Congratulations to Beth G., commenter #119 who won though an EXTRA ENTRY gained by placing our button on her blog!  Go Beth!  You’ll have your super luxe Kensington Playmat from Plain Mary in no time!

Please check back soon for more of the absolute best just for you, and of course more great SWAG ALERTS coming right up where you too can win!  We’ll be posting this week’s SWAG in just a little while so check back soon and good luck!!!

This week we’re swagging one lucky reader with Plain Mary’s signature piece, a Kensington Play Mat of your choice! Yes you read that right, it’s their hottest item and the one loved by all of the celebrities from Jennifer Garner to Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez!!!

To enter, go to www.PlainMary.com and take a look at their products. THEN simply comment on this post saying what you love most about the products or the company. NEW RULES IN EFFECT – no more email entries, thanks!

Our friends at Plain Mary really do appreciate your feedback, so write like they’re reading it because they will:)! (Being able to give these fabulous companies your valuable thoughts as consumers is SUCH a great improvement to our site, don’t you think?!?!)

You may enter once per email address per day as usual and EXTRA ENTRIES are available as always for blogging about us, referring new confirmed subscribers, and/or adding our button to your blog or website. Just leave a comment telling us how you earned that extra entry, and please do leave separate comments for each, as your comments are your actual entries.

All entries must be received by Monday, November 3rd at midnight, PST. Winner will be chosen from the comments posted and our subscription list on Tuesday via random.org. Winner will be fetched using Prizey.net. CLICK HERE to subscribe, giving yourself an extra entry every week automatically!!! Click HERE to return to www.BloggyGiveaways.com.

Why “SUPER”? Because this week’s SWAG ALERT truly is!!! We’re swagging one lucky reader with the entire Organic Crib Mattress and Accessories line from Netto Collection! Yes you read that right, all 4 pieces valued at over $700!!!

To enter, go to www.NettoCollection.com and take a look at their products. THEN simply comment on this post saying what you love most about the products or the company.  NEW RULES IN EFFECT – no more email entries, thanks!

Our friends at Netto really do appreciate your feedback, so write like they’re reading it because they will:)! (Being able to give these fabulous companies your valuable thoughts as consumers is SUCH a great improvement to our site, don’t you think?!?!)

You may enter once per email address per day as usual and EXTRA ENTRIES are available as always for blogging about us, referring new confirmed subscribers, and/or adding our button to your blog or website. Just leave a comment telling us how you earned that extra entry, and please do leave separate comments for each, as your comments are your actual entries.

All entries must be received by Monday, October 27th at midnight, PST. Winner will be chosen from the comments posted and our subscription list on Tuesday via random.org. Winner will be fetched using Prizey.net.  CLICK HERE to subscribe, giving yourself an extra entry every week automatically!!!  Click HERE to return to www.BloggyGiveaways.com.

To win your very own ERGO Baby Carrier valued at $105, visit their website and email us with what you love most about their super innovative line of products. Email swag@bellazizasfavorites.com with ”ERGO SWAG” in the subject line.

All entries must be received by Monday, October 13th at midnight, PST. You may enter once per email address per day. Winner will be chosen on Tuesday via random.org. Winner will be fetched using Prizey.net.

EXTRA ENTRIES are available for subscribing to our blog, blogging about us on your blog, referring any new confirmed  subscribers AND/OR adding our button to your blog too!  Just send separate email for every extra entry to swag@bellazizasfavorites.com letting us know what you did for yours and we’ll make sure to count them!

We are so excited about this week’s review of the ERGO Baby Carrier! It is a complete solution and does so much for only one product! It is extremely versatile, works for a broad range of ages and is so incredibly well-made that it will actually last through this broad range of ages a few times over!

Don’t just take our word for it either.  Julia Roberts and her baby boy Henry love theirs!  ERGO makes a great line of organic carriers now too, which was Julia’s pick, just FYI.

How many different functions can the ERGO actually handle? How many pieces of baby gear can it lighten your load?  Let’s see. With the ERGO HandsFree System you can leave the stroller and diaper bag at home for once. Amazing, right?!?!  You can also wear it on your front, back or even on your hip! It is really easy to breastfeed in too, even having that great little hood that makes a fabulous fixed nursing cover.  Also you can forget purchasing a sling, wrap, infant carrier, toddler carrier, etc…  The ERGO is all of these!  It will take you some time to grow out of too since it is completely intended to be used from birth up to 40 pounds, but has been tested for up to 90!!!  They recommend using it for as long as you and your child are comfortable.  How easy is that?!?

We love the accessories too!  ERGO offers an Infant Insert, a fabulous Backpack and a Front Pouch which we absolutely love.  They really contribute so much to the overall functionality of the system.  Use the Backpack as a clip on diaper bag!  Store your cell phone, credit card and some cash in the Front Pouch and leave your purse at home!  Keep your tiny sweetie snug and cozy with the Infant Insert!  They all work marvelously with the ERGO Carrier and you are sure to love them as much as we do.

The ERGO Baby Carrier’s incredibly ergonomic design supports a correct sitting position for the baby’s hip, pelvis and spine growth. It also effectively disperses most of the baby’s weight between the hips and thighs, which helps to eliminate compression of the spine when hanging by the crotch, which most other baby carrier designs require. The ERGO also balances the baby’s weight to parents’ hips and shoulders too, effectively alleviating physical stress on mommy and daddy…Yayee!!!

Visit www.ergobabycarriers.com for more information and to order your own.  The ERGO Baby Carrier retails at $105 and the ERGO Organic Carrier retails at $120.

Hatley is one of our absolute Favorites for that indispensable genre of clothing that might not fall into the extraordinary every time, but that none of us can live without…Everyday Clothes!  Hatley’s new colors and patterns for this fall are beautiful and so much fun!  They are of course in keeping with their Nature theme, apples, horses, dinosaurs, the ever popular moose, and this time around there’s even some alien action!

Hatley’s new backpacks and lunch totes are pretty impressive.  They of course are made with the high quality that we would expect form all things labeled Hatley, but they spare no expense in the design and production departments!  It’s so great when something works and functions as well as it looks, right?!?!  That’s typically Hatley!

The backpack is very roomy without being oversized, and makes great use of its’ compartments.  The lunch tote fits very neatly inside too!  The zippers are made for kid-use and the canvas that they are constructed of is absolutely made for loads of loads and multiple washings.  We love the apple print the most but were a little concerned as it is mostly white…hmmm…SCOTCHGUARD, GIRLS!  It works fabulously and will keep people in wonder and amazement of how you could be that good to keep your little sweetie in a white backpack that always looks new!

The Lunch Tote is fabulous too and makes a great little travel cooler as well if your set hasn’t reached school age yet.  Again, it washes quite well and you can keep it looking new forever with a little Scotchguard.  The inside is lined in plastic, and there’s an elastic tether to keep things from bouncing around inside.

The Backpacks are $30 and the Lunch Totes are $20 and are available to ship immediately.  Check them out online to browse or place your order, CLICK HERE or on the button below to see their website.  All items ship from Canada, so give a little extra time for shipping.

Also, stay tuned for our upcoming reviews of their fabulous new outerwear collections including matching Rain Essentials (raincoats, rain boots, and the weetest little umbrellas you’ve ever seen) and Snow Essentials (fluffy snow jackets, snow pants and matching snow boots fit for the Canadian cold!).  They are all absolutely adorable!!!

Yes, it’s finally here!  After months of waiting we are finally ready to post our biggest SWAG ALERT ever, and just in time to celebrate our 100th post!

Happy 100th Post Bellaziza’s Favorite Things!!!

Enter to win our new quarterly “MEMBERS ONLY SWAG” for your very own Phil&Teds Vibe with Doubles Kit valued at $800!!!  This is in celebration of our 100th post on BellazizasFavorites.com, and also the launch of our hot new MEMBERS ONLY SWAG!  It’s some very sizable swag so we’re going to run it for a while, giving you lots of fun chances to enter!

So here’s the deal:  Just CLICK HERE to subscribe to our updates and as a subscriber, you’re automatically entered to win the Vibe as well as all of our weekly SWAG ALERTs!!!  Subscribe for as many of your different email addresses as you like too!  That’s right!  The source of entries will be our subscriber list and all subscribers are automatically entered to win all MEMBERS ONLY SWAG ALERTs and weekly SWAG ALERTs forever!  The drawing will take place on Tuesday, December 16th and one of you will roll away with a spanking new Vibe for two!

To maximize chances of winning our MEMBERS ONLY SWAG giveaways make sure you’re A.) subscribed to our blog, and take advantage of our EXTRA ENTRIES!!!

EXTRA ENTRIES are available for referring new confirmed subscribers, blogging about us on your blog, AND/OR adding our button to your blog too!  Just send separate emails to swag@bellazizasfavorites.com letting us know what you did for your extras and we’ll make sure to count them in!

Winner will be chosen via random.org and fetched using Prizey.net.  Good luck to all!  Click HERE to return to www.BloggyGiveaways.com.

It’s no secret that we are absolutely in love with two gentlemen from New Zealand by the names of Phil and Ted.  How cool are their products?  It’s not just a few either, but ALL OF THEM!  In our opinion the only ones qualified to out-do this dynamic duo are themselves…and they sure have with the Vibe!!!

How many mothers use a double stroller?  How many are lucky enough to have a Phil&Teds Double Inline?  Wouldn’t it be great if all of that rugged functionality came in one uber chic and luxurious package?  Wouldn’t it be even better if you could fold the whole thing up quickly and easily without any disassembly or breaking a nail?  What if it drove like a dream and had the lines of a thoroughbred?  What if the minute you started the engine you just knew you had arrived?  HALT!  Okay, must be dreaming about the Maseratti Quatro again *sigh*…or not?  It’s actually the new Phil&Teds Vibe that we’re describing and we know you’ll just love it.

All of you Bugaboo wheeling moms with #2 on the way please do pay close attention!  This could end your misery and pre-heal your impending Bugabooectomy.  Girls, you just shouldn’t have to give up your chic-factor over needing to upgrade to a double stroller.  Now you don’t, so don’t be another casualty!

The Vibe features super cushy removable padding that is both durable and easily washable.  The harness even has a slick little adjustment so that when Junior grows and needs to have his straps moved up a bit, it doesn’t take you forever trying to thread and re-thread.  Who’s been there moms?!?!  The main seat fully reclines in true Phil&Teds fashion to very comfortably accommodate an infant or snoozing toddler, and the whole thing folds up, doubles seat and all, with ease into one very compact unit.  It also features their new and improved braking system that sets itself in as little as the push of a button that is located right on the handlebar.

This is it!  Drumroll please!  Our NEW Favorite Pick for Best Double Stroller goes to the Phil&Teds Vibe!  For more information, please check out www.philandteds.com.  The Vibe retails at just under $800 with the doubles kit, or $679.00 without.  They can be purchased HERE.

Also, this is our 100th post at BellazizasFavorites.com and what could be more appropriate than our review of the most amazing product ever from Phil&Teds for the occasion?  It has been such a pleasure partnering with them over the past year!  We really appreciate their support for what we do and their absolute commitment to innovation and excellence within the industry.  We heart Phil&Teds!

To win your very own Teach My Toddler system, visit www.Teach-My.com and email us with what you love most about this innovative product and why.  Email reviews@bellaziza.com with ”TEACH MY TODDLER SWAG” in the subject line.

All entries must be received by Monday, September 8th at midnight, PST.  You may enter once per email address per day.  Winner will be chosen on Monday via random.org.  Winner will be fetched using Prizey.net.  Good luck to all!

EXTRA ENTRIES are available for subscribing to our blog (click on ’subscribe’ tab at top right of page), blogging about us on your blog, AND/OR adding our button to your blog too!  Just email reviews@bellaziza.com letting us know what you did for your extras (or to request a button) and we’ll make sure to count them in!

Halle Berry, sweet baby Nahla and daddy Gabriel Aubry visited Petit Tresor in Los Angeles on Saturday to purchase a copy of Joel Harper’s Fit Pack DVD, and skincare products by Belli which have become all the rage for moms dealing with pregnancy skincare issues including those pesky stretchmarks.  They also have a fantastic line of skincare products just for baby too!

Photo courtesy of Flynet.

Jennifer Garner is probably nearing the halfway mark with her pregnancy by our guess.  No clues yet from the Ben and Jen camp on whether a boy or a girl though… or are there?

Saturday she was spotted out at Petit Tresor in Brentwood, CA with a girlfriend.  Perhaps the Plain Mary playmat in chocolate brown with a light blue monogram is a good enough hint?

Photo courtesy of JustJared.com

Phil&Teds, oh how we love thee!  Anything that they make it seems, is a product of thinking outside-the-box combined with the experience of the challenges of stylish parenting.  Their products always impress and never disappoint!  The MeToo is no exception.

The MeToo is incredibly functional, as are all Phil&Teds products, but this one seems a little more versatile than most.  Have you ever gone out to a restaurant that was fresh out of highchairs?  How about if they do have one and then it comes to you but without the container of Lysol wipes that it really needs?  Have you ever needed an extra seat at the table for little Junior’s playdate?  Have you ever realized how much space the extra highchair at Grammy and Grampie’s house really takes up for only a few uses now and then?  The MeToo is a fabulously fashionable solution to all of these likely scenarios.

It is unbelieveably lightweight and portable at under two pounds and folds flat.  It is ideal for travel, and actually fits perfectly in the bottom of many strollers (including the Phil&Teds Buggies).  Its high-quality aluminum frame is lightweight yet strong and attaches easily and securely to almost any table.  We love the fact that it has these little foamy things to protect your tabletop too!  It’s a great little piece of equipment and one that you are sure to use regularly and unexpectedly.  It is recommended for children ages 6 months to 3 years or up to 40 pounds, and retails at $49.95.

We are excited to announce that over the next few weeks we will be featuring some fabulous stories on Petit Tresor – the hottest baby boutique in the country right now that ALL of the stars shop at out in LA!  We have insider information on who’s been shopping at the store and exactly what they are buying.  It’s all about the hottest new products that those in-the-know just can’t live without!

Be on the lookout for these exciting tidbits as well as all of the details of our recent interview with owner Nina Takesh!  We will also be reviewing many of their most luxuious products and of course doing some fabulous SWAG ALERTs too!  You will definitely not want to miss anything!!!

Susan T., our winner of PHIL&TEDS TRAVELLER SWAG last week, was warmly welcomed this past Friday by our good friends at Regal Lager in Kennesaw, GA.  She had the opportunity to tour their facility and get up-close and personal with all of the fantastic products that they offer!  Kid gear gadgets and strollers galore – test drive anyone?!?!  (We’re still a little pink with envy.) 

(Pictured left to right - Sharina Richardson-Online Marketing Coordinator, Susan T.-Phil&Teds Traveller winner, Elisabeth Bergoo-Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator)

Susan said “Everything was very unique and so useful!  I was amazed by the metoo, and the strollers or ‘buggies’ as they call them are just so wonderful!  I love the versatility and quality of the Phil&Teds products.”  

Keep checking back with us for more great reviews and SWAG ALERTS from Phil&Teds and others including their super chic new Vibe Uptown InLine Stroller and Susan’s favorite – the MeToo tabletop highchair!  All of this and more just for you, our Favorite Readers.

To win your own fabulous Fisher Price’s new Zen Collection™ Cradle Swing email reviews@bellaziza.com with ”ZENTASTIC SWAG” in the subject line and let us know which Fisher Price Zen Collection™ product is your absolute favorite and why.

All entries must be received by Sunday, July 20th, midnight, PST.  You may enter once per email address per day.  Winner will be chosen on Monday via random.org.  Good luck to all!