Warning: This is going to be a whopper of a post!

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a hermit, a homebody, a gal who’d rather stay home than most anything else in the world. Raw Juice Girl LOVES being home, ADORES it. But even as much as I cherish the comfort of my home, even I get cabin fever sometimes. Even I need a day out once in a while – and today was that day!  

I’m going to tell you all about it, but first I want to tell you about a very exciting…

Upcoming Review

I have a fantabulous surprise in the works for you all and can’t wait to share! I am bursting at the seams – and soon you’ll know why. Want a hint? In the near future, I’ll be reviewing a super AMAZING and RAWSOME product (one that you’ve seen across the blogosphere because it’s very popular right now!) from the very generous folks at CSN Stores – the same folks who offer these beautiful home bars! Do you have your own private bar? I’m not a drinker, but if I had a special bar in my house, it would most definitely be a juice/smoothie bar – and I’d want the Harvard Bar Set (shown below).

Y’all could come and sit while I whipped you up nutritious, delicious, out-of-this-world, raw juices or smoothies – your pick!

Which barstools do you like the most? Are you a barstool type person or do you prefer chairs? Or, do you prefer plopping on the cozy couch while sipping your favorite beverage?

Do tell!

But first I have to share my day out with you…

I went to a few different thrift shops, but I did get some

New Shoes

Every gal loves a new pair of shoes, right? Okay, I’m not a shoe lover like some gals. I don’t have to have countless shoes in my possession to be happy – but my tennis shoes were really sad so I finally gave in and went on a search for a pair. I ended up with these cutesy, frugal ones: $11!!!!

Love the pink!

I could’ve played it safe and gone with boring white, but sometimes a gal just needs some color in her life.

And the best part about these shoes? They are eco-friendly! The lining is made from 100% recycled material (plastic bottles + post-industrial material). Eeeekkk!!!

New Tumbler

I also picked up a cute cup/tumbler – for just $2!!!! It’s the perfect size for a smoothie or juice and I love it!

What’s that in the background? It’s a lettuce knife! It was also about $2 and I thought it was a pretty color.

LOVE it!

iHerb Shopping Spree

The generous folks over at www.iHerb.com allowed me to go on a $50 shopping spree to get a feel for the way their business works, and I jumped at the chance. Not only did this shopping spree give me the opportunity to stock back up on flax seed oil and hemp seeds, but I can now try the Lucuma powder I’ve heard so much about, plus the Bach Remedies.

I chose the Rescue Sleep and the Rescue Remedy Stress Relief. I’m really anxious to try these out – life is especially stressful right now so this is the perfect time for reviewing these remedies.

Nuttzo

I’ve been wondering what all the buzz is about because so many bloggers are bonkers over Nuttzo – well, now I KNOW why. It’s SO unique and delicious and nutritious and addictive. Expect an in-depth review of this fantabulous stuff soon. And be sure to look for it in my OpenSky shop – it will be on my cyber shelves TOMORROW.

I have a WAY cool recipe in mind for Nuttzo – fingers crossed that it turns out well!

Expect lots of mentions plus in-depth reviews of all the products I’ve mentioned in this post.

Contest Alerts

Averie, at Love Veggies & Yoga, is giving away a Celestial Seasonings Natural Wellness Kit

Jenny, from Peanut Butter & Jenny, is giving away a 2 pound bag of chia seeds

And don’t forget about the two contests I’m currently hosting:

• $40 gift certificate for Sunset Blvd (they have all sorts of health and wellness items: yoga mats, natural first aid, organic hemp cloth diapers, healing stones – and more!)
• Tropical Traditions Certified Organic, Raw, Wild, Unprocessed Honey

What’s your favorite idea of a day out? Do you go shopping? Fishing? Enjoy a picnic? A massage? Visit with friends? What? And do you go all out and splurge on expensive stuff at the mall or high-end stores or do you hit the thrift shops, frugally? How much is too much to pay for something in your opinion? Are you happy with clothes or other items that are in really good condition but have been used by someone else – or do you only accept the best, name-brand, costly stuff? Chime in, folks! I want to hear all about it!!! But don’t forget to enter those contests I mentioned – they’re awesome!

Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose.  Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.

Remember the review I recently wrote about Tropical Traditions Certified Organic, Raw, Wild Honey? Well, the very generous folks at Tropical Traditions have decided to allow one of you, my fantabulous readers, to win your very own 17.6 ounce jar! Eeeek!

In case you’re just tuning in, or missed that post, here’s a recap of the recipes I created with this superb honey:

Chocolate Banana Avocado Pudding

(See full recipe with instructions and photos here .)

Happy Hemp Honey Holes

(See full recipe with instructions and photos here.)

Coconut PB Honey Overnight Oats

(See full recipe with instructions and photos here.)

Inside-Out Coconut Peanut Butter Cups

(See full recipe with instructions and photos here .)

And my recipe was also published on the Tropical Traditions website!!! <— I’m really excited about that, and very proud.

Search for tons of awesome recipes by clicking the banner:

Please read the contest rules before entering. Comments are moderated so you won’t see your entries right away. Thanks!

Contest Rules

This contest is open to U.S. and Canada residents only – sorry International readers!

There are only TWO required entries for this contest – but if you REALLY want to win, there are several (fun) extra ways you can enter following these required options:

Required entry #1

Subscribe to the Tropical Traditions email Sales Newsletter here: http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/subscribe_for_special_sales.cfm and come back to this post and leave a comment, letting me know that you did.

Required entry #2

Visit www.tropicaltraditions.com and come back here and leave a comment, letting me know which product (or recipe) is something you’d love to try.

There are 20 ways to enter this contest!!

** You must complete the above two entries before the following ones count.**

AND… If you want to put in a little extra effort….

(and receive a LOT of extra entries – aka chances to win) keep reading…

Numerous ways to get extra entries!

Note: The reason I ask you to leave a comment for EACH, SEPARATE entry is because I enter the total number of comments at random.org once the contest has ended – and each comment represents your entry number.

3. For FIVE EXTRA ENTRIES, share this contest on your blog, linking back to this post. Leave FIVE SEPARATE COMMENTS to let me know you did.(Yep, you’ll really leave FIVE different comments for this so you’ll be able to get five extra entries. )

4. Become a fan of Tropical Traditions on Facebook. Then, come back here and leave a comment to let me know you did that – or that you already are.

5. Become a fan of Raw Juice Girl on Facebook. Leave a comment on this post saying you did -or that you already are.

6. Follow Healing with (Raw) Juices on Facebook’s Networked Blogs. Leave a comment on this post saying that you did – or do.

7. Do you use Twitter? Follow @RawJuiceGirl on Twitter. Comment on this post, saying you did – or do.

8. Follow @TropTraditions on Twitter. Leave a comment on this post that you did that.

9. Tweet about this contest and then leave a comment with your Twitter name. Use this tweet:

@RawJuiceGirl is giving away #raw #wild #honey from @TropTraditions Enter now: http://goo.gl/fb/XpMG

Then, leave a comment that you did – with your Twitter name or status link.

FOR EVEN MORE ENTRIES: For tweets, Facebook shares, or Plurk you may share the contest up to 5 times a day, but each tweet/share must be 1-2 hours or so after the previous one. (Thanks so much for understanding my position of keeping things fair and square, y’all!)

10. Subscribe to Healing with (Raw) Juices via e-mail (sign up here) – be sure to verify your subscription or this entry won’t count. Then comment and let me know you did – or that you already are.

11. Subscribe to Healing with (Raw) Juices via RSS (sign up here). Then leave a comment telling me you did – or that you are.

12. Subscribe to my brand-new newsletter (sign up here). Then comment here and let me know you did – or that you area.

13. Do you Plurk? Plurk about this contest and leave a comment with your Plurk URL.

14. Add me as a friend on Wellsphere . Leave a comment saying that you did- or do. 15. Add me as a friend on RawFu. Leave a comment saying that you did- or that you area.

16. Add me as a friend on Give it to Me Raw. Leave a comment saying that you did- or that you are.

17. Subscribe to Raw Juice Girl’s YouTube channel. Leave a comment saying that you did- or that you are.

18. Are you a Stumbler? Stumble and review any post you want to–just leave the link to your SU review in (its own) comment.

19. Do you have a Digg account? Digg this post. Come back and leave a comment on this post with a link to your Digg post.

20. Visit Tropical Traditions blog. Come back here and leave a comment sharing which of their newest products you’d most like to try.

NOTE: Please leave a comment for each entry (tweet, plurk, etc.) because each comment will be counted as a number when I enter the total number of comments at Random.org once the contest ends.

Deadline

Contest ends Wednesday, March 31. I’ll accept comments until midnight. (Central Time). Winner will be posted Thursday, April 1.

That gives you THREE WEEKS to get your entries in. Hurry and spread the word. The more entries you have, the higher your chances of winning a delicious jar of Tropical Traditions Certified Organic, Raw, Wild, Unprocessed Honey!!!

Let the contest begin!!!

Can’t wait?

Check out the Referral Option:

If you’d like to join the Tropical Traditions Healthy Buyer’s Club, visit www.healthybuyersclub.com/orderform.cfm

And enter Raw Juice Girl’s User ID number: 4845073

By following these steps, you will receive a complimentary copy of the book Virgin Coconut Oil: How it has changed people’s lives and how it can change yours! by Brian and Marianita Shilhavy.

Your sponsor (that’d be me! ) will receive a coupon for a complimentary gift to redeem on their next order.

You may view the current complimentary gift being offered here: http://www.tropicaltraditions.com//referral_program.htm

Further instructions can be found here.

Thanks again to www.tropicaltraditions.com!

Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose.  Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.

Hope your weekend was fantabulous, and that your week is going smoothly and I really hope you’re enjoying some sunshine somewhere in this world.

The sun is coming and going here. At least there’s no snow. We’re supposed to get rain for a few days, though. Spring, I need you to get here already!

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll remember me mentioning that there was a redesign in the midst, and that things might get a little wonky around here for a couple of days.

As you can see, this blog has received a complete makeover. The transition went pretty smoothly. Thanks to the awesome Web Tech, Rebecca Laffar-Smith, you can now focus more on the content of the blog posts and enjoy less clutter. We’re still going to switch the sidebars around a little but hopefully you’re already enjoying that there’s less clutter and it’s more organized.

We’re also working on the page buttons at the top of the page. I’m trying to organize the pages with drop-down tabs so that when you click on Recipes, you’ll see a drop-down menu for Salads, Juices, Smoothies, Desserts, etc. And the same for Reviews… you’ll see Books, DVDs, Food, and so on.

And here’s the before and after comparison….

Before

After

I believe the new theme is much better for y’all. Not only is it beautifully designed, it’s more organized and user-friendly. You’ll see I kept my feed dolly. She’s dear to my heart and she just makes me happy. Silly? Maybe, but it’s how I feel.

Some of My Favorite Features

I thought I’d share some of my favorites of this theme.

One of my top favorite features is that on the home page, you get to see a large excerpt of the most recent post and if you scroll down a little, you can see a variety of extra posts you might want to get caught up on, and you can see a photo and some text from those posts, too!

I also love that:

• it’s more organized
• the header is scooted way up
• the pages will now have a drop-down menu
• the search bar should benefit you much more now
• there are share buttons at the bottom of each post
• there is a plugin that rotates ads in the sidebar so you aren’t bombarded with tons of big ads flashing
• and so much more!

And… I love the fact that you can see so many recent posts in the “Latest Juicy Articles” section:

I’m just really excited about this whole theme – in case you couldn’t tell.

Fantabulous News

This theme is the RLS–Rebecca Theme – it will be available to y’all soon! That’s right, Rebecca created this theme and will be making it available to the public in the near future. I’m SO very honored that we got to test the tech waters out first. Rebecca is very talented and is just a joy to work with. I never feel dumb, or like I’m a bother. Rebecca’s customer service is the best – and so is she. Seriously!

Your Turn

Now that you know I love the fresh, new theme – and Rebecca’s work – how do YOU feel about it? I know many of you had requested the header be moved up. Done. A lot of you wanted better organization. It will take me a little while to get the pages reorganized and separated, but I’ll keep at it ‘till it’s finished. And I know you must be appreciating the cleaner sidebars, and that they’re to the right. Are YOU happy with the new design? Is it what you were hoping for? Better? Is there anything else you’d like to see? Chime in with your thoughts!

Contest Reminder

I hope you haven’t forgotten about the $40 gift certificate I’m giving away. This is a great opportunity, y’all!

I just found out that the folks at Amazing Grass are having a sale on their Berry Green SuperFood.

Get a whopping 40% discount by entering the following code: berry10

This offer is valid starting Monday, March 8 and ends the following Monday, March 15. Enjoy your grass!

Ingredient list:

Berry Green SuperFood: All natural and organic ingredients include organic wheat grass, organic barley grass, organic alfalfa, organic spirulina, organic spinach, organic chlorella (cracked cell-wall), organic broccoli, organic acai from Sambazon, organic maca, organic carrot, organic beet, raspberry, organic rose hips, pineapple, organic goji berries, green tea, acerola cherry, organic flax seed powder, apple pectin fiber, F.O.S. (from chicory root), L. acidophilus, alpha and beta amylase, protease, lipase, lactase, cellulase, siberian eleuthero root, peppermint and other natural flavors.
100% Vegan.

Disclaimer: The image of Amazing Grass Berry Green SuperFood is an affiliate image. If you enter the Amazing Grass site by clicking on the image, I will receive a small commission. Thanks in advance for supporting Amazing Grass – and Raw Juice Girl!

I already reviewed the coconut peanut butter. If you’d like to read that in-depth review, click here.

And now on to my thoughts on raw honey…

It’s Raw!

You know I have a soft spot for raw foods and their healing benefits. This honey would be RAWsome in a smoothie, y’all – especially if you’re wanting added sweetness to hide the taste of kale!

From the site:

Tropical Traditions Organic Raw Honey comes from the frontier areas of Canada, and is only harvested during a 6-week period in the summer. Tropical Traditions is the exclusive source of this premium organic honey in the U.S. Most commercial honeys available on the market today come from bee farms, where the bees are controlled within a certain area and get their pollen from usually only one kind of flower. Many of the plants that produce these flowers (clover, orange blossom, etc.) are grown with pesticides and fertilizers as well. In addition, almost all honeys on the market are pasteurized in high heat and filtered, removing many of the beneficial nutrients and enzymes.

Tropical Traditions Organic Raw Honey has not been subjected to the heat of processing, only warmed enough to flow (same temperatures the honey would see inside the hive). We select only premium honey that is pure, smooth and creamy, with the consistency of soft margarine at harvest. It contains live yeast and enzymes, because it has not been processed. It also contains pollen because it has not been filtered—merely screened.

Fine textured crystals are characteristic of totally pure, unheated, unprocessed, raw honey. Properly crystallized honey has a fine, smooth texture. Crystallized honey preserves natural goodness and doesn’t drip. The more rapidly honey crystallizes the finer the texture will be. It will also turn harder over time as it crystallizes. Truly raw honeys do not deteriorate with age, but like fine wines, continue to age and develop into more complex tastes.

Some of you wondered why Tropical Traditions raw honey is solid – and not liquid/runny like you see in stores. I hope the above information helps you understand.

Fun Fact!

“Honey has been used since ancient times both as a food and as a medicine. Apiculture, the practice of beekeeping to produce honey, dates back to at least 700 BC. For many centuries, honey was regarded as sacred due to its wonderfully sweet properties as well as its rarity. It was used mainly in religious ceremonies to pay tribute to the gods, as well as to embalm the deceased. Honey was also used for a variety of medicinal and cosmetic purposes. For a long time in history, its use in cooking was reserved only for the wealthy since it was so expensive that only they could afford it.”—WH Foods

It’s (Certified) Organic!

I know for most of you, consuming (certified) organic foods is a priority. It’s not always easy to find certified organic products but when we do, it’s a blessing!

From the site:

In order for honey to be certified organic, the beehives must be placed in isolated areas miles from the dense population, industry, traffic congestion, and farm fields treated with chemicals and landfills. Second, a bee’s flying range is determined by their natural instinct which tells them to stay within their natural four mile range from the hive location. Finding area which can be certified organic is extremely difficult, which is why there are so few certified organic honeys on the market. Tropical Traditions sources its honey from hives in the wild frontier areas of Canada.

These regions are a rich source of wild vegetation that produce some of the finest honey in the world. The USDA and Canadian Organic Certification implies a rigorous set of standards and conditions that must be adhered to by both the producer (beekeeper) and the packager. All aspects of the honey production including the source of the nectar, forage area of the bees, management of the bees, extracting process, transportation, “lot” management, processing temperature, integrity (no co-mingling with non-organic honey), screening, and, packaging materials, are taken into account in the certification process.

17.6 oz. glass jar
Retail: $17.50

15 lb. pail
Retail: $160.00

Health Benefits

Raw honey is anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-bacterial and has been known to help:

• alleviate sore, raw throats
• coughing
• allergies
• heal wounds
• fight against free radicals
• lower cholesterol
• increase energy
• improve athletic performance
• boost the immune system
• and more!

“Phytonutrients found both in honey and propolis have been shown to posssess cancer-preventing and anti-tumor properties. These substances include caffeic acid methyl caffeate, phenylethyl caffeate, and phenylethyl dimethylcaffeate. Researchers have discovered that these substances prevent colon cancer in animals by shutting down activity of two enzymes, phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C and lipoxygenase. When raw honey is extensively processed and heated, the benefits of these phytonutrients are largely eliminated.”—WH Foods

Raw honey is also a wonderful natural beauty treatment. Smear some on your face and let the raw goodness seep into your pores.

Diabetics don’t have to fear raw honey either:

“Honey may promote better blood sugar control. Proper fueling of the liver is central to optimal glucose metabolism during sleep and exercise. Honey is the ideal liver fuel because it contains a nearly 1:1 ratio of fructose to glucose. Fructose “unlocks” the enzyme from the liver cell’s nucleus that is necessary for the incorporation of glucose into glycogen (the form in which sugar is stored in the liver and muscle cells). An adequate glycogen store in the liver is essential to supply the brain with fuel when we are sleeping and during prolonged exercise. When glycogen stores are insufficient, the brain triggers the release of stress hormones – adrenalin and cortisol – in order to convert muscle protein into glucose. Repeated metabolic stress from cortisol produced when less than optimal liver glycogen stores are available during sleep, leads over time, to impaired glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, diabetes, and increased risk for cardiovascular disease and obesity.”—WH Foods

Also, Whole Foods says: “Although our food ranking system did not qualify honey as a dense source of traditional nutrients, it did emerge as a source of vitamin B2, vitamin B6, iron and manganese.”

Pros

As you can see, Tropical Traditions honey is raw, certified organic, and is super high quality, so I know it’s not only chock-full of sweet deliciousness – every smidgen is bursting with health benefits and energy.

I personally love that the raw honey is solid. It’s fun to use and all you have to do to keep the raw enzymes intact and turn it into liquid, is simply put the amount you need in a small bowl and set that bowl in a bowl of warm water – or set that small (glass) bowl/cup near a low heat so it can liquefy.

Cons

It may be a little expensive, if you’re frugal or having to really watch your pennies. A  17.6 oz. glass jar retails for $17.50 so if you’re used to spending $3 – $5 for regular old honey at the grocery store, you might feel like the cost of this honey is a huge splurge for you; however, isn’t what we put into our bodies worth the extra cost?

And that is seriously the only con I can think of, folks!

Verdict/Grade

Raw Juice Girl gives this honey an A. I feel it deserves an A because it’s truly raw, it’s wild, it’s natural, it’s (certified) organic and cruelty-free. I also believe it deserves an A because the company does everything it can to ensure it is the quality product they say it is. And I didn’t add the + (a lot of times I give products an A+) because I feel that the cost may be an issue for some of you. Although I absolutely feel it’s a worthy investment and you are only going to use a small amount so it would last you a while, $17.50 plus shipping is a lot for some folks to shell out – and I realize that.

If you can rearrange your budget or can afford this at all, I absolutely feel it’s worthy every single penny. You have my word!

And be sure to check out the recipes I created using Tropical Traditions raw honey:

Chocolate Banana Avocado Pudding

(See full recipe with instructions and photos here .)

Happy Hemp Honey Holes

(See full recipe with instructions and photos here.)

Coconut PB Honey Overnight Oats

(See full recipe with instructions and photos here.)

Inside-Out Coconut Peanut Butter Cups

(See full recipe with instructions and photos here .)

And my recipe was also published on the Tropical Traditions website!!! <— I’m really excited about that, and very proud.

Search for tons of awesome recipes by clicking the banner:

Referral Option

If you’d like to join the Tropical Traditions Healthy Buyer’s Club, visit www.healthybuyersclub.com/orderform.cfm

And enter Raw Juice Girl’s ID number: 4845073

By following these steps, you will receive a complimentary copy of the book Virgin Coconut Oil: How it has changed people’s lives and how it can change yours! by Brian and Marianita Shilhavy.

Your sponsor (that’d be me! ) will receive a coupon for a complimentary gift to redeem on their next order.

You may view the current complimentary gift being offered here: http://www.tropicaltraditions.com//referral_program.htm

Further instructions can be found here.

Thanks again to www.tropicaltraditions.com!

Have you tried Tropical Traditions raw honey? Did you love it? What did you think of the consistency? Was it sweeter or better than other honeys you’ve tried? Do you prefer the solid consistency or are you set in your ways when it comes to runny honey? Of course, I realize it isn’t vegan but to my vegan readers: Don’t you think this honey is a wonderful honey to use for those who are transitioning to veganism? Don’t you agree? Or, I know some vegans consume honey from time-to-time. If that’s you, would you give this raw honey a try? Chime in, folks! I LOVE reading your thoughts!

Oh, and just in case you didn’t hear the news: This site is in the midst of a redesign and things might get a little wonky for the next couple of days.

Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose.  Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.

References:

WH Foods: Honey

I wanted to give you a heads-up that things MIGHT get a little wonky around here for a couple of days. Hopefully they won’t, but sometime tonight or tomorrow, you’ll see a whole new theme here.

My Web tech, Rebecca Laffar-Smith, has created a custom theme for us. She’ll actually be releasing her theme to the public pretty soon, too. But we get to test the tech waters out first – isn’t that awesome?!

I think you’ll enjoy the changes. The posts will now be on the left side. There will still be two sidebars, but they’ve been moved to the right and I’ve already started deleting stuff but it may take a day or so for me to get things rearranged. Hopefully not, though.

You’ll notice the header is moved up and so you’ll see more of the post and sidebars instead of so much header from now on.

This is very exciting and I can’t wait for the new theme to be revealed. So, please bear with us during this transition, as we strive to clean things up around here and make this site the best we possibly can for you all.

Hope you’re having a fantabulous weekend!

And if you haven’t already, feel free to chime in on the open thread – share your thoughts and opinions about the direction this site is going!

Contest Alert

A Bitt of Raw is giving away a 5″ ceramic kitchen knife (ends Thursday, March 11, 2010)

I’m hosting a giveaway for Sunlight Blvd, for a $40 gift certificate (ends Saturday, March 13, 2010)

Hope  you had a fantabulous week.

I thought I’d share with you that the kind folks at CaliBowl graciously sent a set of their bowls for me to review: a CaliStack set of 4 bowls, aqua blue.

LOVE the Color!!

Look at the pretty colors!

I had to try a bowl out right away.

Chocolate Chia Pudding

The CaliBowl Website

Get ready for an in-depth review in the near future!

And I haven’t forgotten about the raw honey contest. It’s coming soon. Had to deal with some tech issues and other stuff on my end, but it’s all fixed now.

Contest Alert/Reminder

Two Boos Who Eat blog is giving away an Aurorae yoga mat!

Don’t forget about the latest contest: $40 Gift Certificate from Sunlight Blvd

Have you used CaliBowls? Had you ever heard of them? Have you been fantasizing about them? What color would you pick? Or would you mix and match and enjoy all the different colors? I’ll be adding these fantabulous bowls to my OpenSky shop – look for them tomorrow!

Anyway, I was super excited that the folks at Sunlight Blvd contacted with with a gracious offer for you: a $40 gift certificate!!!

Disclaimer: Sunlight Blvd offered to give away a $40 gift certificate to one of my readers. They did not pay me to host this contest. And I didn’t receive any products, gift certificate, or a coupon code for myself.

Please read the contest rules before entering. Comments are moderated so you won’t see your entries right away. Thanks!

Contest Rules

There are 20 ways to enter this contest!!

There are only TWO required entries for this contest – but if you REALLY want to win, there are several (fun) extra ways you can enter following these required options:

Required entry #1

Subscribe to the Sunlight Blvd email Sales Newsletter. (Visit  www.sunlightblvd.com and scroll to the social media info at the bottom of the page and look to the bottom-right of the page. Subscribe to the newsletter there. Then come back to this post and leave a comment, letting me know that you did.

Required entry #2

Visit www.sunlightblvd.com and come back here and leave a comment, letting me know which product(s) you’d love to buy, or win.

** You must complete the above two entries before the following ones count.**

AND… If you want to put in a little extra effort….

(and receive a LOT of extra entries – aka chances to win) keep reading…

Numerous ways to get extra entries!

Note: The reason I ask you to leave a comment for EACH, SEPARATE entry is because I enter the total number of comments at random.org once the contest has ended – and each comment represents your entry number.

3. For FIVE EXTRA ENTRIES, share this contest on your blog, linking back to this post. Leave FIVE SEPARATE COMMENTS to let me know you did.(Yep, you’ll really leave FIVE different comments for this so you’ll be able to get five extra entries. )

4. Become a fan of Sunlight Blvd on Facebook. Then, come back here and leave a comment to let me know you did that – or do.

5. Become a fan of Raw Juice Girl on Facebook. Leave a comment on this post saying you did -or that you already are.

6. Follow Healing with (Raw) Juices on Facebook’s Networked Blogs. Leave a comment on this post saying that you did – or do.

7. Do you use Twitter? Follow @RawJuiceGirl on Twitter. Comment on this post, saying you did – or do.

8. Follow @SunlightBlvd on Twitter. Leave a comment on this post that you did that.

9. Tweet about this contest and then leave a comment with your Twitter name.

Use this tweet:

@RawJuiceGirl is giving away a $40 gift certificate from @SunlightBlvd. Enter now: http://tinyurl.com/yd9usa2 <— #giveaway #health

Then, leave a comment that you did – with your Twitter name or status link.

FOR EVEN MORE ENTRIES:

For tweets, Facebook shares, or Plurk you may share the contest up to 5 times a day, but each tweet/share must be 1-2 hours or so after the previous one. (Thanks so much for understanding my position of keeping things fair and square, y’all!)

10. Subscribe to Healing with (Raw) Juices via e-mail (sign up here) – be sure to verify your subscription or this entry won’t count. Then comment and let me know you did – or that you already are.

11. Subscribe to Healing with (Raw) Juices via RSS (sign up here). Then leave a comment telling me you did – or that you are.

12. Subscribe to my brand-new newsletter (sign up here). Then comment here and let me know you did – or that you area.

13. Do you Plurk? Plurk about this contest and leave a comment with your Plurk URL.

14. Add me as a friend on Wellsphere . Leave a comment saying that you did- or do.

15. Add me as a friend on RawFu. Leave a comment saying that you did- or that you area.

16. Add me as a friend on Give it to Me Raw. Leave a comment saying that you did- or that you are.

17. Subscribe to Raw Juice Girl’s YouTube channel. Leave a comment saying that you did- or that you are.

18. Are you a Stumbler? Stumble and review any post you want to–just leave the link to your SU review in (its own) comment.

19. Do you have a Digg account? Digg this post. Come back and leave a comment on this post with a link to your Digg post.

20. Visit Sunlight Blvd’s blog (Natural Life 101) and comment on one of their posts. Come back here and leave a comment so I know you did that.

NOTE: Please leave a comment for each entry (tweet, plurk, etc.) because each comment will be counted as a number when I enter the total number of comments at Random.org once the contest ends.

Oh, and I’ll be using Random.org to choose the winner.

Deadline

Contest ends Friday, March 12. I’ll accept comments until midnight. (Central Time). Winner will be posted Saturday, March 13.

That gives you ONE WEEK to get your entries in. Hurry and spread the word. The more entries you have, the higher your chances of winning a $40 Sunlight Blvd Superior Health Products Gift Certificate!!!

Let the contest begin!!!

Hope y’all are doing well! Just testing the tech waters – they’ve been pretty rocky from my end.