Save Money with Daily Deal Sites

We all love to save money and find good deals, right? Here are some of my favorite daily deal sites. You never know what you might find!

LivingSocial posts a new deal every day. It could be a service, retail gift card, or getaway. Just today I got a $10 Cold Stone Creamery gift card for only $5. Remember to access the LivingSocial deals through your Swag Buck's daily deal link, for 450 swagbucks every time you purchase a LivingSocial deal! That's enough for a $5 Amazon gift card through Swag Bucks!
Invite your friends to LivingSocial and get a $10 credit for each person that signs up and purchases a deal.
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Groupon works much like LivingSocial does. You get a daily deal tailored to your area. Although, you are able to purchase deals from other cities, which could be good online. The other day I bought a $15 eBay gift card for $7. Remember to also access your Groupons through Swag Buck's daily deal page. You earn 160 swagbucks for every Groupon purchased.
For every Groupon you purchase, if you get 3 friends to purchase it also, your Groupon is free! This is very cool because Groupon also offers getaways and services. Go in on a getaway with your friends and one is free! Split the whole thing between the 4 of you for a fair discounted price. :)
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EverSave offers local and online daily deals. Services and retail products. Refer your friends for a $10 credit when they make their first purchase. Also access EverSave through your Swag Buck's daily deal account for 23 swagbucks for ever $4 spent through EverSave.

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DealPulp offers online daily deals that are 50-80% off retail, in the form of promo codes. I purchased a deal for an online socks website, selling unique kids socks. Your promo code is delivered to you within one-two days. You get a $3 credit added to your account when a referral joins, plus 20% of everything they purchase afterward.
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No More Rack is relatively new on the scene, it is a product deal website, they ship items directly to you. They were up and running around the beginning of the new year and have been gaining a large following. I believe it's largely due to the flat $2 shipping per item. You can score some pretty big deals on No More Rack, but be quick. Deals are posted at noon Eastern Standard Time and can sell out in minutes, especially the handbags. Which are a super good deal and they have them very often! Sizes are usually limited, but that's to be expected. They had a few bugs to work out at the beginning, but if customer service is contacted (even via email), it is worked out within hours. Shipping can be slow, some items take up to a few weeks to get, but I've noticed that they are getting better and my last item arrived within a week.
No More Rack offers $10 credits for referrals when they make their first purchase. They also have been known to give $5 credits as holiday gifts.
This is my favorite of the daily product websites. Sign up here.

Totsy is a private sale site for moms...or dads! It features very unique kid products, many eco-friendly items.
The only down side to me is that Totsy charges $7 shipping and I oftentimes don't want to purchase more than one or two items. I'm a shipping stickler. But they do have really nice items for really nice prices. It's worth a shot checking it out. They send you really good promo deals at times and give you $15 for referrals.
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Ideeli offers a wide variety of sales at noon EST every day, up to 80% off designer items. These deals also include travel. I have yet to try them out, but they do offer $25 credits for each referral!
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If you are into couture, here is a deal site for you. Haute Look offers multiple designer items at very reduced prices.
I like to look and drool, but I am a penny pincher. Maybe in the future I will be able to snag some of these 'haute' items at great deals. Haute Look also recently added vacation packages to their deals. Something I'm very interested in taking advantage of in the future! Haute Look offers $10 credits for your referrals.
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Beyond the Rack is another high end deal site. They offer many designer items at reduced prices. Launching tomorrow, they are going to be offering plus sized deals as well!
Beyond the Rack credits $10 per referral.
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Happy savings!

Earn Free Gift Cards

Here are my favorite places to earn some extra spending money, by redeeming point for gift cards.

I have been a member of MyPoints for at least ten years. You earn points many ways. Do surveys, print and redeem coupons, play games, open their bonus mail e-mail offers (get 5 points just for clicking, even if you don't take advantage of offer), click through their site when you shop at online retailers; and get a certain amount of points per dollar sent. For example, I buy stuff on eBay quite a bit. So I first go through MyPoints and open a window up through them. Depending on the monthly promotion, you get 2-4 points per dollar spend. Other places like Target.com gets you more like 7 points per dollar. Take advantage of special offers, like signing up for Netflix, and get over 1,000 points! Just remember to go to MyPoints before you buy anything online, to see if they sponsor your merchant.
Check out MyPoints and start earning points for free gift cards!

Another place I started earning in the past few months, is with Swag Bucks. I quickly grew to love this program! So far, without being very diligent, I have earned about $35 in Amazon.com gift cards for free! You can redeem sawgbucks for gift cards at many places, but you get the most bang for your bucks with Amazon gift cards.

Set Swag Bucks as your homepage and use their search engine. You randomly win swagbucks for searches. You may also print and redeem coupons and participate in games they sponsor for extra swagbucks. Although I don't participate in these games, I do follow them on Facebook, and sometimes I score codes for free swagbucks posted in my feed.

I decided to explore Swag Bucks even more. They have a task page where you can do data entry and earn swagbucks. It's worth it to me. I did one task worth over 100 swagbucks, 450 swagbucks is enough for an Amazon.com $5 gift card.

There is also a daily deal page. This links up with daily deal sites (a list of my favorite deal sites here) and you gain swagbucks by clicking and buying these deals through Swag Bucks. Just today I clicked through the link on Swag Bucks to purchase a deal from LivingSocial. You earn 450 swagbucks for each deal you buy on LivingSocial (enough for a $5 Amazon gift card!) and today I bought a Cold Stone Creamery $10 gift card for $5. How 'sweet' is that? :)
Head over to Swag Bucks and sign up!

Have fun earning your free gift cards!

Best Natural Mascara - Ecco Bella Review

A few years ago I decided to switch to as many natural products as I possible could. Reducing chemicals in my home became more of a desire after my daughter was born. I set out to find some good natural cosmetics/makeup, not an easy thing to do. While my eyes do not seem sensitive to make up, I did notice a burning sensation at times with my non-natural mascara. 

I first tried Honeybee Garden's mascara. It did not live up to my expectations. Then I tried Ecco Bella's natural mascara. It comes in brown and black, I tried black. It is not waterproof, but is very water resistant compared to other mascaras. It goes on smoothly and is fluid. You can use a few layers to add volume. If you do end up crying with it on, wipe around your eyelashes, but do not touch them. In my experience, it will not run the mascara, unless you touch it. Then it will come off onto your hands and make a mess.

This mascara is my go-to daily use. It lasts a really long time and fits into my budget. I purchase it through a wholesale co-op for about $9 and you can find it online for around the same price. Very doable!