Summer Giveaways!

We love summer + we love you = No Slippy Hair Clippy's giveaways!

It's been quite a ride for us lately, with all the lovely reviews and all the fantastic new fans and followers. We started out small, but with big hopes for a product we truly believed in and wanted to share. Now with all your continued support, we've reached a following we never imagined we could achieve!

So as our little way of saying THANK YOU, we've been on overdrive with giveaways. And this month, we have TWO on-going so you will have more chances of winning!

One is hosted by the lovely Nadine Carriere of Child Mode, a great must-visit site for moms where you can find the latest on products for babies and children, fab travel destinations for the family and juicy scoops on celebrities baby styles! We take this opportunity to thank her for the kind words she wrote about No Slippy Hair Clippy in her review. We're thrilled that her two daughters loved our products!

You can join her giveaway here!

Another giveaway is hosted by adorable momma Annie at Mama Dweeb! Hers is another fun blog, filled with her adventures in mommy-hood as well as great products she loves. Massive thank you to Annie as well, for the lovely review she wrote. We're happy that little Lizzie loved our new Clipettes!

You can join her giveaway here!

You can expect many more in the weeks to come :o) For now, the best of luck to everyone and once again, THANK YOU!

*Disney's Ryan Newman is wearing our Whitney bow in white. Photographed by Amanda Elkins.

Top 10 Summer Travel Tips

Summer offers so many opportunities to go out and enjoy the world! But traveling with the kiddos can be tricky and sometimes even downright impossible. Here are ten tips from Breezy Mama on how you can make your summer road trips as smooth sailing as possible. These were compiled from Colleen Lanin of TravelMamas.com:

TOP 10 TRAVEL TIPS FOR PARENTS

10. Print a packing list
I used to wrack my brain writing out every little thing I didn’t want to forget before each trip with the kids. It finally occurred to me to save the list and simply modify it for each trip. I have been perfecting that packing list ever since I became a mom five years ago.

9. Keep a separate stash of toys and books for travel.
Sure, a new diversion or two is always fun. But a hidden toy is a forgotten toy. Kids will be psyched to rediscover old favorites on the go, saving you money and effort.

8. Never, ever count on feeding your children food provided on an airplane.
A three-hour delay on the tarmac could easily thwart your plans. Instead, bring plenty of healthy snacks. A steady stream of sliced and dried fruits, whole grain crackers, and pretzels keep kids busy munching instead of fighting or whining. Throw in a few forbidden treats as a reward for good behavior too!

7. Be a hypochondriac.
I keep a zipper-lock bag of every sort of medicine and ointment our family just might need while away from home. This is especially handy when traveling to a foreign country or when embarking on a cruise, where getting familiar medications might be difficult. Even when traveling somewhere close-by where you could easily purchase some teething tablets or cough syrup, do you WANT to run out in the middle of the night in a strange town chasing down something you could have easily packed?

6. Hitting the road? Don’t forget the bucket!
You never know when car sickness will strike and if it does, you need to be prepared. Bring along a bucket (a sand pail will do) or snag an air sickness bag to stow in your car. I learned this one the hard way, people.

Read on about the top 5 tips on Breezy Mama here! Have a (hopefully) sunny adventure!

Image from babble.com.