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Home Made Simple™ Launches Plant-Based* Product Line

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Home Made Simple™, a lifestyle brand with a mission of helping families to create homes they love to live in, made its debut 15 years ago as an online newsletter and then an Emmy-award winning series on the OWN Network, announced today the launch of its new plant-based product line. Designed with over 15 years of consumer research, the line includes hand soap, dish soap, multi-purpose cleaner, laundry detergent, and fabric softener. All the bottles are 100% recyclable and both the laundry detergent and fabric softener bottles are made from 25% or more post-consumer recycled plastic.

Blended with plant-based ingredients that are effective, the new Home Made Simple product line has everything you need to get the job done and nothing that you don’t. The laundry detergent has been formulated to fights stains, even in cold water, yet is gentle on skin. Free of gluten, parabens, phthalates, phosphates and dyes, the collection gently cleans for homes, and is available in three refreshing scents: Rosemary, Lavender, and Lemon

Home Made Simple is partnering with Laila Ali, host of the Home Made Simple television show on OWN Network. “I am excited to continue my partnership with Home Made Simple as they expand into offering consumers a line of naturally inspired, plant-based cleaning products,” said Ali. “As the host of Home Made Simple’s TV show, I meet a lot of families across the country that want products in their home that they can trust and, as a mom, I feel the same way. Home Made Simple has created this line for people just like us who are looking for an effective clean they can feel good about.”

Home Made Simple has been designed to meet EPA Safer Choice and USDA Standards with up to 95%* of the formula’s ingredients being plant-derived and offering solutions for the home that are effective and affordable:

Foaming Hand Soap

85% of the ingredients are plant derived

Biodegradable cleaning ingredients

 Formulated without phosphates, gluten, parabens, phthalates or dyes

Scents: Lavender, Lemon, Rosemary.

Dish Soap

Tough on grease.

95% of the ingredients are plant derived

Biodegradable cleaning ingredients.

Formulated without phosphates, gluten, parabens, phthalates. or dyes

Scents: Lavender, Lemon, Rosemary.

Multi-Purpose Cleaner

Tough on dirt and grime.

 80% of the ingredients are plant derived and subjected to processing.

Biodegradable cleaning ingredients.

Formulated without phosphates, gluten, parabens, phthalates or dyes

Scents: Lavender, Lemon, Rosemary.

Laundry Detergent & Fabric Softener

Gentle on skin and free of dyes

 Detergent is 75% plant-based; Softener is 70%

Cleans in cold water

Detergent Scents: Lavender, Unscented

25 loads/40 fl oz; 64 loads/100 fl oz.

Softener Scent: Unscented

40 loads/34 fl oz; 120 loads/103 fl oz

Home Made Simple got its start 15 years ago with the mission of helping families create homes they love to live in. Home Made Simple was first invited into the homes of consumers through an email newsletter filled with DIY tips and recipes and then through TV with the series, Home Made Simple on OWN. Home Made Simple further expanded in 2019 and crafted a line of naturally inspired cleaning products, blended with plant-based ingredients that get the job done. More information can be found by visiting www.homemadesimple.com.

Back to School in Style with Trolls Products from Avery

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Back to school is such an interesting time of year. The kids are excited to go shopping for their new clothes and supplies. They love getting those fresh books and pens and pencils. Everything feels new and their is a spring in your step.

Now you can get fun and delightful supplies from our friends at Avery. Send your little ones back to school with the Trolls on their binders, folders and even glue sticks!

The Avery DreamWorks Trolls Collection includes:

  • Avery DreamWorks Trolls Durable View Fashion Binders with 1” rings in three designs: Great Vibes Only, I Heart the Beat and Peace, Love, Music
  • Avery DreamWorks Trolls Durable View Fashion Binders with 1” rings in three designs: Great Vibes Only, I Heart the Beat and Peace, Love, Music
  • Avery DreamWorks Trolls Durable View Fashion Binders with 1” rings in three designs: Great Vibes Only, I Heart the Beat and Peace, Love, Music
  • Avery DreamWorks Trolls Glue Stic™ 6-pack

Stock up today, that way you have enough for the entire 2018-2019 school year! Stay connected with Avery socially for their latest product sales and information.

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Back to School with the Epson Expression ET-2750 EcoTank Printer

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It is that time of year again, Back to School for everyone. Epson has come up with printers that can fit into your family’s lifestyle. Whether your child is just starting out or heading off to college, a printer is essential. One of the new printer’s that Epson has is the Epson Expression ET-2750 Eco Tank Printer.

The Supertank:  is for the student who wants it all, convenience and quality, the Expression® ET-2750 EcoTank® All-in-One Supertank Printer ($299.99 MSRP) offers hassle-free printing with revolutionary cartridge-free printing. Using supersized ink tanks, this printer offers up to two years of ink in the box1, so students don’t have to worry about running out of ink at the worst times. Additional features to make any school life easier include simple wireless printing2, savings of up to 80 percent on low-cost ink replacements3, auto 2-sided printing, and borderless photo and document printing.

Let’s take a closer look at this printer.

On the box it states you get 2 years’ worth of ink, which Epson states are roughly equal to 6,500 text pages or 5,200 color pages. They also state this is equal to 30 sets of ink cartridges, so for us, it was around $60 a set of cartridges, meaning that’s equal to $1800 in ink cartridges for us. This is great since we do a lot of printing.

Scanning Area is easier to use – With the HP the User Interface was in the way, but now we can lay a book flat on the scanning bed.

Instructions – They were easy to follow and helped you set up the printer and fill it with ink easily.

Filling the Ink is Easy – We were nervous about filling the ink, but the auto-stop technology on the 502 ink bottles worked great and we didn’t spill any ink. You don’t even have to hold the bottle, just insert and wait for it to fill. I did have to hold the lid of the printer up during the filling though. The included ink bottles completely filled the ink tanks, so it appears 1 set of ink bottles is supposed to last for 2 years.

Easy Printer Setup – Everything went pretty seamlessly, and we only had the following 2 issues, which were resolved after going to maintenance and running a nozzle check after which the printer will do an automated self-cleaning if needed. Here are some before and after pictures.

Print Quality – The print quality overall was excellent.

Photos – The following are a few photos we printed. I would say there are comparable to what I would get from Walgreens. For home use this is great.

Reliability/Performance – I printed an entire textbook and it worked really well.

Mobile Printing – After downloading the Epson iPrint mobile app, I was able to easily find my printer and print photos from my phone.

PROS

  • Excellent Cost Effectiveness
  • Excellent Reliability
  • Easy to Use – Simple User Interface
  • Good Print/Photo Quality for Home Use
  • Easy Mobile Printing
  • Improved Scanning Bed Access (Compared to our previous HP printer)
  • Great All Around Home Printer
  • Built-in Duplex Printing

The Epson Expression ET-2750 Printer is the perfect printer for our needs  We have free printables, worksheets, and are always printing graphics, school work,  testing, and various assignments.  Having a reliable cost-effective printer helps us out a lot. The print quality is great.

If you need an all-around Copier, Scanner, and Printer, then this is a great option which does provide significant cost savings over ink cartridges and we highly recommend it.