Back Burner

Being with family much of November (and again heading out for 17 days come Saturday), I've definitely put Norwex on the back burner.

And the great thing about Norwex is that's okay! I choose how much I want to put into this and as long as I do a little here and there, I can stay a little happy consultant. My goal was never to be the bestest, greatest consultant. I never want to see relationships as "potential customers". I do love my Norwex but I don't want my love for a product to overshadow seeing people as friends or well, people. Besides, if you know me long enough, you'll learn. I am not business minded/sales minded and as long as I'm okay with that, it's all good!

So on the back burner my blog will stay until I get rolling and do a few parties come 2013!

Speaking of burners, I am ashamed to admit I used to just throw away drip pans from our old school stove because I didn't want to deal with cleaning them (and yes, I would do this right before my mom would come to visit!). I really just never had any success with cleaning them and I do abhor dirty dish water. But since Norwex spirinetts entered my life, I can clean them lickity-split with minimal grossness. I do replace the one drip pan that I use most frequently at times, but much less often than I used to! I love those little stainless steel miracle workers! I really should give them out to everyone I know.

To Clean My Whole House:

I use this:

And that's pretty much it. It's my bucket-o-goods.

1 Enviro Cloth - the must have for um, every room
1 Cleaning Paste - for the kitchen sink, bathrooms, any goo
1 Window/Polishing Cloth - for the mirrors and windows (who am I kidding, I don't clean windows weekly)
1 Spirisponge - to use with the Paste for my tub, extra scrubbing power
1 Dusting Mitt - for my fans and all around dusting

Of course as a consultant I have lots of other Norwex products I use... but for my often "spruce up the house" cleaning, this is all I use. Just one bucket, water and some elbow grease.

I feel like if I had this bucket, I could manage just fine in keeping up my home.

Just thought you'd like to know!

-Heather

I think I'm going to have a Norwex party at my house. Haven't had one since I started and I think it's time to have fun... for my friends and customers!

-Heather

A few [new] Norwex products!

Every August Norwex rolls out new products and here are a few you may want to know about!

This is the product I'm most excited about! It's an all-in-one product (in gel form) that is good for cleaning and descaling toilets, sinks, tubs, porcelain and glass, counters, floors and hard surfaces! Yes please!

It does NOT contain APE (alkylphenol ethoxylates) which can mimic estrogen and have reproductive effects on aquatic organisms... um, what?! It also does not contain phosphates.

Blue Diamond has both descaling ingredients to work against rust, hard water salts and lime as well as surfactants which increases its cleaning power against oil, grease, etc. The surfactants are where it differs from the regular Descaler product (and it is a gel).

Does it work? All the reports I hear are a yes! Whew!

This is the new color of kitchen cloths. Along with the blue we've seen, this is the new salmon color. They are no longer selling the yellow/beige/green kitchen cloths and are only selling salmon and blue. Great for those of you with a salmon and/or blue kitchen!

This is a microfiber mat for drying dishes. I'm not sure if this Dish Mat is better than the others out there but I'm hoping the mesh feature puts it a step above the rest. Plus it folds!

I KNOW many of you will be happy to know that these are the NEW body pack colors! They are called "Vintage" and it has a teal and latte color (along with beige). For those that use these on your face every day, you have more color options than Natural and Vibrant. They also have big bath towels and hand towels in these new colors. Vintage is all the rage now.

This is the newest addition to the infamous Norwex mop line. It's a Tile Mop. For those of you that weren't able to get into the Mop System because of your tile flooring. The zig zag pattern maximizes cleaning power on hard surfaces - tile flooring, textured linoleum flooring, boats, and difficult to clean hard surfaces. Perfect for those cleaning jobs where you need a little extra scrubbing power... which is like everything, right?

Plus they rolled out two new products in the personal care line. The Naturally Timeless Radiant Eye Cream (I know I have some customers that would love this!) and Timelss Lip Balm.

Have you used any of the new products? What are your thoughts?

Norwex October Specials!

Well this last month flew by!

Here are your October Hosting and Customer specials:

September Specials!

August is always a full month in the life of Norwex. I am not super awesome wonderful consultant that traveled to Minnesota for the yearly conference, however, so I don't have any firsthand stories about the new products. Yet. I plan on ordering a few of them (there's a new multi-purpose bathroom cleaner!), reading all about them and listening to the training about them all. I'll make sure to let you know my thoughts. 

Have you noticed my blog banner has changed? Norwex is breaking out their branding strategy. Nothing says corporate America like branding policies. Wait, they're based out of Canada. Is "corporate Canada" a thing? Regardless, I'm in full compliance now and this looks mighty schnazzy, too.

Now I have the Canadian national anthem in my head.

Whew, it's a late one for me. I'll get on with it. Here are the September hosting and customer specials... I think I'm ready for a party again... are you?

August Specials!

Here's the August 2012 Customer and Hosting Specials (this lady really, really likes sunflowers)... click to see larger:

Norwex will be rolling out new products at their national conference at the end of August... so be on the lookout for information about that.

As always, I'm here if you have any questions, would like to place an order or if you want to host a party (and get a free mop in August!).

New Mop Use.

Check out a new idea for using your mop:

It worked perfect on our siding. It was the exact size for each panel and as long as the wet mop wasn't too wet, it was so easy! It worked better than the pressure washer (and much quicker) and used a ton less water. We will definitely be doing this again next year!

And the house is done and clean, whew!

June Specials!

Hey all, here are the June Specials for next month. Check them out!

I can't wait for our boy to get old enough to use the mop. I know, I know he probably won't be into it... but what a cute photo it will be!

Please let me know if you are interested in hosting a party in the month of June... and here's what you could get:

As always, here's my web site for online ordering (if you need a refill or a gift): http://heatherkasowski.norwex.biz/.

Have a great Memorial Day!

Whoops.

Some of my customers probably received an e-mail from me (a Ripple Effects Newsletter). I had no idea Norwex was going to send that out, I didn't want them to... the email has an old picture and old text from 18 months ago, and it looks quite unprofessional. Not sure why they suddenly sent that out, I'm sure there is a reason but I'm on vacation right now and don't feel like figuring that out! If you got it, -please ignore it and forgive me!

May Specials...

But wait! Don't forget about the drawing! If you order anything online at my Norwex site: http://heatherkasowski.norwex.biz/ in the month of April, you will be entered into a drawing to win a cleaning paste and bathroom scrub mitt! You have exactly two weeks to input an order!

Now for the monthly specials for May:
 

Customer

Host/Hostess

April Specials and Drawing!

Hello customers! Here's the Norwex specials for the month of April (click images to see bigger):

I'm loving the hostess specials this month!

And in honor of April being a very important month in our lives... if you order anything online at my Norwex site (http://heatherkasowski.norwex.biz/) in the month of April, you'll be entered into a drawing to win a cleaning paste and a bathroom scrub mitt! OH YES I DID!

As always, contact me with any questions. Now off to clean my kitchen floor. Nothing gets this pollen off my floor like my trusty wet mop!

March Specials...

If you want to host a party in March, here's all the great items you could earn!

And here are the fun customer specials:

I'm looking forward to March and a few Norwex parties. Let me know if you want to take part!

-Heather

New Design... and Sizes

Norwex has updated their design! The look and feel of the new design, from a graphic standpoint, is brighter and better. And we all know Norwex need better design. Most of the products have had a little facelift so you will notice that when your products arrive if you are used to the "old look".

Along with the new design, however, are new sizes of products. Basically you are getting less product for the same price in a few of the items. Not ideal, of course, but it is what it is.

This resizing is most apparent with the laundry detergent. It is half the size. Here is a photo of the old laundry detergent and the new, so you can see what I'm talking about:

The other changes are just a few ounces here and there (if you are wondering about a certain product, email and I'll figure it out for you). I want you to be aware!

-Heather

PS - I'll be posting March specials up here as soon as I find them out sometime late next week. March is a great time to host a party!

February Specials

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