D6 Surfskimmer Twitter Party for #JerseyLove

The Jersey shore is back and so is the summer fun! And this summer there’s a NEW way for the kids to have fun in the ocean, so we’re throwing a party to introduce you to it: the D6 Surfskimmer!

You can learn more about the D6 Surfskimmer and also have a chance to WIN IT and other goodies at the #Surfskimmer #JerseyLove Twitter Party! Hang Ten D6 Sports and the #JerseyLove Social Media For Social Good Moms are headed to the Jersey shore next week to give #JerseyLove! We will be surfing, our kids will be surfskimming and with the generous support of D6 Sports, we will be making a donation to Belmar, NJ Mayor Matt Doherty for families that were displaced after Super Storm Sandy.

Help us spread the word to give #JerseyLove and meet our friends at Hang Ten D6 Sports.

HOSTS: @D6SurfSkimmer @SMMoms @DawnSandomeno @hollywoodhotmom @njdigitalmoms

WHEN: Monday June 3rd – 9 – 10 PM ET

WHERE: #Surfskimmer and #JerseyLove with Tweetgrid: http://bit.ly/1163gqw

PRIZES: D6 Surfskimmers, Hang Ten Gift bags and Shaun White Supply Co. Helmets

HOW: Follow #jerseylove #hangten and #surfskimmer hashtags and tweet with us. You MUST RSVP and Tweet to WIN . Enter your information below.

Meet the Social Media For Social Good team and follow them on twitter below.

You can join them again LIVE online on Friday, June 7th in Belmar, NJ

by following the #JerseyLove hashtag and #Surfskimmer.

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First- Of- Its- Kind Product Takes Over California And New Jersey Beaches With Bi-Coastal Launch

Introduction of Must-Have Summer Product at Zack’s Pier Plaza in Huntington, CA June 1^st with Belmar, NJ Boardwalk Reopening Celebration June 7^th

COSTA MESA, CA – May 31, 2013 – D6 Sports, distributor and manufacturer of sporting goods focusing on the action sports and wheeled categories, today announced the debut of its first product, the SurfSkimmer, an innovative skimboard with gripper technology designed to give kids a chance to skim and advance quickly within minutes on the water.

“We are proud to announce the arrival of our first product, the SurfSkimmer,” said Jeff Balaban, Senior Vice President, D6 Sports. “We have licensed brands and produced incredible sporting goods for many years, but to unveil our very own product that also happens to fall in to a new category in action sports is very exciting to us.”

Debuting for public test runs at Zack’s Pier Plaza in Huntington Beach on June 1^st, the SurfSkimmer offers kids a hands-on skimboard experience that is both fun and safe. The SurfSkimmer is designed with gripper technology, a stable handle and sleek design allowing the board to glide effortlessly over the white wash giving kids the opportunity to experiment and excel in skimboarding. The handle easily comes off so each board has the ability to act as a traditional skimboard. The 2-in-1 functionality allows for easy learning and advanced maneuvers.

D6 Sports will also join over 40 women from Social Media Moms and New Jersey Digital Moms at the #JerseyLove Retreat in Belmar, NJ June 7^th. Coming from all over the country, the moms will convene for the first time ever to utilize their social reach to help raise awareness for and promote the reopening of the Jersey Shore for the 2013 summer season. Now that the official ceremonies are over, the women want to document real families, moms and kids having fun to show the world that the Jersey Shore is still a great place to vacation and visit. They will do this by experiencing it in real life and telling their stories virtually on a myriad of social media platforms.

“I am a New Jersey native who has, literally, hundreds of friends and family members who were affected by Sandy so when we learned of this event, we had to get involved,” said Ben Young, Vice President of Creative and Marketing for D6 Sports. “We have partnered with Eastern Lines Surf Shop to treat the moms to surf and stand up paddleboard lessons, while we introduce kids to the new SurfSkimmer. After the event, we will donate several boards to the local shops so people can continue to enjoy the beach all summer.”

D6 Sports and the #JerseyLove Retreat moms will also present Mayor Matt Doherty with a donation to the Belmar Relief and Recovery foundation that was created to assist displaced families and help rebuild the Belmar Boardwalk after Superstorm Sandy.

For more information and to stay up to date on SurfSkimmer news, developments, event images and fun videos.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/D6SurfSkimmer

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/D6SurfSkimmer

YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/D6Surfskimmer

Instagram: @d6surfskimmer

SurfSkimmer-At-A-Glance:

Designed to give kids a chance to skim and advance quickly within minutes on the water;
The D6 SurfSkimmer is available this June at select retailers for $69.99;
The SurfSkimmer is a skimboard with a detachable arm extension and handlebar that allows kids to run and glide without losing balance;
Once kids are ready to ride without the handle, they can remove it and skim just like the pros.

For more information, please visit: http://d6surfskimmer.com

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Tsi-La Organic Parfum Review and Giveaway!

Knowing that I try to live as cleanly as I can,

my friend Annie from Tsi-La Organics recently sent me several samples from her perfume line to try. I don’t consider myself a TOTAL “Crunchy” mom, but I do love and appreciate organic products. I try to buy organic whenever I can but, honestly, organic perfume is something I never even thought about to buy for myself. You know that we moms hardly ever buy anything for “us.” I’d say 2 out of 3 of my shopping trips are for the house or the kids. So needless to say, I was thrilled to get these samples!

Tsi~La (pronounced chee-la), is the abridged version of the word “atsilvsgi”, meaning “flower” in Cherokee. Natalie Szapowalo and model Annie Morton founded Tsi~La Organics with the goal of offering pure and natural perfumes and skin care products that benefit your overall well-being.

Tsi-La is 100% pure! All of their products are Animal Cruelty Free, Vegan and made with Natural & Organic Ingredients.

100% PURE, AUTHENTIC & BEAUTIFUL

THERE ARE
NO parabens
NO genetically modified organisms
NO dioxins
NO harmful synthetic fragrance
NO synthetic colors
NO propylene glycol
NO excess packaging
NO sulphates
NO phthalates

Another reason I was so glad to share this find with you is that Tsi-La’s Green Luxury line of artisan perfumes, custom-made fragrances and skin care products are made in small batches and bottled by hand ~ right in a Bucks County studio! I am a HUGE proponent of BUYING LOCAL!

Each sample I opened smelled more delicious then the next one. I could really pick out the notes from each due to the purity of the product. Since all of the oils are blendable, I smelled AWESOME when I was done. The end result was a self made mix that made me smell good enough to eat!

Some of the samples I tried are:

Fleur Savage, which is beautiful floral fragrance with a hint of the woods.

Kizes has a really clean, fresh, almost creamy – citrus scent. (I like this one a ton!)

Kesu seems sensual. The type of scent you would wear when you want to heat things up at home. Oooh La La!

and

Fiori D’Arancio which smells delicious! It’s citrusy like Kizes, but also has other other ingredients (such as neroli flowers and caramelized vanilla) that bring an air of mischief, THIS WAS MY FAVE!

The bottle is Beautiful!

Tsi-La is an award winning product and has been featured as a favorite in many, many magazines!

InStyle Magazine April 2012

And….because our site wouldn’t be here without all of you,

as our way of showing our appreciation and saying THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR FANS,

ONE OF OUR LUCKY READERS WILL RECEIVE A 4ML BOTTLE OF FIORI D’ARANCIO PARFUM OIL!

The entries for the giveaway will be open from today 4/3/13 until Sunday, 4/7/13 and the winner will be announced on the site on Sunday night.

All you need to do to win is enter the giveaway via Rafflecopter below:

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Little Passports, A Global Adventure, is Not Just a Little Hit…It’s a Huge Hit in Our House!!

Little Passports, A Global Adventure

A Review of Little Passports, A Global Adventure from a Teacher & a Mom to a 5 year old child.

Direct from my daughter, “I love it a lot and want to have one hundred more of Little Passports and Sam and Sofia sending me things from their adventures in other countries!” “It is a very good learning for all the kids that their moms and dads can teach them.” “And, it’s good for them to learn things.” There you have it folks….straight from my 5 year old. This programs receives her seal of approval and what better way to know if a program is worth your money and time, especially a program that is a monthly monetary and time commitment, than to get the kid approval.

So, I received this program to review a few months ago, but I needed to see a few countries (a couple months worth before felt comfortable to review) not just the initial program which included the suitcase and introduction from the 10 year old children who take the adventures, Sam & Sofia, to really be able to review it with an honest opinion. I based my review on how my daughter and I interacted with the program, learned from the program, how much interest was sparked to learn more and as well as how much we enjoyed the program. I have to say, I’m impressed. My daughter and I sat down this morning and I introduced Sofia & Sam to her, the darling little suitcase to store all the trinkets, letters, map and passport they sent.

After introducing the suitcase, passport and Sofia & Sam I gave her the first package from Brazil. I do recommend the company send the first country with the introduction package because my daughter was excited to get started, if they don’t do that already with their paying customers (Like I mentioned, we received this item to review for the parents and children). I’m glad we didn’t have to wait for Brazil to arrive, because it may have made the experience a little less exciting…almost like here is this really cool program, but I don’t have a country to show you how it really works.

Each month the package contains: a letter from Sofia & Sam explaining what country they are in and some interesting information about the country with a real photo of that point of interest, a sticker of the country to put on their suitcase, a pushpin sticker to place on the map to indicate which country their new pen pals wrote from, a flag sticker of the country for their little passport, some sort of trinket from the country (we received an Amethyst rock from a mine in the Amazon Rain Forest from Brazil in our first country package), a boarding pass with a secret access code to play fun games in the Boarding Zone area of www.LittlePassports.com and a page of activities (one of the activities tells you what country the new pen pals are going to be visiting next month).

You can choose from the World Edition or the USA Edition!

There are many choices as far as what you would like to order and pay for. You can pay for a year in advance $131.40 or signup for a year and pay $10.95 monthly or pay monthly for $1 more each month ($11.95). Also, you can choose less months. Check out the website for the most up to date pricing and your options.

The Dye Free Easter Bunny is coming to town!

It’s that time of year again. You know, when we dress our adorable children in their finest duds and then send them out into our muddy back yards to get their brand new shoes and clothes filthy dirty.

My daughter is practically bursting at the seams this year to do the annual egg hunt that my husband’s aunt does for all of the kids on Easter Sunday. It’s such a fun time for them and for the adults too. We get a kick out of watching them running all over the backyard on an egg hunt induced craze. Stumbling, tripping, picking up and dropping eggs, shoving them in their baskets and then immediately heading off to another bush or tree in search of more Easter treasure. It’s also heartwarming to watch the big kids be aware enough to let the little ones find the last eggs and to make sure they have enough in their baskets too. It’s a great day all around!

Except when my daughter gets her hands on the eggs that are filled with candies that have food dye in them. Her reaction to FD&C Red Dye #40 is especially disturbing. After ingesting something with Red Dye #40, (which is made from petroleum – yes petroleum! FUEL!) I equate her behavior to a 6 year old on crack. She acts like KAITLYN FROM SNL running around the bench in the mall. RICK! RICK! RICK! If she gets too much of it, she will actually get flu like symptoms, feeling feverish with stomach upset and sometimes vomiting. We are a mainly dye free household for this reason. (I try to keep it out of all our diets, but it unknowingly sneaks in sometimes.)

Easter and almost every other holiday are quite a dilemma for me. I feel terrible denying her the sweets that her cousins all eat and I know that filling her eggs with temporary tattoos, sticker and goldfish will only go so far.

Which is why I was so happy I came across The Natural Candy Store! online. I can get rid of the guilt, because I no longer have to restrict her from fully participating in the Easter fun! This candy has all of the fun, but none of the funny stuff! No more worrying about dye in any of her holiday treats! I was and am one relieved mama!

These are DYE FREE JELLY BEANS!

I can find almost any kind of candy for any season and feel good about giving it to my kids! You can check out THE NATURAL CANDY STORE HERE.

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