FREE £100 Summer Beauty Box!
If anyone’s been thinking about a John Lewis splurge, now might be the time to go for it. They’ve released a summer-equivalent to their beauty advent calendar; only instead of buying it, you have to buy £100 of beauty products to receive the £100 Holiday Heroes box for free. Curated exclusively for ‘my John Lewis’ members, it has all you need for a beautiful getaway – included are brands like Bobby Brown,...
Are Last Minute Breaks Good For You?
Are Last Minute Breaks Good? Damned right! Sadly, spontaneity is one of the first things we lose when we become parents. Deciding on a whim to go out for dinner/see a film/go away for that Last Minute Break is much trickier when it’s followed up with ‘have you got the nappies/wipes/change of clothes/spare dummy/changing mat… or, frankly, the energy’.According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a spontaneous...
The Algarve in May half term: TOP deals!
If last week’s sunshine gave you a yearning for some solid warmth, right now you might be thinking you could squeeze in a quick getaway for some sunny days this half term. And yes – of course you can, and yes, of course you should! Never say no to the adventure. Where to go? Well, I’d suggest that families with teens can’t really go wrong with the Algarve. sandy beach near Lagos in Ponta da Piedade, Algarve...
Free; the April LittleStuff magazine is out now
The April edition of LittleStuff magazine is out now – and this month we’re ALL about the stressy teens and their revision-y angst. First, this month’s competition; you’ve the chance to win £750 of Easy Camp family camping gear for a whole summer of adventures! There’s also an entire set of Letts GCSE Revision books (which handily comes with 6mths Spotify Premium membership so they...
(Real Genuine Science-backed) Top 10 Study Tips For Revising
There’s a whole Tumblr-pile of ‘Study Tips For Revising’; crammed full of tricks that will totally help your teenager ace their exams. I know – between a husband doing a BSc as a mature student and three teenagers running the gauntlet of state exams, we’ve probably seen (and tried) more than a few of them in this house. The husband tried chanting pages of impossible-to-remember facts to a favourite tune,...
WIN – £750 Easy Camp Family Camping Kit!
Let’s start with a hands up:Who loves camping?Who hasn’t ever camped? If your hand waved around for either of those, this is definitely the place for you. And if you hate camping you should stick around too, because this just might change your mind a little. The thing is, camping can be so many things, to so many people. The last time we went with the kids (admittedly a few years ago now) we wild camped for two weeks in...