Holiday Make Up Tips

Even when you are on holiday, make up is an essential for most women, but you don't really want to be packing your whole make up bag. So here are a few tips on the essential items you need to include in your case.

• Keep it simple. You will still need to remove your make up and other impurities from your days on the beach so rather than taking your whole range of skin care products with you, buy good quality cleansing wipes and a great all round moisturiser which contains an SPF rating.

• Feel like going to the beach without any make up on but want a bit more than just a moisturiser? The why not invest in a good quality primer. Most primers have light deflecting particles to help deflect the light from imperfections and dark circles. They also tend to have sun block in as well.

• Less is more on holiday. If you want to wear make up during the day, use a tinted moisturiser as opposed to a foundation. It is lightweight yet still provides a great coverage.

• Bronzer's are also a great product to pack for holidays. There rich tones help to enhance your tan and can also double up as an eye shadow. Buy a baked bronzer instead of the balls, less messy and last longer.

• Lip glosses are nice and light and add a hint of glamour to your low key holiday make up. 

So you only really need a couple of key items to take away with you to create some wonderful natural looks great for the beach or a night out!

By Kizzy 

Image: Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Win an Organics Babies Mum and Baby Gift Set worth £30

The lovely people at Green People have given me a fantastic Organics Babies Mum and Baby Gift Set to giveaway for New Mummy's Tips 2nd Birthday , lucky you!

This perfect starter kit of organic goodies for beautiful, soft skin is a lovely gift for new mums!


The Mum & Baby Gift box contains:

Nappy Cream Baby Balm 40ml
Mum & Baby Moisturiser 150ml
Chamomile Baby Wash & Shampoo 150ml
Baby Salve 30ml


Green People is a forward-thinking company which specialises in organic body care products. With an extensive range of natural products – shampoos, face creams, sun lotions and body washes to name just a few – it is one of the biggest names in organic beauty in the UK.


However, it started from very simple roots: the seeking of a mother to help her young daughter.
Back in 1994, 2-year-old Sandra was suffering from eczema and severe allergies and just couldn’t stop scratching herself. With much determination, her mother, Charlotte Vøhtz, decided to get to the bottom of the problem.


She discovered that many of Sandra’s skin allergies were being triggered by chemical-based household and personal care products. When these were removed – and with the help of a herbal cleansing tonic and a balanced Omega 3 & 6 intake – Sandra’s skin began to clear up.
Charlotte says: “From that moment, I realised that we all are children of the chemical age and that man-made chemicals found everywhere, combined with changing dietary habits, profoundly affect us all.”


She was so impressed by the difference that her natural methods and home-made natural skin care products had made that she thought she should share her discoveries with others. This was the start of Green People.

To enter all you have to do is fill in the form below and tell me what product from the Organics Babies range you would like to try the most.

Closing Date: 23rd August 

Good Luck

*One entry per household.

*Open to residents of the UK only.

*No cash alternative only. 

New Mummy’s Tips 2nd Birthday!!

I have a little secret to tell you, before I started New Mummy’s Tips I had a secret blog called Frugalality. I started it a few months after New Mummy (my personal blog at the time) and I basically posted all the deals and offers I found and wrote posts on saving money, it even had its own twitter account. It was relatively successful but I found at the time it was a lot of work and I wasn’t quite sure what direction I wanted to take with it.  So like a fool I deleted it.

A few months later ‘Mummy blogging’ was becoming the thing and I found I was getting more and more reviews offered to me. It was also at a time when people were getting funny about reviews on personal blogs (what’s new) and as a relatively new blogger I bowed to pressure and decided to start New Mummy’s Tips.  

I wanted New Mummy’s Tips to be an extension of New Mummy, a place where I could feature reviews, money saving tips and share current offers.  I think that’s what I have achieved!

The focus of New Mummy’s Tips has changed slightly over the years, there was a time when it was review heavy but I think I have found a balance now. I have a great team of mums helping me and writing fantastic posts. I have even launched a spin off review blog called Parent Panel where the majority of the reviews go now.

To celebrate two years and 596 posts!! I have some great giveaways that will be running throughout August.

Keep your eyes peeled on the blog, Twitter and Facebook for more news.


Thank you for being a part of this blog!


Carol x 

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Out, About and Things to Do - V&A Museum of Childhood.

Throughout the summer holidays the V&A Museum of Childhood have a whole host of free events to keep your children occupied and inspired.

VTech Digi-Fun Workshops

Saturdays, 13, 20, 27 August

AGE 4-9

VTech Digi-Fun workshops will open up your child's eyes to the possibilities of the digital world in a fun and engaging way. Each workshop will give children the opportunity to explore, invent and create with the very latest kid-friendly technology, including digital cameras, video cameras and much more

Summer Holiday Fun

Fridays, 12, 19, 26 August 

Includes a book singing with Judith Kerr and a Tiger Tea Party!

Summer Festival

Sunday 7^th August

Drop in to Bethnal Green's friendliest family festival! Enjoy live music and performance, explore a range of stalls selling everything from delicious homemade cakes to clothes and toys.

Story Time with Cerrie Burnel

Friday 12 August, 14.00-15.30 

Join CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell for a fun and informal storytelling session. Parents and children can hear Cerrie read from popular storybooks and have the chance to meet her afterwards. Every child will be given a free book to take home at the end of the session.

All these sessions are free!

Make sure you have a good look around the Museum itself, there are lots to do!

For full details visit their website. 

Bookmark It – LittleBird

Love deals? Then you will love LittleBird.

In early 2009, LittleBird founders Sarah and Naomi came together to help launch a campaign to save a local, much loved playcentre, where they saw how brilliantly mums can work together. Soon after they came across the concept of social buying, people buying together to save together. They loved the simplicity of the idea and thought it would be great to be able to benefit from family-friendly offers.

LittleBird brings you great deals for fabulous places for the whole family to enjoy!

How does it work?

Recent offers includes 50% off a child’s Annual ticket to Lee Valley Family Farm and a Family Ticket to Battersea Farm for £12 which is 54% saving!

Sign up now and they will send you a £5 voucher for Prezzy Box.

You can also follow them on twitter and find them on Facebook.

Bookmark It now and save, save, save!

By Carol 

Sneak Peek of Wikio's August Top 20 Parenting Blogs

1	Sticky Fingers
2	Redtedart's Blog
3	Madhouse Family Reviews !
4	Kate Takes 5
5	Thinly Spread
6	Mummy from the Heart.......
7	Baby Budgeting
8	Typecast
9	Cafe Bebe
10	All Baby Advice
11	Sleep is for the Weak
12	Who's the Mummy?
13	journey of the mocha bean(s) and mummy
14	The Five Fs blog
15	Littlemummy.Com
16	All About The Boys
17	TheMadHouse
18	Susan K Mann
19	3 Bedroom Bungalow to Let in Crazytown
20	NurtureStore

Ranking made by Wikio

Supermarket Summer Essentials Clothes

I love a good supermarket clothing  purchase. I have blogged about it a few times (see Supermarket Chic 2 here) There is something so satisfying about popping a top or a dress in with your weekly shop. Its guilt free shopping at its best. And in my opinion you can find some key fashion pieces in the clothing section at the supermarket for a fraction of the High Street price.

Here's my pick of 4 key summer items from the top 3 supermarkets.

POOLSIDE GLAMOUR

Go for rich colour or metallics, with ruche or chain detailing.

 Asda                           Tesco                            Sainsbury's

Rope Detail swimsuit £12       High Shine Swimsuit £15     Purple Swimsuit £15

FLORAL CAMISOLE

Think pretty lace detailing and summery floral prints.



Asda                                 Tesco                       Sainsburys

Bloom Camisole £8         Swirl Print Camisole £6        Ditsy Print Camisole £10

GRAPHIC MAXI DRESS

Bold patterns and colours are key to this summer trend with the maxi still as Summers must have buy.

Asda                 Tesco              Sainsbury's

Tribal Maxi £14      Ikat Maxi £18     Stripe maxi £20

METALLIC/GLADIATOR SANDAL

Metallic and gladiator style sandals are still big this summer, this year the emphasis is on gold.

Asda                          Tesco                     Sainsbury's

Gold rope sandal £6                Metallic Gladiator £18          Bronze Gladiator £18

Hope you enjoyed my top supermarket picks. More fashion to come next month.

Debs

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