I’m SO thrilled to introduce this week’s nonstopmama Podcast, in which I chat all things natural beauty with the lovely Nicola Elliott, founder of NEOM Luxury Organics!

Click on the link below to listen to the Podcast:

(Or, if the link isn’t showing on your iPad/similar, then you can download it here!)

I know how much nonstopmamas ♥ this GORGEOUS range of all-natural goodies for the bath, body and home (along with high profile fans including the Duchess of Cambridge) and Nicola’s story is inspiring.

During our chat, she tells us what inspired her to create the range, why she’s passionate about au naturel beauty and why she believes real life beauty and wellbeing is NOT about conquering your ‘To do’ list or doing a hundred ‘butt lifts’ at dawn!

Stay tuned for Nicola’s personal ‘natural’ make-up favourites, too (and maybe skip over the bit where we get onto ‘green’ loo cleaning and cat litter trays) …

At the start of the show, in beauty news, I also mention these new summer nail colours …

…. from Butter London and Little Bu!

Show notes:

Click here for info and to buy the NEW NEOM Enchantment scented candle and diffuser  (below) …

Nicola and I also mention Dr Hauschka; naturissimo.com; Balance Me; Sarah Chapman skincare; Trilogy; A’Kin; Burt’s Bees; Green People; The Organic Pharmacy; Lavera; Earth Friendly Baby; Ecover; Weleda; Bare Minerals and the Lily Lolo range.

Thanks SO much to Nicola for being my podcast guest this week, and thanks to you SO much for listening and spreading the word, nonstopmamas!!

So, when I was a little girl I used to play ‘radio shows’ (did you ever do that? Or was it just me?).

I’d tape them on my big brother John’s tape recorder (how prehistoric does that sound?) and get SO excited about the whole thing.

I even sang the jingles (let’s not go there).

Hence, my inner 8 year old got REALLY excited about launching the NEW nonstopmama Podcast!

And, remarkably, lots of lovely beauty, homes and fashion insiders have agreed to come onto my grown-up (not) ‘show’ and chat about what they’re up to.

It’s a bit more high-tech, now, too. My (super-patient) husband hooks an enormous white microphone up to my laptop and tells me not to press anything (because I am the most untechy person you could hope to meet).

Plus, I get to wear pro-style headphones, too, which makes me feel like Roz from Frasier.

But that’s when any professional similarity ends.

So, Sian – one of the co-founders of the amazingness that is the Mama Mio skincare range – is one of my first guests and, really, was very lovely about the fact that I am learning-this-as-I-go-along!

Click the link below to play this Podcast!

(If the mp3 player doesn’t appear (if you’re viewing this on an iPad, for example) –  then click here instead!)

During our chat, we talk pregnancy beauty tips and, MOST excitingly, about the upcoming Royal arrival and how nonstopmamas can enter to WIN two places on the Mama Mio ‘Royal’ Baby Shower, being held in Central London, on Wednesday 19 June (all details and to enter here – GO, GO, GO, mamas!).

So – here it is, after some serious editing (in which I attempted to keep Sian’s good stuff in, and zap my rambling).

This meant I did skip out some bits which I’d have loved to keep in – such as Sian and I chatting about how fab the TED podcast talks are – but if I’d done any more fiddling, it wouldn’t be up until Christmas.

If there are any Woody Allen fans in the house, the scene from Manhattan Murder Mystery where they’re splicing the actress’s recording?

Not. Far. Off.

We’ll get better as we go and, if you’re up for it Sian, I’d love to do another one!!

You’ll be relieved to know, I didn’t sing the jingle.

Show notes! (Which sounds pro, anyway!)

The Mama Mio skincare range is available at stores nationwide, and online at mamamio.com.

Key products mentioned in the Podcast include Tummy Rub Oil or Butter, Lucky Legs (except, actually, that bit missed the edit, but the product is a MUST for pregnancy pins!!) and Boob Tube. <
The mamas would also love to welcome you over at the Mama Mio Musings blog!/blockquote>

What better way to kick off the New Year than with that yummy Banana Loaf recipe from the lovely Lynne Robinson (above), the super-inspiring “Queen of Pilates” herself, who dropped in for a chat just before Christmas on the nonstopmama Podcast? Read on for the recipe!

This giveaway has now closed and the winners are Alison Barker, Victoria Cox and Sarah (surname not supplied on entry form, but we’ve emailed the winning Sarah – please reply as soon as possible, Sarah, so we can add your surname here! HUGE thanks!! ).

Congrats to our winners, and BIG THANK YOU to everyone who entered! 

I’m SO excited to announce the launch this week of the NEW nonstopmama Podcast!!

Soon to be available to subscribe to FREE at iTunes (watch this space!), you’ll be able to listen to a host of lovely special guests sharing with nonstopmamas their insider tricks, tips and more on beauty, fashion, fitness and more – whatever helps a busy mama find her fabulous !!

Just click below to hear our very first nonstopmama Podcast, featuring Lynne Robinson, founder of Body Control Pilates and the worldwide bestselling Pilates expert, presenter and author.

(If the above link doesn’t work, just click here to play the MP3 version!)

Also, don’t miss our FAB giveaway to WIN one of three copies of Lynne’s latest and VERY fabulous DVD, Inch Loss Pilates (all info below!). Read more.