Even though I am now in my (early) 30's, I still suffer from blemishes on my face, neck and back. Shocking, I know! It doesn't help that I have the terrible habit of picking at them as soon as they appear. I am well aware that it makes it worse but I just can't resist using brute force in order to attack those suckers and let them know who's boss. What right have they to ruin my complexion anyway? Do they not understand that I author a blog and need to appear in photos and other media on occasion? It's quite shameful, really. They must have something better to do then to prey on innocent ol' me. But alas, they choose to live up to their vulgar sounding alias acne vulgaris and torment my skin with whiteheads and blackheads. Yuck! Now, they have no choice but to face the wrath of the New Proactiv Solution. Let's see how tough you are now, Monsieur Acne!

Join me and other Mom Central bloggers as we share our plight in the fight against acne with the help of the new and improved Proactiv 3-Step System. For the next 30 days, I will take arms against a sea of blackheads. And, by opposing, end them! With the new Proactiv formula designed to penetrate pores and clear blemishes without causing irritation, I will follow this 3-Step System daily to help prevent and treat blemishes.

Step 1: Renewing Cleanser: A unique oil-free formula, with exclusive micro-crystal pharmaceutical-grade benzoyl peroxide, that contains smooth, tiny beads to gently exfoliate dead skin cells and other impurities.

Step 2: Revitalising Toner: A refreshing, alcohol-free toner with glycolic acid that helps balance skin tone and remove dead skin cells to reveal the vital, radiant skin beneath. Its special formulation to balance skin's natural acids includes witch hazel to refine and purify pores and aloe and chamomile to soothe and soften.

Step 3: Repairing Treatment: A light, oil-free lotion containing exclusive micro- crystal pharmaceutical-grade benzoyl peroxide. The Repairing Treatment penetrates deep into the pore to help heal blemishes and help prevent future breakouts. The advanced delivery system is safe for the entire face and any other blemish-prone areas.

I will disclose that I did try Proactiv over a decade ago, and while I was thrilled to see the blemishes disappear, I felt it dried my skin which lead me to reduce the amount of times I used it, until I eventually stopped. Now, with the faster and gentler formula, I am excited to be able to test it out again and share my results with you, my loyal readers! Here are a couple of before shots. They are in thumbnail format but if you dare to take a closer look, you can click right on them for a larger view. (Viewer discretion is advised.) You will notice that some areas are slightly red or somewhat "raw" from my relentless scratching and picking, etc.


If you've made it this far, you'll be happy to know that five (5) lucky Toronto Teacher Mom readers will be selected to win a full size Proactiv Green Tea Moisturizer valued at $33 CAD!

In order to win one of five Proactiv Green Tea Moisturizers,  leave a comment on this post sharing your experience with Proactiv Solution or why you would like to try it. This entry is mandatory. Please note that you may enter on any of the blogs participating in this blog tour but you are only eligible to win once throughout this tour.

For additional entries, you may choose to do any or all of the following. Please leave a separate comment for each entry indicating what you have done.

• Add my button to your site.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom using Google Friend Connect.
• Subscribe to Toronto Teacher Mom.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom on Facebook via Networked Blogs. 
• Like the Toronto Teacher Mom's Facebook fan page.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Feel free to use the following tweet:

Contest ends December 17 at 10pm EST. Open to Canadian residents only.

Winner will be selected using Random.org and must reply to the notification email within 48 hours or a new winner will be drawn.

Wow! I cannot believe the amazing turnout of people who participated in the awesome Merry Fluffy Christmas event and showed some love! You have no idea who grateful I am to have been able to be a part of it and for all the generous sponsors who offered some amazing prizes. So thank you! Merci beaucoup! Muchas gracias! Grazie mille! Muito obrigado!

Without further ado, allow me to announce the five winners here on Toronto Teacher Mom.

Day 1 - This winner will receive a $50 shopping spree from Agoo.

219. suzie said...

http://twitter.com/suzquiz/status/10208694876770304

2 December, 2010 12:49 AM

Day 2 - This winner will receive a gDiaper Little gPants and Episencial Diaper Cream from EcoMom.

36. Lindsey said...

I would love to get my daughter the Under the Nile Fruit Tote for Christmas!

2 December, 2010 7:52 AM 

Day 3 - This winner will receive a $40 shopping spree from CSN Stores.

281. shannon b said...

I like CSNStores on FB-shannon baka

4 December, 2010 3:05 PM

Day 4 - This winner will receive a $50 shopping spree from Mother of a Sale.

169. hippiemama86 said...

I Like the Mother of a Sale Facebook page Amanda Olson-Laurette

4 December, 2010 10:27 PM

Day 5 - This winner will receive a leg warmer/socks prize pack from BabyLegs.

113. Boise Wiebers said...

I already like BabyLegs on FB.

5 December, 2010 1:20 PM

Congratulations to all the lucky winners! I will be sending you an email soon and you will have 48 hours to reply in order to claim your prize. I am also including the linky for all the other participating blogs so you can easily reference their sites to see if you won elsewhere.

I also want to send a big, huge shout-out to all of my wonderful sponsors. Thank you so much Agoo, EcoMom, CSNStores, Mother of a Sale and BabyLegs. This Christmas would not be so merry or fluffy if it wasn't for your generous support!

Finally, I would like to thank Jessica of And Then There Were 4... for organizing this event along with all the other fabulous blogging moms who participated and helped to make a Merry Fluffy Christmas such a success!

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a great start to their week. Today is the day I announce the winner of the Johnson's Natural Baby Skin Care giveaway. There were 191 qualifying entries and I used Random.org to select a winner. Here is the winning number:

This means that the prize pack goes to:

27. Corie said... i like Toronto Teacher Mom on facebook :) - Corie R -

Congratulations, Corie! I'll be sending you an email soon. Thanks to everyone who participated and thanks to Johnson's Baby for sponsoring the giveaway. Come back tomorrow to see if you are one of the five winners of the Merry Fluffy Christmas event!

With all the excitement of the Merry Fluffy Christmas event, I'm a little sad to see it come to an end. Today will be the last giveaway announcement but you still have a chance to enter the giveaways from Days 3 and 4 as well. I hope you have all enjoyed the blogmania event as much as I have. And if you don't have children of your own, remember that these would make for great gifts for the holidays. So enter away!

Giveaway #5 is a BabyLegs prize pack. They offer super adorable leg warmers to help simplify diaper changing and make potty training easier. They also have a great selection of tights, socks and stroller covers. I love the soccer print on their Goal Leg Warmers and hope that some day BabyLegs will be able to ship to Canada. For all my U.S. readers, you'll be happy to know that if you sign up for their newsletter, you'll save 10% on your new order. And if you win this giveaway, you will get either 2 leg warmers, 1 pair of tights and 1 pair of socks if it's for a girl or 2 leg warmers and 2 pairs of socks if it's a boy (approximate total value is $50).


Bonus Entries: You may choose to do any or all of the following for bonus entries. Please read carefully to make sure you get all your entries in.

• Like the BabyLegs Facebook page for one entry and leave a comment on their wall for a second entry.
• Follow BabyLegs on Twitter.
• Sign up for the BabyLegs Monthly Newsletter (3 entries)
• Blog about this giveaway. (3 entries) 
• Enter the Dinosaur Train giveaway.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom using Google Friend Connect.
• Add my blog button to your website for one entry. If it's located on  your sidebar, add a second entry. Copy code is located on the sidebar to the right.
• Like the Toronto Teacher Mom Facebook fan page. 
• Subscribe to this blog by email or in a reader.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Tweet daily for additional entries. Feel free to use the following tweet: 

Contest ends on December 7, at 11:59 pm EST and is open to U.S. residents only.

Here is a list of all participating blogs, which means more ways for you to win!

And so it's the weekend. And it's also the fourth day of the Merry Fluffy Christmas event which I hope you are all enjoying as much as I am. Please remember that there are several blogs participating in this event so be sure to pay them a visit and enter as many of the giveaways as you would like.



Giveaway #4 consists of a $50 gift voucher from MotherofaSale.com, a one-stop discount shopping site that is aimed at moms who want the best brands for the best prices. They have had a couple of really great deals on Fuzzibunz Diapers in the past so I strongly suggest you sign up for their newsletter to get daily alerts. Their current daily deal will save you over 50% off adorable Robeez. They also offer a 50%-60% discount on Agoo Tushie Huggers, jackets and bamboo socks. Some of their Fuzzibunz deals also included the Agoo Leggings but they sell out fast so keep your eyes peeled. This $50 gift voucher can really go a long way!

Raining Tulips Leggings - only $3.00!

Bonus Entries: You may choose to do any or all of the following for bonus entries. Please read carefully to make sure you get all your entries in.

• Like the Mother of a Sale Facebook page for one entry and leave a comment on their wall for a second entry.
• Sign up for the Mother of a Sale Daily Alert Newsletter (3 entries)
• Blog about this giveaway. (3 entries)
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom using Google Friend Connect.
• Add my blog button to your website for one entry. If it's located on  your sidebar, add a second entry. Copy code is located on the sidebar to the right.
• Like the Toronto Teacher Mom Facebook fan page. 
• Subscribe to this blog by email or in a reader.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Tweet daily for additional entries. Feel free to use the following tweet: 

Contest ends on December 6, at 11:59 pm EST and is open to both Canada and the U.S.

Here is a list of all participating blogs, which means more ways for you to win!

TGIF! Today is the third day of the Merry Fluffy Christmas event and boy, what a turn out! Thank you to everyone who has participated so far and to all of my new followers for connecting via Google, Facebook and/or Twitter. I hope you you continue to find useful information and exciting giveaways here on Toronto Teacher Mom.


Giveaway #3 consists of a $40 gift voucher from CSN Stores, which has over 200 online stores that offers an incredibly extensive variety of items. The one-time use gift code can be used to towards any cloth diapers purchase of the winner's choice.


Bonus Entries: You may choose to do any or all of the following for bonus entries and leave additional comments letting me know what you have done. Please read carefully to make sure you get all your entries in.

• Like the CSNStores Facebook page for one entry and leave a comment on their wall for a second entry.
• Follow CSN Stores on Twitter.
• Blog about this giveaway. (3 entries)
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom using Google Friend Connect.
• Add my blog button to your website for one entry. If it's located on your sidebar, add a second entry. Copy code is located on the sidebar to the right.
• Like the Toronto Teacher Mom Facebook fan page. 
• Subscribe to this blog by email or in a reader.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Tweet daily for additional entries. Feel free to use the following tweet:  

Contest ends on December 5, at 11:59 pm EST and is open to both Canada and the U.S.

The Merry Fluffy Christmas giveaway for Day 1 ends today and the Merry Fluffy Christmas Giveaway for Day 2 ends tomorrow.

Here is a list of all participating blogs, which means more ways for you to win!

The Jim Henson Company proudly announces that a new episode of Dinosaur Train will air this month. On December 6, join Buddy and his adoptive family of Pteranodons as they learn how to make stomping a fun dance instead of a temper tantrum. There will also be encore presentations of Dinosaurs in the Snow on December 8, 12, 20 and 24 so be sure to check your local listings.


Here is some more information from the press release:

An all new episode of the hit CG-animated preschool series, DINOSAUR TRAIN™, is scheduled to premiere December 6 on PBS KIDS®, where the series ranks in the top 5 children’s programs among kids ages 2 to 5.*
 
In “Big Stomping Dinosaur Feet;” “Hornucopia,” Daphne, a Daspletosaurus shows Buddy how to make stomping a fun dance instead of a temper tantrum. At the Big Pond, Tank introduces the Pteranodon family to his friend, Stacie Styracosaurus, a fellow Ceratopsian with a crown of elaborate horns on her head.               
 
Encore presentations of “Dinosaurs in the Snow;” “Cretaceous Conifers” will broadcast on December 8, 12, 20, and 24 (check local listings). The episode is also one of eight fun and educational adventures available on the DINOSAURS IN THE SNOW DVD from PBS KIDS and Paramount Home Entertainment, in which Buddy travels to the North Pole, explores nocturnal animals, becomes a detective, celebrates his birthday and more! The DVD also features an interactive game, coloring pages, a dinosaur reference guide and parent information. SRP: $14.99.

In DINOSAUR TRAIN, young viewers join Buddy and his adoptive family of Pteranodons on whimsical adventures through prehistoric jungles, swamps, volcanoes and oceans as they unearth basic concepts in natural science, natural history and paleontology. The Dinosaur Train is a colorful locomotive, customized to accommodate all kinds of dinosaurs, and it has the ability to visit the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous worlds, while the Train’s Conductor, a knowledgeable Troodon, provides passengers with fascinating facts along the way.
 
DINOSAUR TRAIN is a Parents’ Choice Recommended TV series, and the DINOSAUR TRAIN website received a Parents’ Choice Silver Award and was the recipient of a prestigious 2010 Prix Jeunesse Award.

For a chance to win a copy of the Dinosaurs in the Snow DVD, simply follow Toronto Teacher Mom via Google Friend Connect and leave a comment on this post along with a way to contact you if you win. (You need to click on the word "comments" at the bottom of this post to take you to the comment form.)

For additional entries, you may choose to do any or all of the following. Please leave a separate comment for each entry indicating what you have done. Include additional comments if indicated below.

• Like The Jim Henson Company Fan Page on Facebook
• Like Toronto Teacher Mom on Facebook and leave a comment stating you entered to win a Dinosaur Train prize pack.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Tweet daily for additional entries. Feel free to use the following tweet:  

Contest ends December 10 at 11pm EST and is open to U.S. residents only. Winner will be selected using Random.org and must reply to the notification email within 3 days or a new winner will be drawn.

Welcome and thank you for joining us on Day 2 of the Merry Fluffy Christmas event!
 

Giveaway #2 consists of a cloth diaper prize pack courtesy of EcoMom, a wonderful company that aims to link the health of our environment to the health of our children by offering a wide array of affordable eco-conscious and organic products. You can read about my review of organic cotton Under the Nile training pants that was sent to me by EcoMom a few months ago. For today's giveaway, they are offering gDiapers Little gPants single in the size of the winner's choosing along with some diaper cream from their Episencial line (total value is approximately $28).




Bonus Entries: You may choose to do any or all of the following for bonus entries and leave additional comments letting me know what you have done. Please read carefully to make sure you get all your entries in.

• Like the EcoMom Facebook page for one entry and leave a comment on their wall for a second entry.
• Follow EcoMom on Twitter.
• Blog about this giveaway and leave the link in a comment. (3 entries)
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom using Google Friend Connect.
• Add my blog button to your website for one entry. If it's located on  your sidebar, add a second entry. Copy code is located on the sidebar to the right.
• Like the Toronto Teacher Mom Facebook fan page. 
• Subscribe to this blog by email or in a reader.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Tweet daily for additional entries. Feel free to use the following tweet:  

Contest ends on December 4, at 11:59 pm EST and is open to both Canada and the U.S.

Here is a list of all participating blogs, which means more ways for you to win!

It is going to be a busy week with the Merry Fluffy Christmas event set to launch very soon. But I am going to squeeze in a post announcing the winners of the Scotch-Brite cleaning product prize packs. There were 234 entries, which makes me happy! So thank you to all who participated. Without further ado, here are the lucky winning numbers:


Congratulations goes to

8. Jennifer L. said... I mentioned you on their facebook wall (Jen Tam)

and

31. ksceviour said... Im a fan of you on facebook(Karla Sceviour)

Congratulations, ladies! I will be emailing you shortly. I would like to sign off by thanking Scotch-Brite for sponsoring such a fabulous giveaway!

Happy December! Today marks the launch of the Merry Fluffy Christmas event which will run from December 1-5. There are several blogs participating in this event so be sure to pay them a visit and enter as many of the giveaways as you would like. And you can start right here!

Giveaway #1 consists of a $50 gift voucher from Agoo, the makers of kids active wear and bamboo clothing, including leggings. They are also currently offering a deal where you can buy a pair of their Snowflake Leggings and you can select an additional pair in the same or different style for 50% off.


Bonus Entries: You may choose to do any or all of the following for bonus entries. Please read carefully to make sure you get all your entries in.

• Like the Agoo Leggings Facebook page for one entry and leave a comment on their wall for a second entry.
• Follow Agoo Apparel on Twitter.
• Blog about this giveaway. (3 entries)
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom using Google Friend Connect.
• Add my blog button to your website for one entry. If it's located on your sidebar, add a second entry. Copy code is located on the sidebar to the right.
• Like the Toronto Teacher Mom Facebook fan page. 
• Subscribe to this blog by email or in a reader.
• Become a follower of Toronto Teacher Mom on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Tweet daily for additional entries. Feel free to use the following tweet:  

Contest ends on December 3, at 11:59 pm EST and is open to both Canada and the U.S.

Here is a list of all participating blogs, which means more ways for you to win!