18 October 2011
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Now, on to the topic at hand…
The very kind folks at Celestial Seasonings are helping me get a head-start on taking care of myself this winter. That’s right. They’ve been generous enough to send me a Celestial Seasonings Wellness Kit!
I adore Celestial Seasonings. In fact, one of my very first experiences with being wowed by the power of herbs was when I was suffering from horrific migraines and stress and my mom gave me some Celestial Seasonings Tension Tamer.
It was like a spiritual experience. From head to toe, I felt a calmness sweep throughout me and it was as if that magical cup of tea had whisked away my migraine pain and stress. From that moment, I was hooked and have enjoyed a huge variety of Celestial Seasonings tea over the years.
If you’ve read any of my in-depth reviews, you know I love to dig into the past and learn all about the history behind the company of products I review, as well as the people who started it all.
About Celestial Seasonings
I got more than I bargained for when I studied up on this company. Come to find out, in 1968 a few folks started harvesting herbs in the Colorado Mountains – Aspen, to be exact. These folks are: Mo and Peggy Siegel, Wyck Hay, and Lucinda Ziesing.
You just have to be in awe when you find out how the name Celestial Seasonings came to be…
Fun Fact!
The company’s name is actually Lucinda Ziesing’s nickname. Yes! In 1969, Celestial Seasonings evolved because of Lucinda’s nickname.
How cool is that, huh?!
(For more Celestial Seasonings facts, check out their timeline here.)
When 1970 rolled around, production was booming, with a total of six employees, in a Boulder barn owned by Michael Dominick.
By 1972, Celestial Seasonings was incorporated, the company had been purchasing herbs worldwide, moved into a larger facility, new teas were being created….
Over the 70’s, the company expanded internationally.
Throughout the 80’s and 90’s, a few big things happened:
- Kraft, Inc. purchased Celestial Seasonings.
- Mo Siegel came and went – first, retiring from the company to travel the world doing humanitarian work and then returning as CEO in 1991.
- “Celestial Seasonings management and Vestar Capital Partners bought company from Kraft through leveraged buyout.”
Today Celestial Seasonings continues to grow, expand, create new teas and products and I can’t wait to see what is to come from this amazing company!
So, you can imagine how I was pleasantly surprised when this super cool packaged arrived at my doorstep!
About the Book
I love alternative medicine. I’ve been fascinated by herbs and their uses for many years now and I must say, this is just one of the best books to have as your go-to guide for herbal remedies!
Herbs for Health and Happiness: All You Need to Know, written by Mo Siegel and Nancy Burke, this book is fun and easy to use. It is divided up in to sections that will make it easy for you to research ailments and which herbs you need to know to find happiness through herbs.
The holidays are coming up so it would make a great gift for any friends or family who are interested in herbal healing, teas, or their health in general.
I’m already using this fantabulous book as one of my references for an upcoming article to be published in the new year!
Let me guess… you’d LOVE to have a Celestial Seasonings Wellness Kit of your own? You can! Well, ONE of you can – because we’re having a giveaway!
In the past, I’ve posted the giveaways separately than the reviews and have given you up to 20 ways to enter.
Over time, it seems your enthusiasm over all the various ways to enter has turned into your being overwhelmed at the long list of ways to enter – SO things are going to change around here!
To make things much easier – and more fun! – for you, there’ll be a handful of ways to enter. There will be ONE required entry and then a couple extras. For each entry, please leave a separate comment. That’s all I ask.
In return, you’ll be entered to win an awesome Celestial Seasonings Wellness Kit of your own, which I know you’ll enjoy!
Giveaway Rules
There is only ONE required entry:
1. Visit ww.celestialseasonings.com and come back here and leave me a comment sharing which product you’d most like to try – or already have and love.
That’s it. Easy peasy!
For extra points:
2. “Like” the Celestial Seasonings Fan page.
3. Follow Celestial Seasonings on Twitter AND tweet this message:
@CelestialTea and @RawJuiceGirl are hosting a #wellness #giveaway! Enter HERE: http://tinyurl.com/5to8tgx
You can tweet up to 5 times per day, at least an hour apart.
You have until Thursday, October 27th to get your entries in. Winner will be chosen by Mr. Random (random.org). Entries will be received until midnight (Central Time).
Let the entries pile in, y’all!!!
I would love to try the roastaroma,not so much for me but for my hubby who is a huge coffee drinker and i think this may help him to ease off the java some! I have already has 30+ days of not eating meat,slow process but we’re getting there! lol…
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I’m a fan of celestial seasonings on FB already,tweets done! Thank you for the opportunity!
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This is my fav – it’s all I drink in the wintertime! http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/wellness-teas/echinacea-complete-care
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I am Celestial Teas biggest fan! I love every single tea they produce. The one I use the most is the Blood Orange Star Fruit Green Tea. It helps me fight off colds at work. I swear this tea is amazing! I already like the fan pages and recieve the companies newsletter, I live on their website….lol.
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I love their bengal spice tea.
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Hi Michele!
Of all the many products you have reviewed since we “met” on Plurk, this one is by far the most exciting for me! Just like you, I found my way to Celestial Seasonings because of migraines.. and later because of insomnia. I had NO idea that the products were so far reaching, however, until reading your review.
I will definitely be looking for the sleepy time lip balm to try!
As for which products I’ve tried and loved.. I think I’ve tried just about every single tea they have, and loved them all, each for their own special qualities, not to mention the amazing taste.
What I was most excited to see when looking at the web page was the K-Cups! I haven’t seen them in the local stores yet, but will be looking a little more closely now.
Thanks for the amazing chance to win these great products!
Paula
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I would love to try the Blood Orange Star Fruit Green Tea.
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I would like to try the African orange mango red tea.
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I “liked” the celestial seasonings fan page.
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May Canadians enter? I love the Candy Cane Lane holiday tea – it brings back good memories, and it’s special because I can only get it once a year.
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I’d love to try the Sleepytime Sinus Soother. Raspberry Zinger is a great stay-warm-without-caffeine tea.
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I love their Tension Tamer Tea as well. not only does it taste great, but it does give you a sense of peace and well-being. I’d really like to try their iced teas. They sound so good!
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I’ve been wanting to try the Roastaroma to see how it compares to coffee.
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I “Like” the Celestial Seasonings Fan page (Farmgirl)
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I follow Celestial Seasonings on twitter @sewmanythings
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Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/sewmanythings/status/126890213791383552
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I’d love to try their Gingerbread Spice holiday tea. I loooove gingerbread! I think I’m going to have to stock up so I don’t run out after the holidays are over.
Z.Grimm´s last [type] ..Pasta Dinner – With Or Without Meat!
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I love their country peach tea. I swear, it has singlehandedly cured several of my colds and sinus infections. Celestial Seasonings works miracles.
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I just bought Tension Tamer over the weekend and love it! Peppermint is also a favorite.
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Tweeted on Twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/1bets1/status/128541127182790656
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I am already a fan on facebook AND twitter, and sent the tweet.
Also; my all time favorite is sleepytime orginal. I have a story behind it, my mom gave me my first cup at 14 when I wouldn’t stop crying over my first broken heart. Since then, it’s been nothing but love the whole time. I still drink a cup every night, but lately have been drinking tension tamer as well because it’s helping my headaches, and now sinus soother sleepytime because I’ve had a sinus infection. All it takes is a cup of sleepytime to feel like home agian.
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I love Celestial Seasonings! Right now, I’m drinking a cup of Lemon Zinger, but Sleepytime Vanilla is my favorite!
Kate (a.k.a. Gwenelle)´s last [type] ..Lovin’ on Etsy
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I’m also following Celestial Seasonings on Facebook and Twitter, and tweeted about the giveaway
Kate (a.k.a. Gwenelle)´s last [type] ..Lovin’ on Etsy
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My favorite is the Bengal Spice (with milk and honey in it!). The Sleepytime is also very good.
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I got totally addicted to green tea while I was in Japan, and I’d love to try Celestial Seasons.
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I’d like to try Raspberry Cool Brew Iced Tea.
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I have always loved Sleepy Time! It has been and I imagine will always be my favorite. Spearmint makes me happy
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I already like them on facebook!
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I tweeted
@BarefootAngieB and I follow them on twitter now
Angie Bee´s last [type] ..Barefoot and minimal shoe running composite video
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Honey Lemon Ginseng Green Tea
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Wow, I didn’t know they made Sleepytime Vanilla! I love the classic Sleepytime, it’s even tasty iced on a summer evening. Niiiiiiiice.
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Oooh, and I just liked the Celestial Seasonings FB page. Yay!
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And now I’ve followed and tweeted. Can you tell I’m eager about this contest? *eagerface* It’s already getting cold here, that kit looks mighty fine!
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I “Like” the Celestial Seasonings Fan page.
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I tweeted about this!
@BarefootAngieB
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last tweet – no whammies! https://mobile.twitter.com/simplydab/status/129732940098838528
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I tweeted about this!!
@BarefootAngieB
Angie Bee´s last [type] ..Barefoot Form is the Little Black Dress of Running.
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