Freebies from Origins makeup on Earth day - Irony is a funny thing

Ok, forgive me this stroll down memory lane to get to the deal.

I started my couponing adventure when I was pregnant with Zm baby number #1, my namesake on most coupon boards, my Zoey! (Zoey means "Life" by the way).  Anyway, at the time I was pregnant my husband also lost his job and as you can expect, this would freak out most people BUT would totally derail a Type A personality!!!! (guess what, YEP TYPE A!!!!!!)
Anyway, I started googling like mad, "coupons", "saving money", "having baby how the hell do I pay for diapers", "OMG my husband just lost his job and I am knocked UP!" (remember TYPE A here!!!!!)  I was desperate AND frantic.  (keep in mind I am also a math major so numbers were not matching in my head and I was 300% FREAKING OUT!)
So, what did my google search turn up........................not a lot :(  Back then, google sucked, couponing ONLINE sucked, and search engines sucked.  I got little and was lost.  Then a few month later I googled again (hey I am glutton for punishment) and I found my first coupon board <3 (that is a heart for those that don't text or internet much, lol)  My first coupon board was Mycoupons (forgive me for not providing the direct link, but I have my reasons ;P)  I joined MyCoupons in June 2005 as a wet behind the ears Newb.
I do have to say I was lucky I joined when I did because there were some VERY awesome folks on that board.  These fine folks took me under their wing, showed me the right, told me the wrong, and truly taught me the way to EXTREME COUPON correctly!  BUT Guess what happened???  Well, as it is with ALL coupon boards, there is a HIGHER power that has ABSOLUTE control.  So even if you follow all coupon rules there is still a higher power to answer to on these boards.  Well, unfortunately my tudors questioned authority and got "BANNED"  (yes BANNED, NOT because they violated coupon rules but simply because the admin of the board did not want to deal with them, yep that is what happens!)

Anyway, these folks have truly been instrumental in my couponing education and I truly hope they will comment on this post tonight because even though many have been banned from a few boards for standing up for true couponing and each other they have been squashed, they are truly some of the first AND most honest couponers I know and even though I lost track of some of them from time to time, the wonderful world of the internet have brought them back to me.  I would love to give you a link to a small board.

  I have to admit, this board is NOT in it for money (the ads you see on the posts are so they can have a free board to post, the money for this board does not go to any single member at all like the bigger boards)  There are not a lot of members on this board and you will not find all the money makers or anything like that BUT if you are looking for a place where everybody knows your name "ie, CHEERS" then sign up here and say hi and these folks would love to teach you how to coupon right!!!!" 
These are the first peeps who taught me how to coupon RIGHT and I love them (AND NO this post was NOT sponsored in ANY Way by these folks or this board,  This post paid me NOTHING!  I LOVE THESE FOLKS THAT MUCH!  For those of you that have read me for the last 2 yrs, these are my roots!  I love MassivePheasant and Penny, and Sweetweeties and Scoob, and Srtasa, and Shirley)  I will admit NOT all of them have been banned but they have all stuck together moving from board to board and they are honest and true couponers that I WHOLE HEARTEDLY give my trust and reputation to!

OK, so IF you have stuck it out to this point on my post (and I hope you have), then here is the deal you clicked on:
bring in your cosmetic empties (jars, bottles, etc) of any brand:

As part of Origins' ongoing initiative to protect the environment, the skin care company will take your empty cosmetic packaging –everything from bottles, tubes, jars, deodorant sticks and compacts regardless of the brand- to be recycled, when possible, or responsibly converted to energy. As a thank you for supporting the Return to Origins Recycling Program, the company will gift you with free Origins samples.
While the program goes year-round, Earth Day (April 22) is the perfect time to take advantage of this first-of-its-kind nationwide cosmetic recycling initiative. Since the program’s launch in 2009, Origins has recycled more than 17,000 pounds of cosmetic packaging.


Thanks goes to srtasa of YourCoupons for this info :)  (I truly love you guys :)

Disclosure: I got paid absolutely NOTHING for promoting these people AND this site!  YES, THAT is how strongly I love these people and the FTC can put this in my file!  (for those that can't read between the lines this was NOT a paid post and I got compensated ZERO for this post! These are personally friends that coupon correctly and deserve free advertising!)

*and btw this post was not edited for typos (completely from the heart)