Get #Free Make Up with £1 Glamour Magazine this month!

As you know I love a good freebie! You may also know that I'm a bit of a make up addict so when I found out the Model Co make up and Glamour magazine promotion was back I was delighted and rushed to my nearest supermarket to see for myself what w as on offer...

Last time I shared this promotion Glamour was offering readers a choice of 5 products including two shades of lipgloss, mascara, eyeliner and lipliner. This this the choices differ slightly but are still well worth getting!

There are four different free gits you can choice with July's issue of Glamour magazine. Each one is from cult make up brand Model co and is worth between £11 and £16! So for just £4 (the price of four copies of the magazine, you can add four brand new products to your make up bag worth a total of £50!

The products available are:

Model co Lipgloss in Striptrease RRP £16 (this has a fab mini mirror on the side which I find incredibly useful!)

Model co Volumeyes Mascara in Black RRP £11

Model co Eye Liner Pencil in Blue RRP £12

Model co Eye Liner Pencil in Black RRP £12

For just £1 at your local supermarket or newsagents, you can pick up a copy of Glamou magazine and get one of the above products absolutely FREE!

You also get a an entertaining magazine with perfect summer reading including features on 'Life changing gadgets', 'Why perfect sucks' and Women of the year'.

So what are you waiting for?

Do let me know which product you went for, or if like me you decided to get all 4!

My Favourite Freebies and Samples of the Month - May

If there is anything I love more than finding a great bargain it's getting something for free! I always keep an eye out for freebies and samples and share them across my social media channels (make sure you follow Mymummyspennies Twitter, Facebook Page and the money saving group so you don't miss anything!) but as I've found quite a few recently I thought i'd bring them together here on the blog. If it's popular I was also thinking of making it a monthly feature... What do you think?

Firstly a few things for the Mums...

Claim your free gift from L'Occitane En Provence (no purchase necessary!)

Have you tried the beautiful skincare products from French brand L'Occitane yet? If not, this is the perfect opportunity to try a selection from their range! Fill in a short form with your details an select your nearest branch to claim your free gift that includes:

Verbena Leaf Soap 25g
Verbena Shower Gel 30ml
Verbena Body Lotion 30ml
Pivoine Flora Hand Cream 10ml
Shea Butter Foot Cream 10ml

Click here to claim your voucher by 24th May 2015. You will need to redeem it at your local store by the 31st May.

Get a Neal's Yard Remedies Hand Cream free with June issue of the Marie Claire Magazine (£3.99 spend)

I love Neal's Yard and regularly buy their hand cream so I was delighted to see that the June issue of Marie Claire magazine comes with a FREE 50ml tube of their nourishing hand cream in a choice of Wild Rose, Garden Mint & Bergamot or Geranium & Orange. These are each worth £10  so definitely worth the £3.99 price of the magazine! I chose the Wild Rose and have been using it every day!

 

Garden Mint & Bergamot
This deeply nourishing, moisturising cream is packed full of energising mint and zesty bergamot and has been very popular in the Marie Claire office!

Geranium & Orange
Literally good enough to eat, this hand cream is packed full of the uplifting scent of geranium and vibrant sweet orange essential oil, a must-have for those who prefer a sweeter scented hand cream.

Wild Rose

Read more at http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/beauty/549189/say-hello-to-smooth-hands-with-your-free-neal-s-yard-remedies-gift.html#Paqj9y2DhTTtZygA.9 

Free Clinique Wonder Serum with June Issue of In Style Magazine (£3.99 spend)

Buy the June edition of InStyle magazine and get a mini (10ml size) of the fabulous Clinique Smart Custom Repair Serum. Based on the RRP of the £100 mil version this is worth £11. I've not tried this yet but do love Clinique products and a few of my friends have highly recommended it!

Now something for the kids... (and big kids!)

Claim up to 9 Free LEGO sets when you buy the Daily Fail Mail Newspaper

This does involve purchasing the Mail (60p Mon-Fri, 90p Sat, £1.50 Sun) but you get free LEGO sets that would usually retail at between £4 and £6 so it's a pretty good deal.

There are 9 different sets available and a voucher will be in the newspaper each day from the 16th May to the 24th May. You will get a voucher in the paper that needs to be redeemed on the same day from WH Smiths (or Morrisons on Sunday only) It is while stocks last so I would suggest getting there handy in the mornings!

• Sat 16 May - City Police Helicopter (model number 30311)
• Sun 17 May - Super Heroes 'Joker' Bumper Car (30303)
• Mon 18 May - Creator Off-Road Vehicle (30283)
• Tue 19 May - Disney Princess (30116)
• Wed 20 May - Creator Tractor (30284)
• Thu 21 May - Star Wars Walker (30274)
• Fri 22 May - City Bin Lorry (30313)
• Sat 23 May - City Demolition Worker (30312)
• Sun 24 May - Ninjago Kai River Jet (30293

Have you found any great freebies this month? Do let me know in the comments or on social media!

Baby & Children's Gifts from Born Gifted

I love shopping for gifts for other people. I really take my time shopping around to find something that I think is really unique and personal to them (and at the best price of course!)

Over the summer we have quite a few children's birthdays among family and friends so I've been having a look at the lovely gifts available at Born Gifted and I wanted to share a few of my favourites with you...

This ABC print Deckchair is just adorable and a perfect addition to any child's garden this summer, it looks great quality at just £19.99.

My children absolutely love gardening and I know they would be delighted with this bright and colourful gardening tool kit that can even be personalised with their names, a really fun summer gift at £18.99.

If you know a mum who can't function without her morning coffee then this funky Rise and Shine Sippy Cup inspired by a certain coffee house chain would make the perfect accessory for their little one at just £6.99!

Keeping cool is what it's all about in this weather and these Lickety Pops Ice Lolly Moulds shaped like tongues are both practical and a little bit cheeky, a great budget gift at just £4.99 for a pack of two!

At Born Gifted, they understand that everyone has their own budget to stick to so they offer a wide variety of gifts at prices to suit every situation. They also have a very handy search tool that allows you to look up suitable gifts within your price range.

They also know that we all love a Freebie so as well as offering FREE standard UK delivery on everything, they also have their own FREEBIES page where they have brought together the best offers and freebies for parents in one place. These great finds include Free nursing tea for breastfeeding Mums, free printable colouring sheets to keep children entertained in the summer holidays and even a free cuddly cow for baby!

The lovely folks at Born Gifted have offered me a £20 voucher to give away to one of you lovely readers. Just follow the rafflecopter instructions below for your chance to win:

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The competition will close at 12.00am on 14 August 2014.

Get a Free Miosolo nappy! Just pay postage!

Mummies! I don't have to tell you how much I love cloth nappies you must know by now!!  We have five #miosolo nappies from Bambino Mio and they are easy to use, reliable and great for nursery!

The Miosolo is available in 6 delicious sounding colours that have been dubbed the 'bonbon' collection, These are marshmallow, flying saucer, cola cube, peppermint cream, parma violet and sherbet lemon. Mmm! Brings back some childhood memories...

Do you like the look of this new easy to use nappy? How would you like to try one for Free? (Well for just the postage cost of £4.95!) These have a RRP of £14.99


Just enter this code at checkout....  ED11

Check out what we thought of the #miosolo when we put it through it's paces earlier in the year...

#Miosolochallenge Day #1 - The stay at Home Challenge...

#Miosolochallenge Day #2 - The out and about challenge...

#miosolochallenge Day#3 The overnight challenge...

#Miosolochallenge Day #4 - The Daddy Challenge!

#Miosolo challenge day#5 - The washing and drying challenge...

Happy Fluffy shopping! What's your favourite miosolo colour?

#junglejunctiontoyparty

 

Mummies! Do you have a jungle junction fan? I have two! I have to say despite the very catchy theme tune that sticks in your head long after Disney Junior has been tuned off (Yes I admit I have been caught humming it in work on occasion!) it's one of my favourite kids shows at the moment. My little ones are entranced by the bright colours and characters and the stories are cute and really hold their attention. As with any popular kids show there is a great range of toys for your little ones to play with at home and recreate their favourite moments, we reviewed some a while ago and they are still regularly played with. As Christmas is approaching Flair have some fabulous new playsets coming out, and to celebrate the launch www.ukmums.tv have invited myself and 14 other lovely bloggers to host a a jungle junction party next Tuesday, we have received a box full of toys, activities and games for our children and their friends to enjoy and we will be tweeting all about them!  And the best thing is that you can join in too! Just follow @ukmumstv and the hashtah #junglejunctiontoyparty on twitter between 4pm and 6pm on 18th September! There will be lots of fun activities and some great freebies to be won! See you there...

I'm also trying to thing of some yummy jungle junction themed food ideas for make for our arty so if you have any suggestions please share them below...   thanks!

The Baby Show Manchester: Bargains and Freebies!

So Mummies I went to my first ever baby show this morning and it was Fab! I wish this had been 'up north' when I had been pregnant with either of my two! I was tempted last year but thought Birmingham or London was just too far to travel!

As my youngest is now nine months we have all the 'essential baby equipment' but there were a few bits I was looking for in particular today.

A new stroller - We have a Kurvi Travel System from Petite Star - which is great but as Elizabeth will be starting nursery soon and I don't drive we need a decent stroller that folds up small to be stored during the day. With Ben we got a 'cheap' basic stroller but he was older and didn't tend to sleep in it much during the day, so for Elizabeth I'm looking for something lightweight and small folding but also comfortable enough for her to nap in if she needs to. I looked at the Maxi-Cosi Noa (rrp of £150 no official discount but the demo guy said if I asked I could probably get 10% off) and the Cosatto Swift Lite (£26 discount off RRP of £145) I like them both so need to make a decision before I go back on Sunday! Any advice will be much appreciated!!

 
 


Travel Black out Blinds - We have had a bit of disaster with curtains/Blinds in Bens Bedroom so while we sort it out I'm looking for a set of these to keep out the light and help him get to sleep a bit earlier. - I didn't see any stalls selling these :( Anyone know and good offers for these anywhere??

Keepsake Jewellery - It's my birthday on Monday and I'm trying to convince Hubby that I deserve a nice piece of Jewellery with our children’s finger prints / handprints on it! (and he's agreed... if I can find a good promotion!) There were a few stores with lovely examples of these and some really good offers - finger print jewellery were offering a second (smaller) charm for only £10 when you purchased either their £59 or £69 charms.... (they were also offering a free £5 voucher if you spent £50, a free £10 voucher if you spent £100, and a free £20 voucher if you spent £180)

Of course I was also on the look out for other offers and any Freebies too!

Here's what I found, this is by no means an exhaustive list as there were lots of other bargains but these are the ones I spotted..

Some great subscription offers at the Prima Baby Stand as well as purchase the last two issues of the mag for £2 and get a goodie bag (mainly baby wipe and toiletries samples but worth it! (Especially if you haven't read the last two mags!)

Fabulous Bargains at Planet Tots! All 'bandana style' bibs (including bamboo backed) were £6.50 or two for £12, The fabulous OOBICOO soft toy tots were £30 usually £35 and I got a lovely HEVEA soother and organic cotton holder for just £6.50 for both! (usually £4.99 for the soother and £9.99 for the holder!) They also had lots of other fabulous HEVEA goodies at great prices too! (we already have the fantastic natural bath toys!) The bag we were given from Planet Tots was really special too - made by a community Project in India from old newspaper!

The Lansinoh Stand had some really good promotions on breastfeeding items including breastpumps (I got a box of their breastpads for £4 - usually £5.50)

Bras4mums were doing free bra fittings and had Hotmilk nursing Bras half price! I really wanted one but they didn't have my size in the one I loved!

MAM had some great offers on! 3 for £10 'pick n mix' on soothers and teethers as well as the fabulous twister teethers for just £1.50 (and don't forget if your little ones use bottles you can get a free bottle from their stand by printing this form and taking it with you http://www.mambaby.co.uk/manchesterbabyshow.asp (limited to 600 a day so head there early!)

Nuby also had great offers with any 2 teethers for £5!

Mothercare and Marks&Spencers had 10% off everything and Superdrug had 25% off!

Bambino Mio also had 10% (so I purchased some miofresh to wash my fluff collection!) (Please note my purchasing this is not a comment on the recent CC debate on their page, I DO NOT agree with CC)

TotsBots had some great discounts on all nappies including their new rainbow range! And they also had their golden ticket promotion with purchases!

The Cheeky Rascals Stand had some Amazing offers including a My Carry Potty with free potty training book for only £20 (potty should be £24.99 and book should be £5!)

And some Freebies...

Sign up to Ellas Kitchen to get a free pouch. We got this one...

Check twitter for the magic words to say to Cosatto to get a free goody bag! (i missed out on this as twitter takes forever to update on my phone :( )

Go to the Everyday maternity stand and say 'Free Boob Nursing Bag' to get a lovely reusable bag with some samples!

Visit Aquababies to get a free colourful duck!

Pay a visit to the dettol stand to get a free pack with some cleaning wipes and vouchers...

Pop by Neurofen's stand to get free medicine syringes

Stop by Bebecars stand for a lovely tinylove teething rattle and useful bag!

There were competitions on almost every stand also!

There are many, many more offers and freebies to be had, check this link for a selection... http://thebabyshow.co.uk/special_offers


I hope hope all you Mummies going over the weekend have a lovely time and I may just see you there on Sunday as I'll be going back! (with Hubby- or at least his Wallet!)

Happy Bargain hunting!!