The Basics - With Sesame Street & Elmo

Have you heard?

The Village Company just launched two new products under our Sesame Street line!

The newest additions to the tub are the

Apple Shampoo

&

Mango Body Wash & Shampoo 2-in-1 !

These new products are packed with features to help your little one move fun-in-the-tub to fun-in-the-shower. Each has a fun, fruity fragrance and prominently features Elmo! The image of Elmo washing has been proven to encourage kids to mimic him and do the same. Talk about gaining independence!

In addition, each product is tear-free, hypo-allergenic, and formulated to be gentle.

What more could you ask for to care for your toddler?

Visit your local Babies "R" Us or Toy's "R" Us store, or check them out at BabiesRUs.com.

In honor of the launch, we'll be giving away the product set for FREE!

Each Friday, beginning with October 30th and ending with November 20th, one lucky winner will win both products. Here's how to enter:

- 2 entries: Follow The Village Company's Blog

- 2 entries: Tweet about it using @TheVillageCo

- 1 entry: Follow us on Twitter

- 1 entry: Fan us on Facebook (The Village Company under Pages)

Follow/Fan entries will carry through each week, but Tweeting entries will expire each week. Be sure to comment about each entry so I don't miss it!

Happy Winning!! - Jenna

Giveaway open to US residents only. All winners will have product sent by November 30th.

Bubble Bath Costume Contest!!

Do you need an inexpensive, fun, adorable costume for Halloween?

Why not be a bubble bath?! - Especially when it means you could win a year's supply of bubble bath!

The Village Company will be hosting a bubble bath costume contest this Halloween in honor our selection of bubble baths - Village Naturals Bath Shoppe Foaming Milk Bath, Village Naturals Therapy Foaming Mineral Bath Oil, Rubber Ducky Bubble Bath, Mr. Bubble Bubble Bath, and Sesame Street Bubble Bath!

All you need to do is submit your bubble bath costume photos to Marketing@theVillageCompany.com by Monday, November 9th, 2009. The submitted photos will be posted on our blog where you can vote for your favorite. Voting will end and a winner will be announced Friday, November 13th, 2009.

The winning costume will receive a year's supply* of any of our bubble baths!

All entries will receive a free bottle of any of our bubble baths.

Need some ideas for building your costume? Check out these helpful links including adorable images:

http://www.mylifetime.com/lifestyle/home-crafts/parties-holidays/bubble-bath-gallery-photo

http://family.go.com/halloween-costume-contest/family-group-costumes-2/kids-in-a-bubble-bath--family-group-costume-989/

http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/unusual-halloween-costume.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27402278/ns/today-today_fashion_and_beauty/

Grab a laundry basket, shower cap, balloons, a rubber ducky and a bottle of Mr. Bubble and you'll be set!

*Contest open to US residents only. Maximum of 24 bottles of bubble bath in 1 year.

Village Naturals Therapy Muscle Relief Lotion - NOW AVAILABLE!

Faithful Muscle Relief Lotion Users,

We are pleased to be able to make a limited quantity of our Muscle Relief Lotion available for purchase online at Amazon.com. While we would love to sell this product forever, the truth is that all of our major retail partners de-listed it, which left us no choice but to formally discontinue it. If you love our Muscle Relief Lotion, you'll enjoy our other Village Naturals Therapy products including our Aches & Pains Mineral Bath Soak and Foaming Bath Oil.

Please be sure to purchase our 'last batch' of Village Naturals Therapy Muscle Relief Lotion - now available ONLY on Amazon.com!

Didn't Win the Race - But Did Win Over Little Hearts

A little over a week ago, October 3rd, I was walking to the State Capitol (MN) grounds on a rainy Saturday. I was going to meet up with Mr. Bubble. As I was approaching the festivities of the Twin Cities Marathon weekend, I realized I didn't know where I was supposed to be going to see him. Ha, I should have realized, it's Mr. Bubble. How many other big, pink, bubbles would be walking around? I could have seen him from a mile away.

The race itself - Harry & Shelly's Mascot Invitational - was very short. And entertaining. Sadly, Mr. Bubble did not win the race.

He did, however, win over the hearts of some little ones.

I am also happy to report that, though he is a bubble, the rain did no harm.

- - Jenna