How's the Olympic spirit in your home? Are your little inspired "sporty" girls and boys enjoying what they see, and learn from the Olympic Games in London? What is to be admired most is the sheer determination, and willingness of the young athletes, from all over the world, who are challenging themselves and doing their own personal bests!
What does this type of worldwide event teach the toddlers, preschoolers and children of today, who will become the leaders, achievers and learners of tomorrow......?
Is our world becoming too competitive? Or is competition healthy? What do we learn from competition?  Someone once said to me, "There will always be someone smarter, stronger and taller, than yourself, and there will also be someone not as smart, weaker and shorter than yourself".
I figure, what I am trying to express here is;  to succeed  in life, whether you are at the Olympic Games, the school athletics carnival, or playing tip in the back yard, is to ENJOY it, and to do you personal best.

The Team at Pink Poppy loves to hear stories of personal bests, achievements and creative ways to succeed in life! Stay inspired, and best of all true to yourself......xx

Whats your favourite colour I ask my favourite four year girl? "PINK" she exclaims, whilst smiling her sunny smile!

Why do girls love the colour pink? Why are all baby girls clothes almost ALWAYS exclusively pink?

It almost an instinctual ..it could be named the "pink instinct"...!  

When thinking PINK, I reflect on my beautifully wise grandmother, who was famous for saying; "Men, please leave one colour for the girls". She was obviously not a fan of a man in a pink shirt, or a pink tie! 

Come on girls, lets celebrate, rejoice in fact, in the colour pink, today and everyday!

I was out wondering around with my little ladies over the weekend, as we stumbled upon a stunning

Pink Poppy display,  inspiration for today post!

As  preschool, school and work approaches this Sunday night, the question is how many hair pins can you  place into your luscious  locks? The latest (and lovely) craze we have noticed with younger ladies at the mo, is the "multi-clipped look". This look is so pretty, and displays quite an art of strategic insertion!!  The more clips, the better...baby.
Have a wonderful week ahead!

Friday is here, the end of a lovely  "Back to school" week! How were your new term "hair styles"? Looking for more inspiration? Why not check out the latest new hair accessories from Pink Poppy this weekend. They are ideal for party gifts, school performances and keeping you hair looking pretty, always.

Enjoy your weekend!

Should kids wear their dress up costume outside of the house?

When I was little girl, my favourite character to dress up as was Belle from Disney’s ‘Beauty & The Beast’. Her hair was oh so perfect and who could forgot that beautiful signature yellow ball gown she wore when Belle dances with The Beast? After watching that movie in the cinemas with eyes wide open and gleaming, I couldn’t help nagging my mother to buy me a yellow dress. But not any yellow dress, the big golden ball gown dress! Just like Belle.

My mother look far and wide to find this perfect ball gown...and lucky me, she found it! All my dreams and wishes came true. Day after day, weeks and possibly months went on and I wasn’t budging out of that beautiful yellow ball gown dress. Grocery shopping at the local supermarket, family gatherings and even heading down to the hardware store with my father. It didn’t matter, I simply loved this dress and I wasn’t prepared to get out of it any time soon!  I don’t know what it was that I LOVED about this dress. Yellow wasn’t my favourite colour and I wasn’t a big fan of outfits made from that terrible taffeta material either.

I think I was mesmerised by this dress purely for the fact on how beautiful Belle looked in it. It made her feel like a princess! I wanted to look and feel like a princess too!  I guess all women have dreamt of living and looking like a princess as well. Having the perfect hair, flawless make up and amazing clothes to wear.

But my question, and reason behind this post is How far is too far with dressing up OUTSIDE of the House?

For example, is it okay to have your child dress up in their favourite princess or fairy outfit down at the local shopping centre?

What are your thoughts on this topic?

WIN a Multi Coloured Gem Accessories Set from Pink Poppy!

Winning this glamorous and pretty set from Pink Poppy is easy as 1, 2, 3! All you need to do is:

1.      LIKE Pink Poppy on FACEBOOK at http:www.facebook.com/PinkPoppy1

2.     Find our competition and tell us ‘Why you love Pink Poppy?’  (HINT - Most creative answer wins!)

3.     That’s it! You’re in the draw to win this FANTASTIC prize including matching hair clips, headband and ring!

I told you it was that easy.

Be quick though, only ONE MORE WEEK until this competition closes!

Good luck J

Trick or Treat........ Now only 24 days away!!!

Originally named as “All-Hallows-Eve”, Halloween started around 2000 years ago in the area which is now Ireland. Celts (people from ancient Roman times) celebrate this day because it’s the end of summer with the dark cold winter soon to come. Celts believed that on the night before November 1 ghosts of the dead returned to earth.

Trick or treat is a customary practice for children on Halloween in many countries. Parents and Children go to great measures to bring the spirit of Halloween into their homes by decorating their houses with cotton spider webs, devil sticks, skeletons costumes, helping to make their house appear hunted, others just have a pumpkin basket filled with sweet candy treats. 

Did you know? One quarter of the all the candy sold annually in the U.S is purchased for Halloween

With only 24 days away until Halloween, Pink Poppy has some fantastic costumes suitable for boys and girls. Visit your favourite Pink Poppy stockist and ask for the spooky ghost cape, the scary red spider cape, the deadly bat hooded cape, and the red devil hooded cape with horns.

 

Halloween is not all about scary and spooky, you could be on the good side and defeat the bad. Pink Poppy also have available the wise wizard and witch’s capes with a matching hats.

With so much fun just around the corner let us know which Pink Poppy outfit you will be wearing this Halloween.