Less Naughty. More Nice. Hip Handmade T-Shirt!

Let the ribbon cutting ceremony commence! Blondes, Poop & Mascara's first even blog event is off and running. Time for us all to get a little Less Naughty. More Nice. Thanks for reading.

{Less Naughty. More Nice. is a way for me to promote amazing products with reviews and giveaways! I am sharing ethically produced products in advance of the Christmas buying season. I have a heart for fair trade, eco-friendly and U.S. made companies. It will continue through November 11th. I am receiving no financial compensation for these promotions. However, I have received sample product in order to supply you an authentic and honest review.}

Let's kick if off with THE ROCKING PONY. The Rocking Pony is an etsy store that creates hip and stylish clothing for our little children. You will only see original designs featured in this store!! The owner is a Mom of 4 children and still finds time to produce these amazing quality t-shirts!!

So let me tell you about our first of many The Rocking Pony designs....stylish, unique, fun, creative, and quality. The designer herself believes every little one deserves hip and stylish clothing. With The Rocking Pony's original designs you'll never be mistaken for boring again!

So let me share about the uniqueness and quality. You are might be thinking...my child will wear this shirt maybe 2 times and it will fall apart. Not the case, we have wore this shirt at least 10 times since we received (about 2 times a week, no really) and looks just as great if not better than when we received it. I have been stopped many times and asked where I got LA's shirt.

Being a trained designer myself, The Rocking Pony has got it going on. I promise you won't see a guitar shirt like the one we have any where else!!

Buy it: Support The Rocking Pony by your kids up a shirt for back-2-school or a gift. You will be very pleased with your purchase!

Win it: The Rocking Pony is giving away a shirt of choice to one Blondes Poop & Mascara reader. Leave me a comment of your favorite product and who would be wearing it!

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8. Blog about this contest and leave the link in your comment.
9. Email this giveaway to 4 friends and copy me.

I will randomly select a winner on September 26th. Thanks for entering the first of many giveaways during Less Naughty. More Nice.

Please tell everyone you know about this event.

Vincent Shoes heads back to school

Here we have it! Another amazing collection from Vincent children shoes. Fashionable with an edge of funkiness. We love them! You know I have a thing for children shoes. Especially for my boys (LA: 3yrs / Boatboy: 16mos.). If you don't remember Vincent from my last feature in the Spring, you will once you see LA's super cool shiny silver rock star Leo shoes.

Vincent has come out with an amazing back-2-school collection. We selected the Liam in black for LA. With the winter months fast approaching I wanted a low-cut boot for him to run around in. They look adorable on LA. Flexible and easy to put on. They have a velcro fastener and stretchy laces. What else can you ask for in a toddler shoe?

If or when I have a little girl she MUST have these Matilda boots! I don't think they could get any cuter! Vincent continues to design unique fashion forward children's shoes.

More about Vincent Shoes: Two Swedes, who have been in various areas of the fashion world, Patrick at H&M and Thomas a model, couldn’t find anything to suit their tastes for a little guy in their life. Soon, they were designing a collection of kids’ shoes. Patrick and Thomas derive their inspiration from global trends and runway fashions of Paris, Milan, London and New York.

Fall/winter and spring/summer collections both range from soft pre-walkers and comfortable indoor shoes to day and dress shoes as well as boots for girls and boys up to about age 8.

Go and buy a pair of back-2-school children shoes from Vincent Shoes.

It's Friday! SWEET(s)

Why have just one when you can have two? At least that's how it works when Papa's (Mrs. Blonde's Dad) in charge of dessert.

Giveaway: Zhu Zhu Pets hampsters & play set

If you're like Mr. Blonde and I, you asked your parents for some at some point in life. Or multiple points in life.

"Can I have a hamster?!"

I'm sure my Dad would have like to have responded with "Why, yes. Yes you can have a rodent you'll think is fun for two weeks, urinates all over it's cedar chips every other day and runs in a squeeky wheel every night from 3 to 4am that your mother will end up caring for instead of you. Great idea, beautiful smart daughter! In fact, let's get a dozen of them so by this time next year, we have 186 of them!"

You know that part about us at Blondes, Poop & Mascara enjoying things that simplify and enhance family life? This is precisely the point.

If fake hamsters make kids happy then you won't ever have to get your children real ones!

It is true! ZhuZhuPets and Playset come with very fun and loveable little hampsters of all different colors. They chitter and chatter and scurry all over your floor.

We had a blast for hours with our new playset and furry friends. And, the little rascals never bit anyone! We had a Zhu Zhu Pets Hampster Party with some little friends. Thanks to Mom Select and ZhuZhuPets we had a hampster for everyone. We were sent 10 Zhu Zhu Pets along with an exercise room/wheel, surfboard/dome, skateboard/uturn, car/garage and a slide/ramp. It was fun for LA (3+ years of age) to let he and his brother's (15mos of age) hampster run through the playset. But, oh my was it fun to see 10 little hampsters all running through the playset together. They would bump into each other and just keep going. I have to be honest...I didn't think it would work. A bunch of robot hamsters running around in this thing? Come on! But, they did. It really fun. And all of the kids are still playing with the hampsters. One of the little girls is still insisting her mom let her sleep with it each night!

The only thing that could have been easier was assembly of the playset. The parts didn't fit together perfectly. However, with a little time and patience it did ultimately work just fine. And, it's fun for a wide age range. My 15-month-old Boatboy loved his hamster and a 10-year-old friend of ours wants the entire set for herself.

And, because they're fake there's no pellet poop to clean up either!


Buy it: Find ZhuZhuPets in your neck of the wood by clicking here. Visit the ZhuZhuPets blog too.

Win it: ZhuZhuPets is giving one Blondes, Poop & Mascara winner a hampster in white or yellow with extra batteries. Leave a comment telling me which color you would choose and your favorite thing about ZhuZhuPets!

Extra Entries:
1. Follow my blog publicly through Google's easy reader tool.
2. Subscribe to my blog via email (and except the confirmation email).
3. Tell me your favorite thing about my blog that isn't a review or giveaway.
4. Follow me on twitter... mrsblonde1
5. Tweet about this giveaway.
6. Grab my button and post it to your cyber space.
7. Grab my Less Naughty. More Nice. button and post it to your cyber space.
8. Blog about this contest and leave the link in your comment.
9. Email this giveaway to 4 friends and copy me.

I will select a winner on September 22nd.

Thanks to Mom Select for the opportunity to review this product and offer my readers a giveaway!

THE WINNER IS RANDOM NUMBER 56. THANKS FOR ENTERING.

stuff

Stumbled across a fantastic little video and website called The Story of Stuff that speaks to our stuff and its effects in our lives. Not only do the facts seem pretty accurate, but the video is produced and scripted in a very clean very organized manner.
The piece is twenty minutes in length so don't get started watching it unless you have time to watch it all the way through. It's best when viewed in all its intended context.
Lastly, the video doesn't leave you with a "Things are jacked up (PERIOD)." notion. There are several leave behinds for activism called Another Way.''
Here's a short teaser video for the full video...

Giveaway: Less Naughty. More Nice. - 1st ever BPM blog event

Less Naughty. More Nice. is a way to promote amazing products with reviews and giveaways! I am sharing ethically produced products in advance of the Christmas buying season. I have a heart for fair trade, eco-friendly and U.S. made companies. It starts this Wednesday and will continue through November 11th.

I am sharing only some of the amazing companies that will be featured during this event.

Body Systems
Boon
Fair Trade Sports
Fashionthropic
Jessie Steele Living
Lauren Nicole Gifts
LUSH
Sleepy Wrap
Smart Mom
Sugar Apple Designs
The Rocking Pony
ReUsies
Warner Brothers' Eating Right Kids
and more!

Win an amazing prize right now! Support this event by posting the Less Naughty. More Nice. button in your cyber space. Blog it. Facebook it. Tweet about the event. Spraypaint your car. Shave it on your cat. Just do the right thing and promote it. Do so and leave me a comment for each effort. Then you get a chance to win a very special prize. The only clue that I'll give you about what I'm giving away is to remind you that I'm a make-up artist.

I will select a winner on September 16th.

Thanks for your support and be sure to enter all of the amazing giveaways coming up in Blondes, Poop & Mascara's Less Naughty. More Nice!

RANDOM NUMBER 3 IS THE WINNER!THANKS FOR ENTERING!