All has been fixed and you can now enter the giveaway through Rafflecopter (scroll down to the bottom of the post)... sorry about the issues before!
I promised there would be a Redmond product giveaway, but I bet you didn't expect that it would be so soon! This is the kick-off to the summer (ok, the almost-summer) giveaway week here at Keeper of the Home, and this is a great giveaway to start off with!
For those who haven't heard of Redmond Trading Company and their fantastic sea salt, clay and more, let me fill you in a little bit.
Redmond is a company that is located in an area of Utah where they are able to take advantage of a massive sea salt deposit, as well as a layer of pure bentonite clay. Both the salt and clay are well-protected from modern pollutants, and are carefully extracted in food-grade facitilies, so that they can be used as the natural health-boosters that they are.
How we discovered Redmond products
Our family first heard of Redmond about 5 years ago, when I was looking for a high-quality but affordable sea salt. I found Redmond's Real Salt through Azure Standard, the price was easily in my budget, we tried and loved it, and began to buy it regularly.
If you've never tried a genuine sea salt like this before, you may be surprised at the color-- not a pure white, but rather a beautiful multi-colored array of salt crystals, which indicates the presence of over 60 natural trace minerals. The taste is subtle, but it goes beyond the stark salty taste of bleached and iodized table salt. It has a much wider spectrum of flavor which I think comes through in our food. I've been eating sea salt so long now that I actually hate the taste of white table salt now.
Beyond making sea salt for everyday use (in both fine and kosher varieties), they also have flavored salts, which we hadn't know about previously, but now they seem to appear on our table at least once a day.
Our absolute favorite is the Season Salt (although the Garlic Salt and Onion Salt are also delicious), which I grew up on as a kid, but it was the kind that contained MSG, sugar, anti-caking chemicals, sometimes artificial coloring, and "natural flavors" which can be anything the manufacturers want it to be.
But the Real Salt Organic Season Salt? Real Salt, Organic Onion, Organic Corriander, Organic Mustard, Organic Black Pepper, Organic Paprika, Organic Celery Seed, Organic Tumeric, & Organic Parsley. Simple, real food ingredients.
And did I mention the clay?
Some of you may have read my recent glowing praise of their new clay-based toothpaste, Earthpaste.
In that post, I mentioned that they sell a bentonite clay, which is simply called Redmond Clay. It comes in many forms-- in paste form to use for first aid, as a facial masque, in capsules for digestive health, and in plain powder form, to be used as you like.
Buying it in powder is most economical, of course, and then you can mix it into any consistency of paste that you like, make it a liquid for drinking (yes, I said drinking- it has many internal uses), or put it into your own capsules.
I have found that the tubes of First Aid clay paste are handy. I already had powdered clay in the house and would make up a paste when it was truly necessary for various owies, bug bites, etc. Having it ready to go in a tube is just that much more convenient and means I'm more likely to use it. We find clay soothing on scrapes and burns, helpful for rashes, very effective on itchy or painful bug bites, calms down zits, and it works on skin infections as well. Learn more about using clay in this ebook.
I've just barely scratched the surface with these products, and you can look forward to some lengthier and informative posts on Real Salt and Redmond Clay later on this year. For now, though, two readers are going to win a box full of Redmond goodies to try themselves!
Get entered to win one of two Redmond Trading Company packages, each an $87 value!
Here's what the two winners will win:
- 2- Tubes Earthpaste (They choose which 2 flavors they want sent - Cinnamon, Wintergreen, Peppermint) ($7.99x2)
- 1 - 9 oz Shaker of Real Salt - FINE ($4.75)
- 1 - 8 oz Shaker of Real Salt - KOSHER ($4.75)
- 1 - Facial Mud (9.99)
- 1 - 10 oz Jar Redmond Clay ($10.87)
- 1 - 60 ct bottle Re-Lyte ($11.99)
- 1 - Bath Salt Plus ($8.99)
- 11 - Real Salt Pocket Shakers - 1 to use, 9 to share ($1.99 each or $19.99)
Total Retail Value = $87.31
Rather than simply leaving comments, I'm trying out a new method for entering giveaways. Click below to complete one Rafflecopter form, for all of your multiple entries, and then you're done!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
**If you are reading this in an email newsletter: Please note that in order to enter, you will have to click the post title at the top of this email in order to visit the actual blog page, so that you can properly view the giveaway.
Giveaway ends at 11:59pm on Friday, June 15, 2012.
I, too, filled out the form on the rafflecopter site. It only allowed me to start and account and make my own event. There was not place to sign up for your drawing. I would love an opportunity to enter. Like these others, is there a way for you to take our information and enter it into the drawing? Thank you!
Hi Kathy, the link is fixed now! Sorry about that!
The link didn't work for me either!
It works now Rebekah! You can try again!
Again with the link, but I'll check back so I can enter! I got a small sample of this salt and LOVE it! My mom thinks I'm crazy and can't taste any difference, lol.
Hi Kait! Its working now!
Yeah . . . same problem with the link. But I'd love to win this!! I haven't used anything but Redmond Real Salt for the last year or so and wouldn't go back. I'd love to try the Earthpaste and the rest of the awesome goodies!
Hi Kathleen! The link is working now! Try again!
Like everyone else, I also could not get the link to work--Still would love to enter though!! We use the sea salt but would love to get my hubby their Season Salt--he will not give up on the yucky kind!!!!
Hi Steph! Try again, it works now!
ditto to what others said about the link... hoping this can enter me in instead. What a great giveaway, love the RedSalt brand, I didn't know they made other products.
Hi Natalie! Try again, it works now!
Link just takes me to the Rafflecopter site - not an entry. :( I want to enter!
Sorry about that Melissa! It works now!
I'd love to be entered as well! Had the same problem with the website...signed up but couldn't find other giveaways. Hope it works!
Sorry Dezi! It works now, try again!
A very fun giveaway! I could not get the link to work either, but would love to be entered.
Sorry Holly! It works now!
What a great giveaway! Looking forward to entering! =)
You can now Virginia!
I tried to enter this terrific giveaway by clicking on the link as well - I'm hoping this reply will act as a backup just in case - Thanks!
Hi De! Try again, it works now!
These products sound great! I would love to try them.
Cannot get the link to work... so want to enter :)
Try again! It is working now!
So sad, rafflecopter not working, :(
And I've used it previously, so I'm pretty sure I know how to use it. Anyway, I'll check back to see if it's working. Would love to try the toothpaste mainly, and of course, all the other goodies.
Hi Sheree! Sorry about that, it works now!
It's not working for us either. Hopefully, we can enter/win from here...
Sorry Tracey! Try again, it works now!
Oh, this give away looks amazing. We have tried Redmond Salt and will never go back! I sure would like to try their Earthpaste and clay, however. It sounds very awesome! But I could not get the rafflecopter to work! :( Well, I will try later. Thanks for offering this great prize.
It works now Marilyn! Try again!
I could not enter the contest either :( I really want to!!!!
Hi Ginger. Try again, it works now!
Like the others, I couldn't access your Rafflecopter form. Nonetheless, this looks like an awesome prize pack-- I'd love to win it!
Sorry Jocelyn! It works now!
I too can't get the form. would love to win this though! would be an aesomr birthday present :)
Hi Jamie! It works now! Try again! And happy birthday!
Same for me! I've tried the salt and LOVED it, but did not know about the other products. Would love to enter.
You can now Arielle!
Ditto the others - I can never get the rafflecopter site to let me enter the giveaways. But I would like to enter!
Sorry Christina! Try again, it works now!
I want to enter too!
You can now, Heidi!
perhaps there is a trick to the rafflecopter thingy that we don't know? I would love to enter -- the products sound AMAZING!!! You've sold me on them! :)
Sorry Pat! The link wasn't working earlier, but it is fixed and you can enter now!
I'd like to enter the giveaway too.
You can now, Cora!
Thanks for this giveaway. I would love to enter this as I am always keeping my eye out for good healthy alternatives to the junk in the stores. The raffle copter is to working for me either.
It works now, Cassie! Try again!
No raffelcopter for me either, just took me to their site. I'll check back as I would love to win this.
Sorry Elizabeth! It works now!
Its not working yet. :(
It does now, Marcy!
I would love to enter;) but it's not working yet:(
It does now, Jessi!
Would love to enter but not working
It is working now, Ana!
still not working I'm afraid! I'll check back later because I really would love to enter this!
Hi! Sorry, it is fixed now! Try again!
Not working for me either :(
It is fixed now, Sarah!
I would like to enter as well, but have the same problem as the others. Thanks for hosting this great giveaway!
Sorry Katy! It works now!
I want to enter too!! Hope you can get this working! :)
It works now Susan! Try again!
This is a very cool give-away but,like the other commenters, the Rafflecopter thing didn't work. : (
(Well, at first I thought it was just me, but I see it isn't)
I hope I can still have a chance to win this. : )
It is working now, Susan! Try again!
The link for the Give-away just takes me to sign for rafflecopter :(
Yeah the link was broken. It is fixed now so try again!
Sooo excited about this giveaway! Unable to access raffle but will do as soon as the bug is fixed! :D
It is fixed now Yvonne!
We love their salt and clay (esp for stings). I'm having the same problem as the others. I'll try to check back and see if the link gets fixed. Thanks.
It works now Angela!
I am super excited about this giveaway but having the same issues with the link also. :-/
The link is fixed! Try again!
Id love to enter and win this awesome package! Blessings.
It is working now Nicole! Try again!
I am having the same problem. I am really excited about this giveaway!
Its working now Shea! Try again!
I'd like to enter tooo! What an awesome giveaway!
Hi Peyton! It works now! Try again!
Yeah, I want to enter too, but it just took me to a site where I could create a rafflecopter account.
Sorry Jamie! The link was broken! It is fixed now so try again!
I tried entering the giveaway too, but the link does not take us to your specific section. Thank you for the giveaway.
Sorry Melanie! The link was broken. It is fixed now so try again!
I can't get it to work either.
It works now Jenni! Try again!
Tried the link too ...even went through the whole sign-up process but still could find your giveaway. I'm entering by comment if you decide to change things up.
*couldn't
Sorry Hope! The link was broke! It is fixed though so try again!
The link took me to a general site and I filled out the form with name and email address but it doesn't seem to go anywhere from there; your giveaway doesn't appear to be listed anywhere that I could find. Great giveaway ... hope I'm entered.
Hi Susan! Sorry about that! The link was broken! Try again, it is working now!
I tried the link as well, only went to generic rafflecopter site.
Yeah it was broken :( It is fixed now though so try again!
I am not seeing the form. When I click on the rafflecopter giveaway, it takes me to their web site. Thanks for the giveaway!
Sorry Kathy! The link was broken! It is fixed now so you can try again!
Thanks!
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Tried the link for the giveaway, but it didn't seem to work. Just went to thpte generic rafflecopter site.
Sorry Lynn! The link was broken! It is fixed now so you can try again!