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Laundry Tips to Save Your Sanity AND Your Clothes #SimpleGreenSelfie

June 25, 2014 by Jenni 406 Comments

Thanks to Simple Green for sponsoring this post on laundry tips and how to save your sanity and your clothes!

 #SimpleGreenSelfie #SimpleGreen laundry tips

I used to love to do laundry. That was before I had a child. I loved to wash, fold and put away. Now, we’re lucky if the clothes even MAKE it to the closet! As long as they smell good and are clean, that’s all I care about. I’m one of those, “ahhh, throw it in the dryer for a minute and the wrinkles’ll just fall right out” kinda moms!

The husband welds, so you can imagine the stink and nastiness on his clothes every day. Not to mention, the grass and dirt stains all over little mans clothes. It IS summertime, so there’s plenty of that! Me? I stay clean as a whistle, most times. We’ve been using the Simple Green laundry detergent, and it smells AH-mazing. I’ve also been pre-treating stains with the full strength Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner.

Simple Green is an environmentally friendly laundry detergent and has been trusted in homes for over 35 years. Now, they offer their laundry detergent in the Sunshine Fresh scent. It really smells soooo awesome. It’s tough on dirt, grease, grass, food, coffee, wine and more.

laundry tips #SimpleGreenSelfie #SimpleGreen

For those of you with HE washers, you’ll be happy to know that one 100oz bottle washes up to 100 HE loads! It works perfectly in hot, warm, or cold water and is great for people with sensitive skin too!

Laundry tips to save your sanity… AND your clothes:

Start a load every morning
(after shower and coffee, of course). This keeps your weekends free of PILES of laundry.

Don’t let clothes sit in the washer overnight (in the summer months)
or you’ll have to re-wash. Nasty, stinky musty clothes are not appealing.

Use peroxide to get blood stains and/or wine out of clothes

Pre-treated stains that don’t come out, re-treat and wash again. Don’t put them in the dryer…yet!
Once dried, stains are even more difficult to get out. Keep treating and washing till stains are gone.

Keep a container with soapy water in your utility room to stick baby clothes/bibs/onesies in instantly after stained.
This is a time saver! It’ll keep the cloth from drying out before you can pretreat. Just change out often.

Keep dirty clothes baskets in each bedroom and bathroom, and once they’re full – wash’em.
1. This keeps your utility room from overflowing and 2. it helps the kids become a little more independant. Have them bring the clothes TO you for washing!

Use vinegar as a brightener and fabric softener.
It’s also excellent at helping to get super stubborn stains and smells out.

Pay the kids an allowance to fold or hang, and put away clothes.
That way your clothes won’t end up where mine usually does. On the couch. This is a tip I need to use myself!

laundry tips

#SimpleGreenSelfie Photo Contest: (<– Click there to enter!)

#SimpleGreenSelfie photo contest

My washer and dryer are dinosaurs. We’re not talking the age of washboards, but pretty close! So I was pumped to hear about this #SimpleGreenSelfie photo contest. Through July 31st you can enter to win:

• Daily Prize: One (1) $50 GAP gift card
• Grand Prize: One (1) LG ultra large capacity, high efficiency, front loading washer & dryer set featuring LG’s Steam Technology.

Please Note:
The #SimpleGreenSelfie Photo Contest is open to US residents only.

#SimpleGreenSelfie #SimpleGreen Laundry Tips

I kiss it because I {heart} it!

To Enter:

1. Purchase a 100oz bottle of Simple Green Sunshine Fresh Scent Laundry Detergent at The Home Depot (in store or online).

2. Take a photo of yourself, the product and your receipt from The Home Depot.

3. Post the photo on Instagram or Twitter tagged #SimpleGreenSelfie and @SimpleGreen.

4. Make sure to follow @SimpleGreen on Twitter and Instagram so that you can easily be notified if you won.

Photos are judged on creativity so be original!

You can also get a Simple Green Sunshine Fresh Laundry Detergent Mail-In Rebate!!

Get an $8.98 mail-in rebate when you buy a minimum of two 100oz bottles of Simple Green Sunshine Fresh Laundry Detergent from The Home Depot (in store or online) between 06/11/14 and 07/31/14.

To Redeem:

1. Download the rebate form at simplegreen[dot]com/special-offers/rebate

2. Complete the form in its entirety.

3. Mail the completed form, along with the original store cash register receipt (with your product purchase and price circled) to the address on the form for receipt by 08/15/14.

 

Filed Under: Family, Rebates Tagged With: Busy Moms, laundry tips, Simple Green

The Perfect Morning Bathroom Routine for Busy Moms #LetsTalkBums

May 22, 2014 by Jenni 914 Comments


Thanks to Cottonelle for sponsoring today’s discussion about keeping our bums clean and fresh! All opinions are 100% my own. Now, #LetsTalkBums!

Cottonelle #LetsTalkBums Bathroom RoutinesOnce upon a time, I left the house for the morning – without a BRA!

Yeah, that was the morning that I figured out quickly, how to become efficient with my time. You have to give me a break, I was a new mom! I got to the stop sign past my house, realized I had NO bra on and turned back around. Let’s just say I was back in the house, bra on, and back out the door in under 2 minutes!

Moms don’t have the luxury of bathroom time, so let me give you some bathroom tips that I wish someone had given me. I shower at night so I have more time in the mornings for a quick breakfast and coffee. I also don’t have to stress about finding shoes and backpacks in the morning!

me in the morning
{{This is me. In the van, ready for my morning…with a BRA on and makeup/hair all did. All in under 20 minutes!!}}

Tips for Getting In and Out of the Bathroom in Under 20 Minutes

  • Plug in flat iron or curling iron so it’s ready to use in a few minutes
  • Brush teeth
  • Wash and moisturize face
  • Use a base with sunscreen (BB Cream, etc.) and apply any other day creams (eye cream, etc.)
  • Apply blush
  • Use an eye lash curler (I promise, this makes a big difference!)
  • Apply mascara
  • Slap on some gloss or all day lip color
  • Get dressed
  • Use deodorant and your favorite perfume
  • Flat iron or curl hair, fluff and go!
  • Now, you might even have a few extra minutes to wrangle up the homework that the dog ate!

The eye lash curler, mascara, blush and lip color make a HUGE difference! If you do just THAT much…you’ll feel better! Promise!

 

Cottonelle #LetsTalkBums

Now, I wanna discuss our hind ends. I ain’t even gonna lie…

…the bigger thing for me besides my appearance is feeling and smelling fresh……..{down there!}. Yeah, I just went there! I became seriously addicted to baby wipes when I was pregnant. It was the only way, besides showering, that I could stay fresh.

Even years later, I’m still addicted to bum wipes – only now I use the adult version from Cottonelle instead of baby wipes. Cause, you know, you can’t flush those baby wipes! The Cottonelle Fresh Care Flushable Cleansing Cloths are perfect for me because the container sits right on the back of the toilet all nice and pretty and I can flush those babies!

cottonelle #LetsTalkBums

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{{They make me happy….even the container is happy! See it smiling??  Up there?? See it?! I SWEAR, it’s smiling!}}

We’ve always bought the Cottonelle brand of toilet paper because it’s less expensive than most. The Cottonelle Clean Care Toilet Paper is super duper absorbent and strong. That also makes me happy — cause you sure don’t want flimsy and thin toilet paper. Ewww.

I have loved the wet/dry combination for years now and can’t EVER imagine not using wipes along with the toilet paper. Let me just tell you — do yourself, your friends and family a favor by not running around with a stinky bum and try the combination yourself! You will LOVE it! It’s sort of like showering, without showering through the day!

Cottonelle Coupons at CVS

As a matter of fact, you can snag up a whopping $1.50 off coupon right on the CVS website for the Cottonelle Fresh Wipes and Clean Care Bathroom Tissue!! I just re-stocked my bathroom this week and used the coupon. PLUS, CVS is having a sale right now! SCORE!!!!

Now, have you ever used the Cottonelle Wet/Dry combination? If not, what are you waiting for! Leave us a comment and let us know what you think or leave any quick bathroom tips or bathroom routines you have. #LetsTalkBums

Filed Under: CVS, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Bathroom Routine, Busy Moms, Cottonelle, Lets Talk Bums

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