* This post was sponsored by The Caress Forever Collection. I received free product and a promotional item to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% my own. I love the scent of perfume, but often find that wearing straight perfume is too strong for me. Instead, I prefer to use scented body washes. One new body wash that I love is The Caress Forever Collection. The Caress Forever Collection is the world’s first body wash with Fragrance Touch Technology. Caress Fragrance Release Pearls™ release bursts of perfume with every touch of the skin. Created by award-winning perfumer Loc Dong Continue reading...
#Swifferdads: Cleaning with Swiffer Wet Jet
Two Big Green Boxes arrived at my home recently, and my kids were super excited! They've seen commercials on TV that feature the Swiffer Big Green Boxes (I love those commercials!), so they couldn't wait until the boxes arrived at our home! We received the Big Green Boxes as part of the #SwifferDad campaign. Swiffer is great for my husband -- he is much neater than I am and loves the simplicity and effectiveness of the Swiffer Wet Jet mops. We decided to give our other Big Green Box to our neighbor, Tyson. He works as a home inspector and understands the importance of keeping a Continue reading...
Spring Clean Your Home With HomeRight Giveaway
There's been a lot of spring cleaning going on here at Mom Home Guide! Today I share how my husband helps around the house with our new Swiffer Wet Jet. Yesterday I shared my tips for deep cleaning carpets and a BISSELL deep cleaning giveaway - BISSELL is offering two product bundles (including a BISSELL Deep Clean Lift-Off --valued at $259.99 --and BISSELL Professional Deep Cleaning with Febreze® Formula) as a giveaway. Today I am sharing a HomeRight SteamMachine giveaway -- the HomeRight SteamMachine is valued at $99! The machine is great for spring cleaning and for getting lots of jobs done Continue reading...
Wash Away Winter BISSELL Giveaway
I received BISSELL Boost free from BISSELL Homecare, Inc. -- the Company sent this to me and did not charge me for it. That being said, I am under no obligation to write a good review or to write any review about this product, and what I’m writing here are my own opinions based on my own personal use of the product. * This post contains affiliate links. My home is filled with two floors of wall-to-wall carpeting. That's a lot of carpet! So it's essential that I stay on top of the carpets and keep them clean! So, I've developed a few tricks and habits to keep my carpets clean! One of Continue reading...
Losing Fat Through Chores
Have you ever seen the TLC series, My Big Fat Fabulous Life (#MyBigFatFabLife)? I just started watching My Big Fat Fabulous Life on TLC recently, and I just love it! Whitney Thore, the star of the show, is so lovable and fun to watch! My Big Fat Fabulous Life show documents the young 30-something's struggle with her weight and how she navigates through life while weighing about 300 pounds. I don't have the weight problem that Whitney has, but like Whitney, I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and hypothyroidism, both of which may have contributed to the weight gain I've had over the past Continue reading...
Give Your Bathroom a Quick Clean
“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Scrubbing Bubbles®. I received product samples and a promotional item to thank me for participating.” I don’t enjoy cleaning my home, and the thing I like the least is cleaning the bathrooms. In fact, I will only clean a bathroom if I can shower immediately after! I tend to clean the bathroom first thing in the morning. Even if I wear gloves while cleaning, I don’t feel clean after cleaning the bathroom. So, I like to clean the bathroom a few times a week before I shower, so the bathroom doesn’t get too dirty! Continue reading...
Top Ten Posts of 2014!
**This post contains affiliate links. Wow! I can't believe that Christmas is over and that 2015 is almost here! This year has been a blur for my family -- time is just FLYING by! 2014 was fun, though! I shared a lot of cool and fun projects! Today I thought I'd share the posts that were most popular on Mom Home Guide in 2014! 1) Free Printable 2015 Calendar In September, I created a free printable calendar for Mom Home Guide's readers. Now that my kids are in middle school, life is busier, and we have to plan ahead! To keep your family on schedule in 2015, feel free to Continue reading...
Clean Your Way to a Healthy 2015
Happy Holidays, everyone! Today guest blogger Melissa Stevens shares how she plans to get work done around the house and stay in shape -- all at the same time! -- Lauren By Melissa Stevens We would all like to exercise more, but many of us can't find the time or money to do so. It would be wonderful if we could turn everyday chores into exercise! I've been thinking how I could combine chores and exercise, and came across some great ideas! Put on Weight Put on some weight before exercising, believe it or not. Adding weight to your exercises is a useful trick that will help your Continue reading...
Getting a Home Christmas Ready
Thank you, BISSELL for sponsoring today’s post on preparing for holiday entertaining! Now that Christmas is only about a week away, I am in full gear to get my preparations done for the big day! Since my home has wall-to-wall carpeting, a major part of those preparations are making sure the carpets are clean for my guests! I am lucky that I have the BISSELL ProHeat 2X® Premier 47A23 Upright Deep Cleaner in my cleaning arsenal! My new ProHeat 2X® Premier 47A23 Upright Deep Cleaner, and my BISSELL Professional Deep Cleaning formula with Scotchgard™ Protector, really helped me to get my Continue reading...
Holiday Cleaning Tips & $50 Giveaway
“This review was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Mr. Clean. I was provided the featured product and compensations to facilitate this post, but all opinions are 100% mine." I don't know about you, but I never seem to have enough time to get everything done during the holidays! For me, the worst part about getting ready for the holidays is getting the house clean for company! I'd love to have a clean house, but for some reason or other, I can't seem to keep my house in a constant state of clean! So that usually means that I wipe myself out cleaning right before a holiday event, only to Continue reading...