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by Wendy | April 13, 2011

A Surprise Giveaway from Blissmo!

**Update: Blissmo’s Yoreganics deal may be over, but you can still enter my giveaway below! It ends on 4/25. Check out Blissmo every day for new deals! (or make things easy and sign up for their daily email!)

Hey hey hey, everybody…an unexpected giveaway popped up!

** As of 4/25/11, this giveaway is closed**

Random.org has named Laura, with comment #4, my winner! Congrats Laura on a great win and thanks for greening your laundry!

I’ve been shopping lots of daily deal sites lately – Groupon, Eversave, Mamapedia, etc…– and I’m hooked. I’ve been racking up credits when I see really good deals (which is just about every day) and I have already done a lot of my holiday shopping!

If you love a bargain as much as I do, I have great news for you – there’s a new daily deal site in town called Blissmo!

What sets Blissmo apart from the rest?

Blissmo features eco-friendly and organic products. They do all the upfront research to find high quality, well-loved products & services that are either certified as organic or eco-friendly, or that have a people & planet positive approach in the DNA of the business. Blissmo then negotiates compelling discounts and offer these products & services to their subscribers via email.

Tomorrow’s (4/14) deal from Blissmo is the Yoreganics Laundry Trio Travel Tube for only $10. That’s a 50% savings! (For 24 hours only!)

Not too long ago, I did a full review on Yoreganics products, and I really love their soap nuts. They are not only natural, organic and eco-friendly, but they’re really effective, too! (Plus, they’re just really cool.) Check out my original review here.

The trio Blissmo is offering includes:

25 loads’ worth of soap nuts
Travel stain remover
6 oz Brightens and Whitens
Lavender dryer sachet

Buy it!

Go to Blissmo and order your Yoreganics Laundry Trio tomorrow, while the 50% off deal is HOT!

CHECK IT OUT >> Blissmo has offered my readers an additional 5% off when you enter TRYBLISS at checkout! Offer is good tomorrow, 4/14, ONLY, so get your nuts right away!

Win it!

Blissmo has offered one lucky winner a voucher for a free Yoreganics Laundry Trio Travel Tube!

Mandatory Entry: To enter, just sign up for the Blissmo daily email, and have huge savings delivered right to you inbox. Come back here, and leave me a comment letting me know you signed up. Please make sure to leave your email address with each entry so I can contact you!

Extra entry: Tweet about this giveaway, then leave me a link to your tweet in a comment below. (Once per day.) Here’s a sample tweet to use, if you’d like: Win @Yoreganics soap nuts laundry trio from @ABCGP and @Blissmo! http://wp.me/pTRQh-FM Ends 4/25. #clothdiapers
Extra entry: Subscribe to my blog via email. Again, please leave a comment below.

That’s it! Easy, huh?

Good luck!

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Entries will close at 8pm on April 25, 2011. I will choose a winner on or about that time via Random.org. Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond in order to claim prize. If winner does not respond, a new winner will be chosen. Disclosure: Blissmo has agreed to supply the prize for this giveaway. I received no compensation for this post.

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by Wendy | February 19, 2011

Yoreganics Laundry Trio: Review and Giveaway

In a recent post, I mentioned that I’m in the process of eliminating toxins not only from the food my family eats, but from the products we use in and around our home, too. That includes health care, beauty care, and of course, laundry products.

I’ve heard a lot of buzz about soap nuts, and while I’ve been curious, I’ll admit that I never really understood how a nut would get my clothes clean. I guess I just assumed this particular idea was just a little too far outside my personal realm of crunchiness…

That is, until Kim, the mom behind Yoreganics, sent me a sample pack of her Laundry Trio to try out.

It included:

enough soap nuts for 5 loads w/ wash bag
travel stain remover (perfect for my purse!)
3 oz. Brightens & Whitens

I love the fresh, clean look of the Yoreganics logo, website and promo materials, but would they actually get my clothes fresh and clean? I wasn’t sure…

But then I saw that a soap nut is not a nut. It is a fruit berry from the soapberry tree (Sapindus Mukorossi) found in northern India and Nepal. The shells contain saponin, which creates a natural soap when agitated in water. You can use them to replace not only your detergent, but your fabric softener, too!

How cool is that? (Ma Nature does it again…)

Other benefits: Once the soap nuts get thin and no longer release saponin, I can toss them in the compost. They are also organic, vegan, sustainable, compatible with both standard and HE washers, perfect for those with sensitive skin or allergies…

…and great for use with cloth diapers! Woot!

Plus, they’re just cute. See:

I didn’t use my soap nuts on my dipes yet, but I did use them on baby sheets and clothing. I also pretreated my son’s cloth crib rail protector with Brightens & Whitens, and spritzed one of our kitchen cloths with the stain remover. The combination left my laundry feeling, and looking, much better than I had expected! I just love it when a natural product exceeds my expectations! Um, exactly WHY have I been using the yucky manufactured stuff that’s full of chemicals?!?

I was especially impressed with the crib rail protector because my son chews on it a lot and it’s quite discolored. After washing with the Brightens and Whitens, I couldn’t see his favorite teething spot anymore! (I tried to get a photo, but since I was dealing with all shades of white, off-white, etc I just couldn’t do the products justice. Besides, you don’t really want to see my dirty laundry…)

My laundry was definitely clean, with a lovely freshness about it. It wasn’t exactly a scent that was left behind, but the kind of freshness you get when you hang clothes on the line (which I welcomed on a snowy day in February!) I don’t know how the soap nuts would handle a heavily soiled, truly dirty load of laundry, but I can attest to the fact that they can definitely stand up to the everyday stuff.

I accidentally left the little bag open when I threw it in my washer for one load, and all my nuts fell out. It wasn’t a problem, though – I just had to gather them back up. But I did get to see the little suds that they produce…

So, in a nutshell , I am SO glad I tried soap nuts, and Yoreganics other laundry products. I no longer doubt whether soap nuts are effective, and I plan to incorporate them into our regular laundry routine! I love my laundry, and now I love Yore Laundry, too!

Buy it!

Check out the full selection of Yoreganics products here.

Have a question about soap nuts that I didn’t answer? Click here.

Win it!

***This giveaway is closed! Random.org says that my winner is Brittney, with comment #26! Thanks for entering! ***

Win your own Laundry Trio Sampler!

Mandatory Entry: Just visit Yoreganics and tell me one thing you like about the company.

Bonus Entry: Tell me why you want to “green” your laundry routine!

Bonus Entry: Like Yoreganics on Facebook

Bonus Entry: Subscribe to my blog!

Bonus Entry: Tweet this giveaway (limit 2 tweets per day, one entry each, at least 2 hours apart. Please leave me the link to each unique tweet.) Use the tweet button, or this sample tweet:

Win a soap nuts Laundry Trio Sampler from @Yoreganics and @ABCGP! http://wp.me/pTRQh-Do Ends 3/12 #organic #clothdiapers

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