As you may have noticed, I have a mad crush on freebies. They're a great way to learn about new products, and they tend to come in quite handy.
1) They're great for traveling. Little packets of shampoo and conditioner, lotion, and baby wipes fit great in an overnight bag, and you aren't running much of a risk of a broken bottle soaking all your belongings in strawberry sunshine shampoo. Bonus, almost all samples will fit into a Ziplock bag for added protection.
2) Spoil your guests. I don't have too much company at my house (who wants to come stay in a house with three girls ages five and under, and a pregnant lady), but my mom has a crazy amount of visitors (and she loves it). She has two guest bathrooms (well, they are guest now, they used to be for my siblings) in her downstairs. In each one, she's put a hot pot, a couple of coffee mugs, tea bags (some are free samples I've given her), and a basket of free samples of shampoo, conditioner, lotion, tampons, pads, baby wipes, deodorant, toothpaste and floss. All items she got free as samples.
3) This one parent's will definitely appreciate. My girls, even the two year old, are obsessed with brushing their teeth. I used to line up all of their brushes and put a dab of toothpaste on each and send them in to brush. Now my five year old has requested that she's old enough to do more things herself. Of course she is, she has been for a while, but my doing it has been easier, faster, and much less messy. The four and two year olds are following her role, with even my youngest telling me "My do it myself". This resulted in half of a full size tube of toothpaste being squirted onto the counter, into the sink and onto the faucet (all of which were quite shiny after their toothpaste scrubdown). Toothpaste samples come in great here. They are smaller which are easier for little hands, but more importantly, only so much can end up in the sink!
The possibilities are endless!
However, if you're going to turn freebie hunting into a full time habit (I spend an hour or so each morning while I try to enjoy my coffee), I will suggest making up a completely separate e-mail for this purpose. Because, let me tell you, you WILL get follow-up e-mails from the companies you request freebies from. Now, don't completely ignore these e-mails... some of them will come with printable coupons, and those can be pretty good!
Some companies will also tell you to confirm your freebie through a confirmation e-mail. They want their products in your hands, so they'll usually tell you to check your e-mail for this.
All of the freebies you find on my blog will be 100% free, no shipping costs or promises to buy more in the future etc., UNLESS I post otherwise in the post. I won't share a freebie with you unless I've completed it myself to make sure it's 100% FREE!
Happy Freebie gathering! They'll all be posted on the Facebook Page, so make sure to follow!
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