Wonderful British beauty brand Suti have come up with a brilliant – and very generous – giveaway for readers of A Model Recommends. Three readers will win a gorgeous prize for their Mum to surprise them with on Mother’s Day; two will receive a full set of beautiful, organic skincare products and one lucky lady will win a facial with the very talented Suti founder, Suzannah Jenkins. Suzannah is a highly qualified therapist in complementary medicine and works with Reiki, Homeopathy, Crystal Healing and Reflexology amongst other techniques. Every time I’ve met Suzannah she’s given me a little impromptu arm and hand massage and I have to say that she has an incredibly soothing and calming touch. I can imagine that a facial with her would be so much more than a facial – more of an all-round holistic MOT!

The products in the organic skincare sets are as follows: the Honour Cream, Rejuvenate Facial Oil, Nourish Facial Oil, Cleanse Balm, Purity Balm, Fabulous Foot Balm, Rose Water and the Peppermint Water. All of them utterly delicious. I can imagine that it will be very hard to give them away, which is why they’ll be sent straight to your Mums and not to you!

To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment, remembering to enter your email address where prompted, and tell me one thing that’s amazing about your Mum. It can be something profound, something soppy, something silly… For example, “my Mum is amazing because she can sense when I’m down and ring me up at just the right time.” There you go – get to it, tell me about your Mum! UK readers only, for this one, due to the fact that Mother’s Day is drawing near and the packages will be heavy, and also please bear in mind that Suzannah is based in London for the facial. If travel isn’t possible (expenses aren’t part of the prize!) then please say so in your comment, perhaps marking it “product only” or something similar.

You have until noon on Thursday to enter, prizes will be sent out the following day. Good luck!

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1) If there’s one thing that beauty brand l’Occitane does very well indeed (there are loads of things, but that ruins my sentence) then it’s shea. Shea butter in hand creams, foot creams, face creams – even cleansers and toners and serums. If you need a proper hit of something rich and nourishing on your skin, then l’Occitane’s shea things always seem to do the trick. The founder of l’Occitane, Olivier Baussan, first used shea in his products after visiting Burkina Faso in the early eighties; since then the brand has built up a special relationship with the women there, providing ongoing financial support with a focus on education programs and literacy schemes. In celebration of Women’s Day, l’Occitane have launched the new Ultra Soft Balm; a gorgeous, apricot-scented moisturiser that has been formulated with 96% shea butter. It’s a proper little multi-purpose number for lips, dry patches, cuticles and hair and 100% of the profits from each sale go to non-profit groups that promote women’s entrepreneurship in Africa. The Ultra Soft Balm costs £4 – you can find it here online.

2) Mr Bear is going on a little holiday. I said vacation in the title, but that was only because I didn’t want two “days” in a row – it was a style decision. I can’t write too much about it because I am so sad, but basically we couldn’t find a short-term let that allowed cats (but they all allow dogs! Bizarre!) and so he is going for an eight-week retreat at my parents’ house. He will have an amazing time, because my Mum seems to have the energy of a six year-old when it comes to playing with the cat and devises all kinds of games and ways to tease him. But I’m still very sad. Even though he sleeps for approximately 99.99% of the time, he’s the best companion ever and when he comes to jump on my desk at the end of a work day it is my most favourite moment. Hopefully he won’t forget me…

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