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I was contacted by Serina to do a review on Cleebo, one of the products sold in her company and  after checking out the product details from its website, decided to give it a try since this product could also be use on a toddler as well!

Prior to this, I have been using a tweezer to do the job and although I have a nasal aspirator, it could only get rid of the wet snot and not the dry type... which is why I ended up using a tweezer on Ben when the situation warrants it.

Description from the product page:

"Cleebo has been developed by Opus Innovations Limited in consultation with a Paediatrician / GP as an innovative safe solution for removing dried nasal mucus (Bogies!) from the noses of children and incapacitated adults.

Cleebo’s main objectives focussed on: safety, hygiene, robustness, user-friendliness, child-friendliness, and ultimately effectiveness. Cleebo is essentially a pair of uniquely shaped ABS plastic tweezers with inter-changeable Medical Grade Silicone end tips. The end tips come in 5 different vibrant colours to encourage the child’s participation and co-operation. The ends also include many safety features including: depth limiting design with end tabs to prevent excessive insertion, an absence of any sharp ends, tight fit to tweezers to prevent them coming loose, and they are made from silicone which is a relatively soft material.

Cleebo can be used in 3 ways:
- Option 1: Use as conventional tweezers
- Option 2: Close both tips together & use with a dragging action, similar to using a cotton bud
- Option 3: Pull tweezers wide apart and use one side only as noted in ‘Option 2’ above. This method is effective for tiny nostrils. Should the tweezer tips remain too far apart, pinch the tweezers immediately above the ‘circle’ between the thumb and the forefinger and squeeze to reduce the gap as required."

Nice packaging!

Love the safety clip of the case

Now firstly, let's meet our product tester, Mr. Benjamin!

Now, I tried to test Cleebo on him when he's awake and alert. Nope, fat chance of trying that. He ran off the moment he saw me holding this new gadget. Backup plan? To try it when he's asleep... 

While Ben was still asleep, I find that Cleebo does its job perfectly! I am able to insert the tweezer into his nostrils and reached his ermm.. 'treasures' or boogers, or whatever you want to call it... and with the tips being so slim, Ben did not realised any foreign object invading his nostrils! (He's very sensitive, believe me!)

* What I like about this product: It focuses on the aspect of dried nasal mucus, which normal nasal aspirators in the market do not cater to. I also like the colored rubber tips that allow us to choose from (instead of just one!)

* What I would recommend: The safety tab on the rubber tip to be placed higher so that the tweezer can reached in further into a child's nostril (maybe it fits just nice for a baby with its current position now).

Other than that, there's nothing to complain about on this tweezer!

You can purchase Cleebo from http://www.sophie.sg/56-cleebo.html or http://www.opus-innovations.com/p/purchase.shtml

But wait a minute, the wonderful sponsor at Sophie.sg has generously offered a "Cleebo" for one of my blog's lucky winner!  Thanks, Sophie.sg!

* Eligibility: OPEN TO SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA & BRUNEI ONLY!

* Giveaway expires on 11th August 2011 (Malaysia time)

* You must fulfil the mandatory entry 1st (which is to provide your valid email address & answering the question), else you will be disqualified.

* Winner will be randomly drawn using Random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to my email notification or a new winner will be drawn.

* Winner will receive their prize sent directly by Sophie.sg.

To enter the giveaway, kindly click at the link shown below and the entry form will appear in a new window:

* Cleebo Giveaway Entry Form *

(Link has been disabled when entry closes at 12midnight past 11th August 2011)

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So what are you waiting for?!! Hurry up! You have 1 month time from now to join in the fun and try your luck!

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with a free product by the sponsor in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.

I was replying to Uncle Lee, one of my regular blog reader's comment on my iPad app review post about Ben's toys which he had quite a lot, but mostly those are hand-me-downs from our brother and sister in laws and presents from relatives and friends during his birthdays. We do buy him some toys but only on memorable occasions.

And it prompted me to post up pictures (quite recent) taken of Ben recently, playing with one of his newest 'toy'... the SHOE BOX! I think kids imagination is a powerful thing, even with a simple shoe box, Ben could be playing with it for sometime!

I'm amazed at how a simple shoe box can keep him occupied and entertained for some time.  He used the shoe box to store  (park) his toy cars and later on pretended it was a garage where he opens and closes the 'door' cover and park his toy cars in it.

Goes to show the great wonders of a child's curiosity and imagination! With that in mind, I leave you with these few inspiring quotes to ponder on:

* I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

* When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.  ~ Walt Disney

* Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. ~ William Wirt