sample share: cottonelle clean care #MoreIsBetter

Welcome back :) November by far has been my most active sampling month! This time, I got to sample Cottonelle's clean care toilet paper from crowdtap. Cottonelle is promoting the fact that Clean Care Double Roll now has 35% more sheets than Charmin's Ultra Strong Double Roll. As someone who tries to save wherever I can, 35% more sounds great to me. I loved Cottonelle before this announcement, I buy it whenever I can get it for a good price (which actually happened to be last week on amazon...check out my stock up photo below ;)) as the quality is really good and I love how the rippled texture makes everything feel cleaner (check out their youtube page here to see some of their #GoCommando ads!). One of the fun photo challenges for this sample was to unroll one of the rolls (208 sheets, if you were wondering!) to see how much 35% more looks like. So with the help of an eager two year old (read: I bribed him with candy to let me photograph him!) we discovered a roll can completely cover a toddler, as well as fill up an underwear bin (check out those photos below!). Overall, this is one of my family's top toilet paper brands. Keep scrolling to check out the photos!

PS: As a side note, if you're not a savvy Amazon shopper, the Ibotta rebate website has a $1 rebate when you buy Cottonelle at target this week :)

we may have stocked up a little...

"get it off me, mom!!"

candy?? well, sure, now I'll allow a photo!

I'm done now!

fills up our underwear bin in the bathroom :)

sample share: Kleenex cool touch tissues

Frozen inspired Kleenex tissues!

When I got word that crowdtap was sampling out Kleenex cool touch tissues inspired by Frozen, I knew I had to apply right away! My four boys are OBSESSED with all things Frozen. In fact, when I opened up the box the Kleenex came in, they were immediately grabbed out of my hands by my two youngest (the older two were watching a Patriots game with Poppi). I was rather excited when I saw the were cool touch Kleenex, as I normally buy the cheap kind (or if we have lasting cold, I'll grab the lotion kind). What a difference the cool touch makes! They are enriched with coconut oil and aloe. They felt thicker & higher quality when I pulled them out of the box, however the real difference came when I put one over my face. They literally feel cool to the touch! I can imagine how helpful that is when your nose is red and rubbed raw from a lasting cold. After I had my younger ones pose for some photos, my five year old put a tissue on his face and said 'oh! Comfy!" I've had to put these up on the shelf in the bathroom so that they are used for real nose issues (cold season IS coming, after all!) and not for playing. Overall, regular Kleenex can do the job-but grab the cool touch version to help out your nose! It's well worth the extra price. ;) As always, scroll down to see some cute photos of my sampling helpers!

bottom view

Elsa on our shelf ;)

sharing a tissue with daddy!

handing the box over to Logan

Sample share: Johnson's baby bedtime

Johnson's three step routine ;)

Hi folks! Next up on the list of November sample share's is Johnson's baby bedtime products (moisture wash, bubble bath, and lotion), part of their three step routine, courtesy of crowdtap! My product tester was my two year old who was really excited about a bubble bath until I went to wash his hair ;) Here's a break down of what we we thought:

Johnson's baby bedtime bubble bath: Joshua was exited about the purple bottles (scroll down for an adorable photo of him hugging the bottle!). He is just learning his colors and purple seems to be his favorite so far. I like that it created more bubbles than our usual bubble bath-yet disappeared before it was time to get out, so we didn't have to rinse them off. It smelled nice, as the whole set does. It smells similar to regular Johnson's products, but I like it a bit more. It was gentle on his skin and made for a fun bath.

Johnson's baby bedtime moisture wash: Superficially, I loved the purple color and sheen.It lathered and rinsed well. It can be used on both hair and body, so that's how we used it. Joshua freaked when it was time to rinse his hair-but it rinsed well, which is always a plus when dealing with a child who does not like water over his head! Nothing is worse then rinsing out hair and finding more suds when you're done! Like I previously mentioned, I love how these product smell!

Johnson's baby bedtime lotion: Joshua wasn't too into the lotion (I'm pretty sure he was still mad at me for rinsing his hair out!), but he had fun when I dabbed it on him. It has a nice feel and smell. I would actually use it on myself. It left our skin feeling soft and pretty.

Overall our experiences with Johnson's baby bedtime products was positive. We enjoyed it and will continue to use the products. Scroll down for some adorable photos of our testing!

Sample share: welch's refreshingly simple juice

bzzkit! Juice sample, fun sandwich container, and coupons to share!

Welcome to November! There seems to be more sample shares this month than there has been lately, so look forward to hearing from me more this month! :) My first sample share for November is from bzzagent: Welch's refreshingly simple juice. We got the strawberry raspberry flavor, which was the one I was most excited to try when I checked out their site. The fun thing (for parents, anyway!) about this juice is that there are no artificial sweeteners, flavors, or preservatives and no high fructose corn syrup. My kids would argue that the real fun part is the taste, as they guzzled down glasses before school this morning and just tried to steal my glass as I was trying to drink some.  The taste is sweet like you would expect from a fruit juice yet not overbearingly so. The blend of strawberry and raspberry is very pleasant. My only complaint is that it doesn't come in a fun juice box size for the kids to bring to school (currently available in 8 oz cans and 59oz bottles). Overall, we were very pleased with Welch's juice and will be adding it to our shopping lists! Keep scrolling for some fun photos of my kids sampling!

I even had a welch's cup :D