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Tales by mail book subscription for 8-12 year olds
***Disclosure – I was kindly sent this product, All pictures and opinions are my own***
From the moment my daughter Lydia learnt to read she fell in love with books. She has so much love and respect for each and every book she owns and it’s not just the stories or the facts written inside but it’s keeping them in good condition too. She loves nothing more than to cosey up on the sofa with a blanket and just get lost in her book.
The lovely people at Tales by Mail got in touch with us and asked if they could send Lydia a box to review and I managed to keep this a secret from her up until the day it arrived.
Tales by Mail offer a solo bi-monthly subscription which you can choose to pay either monthly, every 6 months or every 12 months. They also offer a sibling subscription which you can check out on their website.
Decembers theme is called WHIMSICAL WORLDS and inside, the box was jam-packed full of goodies which Lydia was very happy to receive. Each box is themed and you can check on their website to see what the next theme will be.
What was inside our box?
- The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes
- The Marvellous Land of Snergs by Veronica Cossanteli
- Signed author bookplates
- Letters from the authors
- Collectable Chronicle activity cards
- A Whimsical Worlds themed badge & wooden decoration (artwork by Rachael Persky)
- A Book-Lover Lives Here window sticker (artwork by Emmeline Pidgen)
- Small and Wild Tea
- A Dancer’s Dream, Tinsel and The Owl and the Lost Boy bookmarks
The letters are from the authors which I think is a brilliant idea and one that didn’t go unappreciated. Lydia is very inspired by authors and couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw these and on the back of the author’s letters you can fill in your very own book review of their book.
There is also a signed autograph from the author inside the books, something we only realised much later when reading the books. Lydia is currently halfway through her first book and is absolutely loving the story.
What did we think?
As a parent, I loved everything about this box. It has encouraged me to pick up the book and read so that we can then discuss the book/s together. One of Lydia’s favourite part of the box was the letters from the authors about the reasons why the books were written. It has inspired her to write and she is often thinking of her own stories as one day she would love to be a published author.
For anyone with children in their life who love to read, then this is a fantastic subscription for you.
For 5% off any of their subscription box, please feel free to use our code: KNIGHT5
You can check out the Tales by mail website for more information on their subscription packages.
FabLab Nail art Deluxe by Interplay
***Disclosure – I was kindly sent this product, All pictures and opinions are my own***
We get so excited when a new product comes out, especially if its to do with hair and beauty. FabLab has brought out yet another product to add to their already fabulous collection, we have nearly tried them all and we love each and every one of them.
What’s in the box?
- 9x Solvent-free varnishes (8 Colour and 1 clear varnish)
- 2x Sheet of nail stickers
- 5x Finger nail masks
- 4x Ombre sponge
- 1x Fine brush
- 1 x Foam toe separator
- 1x Emery board
- 1x 12-page instruction manual
I let Lydia do it by herself this time around seeing as its recommended for 8years+ to see if she could and here is how it went.
She was very good and read the instructions first. She borrowed my phone and placed it in the phone holder inside the box so she could watch the tutorial on the Fablab Youtube channel whilst preparing for what she needed to do.
First, she put the rubber nail masks over her fingers, which come in all different sizes and for smaller fingers, you will have to pull it further down over the fingernail to make sure the whole nail can be seen and the rubber is surrounding the nail. The white varnish to do your base coat dries very quickly so you don’t have to wait for ages, that is added next.
When your base coat has dried, you can either choose a varnish and paint your nails in a solid colour OR grab a sponge and give ombre a go. Lydia wanted to try ombre and I am so glad she did because I really wanted to see how it would turn out.
Use a sponge and pick the colours you want to use, Lydia picked blue and pink, then you have to paint a line of varnish across the top flat part of the sponge and add another line above it using the other colour.
Then all you need to do is stamp the sponge on each nail and wait for it to dry and pop the clear varnish over the top. We found the sponge tricky because she has tiny nails and we did get varnish around the skin but it easily comes off with a cotton bud and nail varnish remover so it wasn’t a big deal. I think next time I am going to trim the sponge down so the area isn’t so big and that will minimise the excess coming off.
FabLab Nail art Deluxe retails for £19.99 at can be purchased at Agros, Smyths and Amazon.
Girls4Girls Beauty product review
***Disclosure – I was kindly sent these products, All pictures and opinions are my own***
Girls4Girls is a young girl’s beauty brand who is a big believer of girls supporting girls. All of their products are cruelty-free and pocket money friendly, sparkly (planet-friendly glitter), fruity and fun.
They recently got in touch with us and sent the girls the most amazing beauty boxes each to try out, just in time for Christmas!
My girls love anything sweet-smelling and sparkly and these beauty products tick every box, even the products names are fun, inspiring and motivational. They have a great selection from makeup, body mists, hand gels, cooling masks, lip scrubs, to body shimmer gel and Unicorn glitter goo which is AMAZING by the way.
I usually find with young girls makeup that the pigment isn’t very good and you can barely see the colour when you put it on but with Girls4Girls the pigment is fantastic and they love that they can actually see what they’re putting on their face and oh my gosh the highlighter, WOW! The pigment really makes your cheeks glow.
If you are looking for good quality, affordable, sweet-smelling makeup or beauty products for a young girl then check out their website or you can find their products instore or online at Superdrug. You can also find them over on Instagram.
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AD | Christmas party food with Jacks Superstore
2020 has been a very tough year for everyone, we have all pretty much had to stay inside for most of it and a lot of people had already started to prepare early for Christmas this year. Trees were being taken out of lofts as soon as the clock struck midnight on the 1st of November.
In a typical year, our tree wouldn’t usually go up until the second week of December but because of the circumstances, I wanted to really enjoy this month with my family so we joined the “party” and put ours up on the 1st of December.
I did another first and visited Jacks superstore which is part of the Tesco family to see what they had to offer. I had absolutely no idea what it was going to be like and was pleasantly surprised. I spent £40 and filled two big shopping baskets full to the brim with food for all the family, including our fur babies.
My mission that day was to throw a small Christmas party to celebrate the start of December and the countdown to Christmas, and thanks to Jacks, I was able to not only put on an amazing platter of party food that the kids (and I) absolutely loved, but there was so much food that I also had plenty of leftovers after. This made David happy as he could snack on them the whole of the next day.
Jacks Superstore – The Knight Tribe
Every Christmas David and I love chilling watching movies with some crisps, occasionally some popcorn, but most importantly some lovely cheese and crackers. Jacks offers a decent selection, but more than that I was able to pick up a lovely cheese board, with slates you can name the cheese on for display (when you are able to have guests round again), a large box of various crackers, and some poinsettias for our coffee table.
I just couldn’t, and still can’t, believe how low the prices are in Jacks, and without affecting the quality. Jacks pride themselves on having great tasting food at the lowest possible prices and that is exactly how it felt when I was in there. They also have the middle aisle for non-food items which is where I picked up my £4.00 Slate cheese board mentioned above, the best cheese board I’ve had, a pack of 14 Christmas crackers, and my poinsettias.
If you have never been and are looking for some amazing party food on a budget, Jacks can offer you a wide selection to manage pretty much any party without breaking the bank to do it.
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