Tag: Promo

Clinique Bonus Time 2010

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If, like me, you’re a regular Clinique user, here’s a heads-up because it won’t last that long.

It’s Clinique Bonus Time once again – the time of the year when you get freebies when you do your regular replenishment of your Clinique skin care items.

For a single purchase worth P3,900 or more (between Sept. 3-19, 2010 only), here’s what you get:

(1) All About Eyes
(1) Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss
(1) Turnaround Concentrate
(1) Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion
(1) Liquid Facial Soap (Mild)
(1) Clarifying Moisture Lotion 2
(1) FREE foldable carry-on bag

I always love to wait for promos such as these because the value of the free items run to thousands already.

Better hurry over to any Clinique counter in the malls before supply of the freebies run out.

Your Healthy Palamantasan Pledge Can Win Kraft Gift Packs

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Up to now, my Mom keeps reminding me that I was not much of a vegetable eater as a little girl. Thankfully, she knew how to cook and managed to provide me with healthy snacks incorporating the things that I would eat. Sometimes though, she would insist that I eat my veggies. So nowadays, she still gets surprised when she sees me eating lots of vegetables and in fact, go for it almost always before getting the meat dishes.

However, I see my young self in my youngest son now who sets aside anything green he sees on his plate. I’m just glad that my other 3 children are not so picky with vegetables, including our eldest girl who has grown to love them. How do I ensure that my children stay healthy during their crucial growing-up years? Here are some things I have done:

1. Junk food and softdrinks are no longer on my grocery list.
2. I choose lean meat over the regular meats available (they are pricier but healthier)
3. Fish is served up more often on the table.
4. Meat dishes, as often as possible, are cooked with vegetables in them.
5. Dairy products like milk and cheese are always present at home.

What about you? Would you be willing to make a Palamantasan Pledge to provide proper nutrition for your family?

CONTEST

Share your pledge with me and get a chance to be one of 10 winners of Kraft gift packs.

It’s simple. Here are the contest mechanics:


1. The contest is open to all Facebook users IN THE METRO MANILA AREA ONLY.

2. Go to the Facebook page of “Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya“. Click “LIKE“.

3. On YOUR OWN Facebook page, create a pledge on how to keep provide proper nutrition for your family. Tag the Palamantasan page within your pledge message. Do this by first typing the “@” symbol followed by the word “Palamantasan”. A drop-down menu box will appear where you will see the entire phrase “Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya”. Click that and you should see the “Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya” become a blue link. Continue on by writing out your pledge.

4. After writing your pledge, click the attach link icon and paste the URL of this post (this is so that your entry is properly identified as having come from my blog post for judging purposes).

http://thephilippinebeat.blogspot.com/2010/09/your-healthy-palamantasan-pledge-can.html

5. Change the privacy restriction of your post to “Everyone” by clicking on the lock icon just left of the “Share” button.

6. See if your entry is valid by checking the Palamantasan Facebook fanpage.

7. Once your entry shows up on the Palamantasan page, leave a comment under my post so I can validate your entry.

8. Only ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.

9. I will choose 10 of the most creative answer from all entries linked to my blog post. The winners gets a Kraft gift pack each.

10. Prize can be claimed at the GeiserMaclang office by contacting Sam Sanchez at sam.sanchez@geisermaclang.com / 0918.823.4624

11. Winners will also be announced by me in this post.

This promo runs from the date of this post till September 15, 2010. Winners will be announced on September 18, 2010.

Prizes can be claimed beginning Sept. 20 to Sept. 30, 2010.

The Philippine Beat Takes on the Downy Passion Challenge!

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Downy had been my constant companion during my years of living in Pennsylvania as a grad student. Doing the laundry in the school’s laundromat, I’d haul my load of clothes down to the basement where the machines were located, with a Downy bottle sitting right on top of the entire heap.

So imagine my delight to see a basket at home marked “Downy”.

On hindsight though, I should have taken a picture before unboxing that Downy basket but excitement got the better of me. Imagine my surprise when the basket DID NOT HAVE any Downy inside it!

Instead, the contents of the basket revealed 2 towels mysteriously marked “Towel 1” and “Towel 2” (my thought bubble: Now why did they have to label 2 towels that look similar?“

The basket also had 3 scented candles in two-toned pink (my favorite color!). These ones I liked! Still, what were these here for?

And why no Downy???

It was only when I opened the PR envelope inside that I realized the purpose of the towels and scented candles. I was being invited to 2 challenges that would test the sensitivity of *drum roll* my nose!

In Challenge 1, I am supposed to tell which towel was sprinkled with perfume and which one was washed with the new Passion by Downy fabric conditioner.

In Challenge 2, I had to decide what additional ingredient (besides Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang and soft musk) was added to Passion by Downy. There were 3 options to choose from: Cinnamon, Rose, or Lavender.

CHALLENGE 1: Guess which towel was washed with Downy Passion



I carefully opened both towels, making sure that I just exposed one side of it so the fragrance won’t easily dissipate. I took deep breaths from both, really trying to make out which one was perfume-y and which was Downy-smelling. Wow, hard to tell! They both smelled nice. I had to reach deep, deep down into the recesses of my memory to recall what freshly washed laundry smelled like and which would be the more probable choice.

My Answer? TOWEL 1 IS THE ONE WASHED WITH DOWNY PASSION. And Towel 2 is the one with perfume.

CHALLENGE 2: Guess the additional ingredient in Downy Passion

I opened up Towel 1 again (which of course was my bet for having been washed with Downy) and took several deep breaths to check it out. Is the additional ingredient Cinnamon? Or Rose? Or could it be Lavender? By process of elimination, cinnamon was the first to be eliminated. Definitely did not smell cinnamon-y, like cinnamon rolls do. So it was a toss-up between Rose and Lavender. I got stuck here for some time. Until I realized that I had an idea what Lavender smelled like. It’s what I often spray on my pillows and sheets before I head for bed. Lavender is known in aromatherapy to induce relaxation, you see. As i continued to take in the scent of towel #1, it didn’t seem to fit my memory of what Lavender should smell like. So by default (and here, I’m crossing my fingers), I say —

My Answer? ROSE IS THE ADDITIONAL INGREDIENT IN DOWNY PASSION


Now that I’ve cast my votes on the 2 challenges. I’ll just sit back and really hope that my guesses are spot on. Being a Downy lover, I really would love to win a whole year’s supply of it.

And while this challenge is all about Passion by Downy, they do have another fabric conditioner called Attraction by Downy with its fruity, sweet fragrance of apple blossom, freesia and vanilla.

So there you go, the two new perfume scents in your favorite Downy fabric conditioner.

How do they get the perfume into the conditioner? They use an advanced, touch-activated Perfume Microcapsule (PMC) Technology – the perfume-blended oils are placed in microcapsules which, when rubbed or touched, slowly release more fragrance into the air. As you keep touching your clothes, sheets or just about anything, you actually release more of your favorite fragrance.

Aromatherapy in the wash…neat!

OREOs to Have, Share and Play With!

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Whenever I go to the grocery to buy food, one item is almost always there – kids’ snacks. As I head off to the aisle with all the biscuits and cookies, there is one thing for sure that will be thrown into my grocery cart – OREOs!

Now, my kids’ favorite snack pack is here for everyone to have, share and play with!

You can enjoy OREOs, share FREE packs with your family and friends, and bond while playing the OREO games!

It’s simple!  Just visit www.shareoreo.com and REGISTER.

Once you’re registered, you’ll be able to experience the OREO fun:

1. Claim your very own FREE OREO PACKS (you will get a GC like the one below in your email and you can print it out to claim your 3 OREO packs from your designated 7-Eleven branch);

2. Send these very same OREO packs to all the people you know. There’s an easy way on the site to automatically send the free OREOs to your contacts on different email providers and social network sites like Facebook, Twitter and more; and

3. Play the different OREO games on the site and get a chance to win more prizes as well as the chance to experience what it’s like to become a human OREO.

With OREO, you don’t just get to twist, lick and dunk OREOs yourself. You get to share this fun with everyone else as well!

Krispy Kreme Contest: You and Your Mom

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Mother’s Day may be over but the month of May (dedicated to mothers) isn’t. Celebrating the month of mothers can be done for the entire 31 days of the month.

Krispy Kreme has new creations that are worth taking your most-loved mother on a Krispy Kreme date for. Their theme centers around mangoes – the tropical fruit that everyone loves. First, there is the Mango Kreme Cake – made of chunky bits of mangoes mixed with custard set atop of soft vanilla cake and garnished with graham cracker bits.

Of course, the best partner of the Mango Kreme Cake is the Mango Kreme Chiller – a thirst-quenching beverage made of mangoes and topped with whipped cream.
Now, you still have a chance to show how much you love your Mom and it is so easy. Here are the simple mechanics:
2. Once you’ve followed Chloe, email a photo of yourself and your mother having a magical moment with a brief description (2-3 sentences) on why it is magical to the e-mail address of Chloe (hotlightgirl.chloe@gmail.com). Copy me on your email entry by sending same entry to my email address (thephilippinebeat@gmail.com) so that I’m sure to include your photo in my next blog post.

The photo can be an old one or a recent one. With your email, include the following info:

  • Full Name
  • Facebook Name
  • Age
  • Blog where you saw this promo, which in this case is my blog (The Philippine Beat)
  • Date of submission

3. Chloe will email me your photo entry which I will post on my blog. You have 2 chances to win because the first week’s contest runs from May 17-21 (one winner to be announced May 23) and the second week’s contest runs from May 24-30 (noon) (one winner to be announced May 30). Non-winners from the first week remain eligible in the second week.

4. The winner of each week will be chosen by a guest judge of my choice based on the following criteria:

  • 40% – how closely the photo reflects your relationship with your Mom
  • 35% – impact of your explanation as to why the photo is magical
  • 25% – number of positive comments your entry elicits from my readers (you may ask your family and friends to comment but please…NO SPAMMING). I reserve the right to disregard what I deem to be spam comments.

The judge’s choice is FINAL.

5. I will email the weekly winners and ask the winners to tell me which KK branch the prize will be claimed from. Each winner gets a free box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

6. To claim your prize, print out the email from me confirming that you won and present it to the KK branch with one valid ID. Claiming period is until June 4, 2010.

7. Prizes are not convertible to cash and can only be claimed personally at a KK branch. I won’t be able to mail/post/deliver the boxes to the winners.

Win a Shirt from Nike Women

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POC Sportacular has teamed up with Nike for Mother’s Day to bring you this contest. Yes, Mother’s Day may be over but you still get a chance to win one of these Nike Women shirts.
Here are the different ways to join:
1.       Leave a comment below.
3.       Leave a comment on our Facebook wall.
4.       Follow us on Twitter.
5.       Tweet this link http://bit.ly/ckL53A along with the #POCSportacular and #NikeWomen hashtags.
6.       Put a link to this contest on your blog (don’t forget to tell us about it!).
Once you’ve done any of the items on this list, post a comment here with the link to your entries or send an email to msumayao (at) thepoc (dot) net.
You get more entries for each individual item on the list, so maximize your chances of winning by doing everything we mentioned! Take note that each of these items will qualify as just one raffle entry, regardless of how many times you do them. That means that if you spam Twitter with a million of our hashtags, you’ll still get just one raffle entry.
The contest began last May 9, 2010 and runs till 12 midnight, May 17, 2010. Winners will be announced the next day, on Sportacular.

Clinique’s Bonus Time Promo

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Today, my girl and I took advantage of Clinique’s Bonus Time promo. Since I am about to run out of their Pressed Powder Transparency 3 which I use daily on my face, I decided to buy reserve stock. My girl needed her pressed powder as well.

Good thing we waited until now because this twice yearly event really allows you to get freebies which ordinarily would cost you a couple of thousands when purchased separately.

With a minimum single purchase of P3,500, you get travel sizes of Repairwear Contour, Turnaround Instant Facial, Turnaround Concentrate, Liquid Facial Wash, Long Last Lipstick in Berry Kiss and Lash Power Mascara in Black Onyx. A pretty-in-pink trendy bag is thrown in when you increase your purchase to P4,000!



My daughter and I are both happy. We have our powder supply, the freebies, and my favorite colored pink bag.

This is a limited offer only. Promo is good from March 1-17, 2010.