Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Mainstays Plug In Air Freshener Review and Giveaway!

I LOVE candles, scented oils, melting tarts, and all plug in type air fresheners. I can never have enough yummy smelling scents around the house but because my sinuses are sensitive, I cannot have floral scents or strong perfumey scents, and often find myself sticking to the sweet foods or earthy autumn scents. (Think: apples and cinnamon, pumpkin spice, etc).

So the other day, overwhelmed by two children in diapers, I declared my independence and left my husband to fend for himself and all three children and headed to Wal-mart. I seriously used to live in Target and Wal-mart before NewBaby came around... but now, it's too difficult with a clingy toddler and a needy newborn. I'm a label reader, and well, reading labels is rather difficult when between every other word there's a "MOMMYYYYYY!!!" or a squeak from underneath the mountains of blankets. I digress...

Anyway, as I'm walking through the aisles, I notice that they finished the new Mainstays candle aisle, so I turn my cart and narrowly avoid a head on collision with a frazzled mom juggling twin toddlers and two pink candles. I smile as she apologizes- why do we always feel the need to apologize for our crazy children? It's not like her kids were frazzling me.. So I get into the aisle, situate myself near the beginning, as the echoes of a babbling brook (playing out of one of those buttoned machines) turns the aisle into my own personal getaway. I begin sniffing all of the candles, and stumble upon cranberry mandarin. Holy Yum, Batman!! What could be better?Oh yeah, it's available in a plug-in style air freshener- You wanna know what's even better than that?? It was only $4.74!! You have no idea, I wanted to screetch with happiness! There's only two scents in the regular plug ins that I can tolerate, and the fancy Febreze versions are too expensive, unless you have double coupons and a money maker deal at Walgreens. This plug-in scent holder part is glass, and the picture really does it no justice- it looks more "upscale" than it's price. Once the fragrance is used up, the glass refills are readily available and interchangable.

I am so in love with this product, (and the scent!), that I wanted to share my happiness with you all, so I am offering one lucky reader a $10 Wal-mart gift card, so you can go and check out their new line of home fragrance scents and purchase your favorite plug-in! My only rule for this one, is whoever wins this one, you need to drop me a line and let me know which one you picked out, and how much you love it!

Here's how to win:

  • Leave me a comment on which room you need to freshen up and why.
  • Post this giveaway on your blog, and include a link back.
  • Add a button to your blog.
  • Email at least 3 of your friends and CC me at 4BabyAndMom [at] gmail [dot] com
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  • You get an extra entry in ALL of our giveaways if you follow the directions in this post!!

Fine Print: Please include your email or contact information in your comments. YOU MUST post separate comments for each one of the tasks above that you complete. This drawing ends Saturday, 2/21 at 11:59pm EST. Any comments posted after that time will be deleted. If you post one reply saying you did all methods of entry, you will only receive 1 valid entry. One lucky winner will be selected using Random.org. Winner will be announced on Monday, 2/23. Any questions, please click on the Contact Us button on our sidebar. Thank you for participating!

38 comments:

  1. Getting you started!!!

    I need this for the bathroom!!!!


    Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!

    Janna Johnson
    jannajanna@hotmail.com
    http://feedyourpig.blogspot.com
    http://feedyourpiggiveaways.blogspot.com

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  2. Following you as always!!!


    Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!

    Janna Johnson
    jannajanna@hotmail.com
    http://feedyourpig.blogspot.com
    http://feedyourpiggiveaways.blogspot.com

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  3. oh, the living room--this is where the giant stinky dog spends most of his time . . .
    sandtneal at mfire.com

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  4. updated blog candy around the world, and moved you to the top of the list!

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  5. and e-mailed

    sandtneal at mfire dot com

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  6. Of course the BATHROOM!!! I love scents. Having the house smell good makes my day feel better! :)
    Beth
    bethanyev@gmail.com

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  7. I have your button on my blog
    joeandbethany.blogspot.com

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  8. I follow your blog!
    Please check out my giveaway at http://joeandbethany.blogspot.com
    Thanks for the chance! Appreciate it!
    Beth
    bethanyev@gmail.com

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  9. I need it in my bathroom for sure! Thanks for the chance!

    jls_wss2003 at yahoo dot com

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  10. I follow!

    jls_wss2003 at yahoo dot com

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  11. I need this for the bathroom, for obvious reasons :D

    mommyhoodisthankless{AT}gmail.com

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  12. I blogged about this giveaway: Here

    mommyhoodisthankless{AT}gmail.com

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  13. I am a follower!

    mommyhoodisthankless{AT}gmail.com

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  14. I like trying new scented products because i need it in the bathroom,where the cats litterbox is:)
    cyclona66@aol.com

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  15. I need this in my home office. I spend most of my day here and love great scents plus I'm a smoker and this room needs it. Thank you!

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  16. This would definitely go in the main bathroom (aka the kids washroom)...need I say more?!?

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  17. I totally need to freshen up my boys' bathroom! My 13 and 7 year old sons share it, and it is also our guest bathroom. So I want it to stay fresh smelling!

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  18. Downstairs Bathroom,
    Very tiny, 5 small boys using the potty and a cat litter box. Need I say more..
    I literally clean in there at least once a day sometimes twice.

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  19. I'm now following your blog!!

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  20. I need it for the bathroom because...(it stinks).
    techyone at gmail dot com

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  21. I posted your button on my sidebar!
    http://saveyourmoneymama.blogspot.com

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  22. Stumbled...user name is
    3boyzmom916

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  23. I would use it in the bathroom :)

    chopf712@yahoo.com

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  24. wow i love to give this stuff a try i realy could use this in the bath room thanks

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  25. I need to freshen my kitchen, thanks for the great giveaway!

    Eloise
    furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net

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  26. This would be great for our 2nd bathroom. Thanks!
    yellyjohnsen@yahoo.com

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  27. I would use this in my bathroom or even the bedroom. What a nice smell.

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  28. We need this for the hall because that is where our changing table for the baby is!
    sras7508 at gmail dot com

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  29. I'd like to have this for my bedroom. It's the only room I don't have an air freshener or candle in at the moment.

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  30. I'm not sure what it is but man the boys room always stinks ... LOL. My hubby has done the carpets I've washed the beding and stink it's a funk. NEED help please - ha-ha :)

    AlexisRunningAway@gmail.com

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  31. The utility room has a cat litter box so it could use a fresh clean scent. Thanks!
    lisanne411(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  32. I would put it in our main floow bathroom
    t.cullins@sasktel.net

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  33. Follow on blogger
    t.cullins@sasktel.net

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  34. This giveaway is closed! thanks to all who participated!

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