Barielle Review and Giveaway

Check it Out!  I don't know about you but after a long, dreary winter of hiding under thick socks and boots my feet need a little pampering.  My skin tends to get dry during the cold months and chipped, split and dull nails on dry hands, along with dry, cracked heels and feet make me want to hide!  Now it's time to get ready for the skin-baring season and those cute strappy sandals I want!  I am not a salon kind of chick and I think I have had 1 manicure in my 40ish years.  Even finding time for long salon appointments is a challenge when you have 3 kids so I usually do my own nails.  Well I am so fortunate that I recently got the opportunity to try out some awesome products by Barielle, a company globally regarded as a pioneer in nail, hand and foot care.  These products were once sold at only the most exclusive stores but are now available at http://www.barielle.com/.  Offering a range of high-performance skin, nail and foot care products at affordable prices, Barielle addresses the individual, real-life needs of nails, hands, and feet. And what’s even better, Barielle has stood apart as the absolute first to practice a progressive “three-free” philosophy: absolutely none of Barielle’s products contain formaldehyde, toluene, or dibutyl phthalate (DBP), these are chemicals suspected to be harmful and found in many beauty products. Instead Barielle uses safe, effective and natural alternatives, such as keratin, proteins, vitamins and oil and plant extracts. 
So I got to try the Barielle Nail Strengthener Cream which retails for $10:

This is the most popular, ground-breaking product for nail treatment that helps strengthen nails to resist splits, peels and breaks.  It's an easy to use daily treatment to maintain healthy nails and can be used over nail polish or on bare nails.  You get noticeable improvement in 3-4 weeks. This stuff goes on smooth, smells great and soaks right into your nails.  I can already feel my nails getting stronger.  I really like this stuff because my thumbnails have tendency to split and they haven't since using this cream.
I also got to try the Barielle Total Foot Care Cream that retails for $12:


Barielle Total Foot Care Cream is an Allure Best of Beauty Award Winner and is a luxurious conditioning cream that helps eliminate calluses and cracks.  Contains NO harsh peeling ingredients, acids, or camphor.  Comes in a Baby powder fragrance.  Apply one or twice per day depending on the need.  This stuff leaves your feet feeling soft and silky.  I am not big on the baby powder scent but it's my feet so it really doesn't matter.  The effects are well worth the smell.  I only use it once a day, at night and that has done so much to repair my heals which are my problem and a small amount goes a long way which makes it a great value.  The cracks are gone and my feet are feeling really great, I can't wait to get me some cute new sandals to show them off!
I also got to try out the Barielle line of Shades- Nail Polish shades that it, which retail for $8 and I chose the Joytini:

Shades by Barielle is a salon-strength formula that is completely free of the chemicals dibutyl phthalate, toluene and formaldehyde which makes it completely pregnancy safe.  It provides a high-shine glossy coat and forms a protective barrier for a long-lasting finish.  And Check this out, when shopping online, you can snag Buy One Get One 50% Off only at barielle.com.  I absolutely love this color, it is a perfect summer polish and a very trendy one too that will just make those new sandals look even better!  It is long lasting and even coating and they have some of the coolest colors I have never seen before! Fun!
So Barielle has an entire line of hand and skin care products that you have just got to check out, like Barielle Nail Brightener which is a CosmoGirl Award Winner and Barielle Ultra Speed Dry Manicure Extender which is a CEW Award Winner.  So who is behind Barielle?   Well the story began more than 30 years ago at the Belmont Racetrack when husband and wife equestrian aficionados devised a breakthrough formula to condition the hooves of their million-dollar thoroughbred racehorses. Reformulated for women and men, the miracle product “Nail Strengthener Cream” was born and Barielle was founded. Their Barielle Nail Strengthener Cream, which helps nails grow healthier and stronger while resisting splits, peels, and breaks, remains a best-selling product even today.  You can check them out on Facebook and Twitter for some great nail hand and foot care tips, and they have two giveaways going on in May, including:
*Get Sandal-Ready! - Win a Barielle Total Foot Care Cream and a $50 gift certificate to DSW for strappy sandals (one winner per day week of May 9th; five winners)
*Nail it! - Win a stash of Barielle nail product (one winner per day week of May 23rd)

The Giveaway:

1 lucky Check it Out! with Dawn reader will win a Barielle Nail Strengthener Cream.  Just fill out the entry form below and  you can snag extra entries by doing the following(1 entry each):
*Like Barielle on Facebook
*Follow Barielle on Twitter
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*Subscribe to Check it Out! with Dawn via Email
Giveaway is open to US and Canada and will end on May 31, 2011 at 11:59pmEST.  Only 1 entry per person.
***THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED***

*I received the products in this post courtesy of  Robin Leedy & Associates for purposes of this review, however all opinions are my own.