Simplify Holiday To-Do’s with P&G’s Have You Tried This Yet? {Giveaway}

Gah! Less than a week before Christ­mas! Hard to believe! If you’re like me, there are still lots of things to take care of, includ­ing get­ting the house “guest-ready”. I’m all for doing things that help sim­plify all the to-do’s, as is P&G! Here are a list of tips from P&G on how to sim­plify your hol­i­day routine:

Deck The Halls: Prepar­ing Your Home for Hol­i­day Guests and Loved Ones

• Help trig­ger fond mem­o­ries by adding cin­na­mon sticks to a pot of boil­ing water fill­ing your home with hol­i­day aromas.
• Sprin­kle in some Gain® Fire­works Sweet Siz­zle Scent Booster when wash­ing your linens to expe­ri­ence fresh­ness that lasts 12 weeks once out of storage.
• Drape fresh gar­lands and hol­i­day lights around your door­ways and win­dows. Less is never more when it comes to hol­i­day décor!
• Make home­made snow globes to scat­ter hol­i­day cheer through­out your home. Take a jar with a seal­able lid and glue your favorite hol­i­day fig­urine to the bot­tom – make sure to use waterproof/permanent adhe­sive. Next, fill the jar with glit­ter and water and watch as your guests delight in shak­ing your hol­i­day masterpieces.
• Keep a roll of Bounty® paper tow­els close by for cleanup of all those fun hol­i­day messes.
• Load the kids’ table with an arse­nal of col­or­ing books and puz­zles. It will keep them busy while you clear the table and set out dessert.

Mom Knows Best: Tips To Make Your Guests Look­ing and Feel­ing Their Best

• Help your vis­i­tors freshen up by includ­ing Pan­tene® Aqua Light Sham­poo and Con­di­tioner in the guest bath­room. This inno­v­a­tive prod­uct duo nour­ishes hair, leav­ing it feel­ing light, clean and ready for any impromptu fam­ily photo shoots.
• Keep an umbrella and a plas­tic pon­cho in the closet of the guest bed­room in case your guests for­get their rain gear at home.
• Stuff your guest’s stock­ing with items you know they’ll use, like Olay® Win­ter Retreat Body Wash, to help bat­tle and pro­tect them from dry, win­ter skin. It con­tains more mois­tur­iz­ers than a jar of Olay® and hydrates and restores dry skin.
• Sup­ply toi­letries for your guests who for­got to pack their own. Fill a cup or small bas­ket with oral care essen­tials like:
  • Oral-B® Pro-Health® Clin­i­cal Pro-Flex Man­ual Toothbrushes
  • Oral-B® Glide Pro-Health® Clin­i­cal Pro­tec­tion Floss
  • Crest® Pro-Health® Clin­i­cal Deep Clean Mint Rinse
  • Crest® Pro-Health® Clin­i­cal Plaque Con­trol Fresh Mint Toothpaste
• To add an extra bit of hol­i­day bath­room flare, tie a rib­bon or an orna­ment around your guest’s towels.
• Prior to their visit, wash your guest linens with Tide with a Touch of Downy Unstopables Lush Scent for a bril­liant clean, added soft­ness and fresh scent.
• To make your guests extra comfy, place a humid­i­fier in their room. It will replace the mois­ture miss­ing in the dry win­ter air and help them feel right at home. You could as add a small cof­fee machine, an assort­ment of teas & cof­fee, as well as an extra wool blanket.
• This year, start a new hol­i­day tra­di­tion with your chil­dren. Have them each pick out their favorite hol­i­day story and take turns read­ing.  Or, ask them to write a script about what the hol­i­days mean to them and per­form it at your next fam­ily gathering.

 Wish List: Tips to Help Sim­plify Your Hol­i­day Routine

• In a cos­metic bag keep a com­pact, a small comb and COVERGIRL Blast Flip­stick™ in your favorite shade. It’s expertly designed with creams and shim­mers for your one of a kind look and helps you effort­lessly tran­si­tion from day to night, mak­ing it the ideal lip color to keep you look­ing fab­u­lous as you dash from the office to any hol­i­day party.
• When doing your makeup, don’t for­get to dab some sil­ver or metal­lic eye shadow in the cor­ner of your eyes by the tear ducts. It adds a fes­tive pop of color that will make you stand out at your next hol­i­day celebration.
• Always be pre­pared with Tam­pax® Radi­ant™ tam­pons and Always Radi­ant Infin­ity Pads™ in your drawer at work or in your purse. These inno­v­a­tive prod­ucts will give you invis­i­ble pro­tec­tion and reveal a radi­ant you to daz­zle at any hol­i­day affair.
• To achieve a styl­ish and pro­fes­sional look at your next bash, place your hair in a slicked back pony­tail. It will bring the focus to your face and keep strands out of your eyes, so you can dance the night away.
• Throw a stick of Secret® Out­last™ Pro­tect­ing Pow­der Invis­i­ble Solid into your bag. With 48 hour odor pro­tec­tion, noth­ing will stop you from tack­ling your hol­i­day to-do list as you dash from one store to the next in search of the “per­fect gift” for that spe­cial someone.
• After the hol­i­day rush is com­plete, reserve a day just for you. Give your­self a relax­ing and well-deserved day off at a local spa.  Or, spend some quiet time in a library catch­ing up on that book you’ve been dying to read but got lost in the hol­i­day shuffle.

And, if you’ll be trav­el­ing dur­ing the hol­i­days, here are a few addi­tional tips!

Tips for Trav­el­ing Dur­ing the Holidays:

• Plan ahead and load your car the day before with lug­gage and host/hostess gifts to save time and keep you organized.
• If you are on food duty, be sure to snap in a Febreze® CAR™ Vent Clip. It will drive away odors and freshen your car for up to 30 days.
• Pack books, card games and healthy snacks to keep your kids dis­tracted and enter­tained through­out the journey.
• If you are trav­el­ing with a new­born, make sure to take some Pam­pers ® Swad­dlers® Dia­pers. With its wet­ness indic­tor, you can keep your baby drier through­out the ride.
• Pair Pam­pers ® Swad­dlers® Dia­pers with Pam­pers® Sen­si­tive Wipes™, which con­di­tion your baby’s skin with each use.
• The hol­i­days are great for fam­ily pho­tos and will give you options for next year’s hol­i­day card. Load your cam­era with Dura­cell® Recharge­able Quick Charger. It pow­ers up 2 AA in 1 hour.

For addi­tional bright ideas to improve your every­day, visit PGTryIt.com

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Give­away:

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