Contest! The Power of Soapnuts, Enter to Win

Have you heard of soapnuts? They are actually tree fruits full of soapy saponins that can clean your laundry, dishes, and even your body. They are an awesome way to save on plastic packaging, trash, and use of synthetic chemicals. They are also great for sensitive skin or those with chemical sensitivity.

For the past 4 months, I’ve been using soapnuts to do my laundry. I have been happy as a pea with my laundry. I if you frequently have tough stains, you can fortify soapnuts with some washing soda to help remove them.

It’s super simple – place 4-5 soapnuts in a cotton muslin bag (it was provided with my order from BuySoapnuts.com) and toss it in with your regular load. And then you’re done!

I also made my own soapnuts liquid – I boiled 14-15 soapnuts in 6 cups of water, and used this to wash my dishes. Add baking soda, lemon, salt, and vinegar for a complete dishwashing liquid. It’s not super sudsy, but I can see it working right away. Food and stains come off easily and my metal pots shine radiantly.

The benefits of using soapnuts for laundry and other household cleaning:

• There is no plastic packaging waste (the 1lb bag does come in a plastic ziploc, but these soapnuts will be used for many different purposes, saving a number of plastic bottles).
• Soapnuts grow from trees, so when you’re finished with them, toss them in the compost!
• No synthetic chemicals are used. Therefore, there is way less energy consumed and no pollution created.
• Perfect for sensitive skin. I have the occasional eczema outbreak. With soapnuts I see them no more!

Interested in giving soapnuts a try? Enter to win! I’m giving away 3 prizes of USDA certified organic soapnuts, courtesy of BuySoapnuts.com. One grand prize winner will receive a 500g bag of organic soapnuts, and another two will each receive a trial size bag of soapnuts. Follow the guidelines below, and I will select 3 winners at random.

1. Follow me on Twitter, or subscribe to the RSS feed (your choice), either by email or newsfeed. Leave a comment if you subscribe to the RSS feed.
2. For Twitter users: Retweet this post just once using the button to your left, and comment below with a link to your tweet. I don’t want to annoy anyone with too many retweets. Non-twitter users, continue to step 3.
3. Answer the questions to my survey below, either as a comment, in the form provided, or send me an e-mail.
4. If you successfully accomplish these tasks, I will enter you in the drawing. Contest is open for one week, so get your comments in by next Monday, September 6.
5. Results will be announced Tuesday.

Help Me Help You

Upcycled Love has been up and running for about 4 months now, with great reception. The blogging community here has provided me an incredible amount of support to pursue the changes in my life that I really want to make. It has also allowed me to grow spiritually and personally in ways I would never have done otherwise.

This blog continues to grow and evolve every day. With a little help from you, I can make this site into something really great for everyone that comes to visit. I want to do my best to help you live more consciously and inspire you to pursue personal, social, and environmental progress.

If you help me out by answering the survey questions, you’ll get a chance to win some soapnuts and get even better content here in the future.

Survey

To be eligible for the contest, either give A) general feedback or B) answer the questions below.

A) I would love your feedback. General impressions, improvements, anything you would like to see more of?

B) If you don’t have general feedback, please answer a few quick questions:

1. Do you feel that my content has helped you in some way? If so, how? If it hasn’t, that’s okay too.
2. What would you like to see more of?
3. Is there something you’re dying to know about?

Optional Q: Do you have a favorite post? If so, which is it?

Submit your answers in this form:

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How will the winners be chosen?

I will try to make this process as random (fair) as possible, courtesy of random.org.

First, I will enter eligible readers into the List Randomizer. This will assign each person an integer at random.

Then, I will use the Sequence Generator to generate a set of sequence of integers. The Sequence Generator takes the range of numbers (for example, if 8 people were eligible, the range would be the integers 1-8), and spits out a random order of these integers in a vertical column:

5
8
4
3
6
2
7
1

In this case, the person designated number 5 will be the grand prize winner, taking home a 500g bag of organic soapnuts. The two people designated numbers 8 and 4 will each take home a trial size of organic soapnuts. All of these include at least one cotton muslin bag for laundry use.

Thanks for reading!