It makes sense that December is the time for giveaways! Before we get to today’s, I will announce the winner of the Core Fusion Bootcamp DVD. I used the Random Integer Generator and I am very happy to announce that Diana from My Marble Rye is the winner! Diana said: My goal is to run a 10k or a half!!! I hope I can do it!!!
OF COURSE you can do it! Congratulations Diana! Email me your address and I will have that DVD sent right to you.
When I did a Cooler Cleanse review and giveaway over the summer, it went really well. I loved my three-day juice cleanse and so many readers wanted to win a free one! So when my friends at Cooler Cleanse reached out to me and told me about their new program. Healing Cooler, I jumped at the chance to help again. The concept and the motivation behind Healing Cooler is dramatically different from that of other juicing programs.
The main difference — and what I especially like about Healing Cooler — is that it is NOT marketed as a cleanse or a fast. Upon visiting the website, you see a montage of pictures with phrases such as “Send help for a speedier recovery.” And their slogan is “A healing gift from the heart.”
What does this mean? It means that Healing Cooler promotes juicing as a way to get vital nutrients to assist with healing.
On the What’s Inside Our Juices page, they clearly state the following: Our pressing method means that Healing Cooler juices stay potent for three days when kept chilled. Nowhere on the website do they encourage you to drink all six juices in a day or substitue juices for a day’s worth of food. And while you certainly could (and it is arguably most effective), that is not the main point of this gift. The Healing Cooler is a way to give someone vital nutrients to help them heal, whether it be over the course of one day or three. No matter how you drink your Healing Cooler juices, you will get the amazing benefits of juice!
From their site:
Give a gift of health and happiness to someone you care about. Opening a Healing Cooler, the recipient will find six fresh pressed juices bursting with flavor and nutrition. They’re potent aids for refreshing and reviving the body when it’s down, or boosting its daily defenses.
For centuries, people have used premium fruit and vegetable juices to maintain and build good health. Today’s extremely efficient juicing methods extract the maximum amount of goodness from ripe, organic produce. That makes pressed juice one of nature’s most powerful — and delicious — pick-me-ups.
Whether you send a Healing Cooler to lend your support or just to say “Thank you,†there’s no more thoughtful way to show you care about someone’s well-being than to give a cooler filled with fresh pressed juices.
Designed as a gift, there are four options of juice packages to give:
The Immunity, Strength and Recovery are each designed with specific juices meant to aid in these functions. On each page you can read more about the juices included and why they were chosen. It is clear that a great deal of thought and research was put into designing these programs. The idea is that you give a gift to someone in your life who needs a boost in one of these areas. For $60, it is a very reasonable gift and also very thoughtful — especially during these cold winter months.
You might be wondering how the juices actually taste. I know the idea of vegetable juice might not sound so appealing, no matter how many times I swear they taste better than you think. Healing Cooler sent me a free pack of six juices to try as part of this promotion. I opted for Create Your Own because I wanted to try juices from Immunity, Strength AND Recovery.
First, let me say this is an awesome gift to receive. It gets delivered in an insulated box that acts like a cooler. I loved the ice pack!
The Healing Cooler also includes an optional handwritten card:
I got my own sweet handwritten card from Healing Cooler! I loved it. And how cute is that box.
My thoughts on the juices I tried:
Green Leaf (Immunity, Strength, Recovery) – DELICIOUS. You might think green juice sounds yucky, but I promise you will find this tasty. If you’ve done Blueprint Cleanse, there is a great chance you think green juice is gross. This tastes NOTHING like their green juice — I SWEAR. You can hold me to this. A delicious, super healthy blend of vegetables, lightly sweetened with pear.
Kale & Co (Immunity, Strength) – LOVED. I was nervous about this one because it contains apple, which I thought might be the reason I didn’t like Blueprint’s green juice. But this is totally different! The apple is so subtle and provides just the right amount of sweetness. The watercress really added to this one. I would drink this every day if I could!
Pineapple Kiwi (Immunity) – Very good, tasted much more of pineapple than kiwi.
Pear Mint (Immunity) – I didn’t love this one the way I expected to, but it was a good juice.
Ten Veggie (Strength) – Lots and lots of vegetables in one! Crazy! I wasn’t sure if I would like this because I tend not to like juices that contain tomato, but I really enjoyed this one. The beet and carrot are strong flavors that bring down the tomato, so it is just a really delicious mix.
Red Veggie (Strength) – At first sip I thought “holy tomato!” I didn’t think I liked it, but I am happy to report that as I continued drinking it I got used to this one and ended up really liking it. I wouldn’t choose it over the others greens or the Ten Veggie, but it was much better than I expected it to be considering it contained tomato juice.
I really enjoyed my juices. I planned to drink them all in one day but ended up splitting it up over three. To each her own! That is the beauty of the Healing Cooler.
Hopefully you all think this is as awesome as I do because I’ve got FIVE of these babies to give away.
Giveaway rules:
You can get up to two entries.
(1) Entry one consists of TWO parts:
- Post on the Healing Cooler Facebook wall to say which cooler you would like in January, and why.
- Leave the same comment here so we can confirm your entry. Half entries will not be counted.
(2) Once you’ve done that, get a second entry by tweeting the following (you all know how much I love the Twitters):
Win a free @healingcooler of 6 healing juices from @dysterious – details here! http://dorishinyblog.com/?p=5096
I will work with the Healing Cooler team to select the best responses. You will be able to select a shipping day after the holiday season is over, since FedEx is a bit overwhelmed with holiday stuffs.
I will announce the FIVE WINNERS on Tuesday, December 28. Good luck!
