Have you heard of Zadoozy.com ($50 Visa GC giveaway ends 5/28/12)

May 14, 2012 By 93 Comments

 

I have to admit that I spend a lot of time (too much time) browsing the Internet. I love to find new discoveries and share them with my friends, family and of course website readers. It’s fun to discover a site you might not otherwise know about.

Have you ever heard of the site Zadoozy before? Zadoozy mission is to help consumers like me and you save time and money by bringing together top performing products that help promote a clean and healthy home. 

They have some pretty cool products. I have my eye on the vapor steam cleaner from Ladybug. With five cats, a dog and teens I really feel the need to not only clean but totally disinfect my home sometimes. I’m a wee bit of a “germ-o-phobe”. I’m always spraying the door handles, knobs, remotes and other frequently handled thing with Lysol. I do that every day.

I love the idea of the Ladybug. It’s a vapor steam cleaner that not only cleans surfaces but also discenfects them at them same time. Plus you can get things really clean without the need of toxic chemicals.

Sadly I cannot afford the Ladybug, but one can dream. :-)

They do have other steamers that are closer to my budget range.

 

If you or anyone in your family suffers from allergies, Zadoozy has products to help clean the air that you breath too. We have an air purifier and it’s made a huge difference in our allergies. Zadoozy has air purifiers for just about any budget. They even carry super duper industrial quality ones.

I like that people are able to do reviews of the products they purchased from Zadoozy. Reviews can really help you in your research to decide which product to purchase, or if a product is worth your while.

 For more information about Zadoozy, or to check out all the products they offer, visit www.Zadoozy.com. You can also find Zadoozy on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/Zadoozy) and on Twitter (@Zadoozy).

Zadoozy would like to give a lucky reader a $50 Visa gift card. Perhaps you’ll want to use it to make a purchase from Zadoozy?

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on May 28, 2012 at 12:01 AM (EST). The winner will be chosen using a random number generator from all eligible entries.

You MUST complete the initial entry requirement or else the additional entry options will not qualify (I do check).

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Kimberly

*I was not compensated for this post. I posted this for the benefit of my site readers. Any opinions expressed are my own. Zadoozy will be providing the prize. 

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Win a $50 Gift Certificate to Costume SuperCenter (end 5/28/12)

May 14, 2012 By 67 Comments

 

When people think about costumes they tend to think about Halloween. The truth is that people have costume parties year round, both adults and children. Personally I have never attended one but I’m anxious to do so. They seem like a lot of fun. I would love to get dressed up in a costume.

My kids used to love to wear costumes to play dress up. They would keep their Halloween costumes from years past and dress up in them. My son would even dress up in my daughter’s old costumes. I think it was pretty cute.

I’m sure a popular dress up costumes these days are Marvel’s Avengers. I can imagine there are plenty of young boys (and girls) who want to dress up like the Hulk, Captain America or Iron Man.

If your son or daughter are anxious to dress up like their favorite Super Hero you should check out the Avengers costumes section at Costume SuperCenter. They have Avengers costumes for men, boys and even girls. Some of them are pretty cool and realistic looking too.

I have a feeling that Avengers costumes are going to be the most popular type of costume this Halloween.

Not all little girls are into the Avengers. Many girls are more into Princesses. Personally I was a Tom Boy growing up. I rather play with my GI Joe dolls and Tonka trucks then Barbie dolls. :-)

Costume SuperCenter offers  a nice selection of Disney Princess costumes and accessories including gloves, crowns, shoes and wigs.

Costume SuperCenter has costumes in all different price ranges so you are sure to find plenty of selections in your price range.

To check out the available costumers visit www.CostumeSuperCenter.com.

Costume SuperCenter has also offered to give a lucky reader a $50.00 gift certificate to their online store. You can use it now to pick up a costume for a party, or for your child (or grandchild) to play dress up. Or you can hold on to it for Halloween. It’s up to you.

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on May 28, 2012 at 12:01 AM (EST). The winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries.

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Kimberly

*I was not compensated in any way for this post. I posted this for the benefit and enjoyment of my site readers. Any opinions expressed are my own. Costume SuperCenter will provide the gift certificate online via e-mail.

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New 2 box Cheerios now available (Giveaway ends 5/26/12)

May 14, 2012 By 57 Comments

 

Cheerios have been a staple in my home for as long as I can remember. I ate Cheerios growing up, but not as much as I do now.

It all pretty much started when my daughter first started to eat solid foods. The pediatrician recommended Cheerios. Since then you will never not see a box of Cheerios or two (three, four…) in my pantry at any given time. From regular Cheerios, to Honey Nut Cheerios and all other Cheerio flavors, we always have a box or two on hand.

Because we go through so many boxes of Cheerios we always make sure to stock up and buy a couple of boxes whenever possible.

Cheerios now offers a special 2 box packaging now available at Costco, Sam’s Club and BJ’s nationwide.

The new 2 box packaging contains two individual Cheerios boxes, making it easier for them to store and pour.

My family wa shocked when they saw the huge package of Cheerios. They couldn’t wait to open up the package (even though we already had an opened box of Cheerios in the pantry).

This new packaging actually contains MORE Cheerios than regular boxes of Cheerios. They accomplished this by reducing the amount of air in each individual bag. These boxes contain 10% more cereal and less packaging.

And guess what? The new packaging is also more eco-friendly. Even though each box contains more cereal then other boxes, the new packaging has been reduced by over 200,000 pounds, saving upwards of 1,000 trees and taking 130 Cheerios trucks off the road, thus decreasing CO2 emissions.

Talk about a “win-win” situation! More cereal for us with more convenient packaging AND saving trees and reducing CO2 emissions.

If you would like to learn more please visit http://bit.ly/CheeriosNew2Box.

Here is a brief video about the new packaging too. If you are reading this via e-mail you can view the video here, http://bit.ly/CheeriosNew2Box.  


Look for the new and improved 2 box Cheerios which are now available on the shelves of Costco, Sam’s Club and BJ’s nationwide.

I have TWO 2-box Cheerios to give to a lucky winner, compliments of General Mills and My Blog Spark.

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on May 26, 2012 at 12:01 AM (EST). The winner will be chosen at random from all eligible entries using a random number generator. The winner will be notified via e-mail.

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Kimberly

*I received free product samples from General Mills and My Blog Spark. Any opinion expressed is my own and not influenced in any way. General Mills and My Blog Spark will be providing the prize.

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Pampers Pandora Radio – Toys”R”Us/Babies”R”Us Gift Card Giveaway (ends 5/25/12)

May 12, 2012 By 145 Comments

Are you familiar with Pandora Radio? It’s an online service that allows you to create customized “radio stations” that play your favorite songs from your favorite artists. There is also a Pandora Radio app that allows you to do the same thing from your smart phone. If you have a Roku or similar device you can also stream your Pandora Radio stations to your television too.

I listen to Pandora often, especially around the holidays. I always have holiday music playing in the background when I’m working. Somtimes I am feeling a bit nostalgic and I’ll play my Pandora Radio stations with 70′s or 80′s music.

Did you know that Pampers has it’s own station on Pandora? Actually they have two different stations – one geared towards babies and the other one is for toddlers.

Moms and Dads can choose which radio station is more appropriate for their little one. The Pampers Radio station for babies plays soothing songs and lullabies. These are not your typical lullabies, like Rock-a-Bye Baby. These are soothing songs sung by some of today’s artists. I listened to the station for a bit and all of the songs that the station played had words to them. Even adults can enjoy this station if you are looking for music to make you feel calm and relaxed. It’s a great station to “unwind” to.

The Toddler station features fun songs that your child (and perhaps even Mom and Dad) can sing a long to. One of the songs I heard on the station was Little Red Caboose sung by Lisa Loeb. I also heard “Where oh where did my little dog go” sung by Mickey Mouse and friends (it was a Clubhouse Disney song). I found it funny that I still remember the words and could sing along with the songs too. :-)  

Listening to either of these stations will give you limited-time on-screen offers from Babies”R”Us and Toys”R”Us too.

Pandora is FREE. You can find Pandora Radio at www.Pandora.com. You can either use the search term “Pampers” to find the radio stations, or you can easily find both stations here, www.PampersRadio.com/Pandora.

Sadly, the radio stations are only going to be available until August 12, 2012. I hope that Pampers reconsiders and keeps the stations going year round because I think this is a valuable resource for parents. As a parent I wish I had radio stations like this when my children were younger.

In honor of Pampers Radio I have a $25.00 gift card that can be used at either Toys R Us or Babies R Us, compliments of Procter & Gamble (P&G). Thanks P&G!

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on May 25, 2012 at 12:01 AM (EST). The winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries. You MUST complete the initial entry requirement (leaving a comment on this post) or the extra entries won’t qualify. 

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Kimberly

*I received a gift card in exchange for my participating in this campaign. There was no other compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and are not influenced in any way. P&G provide the prize. 

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Beyond Coastal Review & Giveaway (ends 5/22/12)

May 10, 2012 By 70 Comments

Today is the first day in a long time that I actually saw sunshine, even if it was just for a few fleeting moments. The weather here in New York has been overcast, gray and gloomy for a long time (too long!). I am hopeful that blue skies and sunshine will be here again in the next few days.

Seeing sunshine certainly perks up my mood. I am also a lot more productive when it’s sunny outside. Sadly, the sun is not always my friend. In fact, sometimes it can be my worst enemy. I have very pale skin and I burn just thinking about going out in the sun. Ican’t even sit on my balcony when it’s sunny outside without slathering on sunscreen. I can burn in minutes.

Growing up the word sunscreen was not even in my vocabulary. I would be outside in the sun from sun up to sun down all summer long. It’s no wonder I was hospitalize with heat stroke and burned so severely at times that I had sun poisoning. I remember being so burned (sun poisoning) that I had huge painful blisters all over my body.

After having to have six “suspicious moles” removed from my back I’ve made a very conscious effort not to take one step out of my home without wearing sunscreen. Most of the year I use a body lotion with SPF 15 in it. During the summer I won’t wear anything less then SPF 30. There are sunscreens that go up to 100 but it’s been shown that they are no better then an SPF 30. You just have to make sure to re-apply every two hours, or more if you get wet (if it’s not a waterproof sunscreen).

My husband never wore sunscreen either. He’s 100% Italian and have a nice Olive colored skin. A few years ago he receive a really bad sunburn (his first sunburn ever). Since then he makes sure to wear sunscreen too. Our kids know that they must wear sunscreen too, although being “know-it-all” teenagers they feel like they don’t have to if they don’t want to. There are some things I’ll let them get away with and others I won’t. Not wearing sunscreen is NOT an option as far as I’m concerned. It’s a MUST.

I recently received some samples of sunscreen from Beyond Coastal. Unfortunately the weather hasn’t been that great for the past couple of weeks here in New York so I haven’t been able to put the sunscreen to good use or give it a great “test drive” to see how well it covers and protects.

I received the following products.

Active Sunscreen SPF 30 – Beyond Coastal’s best-selling sunscreen. Their SPF 30 traditional sport sunscreen blocks 97% of UVB rays and protects from UVA rays with Avobenzone. Moisturizing, water resistant, rubs in clear. Formulated for outdoor athletes to be used on days of intense or prolonged sun exposure.

Natural Clear Sunscreen SPF 30 – A revolution in natural sunscreen. Goes on clear without leaving a trace of white. Received EWG’s best ranking in 2011. Protects with 20% zinc oxide for broad spectrum protection. SPF 30 blocks 97% of UVB rays. Moisturizing, water resistant. Use daily on face and hands.

Natural Sunscreen for Kids SPF 30 – Safe, clean and non-irritating all-natural protection for kids on the go. Protects with zinc oxide and titanium dioxide for broad spectrum protection. SPF 30 blocks 97% of UVB rays. Moisturizing, water resistant. No harmful chemicals. Aloe and shea butter nourish skin.

Active Face Stick – EWG’s best-ranked non-mineral sunscreen. Simple and healthy– only 12 ingredients. SPF 30 blocks 97% of UVB rays and Avobenzone protects from UVA rays. Moisturizing, water resistant, rubs in clear. Easy non-messy application for snow sports and squirmy kids.

Lip Balm – Beyond Coastal’s simple healthy beeswax-based lip balm needs only 11 ingredients to repair and restore cracked lips. SPF 15 blocks 93% of UVB rays and Avobenzone protects from UVA rays. Nourish you lips with coconut oil, vitamin E, and yerba mate.

Since I haven’t had a chance to wear the sunscreens out in actual sunshine (compliments of the not-so-nice weather) I’ve had to resort to trying the products on my skin at home to see how the feel and how well they absorb.

The active sunscreen is thick and rich. It went on white but fully absorbed in about two minutes and was clear.

The Natural Clear sunscreen is white when you first apply it but within moments of being rubbed into your skin it disappears.

The kids sunscreen goes on white and seems to take a very long time to absorb into the skin and disappear. After five minutes my skin was still white where I applied it. When I rubbed my hands over it the sunscreen had fully dried. The white color was left behind. I wasn’t thrilled about that.

I liked the Active Face Stick. It has sort of a citrus scent to it (all the other products had no scent at all). It feels like Vaseline in stick form. It goes on greasy and shiny but seems to absorb rather quickly. After you apply it wait a minute or two and rub your face a bit to get rid of the shiny appearance and to help the remainder of the sunscreen to get absorbed into your skin.

The Lip Balm is not bad. It has a citrus scent to it as well, but no flavor. Just like the Active Face Stick is has the feel of Vaseline. You might find that you have to wipe off any excess because the excess does not absorb (at least that is my personal experience).

Beyond Coastal products are Gluten Free, Cruelty Free, Fragrance Free, Oxybenzone Free, Paraben Free and Oil Free. They would be a better choice then other sunscreens on the market that are made with a lot of synthetic chemicals and things you cannot pronounce, let alone understand what they are. The prices are comparable with similar products on the market.

So far I like all the products except maybe the kids sunscreen, simply because it doesn’t seem to absorb as well as the others and it leaves behind a white coating on your skin.

For more information as well as tips and facts about sunscreen and SPF, visit www.BeyondCoastal.com.

Beyond Coastal would like to give a lucky winner a sampling of their products in a handy, portable tote bag. Thank you Beyond Coastal.

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on May 24, 2012 at 12:01 AM EST. The winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries. The winner will be notified via e-mail.

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Kimberly

*I received free product samples in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own. Beyond Coastal will be providing the prize package.

 

 

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Gecko’s Vegas Adventures and other interesting locations (Giveaway ends 5/22/12)

May 10, 2012 By 63 Comments

 

I am sure that many people are familiar with Gecko. He is the spokesman, umm… I mean spokesgecko, for GEICO Insurance. You might also be familiar with the ever witty spokeswoman Flo and the adorable spokespig Maxwell (“Weeeeeee…!”).

For several weeks now Gecko has been making his way across country, visiting places like Texas and North Carolina. He also spent some time in Vegas, and, well, you know what they say…”What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”. Judging by the commercial, Gecko had A LOT of fun while he was there.

Check out his Vegas adventure. If you are reading this via e-mail you can see the video here, http://bit.ly/Kpxyje.

 

Richard Simmons cracks me up. :-) It looks like Gecko has a wild night, ala The Hangover.

I actually look forward to Gecko’s latest adventure. He’s been to so many places so far.

His adventure kicked off with this video (http://bit.ly/IWa5Yu).

 

These videos crack me up. Gecko is so cute too.

Gecko is on a quest to show car drivers across the country, from coast to coast, how they can save hundreds of dollars on their car insurance by switching to GEICO. Their motto is that if you give them 15 minutes you could save up to 15% off your car insurance.

GEICO was kind enough to send me a super adorable Gecko Bobble Head and a Gecko USB Flash Drive.

I love the Bobble Head. He looks just like Gecko. It even has a scaly texture to it, similar to a real Gecko.

The USB flash drive is cute, but I don’t think he looks like Gecko. He reminds me of the Sleestaks from the Land of the Lost series. :-)

These make perfect additions to my desk (and added distractions too – ha ha).

For more information about GEICO visit www.GEICO.com. You can also see more videos on their YouTube page, www.YouTube.com/GEICO.

GEICO would also like to give THREE lucky readers their very own Gecko Bobble Head AND Gecko USB Flash Drive. Thank you GEICO!

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on May 22, 2012 at 12:01 AM (EST). The winners will all be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries.

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Kimberly

*I received free product samples in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and are not influenced in anyway.

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