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A few weeks ago I received a box of the just launched mirra beauty products. My box included shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion, micro-remodeling cream and wrinkle reducing eye cream. I have been using them exclusively for the past 2 weeks and I love them!

First some information about mirra.

Launching now, mirra products include shampoos and conditioners; hair styling products; body washes and mists; facial and skin care lotions, cleansers and cleansing cloths; eye firming and age defying creams; and cosmetic brushes.

mirra products are made with natural ingredients, such as olive oil, aloe leaf juice, and cranberry, bamboo, honey and chicory root extracts. Proven technologies are used for many of the products too. For example, the revolutionary oleosome emulsion technology is used in skin care products to deliver long lasting moisture that keeps protecting and nourishing skin long after application.

mirra products can be found in the beauty care aisles exclusively at all stores that are part of the Kroger Co. family. For a limited time, mirra is offering $5 off when you purchase any two mirra products. To download the coupon visit www.kroger.com.

In my 2 weeks of using the mirra shampoo and conditioner I have found that my hair is healthier with fewer split ends. The body wash and lotion left my skin soft and clean and the micro-remodeling cream has kept my skin smooth and moisturized. The wrinkle reducing eye cream has helped decrease the puffiness around my eyes. The downsides of the mirra products are minimal but the shampoo and conditioner are tea and sunflower seed scented, for me that took some getting used to. Also, living in Florida I need sun protection in my moisturizer and the micro-remodeling cream doesn’t have any. The biggest negative for me is that mirra is a Kroger exclusive brand and the closest store to me is over 400 miles away so I don’t know how I am going to get more when I run out!

Now the giveaway! One lucky reader of The Mom Maven will win an assortment of mirra products courtesy of Kroger.
Mandatory 1st Entry visit the Kroger website, use the store locator and then come back here and tell me how far away your closest Kroger store is-hopefully yours is a lot closer than mine!

Bonus Entries-please leave a separate comment for each entry

• Blog subscribers get 1 entry (click on the orange heart to subscribe)
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• Tweet this “I entered to win mirra beauty products-the perfect blend of nature & science from @mommaven have you?  http://bit.ly/winmirra” you may do this 1x a day put the tweet’s URL in your comment.

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end March 17th at 10:00pm EDT. The winner will be chosen by Random.org.

Disclosure: I received the mirra products courtesy of The Kroger Company for review and giveaway as a part of the Global Influence Network. If you have any questions please see my full disclosure statement at the bottom of this page.

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Ingredients

• Palm and coconut based non-ionic surfactants
• Silicates and carbonates including sodium meta silicate (simple mineral salts)
• Citrates and natural citrus oil
• Cellulose (plant based)
• Fatty acid derivative”

We have done 3 loads of dishes using the Auto Dishwash Powder and it works great! We are not a family who is great a scraping all the food off of our plates and rinsing them well before we put them in the dishwasher. As a result, we often end up with a few plates and silverware piece that are still dirty after washing. Since using the Auto Dishwash Powder, our dishes and silverware are much cleaner. I must admit it also feels good to know that I’m not subjecting my family to the chemicals found in our other dishwashing detergent. The Auto Dishwash Powder is cost effective too. You only use 1 TBS for a load of dishes so you can get approximately 83 loads from one container and this would put the cost at less than 15 cents a load. My usual detergent costs 25 cents a load! For my family, that would save almost $55 a year plus no chemicals on our dishes and silverware.

The Rosemary Orange Shampoo
From the Ecostore website: “This shampoo gets excellent results on fine and oily hair.

Combining nature’s best products and aromatherapy Ecostore USA has created a wonderful shampoo that will bring volume and life back to your hair. (6.8 fluid ounces)

Ingredients

• Water
• Lauryl-glucoside (from glucose)
• Derivatives from coconut and palm oil – olefin sulphonate
• Laureth-2
• Polyol Coconut Fatty Acid Ester
• Sodium Hydroxymethyl Glycinate (from natural amino acid)
• Citric Acid
• Certified Organic Cider Vinegar
• Essential oils of Rosemary Cineol, Orange Sweet Organic, Pine Scotch, Sage and Cypress.”

I wanted to try this product for my 16 yr old son. Like many teens, he has excessively oily hair. We have tried many different shampoos but none have allowed him to go more than 24 hours without shampooing. It seems to be a vicious cycle. I gave him the shampoo and asked him to try it. He was afraid it would smell to “girly” -but it doesn’t. He says you don’t need to use much shampoo and it does work best when you lather it up and let it sit there for a minute or two before rinsing. Since using the Rosemary Orange Shampoo, his hair has been cleaner and softer. He has actually been able to go 2-3 days between shampoos and he hasn’t been able to do that in a long time. He is very happy with his hair and says the shampoo, “Works great!” The shampoo is not as cost saving as the dishwash detergent. Since there is no exact measurement for how much shampoo to use, I had to figure out the price per ounce. For the Rosemary Orange Shampoo it is $1.61 per ounce where his regular shampoo is 33 cents an ounce. To me, the cost difference is worth it because my son feels better about himself and if he is only using it every 2-3 days versus daily the bottle will last for a while.

I bet you want to know what you need to do to win a $25 gift certificate to Ecostore.
How to Enter:
For your first entry: Go to Ecostore and look around. Then come back here and leave me a comment letting me know what you would get with the gift certificate. You must also follow or subscribe to this blog and leave a comment here telling me that you have done this Please leave a valid e-mail address or twitter name so that I can notify if you win. **You must do all of this to be entered.

If you would like extra entries you can earn them for doing any or all of the following:

* tweet this contest and post the url of the tweet as a separate comment (you can do this 1x per day each day of the contest-just post each tweet url in a separate comment)
*Fave this blog on MomFaves-just click this link
* blog about this contest and link to this post (not just a link to the contest) then leave me a link to your post in a separate comment
* stumble this post with a review and link it here in separate comment

The winner will be chosen on Thursday, March 26th at 10:00pm. Good Luck!!

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