miamoo Review

So at the beginning of June I was excited when this arrived in the post..

This is a lovely miamoo travel pack.  This travel pack contains travel size 98.5%-100% naturally derived skin treats which are free from harsh ingredients and help to protect and heal dry skin.  Poor Joel suffers from dry and itchy skin.  Now that the summer and the shorts are out Joel can sometimes be found scratching away at his wee legs.  In particular it seems to flare up behind his knees, the bottom of his neck and base of his back. 

I was very interested to try out these products as I was hoping all those lovely naturally derived ingredients would prevent irritation to his skin, or even better, improve his skin condition.  

This travel pack contains 5 pocket size potions which can be used as stand alone products but all fit together to form part of the miamoo recommended 3 step routine;  

STEP 1 - Exfoliating Wash

-fresh locks 3-in-1 wash

-splashy wash for body and bath

-spritz and wipe

STEP 2 - Moisturise

-huggy lotion

-cheeky cream

STEP 3 - Massage 

-baba oil

So we packed our travel pack in our suitcase and off we went on our holidays!

We went to Donegal and were very lucky with the weather.  We spent the whole week on the beach.  Joel loved exploring the new territory but his skin was exposed to the elements, sea, sand and sun!

By then end of the day he was rosy cheeked and exhausted and deserved a cosy bath to relax before bed. 

I was impressed with the splashy wash, it has a lovely fresh and zesty scent and creates lovely bubbles in the bath.  The scent is fresh and natural and lovely change from some of the other sickly sweet and over perfumed products I have experienced before.  I have to say thats one of the top features of the miamoo range, the lovely natural and fresh scents.  They smell like they are packed full of good stuff!

Here is the bathing beauty himself giving the fresh locks 3-in-1 wash ingredients the once over to ensure there are no nasties.  

Post bath cosiness preparation with baba oil and cheeky cream ready to go!

The thick and creamy cheeky cream was used on the particularly dry and itchy bits.  

And the baba oil was used for general all over pampering.  Joel and I attended baby massage when he was teeny and I was my favourite class I ever went to with him.  Joel is also known for lounging on his granny's knee while getting his feet rubbed.  A massage with the baba oil was a lovely wind down to bed time for Joel and he really enjoyed the one and one quiet time attention.   This was my favourite product from the travel pack and one I will be rushing to purchase again once our mini one runs out.  Not only was it great for moisturising and relaxing Joel after the bath but it was also useful for treating my silly sunburn!!!

Silly sunburn - too busy trying to trick Joel into keeping his sun hat on to make sure I didn't get burnt - Doh!

The huggy lotion made it into my handbag.  It is great for after-bath moisturising but I much prefer the baba oil for that moment.  The huggy lotion is great for general moisturising on the go.  The spray action lid makes it easy to dispense.  I have popped it on Joel's cheeks when they looked a bit dry after his week of beach living, I have stolen a squirt to moisturise my hands and I have discovered its a great base for smoothly applied make-up.   

After his massage Joel crawled up the bed and under the covers and hugged into the pillow, a very relaxed and happy baby.

If you are interested in trying out the miamoo range here is a discount code for 10% off.  Just enter Blog13 at the checkout.  The travel pack is a great way to try all the miamoo range has to offer.  However my favourite products had to be the baba oil and the huggy lotion.  

**miamoo travel pack was gifted free of charge in exchange for an honest review.  All opinions are my own.

Personal Planner Giveaway!

Hands up who loves stationery??!!

Everyone.  Everyone loves stationery.  

I recently completed a review for personal-planner.co.uk.  I was allowed to create my perfect diary free of charge in exchange for an honest review.  If you have read the review you will know how much I love my new diary.  If you haven't read my review - what is wrong with you??!! Read it here!

The lovely people at personal-planner.co.uk have offered a free planner for a giveaway - hurrah!

The winner of the giveaway will receive credit from personal-planner.co.uk to create their own perfect planner.  You can choose your own front cover, start month, page layout and add any important dates before print.  You can also add features to suit your needs such as to-do lists, address lists, notes pages, colouring-in pages as well as options to record exercise activity or work activity on each day. 

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!!??

All you have to do to enter the giveaway is comment on this blog post.  Add your comment below telling me and personal-planner.co.uk what important date you would be adding to your customised personal planner. 

The lucky winner could be as happy as my lovely friend Laura with her new 'get shit organised for my wedding' planner...

Want to be this happy and pretty and with lovely curly hair**?? ENTER NOW

**Personal planners do not really give you curly hair. :(

The winner will be announced this Sunday 29th June.  Good luck. xx

You can also follow personal-planner.co.uk here on Facebook or Twitter. 

30/06/14 - Tonight my glamorous assistant helped choose the winner by randomly selecting a name from Joel's toy drum.  Thanks to all that entered!

AND THE WINNER IS.......

Review: personal-planner.co.uk

In 2008 I found the perfect diary.  I was working in WH Smith and when unpacking the delivery found the perfect mid-year beauty.  It was a great size for my hand bang and had a timetable lay out that suited my uni class/ part time working hours schedule.  It was the best £10 I ever spent and the beginning of my obsession with stationery.

No one can spend as much time browsing in a stationary shop as I can, but despite all the browsing I have never found a perfect diary like the one of 2008.  There have been imitators but they have never been quite right. 

Sometimes I wouldn't find a diary and I would be forced to purchase a sub standard make-do one.  However by the time I would have resigned to buy my rubbish imitator it would already be February and I would have a blank month of January in my diary, with nothing written in it.  This is not ok.  So I would then have to go through January and fill in all the days I have appointments or birthdays to make it look used.  And of course I would have to fill these details in with different coloured pens so it didn't look like it had all been written in the one sitting.  All totally normal behaviour.  Ahem.   

Then I found www.personal-planner.co.uk.  This website allows you to design your own diary from start to finish.  You can choose the size,  customise the cover design and choose the inner layout to suit your needs.  

Needless to say I agonised over the perfect combination for hours.  Because I am a MASSIVE GEEK.  

So I choose the medium sized planner, perfect handbag size and picked one of the designs from the website fort he front cover.

For the inner design I could choose the day layout, boarder design and add from a choice of extra features.  I added 'to-do' list as well as a lined section to add any notes or reminders for the week.  I also added a box to record the amount of hours I worked each day.  there is also the option to add in any personalised dates.  And the best bit?  I could choose the month that I wanted my diary start, saving the empty month dilemma - hurrah!   

And look at this lovely week - this was last week, nothing written in for the whole 7 days as I was on my holidays.

You then have a choice of features to insert into the back of your diary.  There are options such as personalised address list, manuscript, lined or squared paper.  I choose blank pages for lists and doodles as well as.....

yes, that is a colouring in section.  Life complete.  

I was offered a free personal planner in exchange for an honest review.  Honest opinion - these things are BLOODY BRILLIANT.  In fact I bought another one for my loveliest of friends Laura.  Isn't she the prettiest thing??

 Laura is getting married next year and I was able to create a planner for her to count down to the wedding, I added sections for her to record her exercise sessions and plan her dinners for the week as she is on a wedding dress health kick.  I also added a personalised address section for all her wedding contacts and plenty of space for to-do lists.  I know that the lead up to the big day can be stressful so hopefully this wee diary will be the perfect organiser to keep her on track.  100 bridesmaid points.

If you want to design your own planner visit www.personal-planner.co.uk.  At the moment they have a (stupidly addictive) game 'Flappy Planner' (does that name make anyone else giggle??) with the opportunity to win great discounts on your purchase.  My advice for making the perfect planner? Set aside plenty of time, the website is easily navigated and quick to use but if you are anything like me you will spend lots of time trying out different combinations to create the ultimate planner.