News - competition - forthcoming events

You may have noticed that things have been a bit quiet at LoMoC HQ.

There is a lot going on behind the scenes while we are preparing our relaunch and a brand new amazing website.

With that comes a whole new range of exciting events. So watch this space and keep updated here, on twitter and facebook.

In the meantime make sure you enter our Competition to win a family photo shoot session.

Our forthcoming events:

6th June - Pamper Party Balham

COMPETITION: win a photoshoot with Shutterbaby Photography

Shutterbaby Photography is offering a free newborn, baby, child or family photoshoot for one lucky family, worth £75 within South London. This includes an hour and a half session at your home or your favourite outdoor location, and one 7x5 print of your choice. Additional prints can be purchased from £10, but there is no obligation to buy!

Sara-Jane, who runs Shutterbaby, is a professional newborn, baby, child and family photographer based in South London, specialising in natural light portraits taken in your own home. Her style is fun, relaxed and informal, which puts your children at ease and allows their personalities to be captured in beautiful natural pictures. For more information you can visit her website at www.shutterbaby.co.uk

To enter the competition, email comp@londonmothersclub.com with your name and contact information. The competition closes on 14th June 2013 8pm. The winner will be contacted via email and issued with a voucher which must be redeemed by the end of August 2013.

Pamper Party Balham 6 June

Come along to our Pamper Party at 20 Pickets Street, 10.30am-2.30pm

We have professional and experienced babysitters on site from Family Care agency Granny and I who will take care of your little ones during the event. You can select how long you would like to use the babysitters for when selecting your treatments below.

Babysitting prices:

• £4 for 30mins
• £8 for 1h
• £12 for 2h+

The treatments we have on offer include:

• File & Polish (20 mins) £15

• Express manicure: file & shape/cuticle tidy/hand massage/polish application (30 mins) £22

• Express pedicure: file & shape/foot soak & exfoliation/optional foot file/cuticle tidy/foot massage/polish application (45 mins) £27

• Express pedicure & massage: as above & 15 min neck, head and shoulder massage (1 hour) £35

• Gelish manicure (LoMoC favourite: dry straight away & last as long as 2 weeks): file & shape/cuticle tidy/polish application (45 mins) £30

• Express facials: choose on the day from hydrating, clarifying or anti-ageing treatments (30 mins) £27

• Head, neck & shoulder massage (LoMoC favourite: stress relief & relaxation) (30 mins) £27

Please book your treatments and babysitting requirements using the PayPal button below. Hope to see you there x

file & polish £15.00 GBP express mani £22.00 GBP express pedi £27.00 GBP express pedi & massage £35.00 GBP gelish mani £30.00 GBP express facial £27.00 GBP massage £27.00 GBP babysitting 30mins £4.00 GBP babysitting 1h £8.00 GBP babysitting 2h+ £12.00 GBP

Ask The Expert with Style Expert Erica Davies

On Wednesday evening we held our first online event, Ask The Expert. Questions were submitted on twitter or facebook and the first ten were submitted to the expert for answering.

The topic was 'style' and the expert was Erica Davies, style editor and journalist and founder of one of our must read blogs, Modern Mum Must-Have.  Here are the questions and her answers:

1. I would like to know Erica's advice for dressing during early pregnancy with a curvy shape? ... Kim Kardashian did not wear it well!

Early pregnancy is really difficult isn't it - you don't look pregnant but still feel bloated. I would say separates are your friend right now. Longer line tee-shirts or camisoles that scoot over the blooming bump that allow a bit of room (buy one size bigger, but don't go too voluminous) looks cooler. Wear with trousers that stop at the ankle - if you're curvier then Gap's coloured chinos are great - and a great flat sandal. Throw on a statement jacket and you're good to go. You can go tighter as you get bigger - I'd never wear bodycon normally (I'm pear-shaped), but embraced it during both my pregnancies! 

Herbal Medicine Workshop with Sarah Gray

A good friend of LoMoC, Sarah Gray, is a herbalist and we wanted to tell you a little about the work she does and her upcoming Herbal Medicine Workshop. We always like to know about new and interesting therapies and treatments and have previously found herbal remedies to be very effective.

A western medical herbalist, like Sarah, is trained to diagnose medical conditions in a similar way to a conventional doctor but with the added skill of being able to prescribe a range of herbal treatments. A medical herbalist is knowledgable about herb safety and possible herbdrug interactions and will always work closely with the patient and their GP, if appropriate, to ensure a safe course of treatment.