How To Score Free Stuff

Believe it or not, it doesn't take a lot of hustle to get free stuff. With a little persistence, a little patience, most likely you will end up with awesome stuff that requires very minimal payment or no payment at all!

In my own experience, just last week, I scored a beauty/glamour photographs because I went on http://www.craigslist.org and browse around and it turns out a local photographer (with her own studio) wishes to expand her portfolio and was offering prints and pictures in exchange of me having my pictures taken and be put up on her website.

Next, I scored a free haircut from a hairstylist from a certain salon (from the same website: http://www.craigslist.org ) in exchange to be their hair model. Now on the beauty and general section hairstylists are searching for people for hair color and haircut models (read: free color and haircut)

The sections I usually browse in craigslist when interested in getting a great deals are :
1) free
2) barter
3) beauty
4) general
5) volunteers

You never know what gems await you by browsing and dedicating that small piece of free time (as a mom, it's usually when Christopher is napping or after putting him down to sleep at night) to find great deals.

A tip for browsing at craigslist org., make sure the person is legit, talk to the person offering the free service beforehand and see if you feel at all comfortable. Always meet up in public place, always let everyone knows where you're going if you're going by yourself (I try to bring someone with me if possible). And don't ever hesitate or feel pressured to leave or break the agreement if you don't have a good instinct out of meeting the person.

If you're a girl, I'm pretty sure that you've learned about this new fad in cosmetics : mineral make-ups.
There are so many of them out there and here we've got at least 3 different infomercials.
Unless you're more than willing to mull over the contract they want you to sign online, I must advise you to think twice before putting down/giving away your credit card numbers. You may be charged for things you don't feel you order, and I must caution how their advertisements can be deceptive. If you can, pay it with either a money order or a check (mail it to the address), do it the 'old-fashioned' way.

If you'd like to try mineral make-up, you can try these products:
1) Everyday Minerals (http://www.everydayminerals.com) or
2) Ocean Mist (http://www.oceanmistcosmetics.com/) or
3) Signature (http://www.signatureminerals.com/) for very nominal price (ONLY SHIPPING and HANDLING for around $4 or under). They also accepted money order or check so if you're interested, just option for that.

Another tips I will repost is how to get organic stuffs and getting a great deal:

http://frugality.blogspot.com/2007/03/very-good-article-from-organicorg.html

(Feel free to reread and implement to your daily lives)

I hope that everyone is having a splendid amazing day! I will be back with more frugal and green tips!

Love,

Tracy