I am far from a makeup artist, and in spite of wearing makeup for over 3 decades (did I just give my age away here!?!), one thing I am yet to master, its a perfectly winged liner, and especially when I am in a hurry, which frankly, with two little kids, I am most mornings...
My big almost 6 year old only started prep at school at the beginning of this year, and he is so loving learning to read, recognising words, and cannot stop spelling words he sees, anywhere he goes. And as a mum, I really love that. He has such an appetite for learning and he so cannot wait till he can read full books.
Australia always seem to be the last country to get new products and brands, and finally, just before Christmas 2018, the cult haircare brand Kristin Ess finally arrived on our shores, available in Priceline.
I admit that I am such a coffee drinker, and while I do enjoy the occasional tea, especially during winter of if I have a cold, I am just not fond of Matcha. Just something about the flavour that I am just not sure about.
A girl can never have too many makeup brushes, right!? I know I certainly can’t. And one of those brands that you can always trust, with their premium quality yet affordable brushes, is Real Techiniques. I admit that I do have quiet a brush collection, but what I reach for on a daily basis, is my Real Techniques, so needless to say that I squealed a little when a selection of the newest Real Techniques styles landed on my desk..
Both of our little boys have very fair and sensitive skin, so I am always very cautious of which skincare products I use on their skin. The younger one does have a little more eczema prone skin, so we’re sticking to using products we know works on his skin, but thankfully 5 year old big brother’s skin doesn’t have those issues, so we’ve been loving the Milk & Co Baby range for him lately..
Not long ago, I talked about why a good nights sleep is so import to your health (you can see it here in case you missed it), but it is equally important that your sleeping environment is healthy, so I also recently talked about how my husband and I protect ourselves, and our children from allergens while we sleep and having a healthier sleeping environment (which you can read about here).
It has just been Australia Day, and as well as being blessed with a beautiful country, and more gorgeous sunny days than most other places, we have also been blessed with a multitude of amazing skincare brands. One of those is Milk & Co, which makes all the products locally from predominantly naturally derived, paraben free ingredients.
I have no doubt that I am not the only mummy who is struggling keeping my kids entertained during the school holidays. And especially this one, as it is a little longer than the other holidays throughout the year. Naturally, my kids are not used to being entertained, and going to fun places every single day of the week, but when you go from being hyper active all day in kindergarten (or school), with lots of fun things to do and play with and being distracted all the time, then simply being home with mummy day after day after day, I guess, I can understand that it can become a little boring.
School Holidays… we’ve not come to the stage that there’s just a few weeks left of the school holdiays… a lot of things have already been done, and visited, and the toys given for Xmas, while (hopefully), still being played with, are no longer sufficient to keep the kids entertained all day long. Oh what to do… We’ve visited several different theme parks over the last few weeks, which the kids are sure to love, and which makes for great family trips too… let’s start with Gumbuya World..
If you’re anything like me, and still have some Xmas pressies you need to get, then don’t despair as I’ve got some more brilliant suggestions for you..
