Thursday 29 May 2014

Skin Care Presentation by Saira Khan at Jacadi London

There are a few reasons why I was excited when I found out about this presentation. Firstly, Jacadi holds a very special place in my heart as I was dressed a lot in Jacadi as a child, secondly i've been dressing little T (A LOT) in Jacadi since the day he was born (literally!) and thirdly i've been a chronic eczema sufferer for many years and i've been on the hunt for a natural non-medicated alternative.

Wednesday 28th May was a dreary wet one but the moment you step foot into the immaculate and pristine boutique on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge you forget! The presentation was being held on the first floor - the space was beautifully set up with white chairs and a large screen at the end.




Most of the woman who had come for the talk had brought their little ones... I had not for basic fact that T is a three year old boy who currently doesn't "do" sitting -  at all! Once everyone was seated, Saira began her presentation.

A little background about Saira:

Saira was a runner-up in the very first series of The Apprentice in 2005. She has since become a regular face on British television presenting several documentaries for the BBC as well as many other shows. After The Apprentice she set up her own business Miamoo creating a range natural skin care products for babies and children (and adults!)

Saira was completely in her element as she explained her thoughts and research to eager mums wanting to know more about what products should and shouldn't be used on their babies delicate skin. As a dry skin sufferer myself, it was a real education for me as my experience of going to various GP's and dermatologists has resulted in years of damage to my skin through repeated usage of steroid ointments and creams.

The main points we learnt:

- There are many causes of dry skin, such as - the weather, water, hormones and genetics. For babies and children this can erupt in the form of cradle cap, nappy rash teething rash and eczema to name a few.

- The high street solutions should be BANNED! I as many other thousands of mums, have bought skin care products for our babies from the high street shops. I believed that the products I was buying were "gentle", "calming" and "natural" however as Saira demonstrated in her slides, these products were merely masked by misleading marketing and packaging and they contained ingredients that in actuality were aggravating and damaging baby's skin! Believe me i'm furious with myself for not knowing better but how could we when the packaging is so deceiving?!

- ALWAYS read the label! Ingredients to look out for (in other words don't buy it if it has them):
*Parabens
*Petrochemicals
*Methylisothiazolinone (MI) Preservative
*Sodium Lauryl Sulphate
*Synthetic Colour/Fragrance
*PEGS (Polyethylene Glycol)






Saira herself is living proof that natural products such as her own brand Miamoo do have amazing results if used regularly and routinely! As a dry skin sufferer herself, her skin is now glowing with a beautiful shine - you would never know she has any dry skin issues! For me it is really inspiring and it seems so simple!
With the three basic steps of WASH, MOISTURISE and OILS every day there is very little excuse for dry skin when using the right products.






We got the chance to try, feel and smell her range of products and I applied them directly to my problems skin areas and I can say that there was absolutely no irritation and it felt very soothing and soft. I was convinced very quickly and I will be ordering the range of products from myself and little T -  as Saira said that even if babies don't have dry skin now they very well might in the future if they don't have a regular skin care routine.

Thank you Saira and the whole Jacadi team for putting together this lovely morning, it was the first Jacadi Parenting Club event and I look forward to many more in the future.






































If you want to know more about Miamoo click here
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Love Tiana and Little T (Jacadi Star of the Month)












Friday 23 May 2014

Bathing Bunnies

Another of our new rising star brands we recently started stocking is the super cute range of baby hooded towels and bath mitts from designer Bathing Bunnies. We instantly fell in love with this range when we saw it as I had only ever found towels like that in the US so I was super excited to have a UK brand creating them.
Designed and created by Angela Taylor, a mum who has worked with multinational companies specialising in towels and towels for babies over the last 15 years - she decided to start her own range. We're very glad she did!

Here are just some of the towels and mitts we retail at Le Petit Bonbon:



The towels are made from 100% cotton velour at 490 gsm making them extremely soft and great a drying. Designed for babies aged 0-6 months however I think they will be used far longer than that as the quality doesn't fade even after many, MANY washes. 

 Each towel comes gift ready - rolled and tied with a cute ribbon however we also offer to put it in a beautiful gift box which is great is you are ordering a set with the matching bath mitt.





 The bath mitts have two benefits, aside from being super soft on baby's delicate skin - the provide a distraction and entertainment for the little one in the tub and can even be used as a puppet! Sometimes super necessary when it comes to hair washing tantrums!

Comparing to other similar products from other brands, you cannot beat the cost of our Bathing Bunnies range, hooded towels are just £18.99 and bath mitts are only £7.99

The whole collection can be found at Le Petit Bonbon today!


Tuesday 13 May 2014

The Little Tailor

I'd like to introduce you all to one of our latest brands The Little Tailor. Children's trade show Bubble London has awarded them with the Bubble Rising Star Award in the last show in January which is honoured to new business that show innovation, quality, originality and commercial appeal. I truly believe this award is completely justified as I didn't even get to go to the trade show in January and I still fell in love with their work just through the photographs of their gorgeous garments.

Set up by Kate and Jane, mothers on a mission to create beautiful garments and accessories for little ones that are incredible supple and soft and not to mention elegant in design.

Here are just a few examples:





Each garment is hand knitted using an especially long-fiber yarn to create the soft breathable fabric which is gentle against a newborns delicate skin.

We recently found out that the lovely Sinitta (Simon Cowell's BFF) has given gorgeous baby Eric a beautiful The Little Tailor gift set, i'm sure he will look adorable in it all. 

The Little Tailor is available online to purchase at Le Petit Bonbon and we also offer free shipping on all orders over £30 - perfect for the precious little one in your life.