More Oils Via AllStar Reviewers

Over the past few days things have been fairly slow in the freebies realm, though I am needing to get to Publix to pick up some of my BzzAgent products (iced coffee and V8 Energy drinks - I like Publix for these coupons because they are least likely to give me flak over a "free" coupon). The funny thing is is that the V8 Energy has an Ibotta rebate right now, so I totally plan on getting paid $1 for getting it for free. I have really come to LOVE Ibotta. The only BAD thing is that you can't redeem multiple items for the same rebate on the same receipt; I had a coupon for $1.50 off two Freschettas and each pizza had an Ibotta rebate for another $1.50 BUT I couldn't redeem both rebates at once and couldn't redeem the same receipt after the fact. Either way, in less than two months I've made almost $35 on Ibotta.

AllStar Reviewers sent out an email today for more essential oils, and I ordered another one from a different promo on Monday too, so I have a couple of NEW items coming. The one I ordered on Monday was a Thieves oil blend (cinnamon, eucalyptus, lemon, clove, and ... one more I don't remember), and today I got a 2oz bottle of grapefruit and a 4oz bottle of tea tree. I will definitely be passing along my reviews as soon as possible; these guys are rocking it! All of these oils are great for the business. My first set of pure essential oil candles seem to have come out very well - they are about to be sold to a co-worker this week.

Schoola has a 50% off promotion right now; if you use my affiliate link here you will help me out with an incentive and receive an incentive for yourself too. They currently have free shipping and special deals for back to school shoppers. Clothing is a wide range of sizes (even adult sizes!), so shop around and find something nice. I have a VERY nice skirt I ordered from there - looks very vintage with the style and design.

Keep it freebie, folks!

Four BzzAgent Campaigns At Once!

As time goes on, I become an even bigger fan of BzzAgent's system of letting real people like myself and my family try products for free and pass along our opinions about the products. Earlier this week I got invited to join a FOURTH campaign all at the same time as my other three. I also received my BzzAgent kit for my V8 Energy products; now I'm just waiting on my fourth and last kit - it's a pencils campaign, they are sending two packages of pencils to try out for free. This will be great for my six year old son, who needs to start working harder on writing and school stuff (he's still stubborn but has been working more on math lately to catch it up).

I am beyond grateful to BzzAgent for their reaching out to me so much lately to try so many different products. I admit that we especially liked the Children's Claritin we received in our very first campaign; not only has it been beneficial to my older two kids, my fiance actually has used it from time to time to assist with his congestion and allergies too with success. We most likely will purchase more in the near future to keep on hand.

I am looking forward to partnering with BzzAgent more in the future; their consistency for inviting me lately has been above and beyond my expectations. My campaigns are closely monitored and reviewed quickly to ensure that I get credit for all of the work I put into my product "bzz". They definitely are very involved in the process, moreso than similar sites or programs that I am involved wtih, and I greatly appreciate their points system because it tells me when I have done a "great job" or even when I have new surveys available (once you complete the surveys available your points go back up, but if you have surveys waiting your points go down just a small little bit).

If *YOU* want to join in on the BzzAgent fun, use my link here to join in the fun. Referrals do help me in a small fashion by showing how I'm spreading the "bzz" to all of you about how great these guys are and getting these brands more airtime, too! There are a wide variety of products out there to try, and I am glad to use my skills with writing and reviewing to benefit my family as a whole.

Support Our Business, June PINCHme Box Arrived

I got my box in - yay for PINCHme! I haven't tried any of the products yet (I will be able to have the tea, it's sugar free woot), but I plan on doing such soon. Here we go!

I got diapers (way too small for my 2 year old haha), Mr. Bubble 3 in 1 Wash, Skin Fix hand creme, Nexus Band Aids, Luzianne Pour N Stir tea, and Secret Clinical Strength deodorant. Not a bad haul, and like I said, I'm excited to have some tea! My box I just ordered Tuesday has a lot more stuff in it.

I finished up my reviews for All-Star Reviewers (not the most original reviews, but I did what was needed and they are concise). I am hoping to see some new offers soon from them; they are a great program to be a part of. I still need to find the time to try out the oils in candles and see how it all works out.

I have been going through different survey sites as new surveys come up; I'm a fan of MySurvey so far. I am already close to $20 in rewards I can redeem (gift cards). On Springboard America I am at $10 survey dollars (can't cash out til $50), and I have almost $11 on Product Report Card. Not too shabby of a payout for someone who is only occasionally checking the pages (I admit I do MySurvey about once a day; it's pretty reliable for getting rewarded). I am hopeful that the surveys will continue to help me out indirectly with gathering money.

OUR BUSINESS

We are owners of a wood refinishing business and recently purchased a CNC machine for our shop to cut a variety of projects out and design them. It's a huge expense, but we are in the process of negotiating deals with some sources and Chris is having to learn the machine from (mostly) scratch. He is very good with this sort of thing so we are both hoping the learning curve goes kind of quickly; if it does, we may be in (big) business sooner rather than later. If you are reading this, visit our Facebook page and give us a like. If you love firearms please give us orders! Soon you may see our products on larger markets; one off custom jobs won't last long if so!

My Candles on E-Bay!, All Star Reviewers Essential Oils

To my surprise and delight, the other bottles of essential oils I've been waiting on from All Star Reviewers (well, gotten free through their promotion with Prime Time Commerce) came in on Monday all in the same box! A little backstory here: I had tried to use my promo codes in one cart but was having trouble. The only way it worked as checking out separately for each oil (that's a lot of orders mind you); this was going to really tax Prime Time in terms of the shipping costs. I contacted them directly through Amazon and requested my products grouped together but was told this was not possible. To my surprise they arrived in one large Priority Mail box on Monday though! Great service to them!

The oils all arrived intact and as expected with no damaged or leaky bottles. They all smell like they should knowing what I do about essential oils (I work with them every day at my 9 to 5 job). Here's a good picture of what I got (minus the myrrh oil - I got that in a separate order that had shipped much earlier than the others).

The two smaller bottles are in front of bigger bottles of the same thing.

Including the myrrh oil I got 8 different types of oil.

I haven't worked up the energy or desire to use them in candles yet. I really want to, but I admittedly could use a market for it in the first place - I don't want to make candles just to sit around without being compensated for the work. Speaking of being compensated for my candles... !

Today is the first time I have ever listed anything on E-Bay as a seller. I made a listing for the variety of candles I have sitting at home that I haven't sold yet. Please visit my selling page to see what candles or scents I have available and help me out! I could use the extra revenue from getting rid of some of these extras. If all goes well, I will use E-Bay to keep my fragrance oil candles going and start selling 100% natural essential oil candles as well.

I'm still waiting on my PINCHme box from last month, but I did successfully get a very full box for this month; other than a protein powder sample, every other sample that was available to me is in my box - more than the standard six thanks to my "free trial" of PINCHme Plus. I'll be glad to see my other free items come in this week, however.

Keep it freebie as always!

CVS Deal This Week

Today I took part in the deal of the week at CVS! I think this is becoming a Sunday tradition. CVS has a $5 off $15 cosmetics purchase. Also, along with that, all CoverGirl cosmetics have a buy $15 and get $5 back in ExtraBucks. On top of that, I had my P&G Brandsaver flyer from last week which has a $4 off two lip products coupon (this was from last week's 7/5/15 P&G BrandSaver in the Sunday paper). Two of their glosses together were about $15.60; with my coupons and ExtraBucks I paid about $1.60 of my own money (which I paid for with ExtraBucks from previous visits). Not shabby! Now I have some nice colored glosses for going out.

 Not bad for about a dollar.

 Tan is clear and shimmery.

Red is sassy! I like this picture.

My pale skin works awesome with red.

Be sure to "like" my Facebook page - I always post my blog updates as I write them and sometimes post other money-saving deals as I find them and partake in them! When my full set of oils comes in (I wouldn't be surprised to see them Monday through Thursday at some point, so expect a big update then) I plan on doing some tests with them and then making candles - if it goes well enough I may permanently make candles using essential oils along with the fragrances.

I should receive last month's PINCHme box any day now. Tomorrow I am eligible for a free day of trying out "PINCHme Plus" at 9 a.m.; I get my samples a day early and possibly more than normal too. This will be fun to try out as a one time deal, but I am pretty dedicated to getting my samples even on Tuesdays (without paying $3.99 for early access). I will be sure to update everyone about what awesome samples I score tomorrow from PINCHme as soon as the mail runs (so I can lump all of my posts into one big one).

Keep it freebie folks!

BzzAgent Campaign Kits

Finally I can show off a couple of goodies - these babies came in over the past couple of days, and I just now have enough time to give you a little post of what I've received from BzzAgent.

 International Delight campaign coupon and welcome.

Secret Outlast deodorant (not full size) and welcome.

I'm going to shop around for the coffee to see if I can find something that is closer to what I might be able to ingest; if not, then I will be buying this for Chris to try moreso than myself. The deodorant does smell quite nice and I honestly have never used a gel deodorant before so this will be a new experience for me. I will be passing along my reviews here on the blog as I go through my campaigns for these products. As always with BzzAgent (or Influenster) products, I received these products for free in exchange for my opinions on the products. All reviews and opinions expressed, however, are not influenced by that and are my own.

I was given the chance to order another free essential oil this morning from Amazon through All Star Reviewers. I now have a bottle of Frankincense oil on the way from another oils company to go along with the massive order I placed earlier this week through Sun Essential Oils and Prime Time Commerce (the distributor on Amazon). This is an early on relationship for me, but I am very pleased by what I have been offered through All Star Reviewers, and frankly, it could be greatly beneficial to my business seeing as how essential oils tend to be very expensive and candles need pure essential oils if you are going to make them all natural. I am not sure how I will sell these products once I work on blending some scents, but I will find an outlet for all natural candles and see how it goes.

I also am getting sent a sample bag of Manitoba Harvest's Hemp Hearts thanks to Swaggable - I have been a member of Swaggable for quite a long time but finally got my first product offer, so it will be on its way soon as well! I actually quite love Manitoba Harvest's Hemp Hearts so I will definitely put those babies to good use (better known as just eat them right out of the bag because they are that tasty and great for low carbers like myself!). Thank you very much Swaggable for finally hooking me up with something to try! I hope this means more things from them are going to come in the near future. You should check them out and put a few products on your wishlist - maybe you'll get lucky and get to try something like I am!

That's it for today folks - keep it freebie! I'm going to keep the updates rolling as my free items on their way keep arriving. I will try to remember to add coupon deals in when I know of them (such as right now there's a printable coupon for Sparkling Ice drinks for $1.50 off one but most stores around here sell them for $1 - $0.50 moneymaker!). See ya! 

All Star Reviewers

So, I recently decided I would try out getting in contact with All Star Reviewers to become a part of their Amazon.com reviews team and see how it works out; well tonight is my first night where I was able to get involved with one of their promotions. I must say, when this website throws down a promotion they THROW DOWN - I just ordered $150+ of essential oils for absolutely free thanks to All Star Reviewers, Prime Time Commerce, and Sun Essential Oils. I am so very excited to try out these products and make some awesome products (candles, homemade insect repellent, maybe a few other things)!

All Star Reviewers emails you different promos they have available, but you only have a short time to get the items for the promotional price (in this case my items were free) using the proper checkout method and promotional codes. In exchange for trying the items out, all you have to do is leave feedback on the listing on Amazon - well, a review obviously. I will let you know how everything goes next week when all of my items arrive.

I also have yet ANOTHER BzzAgent campaign I got accepted to for V8 Energy Drinks. All of my other BzzAgent and PINCHme boxes have shipped (except this new one) and should be here within the next week - and hopefully two of those three boxes will be here tomorrow! I am getting so many items lately to try out and feature on the blog, so I hope these arrive in a timely fashion so I can pass along my opinions sooner rather than later. Once some items get here I will give you some pictures to look at too! How exciting.

I'm also planning a big (AKA "moneymaker") shopping trip to CVS tomorrow. I have printable coupons in hand and Ibotta on my side to make sure I make money! I should be bringing home $2.50 that I didn't have before... love getting paid to shop.

Keep it freebie folks!