It’s sparkleshinylove’s 1st Birthday! Plus a Sweet Kate Spade Handbag Giveaway!

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This month marks the 1st anniversary of sparkleshinylove!

It’s been a really fun year and I’ve learned a lot along the way. There have been some really late nights, grammar mistakes that have haunted me, and technical issues that have dumbfounded me, but somehow I made it to this point.

Thanks to all of you who have been reading my blog this year – I appreciate it more than you know!

I love writing this blog, and I hope that you enjoyed visiting the site over the past year.

Hopefully the next year will be even better!

To celebrate I’m giving away a fabulous Kate Spade handbag! It’s pretty, pink, and I really want to keep it.

 

 

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It retails for $398.00. CDN, and you can enter below via the Rafflecopter App.

This contest begins today, Monday, October 20th, at 8:00am EST 2014, and ends Saturday, October 26th, 2014 at 12:00am EST. This contest is open to all residents of the US and Canada.

Good luck to everyone who everyone who enters!

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Winner of the Summer Recovery Kit Giveaway!

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The winner of the Summer Recovery Kit Giveaway is Janelle Oduro!

Thanks to everyone who entered!

Summer Recovery Kit Giveaway!

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I don’t know about you, but the summer has left my hair in need of some major TLC. I am major recovery mode right now, and I’m using all of the products I can get my hands on.

Before the weather gets colder and I have to start worrying about what THOSE conditions will do to my skin and hair, I’m trying to get myself back to normal.

This week I am giving away a Summer Recovery Kit on the blog so you can pamper yourself with a few products I have been using.

It includes:

John Frieda Luxurious Volume Touchably Full Shampoo and Conditioner for Colour Treated Hair

John Frieda Sheer Blonde Everlasting Blonde Colour Preserving Shampoo and Conditioner

John Freida Radiant Red Colour Protecting Daily Shampoo and Conditioner

John Frieda Frizz Ease Nourishing Oil Elixir (x2)

Biore Deep Cleansing Pore Strips (x2)

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My Summer Recovery Kit has over $90 worth of products, and it’s easy to win!

Just enter via the Rafflecopter link below to win! This contest runs from Monday, September 29th, 2014 at 12:00am until Sunday, October 5th, 2014 at 12:00am.

The winner will be announced on Sunday, October 5th, 2014 on the blog, and the winner will be chosen randomly using Rafflecopter. This contest is open to all Canadian and US residents.

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Good luck!

Winner of the Carberry Soap Company Gift Bag!

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Thank you to everyone who entered the Carberry Soap Company Gift Bag Giveaway!

Rafflecopter has randomly selected the winner of the contest – Krista McCreary!

Thank you again to everyone who entered, and to Carberry Soap Company for offering to do this great giveaway!

Handmade Creations from Carberry Soap Company + A Giveaway!

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My first visit to Carberry Soap Company was on a whim when I was shopping for favours for a party I was having. My party included a night with my girlfriends where we did some private shopping at one of my favourite stores Turquoise in Whitby (I’ve got a post coming soon about them – stay tuned!), and then I had a cake pop making demonstration where all of the ladies were able to take home some of their own creations at the end of the night. I usually have a party favour for my guests to take home after one of my parties, and I was shopping around for something to go with my theme in some way.

What I found at Carberry Soap Company was perfectly fitting – individual cupcake soaps, packaged just for my event using the colours of my party theme. The cupcakes were incredibly life-like, and the smell of them was out of this world. Perfect, right?

I’ve been shopping there ever since for gifts for friends and family, and of course for myself when I need pampering, which happens pretty often!

The offerings are almost overwhelming, which is actually a good thing. For every soap there are a number of scents, colours and designs.

 

 

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Carberry’s Organic Babycakes soap is made with pure organic olive oil and fresh organic goat milk. It’s ideal for people with skin ailments such as eczema, psoriasis and rosacea.

 

 

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Their Gourmet Soap Collection is gentle, soothing, and they smell exactly like the gourmet flavour they are named after!

 

 

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My favourite offerings from Carberry Soap Company are from their Carberry Cakery collection!
All kinds of baked goods are transformed into amazing soaps! Cupcakes, cake slices, doughnuts – these creations look as decadent as they would be in real life. Not only do they look amazing, but their scents are out of this world.

 

 

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Carberry has a range of items for children as well. Their Soapy Pops look like real popsicles, which may entice your little one to actually want to scrub up and get clean! Soapy Pops are SLS free and all fragrance oils are phthalate free too!

 

 

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Carberry has a cute kids station right inside the shop for little ones to keep busy while mom’s take a moment to shop!

 

 

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And for those who love to have a relaxing bath there are even more handmade items such as Bath Creamers, Bath Blasters, and Recipe Soaps which include a combination of ingredients to create some yummy flavours.

 

 

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As I mentioned before, Carberry Soap Company was able to customize my party favours to match the colour and scent I wanted, and their team is willing to work with their customers to create the perfect favour for your event.

 

 

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I love the fact that Carberry offers hands-on workshops to learn how to make these fabulous soaps yourself. This is something I can’t wait to do. Classes are offered based on the type of soap you would like to make, and I think it would make an awesome girls night!

 

 

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And now – a giveaway!

You can win a gift bag full of goodies courtesy of Carberry Soap Company which includes one if their large fabulous cupcake soaps, a pack of three yummy mini cupcake soaps, and their very own Cake Mix Bubbling Bath Powder!

 

 

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I was lucky enough to try all of these items, and I literally smell like a walking bake shop right now. It’s pretty fabulous.

To win, all you need to do is enter using the Rafflecopter link below this post! You will need to like sparkleshinylove on Facebook in order to enter.

 

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The contest begins today, Friday, September 12th, 2014 and will end on Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 12:00pm EST. This contest is open all US and Canadian residents, and the randomly selected winner will be announced on Sunday, September 21st, 2014.

Good luck to everyone who enters!

If you haven’t yet, you should also like the Carberry Soap Company Facebook page here to see all of the great products and incentives they are running. If you visit them in store and like their Facebook page while you are there, they even give you a free mini soap!

Carberry Soap Company is located at 629 Liverpool Road, Pickering, Ontario. You can visit their website at www.carberrysoap.com to learn more or order products online which may be shipped to the US and Canada.

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