Temporary Cattoos from Cattoo Design

Mom loves cats (duh) and she likes tattoos. In fact, she recently got a cattoo-a cat tattoo-on her wrist. She thought for over a year about the cattoo. She had to figure out the design and where she wanted it. She has never taken getting a tattoo lightly, it's always been a big deal to her. This is something that will be with her forever!


There's a great product that may help with the cattoo decision making process from Cattoo Design...temporary cattoos! You can choose from five different designs and give a cattoo a test drive. They're really easy to apply and look very realistic.

Mom chose to try the paw prints. She put the small paw prints on the inside of her right forearm, opposite of her permanent cattoo. She was able to cut out each individual paw print so she could use however many she wanted and arrange them in whichever design she liked. She put the large paw print on her foot, right below her ankle.

Paw prints on Mom's arm.

Close-up of paw prints.

Large paw print on Mom's foot.

Mom applied the temporary cattoos on a Saturday evening. The packaging says that they last 3 to 5 days. On day 3, they still looked just like they did when she first applied them. On day 5, they were just starting to show a little wear. The ones on her arm were looking pretty good still & you could only see the wear if you looked closely. The one on her foot was showing more wear, but of course, she had been wearing shoes/boots/socks that rubbed on it every day.


At that point, she removed the one on her foot using the baby oil method. It came off very easily without much rubbing. She continued to wear the temporary cattoos on her arm for another five days before they really started to show noticible wear. That means the ones on her arm lasted for TEN WHOLE DAYS!!


Mom would highly recommend Cattoo Design's Temporary Cattoos. They are a fun accessory and a great way to test a cattoo before you actually commit to the real thing. You can buy them on the Cattoo Design website. While you're there, check out all the photos of the cool cattoos that have been submitted by fans. Mom is going to submit hers!


Mom got the Cattoo Design Temporary Cattoos free of charge to try out. All opinions in this blog about the product are our honest feelings and are not influenced by the fact that we received the product for free. We really love the product and think that Cattoo Design is about the coolest idea ever and that Kate Benjamin (who runs the site) is the coolest cat lady in the world!

Bissell Stomp 'N Go Product Review

Some of you may have read my tweet on Monday about my barfisode on the newly cleaned carpets. I haven't had a barfisode in quite a while, so I thought it was about time and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to break in the clean carpet! So, I nommed on a grass plant on the deck then I puked in two seperate places in the hallway.

WARNING: GRAPHIC GROSSNESS TO FOLLOW

 Luckily, Mom had a couple of these new Bissell Stomp 'N Go pads handy.

She wiped up most of each barfisode, then put down a pad on each spot, pressing down on the plastic backing that kept her foot from getting wet. The directions say to leave on the spot for at least 30 minutes (and up to 24 hours), so after half an hour Mom checked, but the stains were still there. She put the pads back down and left them on for a total of an hour and a half. She picked them back up again, threw the pads in the trash, and waited for the spots to dry.

After the carpet dried, Dad vacuumed the hallway (Mom and I hid in the office with the door closed, neither one of us like the sound of the vacuum). Here are the final results:

The first stain, the bigger of the two, is completely gone! Mom isn't even sure if this is the exact spot where I puked because it came out so well!

The second, smaller stain is still a little visible, kind of a darker spot on the carpet. (By the way, Mom wants to point out that the big dark area on the left of the picture is just a shadow.) Mom thinks if she had left the pad down longer on this stain, it would have come out as well as the larger stain.

Final verdict: Pretty good product! Mom likes the convenience of the pads. They are individually wrapped and there's no elbow grease involved. Just throw them on the spot, plastic backing up, and press down with your foot. Walk away for a while, then throw the pad away.

We received two Stomp 'N Go pads free from Bissell. This in no way influenced our review of the product. The opinions stated in this review are our honest thoughts on the product. In fact, Mom is going to buy a box to have on hand for my next barfisode!

Product Review: CatIt Self Groomer with Catnip

Last month I posted about some gifts Mom took to the kitties at Wayside. Those toys came from Big Apple Pet Supply @BigApplePet and Steven Spitz aka @veganpetman. Because Mr. Spitz is such a cool guy and he knew I wasn't going to get to play with the toys, he threw in a little something for me! He sent me a self groomer made by CatIt.

It comes with the frame that attaches to any flat or corner surface (Mom picked a corner for mine), plastic bristles, sticky mounting strips and my favorite part of all, CATNIP!

Mom put it all together (with my help-that catnip smelled soooo good!) and put it on a corner between the dining room and the kitchen where I already like to rub up against the wall. There weren't many directions, but after looking at it for a little bit, she figured out where the nip was supposed to go and the best place to put a couple of mounting strips.

Let me tell you, this thing is great! I like to be groomed by Dad, but with my CatIt Self Groomer, I can get that feeling anytime I want. I love to rub my cheeks up against it and walk against it when I go into the kitchen.

Check out all the hair in the bristles! That's after having it up less than two weeks!

The CatIt Self Groomer is a really neat product. It's fairly easy to put together and mount. I love to use it and it helps get loose hair out of my coat. It doesn't take up much space and can be put in a number of places. I don't know how easy it's going to come off the wall though or if it will come off cleanly. I guess we'll find that out when it comes time to move. All in all, I (and Mom) would recommend this nifty grooming tool!

Disclosure: I received this product at no cost from Big Apple Pet Supply. All opinions expressed in this post about the product are my honest and true feelings about the product. The fact that I received the product for free did not influence my review.