Are you clean enough?

I'm not usually one for potty humor (shhh...that's a lie - I have 3 boys, we find certain things hilarious around here) but I am finding the new series of commercials by Kleenex Cottonelle quite amusing. I'm a sucker for hidden camera-type things and they use real people in a hidden camera situation in these commercials to funny effect.

I was selected by Crowdtap and Cottonelle to test their Clean Care Routine and must admit that it does make a lot of sense as to why one would need water incorporated into their bathroom routine. Europeans have used bidets for centuries but incorporating water into our bathroom routine is a foreign concept (dumb pun intended) to most Americans. I must say that prior to this experience, I had not discussed bathroom habits with those around me so I had no idea that people used flushable wipes for anything other than toilet training toddlers (tiny tidbits of alliteration for you there) but now I know that a few folks (who demand to remain nameless in this post) have been regularly using them for several years.

The Cottonelle Clean Care Routine suggests using the wipes first and following up with toilet paper but my recommendation is to reverse that order. I haven't purchased flushable wipes since my youngest finished potty training but I am told that these are larger and thicker than most flushable wipes. I could do without the scent but I am quite picky about such things and really don't see the need for scented anything "sanitary". We are Charmin users around here and found the Cottonelle TP to be rougher than Charmin but it is very strong and my family didn't go through the 18 pack they sent me nearly as quickly as they do Charmin - maybe because it's rougher or maybe because of the addition of the wipes, or both.

In conclusion, the Cottonelle Clean Care routine makes a lot of sense and has definitely made a Cottonelle wipes purchaser out of me but I will more than likely be pairing them with Charmin toilet paper.

I'm a Dot Girl!

Crowdtap recently gave me a very charming bottle of Dot Marc Jacobs perfume to sample and share with my friends. I think this is seriously the cutest perfume bottle I've ever seen!

I am, however, pretty picky about perfumes and scents in general so I wasn't sure if I would care for this perfume. Dot says that it: "carries a lush, exuberant floral scent... with top notes of red berries, mid notes of jasmine, and base notes of creamy vanilla bean".  I found it to be a light, pleasant fragrance - probably because I'm drawn to most things with jasmine in them.
My only issue with this perfume is that it wears off very quickly, I'm not the type to want my scent to travel into the room 5 minutes before I get there but I would like a subtle hint to remain all day and this seemed to fade to almost nothing within a few hours. They do have a sweet purse-sized version which would take care of this issue and look 'totes adorbs' in your purse!

As part of my Crowdtap opportunity, I got to host a Dot Girl Cocktail party so I wrangled up some of my best girlfriends and put together a Girl's-Night-In spa night.

Tons of yumminess!

We had tons of yummy food and drink (of course), dotted (painted) our own glasses, applied super cute dotty nail decals and did our own manicure/pedicures, we had a paraffin hand bath (great excuse for me to buy one - got a deal on Amazon), sampled the perfume, and enjoyed a makeup demo by one of the girls. 

Makeup demo!

I asked all of my guests to dress like the Dot Marc Jacobs perfume bottle, with prizes going to the top three winners. The overall winner received the purse-sized mini bottle of Dot (as well as some other goodies).

Congrats to Mikea!

My guests all really liked the scent of the Dot perfume and didn't object to me spritzing not only their blottercards but themselves as well. 

Nobody left the party empty-handed, I gave each of my guests a goody box filled with treats and a sample of the Dot Marc Jacobs perfume. It was a delightful night!