Target Deal Days are almost here! In addition to an extra day of sale extravaganza, the bullseye retailer is getting shoppers excited with an extra special deal that starts TODAY.
From Wed. Jun. 16 through Sat. Jun. 19 you can save 5% off Target digital gift cards! The offer is valid for a one-time only purchase, up to $500.
To access the deal, head to Target.com and save the offer to your account. You can use the code to get multiple gift cards, but just make sure they are all in one transaction!
Choose from delivery via email, text or mail and remember that the deal is only good on Target gift cards. Dining, entertainment and credit card based gift cards are not included. Shop on!
National Eat Your Vegetable Day is June 17 and broccoli is the most popular veggie in the U.S., according to a new survey from Green Giant. Believe it or not, every person who picked it said the taste was the top factor!
Regionally there are some disagreements. The East Coast prefers broccoli, but the West Coast leans in favor of carrots. Unsurprisingly, corn is the king of many Midwest states. But every state picked one of those three vegetables as the best, pushing aside past favorites that included tomatoes and cucumber.
Also unsurprisingly, small children were not included in this survey. Green Giant collected data from more than 5,000 Americans over the age of 18. There would likely be even more disagreement among kids and we predict that green smoothies would be a top contender.
Thankfully Green Giant has an array of options for the veggie-averse members of your family. Cauliflower pizza crust, riced veggies, veggie tots and spirals, all frozen for easy side options! Feel free to conduct your own informal survey with your family—with a side of broccoli of course—to mark this week’s holiday.
So you have a baby—congrats! If you gave birth during the pandemic, you may have left a few essentials off of your must-have baby list, namely, those that make traveling easier. Well, it’s finally time to dust off those suitcases and head out to see people we love and have missed so much!
You have probably figured out that you need a lot of gear to travel with an infant—but it doesn’t have to be that way… at least as far as carriers go! We have found the holy grail of baby carriers, seriously: We may want to have another baby now just to use this carrier—and couldn’t have come at a better time to travel and see family. Read on for seven reasons why the CUDL™ baby carrier by the baby-gear geniuses at Nuna® is the only baby carrier you will ever need.
Newborn carrying? No problem. Baby wants to face in? No problem. Baby wants to face out? Got it. Now your baby is not so little anymore and getting too heavy—want to carry them on your back? Go for it! This carrier works overtime, canceling out the need to keep buying carriers for multiple scenarios. Once again, the CUDL baby carrier has your back (and can go on your back), with four carry positions that encourage healthy hip and spine development: Newborn mode, facing in, facing out and back carry. With its wide adjustability range, 24-57 inches, it’s ideal for all sizes and shapes of adults, so you and your partner can share this one fantastic carrier.
2. Integrated Infant Booster Seat
No need to buy another item for your infant that you'll use for two months, then pawn off on someone else—Nuna'sCUDL has you covered! An infant booster is included in the design for comfort and safety, with covered, locking zippers to ensure soft and safe use with babies under four months. They've also included innovative leg opening buttons for proper adjustment for smaller babies.
Cue music and slow clap: “A moment like this, some people wait a lifetime…”. We have struggled to get a carrier on and off ourselves FOREVER—but those days are gone, and we are never looking back. The CUDL has four ergonomic magnetic buckles with MagneTech Secure Snap™. These self-guiding magnetic buckles automatically lock into place, ensuring an easy and secure attachment. No more bashfully asking a stranger to help you clip on your carrier—you can do it all by yourself!
4. Dreamy Fabric
This extraordinary carrier is made with better-for-baby OEKO-TEX® fabric verified in an independent laboratory and tested for harmful substances. Nuna thought of everything and even included two GOTS™ certified organic cotton bibs. What's so great about GOTS? It's grown without harmful pesticides, and this organic cotton is toxin-free and best for babies. Need a refresher? Just toss the removable bib in the wash or your entire CUDL when life gets too messy. And because a sweaty baby is not a happy baby, the CUDL is warm-weather ready with mesh fabric that allows air to flow... ahh.
Because health matters, too: The CUDL is designed and acknowledged as a “Hip Healthy” product by the IHDI (International Hip Dysplasia Institute) when used as instructed. Dad joke alert: Hip, Hip, Hooray! (cue the groans.)
6. Winner, Winner! (Hands-Free So You Can Eat Dinner)
You want the best for your baby, and to make your life easier—you want a product that is out there winning awards; that’s how exceptional this carrier is! The CUDL by Nuna is the proud recipient of The Red Dot Product Design Award 2020, an international design competition for product design, communication design and design concepts.
Because parents have their own gear to carry, too, Nuna incorporated a zip-open storage pocket on the waistband to fit your cellphone, keys and cash—brilliant!
LEGO keeps upping the ante! The new LEGO World Art Map is a legit work-of-art wall piece and at 11,695 elements, it contains the most pieces ever included in a set in the LEGO Group’s history.
Even better, it comes with customizable brick-built pins to mark destinations you’ve already visited or future travel spots. With 40 interconnecting base plates, it can be arranged in three different ways so you can highlight your own favorite part of the world. You can also arrange the oceans to your liking, following the bathymetric mapping of the ocean floor in the instructions or creating your own water patterns.
Fitting of any art piece, the set includes a coffee table style instruction booklet, a white brick frame and two hanging elements so you can add it wherever you like. Of course, you’ll have to complete it first and at 25.5 inches high and 40.5 inches wide, your masterpiece will take some time. To set the mood, this product also includes an accompanying soundtrack with stories from travel experts.
Ready to buy for an upcoming break? The LEGO Art World Map will be available online starting Jun. 1 and at other retailers on Aug. 1. It’s $249.99 and it will definitely be a talking point for all of your future guests. Flex your building muscles and get ready to map your travels in a whole new way!
New makeup alert! The queen of Malibu has just dropped a new makeup collection and it’s fit for any Barbie lover.
The Malibu Barbie x ColourPop collection has everything you need for a summer of sun and fun. From bright and silky eyeshadows to the biggest falsies we’ve seen, this collab is a must for hitting the beach in style.
photo: ColourPop
So what’s included? Barbie girls can get ready each day with:
Malibu Barbie Palette, a 15 pressed-pan palette
Three lipstick duos each with a LUX Lipstick and matching Lippie Pencils
Warm golden highlighter Beach Party Super Shock Highlighter
Exclusive Doll Lashes Falsies
Malibu Barbie Hand Mirror
Each product comes in signature Barbie pink packaging and is very affordably priced. You can purchase each one individually or the entire set for just $99! Shop the entire collection which starts at just $10 at colourpop.com.
This recall involves Kidde TruSense Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarms. The model numbers are 2040, 2050, 2060 and 2070, located on the back of the alarm. Only alarms with the TruSense logo or “AMBER=FAULT” printed on the front of the alarm are included in this recall. They were sold for between $10 and $70 and about 226,000 units are involved.
No incidents or injuries have been reported. Customers should immediately contact Kidde for a replacement alarm. In the meantime, continue using the current alarm until the replacement can be installed.
—Sarah Shebek
Image courtesy of the Consumer Product Safety Commission
What do moms really want for Mother’s Day? Breck’s recently tried to answer this question with a two-part study that included an analysis of Google Trends search volumes and a survey of 700 mamas across the country.
The first part of the study looked specifically at the types of flowers googled in the week leading up to Mother’s Day in each state over the past five years. It’s no surprise that the iconic rose scored the top spot—with more searches than other flowers in a whopping 18 states.
Second place went to three different flowers: Gardenias, cyclamen, and poppies. Other highly-searched flowers across the country included crocuses (the most popular in Hawaii and Kansas) and tulips (the winner in Michigan and Indiana).
The 700-mom survey reflected the search trends, with more than 60 percent of mamas saying they would want to get roses for Mother’s Day. Forty-six percent of participants wanted tulips and 40 percent wanted lilies.
Along with flower choices, Breck’s survey also looked at Mother’s Day spending. The average gift for mom tops $67. Fifty-six percent of moms picked gardening wares as a top gift choice, 52 percent would choose food or wine, and 49 percent want clothing, jewelry, or accessories!
We all know just how much work goes into being a mom, but now there’s a study that can actually confirm it in case anyone ever dares to question how you spend your day. According to research being a mom is the equivalent of working 2.5 full-time jobs.
A study conducted by Welch’s of 2,000 moms found that they spent an average of 98 hours per week doing mom duties. Most moms “clocked in” for the day around 6:23 a.m. and “clocked out” again around 8:31 p.m. for a 14-hour day. The opt-in survey respondents had kids ranging in age from 5 to 12. Had they included moms of babies still waking in the middle of the night, it could very well be a 24-hour “work” day.
The survey showed that, on average, moms got just over one hour to themselves every day. Four out of every 10 moms surveyed said that their week felt like a never-ending list of tasks.
“The results of the survey highlight just how demanding the role of mom can be and the non-stop barrage of tasks it consists of,” said Casey Lewis, MS, RD and Health & Nutrition Lead at Welch’s.
The survey also asked what moms relied on most to help them survive the long work week. The most popular responses included coffee, wine, Netflix, wet wipes, iPads, and toys.
Do you have mountains of kid-made art your littles bring home from daycare or school? If you answered “yes,” you aren’t alone.
According to a new survey from OnePoll conducted on behalf of Canvaspop, the average American mom gets 45 pieces of homemade art as gifts from their kiddos. The poll, which included 2,000 moms, revealed mothers reported getting an average of six drawings, four finger paintings and four watercolor paintings as holiday presents over the course of their mom-ing life.
photo courtesy of Canvaspop
If you’re into displaying your child’s mini masterpieces, you’re in good company. A whopping 76 percent of moms surveyed reported framing their kiddo’s artwork.
Even though moms are obviously into framing kid-created art, the survey’s stats also show parents want more than finger paintings and collages on their walls. Sixty-seven percent of the moms surveyed wish they have more photos of their fam to hang on the walls too.
Brittany Norris, Brand Marketing Manager for Canvaspop, said in a press release, “Moms are amazing about making sure that their family’s biggest moments are captured.” Norris added, “That’s why it’s important to take the time to go through your favorite photos and print the ones that say thank you for always being there.”
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced a voluntary recall of Sabra Dipping Company, LLC 10oz. Classic Hummus due to a potential Salmonella contamination concern.
The current recall includes 2,100 cases of the 10oz. Classic Hummus with the UPC code 300067 produced on Feb. 20, 2021 between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. with the “Best Before” date of Apr. 26, 2021.
There are currently no reported illnesses or consumer complaints related to the recalled products. The FDA did find the presence of Salmonella in one tub of the hummus during a routine screening, prompting the voluntary recall.
Hummus distributed to the following states are included in this recall—Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Jersey, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
If you have the recalled Sabra Classic Hummus, don’t eat it. Return the affected products to the place of purchase for a reimbursement.
Direct recall-related questions to Sabra Consumer Relations at 1-866-265-6761, Mon. through Frid. from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET. Visit the FDA’s website here for more details.
—Erica Loop
Photos courtesy of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration/Feature photo: Pexels
