Get set for Spring with youth glow^TM omega face complex. This natural face oil will give your skin the boost it needs. Forget tired, winter skin; try a luxurious ‘facial in a bottle’ every morning and night on your face and neck.

This light weight, fast absorbing oil, rich in essential fatty acids and natural antioxidants, promotes smooth, soft skin and improves elasticity and hydration. And at just £16.95 a bottle it is a treat you can’t afford to miss.

Like all of the Mambino Organics range, youth glow^TM omega face complex is packed with natural ingredients for the maximum benefit for your skin: (more…)

Anne Dhir runs Calin Bleu, a Scottish company selling stylish and comfortable baby slings. In this useful article she explains why online businesses need to think about local promotion.

With the internet bringing the entire world on your desk, it’s tempting to focus on big leads, national campaigns, being first on search engines… It’s a big world out there but there is one lesson I have learned over the last four years, it’s always nurture your local market.

I enjoy the challenge of promoting Calin Bleu and baby wearing in general locally, getting out there, talking to parents, sometimes you spend several hours talking to one customer for one item or for none! Other times, after one shopping appointment or dropping off leaflets in a café, I see a cluster of orders over the following months, all from the same area or even the same street. It is also a cost effective way of increasing sales. People love shopping from a local company and are happy to refer their friends and families to us. (more…)

Watch on ITV and call in to vote: I’m  choosing Alison of Arabella Miller.

If you’re pregnant, have you thought about the benefits of water birth? Made in Water and Mama to be Goodies have got together to offer a fab competition to win a birth pool kit worth over £100. Check it out.

Have you seen Arabella Miller’s lovely range of organic kids wear? If you like it as much as I do, you’ll be pleased to hear that Alison, the mumpreneur behind Arabella Miller, has got through to the Northern Final of ITV’s Mumpreneur Competition. Alison says, ” My semi-final will be 20 October (that’s a Monday).
I’ve set up a Facebook group here - it would be great if you could join it. If you missed my heats, you can see an editied version here: (scroll down). The next stage on 20 October will be a viewer phone vote.”

I’ll be watching and voting for Alison - don’t miss it.

oh baby! belly butter™ (From £8.95) is a rich, luxurious blend of nature’s most nourishing and healing botanicals. Awarded Outstanding Product 2008 in Disney’s iParenting Media Awards, it softens the appearance of old stretch marks and prevents new ones. See it restore elasticity and hydrate your bump, while soothing dry, itchy skin. A hint of pure lavender and red mandarin refreshes and rejuvenates your senses. After childbirth, continue use to aid in the rebound of the belly. Benefits:

• Shea butter- strengthens and firms connective tissue
• Mango butter- protects and moisturizes
• Cocoa butter- softens and smoothes skin
• Calendula infused oil - regenerates torn skin tissue
• Rosehip oil - rich in vitamin C, promotes skin healing (more…)

As many as one in five children may at some time need extra help with their education, but does this mean they have special educational needs?

Due out in October, Antonia Chitty and Victoria Dawson’s informative book, Special Educational Needs - A Parent’s Guide, brings together the facts on special educational needs, looking in detail at the different types of additional needs and how parents and carers can cope with them in daily life. (more…)

Response Source is an affordable service to distribute your press release to thousands of journalists who have subscribed to receive updates. It can’t replace researching your own contacts, as you don’t know who has subscribed, but it can get your news in front of journalists and editors who you might not have thought of approaching. I’ve certainly had a good response when I have used the service, and as it starts from around £40 plus VAT it is an affordable way to make your news reach further. Here are some tips from the people behind Response Source on making the most out of online press release distribution: (more…)

Calin Bleu is launching this season’s NEW redesigned wrap sling. A warm winter red, you and your baby will be comfortable and cosy indoors and out. No need to worry whether baby is too hot or too cold, they will be right up next to you, sharing your body temperature.

The sling has been redesigned to make it even easier to use: the ends of the sling are tapered so that it is wide in the centre where you need it to support the baby, and slim around your waist. Each sling comes with a 24-page colour booklet of step-by-step instructions to tie your sling. (more…)

Make explaining about how your growing bump will turn into a new baby brother or sister easier with a couple of new products from Made in Water

The Sibling Preparation CD (14.95) is a lovely way to encourage big brothers and sisters to talk to, and bond with, their unborn sibling while the expectant mama is present. It will help you to:

·         Prepare children for the arrival of a new baby

·         Establish bonding and create a sense of ownership to the new baby

·         Ease sibling rivalry and jealousy

Or, if you prefer to share a story, buy Runa’s Birth, The Day My Sister Was Born (£9.95) This children’s book about birth by Uwe Spillmann and Inga Kamieth, is written by two parents and aims to help children prepare for the (more…)