Dove® Ultimate VisiblySmooth Review ~ BzzAgent

I received this product from BzzAgent to try out. I've got to tell you I was a bit skeptical, "Could it really make you have to shave less?"  I was excited to give it a try. I mean who doesn't want to have to shave less often. Well with in the first couple of days of trying  Dove® Ultimate VisiblySmooth, I notice the skin on my underarms had lightened in colour and become softer. After using  it for about a month now, I am convinced I shave less often. The scents are pretty good too. Wild Rose & Nature Fresh. Nature Fresh is my favourite. I really like this product and will continue to use it.

BzzAgent (Monday Money & Wednesday Winnings Combined)

So I haven't  told you about BzzAgent yet? Sorry, I meant to do it much sooner. I'm a member, and as a member  I get to try products and services at no cost with samples, coupons and stuff like that. Then I make my voice heard by sharing my honest opinions with others, including some of the largest companies in the world.

So what is BzzAgent?

BzzAgent is a social marketing company that accelerates word of mouth to drive sales. Powered by a network of over 800,000 people, BzzAgent creates measurable business results for marketers through an influential advocate network, a powerful engagement platform, and a proven analytics approach. BzzAgent has been at the vanguard of word of mouth marketing since 2001, running more than 1,500 programs for global companies including Unilever, Wrigley, L’Oreal, and Michelin.

The best part of BzzAgent is not only do they send you full size samples to try but they also give you points to use at MyPoints for submitting your reviews, answering polls, submitting a BzzReport (a report of how you shared your word of mouth about the product with others), sharing on Facebook & Twitter.

I use my points at MyPoints for gift cards. They have tons to chose from everything from restaurants to 

clothing stores.

http://about.bzzagent.com/word-of-mouth/index/about-bzzagent

Wednesday Winnings (Sorta & A Day Early, SURPRISE!!!)

I guess this would have been a better fitting title for me a few years ago. Let me explain....Contests, love them or hate them. They are time consuming and addicting at the same time. I use to contest a lot a few years ago. We lived in a different province and I use to win. My best wins were: a $500 framed painting of my oldest daughter and 4 tickets to an amusement park (around a $300 value). There have been lots of little wins too here and there but once we moved they all seemed to stop. I occasionally will still win a little prize  but I don't enter as often as I use to. As the famous quote goes "You've got to be in it to win it".  My life is busier now and I find I just don't have the time.  

So what do I do now to fill the void of not winning contest?

I do loyalty/ reward groups. I collect my points and then pick my own prizes. Nothing like a guaranteed prize.

Programs I participate in include:

www.icoke.ca

www.enjoytheriderewards.com  (Huggies)

www.pampers.ca (Pampers Gifts to Grow)

www.lunchmatecity.com/  (Lunchmates)

www.airmiles.ca

(For most of those there is an American version also)

Pampers & Huggies often have free points codes published on the internet too, so you don't have to always buy the products to collect.

My favorite reward program of all time is:

http://pointsandprizes.sheknows.com/ 

Points & Prizes is easy!

Step 1: Create your free account.
Step 2: Find and claim Points & Prizes Keywords to start accumulating free points.
Step 3: Use your points to go shopping on the site, select your prizes and wait for your
          FREE PRIZE to arrive!

That's it! No credit cards are ever needed, no gimmicks, no strings attached, and no cost to you!

I have received so many wonderful things from this site all for free. Through the years I have received: lots dvds, books, a purse, a booster seat for the table, a time out mat, a costume, a cell phone charging mat, toys, baby items and lots more. This site can be a little time consuming to enter the code words but to me so worth it.

Monday Money (A week late)

I'm sure your not surprised I'm a week late but hey, I have a busy life.

Monday Money is where I will discuss ways to make money or things just as good as money (gift cards, rewards and such).

Today I would like to tell you about Swagbucks. This is available for American & Canadians. I have been a member there since last October and I have already earned $50 in Amazon.ca gift cards. I usually average about $10 a month. They have lots of prizes on their website to pick from also. I just happen to pick Amazon, I'm planning on saving them up to cash in for Christmas gifts in October ( I do this with a lot of reward clubs). 

To earn points at Swagbucks you just do a search through their website, answer surveys, watch videos, enter Swag codes and there are many other ways to earn points to.

You can earn a easy 4 points each day by:

1. Answering the DAILY POLL
2. Clicking on the TRUSTED SURVEYS page
3. Clicking through the NOSO offers (you get 2 points for this one)

Saturday Savings

Since this is my first addition of Saturday Savings, I'll give you a little run down on what I plan to do. This is the place where I will let you know what I have saved for the last week, so you can do it too.

Coupons:
Here in Canada we can't stack coupons (like my lucky American friends ), so finding a way to make the most of them is sometimes tricky. My best plan has been to collect as many coupons as I can get my hands on. I get the ones from the newspaper inserts from family (we don't subscribe to newspapers, we read them on line to save money). I collect coupons from packaging and in store. I sometimes even trade with other coupon collectors.

I also use some online sites to order coupons. You pick out the coupons you would like and they print them and send them to you in the mail. They usually come with in a few days.

Sites I use:
www.save.ca
www.websaver.ca

Facebook has also been to be a popular place to find coupons recently, especially for Free Products. Just click like on some of the products you already use, you maybe surprised to find coupons to save money or for a free sample. Recently I have received coupons for a free box of  hair colour, a pack of gum (it just came in the mail), frozen dinners, pie crust, just to name a few.

Each week when the flyers come out, I look through them to see what is on sale and what I have coupons for. If they are products I can/will use I will buy as many as I have coupons for and stock up. For example this week one of my grocery stores has the larger  packages of Huggies wipes on sale for buy 1 get 1 free, which is a good deal but I also have $1.00 coupons. So instead of paying $7.99 for two packs of wipes I will pay $6.99 (which works out to $3.50 a package, which is an awesome deal). Just an update these were actually on sale for $5.99 when I went to the store so with the $1.00 off, they worked out to be $2.50 a pack) I bought 4 packs. We are stocked up for a while now. :)

Freebies:

My advice to find these is sign up with a freebie internet site. It's so much easier to find them this way as it's a group of people searching for them together. I have been a member of a great group of people for years. The majority of my freebie findings come with help from these nice people here:
www.canadian-freebies-n-stuff.com/

Well that should get you started.

New Stuff to Blog About!

Those of you who actually know me know that I love freebies and coupons. Being a sahm (stay at home mom) has given me the bug to try and save as much as I can for our family. So I've been thinking about adding a section about my freebies, coupons & awesome deals. I will be trying to keep things updated much more. 

 I'll be introducing:

• Monday Money
• Wednesday Winnings
• Saturday Savings

Please stay tuned!

Okay....I am the worst blogger ever!

Here it is almost the middle of March and I haven't written in so long. It's okay I don't think anyone is really paying attention anyways ( if I'm wrong please speak up). So lets see what has been happening in well the last 9 months.

Maya is now 5 and in grade Primary and totally loves it. She stays there for lunch and everything has been working out well.She gets so very upset to miss a day of school, even if she is sick she still wants to be there. I hope her love of school will continue for many more years to come.

Sophie is now 2. She is my little ball of energy, a little on the bossy side but I love her all the same. She no longer has a soother ( I was sure she was going to start school with one... ha ha) and she is in her own twin bed. The girls still share a room so sometimes that is a little tricky getting them to bed.

Currently I am watching 4 other children besides my own. So things can be kind of crazy. (biggest understatement of the year) lol. The breakdown goes: Two 5 year olds, a 3 year old, a 2year old & two who just turned 1 this month.

Well as You can guess I need to run, so I'll have to catch you up real soon. I promise....fingers crossed.