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December 2 2012 By melbournemamma 101 Comments

I recently had the pleasure of attending a bloggers event and checking out the latest products to hit the shelves at Target – designer fragrances.

I love perfume and am always on the lookout for a new scent to add to my collection. Very rarely do I have the time to pop in to a shop to specifically try out new fragrances, so I was super excited to find out that Target will have trained staff available, to help me out next time I’m in store doing my shopping.

I was even more excited to find out they’ll be stocking all the top fragrances at up to 40% off RRP.

When shopping for perfume, did you know there are four fragrance families – Floral, Oriental, Woody and Fresh?

I always have trouble deciding on which new fragrance to buy for myself let alone anyone else, but now there’s an easy way to remember.

When thinking about which fragrance family would suit a particular person, just think about the gorgeous girls from ‘Sex and the City’.

Based on their personality types, Charlotte is floral, Carrie is fresh, Samantha is woody and Miranda is oriental.

WARNING: If using this measure, just make sure you don’t offend someone by getting them a woody (Samantha) scent, when they see themselves as more of a floral (Charlotte) – awkward!

I decided to test this theory by finding out which family my three favourite fragrances belong too. Suddenly I’m feeling very nervous :O

Chloe by Chloe (Floral – Charlotte), Daisy – Marc Jacobs (Floral – Charlotte), Princess by Vera Wang (Floral Oriental – Charlotte/Miranda)

And here I was thinking I was more of a super cool Carrie 😉

If you would like to learn more about the fragrance families, check out Michael Edwards’ fragrance wheel and see which ‘Sex and the City’ girl you are.

If you would like to see the latest fragrance collection at Target, make sure you pop into a store or visit them online at www.target.com.au

Thanks to Target Australia, I have a $40 Target gift card for one lucky reader to win. To enter the giveaway pop over to Target’s online store, have a look at their fragrance collection and then leave a comment below telling me which fragrance is your favourite.

Note for the winner: PLEASE use the voucher to buy something for YOURSELF!!! Your kids will be getting enough gifts for Christmas, so use the voucher to buy yourself something nice (eg perfume).

How to Enter!
Enter the draw via entry widget at the end of this post.

In order to have a valid entry you will need to answer the question below. You can earn Bonus entries by:

– Subscribing to Melbourne Mamma’s Newsletter HERE
– Liking Melbourne Mamma’s Facebook page

Giveaway starts Monday, 3 December 2012 and ends midnight Sunday, 9 December 2012. Winner will be randomly selected via Rafflecopter on 10 December 2012. Winner will be announced on this blog.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

Entry is open to Australian residents only.
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November 22 2012 By melbournemamma Leave a Comment

Here are some of my favourite frocks for summer.

1. Striped Knit Dress $49.95 by Jujo Baby

2. Go Gently Baby Lemon Drop Apron Dress $59.95 from Tinywardrobe

3. Coco & Ginger Allegra Dress $69.95 from Chocolate Freckles

4. Little Urban Vintage Check Dress $54.95 from Chocolate Freckles

5. Three Button Dress $79.00 by Hanbi

6. Cotton Voile Dress (EC002) $46.50 by Chachi & Bouds

7. Coco & Ginger Mika Maxi Dress $65.00 from Chocolate Freckles

8. Tahlia Maxi Dress Bright Stripe $99.00 from Charlottes Web

9. Littlehorn Pink Balloons Party Dress $64.95 from Cradle Rock

November 15 2012 By melbournemamma 218 Comments

Melbourne Mamma is very excited to be joining with 14 fabulous local businesses
to offer six lucky people the opportunity to WIN more than $2500 of prizes,
just in time for Christmas.

1st Prize – Valued at $1425 courtesy of Chocolate Freckles, Gifts for Blokes, Tiger Tribe, Micro Scooters Australia, Funk Melbourne, Sterling and Hyde, Toy Journey, Belinda Janes & Hammamas

2ndPrize – Valued at $320 courtesy of Cradle Rock

3rd Prize – Valued at $310 courtesy of French Bazaar

4th Prize – Valued at $150 courtesy of Baby Button

5th Prize – Valued at $150 courtesy of Lucas Loves Cars

6th Prize – Valued at $150 courtesy of Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Click here to see the complete list of prizes

How to Enter!

Enter the draw via entry widget at the end of this post.

In order to have a valid entry you will need to “LIKE” the Facebook pages of the ALL the contributing businesses. Each LIKE will give you 1 point, so you must have a minimum of these 15 points for your entry to be valid.

You can earn EXTRA points (entries) by:

– Subscribing to Melbourne Mamma’s Newsletter HERE
– Sharing the giveaway on Facebook. Simply CLICK HERE and type “Have you entered Melbourne Mamma’s Christmas Giveaway? More than $2500 in prizes to be won!”
– Leaving a comment below this post telling me “What is the best gift you ever received”.

Giveaway starts Friday 16 November 2012 and ends Friday 30 November 2012. Winners will be randomly selected via Rafflecopter on 1 December 2012. Winners will be announced on this blog.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

Entry is open to Australian residents only.

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November 6 2012 By melbournemamma Leave a Comment

Here are some gorgeous tees for your little miss!

1. Tee Rose T-Shirt $35.00 by A Little Pocket

2. Littlehorn Fly With Me Tee $34.95 from Milt & Joe

3. Littlehorn Alice Tee $34.95 from Cradle Rock

4. Anchor Tee $39.95 by Petite DeNimes

5. Prudence Peasant Tee $40.00 from Heavenly Creatures

6. Flower Tee $29.95 from Ouch Clothing

7. Rock Your Baby Cat Girl Tee $35.00 from Hummingbird 60

8. Love bird Tee $29.85 by Monstar Kids

9. Oobi Anna Pink Apple Pip Tee $34.95 from Spindleberry

November 4 2012 By melbournemamma 23 Comments

Whilst on holidays recently at the Gold Coast, my two little ones were fascinated with the surf lifesavers everytime we went to the beach. My 4yr old daughter had lots of questions, “who are those people?”, “what do they do?”, “why are THEY allowed to drive on beach?”, “why are the flags red & yellow, this is Australia, they should be green & yellow?” (she is very patriotic :)).

Imagine their delight when I was given the opportunity to review the new “Sammy Sea Patrol” toy.

The new toy from WOW, Sammy Sea Patrol is a lifesavers jeep, that comes with all the kit required to help in any emergencies including two figures dressed as Australian lifesavers (aptly named Cody & Summer), a rotating watch tower and a life ring that is attached to a retractable pull cord, so that children can re-enact a rescue mission. This toy is suitable for children as young as 18 months and comes with a 10-year warranty from WOW Toys.

This toy is ideal for role play and teaching children about the importance of water safety.

My two quickly began acting out a scenario where one of them was a naughty shark named “Bruce” (they love Finding Nemo), while the other was the lifesaver that had to save a swimmer in the water.

They’ve since gone on to rescue each other from a naughty whale (they also love Pinocchio) and a crazy octopus called “purpley” (no idea where he comes from….).

They are both having so much fun with the toy and can’t wait to get back to the beach to see the lifesavers again.

Hubby and I have also sat down with them to join in on the fun and we’ve been discussing the importance of being safe, both at the beach and in a swimming pool.

For more information on water safety, please visit Life Saving Victoria. If you’re interested in learning more, you should also check out Life Saving Victoria’s Meet a Lifeguard program, you can also download some great colouring in sheets for the kids.

If you would like to purchase this toy for your little ones, it is available now from www.kidstuff.com.au.

To help spread the water safety message, I have one Sammy Sea Patrol toy for someone to win.

How to Enter!
Enter the draw via entry widget at the end of this post.

To enter the draw all you need to do is comment on this post and tell me what you love most about summer.

You can earn EXTRA entries by:

– Subscribing to Melbourne Mamma’s Newsletter.
– Liking Melbourne Mamma on facebook.

Giveaway starts Sunday 4 November 2012 and ends midnight (AEST) Sunday 11 November 2012. Winner will be randomly selected via Rafflecopter on 12 November. Winner will be announced on this blog.

Entry is open to Australian residents only.

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October 28 2012 By melbournemamma Leave a Comment

Last weekend we celebrated my daughter’s 5th birthday. I still can’t believe that my baby girl has turned 5 and will be heading off to school next year. Sometimes I wish I could just stop time and enjoy these early years just a little longer.

Last year my daughter chose a Rainbow theme, so I was curious to see what she wanted this year. I figure that since she’s old enough to say what she wants (which she does often), I wanted to get her involved with choosing a theme and helping get everything ready.

This year she chose a butterfly party.

Last year I heard about a company that brings live butterflies for birthday parties and thought that would be perfect. When I spoke to Marie-Claire at Butterfly Adventures, I knew that my daughter was going to love it.

I wanted to make some decorations for the table, so I purchased some gorgeous milk glass plates from Petite Portions and borrowed some glasses domes from my lovely friend Daisy at Leo & Bella. I then grabbed some twigs from the local park and cut out some butterfly clipart that I printed from the internet and made two of these table decorations.

I also wanted something to hang above the table and had seen some butterfly lanterns on Pinterest that I knew would be perfect. I bought some white paper lanterns from the local $2 shop and attached some more butterflies that I had printed.

I saw some amazing edible butterfly decorations on Etsy awhile ago and knew they would also be perfect (and an easy way) to decorate the cake. I made a two tiered buttercake with vanilla buttercream icing and decorated it with the butterflies. My daughter gasped when she saw the cake for the first time, so I know that she loved it.

I finished off the table with fruit cups, butterfly fairy bread, cupcakes, coconut ice, marshmallows, musk sticks and pink milk in glass bottles with gorgeous paper straws.

The butterflies were amazing and all of the children enjoyed learning about butterflies, colouring butterfly pictures and going in the tent to feed them (who would have guessed that they love to drink gatorade).

My daughter said it “was the best birthday ever Mummy” and I think I have to agree with her 🙂

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