Editor's Note: Before I could focus on this sponsored post, I had to write my thoughts on Newtown, tragedy and parenting on BlogHer. It seems wrong to post those raw emotions right next to a sponsored post, so I'm letting them exist separately. I hope that's the right thing to do. I committed to this post well before Friday's tragedy, and with Beloved out of work I've decided to go ahead and honor that commitment.

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It's the holiday season, but you still need to buy toothpaste, right? And you might need to save money on toothpaste even more than usual this year because, hello, you had to bring a side dish to sixteen parties, contribute to eight Secret Santa or Giving Tree campaigns, give gift cards to three teachers, the mailman and your hairstylist and your kids have discovered Apple. Who doesn't love a deal? And I do in fact have a deal for you, if you choose to accept it.

Proctor & Gamble put together an estore with day-to-day shopping in mind. The store has everyday specials, such as free shipping with a $25 purchase and free samples with every purchase. And then there are some specific deals just for this campaign.The first one? You can get 15% off your first purchase from the P&G estore with this promo code: A9Z-MN5-KY3-ISA.

Goodies By Product Line

For the furry among us: You can get a Braun series 3,5 or 7 razor through 12/29 for $15 off

For your pearly whites: Oral-B rechargable toothbrushes

Mail-InRebates

- $15Oral Care - Crest, Scope, Oral-B (through 1/5/13)

- $15Oral-B Power (through 12/31)

For your softest skin:

Olay SpecialOffers (while supplies last)

-FreeOlay Regenerist MicroSculptingCream w/ $79 purchase --  promo code OLAY79

-FreeOlay ProXAdvanced Cleansing System w/ $99 purchase –- promo code OLAY99

P&GOlay eCoupons

-$5off 1 Olay Pro-X or RegeneristFacial Moisturizer (through 12/29)

-$3off 1 Olay Facial Hair Removal (through 12/29)

Olay Mail-InRebates

-$15Beauty Rebate (through 12/31)

CoverGirl SpecialOffers (while supplies last)

-FREE CoverGirl CatEye Look  w/$69 purchase -– promo code CATEYE22

-FREE LashBlast 24 Hour Mascara  2/$25 purchase –- promo code LASHBLAST8

P&G CoverGirleCoupons

-$2off 1 Outlast All Day Lipcolor(through 12/29)

-$1off any CoverGirlproduct (through 12/29)

CoverGirl Mail-InRebates

-$15Beauty Rebate (through 12/31)

Gillette SpecialOffers (while supplies last)

-FREEShave Gel & Details Magazine Subscription with Stylerpurchase

-FREE Febreze Car Vent Clip with Style purchase

-FREERazor & Shave Gel  + 400 PampersGifts to Grow Points with Pampers diapers purchase

P&GGillette eCoupons

-Buy1 Gillette Cartridge Refill, get $5 off ProGlideRazor (through 12/29)

-Buy1 Gillette Cartridge Refill, get $10 off a ProGlideRazor (12/30-1/26)

For your cleanest clothes:

P&GeCoupons

-$1off any TWO Tide, Downy or Bounce (through 12/29)

Because batteries and diapers apparently go together:

SpecialOffers (while supplies last)

-FREEPampers Diapers & Gifts to Grow points withbattery bundle purchase

-Duracell Sweepstakes (through 1/10/13)

-AA/AAA28 ct value packs

AND NOW FOR A PASSEL OF INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT DEALS.

Crest Whitestrips - ALL  

Crest 3D White Whitestrips Professional Effects - 20 pouches  

Crest 3D White 2-Hour Express Whitestrips - 4 Treatments  

Crest 3D White Whitestrips Intensive Professional Effects 7 Count  

Oral-B ALL  

Oral-B Professional Care SmartSeries 5000 Toothbrush  

Oral-B Professional Care Rechargeable SmartSeries 4000 Toothbrush  

Oral-B Professional Care Rechargeable Toothbrush 3000  

Oral-B Vitality ProWhite Rechargeable Power Toothbrush 

Oral-B Vitality Floss Action Rechargeable Power Toothbrush  

Oral-B Vitality Dual Clean Rechargeable Power Toothbrush  

Olay ALL 

Olay Professional Pro-X Advanced Cleansing System  

Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream Facial Moisturizer - 1.7 oz  

Olay Regenerist Microdermabrasion - 2.2 oz & Peel System Skin Care - 2 oz  

Olay Smooth Finish Facial Hair Removal Duo Kit - Fine to Medium Hair  

Olay Smooth Finish Facial Hair Removal Duo Kit - Medium to Coarse Hair  

CoverGirl  

CoverGirl LashBlast 24HR Mascara  

CoverGirl Outlast All Day Lipcolor  

Cat Eye:  LashBlast Volume Mascara  

Cat Eye: Smoky ShadowBlast 

Cat Eye: CoverGirl LiquilineBlast Eye Liner 

Tide PODS (ALL)  

Tide PODS Detergent Spring Meadow - 40 ct  

Tide PODS Detergent Ocean Mist - 40 ct  

Tide PODS Detergent Mystic Forest - 40 ct  

Downy Unstopables (ALL)  

Downy Unstopables In Wash Fresh Scent Booster 13.2 oz

Braun (ALL)  

Braun Series 7-720s Pulsonic Shaver 

Braun Series 7-760cc Pulsonic Shaver System 

Braun Series 7-790cc Pulsonic Shaver System  

Braun Series 5-550cc Shaver System 

Braun Series 5-590 Shaver System  

Braun CruZer:  All products  

Braun CruZer 6 High Definition Precision Trimmer 

Braun CruZer 6 Body Shaver  

Braun CruZer 6 Face Shaver + Bonus Details Magazine  

Braun CruZer 6 Beard & Head Trimmer  

Gillette - ALL  

Gillette Styler + Bonus Details Magazine & Shave Gel  

Gillette Styler + Bonus Febreze Car Vent Clip  

Gillette Fusion ProGlide Manual Razor - 1 ct  

Pampers/Beauty Offer  

Pampers/Gillette Offer  

Duracell - ALL 

Duracell AA Value Pack - 28ct 

Duracell AAA Value Pack - 28ct  

Duracell Sweepstakes  

Duracell/Pampers Offer  

BUT RITA, HOW DO I USE THE COUPONS?

Good question.

So ... if you don't like sponsored posts, which I totally get, come back tomorrow because I have something more normal for me planned then. 

Most people who visit Surrender, Dorothy already know that I work for BlogHer. And so, of course, any time my colleagues in the publishing network want to try something new, I always volunteer. I say YES WE SHOULD ALL MAKE MORE MONEY. It's not always a popular opinion in the blogosphere, but I think art + commerce = novels, so why not have art + commerce = Rita's Blog.

Anyway, today I'm talking about Olay and Proctor & Gamble. Proctor & Gamble has an ecommerce initiative I'm trying on for size. It's an online store, and if you buy things there, I get paid a little bit, very much like the mphoria store in my left sidebar. So far, I have not noticed the ability to buy tile for Chateau Travolta's kitchen floor, but that's where all the extra income in my world goes -- toward stimulating the home improvement sector's economy.

Here's my story about Olay. When I was in college, I went to this bar in Iowa City called Joe's. It's still there. It's actually where I met Beloved for the first time, but this time wasn't that time. This time I was there and drunk, I believe, and I ran into a woman who told me she was thirty. THIRTY. And I was all, "Why aren't you wrinkled?" Because I, in my 21-year-old stupor, thought anyone over the age of 25 was wrinkled. Now I realize we all look fabulous forever, right? I mean, I'm 38 and I look amazing. (cough)

So this ancient 30-year-old pointed at me with her beer bottle and said, "START MOISTURIZING NOW." And I was so moved by this statement, that the next day I went to the drugstore and stared at the wall of moisturizers. The only one I'd ever heard of was Oil of Olay, so I bought a bottle. I have put Oil of Olay on my face every day for the past 17 years. It seemed counter-intuitive, because I actually have oily skin, but I realized it was helping even out my skin tone. My guess is that parts of my face were all THERE IS NOT ENOUGH OIL HERE WE MUST MAKE MORE and once I started moisturizing, my oil glands felt comforted and stopped overreacting. Because yes, even my oil glands overreact. #catastrophize

The product I've selected to tell you about in the P&G store is 

Olay Regenerist Skin Care Starter Trio Pack

It says "great value" right there!

I just copied and pasted that because I can't spell "regenerist" on my own. I think they might have made that word up. I haven't used this particular pack, but I have used all of the lower-priced Olay products and they are all great. I also appreciate the price point. You can pay the GNP of a small African country for skin care products, but I'm frugal and don't do stuff like that. And, you can get 10% off your order if you go through my awesome link on that huge type from now through August 31, 2012. There is free shipping on any order over $25. And I'm supposed to tell you P&G is an Olympic sponsor so there is a lot of cool Olympic-themed stuff in there, like this.

For those of you with record-breaking periods. FTW! ha ha ha 

Either way, START MOISTURIZING NOW. Especially if you are older than 21. My tip from me to you. And if you need some P&G stuff, by all means, buy it through this link so I can rip up my lineoleum a little sooner. (And tell your mother, who probably moisturizes, too.)