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Down here in Florida, even though it’s still technically Spring – it feels very much like Summer! It’s hot!!! Hot days, beach time, pool swimming, sand boxes… we’re outside all the time. So I figure to welcome Summer into our lives properly, and to highlight one of the products gracing our 2010 Sunscreen Cheat Sheet, I’d talk to you about the new line of skin care for babies and kids by Episencial. Episencial’s Sunny Sunscreen in SPF 35 is a new member of our cheat sheet this year and I think it’s a great addition to the list for a few reasons.
You get a lot of the benefits of a more natural and organic based product without breaking your wallet in half to get it. One of my other favorites costs me upwards of $26 – $30 retail and I love the product but holy cow that’s a lot of money for a sunscreen. What their products don’t have is parabens, phenoxyethanol, phthalates, SLS, or Fragrances (No Gluten or Nut Oils either). What they DO have is organic ingredients and natural sunscreens that are non-nano in nature, providing an SPF of 35 for their Sunny Sunscreen. 
What they also don’t have is a huge price tag. $15 bucks for a sunscreen is much better than $30. I’ll be forthcoming and say the Episencial line isn’t 100% chemical free but they use good practices and their creator Kim Walls has answered a TON of my annoying questions about their ingredients. And instead of getting defensive or annoyed, she explained everything to me at great length and sent me a handful of products – a Sunny Sunscreen to try out myself and a Gift Pack of products for me to give away to one of YOU!
First I want to tell you about my experience with Episencial’s Sunny Sunscreen. My baby has pretty sensitive skin – moreso than my older son who hasn’t ever had a skin reaction to anything aside from mosquitoes. The baby however gets eczema and is generally rashy. So when it came time to try sunscreens I knew I was in for a trial. I started with what I already had on hand (Badger – which I love for my other son because its really water resistant) but what I noticed is that the stuff I tried would make his skin turn pink, so I worried it would be irritated. I tried out Episencials Sunny Sunscreen and really loved it. It goes on like a lotion (not sticky like some other natural brands), has basically no smell to it and protected just as well as the others. What bugs me about some natural sunscreens is the smell. All those essential oils and butters can get stinky! Not with this… no smell, no sticky, no weird whiteness and great protection. And I love that I don’t have to take out a second mortgage to afford it.
Get It: I heard through the grapevine that Episencial’s skin care line is starting to become available at Target, though I haven’t seen it here in Florida just yet. In the meantime you can order it from their website Episencial.com
WIN IT!
Episencial sent me a great Gift Pack of products to give to one of you. One winner will take home a full size tube of Sunny Sunscreen SPF35, a tube of Protective Face Balm (with SPF 6), and their Soothing Cream for eczema and bothered skin.
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One winner will be selected at random using Random.org. Giveaway open to US residents. Entries will be accepted until May 17, 2010 at midnight PST. Good Luck 
Congratulations Elizabeth, commenter #57! Thanks to everyone who entered and to Episencial for providing a great prize!
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Aside from the sunscreen I would also be interested in tring the nurturing balm on some of my sons diaper rash spots.
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I would love to try the Better Body Butter for my lil guy as well as everything else the company carries:)
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I would like to try the bubble bath, the sunscreen or the body balm. They all sound great.
I’d love to try the sweet dreams bubble bath.
i would love to try every product!
My girls would enjoy the playful foaming wash!!
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I would love to try out the Sunny Sunscreen. Always looking for ones I like for myself and my babies.
Sunscreen first, followed by the body butter and then the bubble bath!
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I want to try all of them! What a great company!
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I’d love to try the soothing cream. My little ones have very sensitive skin.
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I became a fan on Facebook.
I would love to tyr the nuruting balm for my little ones.
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we would love to try the bubble bath – we are always wanting bubbles at my house!!
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Besides the sunscreen, I think the playful foaming wash looks great! Always looking for safe stuff for the bath…with 3 little boys under the age of 4, we do LOTS of baths!
The Sweet Dreams Bubble Bath sounds great!
I would love to try the protective face balm for my little guys dry cheeks.
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I would like to try the Playful Foaming Body wash!
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i am a facebook fan and i would love to try the sunscreen. love your website btw!
i’m a facebook fan and i’d love to try the foaming wash! thx
i’m a facebook fan and i would love to try the bubble bath too! thanks again! have a great weekend
I’d like to try the body butter. That’s great that the product line is starting to be stocked at Target, I’ll have to keep my eyes open.
The soothing cream looks interesting. Maybe it will help the really dry patches on belly’s belly that nothing else seems to work.
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I subscribe SafeMama via feedburner email. I love that service.
I would in fact love to try the Sunny Sunscreen SPF35, and also the Better Body Butter.
I’m an email subscriber.
I like SafeMama on Facebook.
I like Episencial on Facebook.
I definitely want to try the sunscreen and if it were available somewhere easy to pick it up, like at Target, that would be great!!!! If I were picking a different product to buy it would between the bubble bath and the body butter. I’m going to have to be looking for it at Target on my next trip. Really needing to get a new sunscreen that is pretty safe, but goes on easy and is easily available in a store.
I would love to try the better body butter!
i like episencial on facebook!
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Tis the season for sunscreen. But I would also be interested in the playful foaming wash. Thanks for the info and give away.
I’d love to try the sunscreen and the balm for my little “Bug’s” dry spots.
I’d love to try the sunscreen and balm for my little man’s dry spots.
I’m not sure which i LIKE THE MOST. Maybe the body butter or the balm. The ingredients used are awesome.
The protective face balm is definitely on my list. He’s due to arrive in a month, and if my dry skin during pregnancy is any indication, we’ll need the protective face balm as well as the better body butter.
I would love to try the sunscreen!
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For my 10.5 month old, I’d mostly use the foaming wash and the sunscreen. I LOVE the packaging!!
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i’m a fan of safemama on facebook.
i became a fan of episencial on facebook.
would love to try the sunscreen or the body butter
I would try the Sunny Sunscreen first!
Playful Foaming Wash – hair and body in one – awesome!
i liked episencial on facebook.
I recently bought and used the sunscreen and love it! I would like to try the soothing cream since my daughter has a little eczema.
I’ve been a fan of SafeMama on FB and also a fan of Episencial on FB already. In addition, I had already subscribed to SafeMama. Posting the giveaway link next!
Thanks ladies!
I would like to try the Sunny Sunscreen and the Better Body Butter!
I subscribe via RSS.
I am a fb fan.
I would try the sunscreen of course and the protective face balm sounds nice with a little added protection
I am a fan on facebook!
I am a fan of Episencial!
ooh, the sunscreen and the soothing cream sound like our whole family could share them!
I would love to try these. It gets super hor here in Arizona!
i would love to try the sunscreen and the foaming wash, thanks
The sunscreen for sure. I’m constantly trying to find the perfect product for my red haired/fair skinned 2 year old.
I’m a fan on facebook!
I want to try the sunscreen. If it goes on like lotion it would be much easier to apply on TWO wiggly two year olds. Ah, the joys of summer and twins.
Really want to try the SPF 35 sunscreen.
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Would love to try the SPF 35 sunscreen!
the sunny sunscreen!
The sunscreen and body butter would be great!
Definitely would love to try the sunscreen, but the foaming wash looks great too.
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With summer coming the Sunscreen would be great. The Soothing Cream sounds wonderful too.
We would love to try the Sweet Dreams Bubble bath.
I’d pick the bubble bath.
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I’m already using the sunscreen on myself and my son. It is the best one I’ve found and I’ve tried a lot. I would love to try the soothing balm.
I am a fan on facebook of safe mama and also espisencial.
I would also love to try the foaming wash too!
I am a fan of safe mama on facebook and would love to try the foaming wash and soothing cream!
So hard to choose! The Better Body Butter looks great. I love their diaper cream.
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Can’t wait to try these!!!
I love their Better Body Butter! I would love to try the sunscreen
I subscribe via email.
I’m a fan on facebook.
Just found their lotion at Target last week – love it! I am VERY interested in trying the sunscreen.
Love the lotion already! Would love to try the sunscreen.
Just became a fan of Episencial on FB.
I’m anxious to try the sunscreen. We live on an island (military family in Okinawa) and spend a LOT of time outdoors, which means lots of sunscreen for my little boys!
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I would love to try the soothing cream for ezcema for my little one
I follow on google reader
I like Episencial’s sunny sunscreen SPF 35.
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Would love to try the soothing cream!
I want to try the sunscreen! I am still looking for a good baby one.
I’d like to try the sunscreen- but the body butter sound good to (they all do!).
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I want to try the sweet dream bubble bath.
I am a fan on facebook and “like” it.
i want to try everything!… the spf 35 sunscreen, the foaming wash, the bubble bath, the balm, the cream…
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I would love to try the Sunny Sunscreen SPF 35. We live at the beach and the sunscreen we use now is so oily.
I would love to try in all. It’s great to hear the creator was willing to answer and explain product ingredients at length. Kudos!
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I would love to try out the sunscreen spf 35!! this looks like a really great site to buy great skin care products.
I”d like to try the better body butter!
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I think I did see this at Target on my last visit, but I didn’t give it a second glance because of the Eric Carle label. I’ll have to look again. I’d try their wash or sunscreen.
I would like to try the sunny sunscreen. We’re going to Cancun in July and I want to try out some safe sunscreens for the babies.
Their foaming face wash looks like I’d give it a try!
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Defintiely the soothing cream for sensitive rashy skin. I’ve got to get to Target.
I’d really love to try the sunscreen, but also the bubble bath & body butter!
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Although they have several products I’d love to try, I have to say being a fellow Floridian I’m dying to try the Sunny Sunscreen first!
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Definitely the Sunny Sunscreen as well as the Playful Foaming Wash.
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Definitely interested in the sunny sunscreen as I have very pale skin. Thanks!:-)
I just tweeted your giveaway: http://twitter.com/Quiskaeya/status/14164145221
The sunscreen would be awesome because the summer heat has already arrived in FL. The body butter looks awesome too.
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I am a fan of Safemama on FB. I found your website in 2008 when I was searching for safe products for my baby…especially BPA free. I would love to try the Sunny Sunscreen SPF 35 and the Nurturing Balm. Thanks for all the info you provide.
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