Enter to win Sago Mini’s new Jinja’s House Playset!

Enter to win the Sago Portable Playset: Jinja's House!

 

 

We have been big fan’s of Sago Mini and their toddler-friendly apps over the last year. When we travel we always make sure we have some of their latest and greatest apps uploaded for when our son needs some downtime.

They are also a parent-friendly as well! There are zero in-app purchases, so you can rest assured that your child won’t be asking you to download a full version of the game, or if they are allowed to buy characters to play.

 

 
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 Since my son has been such a big fan of these characters in the game, it seemed like a natural progression for him to want to have some of the characters as toys.

Sago Mini released some very adorable plush toys of the characters, which made my son and all of the other Sago Mini fans very happy!

Jinja the cat even travelled with us on a cruise last year! We couldn’t leave him at home!

 

 
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Sago Mini’s latest launch has been Jinja’s House – a travel-friendly toy that unfolds to create a landscape of much loved character Jinja’s house.
 

 Enter to win the Sago Portable Playset: Jinja's House!

 

 
Enter to win the Sago Portable Playset: Jinja's House!
 

 There is not only a little Jinja inside, but also Rosie the Hamster, and there are some cute accessories like chairs, a table, bed, dishes a ladder and slide.

They even included some great little post cards and food for the characters.
 

 Enter to win the Sago Portable Playset: Jinja's House!
 

 

Enter to win the Sago Portable Playset: Jinja's House!
 

 My son (and I!) love the fact that this little house folds into a portable playhouse. You can store all of the pieces inside and take it anywhere!
 

 
Enter to win the Sago Portable Playset: Jinja's House!
 

 
My son loves Jinja the most, so he was very excited to see that Jinja’s house was Sago Mini’s latest toy launch! He carries this house everywhere, and he’s used it as a proper carrying case of all of the pieces that belong in the house. Jinja’s house makes my life easier as well because it packs up so nicely, and it’s a compact playset that keeps my toddler occupied when we are on the go!

To learn more about Jinja’s House, click here!

How would you like to win one for yourself?

I’ve teamed up with Sago Mini to give away one Jinja’s House playset to one lucky reader!

Enter via the Rafflecopter app below to win. This contest is open to both US and Canadian contestants. Good luck!

 

 

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This product was provided to me for review, but all opinions are fabulously my own.
 

 
Xoxo Mandy

 

 

Summer Shimmer with the Estée Edit Flash Illuminator

Summer Shimmer with the Estée Edit Flash Illuminator

 

 

I change up my makeup a bit in the summer to lighter formulas, and I use a bit more of a natural palette. I love to added a bit of bronzed look to my face because I use some serious SPF on my skin, and this new Estée Edit Flash Illuminator was a great way to add a bit of illumination to my face!

 

 
Summer Shimmer with the Estée Edit Flash Illuminator
 

 

The best part about of this illuminator is that it can be used in so many different ways.

The shade I’m using is called Day Light which is more of a rosy hue that can be used as a blush, or I liked it mixed with my foundation to add a glow to my skin.

Even mixed with just with a moisturizer it gives a sun-kissed look.

 

 

Summer Shimmer with the Estée Edit Flash Illuminator
 

 

Summer Shimmer with the Estée Edit Flash Illuminator
 

 

The illuminator not only highlights but hydrates. It’s like having great lighting in a bottle, and it feels great on your skin as well.

 

 
Summer Shimmer with the Estée Edit Flash Illuminator
 

 

This product is so lightweight. It’s so fun to mix it with my different foundations and moisturizers by adding more or less for a different look.

Some of the other illuminator shades are meant to provide different looks; for example Night Light provides a bronzy color that could double as a contour cream, and Spot Light is a pearly white colour that adds a soft-focus highlight.

 

 
Summer Shimmer with the Estée Edit Flash Illuminator

 

 

Click here for more details on the Estée Edit Flash Illuminator.

 
 

 

This product was provided to me for review, but all opinions are fabulously my own.
 

 
Xoxo Mandy

 

 

The Prettiest Hem

The Prettiest Hem

 

 
The Prettiest Hem
 

 

The Prettiest Hem
 

 
The Prettiest Hem

 

 
The Prettiest Hem
 

 
The Prettiest Hem
 

 
The Prettiest Hem
 

 
The Prettiest Hem
 

 
The Prettiest Hem
 

 
The Prettiest Hem

 

 

Dress – Zara | Bag – Zara | Shoes – Guess | Earrings – H&M Similar, in stores now | Bracelets – Tiffany and Co. | Sunglasses – Dior | Rings – Shop for Jayu

 

 

Oh how I LOVE Zara right now! Every time I go into that store I leave with something – I can’t help it. They have so many great dresses. They have some AMAZING bomber jackets as well! I love the lace one I picked up, and I also picked up this olive green one last week as well.

This pretty white dress called my name because I love the hem on it, and it really has the perfect fit. My tassel bag is also from Zara, and it came at the right time because I have been in need of a cross body bag. I’ve been eyeing up some great bags online and I really wanted to buy an investment cross body bag, but my hubby has convinced me (and rightly so) that I would hardly be able to fit anything in one so I should get a larger handbag instead.

He’s pretty practical. I am not. To tide me over I bought this great Zara one in the meantime.

I don’t usually talk about the backgrounds of my photos, but how cute is this door? It reminds me of something you would find in Charleston, or even in Bermuda. We drove past it in Whitby, and I yelled at the hubby to stop the car because it was the perfect spot to hang out in this outfit!

Hope you are having a great week so far!

 

 
 

 

 

 

Xoxo Mandy

 

 

Restoring my Hair with the Help of John Frieda®

Flare Style Scouts - John Frieda® & sparkleshinylove
 

 
I’m the first to admit, I torture my hair. It’s not a nice thing to admit, but it’s the truth.

Each day I start with blow drying my hair with high heat, and then I use a hair straightener to make my dry, damaged and frizzy hair look sleek and straight. In it’s natural state, my hair is nowhere near what I want it to be.

 

 
Flare Style Scouts - John Frieda® & sparkleshinylove
 

 
I know every day that I go through my styling routine I’m not doing my hair any favors, but it’s a vicious cycle I can’t break!

I recently started trying some new products from John Frieda® to see if I could repair some of the damage I have done, create a new routine that is a bit more loving to my locks, and can give me that sleek and straight look I am going for.
 

 
Flare Style Scouts - John Frieda® & sparkleshinylove

 

 

My hair savior has absolutely been the John Frieda® Sheer Blonde® Hi-Impact Restoring Shampoo and Conditioner.

After one wash, my hair already felt moisturized and rejuvenated. The formula was meant for blondes, and the shampoo helped to protect the colour of my hair. My hair felt much softer and more smooth each time I used it. A week after I had been using these products my hair felt like it was already on the road to recovery!
 

 
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Next up in my new arsenal of products was the John Frieda® Sheer Blonde® Hi-Impact Restoring Oil Elixir.

After jumping out of the shower I would spray my damp hair through the ends of my hair. I’ve always had a very oily scalp, but I noticed this formula was lightweight and didn’t make my hair oily at all.

The product contains sunflower oil, which repairs damaged hair and replenishes blonde hair.

I can’t stand it when my hair becomes a brassy shade of yellow instead of blonde. The John Frieda® Sheer Blonde® Hi-Impact Restoring Oil Elixir not only strengthens hair, but also brightens up dull hair by repairing damage and replenishing the colour.
 

 
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One of the best ways to combat damaged hair is less processing.

I knew I had to use styling heat less often, but it was a difficult habit to crack. I tried out the John Frieda® Frizz-Ease® 3-Day Straight™ Flat Iron Spray to see if it lived up to its name.

I evenly sprayed the product onto my wet (or towel-dried hair), combed it through my hair, and then used my blow-dryer on my hair as usual.

Once I actually finished straightening my hair it was transformed into a sleek, straight look that was shiny and seemed salon-styled. The heat-activated formula wraps each strand to protect against heat damage, block frizz, and keep your strands straight for days.

My style lasted until my next shampoo which I spread out to every two days, and my glossy locks stayed straight right up until then.
 

 
Flare Style Scouts - John Frieda® & sparkleshinylove
 

 
Flare Style Scouts - John Frieda® & sparkleshinylove
 

 

Needing to wash and heat style my hair less meant I was saving my strands from over processing them, so I really loved the John Frieda® Frizz-Ease® 3-Day Straight™ Flat Iron Spray.

Using all of these products has not only repaired some of the damage I had already done to my hair, but it has also helped prevent future damage as well.

I love what my hair is looking like now – smooth, straight, shiny, and a little livelier since I have been using this arsenal of products!
 

 
Flare Style Scouts - John Frieda® & sparkleshinylove
 

 
Flare Style Scouts - John Frieda® & sparkleshinylove
 

 

Our friends from John Frieda are holding #AHairBetterContest where you could win a hair makeover and a stylish weekend getaway for two! Get your luscious locks over to their contest page for more info. Good luck!
 

 

For more information on the products I have been using on my hair lately, visit www.johnfrieda.ca
 

 
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As a FLARE Style Scout, I received compensation for participating in this program; however, all views are my own.

 

 

Xoxo Mandy

 

A Healthy Tan with Bioderma Photoderm Self-Tanner

A Healthy Tan with Bioderma Photoderm Self-Tanner
 

 

Years ago I was that girl who would bake in the sun – no shade, no sunscreen, not worrying about a burn because it would turn into a golden tan later.

Things have changed and I’ve realized how completely crazy that whole idea was, so now you will find me taking breaks in the shade and lathering on sunscreen.

Another perfect alternative (and a much healthier one) is using a self-tanner. I was never really a big fan of self-tanner since my first experience had me with orange splotches on my skin, clothing, and any other surface I touched.

Fast-forward to last week when I tried Bioderma’s Photoderm Self-Tanner, and I realized what I was truly missing all of this time!
 

 
A Healthy Tan with Bioderma Photoderm Self-Tanner

 

 

This amazing little can contains a moisturizing self-tanner that you really have no chance of messing up. The spray from the can is more like a mist, and it evenly distributed onto my skin adding a nice glow.
 

 
Bioderma
 

 
The mist dried almost instantly and I can tell you there was ZERO transfer onto my clothing! This had me pretty happy – my skin was dry in seconds. The instructions indicated that to get a tanned look I should mist myself once a day for three days, and then once every two days. I felt like I had enough colour after two days of misting, and then I went ahead and re-applied once every two days. The results were pretty amazing, and my skin looked evenly tanned and felt moisturized.
 

 
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The spray is also paraben free, alcohol free, and hypoallergenic. You can learn more details about my new favourite self-tanner here!

 

 

 

 

This product was provided to me for review, but all opinions are fabulously my own!
 

 

Xoxo Mandy