clean sweeps

Ah, spring time! What? It's still winter and frosty and cold and there are snowmen frolicking in your yard? Well, here in North Carolina it's a very springy week (so far!) And spring leads one to day dream about new method products! Really, it does. No, I'm being serious. Whatever, so I day dream about new method products all the time. I even come up with my own sometimes. And then I forget which are the real products, and which are the fake products, and then sometimes I'll have to go cry in a corner for a little bit because I need to mourn the product that I thought was real real but was really just fake real. You know what I mean? But don't worry, it's not a really bad crying jag. More of a whimper with some tears. Maybe the occassional wail, but nothing more. I promise...

So yeah, new products! Well, if you follow method over on their Facebook page, you notice every once in a while they'll pop something big in over there, just to see if people are paying attention. And trust me, I am. I am! How about these two goodies!

+ Looks like we'll be seeing new limited edition hand washes this April! So use up what you have left from the holiday line, and get ready for some delicious scented newbies to fill Target shelves! (And psst - just between you and me, we're talking not just one, but four new scents! 2 + 2 = four new scents! But that's all I can tell you now. More news the closer it gets to April... is it April yet? Oh, ok. Man, I got a while... argh.)

+ method also announced on their Facebook page that we should be seeing new dish soap refills hitting shelves this Spring! How cool is that! Hey, they might even have a new lemongrass dish soap refill out then, too! Wait, what? That's one of my pretend real products? Well, I refuse. method, get on it! (But uhm yay, dish soap refills!)

and lastly (not new product related, but still cool method product related)

+ method luster Jamison has let me know he's just found a new shipment of method candles showing up at his Big Lots store! Frosted fir, fig, cut grass, peppermint vanilla and more! So of course I leapt from my work chair, told them I had the flu suddenly, and ran to Big Lots to find... nothing. Yet! But I'm holding out they just haven't hit my store shelves yet! Cause frosted fir candles... oh yeah. Who needs Valentine's day 50% off candy when you got frosted fir candles. Who needs Valentines day 50% off candy when you have a date... oh but let's not go there, ok? I'm still mourning my method teeth whitening system. Yes! Yes, it's a real fake product. Hence the mourning! So let's leave dating out for the time being. I can only take one disappointment at a time... and you are a disappointment, Ted! A complete and total disappointment! Don't talk to me like that! Where were my roses, Ted? Hmm?... wait, is this thing off?...

...now, where is that ADD medication.

give me a 3!

Look who's three! (method lust, that's who!)

red is rad!

Word on high from method's latest Tweet is their limited edition hand wash scent, red currant, is here to stay! Asked on Twitter:

Q: " are you going to make currant a new scent?"
A: "{reply} yes it's becoming a permanent fixture! keep looking."

As you'll probably remember (unless you suffer from short term memory loss, in which case, I'm sorry. That must suck! I read once... wait, who are you again? Where am I?...) method did the same thing with their other limited edition scent, mandarin mango!

One possible thing to keep in mind is, at least for Target shoppers - Target as you know loves keeping the method products they carry streamlined. So as method continues to add new scents to their hand wash line, it's rather inevitable that old ones will be clearanced by Target (though method may continue to carry them on their online store!) So what are your thoughts? Stick with the old favorites, or roll out the new friends?

You can find method's other limited edition scents, waterfall and violet bloom, still hanging out on select Target store shelves! And I would make a bet we'll be seeing a new one before too long! (Let's hope it's sooner rather than later!)

eight hour day

First off, is anyone out there? You've all been really, really quiet! Am I writing to myself (it's quite possible, and I wouldn't be surprised! Ha ha!)

Check out these wonderful photos of the method offices from Eight Hour Day (a design & illustration company.) The couple had a chance to stop by method recently (something I certainly hope I get the chance to do one day,) and they snapped some shots while they were visiting! Enjoy! (photos from Eight Hour Day)

clean sweeps

+ Congrats! Via method's Facebook page comes great news! - "method laundry detergent was chosen as a Good Housekeeping 2011 very innovative product winner + featured on Good Morning America. Get 30% off method laundry on methodhome.com when you use the code "goodhouse" (offer valid while supplies last).

+ Target is currently having their yearly "The Great Save Event" and this year you can find some cool method deals! Along with soap refills in sea minerals and sweet water, you can also find these three packs of their gel hand wash (also in sea minerals and sweet water.) And they're buy two, get the third one in the pack free! A great (Ah! So that's why they call it the Great...) deal, while it lasts! (Shout out to method luster Jon for the pic! Thanks, Jon!)

+ How many of you have seen the new method creamy hand washes at your local Targets? I know they hit a few Targets back in November, as I got some feedback from method advocates; but honestly I have yet to see them show up at any of my local Targets! (Which is weird, cause we usually get everything around here method wise!) So if you happen to see them, let me know!

+ UPDATE method had this little Q&A on their Facebook page recently. A little hint, perhaps? (Time will tell!)

Advocate: "Just wondering if method was going to make an all purpose spray using the clementine scent?"

method: "wonderful idea. i would tell you, but that would ruin the surprise."

Hmm!...

ebay holiday finds!

+ method hollyberry and snowy days candle and gel hand wash/lotion duo set - $10.00 (starting bid) + $10.79 shipping - Whoa! Did Santa not get you what you were wishing for this Christmas? Well, if so, perhaps this might make you ho ho happy! We're talking an old school (and that bold should be bolded!) package of hollyberry and snowy days candles snuggled warmly together with hollyberry hand wash and snowy days lotion (snowy days was one of method's very first holiday scents! It's really crisp, clean, and fresh smelling!) I haven't seen these in forever!

+ method hollyberry candle and gel hand wash set - $7.95 (Buy It Now price) + $7.15 shipping - Or if you just have an eternal lusting for hollyberry, and miss method's rad candles, you can pick up this (still old school!) holiday gift set!

Either way, don't miss out! (And don't you wonder sometimes where in the world the stuff from ebay comes from? I mean, seriously? Do people just keep this ancient stuff in their basement for a rainy ebay day? All the better for us, I say!)

naughty or nice?

Make sure you take a moment from your sugar cookies and eggnog to check out method's sweet little "Are Your Hands Naughty or Nice?" game! It's clean fun (and there are cute method bottle designed snowflakes, too!)

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Sorry I've been incognito as of late! I've been workin' like a mad man, and honestly have barely had time to breathe, let alone update the delightful method lust! I promise to try harder, but you know, perhaps after the holiday season (not much method news happening at the moment, anyway!) Hey, stop reading this, and go play the game!

copycat? - hand wash

So, an homage or an (unlicensed) copy cat? What are your thoughts? (I saw these bottles at my local Big Lots this week. They're made by Swissco.) They even make them in pink grapefruit and french lavender scents. Hmm...