Smelli Gelli Baff

The Blurb: Turn your bath into goo with Gelli Bath! Ideal for paddling pools and bathtime, Gelli Baff turns water into goo, and back again!

Simply run your bath, add Gelli Baff and watch in amazement as your boring bath water magically turns into a brightly coloured thick goo! When the fun's all done, simply add the sachet of dissolver powder and the goo disappears as magically as it appeared.

This was a lot of fun although we should have used less water to make a deeper colour and to make it more gooey!!  Ours was a lovely bright sunshine colour that seriously smelt like popcorn.

The crystals didn’t melt ever so well but actually this just added to the horrible stickiness of it all. Brilliant for kids to mess around in and for a fun bath time but definitely not for getting clean.....Chick had to have a shower after to clean it all off but massive amounts of fun!!

The second sachet is to melt the gunk so that you can rinse it away. It didn’t work quite as I thought it would but enough to rinse it away without any major traumas and also without any stains on child, towels, bath mat etc so that’s a bonus!!

Would make a great stocking filler or a little extra. Retails at around £4.99 available from Toys R Us online or instore. Remember to check out the Toybox for all the great reviews from the Toyologists.

I Love London Lunchbox

DotComGiftShop recently sent me this rather lovely almost retro lunch box to review:

Originally I thought that I would let Chick use it but when it arrived it was more the size of a large sandwich box rather than what I would consider an actual lunch box and so couldn’t fit in everything that she needs to take for lunch.

It is however the perfect size for me. I can squeeze in my cracker bread, cheese and fruit. I love that it fits into my handbag so I don’t need to take an extra bag in with me.....I already lug around far too much rubbish. It’s also dish washer safe which again is a huge bonus for stressed out Parents everywhere!

It’s great as a gift or as a reminder of London and I may have to buy the matching tea towels!!! Available to buy from the DotComGiftShop at £4.99.

Persil Small & Mighty

The one thing that I'm not generally fussy about is washing powder. I buy whichever is cheapest or is on special offer in the supermarket and I'm happy with that but I do always buy powder. I try and do my bit to be green and wash everything (apart from whites) on as low a temperature as I think I can get away with!!

When Persil asked me if I would review their new Small and Mighty product, they said that by using colder washes I could save 5-10p per wash and use the quicker washes with the same results. Now as you know my little Chick is very accident prone and this isn't just her tripping over her own two feet but also is her dropping, spilling things etc! When she's been painting she ends up with more on her clothes than on her pictures so I thought that I would put this to the test and see if it worked for us.

As I said I don't normally use a liquid but I was willing to go with it and see and I have to say that I'm a total convert. As it's a concentrated liquid you only need a small amount and you can use it in the drawer or put it in with the washing. I've been doing half and half. The thing that I love the most about Small & Mighty is the smell....it's absolutely divine! You can smell it whilst it's washing and drying but also once you are wearing the clothes.

It washed all of our usual stuff on much lower temperatures with great results. I often use the quick wash for my work clothes and again it worked perfectly with another plus being that I'm saving time and money on each wash. I will definitely be buying this when my free bottle runs out!!

Available from all the usual supermarkets and retails for around £4 for a regular bottle.