When you visit the Origins website, don’t forget to enter their Wake Up & Win Sweepstakes.

The grand prize includes:

*A 3-month supply of Origins New GinZing™ Refreshing eye cream to brighten and depuff
(A $29.50 suggested retail value)

* A $250 Origins gift certificate

* The illy Francis Francis X7 espresso machine and case of illy espresso capsules
(A $500 suggested retail value)

Nine additional winners will get 3 months worth of Origins New GinZing™ Refreshing eye cream, a $250 gift certificate, and illy coffee.

If you live near an Origins store, stop by for one of their free mini facials. Personalized treatments cover Age Preventing, Firming, Redness Relieving, Brightening, and Hydrating. Call your local location to secure your appointment.

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Origins has come up with something special in their new mineral makeup – it’s like a breakfast for your face. Breakfast for your face?  Yes, it does sound silly, but their new Multi-Grain™ Makeupcontains the nutrient-rich ingredients organic oatmeal, soy, tapioca, rice flour, barley, wheat germ, pomegranate, gogi berry, and the vitamins C and E.

Sounds like it lays a healthy base on your face, doesn’t it? Origins polled users of the foundation and 91% thought that their skin looked “naturally radiant,” while 78% saw an instant improvement in the appearance of their complexion.

Multi-Grain™ Makeup
$25

It’s oil-free, talc-free, fragrance-free and contains an SPF14. It’s available in 5 shades that range from light to deep-toned.  To use the mineral foundation, you apply a small amount with a brush, in a series of light layers until you achieve your perfect coverage.

Right now Origins is offering an online special buy. Get a free foundation brush with purchase of their Multi-Grain™ Makeup. It’s a vegan brush and it was specially designed to work with the makeup. After the promotion, the brush will be available for $22.

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The Once Upon a Shine is subtle gloss that is described as “barely-there,” and it carries a bit of mint. The offer is available in the following colors; Sheer Ruby, Sheer Fig, Sheer Crystal, and Sheer Fruit Punch.  Once Upon A Shine is normally available for $14.50.

The Smileage Plus Lip Gloss is light lip tint that is full of lip-smoothing organic ingredients like Beeswax, Sunflower Oil, Coconut Oil, Jojoba Oil, Aloe, and Cocoa Butter. The essential oils of Tangerine and Lime give it a nice scent.  The free tints available are  Off-Beet, Raw Honey, Sugar Cane and Eco-Pink. It’s normally $11.

This glosses are available on a first come, first served basis, so some colors may no longer be available. In addition, enjoy FREE shipping on order that is $40 or more through today, August 18, 2009. 

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Some of the natural ingredients include Japanese Basil Leaf, Cucumber, and Vitamin C. This is a gentle correcting serum, no scarring, no hiding your face during the healing process, just “true brightness with no regrets.” 

Brighter by Nature™
1 ounce for $39.50

Use both morning and night. Apply after washing your face and before applying moisturizer.

Origins online customers rated the serum with 5 out of 5 stars, citing an improvement in the dark spots and sun damage on their faces.

Origins is offering a fantastic sweepstakes! It’s a  relaxing getaway trip to Los Cabos, Mexico, for 2. Click here for more information about entering the giveaway. 

Grand Prize:
• 2 roundtrip tickets on Continental Airlines
• 3-night stay at the Marquis Los Cabos beachfront resort
• 2 rejuvenating spa treatments
• An entire collection of refreshing Gloomaway™ products

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So, today I did look and I found this great set from Origins. It’s called  Into the Green and it’s 4 products made with a combination of organic ingredients, essential fatty acids, and vitamins. Good for you stuff for more beautiful skin. 

Included in the Origins Into the Green Set:

Origins Organics™ Cleansing Body Bar (3.4 oz / 100 g). Made almost completely with Organic ingredients – 90% to be exact. Contains Organic Coconut Oil and Pure Organic Palm Oil to hydrate while gently cleansing the skin.

Origins Organics™ Purifying Tonic(1.7 fl oz / 50 ml). This tonic tones with 95% Organic ingredients. Organic Willow Bark, which is apparently the source of salicylic acid (hmm, good to know), purifies pores and Organic Vinegar clears away dead cells.

Origins Organics™ Nourishing Face Lotion (1 fl oz / 30 ml). Organic Shea Butter and Organic Cocoa Butter are full of antioxidants and nutrients. Organic Glycerin, Organic Sunflower Oil and Organic Coconut Oil add deep hydrating benefits.

Origins Organics™ Silkening Body Spritz (5 fl oz / 150 ml). Made with Organic Soy Lecithin and Sunflower Oil are combined in a skin-smoothing, hydrating, easy to use formula that you spray on. I find the spray to be an excellent idea. I have always wished it was easier to moisturize my back. Now it is. The spray works up, down, sideways – a 360 degree pump.

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Join in the effort, by attending one of the below Return to Origins events toting your cosmetic empties and they’ll either recycle the bottles, tubes, and jars for you or they will use them for energy recovery. In addition they have food, fun, and Origin products available for you to try.

Here are some of the special events in cities across the US, each event runs from 10am to 11 am……

Austin – Origins at Central Park
Bring your empties to the park and if you are one of the first 50 to do so, you’ll receive a one-month sample of A Perfect World body cream with White Tea

Boston – Origins Faneuil Hall and Origins Harvard Square
First 50 recyclers receive free sample of A Perfect World body cream

Denver – Origins Cherry Creek North
First 50 recyclers receive A Perfect World body cream. In addition, the Pekoe Sip House is running a special on Lemon Mintinis – extra discount if you bring your own cup.

Los Angeles – Origins at Century City
Jessica Stroup star of the TV show 90210 will be making a special appearance
First 100 recyclers receive a free sample of A Perfect World body cream

New York – GM Plaza (corner of Fifth Ave at 58th St)
Kelly Rutherford from Gossip Girl will be making a special appearance
First 250 recyclers will receive a free sample of A Perfect World body cream

San Francisco - San Francisco Centre
First 50 recyclers receive a free sample of A Perfect World body cream

For more information on these events, please click here.

As part of an alliance with Global ReLeaf, for every jar of Origins A Perfect World Antioxidant Moisturizer with White Tea sold during the month of April (2009)  Origins will plant a tree. To read more, click here.

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Here are my picks for great gift sets for the natural Mom.

This set is from Carol’s Daughter called the Almond Cookie shining star. It is probably my most favorite scent in the entire Carol’s Daughter line, so sweet yet soothing at the same time. This set retails for $55, comes in a beautiful reusable gift box, and includes Almond Cookie Body Cleansing Gel, Almond Cookie Shea Body Lotion,
Almond Cookie Eau de Toilette, and a Net Sponge.

This is a great travel kit from Crabtree & Evelyn Naturals. It is the Nourishing Travel Kit. This kit has four Nourishing synergy blends in convenient travel sizes and is a great way to get to know the line better. This kit retails for $30 and comes in a beautiful woven blue bag. Th’s kit contains: Mango & Grapefruit Shower Mousse, Olive, Avocado & Basil In-shower Moisturizer, Mango Butter & Grapefruit Body Butter, and Clementine & Basil Body Mist.

Stop by your local Origins counter and find a great selection of custom sets or pick up a pre-made one like this. This is the Ginger to Go Kit, and comes with 3 of Origins best Ginger products. This kit retails for $29.50, comes in an exclusive gift box, and contains Ginger Souffle™ Whipped body Cream, Incredible Spreadable Scrub™ Ginger body smoother, and a Ginger Burst™ Savory body wash.

I’ll bring you a few last minute gift finds as the week goes on.

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The products, in case you are like me and have not heard, are all infused with Hypsizygus ulmarius, Cordyceps and Reishi mushrooms, Ginger, Turmeric, Holy Basil and other natural substances. They call it the Plantidote™ Mega-Mushroom Program.

In the program are the following products:
Plantidote™ Mega-Mushroom Eye Serum
Plantidote™ Mega-Mushroom Face Lotion
Plantidote™ Mega-Mushroom Eye Makeup Remover Pads with Therapeutic Benefits
Plantidote™ Mega-Mushroom Face Cleanser
Plantidote™ Mega-Mushroom Face Serum
Plantidote™ Mega-Mushroom Face Cream
Plantidote™ Mega-Mushroom Supplement
Nite-trition™ Restful Sleep Supplement

One more thing to mention about this line is that Dr. Andrew Weil donates his profits from the sale of Dr. Andrew Weil for Origins™ products to the Weil Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting integrative medicine through training, education and research. For more information, visit: www.weilfoundation.org.

If you have used any of these products, please let me know and tell us how they worked for you. Also, if you have a favorite to recommend, please do so as I really want to try some of the line and cannot decide which to order.

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With a $75 purchase, you will receive Free Standard Shipping, AND a special 7-day supply of their newest launch Modern Fusion.

Here is their description of Modern Fusion:

When Origins remarkable Rice Refinishing complex fuses with radiance-restoring Rice Optics to form this weightless serum, the transformation you’ll see in skin is amazing. Dullness, roughness, sallowness, brown spots, finely etched lines and signs of sun damage appear to disappear. Pores seem to vanish. The drab buildup of lazy, lackluster, cells is quickly dissolved. Smoothness is renewed and restored without the usual redness, flaking or unpleasant sensation. With regular use, the glow, luminosity, clarity, vibrancy, uniform texture and tone, a.k.a. a radiant youthful appearance, return.

Visit origins.com now to redeem this offer.

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