GREEN GIVEAWAY WEDNESDAY!

Normally, I just love Giveaway Wednesday. It's a great opportunity to win friends and influence people! Well, influence people anyway ~ by giving away green products, hopefully others will decide to take small steps to make their lives more green through the products that they purchase.

However, this week is a bit different. That's because it is such an AMAZING Giveaway, that I wish I could keep it myself. How selfish, I know!

This week's Giveaway item is a Dr. Hauschka 40th Anniversary gift set. The gift set contains Cleansing Cream, Facial Toner and Rose Day Cream, and comes packaged in a beautiful commemorative tin.

Dr. Hauschka is a German company that is well-known worldwide for its outstanding products. Their ingredients are all natural, and the company grows its own 100% organic medicinal herbs for use in their products. How is that for attention to detail?! This company was "green" back when the word only meant a colour! Rudolf Hauschka wasn't being trendy, he was being true to what he believed in. The products are a bit pricier than some others, but you are paying for quality as well as time-tested products.

The ingredients in these products are ALL pronounceable (fitting in well with my "if you can't pronounce it, it probably isn't good for you or the environment" belief). The Facial Toner, for example, contains: Water, Kidney Vetch Extract, Alcohol, Witch Hazel Extract and Essential Oils. The Rose Day Cream in particular is recommended by Canada's Gill Deacon in her book, Green for Life.

I haven't done any product reviews yet on Dr. Hauschka products, but hope to do some in future. The company certainly seems to set the "GOLD STANDARD" in the industry.

This prize if from lilou-organics, and is worth over $60! lilou-organics is an Ontario, Canada-based business that sells high-quality organic body products. I have personally ordered from them in the past, and they are terrific to deal with. Fast shipping, FREE with an order $100+ Canadian ($150+ to the U.S.), and incredible customer service. Plus, you can select free samples when you place your order for other products that you would like to try.

Just two catches to this giveaway:

• You have to be a resident of Canada or the Continental U.S.
• If you win, you either have to share with me (hahaha), or post a future comment about how you like the products ~ I'm curious to hear if you think they are as amazing as everyone says. ( ok, you don't HAVE to, but I really would like to hear what you have to say!)

To enter, all you need to do is visit the lilou-organics website, and post a comment about a product they sell that you either have tried and liked, or would like to try. I will be announcing the winner after January 20th, 2009.

*Don't forget to include your email so I can contact you if you win!!!!