Villa Kaatje

If you are looking for the great product from Stephen Joseph, you should visit Villa Kaatje. They sell a lot of great products. From sunglasses to umbrellas. I just absolutely love the colours, it makes me happy.

Hip & handy beachtowel

Slipperwereld has found a real beach hit for this summer! These ITSA Beachtowels are hip, handy and soft.

Barbecue in hip colours

 Well, this beautiful indian summer will stay with us for a week at least, so we are all dusting off our bbqs. We didn’t have the chance to use it much this summer, but now we can grill our fishes and meat outdoors again. Delicious! I love the atmosphere of a good barbecue, we poor a little wine, make a fresh salad and have a dish of meat and fish to grill. We take all evening, until the sun goes down. The kids also like having a barbecue. Little Yuren eats everything he can lay his hands on, so he is all exited when the table is full of food. It’s easier for the kids too, because now they can play and eat at the same time, they have the time of their lives. I found this hip barbecue on the internet, and they have them in every colour of the rainbow. Even in pink! I will never get a pink barbecue through the negotiations, but I love the idea. Besides, this barbecue Puuur from barbecook is full of nice gadgets. They have a double wall, which makes it extra safe for children, because the outside wall doesn’t get hot. A reflector on the top causes a double warmth system so your meat gets done nicely and there is less chance of burning it. If you’d like to know more about the way it works, you can check out the  website.

Fire Wire

I am craving for barbeque weather. I’d love some sunshine and a glass of rose wine, meat skewer, a grilled fish. Yummy! I’m happy we had a nice start of the summer, we tested the Fire Wire from Brutus Kookt very well. It’s a professional grill tool, it’s a 12cm long pin and a 56cm long stainless steal thread with a sealed twist. It makes grilling easier, more fun and safer. The best advantages of the Fire Wire are that it doesn’t get hot and you can grill large amounts of meat at once. So it’s very handy for barbecue parties! You put the pieces of meat and fish on the thread with the stainless steal pin. You keep that part out of the barbecue so it doesn’t get hot, and that makes it easier to rotate the flexible thread. We figured out that it takes some getting used to, beacause it wasn’t easy to turn that long and flexible thing. But exept for that, it’s great! So, we are ready for the barbecue weather.. They also have a nice cook book available with all sorts of original recepies for the Fire Wire.

Night lights & hip coolbags

Two very different products, but both very hip and handy and perfect to use on your next vacation. First this very cute rabbit night lamp. It works on batteries, (rechargeable would be good) and it burns, if necessary the entire night. It’s adorable and my 4 year old daughter was a big fan from the start, the little rabbit was always on her side. And you can put it in the tent, in case your children are afraid sleeping there. Next are the hip coolbags. Perfect to take lunch to school, or on the backseat of your car, or just to put in your backpack for a hike. The size is perfect, not too big, so you can put it in a bag, but big enough to put stuff in. I got the one with the apples, it make me happy! You can get the om night lights and the coolbags at Stip & Bloem.

On behalf of Stip & Bloem I can give away 3 coolbags of your choice!  Fill out this form and tell us in how many different prints they have the coolingbags avaiable on the webpage of Stip & Bloem and you could win a handy and hip bag. This competition lasts until August 11th, 2011.

Shine

Oh no, I am not talking about the songfestival song that didn’t made it to the finals, SHINE are those beauties of moodlights that Jurianne Matter makes. I already was a fan of the last edition but these are even nicer. It’s great because you can make them yourself, you can fold the ready-punched parts in or outside. Besides that, the moodlight is also reversible, so you can choose your favorite side. Easy made and a beautiful moodlight to put outside on warm summernights. It’s even more fun to put some on a row, gives a great effect!

They aren’t expensive at all, for €7,95 only you can have your own. The moodlights SHINE fit around almost every glass or marmelade jar and once lit they have something magical, probably because the inside shines through. Perfect for warm summernights to put outside, but also for inside when it’s christmas! You can get them at PSikhouvanjou.

Sonpakkie

Even though I’ve never been there, I have a thing for South-Africa. I especially like the language. I recognize things in it, that makes sense. That’s part of the reason why I like Sonpakkie so much. They sell UV protective clothes in all kinds of shapes and sizes. From baby to adults. Nowadays everyone can spend time in the sun being well protected. The Sonpakkies also look great. They have prints of pinguins, a giraffe, a submarine or just the text ”Sonpakkie”. Definitely hip and cool. They got it back there in South Africa.

If you want to get your own hip and handy Sonpakkie? You can now do so with a 10% discount! Fill out code HNH072011 when ordering and you will get your discount immediately. The code will be valid until July 29th, 2011.

La Panacée

While everyone is getting ready for their holiday we already had ours in France. It was lovely to stay at La Panacée in Rignac. The fact that we drove 2 hours to many (and had to drive 2 hours back) just to get there was sure worth it. We were welcomed with a delicious bottle of rose wine in the shades of the linden tree and forgot all about the long journey. The entire vacation was just about enjoying. La Panacée is a refurbished farm. Arjan en Lisette, who opened their Chambre d’ Hôte in the Lot, in 2009 after a long reconstruction, put a lot of effort to make every detail perfect. The rooms are luxurious, but kept their typical French atmosphere. The breakfasts are great, with fresh croissants,  jus d’orange and local products. They asked us each morning if we would join them for dinner and believe me, you would love to. Because enjoying Lisette and Arjans’ kitchen once makes you realize there aren’t that many restaurants that good. The personal highlights are the couscous, delicious fresh soups, pineapple crumble, the stuffed artichokes and pasta. They have a one course dinner one day and a 4 course dinner the other. It’s great to do fun things during the day, knowing you don’t have to think about getting groceries or kooking. Just join them at the long table outside, enjoy the kids playing, the sunset, a great wine and good conversations with the other guests. If you’d like more privacy, you can also go out for dinner in one of the nearby villages. There is enough to do in the environment, the webpage of  La Panacée is full of suggestions. Visit the vintage markets, buy your wine in the nearby wine houses in Cahors for example, hike in nature, visit the Murel waterfalls, walk around in cities like Domme and Cahor, explore the Dordogne by canoe or spend a day doing nothing at the pool at La Panacée. Just vacation how vacation should be. I can definitely recommend you this great place to stay!

Kinderfactory

The Kinderfactory sells all kind of nice lifestyle products online. What I like most are their playhouses. They are handmade with great passion and professionality. Can you already imagine it standing in your garden? With those happy coloured flags on them? You can drink tea with your daughter or play knight with your son. The options are endless. It’s also great to decorate the playcar with a theme. One time it can be a circus car, other times a postoffice or prinsess castle, so many options…

The playhouse is on sale right now, this makes me regret not having a garden… Especially for the Hip & Hot readers the delivery costs will be for free! So if you want a hip playhouse in your garden this summer, worth hours and hours of playing while you are reading a book in the sun? Order now!

Hip bandanas

Well, the sun  is a little lost at this moment and it isn’t exactly weather to go to the beach, but no worrries. A couple of weeks from now it’s vacation! The time when everyone goes south and where summer really is summer. And for those who stay at home, we hope to get some summer days this season. Days where even those who stay in Holland get to go to the beach. And at Slipperwereld you can find your hip and safe outfit. Like cute bandanas, watershoes, bathingsuits and other hip and handy stuff. Our daughter Sterre used her hip bandana a lot of times, it’s uv protective and matches her red bathingsuit perfectly! So I don´t have to worry about her getting a sunstroke. The bandanas are also available for boys at Slipperwereld.

On behalf of Slipperwereld we can give away 2 combi packages of watershoes and a bandana! Tell us what your favorite bandana is and fill out your answer on this form and you could win one of those packages to take with you on your holiday! This competition lasts until July 16th 2011.

Zoku Icecream machine

The nice wether seems to last and last! It’s good icecream wether, I would say. I don’t know how your children feel about icecream, but mine love it. Even my little Yuren! We heared about the Zoku IJsmachine this spring. I received a test model and I love it. It’s so much fun to use! You put it in the freezer for 24 hours and after that you make the most delicious icecream in a trice. A big plus: this icecream is healthy because you can make them from fresh fruit juice or vegetable juice and you only need to add a bit of sugar. So no artificial colors or flavours! The blog of Zoku is full of nice recipies to try out. What I also like is that you can put little slices of fruit on the wall of the icecream machine so you get frozen pieces of fruit. I love the effect that makes it true hip icecream! If you’d like to try it out yourself, get your Zoku Icecream machine here for €59,95 only.

We have one Zoku IJsmachine to give away! All you have to do is make up a hip icecream recipie and fill out this form. First check out the Zoku webpage to see how to make the recipies and find out if your idea suits the machine. This competition lasts until June 5th, 2011. 

Stoerekindjes UV protective clothes

Last week we had the joy of sunny wether. It feld like summer! We went out with the kids, to play outside. Enjoying the sun. But we weren’t prepared that well. We brought our old sunblock and as you know, that loses its strenght after a while. In stead of SPF 50 it turned into SPF 20. And our kids got a little sunburned. It made me realise that we have to take better precautions for the sunny days that lay ahead and our holiday in May. A holiday to the south of Holland, so with more hours of sun and a swimmingpool nearby.  It’s time for UV protective clothes! Until now, UV protective clothes for kids where hard to find and didn’t look very fashionable. Extremely bright colors and boring prints. That’s how Stoerekindjes.nl thought about it and so they found the best looking UV protective clothes and imported them. The collection protects up to  SPF 50+ UPF, perfect to take with you on holidays! Take a look at the webpage of Stoerekindjes for their collection of cool UV protective beach- and swimwear. We already received an outfit for Yuren to try out and I have to admit, the colors look as good as on their webpage. A great fabric, which makes it comfordable to wear! So I recommend all our readers to shop for UV protective clothes at Stoerekindjes. Find a hip outfit for your son or daughter, make them pick out their favorite color and make sure they don’t get sunburned this summer!

If you would like to win a hip set of UV protective clothes, please answer the following question: what is the difference between the SPF and UPF? To answer, fill out this form. This competition lasts until May 15th, 2011.

I am so beautiful

It’s almost the season to start wearing your bading suits again! I’m already looking forward to going to the beach together with my kids. Building sandcastles, swimming in the sea, splashing around. Or later, in May, when we go to France, going to the swimming pool. I found the cutest little girls bathing suits already. At Ikbenzomooi.nl they have the best with hip hearts. In blue or red. Suits every girl. Sterre loved it, she likes it so much, she can’t choose between red and blue. That’s how cut they are!

On behalf of Ikbenzomooi.nl I can give away 2 bathing suits. Great! So, your little girl might be looking as cute this summer. Just fill out this form and tell us the brand of the cute bathing suits with hearts. Who knows, you might win one!

Koeka beachwear

Looking hip this summer. You can do that with the Koeka Beachwear on Yurada for example. Kids love walking around in their swim shorts and bikini all summer, and if they can, barefeet! The collection is inspired on a hot summer. The main modern colors are kaki green and purple. They also have a variety of comfordable jumpsuits, bikinis, shorts, dresses and teddy shorts. Kids love playing outside in the sun with these kind of clothes. 

The different pieces of clothing are nicely finished with beautiful lines and on the tops, for example, a bead as an extra detail. Kids can play in these clothes. Climbing trees, playing in the sand, or hide and seek on the camping site, it’s no problem. So no more hot jeans for this summer.  If you want to be all set for this summer, order today or tomorrow at Yurada with discountcode: HIPHOT and you will get a 20% discount on the entire collection (from 25 euros, exept for koeka). Valid until April 2011.

Lightguirlande Tse Tse

You can buy this great light guilande at the French webshopTse Tse. Perfect for long summerevenings and good party’s. Don’t forget to take a look at all the other stuff in the Tse Tse online shop, because I’m sure there will be much more you like!