Dr. Dobb's Peppermint Tingle Lip Balm

Hi everyone! Today I am putting down the nail polish to talk to you a little more in depth about an essential in my beauty routine. I know I have mentioned this product before but I thought I would give you all some more information on it because it's my all time favorite lip balm ever and pretty much no one I know has heard of it. 

When I was in law school I was shopping at my school's co-op (bookstore basically) and noticed this little beauty out of the corner of my eye. I needed some lip balm, and I love peppermint, so I purchased a stick and the rest is history.  

On the first try, I was hooked. This is BY FAR the best lip balm I have ever used.  I used to use Burt's Bees and this honestly blows Burt's Bees out of the water in every way. This is the smoothest balm ever. It glides onto your lips and never feels waxy. The peppermint scent and taste is strong, so you have to love it to appreciate this balm. I adore peppermint so to me this is a win! As the name indicates, it does tingle, but not in the way a lip plumper does, but rather it has a cooling, soothing effect on the lips. I just love how cool it feels.

Dr. Dobb's is all natural, here's what's inside:

Coconut Oil: A rich skin moisturizer with healing properties 

Beeswax: Natural base used instead of petroleum or lanolin products

Sweet Almond Oil: Helps relieve pain, softens skins and promotes good complexion Tocopheryl Acetate & Tocopheryl (Vitamin E): Heals burns and skin abrasions 

Peppermint Oil: Cooling tonic with stimulating action 

Lanolin: An emollient that helps penetrate the skin with moisturizing properties

Rosemary Extract: Skin softening agent that helps prevent infection

See all of those great things this contains? 

The only downfall of this product is that it can be hard to find. Here's a list of locations that  carry it, I hope you have a place in your area because this stuff is really worth it! Dr. Dobb's also has a variety of other great products that I have tried, including different flavored balms, bath oil, cuticle butter, and soap. Great stuff!

Have you tried anything by Dr. Dobb's? What do you think of their products? What is your favorite lip balm ever?

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100 + Followers/Birthday Giveaway WINNER

Thank you to everyone who entered my 100 followers giveaway!!! There were 148 comments on that giveaway and the winner was selected using random.org. I entered 148 into the random number generator asking it to select a number between 1 and 148. The number selected was 23 so I counted down to the 23rd comment to select the winner.

And the winner is......

VANESSA!

Congratulations Vanessa. I will email you after I post this and you'll have 48 hours to respond with your mailing address so I can ship your prize off to you.

Thanks again to everyone who entered. If you don't win this time don't fret, I plan to have another contest just as soon as I can scrape some more money together for prizes (LOL). I appreciate all of my wonderful readers so keep reading and please keep commenting because the comments are what make blogging truly fun!!!

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CLOSED 100 + Followers/Birthday Giveaway CLOSED

It's contest time!!! My birthday is April 27th so I thought I'd give my wonderful followers a present to celebrate with me. I also want to celebrate 100+ followers. Thank you so much for following, reading and commenting on my blog! You guys make blogging fun so without you I wouldn't have much to talk about. This contest is being held by me and is not sponsored by any company. Prizes were purchased with my money.

So what are the prizes? Check the photo out below. Click to enlarge.

One lucky winner will receive:
1. One tube of Dr. Dobbs' Tantalizing Tangerine flavored lip balm
2. One tube of Dr. Dobbs' Peppermint Tingle lip balm (my favorite!!)
3. One tube of Dr. Dobbs' Perk O' Lips Coffee flavored lip balm
4. One bottle of Sinful Colors nail polish in San Fransisco (a shimmery emerald green)
5. One bottle of Sinful Colors nail polish in Thimbleberry (a bright coral/pink creme)
6. One bottle of Sinful Colors nail polish in Daddy's Girl (a dark purple with a pink duochrome)
7. One bottle of Sinful Colors nail polish in Let's Talk (a medium toned frosty purple)

Sound good?? Here's how to enter:

Rules: Subscribe to/ Follow Prim and Polished. You MUST be a follower. After all this contest is to show appreciation for those of you who follow. New and existing followers count, so if you're not already following go ahead and do so, it's easy! (International followers are welcome to enter, shipping will just be the cheapest possible). Make sure to leave your email address on each comment entry so that if you win I can reach you.

Required for One entry: Leave a comment letting me know that you're a follower. (Make sure to leave your email address)

Optional for Additional Entries: (please leave a separate comment for each entry make sure to leave your email address on all comments)

1. Blog about this giveaway (you may use the photo of the prizes above) and leave a comment with a link to the post.
2. Fan Prim and Polished on Facebook. Current fans count, just leave a comment letting me know your name on there.
3. Follow Prim and Polished on Twitter. Current followers count, just leave a comment with a link to your twitter account.
4. Tweet about this contest. Leave a comment with the link to your tweet. INCLUDE @primandpolished in the tweet please. Or just tweet "@primandpolished is having a giveaway. Enter here to win: http://tinyurl.com/ybwp2e2 "
   
5. Follow Kitchen Catastrophes. Leave me a comment letting me know you are following.
6. Post my button on your blog or website. (Just copy and past the code you see in my side bar where it says "Grab my button") and leave me a comment with the link.
7. Add me to your blogroll. Leave me a comment with a link. If I am already there it counts too just leave me a comment with the link.
8. Refer friends to my blog. If they decide to follow just ask them to comment on this post telling me you sent them. You'll get an additional entry for each referral and they will get and entry for following me and telling me you sent them.
   

So you can end up with a total of 9 entries. Pretty sweet.

The contest will begin today, April 6, 2010 and will end on my birthday April 27th at 9:00 pm EST. I will announce the winner before May 1st. The winner will be contacted with the email address provided in the comment and will have 48 hours to respond to the email with shipping information. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours a new winner will be selected.

Winners will be selected using random.org. Please remember to leave one comment per entry so that all of your efforts will be counted. Good luck and have fun!

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