I try my damndest not to do too much shopping for my son. I mean, he grows out of clothes so quickly and we have lots of hand-me-down digs and toys and really? Does he need another adorable sumthin' sumthin'?

Urban Baby Runway makes my efforts not to shop for baby VERY DIFFICULT. They've got tons of badass baby clothes for boys and girls, plusbedding, plus toys. Oh and plus they have maternity hotness. (They even carry that "floating baby" top that Sarah was wearing in one of those maternity shots I featured last week.)

I'm currently swooning over this monkey romper and the itty-bitty baby fedoras. Must! Restrain! Clicker! Finger!

Urban Baby Runway also sells these pouch slings from Hot Mama Ink. As you might have guessed from the brand name, the slings are tattoo themed, with pouches featuring designs like Heart & Wing, Dagger, Anchor, Tribal, and Skull & Roses.

And now? One of these slings can be yours … all yours …

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Congrats to the winner of the Simplebear hoodie giveaway: Jessyka Greene! Jessyka, check your email.

Jess from Simplebear was so overwhelmed by the response to the giveaway that she decided to offer a 15% discount to all Offbeat Mama readers! So if you LOVE this hoodie, didn't win it but still want it — DISCOUNT FOR YOU! The discount applies to all Simplebear products, not just the Crossley hoodie. Just message Jess through Etsy to let her know you're an OBM reader, and she'll hook you up with the discount.

So even if you didn't win, go get some of the Simplebear coziness for yourself!

Congrats to Jess, who left comment #129 on the Glittersniffer giveaway! Jess, check your email.

For the rest of you, although I only had one pack of sparkly eye dust to give away, Glittersniffer's Etsy store is STUFFED with colors (she's introduced some new ones just in the last week!) and she's got a great package where you can order 6 colors for only $25 — which gets 'em down to about $4.50/pot. (I know what I'm doing this afternoon…)

Tell Lela Offbeat Mama sencha — now go git glittery!

A few weeks ago on Facebook, I mentioned this made-to-order organic cotton hoodie, from Etsy seller simplebear.

"I'm hoping this will be the ultimate breastfeeding hoodie," I said.

And guess what? IT IS.

And guess what else? Simplebear has a made-to-order hoodie to give away to one of you!

Because not only is this the ultimate breastfeeding hoodie — it's really just the ultimate mama hoodie. I will tell you why.

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As the child of hippies, I never really learned how to put on make-up. My first experiences were in the context of doing musical theater in middle and high school — and stage makeup is, uh, not really a good model for daily wear. My cosmetics education then took a turn for the sparkly when I started going to raves in the mid-'90s. Suddenly, I couldn't leave the house without at least three different layers of glitter. Ever. Anyway, this is all to say that I don't know shit about make-up and my taste in eyeshadow is almost as loud as my taste in wedding shoes. Here's one of my more understated looks.

Given this love of sparkles and over-the-top-ness, I'm stupid-giddy about Glittersniffer Cosmetics, the brainchild of Lela, a 24-year-old Detroit mama to a three-year-old. Glittersniffer makes (not just sells — MAKES) some of brightest, sparkliest mineral-based eye shadows I've ever seen in colors like Zombie Girl, Contradiction, and Pink Pistol. Lela makes perfumes and other cosmeticstoo, but I'm obsessed with the eyeshadow. And I'm here to share the obsession with you via a giveaway!

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When Real Nappies contacted me about doing a review of their Snug Wraps diaper covers, I was a little hesitant. See, I don't change most of the diapers in our house. Andreas does. Can I really pretend to be an expert reviewer when most of the diaper business is outsourced to my husband? But I checked with him to see if he'd be into reporting back about his experiences with Real Nappies, and he agreed.

Thank goodness, cuz it means that y'all have a chance to win some free stuff for yourselves…

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