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The sun is out - the holiday is booked - so what's the one thing missing?

A TRUNKI for the kids!

Thanks to our friends at Trunki, we have a fabulous giveaway consisting of ONE fabulously bright and beautiful 'Gerry the Giraffe', resplendent in yellow and funky brown giraffe print and worth £40! So you won't lose 'em at the airport!

All we want from you is  to a) tweet us @babyubeautiful your one holiday essential to keep the kids amused/happy/occupied/well/satisfied - pram or nappies or basics don't count! Feel free to add in Trunki too - who will also retweet your entry.

My essential?
Play Doh for the plane - it keeps them occupied for hmm, al of 15 minutes?! But still, it's a great handbag essential to whip out if all else fails!

We need you to follow us on twitter and/or instagram - both gives you bonus points: babyubeautiful (u not ur)

So follow us asap and enter! BABYUBEAUTIFUL xx

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We're keeping everyone's pecker up by offering lots of lovely comps this month - if you're as miserable as we have been with the freezing cold climes -  then you will definitely approve!

Our friends at Nelson's are offering a fab goodie bag of essentials from their range, especially the divine muscle soak, various supplements and baby essentials NB: we can't live without their teething granules and calendula cream.

                             PLUS a gorgeous hooded winnie-the-pooh dressing gown in fetching yellow.
                             Your little one will LOVE!

To get involved please follow us on twitter, retweet and show some love! 

                             Enter here for a chance to win this fabulous prize:



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We're trying to cheer you up this January by bringing you an array of positive posts. And to top that off - amazing giveaways!

We'd love to hear your feedback on our beauty and baby posts - and what you'd like more of? Is there anything that has inspired you recently and any products we've recommend you love - please let us know just what you want.

Cybex, whose car seat we wrote about last week, have given us an amazing baby carrier suitable from 3 months to 5 years (yes, not sure if I fancy carrying my fatty at 5 years either!)

A carrier is a must in the early years, mainly to be close to mummy and daddy - and to make life easy when shopping, or nipping out quickly -  and to avoid the whole pram dismantling, resurrecting rigmarole which we're all too familiar with.



The ergonomically designed carrier is called the Cybex 2.Go in Heavenly Blue colourway - and rather sexy to say the least!

It's also worth a whopping £95.

The 2.Go carrier was developed with midwives and orthopaedists, it's shaped for ultimate comfort whilst carrying and well-padded. The carry straps also give less strain on the back to provide maximum carrying support.

CYBEX  is available in all major nursery stockists, click here to find out more about their range.

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If you're stumped with what to get a chum for Christmas, who is pregnant - here's a good idea.

We we're sent a sample of Velvet Living London's baby bear box, and it really is beautiful, however, I'm not sure the recipient would appreciate actually how much the box is worth.

Velvet Living was originally a quintessentially British homeware blog by Heather Slade, who found an overwhelming amount of friends and family getting married, pregnant, engaged - she was forever rushing into John Lewis to stock up. Which then led her to the idea of creating a well presented gift in one place, at the right price, without compromising on quality.
 Here Velvet Living was started and the blog blossomed into a veritable treasure trove of boxes - perfect for every occasion.

We kindly received the baby bear box - inside there's an exclusive and absolutely adorable Coco &Wolf (exclusive to Velvet Living) bear print body suit, Cowshed Baby Cow Milky Body Lotion (200ml) and Histoire D'Ours Soft Grey Bear.

Now, the box retails for £50.00. I think for a gift for family and first time you'd be looking to spend £30-50, fair?

The Cowshed body lotion is around £10.50 - everyone loves Cowshed. If you don't know it, the paraben-free baby items are just divine.

The teddy is absolutely delightful, as delicate as a real bunny rabbit, butter-soft with a scruffy finish, beautiful quality and on inspection on google, a real collectors item and quite hard to find.




A small one will set you back around £25-32 (not as nice as this one) as it is only 25cm, I don't think the recipient will appreciate the worth. If you're in the know - you will.
It's of fantastic quality, and my little man LOVES it,  I feel sad, that if I gifted this box, the recipient would not be aware of the actual RRP of the cherry-picked items. I'm not saying friends are not grateful, but you get me?

Then there's a Coco & Wolf body suit. The exclusive body suit is stunning, and is exclusive to Velvet Living, you can find other examples of their exquisite designs here :

Coco and Wolf

For £50, you get fastidiously chosen items in a beautifully packaged box, the thought that has gone into it (I have to point this out as some people may say why aren't I making a saving?) It's not about that. You don't walk into John Lewis, and say if I pick these three items - can you do me a deal?

Think of it like this; it's the ultimate personal shopping box. Someone has done for you exactly what you set out to do, without the stress, and given you the inspiration you were after.
It may be the first time you are introduced to the adorable brands, and savings aren't the aim of the box at all - it's all about the full package (excuse the pun).

www.velvetlivinglondon.co.uk

I thought i'd let you mummies all over the UK know about BOOTS forthcoming exciting event from TOMORROW.

On Friday 27 June to Sunday 29th June they will be celebrating their new Boots beauty halls.

In over 200 stores around the country, this payday weekend customers will benefit from a whopping £5 worth of Boots Advantage Card points when they buy two or more premium beauty products.

During the event, there are oodles of free samples, skin consultations, demos - everything beauty, beautiful and erm....Boots!

The perfect excuse to try a new look, and some great high street products.

Enjoy! xx

We are running a little competition with the lovely folks at LoveBoo who are kindly giving away one of their luxurious spa boxes in the spirit of Mother's Day, on 30th March 2014.

To enter, just register to receive our BUBS email updates using this link: http://eepurl.com/NKil1
It's as easy as that! If you've won, we'll let you know on Mother's Day.

Luxury Mummy Spa Kit
http://www.loveboo.com/luxury-mummy-spa-kit 
RRP: £39.99



This gift box is the ultimate pampering treat for mummies of all ages and stages. Everything a mum needs for a full-on spa session in the luxury of her own home. Silky Soft Body Wash with super-moisturising avocado oil, Super Stretchy Miracle Oil, which helps reduce the appearance of stretch marks and the award-winning Bosom Buddy, a fantastic firming treatment for boobs with lifting, toning centella and gingko biloba.

Luxury Mummy Spa Kit contains:

• Silky Soft Body Wash, 250ml 
• Super Stretchy Miracle Oil 100ml 
• Bosom Buddy 125ml

LoveBoo make gorgeous luxury products for both Mums and Babies, which are free from chemical nasties.

To enter the comp just follow this link http://eepurl.com/NKil1 to sign up to our mailing list.

A winner will be picked at random on Mothering Sunday, 30th March 2014.

(Please note that Love Boo are not be able to offer a cash prize in exchange.)

Good Luck!
The BUBS Team

For more info on LoveBoo see:

loveboo.com
facebook.com/lovebooshop
twitter.com/lovebooshop

Petroleum Jelly
99p for 100ml
Available from www.superdrug.com
This massive pot of petroleum jelly is great for baby's sore bottom, as well as your own chapped hands and lips! Great value at a fraction of the price of other brands.