newsletter for 3 extra entries. Sign up in the form on the top right.

And to make it even easier for you, simply fill in which entry methods you’ve chosen below and the answers will be saved directly to my document.

You can also submit your comment by filling out the comment form below.

The giveaway will run for 3 weeks and will be closed on March 9, 2011 at 11:59 pm.
The giveaway is not transferable for cash.

AquaLiv will ship the Face Mist directly to the winners. US residents only.

Good luck, my potential face misters!

Stay natural…stay beautiful…go green!

Disclaimer: This review consists of my honest reflections after using the Infotone Face Mist. While I did receive a complimentary product, this in no way influenced my review.

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Random.org has selected the following lucky ladies as the first and second prize winners, respectively:

1st Prize: Rebekah

2nd prize: healthliving

Congratulations to the winners! I hope you enjoy your lipsticks. I would like to thank all who entered the contest and Lipfacts by Lori for sponsoring it.  Remember to keep visiting Toxic Beauty Blog for the next best giveaway…hint…hint: it’s coming soon!

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The giveaway is for a $50 gift certificate for Miessence certified organic cosmetics. Choose from skin care, body care, makeup and fragrance. The possibilities are endless!

Hop on over to Pure Natural Diva to find out how to enter (it’s easy!)

Stay natural…stay beautiful…go green!

Robin

The winner is…Aimee! Congratuations! You will LOVE these products! Send us an e-mail or leave a comment to let us know what you think of the products.

Aimee was chosen from almost 100 entries via random.org.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway. You all helped to make this a very successful venture.

Look for more great giveaways and exciting events to come on Toxic Beauty Blog.

Stay natural…stay beautiful…go green!

Robin

Ok….I know I left you all with a teaser on Monday’s post, so here it is!

I have teamed up with the wonderful people at Real Purity to come up with an incredible giveaway for you. You can win all the skin care products I reviewed in the previous post: Real Purity Organic Skin Care: Face Food For Thought.

The winner will receive four full size products:

Milk Cleanser

Honey Almond Face Scrub

Facial Masque Dehydrated

Creme Supreme

This is an awesome giveaway with products valuing $95! I hope you get a chance to take part in it. You just might win and become an instant lifelong fan of Real Purity. Please read below for details on how you can enter:

Mandatory:

• Become an e-mail subscriber to Toxic Beauty Blog by using the form in the sidebar. Leave me a comment stating you subscribed.
  
• Already a subscriber? Choose any of the other additional entry options below. Leave a comment letting me know you are already a subscriber and which entry option you used.

Additional entries:

• Tweet this giveaway. Copy and paste “@organicgirl6 Toxic Beauty Blog Giveaway! http://toxicbeautyblog.com/beauty-giveaway/giveaway-real-purity-organic-skin-care/” Then come back and leave a direct link to your tweet. (go to your twitter account, click on the words when your tweet was sent (ie. 5 seconds ago) and copy and paste that link in comments.)
• Share this giveaway on Facebook, Delicious, Digg, Stumble Upon or any of the other social networking sites. Leave a comment with your name and a link to the “share.” You can do this often as well. Let’s get the word out!
• Write a post on your blog linking to this giveaway – Good for two entries. Leave this comment twice so you get both entries!

Giveaway Rules

You may enter this giveaway up until April 10, 2010. Giveaway ends on April 11.

Anyone worldwide is eligible to enter this giveaway.

This giveaway is not redeemable for cash.

Thank you to Real Purity for sponsoring this giveaway.

Also checkout my video below, discussing Real Purity!

Good luck!

Stay natural…stay beautiful…go green!

Robin

Stay natural…stay beautiful…go green!

Robin

One of the easiest and most fun ways to get free products is to enter beauty blog giveaways. Beauty blogs give away makeup, body lotion, fragrance and much more. I have entered a few recently just for kicks and I won two of them! Just by visiting a few blogs you can sign up to win the products they are reviewing. Toxic Beauty Blog has a giveaway as well, in fact, which ends tomorrow for My Lip Stuff. You still have time to win! Click here for more.

If you don’t already have many of your favorite beauty blogs “favorite placed” you can simply enter the search terms, “beauty blog giveaway” on Google. To make it even easier for you to find the best giveaways, here are a few of my favorite organic beauty blogs which constantly have awesome  giveaways:

www.prissygreen.com

www.fig+sage.com

dailycookie.net

leonsbeautysecretsandtips.com

theecodiva.com

I hope you get a chance to visit these great blogs and enter the giveaways! If you have any questions, hit me up on the contact page or leave a comment.

Stay natural…stay beautiful…go green!

Robin

Prissy Green is a green beauty blog about “Living Beautiful Naturally.” As a fellow green beauty blogger, I was excited to find this blog! You can find recipes, product recommendations, awesome giveaways and much more!

Speaking of giveaways, I wanted to share one Prissy Green has for Intelligent Nutrients, a personal care line created by Horst Rechelbacher, the creator of Aveda. I have not yet had the opportunity to try this line, but after reading the review, it got me excited to be able to use some of these products! All the products are certified organic and petrochemical free. The line consists of hair care, skin care, aromatics, body wash, and lip balm. The giveaway is for the entire skin care set, including: Anti-Aging Cleanser, Mist, Moisturizer, and Serum. Visit Prissy Green today to read the full review and for your chance to win!

Also, don’t forget to subscribe to Toxic Beauty Blog for your chance to win My Lip Stuff ! E-mail subscription is a convenient way to receive notification every time the blog is updated. I have extended the contest deadline because the subscription service was not working before (it is now up and running!) Good luck!

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Want My Lip Stuff? You can't have mine, but you can win your own!

Hey Toxic beauty readers! I hope you had a chance to check out the recent review of an awesome lip balm, My Lip Stuff. Did you like what you read? Well, if so, now you have the chance to win  your very own set of assorted My Lip Stuff lip balms!

Introducing….a product giveaway! I have been so appreciative of all the support from my readers that I wanted to show a little appreciation. Brea at MyLipStuff.com has made available for you to win a  6 piece lip  balm set! The flavors will be assorted, so you may get anything from Vanilla Butter Cream to Red Velvet Cake. No matter the flavor you will love these glossy (and tasty)  lip balms! Feel safe in knowing they are made with 100% natural ingredients! So how do you grab your own set of My Lip Stuff lip balms? Read on…

Mandatory:

• Become an e-mail subscriber to Toxic Beauty Blog by using the form in the sidebar.
• Already a subscriber? Choose any of the other additional entry options below. Leave a comment letting me know you are already a subscriber and which entry option you used.

Additional entries:

• Tweet this giveaway. Copy and paste “@organicgirl6 Toxic Beauty Blog Giveaway! 6 piece My Lip Stuff lip balm collection http://toxicbeautyblog.com/484/product-giveaway-my-lip-stuff/“  Then come back and leave a direct link to your tweet. ((go to your twitter account, click on the words when your tweet was sent (ie. 5 seconds ago) and copy and paste that link in comments.)
• Share this giveaway on Facebook, Delicious, Digg, Stumble Upon or any of the other social networking sites. Leave a comment with your name and a link to the “share.”
• Become a follower @organicgirl6 on Twitter. Use the link on the sidebar. Leave your Twitter name in a separate comment.
• Write a post on your blog linking to my blog and to the My Lip Stuff website – Good for two entries. Leave this comment twice so you get both entries!

UPDATE: I have decided to extend the giveaway even longer to allow more people to enter! The giveaway will run through December 10 at midnight with the winner being announced by December 12. Just in time for Christmas, this makes a great gift for one of my readers! I will contact the lucky winner! Contest is open to residents of the U.S.

Good luck and thank you for your continued support of TBB!

Stay natural…stay beautiful…go green!

-Robin