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Ouchies Bandaid Winners!

Congratulations to Sarah, Pam, and Mrs. Pogle!  You've all won the Ouchies Bandaid packs... I'll pass your email on to Ouchies and they will contact you to send you your sample packs.  Enjoy!

Wanna score some great swag? You'll love this!

Yeah, I need to get back to work on here!  I've been off enjoying the pool with the kids in this summer heat instead of paying attention to my favorite little corner of the web!  And it has turned into a little sweepstakes storefront it seems, hasn't it?  But that's OK, because you are going to LOVE this giveaway!  And I mean LOVE it!   When I got these in the mail, I flipped over them - too cute and fun! I wish I could post a photo of them here, but the best I can do is send you to the website to see them....

PLEASE KEEP GOING!!! GIVEAWAY DETAILS ARE AT THE BOTTOM!!!

Presenting:  Ouchies Bandages!  These are the coolest thing!  They are bandages for booboos, real and imaginary, that are far from the boring old peach color that blends right in.  They come in three styles:  Teen-ages for girls, Teen-ages for boys, and Make Your Own.  Yes!  You read that right!  MAKE YOUR OWN!  How sweet is that?!

I got these a couple weeks ago, but didn't post until today.  I wanted to put them through their paces.  Of course they passed the style factor with my kids.  And me!  I want to wear one as a fashion statement!  But I wanted to test them for product effectiveness.  Sure enough, it wasn't long until Annika scraped her knee! 

These things stick like crazy glue, but they don't irritate the skin.  They protect the skin very well, are thick and durable, and don't flop off when they jump in the pool.  A big plus for my whiny kids!  At one point they were all fighting over a temporary tattoo as well.  Four kids, one tattoo.  You can imagine my joy...  The bandages saved the day!  They were all thrilled to have one instead!

They retail at $5 per box, and come with 20 per tin in different designs.  The tins themselves are darn cute!  I'll be keeping mine to put all kinds of knitting notions and stuff in after the bandages are gone!

So, here's the dealio on the freebies you can win...

I'm giving away an Ouchies 3-pack, including 1 each of Boys, Girls and Make-Your-Own bandages to 3, count 'em, 3 lucky readers!  That's 3 prize packs up for grabs! 

In order to win, you need to do the following:

1.  Leave a comment here telling me to enter you in the contest.

2.  Become a fan of "Ask The Helpful Housewife" on facebook.

3.  Send an email to thehelpfulhousewife with a fashion statement you'd like to make with the bandages yourself as a mom!

I'll announce the winners on July 17th, so that should be plenty of time to get your entries in!   

EcoStore USA Has Another Hit On Their Hands!!!

I know that I have told you before how much I absolutely love this company's product line, but EcoStore USA deserves yet another post about one of their proven winners!  Their Naturally Active Pure Oxygen Whitener has far surpassed my strict testing requirements!  Not only is it 100% natural and oh-so-gentle on mama earth, this stuff whitens like you wouldn't believe!  I love it!  

I tried it several ways.  First I used it on a load of regular whites, and then put them in the dryer.  They came out so nice and bright!  The dingies were gone!  Then, I washed a second load of whites that were a bit faded and greyed out, and hung them on the line.  Well, as you know, sunlight is a natural bleach for whites.  The combine power of the two was even more amazing!  It was like the scene in "Friends" when Ross had bleached his teeth!  No lie!  

It even brightened and whitened a load that had accidently had a red beach towel mixed in with it... have I convinced you yet?  And it only takes a tablespoon or two in a load!  Talk about economical.  I've tried OxyClean.  That stuff is garbage as far as I'm concerned.  It has never done a thing it promised.  Not one.  But this product has me sold forever!  Go get some.  Right now.  And you can even get a coupon for it to use at Meijer.  Save almost $8 when you go to Coupon.com, type your zip code and print out the Meijer coupon.  It is under household products.  What could be better?!?!?!