~*Giveaway*~ IntelliGender Review & Giveaway!!

I was fortunate enough to receive a gender prediction test from IntelliGender. IntelliGender has developed a test that can predict, 90% accurately, the gender of an unborn child as early as 10 weeks.

I had some trouble getting the test, but only because I was stupid and forgot to give them my street name! Luckily they were very understanding and mailed me out a new test immediately after we figured out what went wrong! Blonde moment! Anyway, they also sent me a product to give away... but more on that later.

When I had first purchased the IntelliGender prediction test for my own amusement a month or two ago, I did not follow the directions completely- and it likely gave me a false result. However this time around, I made sure to follow the instructions completely! I was also asked to do a video review- gulp!- but I managed.

Here is my short video review, complete with narration by Max, my dog!



At first I had a little trouble discerning the results- "Is it green? Is it orange? Am I having a hermaphrodite?- but a quick trip to the IntelliGender website and test results page yielded answers.

Here are some examples for boy and girl results.

A girl result can look  "oil & water" where its orange on the top
and green on the bottom. It's still a girl result though!

A boy result is green or dark/smoky green

My test was a girl result, based on the sample result picture. Which is right in line with Brian's intuition. He kept dreaming of a little girl. Big blue eyes and brown wavy hair, so we will see! I go for an ultrasound next month and will double check my results, but we are both very confident in this result!

OKAY- Enough blabbering! Get to the giveaway already!

~*GIVEAWAY*~

One lucky winner will receive a free IntelliCeuticals New Mom Drops from IntelliGender! They graciously bestowed upon me the item to send directly to you! (Make sure you give me your complete address, street name included! Ha!)

New Mom Rebalancing Drops are designed to help rebalance Mommy's hormonal levels, aid in natural uterine contraction after birth, support healthy production of breast milk, and help healthy digestive performance during the postpartum period*.

The winner will receive this bottle, a $22 value, for free! Please refer to the website for more details and instructions and DO NOT USE while pregnant.

RULES & ENTRY

To be eligible to win this product, you do not need to be pregnant. You can give this to a new mom to be.

It is not recommended to take during pregnancy, or if you are not pregnant to begin with. 

The contest begins today, August 6th, 2011 and ends on August 13th, 2011 at 11:59 PM EST

One lucky winner will be chosen at RANDOM using Random.org's random number generator.

Mandatory Entry! (Earns 1 Entry)

1. You must follow me on Google Friend Connect and leave me a comment that you have done so!

*PLEASE* have an email address either in your comment or on your profile! If I cannot contact

you then another winner will be chosen! 

Bonus Entries! (Earns 1 Additional Entry per completed task)

1. You must follow me on Twitter @christiefarrar

2. You must follow IntelliGender on Twitter @IntelliGender

3. Go to IntelliGender's website and read a review about the IntelliCeutical product of your choice,

come back here, and leave a comment about what you learned.

4. Go to the IntelliGender website and read about the Gender Prediction Test,

come back here, and leave a comment about what you learned. This could be

a testimonial, something in the FAQ's, etc.

*Statement taken directly from the IntelliCeuticals website. I have not tried this product on my own. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Good luck to everyone who enters!

Kellogg's FiberPlus Antioxidant Bars

...are my new favorite food! At 3P+ a bar and containing 35% of DRV of fiber, it's a delicious and guilt free snack. The only draw back is the price. $3 for 6 bars... which means if you were to eat 3 of them a day to get all your fiber, it would end up costing you about $45 for the month. Even if you eat 2 a day, that's still $30.

But it might be worth it. Just sayin'. I got the chocolate peanut butter (because, given the option I'm always going to choose chocolate peanut butter... even over white chocolate raspberry!)

Sooo good.

I had 2 of these yesterday, in addition to my spinach and green pepper. Let me tell you what- I was full all day. I had 2 of them for breakfast today too. At 3P+ each, why *wouldn't* you? It's a great tasting way to get some fiber. I wish I could eat these for free, for the rest of my life.

I washed it down with a big ol' glass of pomegranate tea (that I made myself!)

PS- I am also down a whole lb! My boobs are so big now it makes me look skinnier, even though I have gained a little weight. I think it went all to my boobs though. I'm not sure whether to be happy (that its not on my gut) or cry (that I need new bras and I'm growing out of my DDD's FAST!)

:) Have a good day, friends!

Lip Service

I constantly suffer from chapped lips. I think it's because I pretty much chew on them all day long and they never get any better.

I am also constantly buying chap stick and Carmex and trying every new thing on the market to heal my lips, only to end up washing it in the laundry.

I recently rediscovered my first love. No this isn't about Facebook stalking exes, I mean I discovered my first beauty product I fell in love with all over again.

It's Burt's Bees and I fell in love sometime circa 7th grade. I love this stuff! 100% all natural lip care and it smells great. It works fantastic! Back then, it was pretty rare to see something made "all natural" so of course it was kind of expensive. Actually, it still is, maybe I just have more spending money?

Anyway at $3 a tube of lip balm, it better work, right? It does, and beautifully so. I got the Burt's Bees honey lip balm.

The ingredient list is fairly short, and easy to read. It is all natural of course.

Beeswax, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, lanolin, flavor, honey, tocopherol, rosemary leaf extract, soybean oil, canola oil.


I had no idea what "tocopherol" was and I was pretty sure that this was a case of "one of these things doesn't belong" so I Googled it on the spot. I know, I am a genius. Thank god for smart phones!

It's vitamin E. More specifically, its a series of chemicals in organic compounds... blah blah blah, okay it's natural, I get it.


After slathering it on my face while I was at the ATM waiting for the person in front of me to finish their bid-ness, I could tell that this was going to be my new best friend. After all, who doesn't want more kisses from their sexy husband!

The smell lasts a long time too. And it smells like summer. Like sunflowers, coconuts, honey and rosemary. (Gee, I wonder why?)

I even convinced Brian to try it on and he said that "it smelled good" and he liked "how it felt." If that is not compelling evidence, I don't know what is haha!

I love this stuff. Maybe if I email them and ask really nicely they might hand me out some more products to review! What do you think, Burt? ;)


What about you? What's your favorite skin/lip care product?

*I honestly wish I could say I was paid or endorsed to write this review, unfortunately I had to use my own $3 therefore all of the opinions in my blog are mine and mine alone.