Trick or Treatin' with No Slippy Hair Clippy!

Halloween is just around the corner and soon you’ll be dressing up your cutest little characters on the block! Of course you need to make sure the costume you choose is safe and comfortable, as well as adorable! Here are some basic guidelines:

Choose a costume that allows easy movement. Your little ones will be moving and active trick or treating, so make sure that their costume is comfortable. Avoid too many frills and high heels (for the older girls)! Your child may be the adventurous type, but avoid using masks for the under 3 crowd, as they may obscure vision and make it difficult for seeing and breathing. Comfortable attire will allow a more enjoyable evening.

Choose a costume that is visible in the dark. Since Halloween celebrations traditionally take place in the evening outside, it’s important to consider costumes that are easily visible to motorists. One suggestion is to add reflective tape to their costumes or trick or treat bag, so they are seen easily in the dark.

Choose a costume that will stay put as she moves about but can also be removed quickly. In case of an emergency, it’s best for an easy on and off costume. Look for ones that have zippers, velcro and snap-on closures. And of course, no costume is ever complete without the right hair accessories. No Slippy's® wide range of hair clips are guaranteed to stay put and add some flair to her costume! Our patent-pending design is easy to clip in, and you won’t need to worry about losing her hair clip, it will stay in snug and secure all night long!

Just in time for Halloween, the October issue of Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine has included No Slippy Hair Clippy® in their "All Dressed Up" feature about little ones getting dressed up for Trick or Treat! This lovely little ballerina is wearing our Haley Baby Bow® in pink, fast becoming a best-selling bow! Haley baby bow® comes on our 1 ¼” mini clippy, so it’s smaller, but just as grippy, and a steal at $5.95!

Haley Mini Grosgrain Baby Bow® in Pink
(available in 14 colors!)

$5.95

Aren't they simply adorable? What about you: have you thought of what your baby girl will dress up as this Halloween?

Baby Gifts Times Two!

This week, we are blogging about baby gifts and picking the perfect one for your loved ones and friends who are welcoming a baby into the world. While it can be overwhelming enough to pick a gift for one baby, imagine having to pick for parents of multiples! But it can be easy as pie with our tips below:

Baby gifts need not be expensive. The key is to stick to items that are practical and yet also unique that the twins will be able to use for a long time. One more thing to consider is that twins share everything! While it’s fun to have matching items for the darling pair, it’s also a good idea to get gifts that are unique for each baby.

Nursing Pillows
These will make feeding easier for the new mom, especially since she has two to feed!

Double Stroller

Going outdoors will be less stressful with a stroller that can hold two or more babies comfortably. There are adjustable strollers that fit smaller babies in the beginning, and can grow as they grow. This is a practical feature, but one that is much appreciated.

Personalized Stuff

For gifts that truly stand out from the rest, a personalized CD of nursery rhymes or lullabies, or picture frames bearing the names of the twins always make nice gifts.

Volunteer Babysitting

Having twins can be quite a handful, so if you have time to help take care of the little ones, we’re sure that will be greatly appreciated. Sometimes, there’s nothing better than the gift of time!

Hair Accessories

If she has twin girls, then you know she’s in for a lot of dressing up! It’s likely she’ll receive baby clothes as gifts, so why not gift some cute hair accessories instead? To promote individuality between the twins, choose hair accessories that don’t exactly match. For example, they can accessorize in the same style but in two different colors. Or they can wear two entirely different hair accessories altogether!

No Slippy’s® monogrammed clips and head wraps come with a letter of your choice! Have them monogrammed with the twins’ initials.

Joss Headband

Salena Monogram Button

With these hair accessories, the girls can still have something matching and yet uniquely their own! And you always know who is who!

Baby Gifts 101

There is nothing quite as momentous as the birth of a child, especially to a new mom! It is an experience that is both joyful and terrifying. If you have a friend or a loved one who is a first-time mom, we have a roundup of the best baby gifts to help ease her into the wonderful world of motherhood. This week, we’ll be blogging all about baby gifts!

Today, let’s start off with the most practical baby gifts for new moms.

During baby showers for new moms, the usual gifts are adorable baby clothes, cuddly stuffed toys and baby mobiles. While we are sure that the new moms appreciate these gifts, sometimes we tend to forget the more practical things that she’ll need.

Baby Monitor

To help busy moms keep track of every sigh, yawn, or cry, a good baby monitor will be a much-appreciated gift. With a baby monitor, she can still attend to other needs in the house as her baby sleeps.

Hair Accessories

If it’s a baby girl, among the most practical baby gifts are her very first hair accessories! Cute baby clothes are always fun to receive, but it’s that little bow or headband that can tie it all together. Plus it screams “I’m a Girl!” They’ll be no mistaking if she’s a girl when you adorn her with baby hair accessories! Wonderful gift ideas are No Slippy Hair Clippy® Baby’s First Hair Clips® and Baby’s First Bows® trio. There are 7 choices, and they each come with an adorable organza bag. This option makes gift giving easy and affordable!

Books

It’s never too early for story time! One of my favorite gifts as a new mom were my first books for the family library, like the classic Doctor Seuss, Winnie the Pooh and Paddington Bear. Some of my fondest memories were reading bedtime stories, even when my kids were babies.

Books in general are a must for a new mom. One of my personal favorites was “What To Expect When You’re Expecting”. It’s about the whole experience of motherhood, and educating ourselves about this new chapter in our lives. Acquiring a nice reading collection is a must-have for families. Books are timeless heirlooms and wonderful gifts.

Nappy Needs

Gifts to ease diaper duty are always appreciated! A diaper disposal bin will help take care of those soiled diapers in a hygienic way. Or for a care-free day outdoors, find a cool diaper bag with lots of pockets to store those necessities when you’re on the go, like baby wipes, bottles, diapers, changing pads, you name it! There are endless options for diaper bag shopping, ones to fit any budget, and they make terrific gifts.

Baby Blanket

Another fabulous gift idea are baby blankets. Whether it’s a smaller receiving blanket or a full sized crib blanket, new parents truly appreciate blankets as a baby gift.

Head Over Heels for Headbands!

Now that the back-to-school season is in full swing, it’s the season to add splashes of color to your style. But don’t stop with your clothes—jazz up your hair accessories too!

This year, among the biggest trends to make a comeback are hair accessories. It seems that mainstream fashion has fallen head over heels in love with ultra feminine hair accessories, particularly headbands. What used to be good for the basic “Plain Jane” is now one of the hottest hair accessories of the season. And No Slippy Hair Clippy® has a range of headband styles to suit girls of all ages and stages!

Our lovely model is wearing our Tonya Headband in Brown! It's available in Pink too:

Headbands instantly add a dash of femininity and sophistication to a look. They come in such a wide range of styles that it’s easy to find one that perfectly complements your wardrobe—from frilly to edgy, from classic to modern, from dainty to flamboyant.

Headbands with simple but elegant designs are perfect for the classic attire. It may seem understated, but it clearly pulls everything together. Headbands with floral designs go hand in hand with outgoing, vivacious personalities. Flower headbands are among the most popular headband styles for babies, girls, and women, especially big bold flowers. That’s why No Slippy® offers a vast collection of flower headbands in lots of sizes.

Special occasions flash the green light to really dress up from head to toe. Just check out the red carpet, and see all the gorgeous hair styles and accessories! On such events, it works to be a little more flashy with fashion! Headbands embellished with sequins and rhinestones can give that sparkle to last throughout the night.

Here are some tips from Seventeen.com on fun ways to wear headbands with romantic waves, a current favorite among young Hollywood:

Straight Hair

If you have straight hair, spritz on a wave-enhancing spray all over damp hair. Make several braids. Once dry, let loose and top with a dainty headband and you’re all set for a beautiful day.

Curly Hair
Relax your curls by applying a dime-size amount of serum while hair is dry. Go over two-inch sections of your hair with a large-barrel curling iron. Top with a chic headband and get ready to steal the show!

Wavy Hair
Scrunch a golf ball-size amount of a curl-defining mousse into damp hair. Dry with a diffuser. Then put on your favorite headband and get some heads turning.

Relaxed Hair
If you have had your hair relaxed, protect your strands by spritzing a heat-styling spray onto dry hair. Wrap one-inch sections of your hair around a one-inch-barrel curling iron. After 30 seconds, unwind the strands and then repeat until you have gone through the rest of your strands. Finish off with a fashionable headband.

Whatever it Takes to Save a Child- From Unicef 9/20/10

Our involvement with UNICEF began last January, with the crisis in Haiti. “Hair Clips for Haiti” is one way No Slippy Hair Clippy® continues to support this reputable charity, with a portion of proceeds from online sales going to this fund. When someone makes a purchase from No Slippy®, they are helping support UNICEF, and children all over the world.

Thank you for making the world prettier, one child at a time!

Annie Salyer
Chief Executive Officer
No Slippy Hair Clippy, Inc.
www.hairclippy.com

And now I'm sharing with you the latest newsletter that UNICEF sent to us:

Dear Annie,

We have exciting news to share today: child mortality rates have dropped from 24,000 preventable deaths per day to 22,000. We are now closer than ever before to the day when zero children die from preventable causes. Your commitment and support of UNICEF have made this progress possible. And it is only with sustained support that this number will continue to drop.

Historic flooding in Pakistan has proved to be one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory. Millions of children continue to rely on UNICEF's emergency operations. Read about UNICEF's work to get learning and recreation centers set up in all the temporary camps in the flood zone.

Finally, find out more about UNICEF's work to create child-friendly schools even in the midst of disaster.

Thank you for your commitment to the world's children!

Alisa Aydin
US Fund for UNICEF

If you would like to help, find out more on UNICEF's website.

Bop Star Baby August 2010 Bulletin

Here's the latest news from our friends BopStarBaby, who send out lovely Celebrity Baby Baskets that include No Slippy Hair Clippy products!

It basically contains a roundup of all the features and celebrity sightings of baby brands like No Slippy Hair Clippy:

Good Gracious

We truly appreciate the celebrities who take the time to write personal thank-you notes for their BopStarBaby Celebrity Baby Baskets, including: Journalist and author Laura Ling, who received a babyMakes3 basket from us in June.

CBS-TV's "The Early Show" correspondent Maggie Rodriguez, who received a BabyMakes3 basket from us in July.

Seen On The Scene

BopStarBaby puts products on all the right people. Here are a few recent sightings: Actress Joyce Van Patten wears a No Slippy Hair Clippy Sage hair clip in Shocking Pink in Adam Sandler's latest film "Grown Ups" [click here to see the photo!]

Jessica Alba's daughter Honor Marie is named Best Dressed Celebrity Baby in People (8/30/10), and one of the adorable shots included in the feature shows her wearing No Slippy Hair Clippy Parker bow in Shocking Pink.

Star Turns

The press pays attention to BopStarBaby participants. Here's what they've noticed lately:

Hudson's (August 2010) included No Slippy Hair Clippy's new product Clipettes in their "Industry News" column.

Pregnancy & Newborn (September 2010) featured No Slippy Hair Clippy no-slip hair clips in their "Tinseltown Tots" story.

No Slippy Hair Clippy's newest baby hair accessories were highlighted in Toys and Games, an online publication for the Canadian toy industry. [click here to see the feature!]




We wish to express heartfelt thanks to Mary Leonore and the rest of the BopStarBaby team for keeping No Slippy Hair Clippy out there!

It’s Time for a Hair Repair!

Believe it or not, gorgeous locks are never too far out of reach. You just need to get your hair in good health and soon you’ll be flaunting shinier, healthier hair in no time… Flash back to “The Breck Girls!” But first things first: lose the bad hair habits!

Among the most common hair nightmares are frizz, breakage and damage. These problems do not just pop out of nowhere. The way we treat our hair is oftentimes the very cause of our bad-hair-days. Here are some suggestions to help break those bad hair-habits and get better results.

Problem: Too Much Heat

When your blow-dryer is too hot, it can literally burn the surface of your hair! This will cause frizz and breakage.

Solution: Cool Down

On the surface, it may seem fine, but if it is giving off too much heat, then it's likely that its motor is already more than three or four years old. We suggest an ionic model. These models break down the size of water droplets to cut down drying time and to prevent hair damage. It is also important to give your hair a break from heat-styling. During these breaks, you can easily add flair to your locks by styling it with colorful hair accessories.

Problem: Split Ends

When you check your hair and see split ends, do you get tempted to pull the split apart so that it’s not obvious? The next time you feel this temptation, flee from it! You are only extending the split and this may lead to fly-away strands.

Solution: Cut it Out

The best solution to split ends is to cut the ends. See your stylist for a trim of at least half an inch every six weeks. Then in between your trims, use a few drops of anti-frizz serum on your hair’s ends to temporarily fuse the splits. One of my favorites is Bio-silk. It works great, and smells wonderful!

Problem: Knots Landing

When you comb your hair, it’s likely that you start from the roots and work down to the tips. You inevitably move any knots farther down the strands and make them bigger. This puts more stress on your hair and leads to breakage.

Solution: Upside Down

When combing your hair, try beginning at your ends and then work your way up to the roots. The key is to detangle a few inches at a time. For those extra nasty knots, mist on a leave-in conditioner and then gently detangle it using the point of a teasing comb.