BzzAgent

I've always been really frugal. We don't go out to eat very often (because even fast food is expensive), I love after-holiday sales and garage sales, and I use coupons whenever I can. A month or so ago I signed up for BzzAgent, which sends you free products to test and review. The first campaign that I was offered was the Cottonelle Care Routine campaign. Here's what I got:

The Little card telling me what to do, one pack of Cottonelle FreshCare flushable wipes (which had a $1.00 off coupon on the outside and a $0.50 coupon inside), a $3.00 off coupon for Cottonelle toilet paper (because they recommend using the toilet paper and wipes together) and five $3.00 off coupons for when you buy the toilet paper and wipes together. 

I really didn't plan on blogging about this here (I already blogged about it on my other blog, where I mostly review things). The reason that I'm talking about it in both places is that I actually really ended up liking it. The toilet paper is nothing special (in my opinion, my husband really likes it so we'll be buying it from now on) but the wipes are great!  I've always used wet wipes after toilet paper for poop, both at home and at school. The only other flushable wipes I've used are the Nice! brand ones, and they sting. The first time I used them on my son he asked me if "burning his bottom" (as he put it) was making it more clean. I probably won't use them again. Cottonelle FreshCare on the other hand weren't irritating at all. When I smelled them I was a little worried (they smell great, but usually scented things aren't that gentle on sensitive skin) but apparently I didn't need to be. Even when my son had diarrhea for the weekend, there was no soreness using these wipes. He has sensitive skin, so even the "sensitive" wet wipes we buy usually make his bottom really sore when he has diarrhea.  I also love that they're flushable! Now that my son is potty trained, we don't have any reason to take the trash out daily so not having any used wet wipes in there is really nice. I like the dispenser too, it keeps the wipes moist but they're not wet at the bottom like with normal wet wipes. 

Pros: They're flushable, they're sensitive, they smell great and the container does a really good job of keeping the wipes moist.  

Cons: They're pricier than normal wet wipes. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for coupons.

Also, if you're looking for stuff like BzzAgent, there are a few other things you can join to get products to try for free. Here are a few that I'm involved in:

Influenster is a word of mouth marketing company, similar to BzzAgent. Instead of being offered campaigns, like BzzAgent, you can qualify to recieve "Vox Boxes" once your influenster score is high enough. I haven't qualified for any yet, but I pre-qualified for one so I'm hoping to get my first one soon.

PinchME - PINCHme is a free site that sends you up to three free samples every other week. PINCHme is my favorite of all of these, because there's not as much waiting. 

Smiley360 is one that I just joined, it seems pretty similar to BzzAgent and Influenster, except that I think that your social media presence has less to do with whether or not you're selected.