July's Freebies and coupons

My husband was made redundant in June 2015 so money was a little tight, we were lucky we were prepared but things were and are still a little tight as he started his new job at the start of august 2015.

I was looking for ways we could save a bit of money on our shopping bill as in august alone it was my birthday, my daughters 6th birthday, husbands nieces birthday, we had alton towers booked and paid for and chessington booked and paid for way before hubby was made redundant (just needed petrol and food) and also school uniform for when my daughter goes back to school in September.

A post on facebook caught my eye where some people had managed to get complimentary coupons for giving honest feedback on a product or to the company itself whether it was a compliment or complaint.

It got me thinking about how I could use this without taking advantage, I thought about just doing a few companies to see what I could get to help with my bills.

I had a bad experience at Frankie and Benny's on fathers day so I put a complaint in (I won't go into the ins and outs) however they very nicely sent me a £20 voucher to use when we next visit.

I was accepted on my first supersavvyme campaign where me and my husband got to try something each I had the Braun Silk-epil 5 and hubby had the Braun Series 3 shaver.

I was accepted onto the bzzagent campaigne, where you get to try all 3 flavours of the new Jacob's cracker crisps with some coupons to pass out.

I received a few coupons allowing me to get a free product from yazoo.

I received 3 random flavour boxes of popz microwave popcorn.

A voucher to get a free pack of petit filous yogurts.

Vouchers from Tesco orchard to try the Tesco finest cheese.

Not in the picture a £5 Gu coupon and a set of goggles from zoggs (daughters broke in the first week).

We also got 2 £5 vouchers from build a bear for spending so much and having the loyalty scheme and because it was my daughters birthday we also had 2 £3 vouchers. So my daughter got £16 worth of build a bear clothes for free. You have to spend a certain amount to get the £5 voucher but my daughter had some money saved up and knew what she wanted to get.

I did find it a bit cheeky and embarrassing emailing companies asking for a freebie or a coupon but I was surprised with the generosity given, we were genuinely grateful as every little really helps at the moment.

If you havn't already take a look at bzzagent and supersavvy me for products to try and sometimes coupons and Tesco orchard for vouchers to try at Tesco, you do have some surveys etc to fill out but they are really easy and if you get something to try for it, it is definitely worth it, I have had some great stuff to trial thanks to the named companies above.

Also take a look at your loyalty cards/schemes to see if your entitled to anything or if you can build something up.

Thank you for reading, I hope this inspires you to try and save money for your family and helps you out a little bit, good luck and much love tasha xx

Scholl Velvet Smooth Express Pedi Review

I was so pleased to get accepted onto this campaign from bzzagent and then to actually receive the product, I received it through royal mail and then tested it straight away as my feet are one of the worse things on my body! they are always getting dry, looking disgusting, feeling uneven, cracked so I was really excited to try it, I’ve tried a few products and none really did the job so to be honest I was a bit dubious and wondering will it work? so I turned it on I was a little shocked about the noise of this product, it is very loud, surprisingly this done a perfect job, got to places that I didn’t think it would, it has made my skin even, smooth and they look great! I even get thick, dry, cracked skin on my toes and on one of my ankles, this also took care of them and I couldn’t be more pleased! the serum that works with the product I thought would be sticky as most creams/serums are however this serum is not sticky, it dries really quick so you don’t have to worry about walking around and things sticking to it, its lightweight and not greasy, I didn’t feel it got stuck on my hands and then having to wipe off, I did not feel any burning sensation or any pain from keeping it in one area too long like I have with other machines. I would recommend this product as it is fantastic so with the only complaint being the noise of the machine I can live with, I will continue to use this product and trial it to see if it can still reach the high expectations it has already reached.

My new foot care routine

 Firstly I soak my feet in a Pedi spa for approx 15-20 minutes in luke warm water, then I gently dab my feet with a towel to gently dry them, after they are dried I use my Scholl Velvet Smooth Express Pedi to remove all the dead and dry skin, I start with the right foot first and then I go on to do the left, I attack the bottom of my feet, then go around the sides, gently do my toes where there is built up dry skin and the same for one of my ankles, I then take a nail file and file my toe nails to shape them, I apply the serum all over and rub in until the serum has dried and disappeared, if I wanted to put some nail polish on to add a splash of colour I do as mentioned above but add the following the steps, I will gently push my cuticles back with a cuticle pusher and remove the dead cuticle off the nail plate, I will then take a cotton ball with a bit of non acetone polish remover onto it and squeak my nails clean to remove the serum just off of the toe nails as the polish will not adhere properly if there is any creams or lotions on the nails, I then apply a base coat, 2-3 coats of coloured polish and a top coat. This is my new foot care routine for them gorgeous summer feet!

colour on my toes gelish is Queen of hearts 

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This is my own opinion formed from trying this product, know one has influenced me in any way, I really do think this is a great product and the only thing I feel that let this product down was the noise, I will definitely be using this product again and is now apart of my new foot care routine, thanks to everyone who has read this much love tasha xxxxxx