What does Mother’s Day mean to you? To be honest I don’t need a Hallmark card to make me feel special. I love looking after my children and a card or meal doesn’t make me feel any more or less loved (although I won’t say no if I’m offered a present!). Looking after children of any age can be as hard as it is rewarding. Sometimes the overflowing wash basket and uneaten meals literally make me cry. But most of the time my heart swells when I see the toddler learning a new word or his little sister walking across…
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I’m constantly washing my hands after changing bottoms, wiping noses, before preparing meals and snacks. My hands really suffer, especially during the winter months, so I always carry hand cream with me. Hotel Chocolat have branched out to beauty products and I was sent a tube of Revive hand cream from their Coca Juvenate range to try. The Coca Juvenate is a new range of exclusive spa treatments perfected on their Saint Lucien cocoa estate. The range includes body oil, hand cream, lip balm, body wash, and candles. As you would expect, cocoa is a key ingredients as it is…
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I have a lovely Nip + Fab Ultimate Pamper Kit worth £40 to giveaway to a reader of the gingerbread house thanks to Sainsbury’s Money Matters blog, which offers information on topics like winter driving and car insurance. Exclusive to Sainsbury’s, this kit contains all of your pampering must haves and is presented in a fabulous blue tote bag. The kit contains: Body Wash Body Lotion Facial Wash Hand Cream Day Cream Eye Cream Relaxation Mask Hydrating Mask Facial Scrub If you would like the chance to win it and pamper yourself read on. Giveaway: I have one Nip +…
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P&G is providing more reasons than ever to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games with three exclusive salons for Mums, athletes and media to enjoy complimentary beauty and grooming treatments throughout the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games. P&G Salons during the Olympic Games The Salons are located in The Olympic Village, The Paralympic Village, the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre (IBC/MPC) complex and the Wella Studio in central London. Guests will be treated to a range of treatments including professional haircuts, colour from Wella Professionals, party styling by Pantene, grooming by head&shoulders, Gillette and Braun, skin…
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Eau Thermale Avène is a unique French skincare brand dedicated to each level of skin sensitivity; from sensitive, intolerant to allergic. Each product contains the Avène Thermal Spring Water, a unique ingredient whose properties have been endorsed by dermatologists over the years. The range includes really gentle body care products suitable for both mum and baby, and even for use on eczema-prone skin. My 8 month old has really sensitive skin so I was interested in trying out the range. We’ve been using a couple of the products over the last few weeks and found the Avène Cold Cream Cleansing Bar…
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The other week was quite a busy one. As well as our exciting trip to the West End I was also invited to a bespoke curated tour at the National Portrait Gallery. Beauty Recommended, an online magazine brought to you by P&G, is going mobile this summer with the launch of its first beauty mobile app. Offering you the hottest beauty tips and trends, personal recommendations from some of the world’s leading beauty experts and three exclusively curated tours around the ‘beauty spots’ of London – it’s every beauty lover’s must have tool! In my previous life I was a…
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I’m definitely at the (second-time) new mum stage where it’s a struggle to squeeze a shower into our day, let alone brush my hair or slap on some moisturiser. However, when I was offered the chance to try a new beauty product I thought this was a great opportunity to do something for myself! Artistry skincare, exclusively from Amway, launches its second product in the Intensives skincare range. Following the success of the celebrity favourite – Renewing Peel, loved by Helena Christensen, Pamela Anderson, Jaime Winstone and many more, Amway has licensed leading anti-ageing technology for its new Anti-Wrinkle Firming…
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One of the great things about pregnancy is being offered the opportunity to try luxury beauty products! Maison d’Anu is a luxury beauty brand which makes a wide range of ethical beauty products. The current ranges include face & body, pregnancy, hair and nails. The pregnancy range includes four products: Rescue Peppermint Anti Nausea Pulse Point Roll on 10ml £10.00 Rescue Ginger Anti Nausea Pulse Point Roll on 10ml £10.00 Prevent Stretch Mark Lotion 200 ml £32.oo Supple Perineum Massage Oil 100ml £21.00 The pregnancy skincare range is pure, natural and chemical free which means you can use it throughout…
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*****The competition has now closed and the winner notified***** An advanced range of affordable mass market skincare products to visibly brighten, even-out skin tone and restore a youthful, natural radiance are about to go on sale on beauty counters nationwide. This “must-use” range with exceptional credentials includes Niacinamide and powerful active naturals such as mulberry and liquorice to offer visible results in as little as four weeks. Set to give premium counterparts a run for their money, cult beauty favourite, Fade Out has had a luxurious facelift and the range now boasts an advanced formula to help women (and men)…