Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Just Treats Giveaway: Shout Color Catcher (3 winners)

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
Congrats to our 3 winners:
#4: "fauxpaus"
#26: btjfarnham@
#32: Christina F.


Have you tried the new Shout Color Catcher sheets yet?! Nobody wants dyes bleeding onto other items of clothing in the laundry. Shout Color Catcher sheets absorb and trap loose dyes in your wash water, safeguarding your clothes from color bleeds and helping to preserve original colors. Use Shout Color Catcher sheets in every load to keep clothes looking vibrant and bright!

Product Features:
• Sheets lock up loose dyes found in the wash water to prevent dyes from running or bleeding onto other clothes.
• The proof is on the sheet-each sheet changes color as it absorbs these loose dyes.
• Helps save you time by reducing the need for sorting.
• Helps save you money by reducing the need for half-size loads.

Shout was kind enough to send me a box of them to try out and I must admit - I LOVE THEM!  I was a little worried with the first few washes, so I slowly mixed in more bold colors with each progressive load -- with all of my whites coming out as untouched as before!  I was amazed.  I even tested out a brand new, deep maroon skirt with a few older white t-shirts and there was NO color bleeding!!  Shocked.  And relieved.


I don't know if this is just a phenomenon that happens in my family, but somehow, even if I wash only whites - or only whites with other "non-color" items (like light grays and pastels), my whites will sometimes STILL come out with bright colored blotches on them ... usually pink.  It drives me crazy!!  I've searched (and cleaned) my washing machine and dryer, have taken to scanning thoroughly each piece of laundry before I put it in the wash, etc, but there is still (always without warning) a few loads that will produce these random stains!!  I haven't had any of those issues since I've been using the Shout Color Catcher sheets, and I don't even worry about it anymore!

Now, because I'm such a cheapskate frugalista, I've actually started using each sheet more than once.  I'm excited to be able to tell you that they seem to work just as well for at least 3 or 4 washes!!  I know, I know - some of you are not quite as ... um ... let's call it "resourceful" as me (yes, by "resourceful" I mean crazy), and so you may not venture to use the sheets repeatedly, and I'm not sure that the people at Shout would recommend it ... but I do!!


Special Offer: Everyone can request a Free Sample and print $1 off coupon via the Shout Facebook page.  Just click on the "Offers" tab at the top, after you "like" them.

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Giveaway:

Because I love this product so much, I begged the sweet people at Shout to give a few of you your own FREE Boxes of Shout Color Catcher sheets ... and they said YES!!  So, THREE of you will be receiving a box of your own! To enter, just do one, or all, of the methods below and leave me a comment for each. Be sure to leave me a separate comment for each entry & include your email address, so I can contact you if you win!


Methods of Entry:
  • Leave me a comment telling me about your worst laundry disaster -- for example, a time you dyed your husband's dress shirts purple, or overloaded the machine with explosive results, or just let the clean clothes stack up unfolded to epic proportions (oh, that one is my weekly disaster).  Just tell me one of your own!
  • Become a follower of @savings_steward on Twitter - new and current followers qualify. 

Giveaway will end Sunday, October 31st at Midnight EST and is open to anyone residing in the U.S. One entry per method, per person (no duplicate email accounts, please). Winners will be drawn via Random.org and notified via email. Winners will have 48 hours to respond before a new one will be drawn. Shout provided me with a box of the Shout Color Catcher sheets and will be providing 3 winners with full sized boxes of their own.  I was not compensated in any other way & all opinions are 100% my truthful assessment.

49 comments:

Anonymous said...

gum melted in the dryer!
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Anonymous said...

i am a email subscriber!
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fauxpaus said...

I once overloaded the laundry machine and it kept stopping at the "spin" cycle because it was off balance...it took me forever to figure out how to get it going again!
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fauxpaus said...

I am a twitter follower (fauxpaus)

fauxpaus said...

I like you on facebook
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fauxpaus said...

i subscribe to your emails
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carol said...

My comment is: your other sister needs these sheets for her laundry. cmlink2u@gmail.com

carol said...

I also like that little helper you have there too. And I love your evening emails. cmlink2u@gmail.com

carol said...

Yes I have liked you on facebook too. cmlink2u@gmail.com

Nicole said...

I washed a wool sweater and it came out looking like a toddler sweater...so I gave it to my cousin who is 2. At least someone got some use out of it!

sandandstarfish said...

let's just say that B's wonderful light blue duvet cover turned an outrageously horrible shade of pink. I somehow forgot that all my new red fabric was under the duvet cover so when i scooped it up to put it in the wash... it all went in. gck-1 loved it though ;)

sandandstarfish said...

i get your emails :) love them!

sandandstarfish said...

and i like you on facebook

sandandstarfish said...

and I follow you on twitter. although I've still horrible at it!

Julie said...

I turned a package of my husband's brand new white briefs into a lovely shade of pink ;)
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like u on fb-Julie S Laws
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amy said...

One of my worst laundry disasters happened when I was expecting my first child. I washed a brand new maternity dress in the wrong setting with the wrong temp. of water on accident...and it shrunk so bad my barely-a-teen sister was able to fit into it! creedamy at yahoo dot com

Ashley said...

There were blue spots appearing in my laundry for months, and then MOVING to different spots on my clothes are washing again. I think it may have been a pen that was washed way before that, but it was bizarre! Ruined a lot of things!
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Ashley said...

Follow you on twitter! (@reynoldsmom)
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Ashley said...

"Like" you on FB! (Ashley Reynolds)
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Subscribe to your emails!
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Catherine said...

Like you on FB, thanks for the chance to try it out for free

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Catherine said...

Following on twitter

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Anonymous said...

I like you on facebook. btjfarnham at yahoo dot com

Anonymous said...

I am a new subscriber to your email. btjfarnham at yahoo dot com

Anonymous said...

My daughter has to wear school uniforms and everytime I do laundry, I keep waiting to pull out mulit-colored items. So far I have been lucky but my luck doesn't last long. btjfarnham at yahoo dot com

Jackie said...

Two days ago I washed my comforter (which I've done many times). It made the machine go off balance, it couldnt spin and I smelled something burning. I had to hand wring out the comforter before putting it in the dryer which took about half an hour.
Thanks for the review and giveaway!
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Jackie said...

I once accidentl threw a blue pair of undies (my daughters) in with the white wash. Everything came out with a light blue tinge.
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Christina F. said...

I have a few disasters. I washed my favorite "formal" dress to try and save money and it shrunk:( I washed it on delicates...oh well...it's an excuse to buy a new one:)
I also had my washer break down w/ tons of laundry backed up. the wash in the washer was sopping wet when it broke and I had to transport it all to the bathtub to wait til the washer got fixed. annejk112233(at)yahoo(dot)com

Christina F. said...

I'm a follower of you on Twitter (I'm wowtotweet) annejk112233(at)yahoo(dot)com

Christina F. said...

I like you on FB (I"m anne dall) annejk112233(at)yahoo(dot)com

Christina F. said...

I'm a subscriber to your email. annejk112233(at)yahoo(dot)com

vhubler said...

I forgot I had a load of laundry in the washer and left it in there for a week talk about a stinky mess.
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vhubler said...

I follow @savings_steward on Twitter as @vhubler
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vhubler said...

I like Savings & Stewardship on Facebook as Velvet H.
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vhubler said...

I subscribe by email
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tristatecruisers said...

My worse laundry disaster happened when hubby was reaching for something on the laundry rack above the washer and bumped the bleach--well it went everywhere and tye-dye was in season for my towels. That was 15 years ago and I was mad but it was funny now looking back :)

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tristatecruisers said...

like you on FB :)

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subscribe via e-mail :)

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Jenny said...

Laundry disasters, where do i start...today, for instance, I threw my daughters beautiful dress into the already going dryer just to "dewrinkle" it, and when I pulled it out a few minutes later, I realized I shut the dryer door on one of the string that ties around the back of the dress..So much for that attempt to quickly make the dress look nice, then I had to spend 20 minutes cutting off the ties and sewing up the whole where I had to cut them out!

Jenny said...

I'm a FB fan! jj.one.day at gmail dot com

Jenny said...

I'm an email subscriber

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Teresa Choplin said...

Well, my worst laundry experience would have to be the time I helped my kids tie-dye shirts for Hippy day at school with FOOD COLORING!!!! And forgot and threw one of them in with another load of clothes, all of my husbands WHITE socks were pink, red, purple, orange, needless to say, I had to make a run to WALMART LOLOLOLOL!!!
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Teresa Choplin said...

follow you on twitter
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like you on fb
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already a email subscriber
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stroker881 said...

One time I was washing clothes in the washing machine. My three year old opened the lid and threw a blue crayon in. Lets say we had a lot of spotted blue clothes and an unhappy mama. It took a lot of Zout and scrubbing to get all the blue out.
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