A Rockin' Green Giveaway!

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If you've been reading my blog or following me on Twitter, you have most likely read that I am pretty taken with Rockin' Green Laundry Detergent. You've probably read this more than once. Maybe a few hundred times. You may have read the very filky "Ode to Rockin' Green" I wrote while up late one night. You may even have seen the silly YouTube version of said ode that Mongoosine and Snapdragon "performed in" that we filmed the following morning. (Melody and Costuming by Mongoosine, Adlib Fussing by Snapdragon)

So yeah, I love it.

I actually was very fortunate in that I first got to try Rockin' Green as the result of a Random Act of Kindness. @eclairemom won a sample of Rockin' Green during a Monday night #clothdiapers chat on Twitter. For whatever reason, instead of keeping it for herself, she gifted it to me. Isn't that awesome? Well, we rocked that sample, (Vanilla Buttercream, Soft Rock) and I was so sad when it was gone. Then we were blessed again by winning another sample of it during a #clothdiapers chat last Monday night. (Cherry Lemonade, Soft Rock) and it's pretty awesome too. They both smell so good that I have to remind myself that they're not for tasting. Good thing there's a prominent reminder to keep away from kids and animals. That would be one form of Pica I could really understand!

Well, I hope this counts as paying it forward, and yes I know it's all because of the generousity of Kim, the mastermind behind Rockin' Green Soap, that any of this is possible. You hear that? Kim rocks. Kim rocks it out old school.

So here's what you need to know about Rockin' Green Soap.

"If you have skin that's prone to fits, but you need clean that never quits, Rockin' Green..."

and "If you don't want to break out but want the poo stains to come out, Rockin' Green..."

So yeah, I break out. I break out really easily from soaps. The perfumes, the dyes, the abrasive chemicals all leave me looking kinda like a hairless sunburnt chicken. Creepy, no? But alas, I have the dreaded sensitive skin, which makes it hard to branch out and try new things. I'm pretty much allergic to everything that smells good. But, since I had the opportunity to try Rockin' Green, I figured "it's a small sample, go ahead. Once won't kill you."

And you know what?

It didn't.

No itchies. No scratchies. No rash. No nothing. Just clean laundry. And clean Fluffy laundry at that!

And little baby boy?

No itchies. No scratchies. No rash.

Even his sensitive baby skin was good with Rockin' Green, and I use it on his sheets, blankets, clothes, and diapers. I use it on my clothes too, because I figure, I'm the only surface he's in contact with almost as much as his diapers. It's been all good!

"Want some detergent that smells good? Better than most food? Rockin' Green..."

Like I mentioned earlier, I'm allergic to nearly everything that smells good. That's probably why I married Spouse. No worries about an allergic reaction, LOL.

But seriously, I have never in my life been able to use scented detergents, so at first I was a little skeptical of all of these fancy named scents. "Monkey Snacks you ask? What is this crazy banana-y goodness and why would I want it on my clothes?" I asked. "Vanilla Buttercream belongs on a cake, not in my washing Machine!" I declared. "Sure, Cherry Lemonade sounds like a great drink, but It'll give me a headache," I scoffed.

Besides, aren't perfumed detergents supposed to be all anathema or something for cloth diapers?

Well, again, I figured, that it couldn't hurt to try, because if I couldn't handle the scent (and Kim also makes an unscented version) I could always give it to a friend who likes scented cleaners and detergents.

Also, because Kim hasn't had to strip her cloth diapers in MONTHS, yes ladies, I said months, more than six of them, then maybe just maybe I woudln't have to be all paranoid about trying this on Snapdragon's diapers.

Well, they're not repelling, and I've tried both the Vanilla Buttercream and the Cherry Lemonade, and I have to say, they smell divine. More importantly, they don't induce any sneezing or headaches. Nope, just a delightful scent while I'm doing the fluffies. And the best part is, when I pull everything out of the wash, I'm not overpowered by something sweet and confectionary smelling, but rather, the laundry just smells clean.

I heart that.

"If your water's wicked hard"

Other than when I lived in Texas and the water from the villiage was 490ppm sodium, I've never really had soft water. My family is usuall too darn cheap, er, environmentalist, to waste all that salt in the water softener, so I'm pretty used to looking at the world in terms of hard water. As a matter of fact, I often do laundry at my parents' house, and they have rock-hard well water, and no, I don't mean it comes with an intoxicating radical hydroxyl group, just that it's not soft.

Seriously people happy hour's down the street, none of that here.

But with hard water, this stuff works, and it works well.

You might also want to know that Rockin' Green is:

• Dye & perfume free
• No fillers
  
• No enzymes or optical brighteners
  
• 100% Phosphate Free
• Vegan
• Great for sensitive skin
• Easy rinsing formula
• Works wonders on microfiber stink!
  
• Perfect for cloth diapers
• HE Compatible
• Reusable packaging
• Great for all water types
• Economical at .13 cents a load!

So I know you want to try some of this wonderment that is Rockin' Green, Right?

Well, there are two ways to accomplish that.

1. Buy some. Head on over to Rockin' Green's website, or to GADBaby and buy some.

You can go now. That's okay. I'll wait for you.

Back already? Okay, on to two.

2. Win Some. Kim, the brilliant creative genius behind Rockin' Green Soap has very generously offered to give one of you, my readers, 45 loads (90 HE) of Rockin' Green, in your choice of Classic or Soft Rock formula, and in your choice of scent. Now that's just heavenly, if you ask me.

Here's how to enter.

MANDATORY Entry: (as in, if you don't do this, none of your entries will count and you can't win, which would suck, right? ) Go to Rockin' Green and come back and tell me precisely which type you'd want if you won. Which Formula, and which flava', er, I mean scent.

And because we all love us some extra entries:

1. Buy something from Rockin' Green or GADBaby. Then come back and leave five comments telling me what you bought. That's right. This one is good for FIVE entries.

2. Follow my blog, publicly. Leave a comment letting me know that you do.

3. Grab my button for your blog or website. Leave a comment telling me you do, and the link to where it is so I can go check it out.

4. Blog about this giveaway or why Rockin' Green rocks, linking to both Rockin' Green and my blog. Leave a comment with the link to your blog POST, not just to your blog.

5. Follow both Me and Rockin' Green on Twitter, and tweet this giveaway. Leave a comment with the permalink to your tweet. (you get the permalink by clicking under your tweet where it has the time and date, or says something like "five seconds ago")

You can do this once a day. Not so much the following, but the tweeting.

6. Become a Fan of Rockin' Green Soap on Facebook. Leave a comment telling me that you did and your facebook name.

7. Vote for Snapdragon (#16) on GADBaby.com's Biggest Fluffy Butt contest. Yes, I am buying your votes. Live with it. After you vote for #16, come back and let me know the name your comment is listed under so I can check, and that you voted.

8. Random Act of Kindness. Do something really nice for someone else. Then come back and leave a comment letting me know what you did, unless it's something you don't want the other person to know you did, and in that case, you can leave a comment saying you did one, and then DM or email me the details. (I LOVE random acts of kindness and spreading the blessed) Feel free to do as many acts of kindness as you'd like!

Please, be sure to leave your email address in the comments if you don't have a blog or if your email address isn't attached to your profile in a manner in which I can see it. Otherwise I won't know how to contact you!

This contest will run through noon on Monday, August 17th. I will randomly select a winner using Random.org's random number generator. The winner will be announced on this contest, as well as in #clothdiapers chat and I will also email the winner. The winner will have 72 hours to contact me, otherwise I'll have to pick a new winner.