To celebrate Earth Day this year, Tide is encouraging everyone to take a load off the energy grid, their wallets and the environment by making one simple change – washing in cold water. Tide was joined by Vanessa Lachey to learn more about cold water washin and Tide Coldwater

On April 18th,  on a warm sunny day, I went to the Tide Coldwater Take A Load Off event in New York at Madison Square Park. I was so happy to attend and meet and talk to other shespeak bloggers who spent the afternoon learning about the ways to save the environment

Even more exciting, you can have a chance to win an energy saving washer and dryer and a one year supply of Tide Coldwater in the Take A Load Off sweepstakes on the Future Friendly Facebook page.

Take a look at the page and learn more ways to save and use Tide Coldwater.

I was recently given the opportuity to try the new Palmolive Fresh Sponge from Colgate-Palmolive via Influenster.

Palmolive® Fresh SpongeTM dishwashing liquid has a unique dual-action formula designed to wash away odor causing residue from sponges and clean dishes to a sparkling shine. Both dishes and sponge are left smelling freshly cleaned.

This soap is effective and has nice scent. I would definitely give it a try if you’re not familiar with it, definitely recommend. Since it makes my sponge smell fresh I will definitely continue to use this. The smell of that thing is my biggest problem for doing dishes and instead of throwing them all away I’ll save a little money and reuse them :o)

Usually, I never use a sponge more than once because of the smell they get and it disgusts me. After using this the sponge smelled great and not nasty.

For my review, I was sent a Rubbermaid Hidden Recycler.

  Here are a few stats about the Hidden Recycler;

• Easy attachment to a cabinet door with hooks included with the product or screws (not included).
• A 5 gallon bag that holds up to 36 12 ounce cans and can fit a milk jug.
• The bag is soft-sided allowing for flexibility inside any cabinet.

The bag and all packaging is made from recyclable material and the product is recyclable.