Announcing Winter Wonderland Sponsors and Prizes

From December 1 through December 6 you are going to have the chance to win some awesome prizes from blogs around the natural hair care community! Here is a sneak peak at the prizes that will be up for grabs here on Untrained Hair Mom!! There will be 4 prize packages including a grand prize package!!!

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Belle Butters: Natural Hair and Skin Body Butter Review

With colder months upon us I wanted to stock up on some nice hair and body butters for some major moisturizing. From Belle Butters, I chose the Unyevu Butter and the Double Agent Butter.

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Bee Mine Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sales + Curly Butter Braid Out #naturalhair #teamnatural

If you are a regular reader of ours, you know how much we love Bee Mine Products!  Right now you can get 10% off Bee Mine Products using discount code HAIRMOMFALL or you can wait until Black Friday or Cyber Monday! www.beemineproducts.com

Black Friday Sale: you will receive 25% off your purchase of $15 or more using the check out code: 25UTHM
Cyber Monday Sale: receive 15% off your purcahse of $15 or more by using uthm1528

And now the Curly Butter Braid Out....
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Items for Baby: 12 Days of Gifts Galore #12DaysGalore

It is time for the 12 Days of Gifts Galore Giveaway Hop (hosted by Tales From the Nursery, Formula Mom, and Mama on a Green Misson)!
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A Baby Items Bundle: The Holiday Turkey Hunt #holidayhunt

Welcome to the Holiday Turkey Hunt!!!

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Natural Remedies When Illness Strikes

Guest Post: Natural Remedies When Illness Strikes
By Jennifer at Hybrid Rasta Mama

Image credit: www.thirdage.com

Cold and flu season is upon us which is made abundantly clear by the barrage of commercials encouraging us to buy every cold and flu remedy under the sun. However, not all of us prefer to use the standard over-the-counter treatments when we fall ill.

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Wordless Wednesday {with Linky}

Fall Photos

I See Me Board Book Review and Giveaway

 

We have a great prize from I See Me personalized children's’ books, a Very Merry Christmas board book.

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Rockin’ Green Soap Review

We have already made the switch to natural hair and skin care products, but I’m not going to stop there, I am on a mission to make our entire home “greener”. I discovered a natural laundry soap called Rockin’ Green Cloth Diaper and Laundry Soap.
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Jumpstart3D Kids Games Review and Sweeps

Ever since I got my laptop, D has been driving me nuts very intrigued with all the games and activities for kids that are available on the pc and online. Lately, every time I do her hair, she has been playing games on Jumpstart.com

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Lalabee Bathworks Review: Natural Skincare for Baby

When our children are newborns, they don’t require frequent bathing...meaning, of course, they don’t need a bath everyday like they may when they are older. Now that Baby Boy is reaching toddlerhood, he often looks like this after meals:

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Baby Boy Turns 1: Wordless Wednesday

So, this is a tad early (not wordless, I know), because today is his actual birthday and I wanted to share pics of his party....

Exfoliating Minerals Facial Cleanser Review

When I first tried the Exfoliating Minerals Natural Facial Cleanser I had a few problem areas, a small breakout from wearing make up the day before. I don’t often wear make up and when I do it isn’t natural, I haven’t made the switch to a natural make up, yet, so that cause my skin to break out at times. I was surprised at how smooth the cleanser is...not gritty like most exfoliators... to be honest I wasn’t sure if it would actually exfoliate my skin.

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Winterize Your Hair: Natural Hair Care for the Winter Months

The winter months can be especially hard on the hair, the cold winds can dry it out quickly. Here are 6 quick tips for winter hair care:

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D got her ears pierced

D, my 6 year old, made the decision to get her ears pierced this past week. It was totally her decision, she has been wanting to wear earrings for a while but has been hesitant to get them done. While we were at the store last week, she said “Can I get my ears pierced”, I replied with “really, you really want to do it?” She said yes, so I took her over to pick out some earrings...and she did it! She was so brave and such a big girl, she didn’t cry a bit.

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Earth Mama Angel Baby Foam Soap Review

I am one of those mom’s who is OCD about germs. I am constantly making D wash her hands to prevent illness, I know she gets tired of always having to wash her hands, but I can’t help it, I hate it when she is sick and it would be horrible if she got Baby Boy sick.

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Five Weeks of Giving

Kat from Big K, little a is hosting a multi-themed giveaway hop from  November 14- December 18! Each week there will be giveaways with different themes:
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A Sidewinder Hairstyle: Saturdays "Shappin" Style

For this style we did the basic 2 ponies in the front, 1 in the back, I braided each ponytail in small braids and added our mixed and matched Sidewinder Hairholders, with star, heart and barrel beads on the ends.

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Clash of Designs Sponsor Spotlight

Clash of Designs offers unique handcrafted jewelry, crocheted hair accessories, beanies and baby booties. I actually own a pair of their handmade earrings and I love them! The awesome owner, Tracey, is generously offering up a pair of her baby booties as part of a prize package for an upcoming giveaway!! Come back from November 25- Dec 9 for your chance to win these adorable newborn booties in off white!!!

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Christmas Gift Ideas and Shopping Codes

With the holiday season approaching I thought I would put together a list of items that we love... along with some discount codes/coupons for those items!
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Send Photos to Loved Ones with Postcardly

I always like to send Christmas card photos to family members whom we don’t get to see often enough. Now I can do that with Postcardly without ever having to go to the Post Office...not that I’m too lazy to go to the post office, but it is such a hassle with the kids and it is one of my least favorite errands!

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Get a Melissa & Doug 25% Off Coupon When You Take the North "Poll"

With the holidays just around the corner who couldn’t use a little discount off their gift purchases? I found this opportunity to get a 25% off coupon for Melissa & Doug toys and all you have to do is vote for your favorite toy!

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Wordless Wednesday {with Linky}

My True Nature Review and #Giveaway

Back in the summer I won a My True Nature gift set that included their baby bubble bath and baby shampoo and body wash. These products are all natural with certified organic ingredients, which make them right up my ally.

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Marmalade: Gertrude’s Broken Wand Review

Author Jason Thibeault sent us a copy of his book Marmalade: Gertrude’s Broken Wand. This book was written primarily for a 7-9 year old age range.

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Braid Out with CUSH Cosmetics

Back in the summer we brought you a review and giveaway of the natural hair and skin care line called CUSH Cosmetics, which we loved. Since, I we have had successful braid outs using pomades in the past, I decided I would use their mango pomade with wheat germ for a braid out on D. I was in love with the results!

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GoGreen Cloth Diapers Review

We’ve been experimenting with cloth diapers and I think my favorite so far is the GoGreen Champ 2.0. They have some cute colors and styles available. D helped me pick out this one:

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50% off Organic Hair Oils from Tropical Traditions #naturalhair #naturalproducts

Tropical Traditions is an online store known for their natural and organic coconut oil, foods, household cleaners and natural hair and skin care products.

Right now they have their organic hair oils on sale for half price. Available in Unscented, Lavender and Rosemary, these 8oz bottles are normally $28.00, but they just $14.00 (unscented is $13.75) until November 6th!






 Their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil in the 16 oz.jar is currently buy 1 get 1 FREE at $19.95 each! This sale ends tonight at midnight!

Visit their website to check out the rest of their great natural and organic items and see what you can find on sale!! Happy Shoppping!

Natural Hair & Product Journey: Bee Mine Deja's Hair Milk Review and Discount

Last month marked our one year "Bee Mine-iversay"...we discovered their amazing natural products in October of 2010 and have been using them ever since!

Before we discovered natural products, D's poor hair was lacking the moisture and hydration it needed. The retail store bought products we were using contained mineral oil and petroleum, which can make the hair shiny, so it may appear to be hydrated and healthy, but there is no true nutrients in petroleum based products. Once I realized this and read studies linking petroleum and mineral oil to cancer, I threw out all of D's hair products that contained those ingredients!

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