Get the Most Out Of Tax Returns with These 5 Websites to Save Money through Amazon

With tax season coming to an end April 18, everyone is looking for new ways save a little more money over the next year or how to best maximize tax return money. Amazon is the ultimate online shopping outlet, bringing approximately 5 million retailers together that stock a variety of popular products. Amazon is my go to for everything - my favorite place to shop online! Now the Amazon shopping experience has been upgraded by sites that help customers save even more money and make the most of their tax returns. These top 5 websites offer the best deals on Amazon:

1.       Snagshout: Snagshout, a new social deals website, provides a unique experience to consumers by offering deep discounts on a wide range of Amazon products for purchase, use and review. Most products are offered at a 30-90% discount in exchange for honest product reviews. To purchase an item listed on Snagshout, consumers are given a discount code to purchase the product directly from the brand’s Amazon listing.

2.       Ebates: Ebates pays members cash back every time they shop and provides them with some of the best coupons and deals available on Amazon. Customers can join Ebates for free and receive up to seven percent cash back on purchases through Amazon. Every quarter, Ebates sends cash back in the form of a check or PayPal payment. With more than 10,000 coupons to be offered, there are deals and products for everyone.

3.       Slickdeals: Slickdeals is dedicated to sharing, rating and reviewing deals and coupons. Relying primarily on user generated content, user ratings and comments help catapult the best deals to the website’s front page for quick and easy access to savings and deals on Amazon. Customers are able to receive Amazon’s daily deals, sift through coupons in all categories and save up to 50 percent with Amazon deals and more.  

4.       CamelCamelCamel: CamelCamelCamel is a free Amazon price tracker that shows the price and sale rank history for over 18 million Amazon products, making it one of the best ways to visualize an item's past performance. When products’ prices drop, CamelCamelCamel alerts customers via email and Twitter, helping to determine the perfect time to spend and save.

5.       Woot!: Woot!, the original “one day, one deal” website, offers customers multiple deals and other short-term sales for a variety of mainstream consumer goods including wine, toys and clothing on Amazon.

Weekend Fun

There are just so many fun and exciting events this weekend that I thought I would do a quick jot down of some of the best.  I know, it's so hard to choose which ones to hit up!  Make sure to follow us on both @HulaHoopingMom and @KidsDoVegas as well!

Downtown Summerlin Family Festival

•  Saturday 9am
• 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Las Vegas
• A fun event for whole family with free samples, prizes, giveaways, educational vendors and plenty of kids activities.

Family Bluegrass Music Festival

• Saturday 10:30am-6pm
• Durango Hills Park - 3545 N. Durango Drive, Las Vegas
• Free event with some of the best bluegrass bands! BBQ and other food to purchase, demo workshops, folk art, craft market, face painting and other kids activites! 

2016 Vegas VegFest

• Saturday 11am-4pm
• Clark County Government Center Amphitheater 500 S. Grand Central Pkwy, Las Vegas
• Plant based food vendors, family friendly entertainment, cooking demos and more! 

Magnolia Ice Cream and Treats Grand Opening

• Saturday 2pm-4pm
• 3890 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas
• Prizes, performances and lots of grand opening perks!

 

Celebrando Festival 

• Saturday 4pm-10pm
• Cannery Hotel and Casino - 2121 E. Craig Road, Las Vegas
• Family Friendly - $7 adults & $5 for kids 3-11. Cultural entertainment, authentic Latin dishes, family activities and giving back! 

Las Vegas Spirit Fest 

• Saturday 11am-9pm
• Desert Breeze Park
• Fun for all ages - food, music, carnival rides and live music from Kutless, Jamie Grace, Morgan Harper Nichols, All Things New & David Dunn.  $7 a ticket

Clark County Fair & Rodeo

• Open through this Sunday - hours vary.
• Logandale, NV - Fair Grounds
• County Fair - music, rides, games, food and crafts.  Admission to get in

Pet-A-Palooza

• Saturday 10am-6pm
• Sunset Park
• Free admission & free parking, bring your pet, music, exhibitors and great food! 

Pirate Fest

• Through Sunday, hours vary
• Lorenzi Park - 3333 W. Washington, Las Vegas
• Family friendly featuring everything pirates! Entertainment, music, craft vendors, food and more!  A very interactive festival - dress as a pirate! 

Fairy Tales Hair Care

This is my favorite time of year...well one of them!  Spring is here and while some can bring out the flipflops, early mornings and evenings still get a bit on the chilly side and what's better than a pair of flip flops paired with a beanie!  I think it's a west coast thing as we have the sun shining bright already and we'll honestly wear flip flops anytime of year!  With the extra warmth that comes along with beanies, the static can leave a mess at the end of the day.  Not to mention the high risk of lice as they find beanies to be the perfect warm place to live.  Save yourself the headache at the end of the day dealing with knotted hair and the worry of what else might be nestled up in those knots.  Fairy Tales Hair Care is the perfect solution.  My daughter has hair that tangles very easy!  She has been using this for a couple weeks and she loves it.  I even tried it on my colored hair as it is free of chemicals, toxins, parabens and sulfates. It leaves my hair so smooth and tangle free, not to mention the amazing rosemary smell!  

Fairy Tales founder Risa Barash has put together a hair tutorial and pro-tips for tackling these very worries - including easy detangling and lice repelling products.  

Step 1: Prepare For Hair Greatness – Before she gears up for the day, wash with Rosemary Repel Shampoo and then follow with Rosemary Repel Crème Conditioner to start with a smooth foundation and get that extra boost of protection. Hair will actually be easier to style after it has been brushed and is still slightly damp.

Step 2: Braid Away – Part hair down the middle, separating hair into two sections. Ensure everything is going to stay in place under that beanie by smoothing back each section with Rosemary Repel Styling Gel. Braid each section and secure with hair tie when styling is complete.

Step 3: Make It Stay – Once braided to perfection, secure loose strands by spraying the scalp and back of the neck with Rosemary Repel Hair Spray before topping it off with a beanie. This all natural formula is lightweight and works to keep the lice away. Make sure there will be no critters returning home with them at the end of the day – teach them the importance of not swapping hats and other accessories with their friends.  

Step 4: Static Control – Time to peel that beanie off your young one and see what surprises are waiting for you under there! Remove hair ties and unravel the braids. Tackle the static and fight the scent of sweaty hair by spraying Rosemary Repel Conditioning Spray throughout hair and scalp. Begin combing through with a wide tooth comb, applying additional conditioning spray as necessary. Aloe, Vitamin B and Amaranth protein work to soften, detangle and leave hair with a fresh scent kids and mom's love too.

Kingdom of Far Far Away Competition

I love this!  So cute and a great way to get the kids in on the fun, right!  As the Presidential primaries move forward and the candidates continue to smear each other on social and in the press, the four independent candidates for office in the “Kingdom of Far Far Away” – Pinocchio, Prince Charming, Fairy Godmother and Shrek – do their own “mugslinging.”  Playing out over social media and the DreamWorksTV YouTube channel, the Presidential hopefuls recently shared their official campaign slogans via the posters below.  The campaign so far has generated more than 6.6 million impressions on social media, and over the next eight months, the four candidates will debate their positions on the biggest issues in the kingdom to prove which (fairytale) figure is most worthy for office. 

Fans will ultimately decide the winner of the race, so follow the candidates for the latest, and feel free to share any of their posts, posters, etc






Shrek

·         Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shrek4pres

·         Twitter: https://twitter.com/shrek4pres 

·         Hashtag: #Shrek2016

Pinocchio

·         Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pinocchio4pres/  

·         Twitter: https://twitter.com/pinocchio4pres     

·         Hashtag: #Pinocchio2016

Prince Charming

·         Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charming4pres/?fref=nf

·         Twitter: https://twitter.com/charming4pres   

·         Hashtag: #Charming2016

The Fairy Godmother

·         Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godmother4pres/  

·         Twitter: https://twitter.com/godmother4pres

·         Hashtag: #Godmother2016

Groupon Coupons

**This is a sponsored post in partnership with Groupon.

Love Coupons?  I do! Once I started shopping with coupons, it is very hard to go back.  Now days, I will never pay for anything full price!  I even cringe when my husband tells me he paid full price for something.  When we think of coupons, people usually think of using coupons at the grocery store or a fast food establishment, right?  And when we think of Groupon we think of getting discounted prices to local events and restaurants throughout town.   I am here to tell you that there is so much more to Groupon.  Besides the great travel and product deals, they also have coupons!  There are literally hundreds and hundreds of stores you can get coupons too.  Absolutely no reason to every pay full price - anywhere - period!  Below are some of the places I shop at often and is a very small idea of some of the places you can find deals at.  Target has great sales and they are very coupon friendly.  When you click on Target at Groupon it will tell you how many coupons are available, for example, today there are 88 coupons available.  It will also tell you how many coupons have been verified, how many people have used the coupons today as well as giving you an option to enter your email so that you never miss another Target coupon from Groupon again! As a couponer, I would highly suggest adding this app to your phone.  Everywhere you go, check the app first to see if there are any coupons available - even if it's just an offer or sale, jump on it.  Never pay full price for anything!!

Visit Groupon here to find your favorite stores!

Target American Eagle Nordstrom Macy's Kohl's Aeropostale Walgreens PetSmart Forever 21 Finish Line eBay Payless Shoes Victoria's Secret 6pm.com CheapOair.com AT&T Wireless Neiman Marcus Priceline GoDaddy.com FTD American Apparel Gap Ann Taylor 

UPDATE

UPDATE **  First - I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter and is transitioning back to normal easily!  We've been super busy - the last week of March going into April is crazy for us and I wanted to touch base just to let you know what we're up to and the reason for the lack of posting this past week. 

From March 23rd until April 5th - we have five birthdays, our anniversary, Easter and are awaiting for my daughter to give birth any day now to her first child - yes, all in a two week period.   This next week alone, we still have our anniversary, the hubby's birthday and hopefully the birth of my second grandchild.   

Be assured, we are still answering emails as soon as we can and working behind the scenes to get back on schedule Monday, April 4th.  If you have an urgent need, please do put the work "urgent" in the subject line.  In the mean time - Love Life - this week, do something special for someone - pay for the person in line behind you, hold the door open for someone or even tell someone how much you really appreciate them - a simple "Thank You" sometimes can change a person's day.  

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