Archives for March 26, 2024

It’s Time For The Easter Toys Gift Guide!

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PEEPS® EggMazing Egg Decorator (Hey Buddy Hey Pal): PEEPS® joins the EggMazing family with the new PEEPS® EggMazing Egg Decorator! Just like the other decorators, this bunny-shaped one holds and spins hard-boiled eggs while you use the included PEEPS® markers to decorate! Available in the iconic PEEPS® Bunny Pink and PEEPS Bunny Yellow! 
Available at Amazon (MSRP: $27.99; Ages 3+)

So Cool!

The Original EggMazing Egg Decorator (Hey Buddy Hey Pal): The #1 selling toy on Amazon leading up to the holiday, this line of mess-free egg decorators let kids become part of the decorating process instead of just “watching and waiting” for traditional messy dyes to work! This egg-shaped decorator holds and spins hard-boiled eggs while you use the included markers to create stripes, lines and other fun designs! 
Available at Amazon (MSRP: $27.99; Ages 3+)

Super cool!

PLAYMOBIL Color & Crayola- Motorbike:  PLAYMOBIL is celebrating the comeback of its classic PLAYMOBIL Color series after a 45-year hiatus with five new sets released in collaboration with creativity powerhouse, CRAYOLA. It’s a colorful world with the Motorbike! Design your motorbike and rider using your own sense of style by using the two included Crayola markers to color the motorbike and rider’s outfit as you wish! When you are ready for a change easily wipe the ink off and start all over again! How cool!!!
Available on playmobil.com and Amazon (MSRP: $16.99; Ages 5- 12)

Sure to be a hit!

PLAYMOBIL’s Horses of Waterfall- Feeding Time with Ellie & Sawdust:  Join Ellie and her horse, Sawdust, as they train for western riding! Yea Haw! With this PLAYMOBIL eco-friendly product line, it consists of, on average, more than 80% sustainable materials! It allows children to embark on exciting horse-riding adventures!
Available on playmobil.com  (MSRP: $9.99; Ages: 5- 12)

fun!

BIZYBOO’s Easter Egg Busy Bag Scavenger Hunt (Vango Toys): These Hide ’N’ Seek Busy Bags are the perfect mess-free, on-the-go, and low-fuss companion! Using both written and visual prompts found on an attached card, children will have a blast prodding and shifting the beads around, seeking out the Easter objects! Not only do they keep little ones engaged, but these bags also foster learning and motor skill development and encourage independence. 
Available on Amazon (MSRP: $9.99; Ages 2+)

super cute!

Bumpas™- New Tie-Dye Colors! (Good Soul Brands): Who doesn’t love a good comfort hug? Bumpas™ are lovable plush toy friends who you can play and cuddle with. This huggable friend is weighted to provide a sense of comfort and security when you need it most! Bumpas’™ arms are perfectly sized to give realistic-feeling hugs. Now available in 2 NEW tie-dye colors! The pink tie-dye Bumpas™, Sprinx, and the blue tie-dye Bumpas™, Shloof, are the perfect friends to collect and to get in the spring mood! 
 Available on Amazon (MSRP $45.99; Ages 3+)

Sure to be a hit!

Godzilla R/C from  Jada Toys 

Experience the ultimate adventure with the Remote-Control Godzilla with heat-ray breath from the movie Godzilla X Kong! This larger-than-life toy lets you control Godzilla as it walks, stomps, and whips its tail around. Witness the awe-inspiring light-up heat ray breath as it illuminates the battlefield with its iconic roar. Stretching almost 2 feet long, Godzilla is ready to win the next fight. The user-friendly remote control allows you to maneuver Godzilla effortlessly, bringing legendary battles to life. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this Godzilla RC is great for play and display.

Ages: 8+ 

MSRP: starting at $59.99Availability: Now at Walmart and Target.

The coolest!

Godzilla Metalfigs

Wreak havoc on your collection with these iconic monsters. Featuring authentic characters from the movie Godzilla X Kong, each Die-Cast metal figure has sculpt and paint execution unique to each character. Godzilla, King Kong, Skar, Shimo are all featured as a single pack and ready for menacing terror – collect them all!

GENUINE: Officially licensed from Legendary

COLLECTOR GRADE: 4 monsters to choose from

SIZE: 2.5” Metalfigs

AGE: 8+

MSRP: 4.99

super sweet!

Strawberry Shortcake Bake Shoppe Playset
Ages: 4+  | MSRP: 24.99 

Description: Indulge in the sweetness of creativity with our Strawberry Shortcake Bake Shoppe Playset! Unleash your imagination with 32 delightful pieces, including an exclusive 5.5” Strawberry Shortcake Fashion Doll dressed in a charming baking outfit. Open up the play oven for a world of surprises and reveal the magic within. Spark hours of imaginative play and let the baking adventures begin!

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5.5 Inch Strawberry Shortcake Fashion Dolls

Ages: 4+  | MSRP: 17.99 

Description: Get ready for a sweet-smelling playtime with these 5.5-inch articulated Strawberry Shortcake fashion dolls that come with “SECRET/BLIND” accessories. With plenty of hair play, fashion play, and imaginative doll play, this toy is sure to bring joy, positivity, and love to children’s playtime.

My favorite!

Isn’t she so cute?

Fourteen Inch Strawberry Shortcake Ragdoll
Ages: 4+  | MSRP: 20.00 

Description: Introducing our delightful sweetly scented 14-inch rag doll style soft plush Strawberry Shortcake doll! The best part – the scented hair! MMMM, that deelish Strawberry Smell with two different versions! One, exclusive to Cracker Barrel!

  •  Great fashion stylings, a collectible box, high quality plush, and that wholesome, ever so cute grinning/winning smile. Strawberry Shortcake Rag Doll coming to Mass retail, and other fine retailers
  • Includes special embroidered features, as well as shiny fabrics, and amazing fashion stylings.
Rainbow Brite!

5.5 Inch Rainbow Brite Fashion Dolls

Ages: 4+  | MSRP: 17.99 

Description: A 5.5-inch articulated Fashion doll with “SECRET/BLIND” accessories. The dolls feature plenty of hair play, plenty of fashion play, plenty of doll play, the “to-be-expected” infusion of joy, positivity, and love as well as the undeniable Rainbow Brite stylings.

Twelve Inch Rainbow Brite Doll

Ages: 4+  | MSRP: 19.99  | Available Q1 2024!

Description: A 12-inch plush doll with a soft body and fashions. Includes a Rainbow Brite sticker pack! The doll features a cute roto face and yarn hair. A pure infusion of joy, positivity, and love as well as the undeniable Rainbow Brite stylings.

Harry Potter fans!

FOR THE POP CULTURE JUNKIE

Perfect for anyone looking to dive into their favorite fandom even further! Whether you’re a fan of anime, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Star Wars or Disney, there is a pet for anyone. Perfect gifts for kids of all ages!

my fave!

FOR THE TECH-SAVVY AND IMAGINATIVE GEN ALPHA

Our Tamagotchi Uni devices take fans into a whole new cyber world…the Tamaverse! The brand’s first ever connected device, it’s packed with interactive features, adorable content and unique gameplay that caters to the next generation’s creativity and fascination with digital companions!

Happy Easter!

Self Disclosure: I received free samples of the above products. Images and info were also received. All products are personally recommended.

It’s Spring! Here’s our Spring Book Roundup!

This delightful book by Jeffrey Burton and illustrated by Joy Hwang Ruiz is a must-read for little ones. Perfect for preschool age children. In this sweet board book, parents stay awake in the quiet night with their little night owls. A wonderful bedtime story!

fun story!

One Hot Chick by Hannah Eliot and illustrated by Ellen Stubbings is sure to be a hit! Great for preschoolers! A hot chick in search of unclaimed shade draws more chicks into her search in this adorable lift-the-flap book with a counting element!

such a sweet book!

My Little Lamb by Hannah Eliot and illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell. This one is also perfect for little ones! This sweet Springtime board book with padded cover is perfect to share with your gentle little lamb!

Perfect Easter book!

Easter Bunny, where are you? This book by Jeffrey Burton and illustrated by Juliana Motzko is simply delightful! Perfect for preschoolers! Find where the Easter Bunny is hiding in this sweet lift-the-flap board book!

All books were published by Little Simon.

Self Disclosure: I received free copies of the above books to facilitate this book roundup post. Images were also provided.

How to enjoy luxury (leather) accessories without harming animals and the environment?

I love this belt bag!

Yes, you really can enjoy leather accessories without harming animals! I am a true animal lover so I am all for that! DOSHI has you covered if you are looking for a really cute belt bag. They are committed to creating high-quality, durable and sustainable vegan leather accessories. They offer exactly what the conscious customer is looking for: vegan, sustainable and biodegradable accessories, made from materials such as pineapple leather and kraft paper. Most companies offer “fruit leather” accessories that have only a fraction of “fruit leather”, and are backed by plastic materials, their products are truly sustainable, back to front. They are even the first vegan company to use the sustainable material kraft paper, and created a belt out of this!

I have to admit I was a bit skeptical but I received a belt bag (see image above) and I am impressed. This is also the perfect size for when I go for walks.

Check them out at https://doshi.shop/

Looks like they currently have a Spring Sale!

Happy Spring!

Self Disclosure: I received a free sample to facilitate this post. The image was also provided.

Ringo, March 29 Pet of the Week

awww! This one needs a forever home!

You wanna meet a goo’ boy? I mean, a rilly, rilly goo’ boy? Here’s Ringo, a 2-year-old boxer mix! Ringo loves his volunteers and takes treats oh, so gently when he’s rewarded for responding to a command. Sometimes, he just prefers a head rub to a treat or getting silly with a stuffie in the “community pool.” Ringo is one of our longest stays. He came into the shelter in September, and when he’s not out with a volunteer, he’s lethargic and depressed inside the kennel. He needs full-time humans! Want the position? Our shelter is overflowing with dogs, and they all need adopters and fosters! You can speed the process to adopt or foster Ringo or any of our other pets by emailing PetAdopt@longbeach.gov or petfoster@longbeach.gov or by calling (562) 570-4925. Our shelter hours are Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 7700 E. Spring St. at the entrance to El Dorado Park (no parking fee for shelter visitors). Ask for ID#A706186.

Innovative Rediscover Center for Kids, Teens & Adults to Open in Mid City Los Angeles!

Rediscover Center – a non-profit organization which provides kids, teens, and adults with the resources to engage in creative reuse and self-expression – is opening a new location in Mid City Los Angeles. A special launch event from 11am to 3pm on April 21 for the new imaginative space will coincide with Earth Day (April 22). The new location at 2375 W. Washington Blvd will expand sustainable maker education across Los Angeles and provide makerspace access for youth in Mid City, Koreatown, South LA, DTLA, West Adams, Pico Union, West Hollywood, and beyond.

Featuring shared facilities filled with tools, materials, and a community of makers, the new space features a 2,400 square foot public youth makerspace with an adjacent 3,000 square foot patio for public events. The makerspace offers crafting, sewing, and woodworking facilities that can accommodate up to 50 makers, with toolsets appropriate for 5-8 year olds, 8-12 year olds, teens, and adults. The entire Center is stocked with sustainably sourced “rediscovered” materials, such as cardboard, household recyclables, commercial overstock, and manufacturing offcuts. Rediscover Center is a place for hands-on learning, designing, making, and tinkering.

“This new Mid City location enables Rediscover Center to inspire youth and adults across Los Angeles,” notes Executive Director Jonathan Markowitz Bijur. “We are thrilled to help youth who have never seen the inside of a makerspace use power tools and start building amazing projects.” 

Moreover, Rediscover Center is one of L.A.’s most unique and exciting places for a wide variety of events, including birthday parties and corporate retreats. The Center hosts workshops, camps, field trips, Weekend Family Crafting sessions, tool trainings, upcycled art parties, Scouts badge workshops, team workshops and offsites, and much more.

For more information, please visit http://rediscovercenter.org/ 

Credit: Rediscover Center

Regenerative Glow: Glen Ivy Hot Springs New Radiant Results Facial Featuring Luminant Skincare Line

Images courtesy of Glen Ivy Hot Springs. 

Experience the ultimate skincare innovation with Regenerative Glow by Glen Ivy Hot Springs. Combine the new Radiant Results facial and Luminant skin care products by [comfort zone] for a comprehensive approach to radiant, healthy skin. After just one Radiant Results facial and consistent use of the Luminant skincare routine for two months, guests can expect remarkable results. The powerful combination of the facial treatment and the skincare product line works to prevent, correct and illuminate the skin. Due to the combination of Rhodiola and Niacinamide, skin will appear visibly smoother and more even-toned with a healthy glow.

Radiant Results Facial:

The new 50-minute Radiant Results facial exclusively at Glen Ivy Hot Springs features the innovative [comfort zone] Luminant skin care products for $175 per person.  This intensive, triple-action treatment works to correct dark spots, hyperpigmentation and uneven skin tone using the 3-BRIGHT TECHNOLOGY™ approach, inspired by dermatological science to focus on correction, luminosity and prevention. A Vitamin C peel is applied to renew your skin’s texture and tone, followed by a hydrating and brightening mask to give immediate results.

Luminant Routine:

Taking skincare to the next level, Glen Ivy Hot Springs now also offers the [comfort zone] Luminant skin care products as a full routine to continue the spa experience in the comfort of one’s home. The line includes the Luminant serum and cream, helping establish a consistent and effective routine to maintain and enhance the results achieved during the facial treatment.

  1. Correct: Luminant Serum: Dark Spot Correcting Serum
  • An innovative 3-BRIGHT TECHNOLOGY™ concentrated cosmetic treatment clinically tested to help target dark spots, reducing their appearance and illuminating the complexion in just 28 days.
  • Marie Claire Skin Awards Winner 2023
  1. Illuminant: Luminant Cream: Illuminating Correcting Cream
  • Combined with the serum, skin immediately appears more radiant and hydrated, with dark spots reduced and a more even complexion using the innovative 3-BRIGHT TECHNOLOGY™.

WHEN:

On April 18 and 19, Glen Ivy Hot Springs and [comfort zone] will host Regenerative Glow programming featuring activities throughout the property, free to all guests. The days will be packed with exciting activations, including the Glen Ivy Hot Springs Proprietary Bathing Circuit, expert-led Master Classes (10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.), offering valuable insights into [comfort zone]’s biomimetic formulas and specific self-application techniques. The Illuminating Zone will feature self-guided experiences with [comfort zone] products, allowing guests to explore and sample to personalize their skincare routine. Additionally, guests can participate in the Mantra Wall, where they can take and leave mantras for inspiration. By completing all the activities, guests will be entered for a chance to win a complimentary Radiant Results facial and [comfort zone] gift basket. 

WHERE:

Glen Ivy Hot Springs

25000 Glen Ivy Road Corona, CA 92883

HOURS:

Glen Ivy Hot Springs

Monday – Sunday from 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. 

RESERVATIONS: 

To make a reservation please call (888) 453-6489 or book online at GlenIvy.com

Credit:  Glen Ivy Hot Springs.