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This week’s giveaway comes to us from Kathy of Nudge Media! Specializing in Facebook templates and Blogger designs, Kathy is offering up one of her pre-made templates (valued at $35!) to one winner!

 These gorgeous templates come with a jquery slideshow to feature all of your awesome photos, a widget ready sidebar, logo template files, social media buttons and a sleek looking navigation section. You get a full set of instructions for loading the template onto your blog, and Kathy is great at helping you out if you run into difficulties!

You can see an example of one of her other offerings – her social media icon buttons – on Robyn’s She Makes Hats blog! Kathy even made her a special one for Ravelry!

To enter this giveaway, use the Rafflecopter plug-in below (comments will not be counted)!

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I used to have bumps and large pores & irritation on my legs, and I just thought I had sensitive skin and was stuck with it.   Well, I was half right.  My skin IS sensitive to all the irritants I was using from my shaving cream, soap, & those fun scented & colored body lotions, but I’m NOT stuck with it.

I’m so happy with the solution I have found.   I want to avoid parabens and all the different ingredients in so many beauty products, but I also am on a mission to simplify my beauty routine and the cost of all my beauty supplies.

My answer to ALL of these issues?  Coconut Oil.  

I love coconut oil so very much.  It is a unique oil, solid when cool and liquid when room temperature or warmer.  It does not need refrigerated.

It is

~anti-inflammatory
~anti-microbial
~anti-fungal

Caprylic Acid, Capric Acid and Lauric Acid are the essential saturated fatty acids that are powerful ingredients in coconut oil. I love having an organic, natural product with such great benefits to it.  It has the slight scent of coconut, but not overpowering at all.

My Favorite Brand, Nutiva Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, 15-Ounce Tubs (Pack of 2)

I have been using coconut oil as a pre-shave oil this summer, in place of shaving cream or soap, and I can’t tell you how great my legs feel.  Gone are any bumps or irritation.  My pores are small and my skin has a healthy glow to it.  I just love it.  

I keep my jar of organic coconut oil in the shower, and not only use it as a pre-shaving lotion, but also as a quick after- shave oil.  At the end of my shower, when I turn off the water, I slather the oil all over my whole body.  I find it is a bit too heavy for my face, so I skip the face, but I’ve heard people rave about it as a face moisturizer.  I keep a jar in my gym bag, and use it as a body lotion/moisturizer, too!

As I dry off, my legs are amazingly soft and smooth.  I don’t have to put on any lotion after my showers, and rumor has it that coconut oil has an spf of 4, so it gives some natural sun protection, too!

An added benefit?  It is on my hands as I go to squeeze the water out of my hair, and I have found it acts as a great hair de-frizzer.  I can now air dry my curls and they are soft and amazing with no frizz!  There is very little oil on my hands, so this benefit does not take much coconut oil.  Bonus!

Try it and tell me what you think!

Welcome to all our lovely July sponsors!

Toby and Max Jewelry //  inspirational jewelry with motivational words and quotes.

Adventures In Dinner // further adventures in eating and parenting!

Clean Mama // original organizational documents designed to take the *WORK* out of organizing your life.

Je Suis Une Monstre // a blog about adventures, simple living and making things by hand.

Twisted Tape // duct tape accessories handmade in Nebraska!

Nudge Media // professional logos, facebook page templates, business cards, blog templates and other tools for personal branding.

Beauty Divine //  fresh and  modern templates for the busy photographer.

She Makes Hats // 10,000 hats for 10,000 people.

Thank you all for your support, it means so much! For information on sponsorship, email Robyn at “sponsornewnostalgia@gmail.com”!