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Free Colgate toothpaste at Winn Dixie

free Colgate toothpasteNow until Wednesday Winn Dixie has a deal on 10/$10 Colgate Total Advanced Whitening, Colgate Total Enamel Strength, Colgate Total Advanced Clean or Colgate Total Advanced Fresh Toothpaste any 4 oz. or larger.

In the 08-08-10 SS there is $1 off any Colgate product which makes each tube free! You can buy 1 or 10, as long as you have your Winn Dixie card the toothpaste is $1! I just did this and it worked out great.

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Free sample of Degree Men’s Deodorant

Thanks Budget Savvy Diva for posting this exclusive BJ’s member freebie!

“If you’re a BJ’s member, you can head on over here to score a FREE sample of Degree Men V12 Invisible Stick Deodorant! Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.”

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Target: Free Right Guard trial size deodorant

Thanks to Money Saving Mom for this post on free trial size Right Guard at Target!

There’s a new coupon available for $1/1 any Right Guard product. Use this on the trial-size Right Guard deodorant which are priced at around $0.97 at most Target stores to get them free.

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Free Playtex tampons at Publix

This can be a bit tricky because it all depends if you received the catalina coupon from Walgreens. A couple of weeks back when I did the buy 3 for $10 deal on U By Kotex, and received the free movie ticket, I also received a coupon for a free box of Playtex tampons.  I held on to it waiting for someone to do a BOGO on Playtex, and Publix is doing exactly that this week. So if you were lucky to get this coupon too, bring it to Publix and get two boxes of Playtex tampons for free.

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This weeks RR deals at Walgreens

I was looking for a way to roll my expiring RR this week, and came up with good scenario.

I bought 2 Gillette Body Washes,  a 12 oz Renu saline solution and a bag of M&M’s for a filler.

 I used the Gillette BOGO coupon from the 6-6 PG, the $2 Renu printable and two $5 RR from last week.  I paid $2  ($1.13 was tax) oop, and received a$4.50 RR (Gillette) and a $7.50 (Renu).  I wish it were that easy every week!

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Gillette Proglide Wags RR Rolling….

This week at Walgreens when you buy a new Gillette Proglide razor for $9.89, you can get a $5 RR.  If you use the $4 coupon from yesterdays newspaper, you can get one for 89 cents.  To sweeten the deal, you can use that $5 RR toward another Gillette Proglide, and earn yet another $5 RR.    Just remember if you use the RR and the mfg coupon , you’ll need to get a second item as a filler.  I used the 39 cent gummy bears – something for my hubby, and the little boys!

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Product review: Nivea Touch of Lemongrass Hydrating Shower Gel

lemongrass.jpgI’ll tell you the truth, I’m more of a bar of soap kind of gal. The cheaper the better. I know, most women want to hex me in their cross hairs for such a statement. But what’s better than cheap but free? Recently my couponing friend became overstocked with the new Nivea hydrating shower gel and threw a bottle my way.

I’m glad she did.

What struck me as the best part of the Lemongrass-scented product (there are two more, Touch of Water Lilly and Touch of Honeydew) was that the scent wasn’t ‘hit you in face’ strong. I do love scented soaps and lotions but watching my wallet I need something that my husband will also agree with. Also, for folks with allergies that is usually a deterrent. “Touch of” is an appropriate way of describing the scent. It’s a hint, while still lasting on your skin for a good portion of the day (I kept smelling myself, I know I’m weird, and it didn’t wear off until close to evening).

Although gimmicky, I do like the “Sunflower Oil Pearls” which work as an exfoliate in part and also release the moisturizing aspect of the soap. Although my skin did feel soft after the shower I didn’t feel like it was the softest I’ve ever had it (Hint to Mr. Bethy: Mama needs a manicure).

Get it: For roughly $5 an 8.4 oz. bottle, I think it’s a bit steep for grocery store shower gel, but if you find a coupon or BOGO deal definitely try it out. I have another sample of the Water Lilly and will let you know what I think of that as soon as I try it.

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Stayfree maxi pads free at Walgreens

At the risk of sounding like the feminine hygiene chick of the blog, I wanted to post this great RR deal at Walgreens. Amy over at “Who Said Nothing In Life Is Free” posted about this a couple of days ago and I just tried it out with a $2 manufacture’s coupon on top of the RR.

If you buy Stayfree 16 or 24 count maxi pads (on sale for $2.99) you’ll get an RR for $3. So it’s essentially free. But on top of it, I had a $2 off coupon. So I made money off the deal. Here’s how it worked out:

Stay Free: $2.99

Coupon: $2

.99 + .20 tax = 1.19

Got a $3 RR, I made $1.81 off of the deal.

Get a free sample of Stayfree Ultra Thin here.

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U by Kotex* tampons

I had seen the commercials, Kotex playing up how they were getting real with women about their menstrual cycle with their newest product U by Kotex*. But it didn’t have me running out to buy them. To be honest, I’ve been a fan for many years of Kotex’s other tampon line Security* and between price, comfort and, ahem, “security” I haven’t seen a reason to change.

That was until I started getting into couponing with some of the other gals on this blog and saw a great deal at Walgreen’s last week for U by Kotex*. There was $2.50 RR attached to the product that had me buying the box of tampons for 99-cents. I was sold. And I’m glad I made the jump.

The target demo, with the bright colors and compact size, appears to be teens. That said, as a woman in her 30s, I love the colors too. I’m a nut for packaging and the bright blues, yellows, pinks and greens of the wrappers looked like I was opening a box of party confetti.

Once open, the actual applicator is the same color as the packaging, again, may not be your thing but I thought it was great. So pretty can be checked off your list but is it a good product?

For the most part yes. I didn’t have a problem with lack of absorption, uncomfortable fit or losing it before its time (so to speak). The one problem I did have was what makes it compact.

You have to pull the plunge on the applicator out until it clicks and then push to insert the tampon. But be careful, because if you pull too hard the plunge will pull out completely and your stuck fumbling with it to get it back together (if you can, once I couldn’t). I guess this would be fine in your own home, but these are compact so you can leave your home with them and this is not a fun time in a public restroom — believe me.

That said, this is not a common problem, out of the 10 I’ve used so far, it’s happened to me twice. If there are still great deals on this product and it keeps doing its actual job as well as I’ve experienced thus far, I’ll definitely be buying them again.

In the meantime, try it free for yourself by signing up here.

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