Pet Grooming Tools ~ e-cloth Review & Giveaway

e-cloth Product Review:
My Lily has a medium length coat and I think one of the things I hate the most about having an indoor pet is the hair. Its all over! I try to keep it cleaned up but it seems like its on everything. Recently I was at Hancock Fabrics and they have a display of products from a company called e-cloth which creates cleaning products for your home, car & electronics. Anyway they have a couple items that can be used for a dog or cat - long or short haired. I wasn't to sure how Lily would like it but when e-cloth offered a set to try on Lily I said "Sure!"

I received two items that you wear on your hand like a mitt - each is double sided with a different texture on each side. Lily always starts out by acting like she doesnt want to be brushed but by the time Ive brushed her all over and then flipped the mitt over to the softest side she is practically purring!

The Grooming Mitt is a grey set and has a very stiff fabric on one side to remove dirt, dust and all that loose fur that our Furbabies leave all over the house. Flip it over and you finish the grooming session with a soothing massage. The brown set is the Cleaning Mitt and it has a slightly different purpose. Its great for removing mud & dried dirt from your pets coat. If your dog loves to roll in the mud he will love this set and so will you! Each of the mitts has a lighter & darker side - you start with the lighter side to clean and end with the darker side for a soothing massage.Your pet will love it - my Lily did!

Pros: Easy to use. With the dual sided mitts I felt like I got more than one tool to use on Lily for one low price. Lily's interest was positive she didn't fight me when I used the rough sides on her even when I used it on her tail or belly and by the end of the session she is usually very relaxed and quite content. Both mitts can be used on wet or dry fur & are guaranteed for 300 washes. That's a LOT of washes!

Cons: I have smaller hands and I personally would of liked a softer more fitted mitt to put my hand into. The interior is a bit rough and feels like a burlap to me. With my fibro my hands are very sensitive to textures and it just seemed rough to me. Its an easy fix for me tho Ill just wear a glove when I use it.The mitt is a bit large and squared off at the top so it doesnt have the greatest fit for smaller hands. For its purpose and the short amount of time its worn to complete this task these are small issues to me.

Learn More: You can learn more about ecloth on their website, facebook, twitter, pinterest, instagram and/or YouTube. They have many other wonderful cleaning products that you can use in your home, office, car or with pets.

Giveaway:
e-cloth has kindly offered to host a giveaway for my readers - 1 lucky person & their pet will receive one of the Grooming Mitt's and also a Cleaning Mitt. They can be used on both cats and dogs so this giveaway will fit most households (unless you have a hairless cat maybe).

This giveaway will run January 24 - 31, ending at 10 pm. All entrants MUST provide their complete mailing address, phone # & email in the giveaway tools gadget or a new winner will be drawn. This is mandatory. Your information will only be used for the purpose of delivering your prize if you win and not for any other reason.

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Disclaimer: I received product in exchange for my honest review of ecloth's pet care line. I like to share products that are family friendly and that I feel will be helpful to my readers. Thanks for reading GivingNSharing.

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Holiday Caroling Party ~ Recipe Exchange

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

GivingNSharing is participating in the 2nd annual Caroling Party Blog Hop and I decided at the last minute to include this blog in the hop. I have several favorite cookie recipes but my all time favorite for Christmas baking is Grandma's Salted Nut Rolls.  YUM!

Usually I only make 1 pan of these - I could easily eat the whole pan. They are so good. I've seen the recipe where the crust is made using a cake mix and it's very good - but this version is still my favorite. 

Salted Nut Rolls

1 1/2 cups flour

2/3 cups brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla

2 egg yolks

Combine and press in a 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Turn off the oven. Immediately sprinkle 3 cups miniature marshmallows over the crust. Return to the oven for 1 minute (do not let these warm longer - the crust will get extremely hard and the marshmallows chewy).

Topping:

2/3 cup white corn syrup

2 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup butter

1 package peanut butter chips

Heat until melted and then stir in: 

2 cups Rice Krispies

2 cups salted peanuts

(Note: I like to combine the Rice Krispies and peanuts before melting the topping). Pour over crust and let set over night if possible. It's important that these cool and set completely.

These can be baked in advance and frozen if you want to bake them ahead and then cut into 1" pieces. They are a hit for cookie exchanges too. =D Enjoy!



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Spongeables ~ review/giveaway

~ Spongeables ~ 

Spongeables® Lavender Nectar provides a luxurious, tension-relieving way to recover from a bad night’s sleep, get a head start on the most hectic day – or recover one’s equilibrium after a long one. A patented infusion process provides a guaranteed number of uses.  Lavish helpings of rich Olive Oil keep skin soft and restore supple, youthful resilience.  

And then there’s the gentle massage texture that turns from lightly exfoliating to soft and silky when you give it a squeeze…stress and muscle aches disappear down the drain, while the body complexion is buffed to a healthy glow. 

Available in 20+ uses 3.5 oz unit and a 1.2 oz, 5+ use travel size.

My experience:

I really loved the spongeables sponges. I received a two pack of the lavender nectar which includes a buffing pad on one side and the sponge on the other side. I was a little concerned because I have very sensitive skin and the first time I used the spongeable I was really itchy but I noticed that it wasn't as bad with each time I used it.

My favorite:

Ihow my skin feels. The dry skin on my feet around my ankles and the bottom of my feet have gone away (YAY) and the flakiness I had on my lower legs has gone away which is wonderful.  The last two years were really embarrassing due to the dryness but the little mesh thing I've been using with shower gel just wasn't cutting it. It's gone! Iit!

Spongeables comes in several scents, styles, sizes and types of sponges & has loads of bubbles. You can also get it in a travel size, their are cute heart, duck and flower shapes for kids of all ages.  

• Kids & Baby willthe ducky ones - they have a fruitilicious scent, are made with gentle cleansing gel, olive oil and shea butter perfect for anyone with sensitive skin.
• The Men's Spongeable has a bracing massage with the scent of Unexpected for Man which leaves their skin tingling and great smelling - (wish I could add a scratch and sniff sticker here). It comes in a 2 pack with over 20+ uses each!
• Your hands get their own moisturizing spongeable with healing botanicals and SalSphere Seaweed for deep moisturizing and softness.  Add in an exfoliating texture and Honey Lotus-Quince aromatherapy for a luxious, relaxing hand massage, for 20-plus uses. 

Spongeables are beautifying, exfoliating, moisturizing, protecting, massaging and cleansing!  Order yours online or find out where you can purchase yours near your home (Click HERE).

Spongeables is offering one of my readers a set of the Lavendar Nectar Spongeables. You can go ahead and purchase yours now if you can't wait, or you can enter the drawing below:

Mandatory:  Go to http://www.spongeables.com and tell me what makes Spongeables so Special? Leave a comment and tell us what you learned. 

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