We have some new places to go to this month, as well as some of our usual haunts. Keep these dates in your diaries for some great family days out during August!
Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd - Highland Field & Sports, Moy
Wednesday 6th & Thursday 7th - Black Isle Show, Muir of Ord
Sunday 10th - Brodie Castle's Historic Wheels Vintage Car Rally
Thursday 14th - Grantown Show, Grantown-on-Spey
Saturday 16th - Turra Market, Turriff
Friday 29th to Sunday 31st - Who Do You Think You Are? Glasgow (SECC), hall 5, table 58
Saturday 30th - Carve Carrbridge (Chainsaw Championships)
Both our creams are great to help with healing dry, itchy or damaged skin and they also have their own unique quirks too.
Our organic Moisturising Baby Cream is formulated to be extra mild and gentle as well as moisturising making it ideal for babies delicate skin,it also helps alleviate the itch that can be associated with problems like eczema and psoriasis.
It is easily absorbed into the skin, soothes and cools with Aloe Vera, Lavender and Chamomile but it's also non-greasy with its Camellia Oil. This cream can be applied as often as needed to the irritated parts throughout the day.
We've talked about our Vitamin Cream before in our blog here, this is an excellent cream for repairing damaged skin too ie chapped, broken skin that needs that extra bit of moisturising. Like all our creams this too is easily absorbed and non greasy where we only apply a little at a time.
The Vitamin Cream is best applied at night and once in the morning. As time goes on you will find that you may not need to use any for a while, as long as you keep lid on and store in a cool dark place this cream will last for 12-18 months. With this cream being so rich, it isn't suitable for babies.
With Summer underway, I thought it would be a good idea for me give you some tips and tricks to help you get the most of summer...
- Keeping your skin clean to stop blemishes appearing, a light cleansing in the morning (helps your make-up go on better, if you're using any) and again at night to let your skin 'breathe'. If your skin feels tight, switch to a gentler cleanser!
- Exfoliate to promote healthy new skin, it also gives your skin a nice glow. Use a body scrub about once a week, and a facial mask about twice a week (once a fortnight for sensitive skin)
- Don't forget about lip care, moisturise with a lip balm to help stop getting chapped lips from the hot summer sun (when it's out!)
- Moisturise your skin to help improve and also to boost your skins health. A good moisturiser can relieve dry/taut skin as well as create an extra layer of protection too!
- Soothe and cool your skin by soaking in some dead sea mineral salts, it's a wondereful way to relax whilst replenishing those lost minerals - perfect to relieve aches and pains too!
- Nourish and protect neglected dry skin (you feet and elbows?) with extra rich body butter, our Tea Tree & Peppermint Body Butter is ideal with its soothing Aloe Vera!
- Don't forget to protect yourself from insects, particularly if you are near woods or water (out walking your dog, hiking, fishing...) Our Highland Midge Lotion is effective against horse flies, midges, mosquitoes and moisturises your skin too!
We arrived at Balloch on Thursday afternoon for Loch Lomond Highland Games, this year it was extended in light of the Commonwealth Games to include youngsters with a trial run of 'Junior Highland Games', which was held on the Friday.
With us getting
there early, we had plenty time to set up then relax in the peace and
tranquility of the park (which is right next to Loch Lomond!).
We also had time
for a wee walk down to the harbour and back through the woods to the van
before bedtime. We weren't to sure how long the good weather would be lasting, with heavy rain and thunder being predicted for the next few days...
I think that sometimes the weather forecasters need to get out more, as it was quite pleasant on Thursday and Friday...
The kids took
great advantage of this by having a great time competing in their very
own Highland Games before the Commonweath Baton came round in the
afternoon...
Sadly the weather took a slight turn for the worse on Saturday, with a light drizzle starting around about noon, slowly turning heavier towards the late afternoon...
But despite the worsening weather there was still a lot going on with the triathalon, cycle and track racing, as well as the more traditional heavy weights of caber tossing, shot put and lots more besides...
Overall we had a great time out for everyone, young and old alike!
This luxurious ingredient is extracted from the de-shelled kernel of mangoes. It has similar properties to both Cocoa and Shea Butters, but as it's also astingent this is ideal for those with oily prone skin.
Mango butter naturally relieves dry, itchy skin whilst promoting skin healing along with protecting it too. There are loads more besides that I can list...
- Heals skin rashes
- Treats small skin wounds (paper cuts) and skin cracks
- Moisturises & smoothes touch/rough skin
- Relieves insect bites
- Heals muscle fatigue, aches & tensions
- Relieves skin allergies (such as poison ivy/oak)
You can find Mango Butter in our Highland Midge Lotion, Chamomile & Geranium Body Butter, Strawberry Lip Balm, Goat's Milk Soap, May Chang Clay Soap.
Trying to plan when to clean a gala tent, especially if we've been at a venue that had rain isn't easy...
When we started washing ours, it was sunny with a light wind and just a little cloud...we had just finished and started unloading our van when the heavens opened up! Never mind, it's just typical Scottish weather...
Remember we'll be going to Loch Lomond Highland Games this Friday and Saturday!
Living out in the country is both a blessing and a little bit of a curse...it's peaceful, but now and again there is always a slight down side when living next door to nature - particularly those cute little lambs in the field!
We were so looking forward to a bumper crop of home grown potatoes this year...things were looking up as they were fairly growing so far...
When our neighbours appeared in the field next door we were pretty confident that they couldn't get loose with the new fencing up...
We left last weekend for the Scottish Game Fair and one lone pesky lamb somehow had a repeated "great escape" and had a relative feast on our beloved tatties!!!
I just hope they don't go after my veg boxes! Couldn't bear it if it nibbled on those delicious strayberries...
I thought I'd share a little inspiration with some pictures taken today on a walk by the river...
Had the grandkids with me today so I thought I'd take advantage of the good weather by a long walk along the Spey.
We had so much fun talking about all manor of things from the behaviour of wildlife to how they are getting on at school.
There was quite a few fishermen out with friends and pets, and the children were having so much fun petting the dogs.
It's a wonderful way to pass the time...a relaxing walk by the river on a nice sunny day. Hope I can grab some more days like today!
We were pleasantly surprised at how good the weather was while we were at Scone Palace this weekend for the Scottish Game Fair, especially when we had checked with BBC's weather forecast! Apart from a few showers, it stayed warm and dry for the three days, there was so much to see that you needed all three days to take advantage of what was on offer!
Our stand was in the Craft Marquee in a corner and we had a surprisingly good view outside...my daughter, Mary and I took turns having a little walk-about when it was quiet.
There is a lot of different things happening through out the day with plenty to keep everybody happy even the kids. We were kept busy most of the time and there was a lot to see, with all the different craft stalls inside and trade stands outside.
Just in front of the marquee we got glimpse of the dancing sheep (three shows per day) as well as the ducks (for the dog & duck show held in the main arena).
There was also tutorials for those who like fishing (novices and advanced alike), archery, clay pigeons - we even tried our first Arbroath Smokie, delicious!
We will definitely be going back next year, so don't worry if you've missed us this time. Next weekend we'll be going to the Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Rally at Glamis Castle (Saturday & Sunday).
Mary will also be in a lovely garden centre located in beautiful surroundings just outside Beauly on Sunday!
After the busy weekend we've had at Bannockburn Live and locally too (Piping Hot Forres & Aila Coull Foundation's Fete), the cooker in the workshop hasn't stopped since Monday...
Over the weekend we've almost sold out of our Highland Midge Lotion, Moisturising Baby Cream and Vitamin Rich Body Cream and also running low on our body butters, bath bombs and soaps too!
With the Scottish Game Fair this weekend, we've been in the workshop stocking up on our products. Sadly we won't be able to supply the usual range of our soaps as they need to cure afterwards so we're concentrating on getting our other products ready first.
Since we'll be heading down to Perth on Thursday, we've been busy getting more of our body butters, creams and lotions made...particularly our popular Vitamin Rich Body Cream and Highland Midge Lotion!
Last year we had a busy time at the Game Fair, with the weather staying fine which was a very nice bonus (the year before was cancelled due to the heavy rain!), so we'll have our fingers crossed for sunshine...
