Product Review and GIVEAWAY!!! Purex PowerShot Laundry Detergent

Do you love doing laundry?  I didn't think so-not too many people enjoy doing their laundry.  It always feels great when it's done though!!  Purex, in my opinion, is the leader in high quality, affordable laundry products.  Purex is the only brand I use for my family.  Well, once again, Purex has come out with a new product to save us all some much appreciated time!  Check  out this easy, quick new way to wash your laundry-Purex PowerShot Laundry Detergent.

 

 

 

New Purex PowerShot is so easy to use-just open the cap, flip the bottle upside down to deliver one super concentrated dose of detergent.  Then you just flip the bottle back upright and the PowerShot engine has automatically refilled and is ready for the next dose!  Easy, peasy!  This formula has 50% more stain fighting power  than regular Purex liquid detergent.  Purex PowerShot is available in Purex's most popular fragrances, Mountain Breeze, and Natural Elements Linen and Lillies. 

 

I'm loving new Purex PowerShot-it's just so easy.  My adult kids are in heaven with it-the least amount of work, the more they like it!  I'm even thinking of starting my youngest doing his own laundry with PowerShot-I don't have to worry about him pouring half a bottle of detergent in the dispenser!  I love the fresh, clean scent of Mountain Breeze, and my clothes are clean and fresh. 

SWEEPSTAKES!

 

Purex is hosting an awesome sweepstakes to celebrate the release of new PowerShot!  Three grand prize winners win a Whirlpool washer & dryer set. 300 second-place winners will receive a bottle of PowerShot.  Share & enter the sweepstakes & get a $1 off coupon.  Click here to enter for your chance to win! 


GIVEAWAY!!!!!!

TWO of my readers will each win a coupon for a free bottle of Purex PowerShot! This contest is open to US residents age 18 and older, no purchase necessary. I will randomly draw the winners on 2/18/15 and email the winners that day.  The winners will have 48 hours to email me back or a new winner will be chosen.  Good Luck!


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The Purex brand provided me with a sample of Purex PowerShot detergent in exchange from a product review.  All opinions expressed here are my own. 

Review and Giveaway~20 Mule Team Borax

Have you heard of Borax?  Many people have but have not tried it themselves.  I first started using Borax as a laundry booster, and also as an ingredient in my homemade laundry detergent.  Now I use Borax for many things, including in cleaners and  as a dishwasher booster. 

20 Mule Team Borax is 100% natural mineral from the earth. Absolutely nothing is added. Borax naturally softens hard water, which maximizes your detergent's cleaning power. 

GIVEAWAY

I have coupons for two The Loose Screw readers to get a free box of 20 Mule Team Borax!




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Disclosure: Borax provided a free sample of their product for this post.  My participation was voluntary, and my opinions are my own.

Review and Giveaway~MAS Detergent & Mother's Day Sweepstakes!

Have you ever heard of MAS laundry detergent?  I had not heard of it before, and recently had a chance to try it out.  MAS is the leading liquid detergent in Mexico, and is available for the first time in the US at Walmart!  MAS is made by the Henkel brand, which produces Purex products as well.  There are two different MAS detergents, click on each to learn more:
MAS Color
MAS Oscura (Darks)

I tried MAS Color, which has the Renew Effect to protect and renew your clothes wash after wash.  I've been very happy with it, it has a nice fresh smell and my clothes are clean and bright.

Mother's Day is tomorrow!  My Mom is my best friend-she's been there for me through thick and thin.  I strive to be just like her-caring, loving unconditionally, and kind.  I know she will be there for me if I'm having a rough time, or will be excited along with me when something good happens. Although we live far away from each other, we talk on the phone every day, and she is always in my heart.  Happy Mother's Day, Mom!!

MAS is having a Mother's Day Appreciation Sweepstakes for all the hard-working, laundry-washing Moms out there.  It runs through May 31, and you have a chance to win $1000!!  Click here to enter. Good luck!

COUPON GIVEAWAY!
MAS detergent provided me with three $1 off coupons for their detergent.  I need to warn you-they are written in Spanish, but I had no problem using them here in Utah at Walmart.  If you would like one, just comment below with your email and I will contact you to get your mailing address.  The first 3 people who ask will get a coupon!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

Review and Giveaway~Purex Natural Elements Tropical Splash detergent

The Purex Brand has a new fragrance to add to their popular Natural Elements Line. Purex Natural Elements Tropical Splash laundry detergent reminds you of a tropical vacation with the scents of pineapple, coconut and tropical flowers!  The Natural Elements brand of laundry detergents still has all the power of DirtLift Action at half the price of leading detergents, but with naturally sourced ingredients.  This biodegradable formula is gentle enough for sensitive skin and promotes green cleaning practices.

I loved this new scent, and my clothes were clean and bright.  I'm a firm believer of the Purex line of products, they work great and save me money!

GIVEAWAY

Two The Loose Screw readers will win a coupon for new Tropical Splash detergent!


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Disclosure: Purex brand provided me with a sample of Purex Natural Elements Tropical Splash detergent in exchange for a product review.  However, all the opinions expressed here are my own.

Review and Giveaway~Purex plus Fabric Softener with Crystals

Purex has a new laundry detergent with fabric softener and Crystals fragrance.  Purex plus Fabric Softener with Crystals contains the deep cleaning power of DirtLiftAction, with the most popular Purex Crystals fragrance!

I use Purex because it works great at cleaning our clothes, and is less expensive than leading detergents.  This Purex worked great, and I loved the smell-a fresh, floral scent.

One evening my husband came home from a long day at work.  I gave him a hug, and noticed his shirt smelled like it had just come out of the dryer!  It had been washed several days before with Purex plus Fabric Softener with Crystals and worn all day, and smelled great!

SWEEPSTAKES

 Enter the Experience the Enchantment Sweepstakes featuring Purex detergent plus Fabric Softener with Crystals Fragrance! One lucky winner will receive $1,000 and a year of FREE Purex detergent plus Fabric Softener, while 500 second place winners get to try this powerful, fresh detergent for FREE!  Click here to enter.  

Two The Loose Screw readers will win a coupon for a free bottle of new Purex plus fabric softener with Crystals!

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*Disclosure: The Purex brand provided me with a sample of Purex detergent plus Fabric Softener with Crystals in exchange for a product review.  All opinions expressed are my own.

Review and Giveaway~Purex Baby Detergent

As a member of Purex Insiders, I had the opportunity to try out Purex Baby.  No, I don't have a baby, but I do have a one-year-old grandson, and I tried it out on all of our family's laundry as well!  Purex Baby detergent has the same strong cleaning power as the regular Purex, but is gentle on baby's skin.  It is hypoallergenic and dermatologist-tested.  Purex Baby worked great on all of our laundry at getting stains out, and I loved the fresh, gentle scent.  And because its Purex, its affordable!

Right now, Purex is having an Oh Baby! Sweepstakes, where three lucky winners will each win $500, and an additional 250 winners will win free Purex Baby detergent!  Click here to be taken to the sweepstakes.

THE GIVEAWAY!!!

Purex has provided me with THREE coupons for a free bottle of Purex Baby Detergent!  

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Disclosure: Purex provided me with a sample of Purex Baby Detergent in exchange for a product review.  However, all the opinions expressed here are my own.

Review and Giveaway~Purex plus Oxi

Purex has come out with a great new laundry detergent!  Purex plus Oxi is the most powerful Purex detergent yet, with three stain-fighting enzymes that fight over 101 different stains!  This is a great pretreater too.

For me, Purex is my favorite detergent because it does a great job, my clothes are clean and fresh, and its affordable.  I received a bottle of Purex plus Oxi, and put it right to work. It has the great fresh smell I love, and my clothes were clean.  I tried it as a pretreater on one of my son's uniform khaki pants that had a small grass stain in the knee. The stain was gone!

To celebrate new Purex plus Oxi, Purex is having a sweepstakes through November 30th.  They are giving away up to $6,000 in prizes!!  Click here to enter. 

The Giveaway!!!

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Disclosure: I was provided with a free sample from Purex in exchange for my honest review.

New Laundry Detergent Recipe

I've been making my own liquid laundry detergent for about three years now-it is such a great money saver!  Click here for my original recipe, which I still think is great!  Recently, I came across a powdered detergent that includes OxiClean and fabric softener, and is safe for HE machines.  I found the recipe at Howdoesshe.  I've been using it a few months now, and really like it!  The photo above shows all of the ingredients (no, that's not pink cheese-its shredded Zote soap!).

1 (4lb. 12oz) Box of Borax-found in detergent aisle
1 (3lb. 7oz.) Box of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda-found in detergent aisle
1 (3lb.) Container of Oxiclean-found in detergent aisle (this is optional)
2 (14.1 oz.) Bars of Zote soap-found in detergent aisle (you can also use Fels Naptha
2 (2 lb.) Boxes of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda-found in cooking aisle
1 to 2 (55oz.) Bottles of Purex Crystals Fabric Softener-found in detergent aisle (this is optional, use more for a stronger scent)

Grate the Zote soap.
Mix all the ingredients (I used a bucket)
May put in any container to dispense-the empty Purex crystals container works great!
Use only 1-2 Tablespoons per load!! Put directly in drum of washer for HE machines.

The finished product-isn't it pretty?? It smells great, and I love that the whitener and softener are included!

Another Purex Review & Giveaway~Purex Ultrapacks

This is my third Purex giveaway in one week!  Purex has many great products that have recently come out and are coming soon!  I was given the opportunity to try Purex UltraPacks laundry detergent, which will be available in stores next month. 

Purex UltraPacks laundry detergent are convenient pre-dosed liquid detergent packs that make doing laundry easier then ever.  I love using them because, with my spine problems, I can't lift big, heavy jugs of detergent.  All I have to do is pop one of these pre-measured packs in when I put my clothes in the washer.  So easy!

Purex laundry detergent is formulated and safe for all machines, including high-efficiency.  The UltraPacks dissolve quickly in the washer, even in cold water!  Each of the Purex UltraPacks contains powerful 2x concentrated detergent, so you are getting double the cleaning power!  Scents available are Mountain Breeze and Free and Clear.  My sample was of the Mountain Breeze scent, which I already loved from the bottled Purex Triple Action detergent.  It's a nice, fresh scent. 

Purex is definitely my choice in store-bought laundry detergent.  The cleaning power you get is the best for a great price!  I do make my own laundry detergent, but always have some backup Purex in case I run out and for extra-tough jobs. 

Beginning in mid-February 2012, http://www.freesamplepurex.com/ will be up and running again, so you can get your own free sample of Purex Ultrapacks laundry detergent!  I will post when I get the word that the link has gone live.  In the meantime, you can try to win your own full-size package of UltraPacks here!!

THE GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!
Three (3) The Loose Screw readers will each win a coupon for a full-size package of Purex UltraPacks!!  You have 7 chances to win!

1. Leave a comment below-what laundry detergent do you use most often?
2. Check out this product at www.Purex.com/UltraPacks and leave me a comment with something you learned about this new detergent or Purex.

3. Follow me on Google Friend Connect on the right sidebar, and leave me a comment to let me know you are a follower.

4. Follow me on Twitter @athenalang and leave me a comment letting me know your twitter name.

5. Tweet about the giveaway, and leave me a link to the tweet.

6. Facebook about the giveaway, and leave me a link to the post.

7. Blog about the giveaway, and leave me a link to your blog post.

This giveaway will end on January 20th, 2012 at midnight MST. I will email and announce the winners the next day. Good luck, and have fun doing that laundry!

*Disclosure: Purex provided a free sample of their UltraPacks laundry detergent so I could write a review.  However, all of the opinions expressed here are my own.

Homemade Laundry Detergent

I've been 'passionate' about different ways to save money-I do all I can to help stretch what we have. I'm going to do a more detailed post on that later, but for now, this is one of the ways we have found to save money. We started making our own laundry detergent back in September, using a recipe found on the Duggar's website, www.duggarfamily.com. We loved the results. Then our church, in need of a building, started a fundraiser where they gave each family $50 to invest in something, to then 'grow' the money into more for the building fund. We decided to make laundry detergent! It was a big seller, and even after that $50 challenge ended, we continue to make and sell it on our own, giving all the profits to the church building fund. I'm not sure how much we have raised, but for sure we know it is several hundred dollars. The thing is, this detergent is SO INEXPENSIVE to make-like 1-2 cents a load! It is fairly easy to make as well. We make the liquid version, but you can surf the web to find other liquid recipes, and powdered versions as well. My friend Amy at lifeslittlecrazies.blogspot.com makes the powdered, and shared some with me. I really liked it as well, but prefer liquid for my HE machine. It is low/no sudsing, which is perfect for the newer machines, but fine for the older ones as well.

We mix ours up in a big 5 gallon bucket, then fill up smaller containers-old detergent containers, apple/orange juice jugs, milk jugs, anything you can think of. One thing that was mentioned on the Duggar's website, and that we noticed as well over time, is that your whites can start to look dingy. This is due to the lack of phosphates in the detergent, and adding Oxyclean will take care of it. The other thing you can do is increase the Borax, which is what we decided to do, and it helped as well.

Here are the directions:

Ingredients: 4 cups hot tap water, 1 bar Fels-Naptha soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda, 1/2 c. Borax (we have increased to 1 cup). You will also need a cheese grater, a 5 gallon bucket, a tall spoon for stirring, and your clean, smaller containers for storing the detergent.

Directions:
*Grate the bar of Fels-Naptha and add to saucepan with 4 cups hot tap water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap is melted.
*Fill a 5 gallon bucket half-full with hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda, and Borax. Stir well until powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to the top with more hot water. Stir, cover, and let sit overnight to thicken.
* Using a clean plastic container, fill half-full of the soap, then fill the rest of the way with water. Shake well before each use, as it will thicken.
*Optional-you can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons once soap has cooled. Ideas-lavender, tea tree (my favorite).
*Yields 10 gallons of laundry detergent.

Other useful info:
*Recipe costs approximately $2.00 for 10 gallons!!
*Don't buy Arm and Hammer Baking Soda, it must be Super Washing Soda.
*You can add any laundry boosters/additives with this soap.
*Can be used to wash in all temperatures.
*Can be used as a pre-treater for tough stains.
*For regular washing machines use 1/2 cup per load, for front-loader He machines use 1/4 cup.

My next adventure: homemade dishwasher detergent!