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Giveaway | Sesame Street Presents Elmo’s World Tour!

Giveaway | Sesame Street Presents Elmo’s World Tour!

Gah!  I’m SO excited about taking Nixon to see this show next year!  His first stage show featuring all of our favourite friends from Sesame Street! Elmo and friends are coming to New Zealand in March 2015, playing in Auckland and Christchurch.  In the show, Abby 

A Sunday Catch-up

A Sunday Catch-up

Phew. After the mega marathon that was the 12 Days of Christmas giveaway, I am SO excited to return to regular blogging!  Playing Santa was nice but it appears there are hordes of professional prizewinners in New Zealand at the moment, who are in to 

{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | Hape All Season Furnished House From www.thewoodentoybox.co.nz

{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | Hape All Season Furnished House From www.thewoodentoybox.co.nz

The Wooden Toy Box NZ

We made it! It’s the final day of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway and talk about going out with a BANG!

The Wooden Toy Box Company have been super generous with the Runna Mini Balance Bike we gave away yesterday and now today we have this beautiful All Season Furnished House from Hape up for grabs! 

Wooden Toy Box Furnished Doll House Mummy Blog NZ

The All Season Dolls house is great for pretend family play all year round. Arrange and rearrange the furnishings and even the roof to match the seasons. The doll’s house features six rooms, moveable stairs, and a reversible winter/summer themed, solar-panelled roof to inspire year-round activities. The furnished set comes with one master bedroom, bathroom, media room and kitchen. Or you can purchase just the shell and furnish yourself. (Adult assembly required. Dolls not included. Dolls sold separately)

Enter via the matching image on our FB page and head to The Bubbalino Kitchen for another chance at winning this incredible prize and making some little persons dreams come true on Christmas morning!

{CLOSED} 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway | Runna Mini Trike and Balance Bike

{CLOSED} 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway | Runna Mini Trike and Balance Bike

Told you that the prizes were just getting better. How amazing is this one!? The Wooden Toy Box is a Tauranga based business that prides themselves on being able to offer you a full range of quality wooden toys at permanently discounted prices. With over 400 products 

{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | Nui Organics Kids Clothing & Nescafé® Dolce Gusto®

{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | Nui Organics Kids Clothing & Nescafé® Dolce Gusto®

Here comes Santa!  Wow, wow, wow, today’s prizes are amazing right? Having options about the food our kids eat, the toys they play with and the clothes they wear are important to us which is why we were SO happy to hear that Nui Organics 

{CLOSED} 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway | Christmas Gift Cards at SUBWAY®!

{CLOSED} 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway | Christmas Gift Cards at SUBWAY®!

Are you looking for a delicious Christmas gift that’s flexible and sure to be loved by all? Are you keen to avoid the Christmas shopping craziness and enjoy the silly season without the present hunting stress?

Subway® has the perfect gift option for you with their Subcards® which can be loaded with any value ranging from $10 to $500. Subcards® allow your friends and family to enjoy their favourite subs all year round. It’s a gift that you can feel good about giving!

If you’d like to simplify your Christmas shopping this year we have 4 Subcards® loaded with $50 to give away to 4 lucky winners. 

Subway Gift Card New Zealand

ENTER VIA THE WIDGET BELOW.  FOR EXTRA CHANCES TO WIN, DON’T FORGET TO HEAD OVER TO THE BUBBALINO KITCHEN.  MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Prize winners must contact us within 24 hours via email at melissa@thebestnest.co.nz otherwise we will redraw.

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{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | Little & Loved Pineapple Heads Prize Pack

{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | Little & Loved Pineapple Heads Prize Pack

Little & Loved is a company, owned and operated by stay at home Mum, Zoe. Zoe is passionate about living sustainably and has hand selected all of the products stocked on the virtual shelves of Little & Loved – products that are made free of harmful chemicals 

{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | Lisa’s Summer Picnic Prize Pack & Meghan Maloney Photography Canvas

{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | Lisa’s Summer Picnic Prize Pack & Meghan Maloney Photography Canvas

I think I’ll just keep today’s prizes for me.  No?  Love, love LOVE these two brands and we know you will too! Lisa’s Picnic Prize Pack Summer is all about relaxed al fresco entertaining with family and friends. LISA’S makes entertaining a breeze with their 

Hair Emergency status upgraded to Code Red

Hair Emergency status upgraded to Code Red

Before we begin, let me preface this post by saying in no uncertain terms, “First World Problem”.   Just so you don’t have to point it out to me mmkay?

 

So, back ground;  We are on tank water.  A month ago we had our tank cleaned and refilled by a tanker from town supply.  Ever since my hair has been like this – a big, tangly, dry mess of borderline dreads, every shampoo, conditioner, treatment leaving a sticky residue in my hair.  Believe it or not, yesterday I washed, combed and blow dried my hair, normally this would result in lovely sleek, straight hair.  Now it looks like I stuck my finger in an electrical socket.  I can’t brush it, style it, straighten it.  <insert ALL the crying emoticons here>.

I called my hair stylist a couple of weeks ago and she recommended washing my hair in dishwash to remove the chlorine and any residue, which it did and it felt a lot better for a couple of days, but the conditioner and treatments weren’t doing anything to sort out the damage and tangles.  My conditioning go-to, filled with silicone Pantene even has NO effect!  Look at my ends!  I had a trim 6 weeks ago!

I headed to the salon this morning for some advice and walked out with this;

Hair treatments Mummy Blog NZ

That is $140 of hair care products that better work, otherwise I’ll be crying over the Visa statement and my hair.  Luckily there were a couple of freebies to ease the pain but still, my god.

Has this happened to anyone before?  Any tips?  And FYI my hair hasn’t been highlighted in a year, so it’s not damage from over-processing.

{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | The Collective & Harris Stock

{CLOSED} 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY | The Collective & Harris Stock

We have another double whammy today. Both wonderful products from two innovative Kiwi companies bringing top quality food to our nation! Any self respecting Kiwi who appreciates delicious dairy should already be familiar with this incredible brand of goodness – The Collective. I love everything they’ve