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I don’t know about you, but I am feeling the pinch when it comes to keeping my New Year’s resolutions! I want to lose a few holiday pounds but I really need to get back into the groove of a more active lifestyle. I need to run and get my body in shape along with my heart & lungs. So, I was thrilled to get a package to review from Jockey sports bras and Purex Crystals Tropical Splash fabric softener!

You are probably wondering what those 2 have to do with each other. I wondered, too! The thing is, all of our sports wear, right down to our undergarments need to perform at their best to keep us comfortable while we are exercising. I know first hand that the wrong sports bra can make an entire workout misery. But what I didn’t know is that alot of my problems could come from the fabric softener that I use on my workout gear. Sports bras and elastic / spandex and stretch fabrics break down when we use regular fabric softeners. Over time they lose their stretch and the liquid fabric softeners can destroy the fabric’s moisture wicking abilities, and thus their comfort and reliability.  The Purex Crystals are great for the Jockey sports bra because they are a natural fabric softener made from sea salt that doesn’t harm the fibers of the sports bra. So see, Jockey sports bras and Purex Crystals actually make a great pair!

So, I was happy to give the Jockey Sports bra a try. It is very comfortable and soft. It didn’t ride up, it didn’t rub my skin, and best of all I didn’t really think about it while I had it on. I think that a test of a good sports bra is that you should never even have to think about it while you exercise. No tugging, no itching…just comfort so that I was able to concentrate on my Zumba! I was very happy with the bra’s performance.

I already knew that I loved Purex Crystals because I had the opportunity to review them awhile back as part of the Purex Insiders program. So it was really easy for me to wash the Jockey bra with the Purex Crystals. I was going to use them anyways. I actually have been using them almost every time I wash laundry since I reviewed Crystals the 1st time. I absolutely love the smell they give to my laundry and to the house while I am washing! Anything that makes laundry day (week, month…year) more pleasant is good with me! The best part of the Purex Crystals is that the clothing stays fresh for days after you wash it. When you pull it out of your drawer it smells really nice and remains fresh throughout the day. It even lasted throughout a pretty intense Zumba class without completely fading away.

All in all, I was very happy with both of these products! They are both winners in my book and I am grateful to Purex and Jockey for providing me with this opportunity.

That isn’t all, though! Jockey and Purex have teamed up to offer my readers a chance to win a Jockey Sports bra and a full sized bottle of Purex Crystals just like the ones that I reviewed! Woohoo! I love that I get to share them with you! It’s very simple to enter the giveaway and I know you will love your prize!  To enter, just use the Rafflecopter widget below. You can leave a comment on this blog post for one entry and you can tweet about this giveaway once a day for the promotion period to get one entry for every tweet. The contest begins today 1/24/12 at 12:01 am and will run until 1/31/12 at 12:01 am. At that time a random winner will be drawn from the entries using Rafflecopter and the winner will be contacted & announced here on Naturally Thrifty, Facebook and Twitter.  Have fun and good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

One final thing while we wait to see who is the winner of this giveaway! You know I like to help you save money, so I wanted to share a discount with you. Purex and Jockey have also teamed up to offer you a  discount code for 20% off Jockey products . Just click here to get your 20% off code and save a few $ on some great products! The discount code will be emailed to you directly and will be for individual use, but you can share the link with your friends and they will get a code for themselves.