As desperate blokes across the UK were running into the nearest petrol station to pick up some blooms for their ladies this Valentine’s Day, we were completing a one-day ‘Spread the Love’ campaign in towns and cities around the country on behalf of Citroën, which saw us distributing beautiful red roses to guys and girls of all ages.

Accompanied by a fleet of Citroën DS3 superminis, we hit the streets of Swansea, Coventry, Edinburgh, Watford and Harrogate to give out gorgeous blooms and raise awareness of the DS range of premium Citroën models.

Following a successful trial of the activity in Ipswich at the end of 2012, the Feel Good with Citroën rose giveaway is being repeated at locations across the country. Since the start of the campaign we’ve been to more than 20 towns and cities, with another 10 lined up for the weekend of 23^rd February, including Swindon, Doncaster and Craigavon.

If you spot our Feel Good Citroëns on your local High Street, be sure to say hello, claim your free rose and tweet us a picture at @n2ocial with the hashtag #SpreadTheLove!

Haven’t you herd? Over the past few days we’ve supplied staff for an udderly fantastic PR stunt that had Leeds residents laughing until the cows came home (sorry, we’re really milking these puns).

To announce the launch of the new Miller & Carter steakhouse in The Light shopping and dining complex on The Headrow, five N2O staff donned cow costumes (and big smiles!) as they wandered the streets of the city, calling in at BBC Yorkshire along the way.

Leeds Light is Miller & Carter’s 28^th steakhouse in the UK. To make a reservation, call 0113 244 3583. 

We’ve been spreading the heart health message with Flora pro.activ recently, by visiting branches of Costco with to promote the benefits of incorporating a cholesterol-reducing spread into your diet.

Brand Ambassadors and trained nutritionists appeared at 10 stores to meet with shoppers and have a heart-to-heart, discussing their diet and lifestyle, and learning what steps can be taken to mitigate the dangers of heart disease – the developed world’s biggest killer.

Shoppers also sampled foods and drinks from the Flora pro.activ range, and had the chance to enter a competition to win a heart-healthy holiday at Centre Parcs! We'll be repeating the activity at a further 14 branches of Nisa throughout the Midlands over the coming weeks - say hi if you spot us!

We had the enviable task of selecting our most gorgeous girls as we joined Radical Cars at the Autosport International convention at the NEC in Birmingham earlier in January, where they were unveiling their latest road-legal race car, the super-lightweight RXC.

Powered by a 3.7-litre V6 engine, the Le Mans-inspired RXC is capable of speeding from 0-60 in under 2.8 seconds and onto a top speed of 175mph.

As the covers were drawn back to unveil the car, our stunning grid girls threatened to steal the headlines but the RXC more than held its own. Together the car and girls helped secure fantastic press coverage for Radical and attract potential new buyers.

To find out more about the RXC and the rest of Radical’s range of race cars, visit Radical’s website or call 01733 331616.

Here at N2O we work hard and like to play hard too. We like to let our hair down and that invariably involves a few shandies at the end of a long week, so this month some of the team have pledged to banish the booze and help raise money for Cancer Research: UK by taking part in the first annual Dryathlon.

Five of us have agreed to forgo alcohol for the entire month of January and are asking for people to donate the cost of a drink (or, if they’re feeling very generous, a round) to the cause. So far our Dryathlon has raised £235 and it’s only January 3^rd!

Some of the N2O lads took part in Movember a couple of months ago, which raised £385 for the fight against male cancers. The Dryathlon this gives the ladies of the N2O office the chance to contribute (and, let’s be honest, helps us all shed a little of the Christmas excesses!). One in three of us will be affected by cancer so this is a hugely important cause.

Please give the cost of a pint and help in the fight against cancer by texting WINE87 £3 to 70070. Cheers!

The sweet smell of success has been hitting Ipswich in the last few days, as we kick off 12 months of experiential activity on behalf of Citroën UK’s dealer network.

Taking to the streets of Suffolk’s county town in two Citroën DS3 superminis supplied by John Grose Citroën, our Brand Ambassadors distributed sweet-smelling red roses to shoppers and drivers at a number of locations to help them feel good this festive season.

The activity is the latest in a series of campaigns conducted on behalf of Citroën UK to promote the DS range of premium vehicles in local dealerships, and in 2013 the entire Citroën UK dealer network will be able to arrange similar activities that give their local community a hit of happiness.

Dealers looking to book a visit from the Citroën Happy Days team should contact Rebecca Graham on 01753 834100 or rebecca.graham@n2o.co.uk.

Boots have recently held beauty evenings for Advantage Card holders, and we’ve taken along a pop-up demonstration unit to 20 branches to promote the exclusive Toni&Guy Hair Meet Wardrobe range of Christmas gift packs exclusive to Boots.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, so we’re currently running a demonstration campaign to help Colgate promote its new ProClinical range of electric toothbrushes in 30 branches of Boots and ten branches of Tesco Extra.

Our specially-trained team of in-store demonstrators are discussing oral care and educating shoppers on the benefits of electrical toothbrushes in the run-up to the festive period. The overwhelming majority of dentists recommend using an electrical toothbrush, but figures indicate only 20% of people currently use one.

The new Colgate ProClinical range boasts a number of features, including a timer that helps users ensure they meet the recommended two-minute brushing time, and a 30-second ‘pacer’ that guides users on when to switch to a different corner of the mouth.

The range makes for a fantastic stocking-filler and is now on-sale, supported by a price promotion. Head down to your nearest branch of Tesco Extra or larger Boots stores to find yours!

It’s the fourth Thursday of November, and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to talk turkey. It’s Thanksgiving over in the U.S., and the annual event is a time for enjoying a feast and giving thanks for the good things in your life.

Many Americans eat a roast turkey dinner at Thanksgiving instead of Christmas.

Here in the UK, the holiday hasn’t grasped the public’s imagination in the same way as Halloween, but here at N2O HQ we thought we’d stop and briefly give thanks for all the wonderful things that America has given us over the years.

The sight of Adam Richman, star of Man v. Food, should be enough to terrify any turkey

The majority of suggestions from the N2O team were, perhaps unsurprisingly, from the worlds of pop culture, and food & drink. Man v. Food, a calorific fusion of these two worlds, got some love, with further shoutouts going to Napoleon Dynamite, Grey’s Anatomy (“and Patrick Dempsey in particular”), Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Mean Girls, and the accumulated works of The Walt Disney Company.

Grey’s Anatomy’s Patrick Dempsey. Swit swoo.

 What are you thankful to America for? Let us know by tweeting us at @n2ocial!

It was smiles all round this weekend as we kicked off a campaign to promote Impulse’s new Sweet Smile edition in 20 branches of Superdrug across the UK.

Our Brand Ambassadors engaged with Superdrug shoppers to distribute sample cards spritzed with Sweet Smile and actively sell the new fragrance, which is currently exclusively available in Superdrug.

Inspired by Alesha Dixon, the face of Sweet Smile, the gorgeous new scent incorporates pear and floral jasmine notes, so we created a simple game for shoppers buying the new variant to instantly win prizes.

Shoppers picking flowers from the Impulse Sweet Smile flowerbed had the chance to take home £50 in Lipsy vouchers, Barry M lip glosses, £10 Love to Shop vouchers and, of course, cans of Sweet Smile!

We’ll be repeating the activity at a further 40 branches of Superdrug over the coming two weekends, so head down to your nearest outlet and you could be in with a chance to win!

Fans visiting saw Clarkson, May and Hammond presenting a live, unedited edition of the show, including demonstrations from top drivers and plenty of stars in their Reasonably Priced Car. Also on display was the Cool Wall, exotic supercars, famous vehicles from past Top Gear challenges, and a replica of the studio, where visitors had the chance to have their photos taken.

We helped deliver the experience in conjunction with Citroën, which had a unique presence at Top Gear LIVE as it celebrated 40 years of its involvement in motorsport. On display were Citroën rally cars dating back to 1972, including the latest DS3 World Rally Championship challenger, as driven by the current drivers’ champion Sébastien Loeb.

We provided Brand Ambassadors to engage visitors as Citroën gave an exclusive UK premiere to the new DS3 Cabriolet ahead of its 2013 on-sale date, as well as demonstrating the rest of Citroën’s DS range of premium models and showcasing Citroën’s historic range of rally entrants.

Citroën also created a video capturing some of the atmosphere and feedback from visitors to the event, who were all very taken with the DS range and particularly the new DS3 Cabriolet. Check it out!

We’ve been visiting 30 branches of Superdrug across the country recently, where we’ve been conducting hair consultations for female shoppers to promote TRESemmé’s range of haircare products.

It was time for our quarterly company meeting recently, and we had a frighteningly fun party to get everyone from our Windsor office together and celebrate Halloween at the same time, in true N2O style!

We got into the ‘spirit’ (sorry!) of things with some fantastic costumes, make-up and face painting. Among the personas adopted were tigers, pirates, mobsters - and even Keith Lemon! But we can’t show you those pictures…

We take our jobs very seriously.

Held after a hard day’s work, the meeting is one of four that take place annually here at N2O, where we review the last three months, give an official welcome to any newbies, and look ahead to what we hope to achieve in the near future.

After the meeting was over, we enjoyed tasty pizza and threw some shapes, accompanied by some delicious cocktails – including Eyeball Martinis! Don’t worry, they’re not real eyeballs – lychees and blueberries, actually. Very clever stuff, and yummy too.

No Campaign Managers were harmed in the making of this blog.

We even created a little N2O experiential activity of our own, with members of the team posing as dead bodies for photographs. Sadly, an opportunity was missed when it transpired that the DJ didn’t have ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’.

A huge thank you to our Production and Field Supports team who made everything happen, from dressing the room to organising the drinks and music – it was a great night!

You know Christmas is just around the corner when The X Factor’s is back on the telly, and this year Unilever has partnered with the talent competition to give fans of the show the chance to win tickets to attend the live final this December!

The X Factor dome has been appearing in car parks at 15 branches of Morrisons since 17th October, with the last activity taking place this weekend on 3rd and 4th November, where buyers of selected gift-sets from brands in the Unilever stable will have the chance to win one of 25 pairs of tickets for the Live Final, this year being held in Manchester for the first time.

Shoppers purchasing gift-sets from Morrison’s on the day of the activity will have the chance to play an interactive game created by N2O, with all those guessing a correct answer entering the draw. Here’s a clue: get brushing up on those song lyrics!

Meanwhile, we also visited 36 branches of Superdrug across the country in October, when shoppers sampling selected Unilever products received a free Polaroid photo taken against a branded X Factor backdrop to put them in the middle of the action. 

A further 20 pairs of tickets for the final were available, and those showing their Superdrug Beautycard when purchasing Unilever products were automatically entered into a competition to win free music downloads too.

Good luck to everyone who entered the competition, and don’t forget to vote for your favourite contestant every week on The X Factor!

We’ve teamed up with Berocca to give thousands of people really good days, as we take a sampling roadshow to 100 branches of Tesco and Sainsbury’s across the country throughout October and November.

Three teams of Brand Ambassadors are criss-crossing the nation to distribute samples of the effervescent vitamin supplement, which when dissolved in water creates a great-tasting drink packed with Berocca’s unique formulation. Combining B vitamins with vitamin C and essential minerals, including magnesium and zinc, Berocca is specially-formulated to help you release energy from food.

We’ve been racking up the miles on the Superdrug Beauty Bus for Superdrug On Tour 2012, which has recently come to an end after a two-part, 33-date tour across the country. The tour welcomed thousands of consumers on-board for treats and tips on how to look and feel on top form.

Running from July to August, the Summer Tour visited 18 cities and seaside towns to help shoppers look supreme when the sun shines, while the Student Tour added a further 15 locations in September and October to get university students looking and feeling fresh for the Autumn term. 

Superdrug Beautycard holders visiting the Beauty Bus received free nail and make-up makeovers courtesy of Barry M and Sleek MakeUP, with Lynx Hair and Vaseline toiletries samples also being distributed. One lucky prize draw winner from each stop-off also received a goody bag filled with products stocked in Superdrug.  

Recently we were making other brands ‘well jel’, as Surf welcomed TOWIE heartthrob Joey Essex to branches of Morrison’s in Milton Keynes, Coventry, and Kirkstall (Leeds) to help promote its new limited edition fragrance, Summer D’reem.

Inspired by the ITV phenomenon The Only Way Is Essex, Summer D’reem evokes the essence of a fantastic summer holiday, infused with the scent of coconut, melon, lychee and sun-kissed jasmine.

As you can see from the photos, shoppers were thrilled at the chance to meet Joey!

After a successful campaign in 2011 with our bespoke Maille boutique at Spitalfields Market in London, we’ve been helping the French condiment brand once again – this time, taking a pop-up boutique to food festivals in York and Brighton.

The boutique, stocked with the full range of Maille condiments available for purchase – including sauces, vinegars and salad dressings, all crafted with Maille’s 260 years expertise in creating classic mustards – also gave attendees the opportunity to sample Maille’s Dijon, wholegrain and honey mustard varieties.

The new fragrance, developed by perfumers Coty with input from the Haus of Gaga, evokes notes of honey, saffron, apricots, Tiger Orchid, and one unusual ingredient – Belladonna, better known as Deadly Nightshade – also the inspiration behind the design.

The world’s first black perfume, Fame contains unique technology that means it becomes invisible when misted and doesn’t show on skin or clothing.

Our gorgeous models, handpicked by lucky members of the N2O team, are offering shoppers the chance to experience the new fragrance and giving away vials containing samples to interested customers.

Fame is now on sale with an RRP of £25 for 30ml.

The defending champion, Sébastien Loeb, continues to dominate this year’s championship from behind the wheel of his Citroën DS3 WRC, so we sent two teams of Brand Ambassadors on a road trip in a pair of DS3s. During the course of the trip, stop-offs were scheduled at key points along the rally’s route where the teams distributed merchandise to promote Citroën’s range of DS premium models.

The Citroën stand, with the help of our Brand Ambassadors, showcased the DS3, DS4 and DS5 models - plus the rally-inspired DS3 Racing - for spectators coveting their own road-legal racer.

The campaign is the latest in a series we’ve helped deliver to promote the DS range, and it was a privilege to be involved. As they say in Wales, diolch yn fawr! (which means ‘thank you very much!’). 

Ben & Jerry’s have come a long way since starting up in a converted petrol station in Vermont in 1978, and earlier this year launched the new Cores range of mouth-watering ice-cream combinations. Fusing two complementary Ben & Jerry’s flavours together through a central reservoir of oozingly decadent sauce, there are currently three Cores to choose from – including our favourite, the yummy Berry White.

To help spread the word about the new range, and advertise that you can create your own Bespoke Core at Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop ice-cream parlours, we were given the enviable challenge of creating an engaging interactive campaign that we could take to cinemas on a UK-wide road trip.

More than 9,500 hopefuls had a go at the Core Volcano game, and - with a little encouragement from our band of travelling Brand Ambassadors - this translated into over 1,400 same-day Bespoke Core voucher redemptions at cinema Scoop Shop locations.

One customer said it all: “I really love the new Cores – they put Ben & Jerry’s in a league of their own.”

Job done!

We were bubbling over with pride this August Bank Holiday at Manchester Pride 2012, when we helped Citroën UK promote the DS range of premium models by taking part in the event’s annual parade. 

This year’s Manchester Pride celebrations had a theme of ‘Queer’d Science’, in honour of gay mathematician Alan Turing. A member of the faculty at The University of Manchester and inventor of the Colossus machine, used to break the Enigma code, Turing is widely considered to be the father of modern computer science and a key figure in securing Allied victory in the Second World War. 2012 would have been the centenary of his birth.

Arriving in a cloud of bubbles like an overflowing lab experiment, the parade entry encouraged onlookers to add some colour to their life; the campaign reflects Citroën’s recent introduction of a range of new paint colour options for the DS3 model, including a Fuchsia Pink roof! 

Check out this fantastic video which captured the carnival atmosphere of the day. We had a blast; thanks Citroën!

Running for six days only, Kirin Ichiban – Japan’s premium lager – presented a pop-up ‘yatai’ restaurant in Brick Lane, London. Offering delicious bamboo-skewered Kushiage (Japanese street food), the yatai also served up Kirin Ichiban beer, showed shortlisted film competition finalists, and gave customers the opportunity to own an original piece of street art.

Designed to engage all the senses, the Kirin Ichiban yatai was a unique collaboration between premium Japanese beer brand Kirin Ichiban; top London-based Japanese chefs Yasuhiro Mineno and Shinya Ikeda; exciting filmmakers entered in the Kirin First Cut film competition; contemporary art collective Soulful Gallery; disaster fundraising effort Play for Japan; brand placement agency Be Communications, and us! Working together, we created a pop-up restaurant bringing together the old traditions of Japan with new creativity and technology.

To anchor the ephemeral pop-up restaurant in its London setting, the creative team at N2O commissioned art collective Soulful Gallery to produce an outstanding series of Japanese urban street art walls – complete with hand painted brickwork, graffiti, peeling posters, and traditional and kawaii characters. Creating an atmospheric backdrop for the yatai, each bespoke wall section is an individual work of high quality art.

Yatai diners, art collectors and anyone with seriously good taste (and wall space) were invited to bid in a six day-long Silent Auction to win the original street art wall panels. We liked them so much, we bought them! Monies raised went to Kirin's and Play for Japan’s supported charity, the Japan Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund, raising money for victims of the 2011 Japanese earthquake.

We’ve been cooking up a storm for Tefal to promote its Preference Pro and Jamie Oliver Hard Anodised cookware ranges at John Lewis in Milton Keynes. We’ve been flipping pancakes to demonstrate the ranges’ cutting-edge non-stick technologies!

The store, situated at The Centre:mk, has recently refurbished its in-store kitchen, so the demonstrations are also designed to show how the new Tefal products are specifically engineered with induction hobs in mind.

We’ll be in-store again on September 29-30 and October 27-28 to demonstrate more Tefal cookware products, so come on down and see for yourself. Bon appétit! 

Part of a larger Radox Come to Life campaign delivered by N2O, the Radox-branded booth also integrates a camera and instant photo printer, so those brave enough to take part can take home a memento of their experience.

Screen∙print: [‘skɹi:n ‘pɹınt] (verb) a centuries-old process in which ink is pushed through a fine mesh  to create a pattern or design on paper or fabric

While Team GB’s Olympians were warming up for a final weekend of on-track triumph at the Olympic Park in Stratford, N2O’s Team Creative were sprinting across London to try out some back-to-basics print work with the screen stars at Print Club London, five miles down the road in Dalston.

We love this place.

Designers are introduced to screen printing techniques at uni or college, but very few have the opportunity to try out the whole process in a seriously hands-on style. Having an eclectic studio at N2O – bursting with illustrators, visualisers, graphic designers and copywriters – there was a disparate mix of original design ideas to work with on the day.

Decisions, decisions…

Assisted by Print Club London’s helpful Oli, Fred and Sam, the N2O studio team worked together on miniature production lines to create limited-edition runs of their unique designs. 

Work in progress.

Starting with a blank screen, the whole process – punctuated by lunch at the nearby Bardens – took up most of the day and, as well as being a lot of fun and dangerously addictive, helped reinforce how great results can be produced by combining the individual strengths and skills of each team member.

Decadence and luxury abound at Magnum’s beautiful Pop-Up boutique, opened by Ms Kelly Brook.

Until September 9th you can create your own unique Magnum experience, guided by a dedicated ‘Pleasure Maker’. 

Simply choose from Magnum finest classic, Infinity dark or white chocolate base and from the wild selection of toppings including, chilli, goji berries or rose petals making your own unique combination. Once selected, and don’t worry they’re not all outlandish, your ice cream is submersed into a delicious pool of white, milk or dark melted chocolate and your toppings magically combined. 

There are even Magnum Cocktails being served in the seductive pleasure lounge and if you’re keen to see your enjoyment on display, those culinary engineers and Jelly Experts Bompas & Parr have created a ‘Pleasure Pod’ displaying Pleasure Measure!

Dax Joseph, N2O's Sales Manager said “The whole experience is so well put together, the location within Westfield feels vibrant and buzzing, the Store looks fantastic and from the Magnum inspired Cocktail bar to the Pleasure Pod, everyone was totally immersed in the product making unique combinations. A fantastic event that we are very proud to be involved with” 

Kelly Brook’s Own Creation; 

Naked Magnum: Vanilla

Coating: White Chocolate

Toppings: Coconut, Biscuit and Brownie with a drizzle of chocolate as a finishing touch.

Additional stores are also planned for Paris & Hamburg. You can follow the progress on twitter at #MagnumLondon and N2O Ltd #n2ocial 

Brand: New Flora Original & Light, and Flora Cuisine

Event: The Jubilee Family Festival at Hyde Park

Objective: Drive trial and create a memorable positive family experience

Plan: We created a family destination within the event to showcase Flora and Flora Cuisine. The area was split into four key zones which were; a Picnic Zone, a Soft Play Zone, a Flora Zone and a Flora Cuisine Zone. Knowing what the Great British weather can be like, we housed everything in four giant marquees.

For Flora Cuisine we demonstrated mouth-watering recipes for visitors to sample, showcasing Flora Cuisine's versatility. The interactive children’s cookery classes with our fun-loving chef were both educational and fun, proving to be a real hit with the whole family! Visitors also had the opportunity to upload their favourite family recipe to Facebook using the giant Flora Cuisine bottle, for the chance to win prizes.

For Flora we showcased the NEW great taste and focused on everything that is great about the “Sandwich” including sampling, Sandwich Art, Childrens' "make your own" sessions, and the controversial debate of "how do you cut yours: triangles or squares?" Visitors were invited to join in the “triangles or squares” debate by taking their picture in our fully functional Flora photo booth.

The Results:

24,000 one to one engagements

8,100 cooking demonstrations

438 photo booth users

36,000 people into the Flora Zones

To celebrate Mother’s Day and to launch our Quote Me Happy – Happy Hit Squad campaign, we provided a complimentary photo session to shoppers at Bluewater Shopping Centre – as a lovely surprise, families were able to present their lucky mums with a memorable gift.

We kick started the campaign by delighting people in Central London; we were on a mission to give out good deeds to the public. We gave out free hugs, helped people cross the street and planted flowers!

To make people smile, we did the Conga at St Pauls and the Hokey Cokey in Trafalgar Square. We also washed the Saturday Kitchen chef James Martin's car!

Did you receive a good deed from our Happy Hit Squad? Tweet and let us know @n2ocial and @Quotemehappy #happyhitsquad. Check out the photos on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Quotemehappy

There’s nothing like freshly-cut hair to add a spring to your step, but over time split ends can make your hair look frizzy and dull.

Luckily, our TRESemmé hair rescue team landed in Superdrug stores, to guide shoppers on how to battle their hair demons using TRESemmé Split Remedy.

The TRESemmé team introduced the new Split Remedy collection using their handy hair toolkit - which clearly showed Superdrug shoppers the effects of the Split Mend and Protect Treatment.

On Valentine’s Day, we delighted people everywhere, spreading the love with Citroen DS3.

A surprise fresh rose gift from Citroen DS3 put smiles on thousands of faces this Valentine’s Day.

Did you receive a Valentine’s Day rose from Citroen? Did it help make your Valentine’s Day dreams come true? Tweet and let us know @n2ocial and @CitroenUK #spreadthelove

 We unleashed chaos by spreading the alluring scent of the new Lynx Attract for Him and for Her throughout the UK.

The Lynx Attract phenomena had already reached ASDA, Wembley when Lynx For Girls super fans camped outside overnight to be the first to get their hands on the new fragrance.

Superdrug customers were mesmerized by the mysterious happenings that surrounded them in-store as a whiff of Lynx Attract scented the air.

Our gorgeous models also teamed up with Supermodel Abbey Clancy with a mission to create mass attraction at the exciting VIP pink carpet launch at The Strand.

When interviewed on stage at the launch Abbey said, “This is the first time in history that Lynx has launched a fragrance for girls and it’s very exciting that lots of girls are going have lots of men after them."

Check out the Lynx Attract video: http://bit.ly/Abbey-Lynx-Attract

This tasty campaign involved great recipe ideas – plus the ingredients – with Colman’s Season & Shake.

We certainly made shopping easier as the handy gift with purchase packs contained a selection of delicious vegetables.

We hope those lucky enough to receive a pack enjoyed creating tasty meals with Colman’s Season & Shake!

We were ‘frying’ with excitement as we toured top food shows and department stores across the country with Tefal’s fantastic product - Actifry.

Our talented brand ambassadors demonstrated the simplicity of using the Actifry; consumers were delighted with the hot sampling we provided. 

Who wouldn’t be able to resist chips which only contain 3% fat? Food fanatic fans loved the versatility of the Actifry, as it can cook wet and dry foods!

If you’re super keen for more information about Actifry, please visit: http://www.tefalactifry.co.uk/.

Our lovely Lil-lets female brand ambassadors hit the town to talk about new look Lil-Lets with female students and shoppers in university and high street locations nationwide.

We gave out samples packaged in a discreet, but gorgeous, pink gift box (some women thought they were perfume gift sets!), each containing four different Lil-Lets products, demonstrating the versatility of the range and clever little design ideas that make a big difference.

As well as loving the cute packs, the girls couldn’t wait to go online and check out Lil-Lets Facebook page for their chance to Win With Lil-Lets! http://www.facebook.com/lillets.uk

Wine tasting… …whisky tasting…

…we’ve all heard of those, but here’s something new: cider tasting, from Magners!

Featuring loads of interaction, these tasty tasting events were old-school yet premium, with quirky Magners’ twists. A brilliant campaign! 

Is it going to end? Are the aliens coming to collect us? Will it be the last Lynx ever? Who knows…

…one thing is for certain though, Lynx are not taking any chances and it is, as they say, better to be safe than sorry.

As the UK’s largest clothing, beauty and fashion exhibition, Clothes Show Live is a highly anticipated event held once a year just before Christmas at the NEC, Birmingham.

This year we were delighted to attend with Nailene, a salon quality, innovative artificial nail brand.

Following an in-depth training day at our Windsor head office, our N2O nail and lash advisors were let loose at the Clothes Show Live to introduce and apply Revlon eyelashes and Nailene’s new Ultra Adhesive Tabs, which are acetone-free and glue-free, stick on tabs that come with a peel off sheet, making them easy to apply straight to your own nails with minimal fuss. The event was filled with enthusiastic and keen attendees; customers were given the option to have their nails or eyelashes applied, or even both after purchase! The stand was very busy and generated a lot of interest for the products, there were many comments on the innovation of the slide and roll off function of the Ultra Tabs.

Stand visitors also had the option to purchase the products on site to take home or have them professionally applied straight away. Lots of visitors chose this option:  enjoying the luxury of sitting back, relaxing and having their nails and eyelash treatments done by our attentive specialists. What a luxury!

It’s not always easy to believe when it’s pouring down with rain outside, but the Southern Water region has been classed as an area of severe water stress, with climate change and population growth putting further pressure on resources.

To combat this, Southern Water is changing the way it supplies and bills its domestic customers by launching a comprehensive Metering Programme – a first for the UK water industry.

Working with N2O and Groundwork South East, Southern Water has designed the programme to offer an opportunity for wide ranging customer engagement on the key issues of saving water, saving energy and saving money.

Thousands of happy children and parents enjoyed this fresh take on the traditional teddy bear’s picnic with Persil 2in1 with Comfort at Camp Bestival 2011.

Jo Whiley wellied-up and joined us on Saturday, hosting a fun-filled Persil Pass On the Love Picnic, and attracting lots of media attention. You can view more photos from the Picnic here.

At the end of each action-packed and satisfying day, there was always a comfy friend around to help take the weight off your wellies or flip-flops.

To launch Impulse’s gorgeous new fragrance, Loving Words, we devised and created a giant Impulse Love Heart message board, which we popped up to delight Superdrug store shoppers across the UK!

As part of the launch, Superdrug shoppers were able to create loving messages for their family and friends, using magnetic words on the giant Impulse Love Heart message board. They could then choose to have their photograph taken with the message; available to view and share as soon as it was uploaded onto the Impulse Facebook Site: www.facebook.com/impulsediaries (check it out!).

Our Flora Cuisine sampling roadshow team have only just caught their breath back after a super day’s entertainment at Pandamonium in the Park last weekend, and they’re ready for another family fun day out this Saturday.

Saturday 16^th July, is all about rollercoasters and miniature LEGO wonderlands, as the Flora Cuisine sampling roadshow pulls up at LEGOLAND Windsor for LEGOLAND Live!

We’ll be demonstrating more mouth-watering recipes made using Flora Cuisine for visitors to sample, and will be laying on our yummy fun cake decorating and super-popular kids’ colouring area too.

LEGOLAND Live! is a special event, featuring a variety of popular children’s entertainers and characters including Postman Pat, Fireman Sam and the lively Justin Fletcher.

With plenty of LEGOLAND attractions too, such as the exciting new Atlantis Submarine Voyage, the day promises to live long in the memory!

Become a fan of LEGOLAND Windsor on Facebook here, check out the Facebook Event here and buy your tickets here!

Now for an update from the Summer Tour we’ve been lucky enough to be helping Superdrug with...

Throughout June, July and August, the Superdrug Summer Tour will take in a whopping 50 dates. From Glasgow to Penzance and all that’s in between, the lovely pink Superdrug Tour truck (and double-decker bus, coming soon!) is certainly getting a good run around...

Yes, there was a little rain too, but that couldn’t dampen our spirits as loads of you popped by our truck to say hello!

Lucky us! And, if you catch up with the Superdrug Summer Tour to grab your free goodies, lucky you too!

Check out more great pics from the Superdrug Summer Tour here.

The Flora Cuisine sampling roadshow is ready for absolute Pandamonium in the Park this Saturday 9th July, as we stop off in Northampton for a family event, jam packed with the liveliest entertainment!

Sainsbury’s and Dreamworks Animation are celebrating Kung Fu Panda 2 at the beautiful Althorp Estate in Northampton with a fun-filled day, featuring the best in traditional Chinese performance and family activities. Bring along a picnic and enjoy a concert featuring Big Time Rush, Hans Zimmer and a fabulous live orchestra. Plus, there’ll be kite flyers, face painters, live Kung Fu exhibitions, Shaolin Monks and the jaw-dropping, must-watch Chen Brothers, champions of the Chinese Lion Dance.

There’s too much happening to list it all here, but we’re over the moon to be heading down with our Flora Cuisine team. Sample and watch delicious recipes being made with Flora Cuisine and the get the kids involved in the colouring in!

The day’s Pandamonium takes place between 11.30 and 19.00. You can grab your tickets here and check out the event on Facebook here.

Watch the trailer for the brilliant Kung Fu Panda below...

Yesterday’s casting session was a stylish hit, here at our Windsor head office.

You can see pics of some of the N2O Models who we called in here:

Visit our N2O Models website to find out more about our model agency services – delighting clients for over 10 years.

As part of 2011’s BBC Good Food Show and Gardeners’ World event, Flora pro.activ sponsored a garden in the Gardeners’ Green area of Birmingham’s NEC between 15th and 19th June.

Our brand ambassadors discovered that 90% of people they spoke to didn’t know their cholesterol number! With high cholesterol significantly increasing the risk of heart disease, and heart disease being the primary cause of premature death in the UK, this was a worrying figure.

Flora pro.activ products are clinically proven to help reduce cholesterol as part of a healthy lifestyle and we were very proud of our brand ambassadors as they helped to educate and inform visitors.

You can check out more great pictures form the event here.

Summer is finally upon us! Which means fun, sun (fingers crossed) and, of course, ice cream.

The new Cornetto Enigma Chocolate & Caramel has arrived - soft chocolate ice cream with a caramel sauce centre…

Over the next few Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, we’ll be pitched up outside various branches of Morrisons to promote the latest addition to the Cornetto Enigma range. You’ll be able to buy 2 for £3 and claim your free fabulous heat reveal mug with proof of purchase!

PG Tips have created three, brand new tea-licious black tea blends, and have asked us at N2O to help them (and Monkey, of course) give everyone the opportuni-tea to try them out. 

This month, we’re hiking cross-country with a nationwide sampling roadshow, visiting Morrisons stores.

You can find out more about these exciting new blends here.

Keep a look out for our tea-licious roadshow, touring the country’s Morrisons stores until July 3rd.
 
If you want more news on Monkey, become a fan on Facebook here!

Sure recently developed a breakthrough in antiperspirant with their patented Motionsense™ system. For the first time, your antiperspirant keeps you ahead of the game. The Motionsense™ system detects friction on the skin and knows exactly when to release that extra protection.

To communicate the message, on May 21st we helped Sure Women create a nationwide buzz across 80 Boots stores and four amplified events in shopping centres. The Oracle in Reading, Westfield in Derby, The Bullring in Birmingham and The Whitgift Centre in Croydon were treated to a DJ and break-dancers, drawing huge crowds. ‘The More You Move The More It Works’ claim was thoroughly put to the test!

With over 12,700 customers talked to on just one day, the campaign was a terrific success and made a great job of communicating the benefits of Sure Women’s new Motionsense™ system. As one impressed young lady told a brand ambassador, “Finally, an antiperspirant that can keep up with my busy lifestyle!”

She thoroughly entertained the excited crowd that had packed out Westfield to watch. Luckily, some footage was recorded and you can see the highlights yourself in the video below!

Check out some more shots from the Sure Women campaign here.

We’re very excited to be involved in the Lynx Jet City Tour campaign coming up this month. Just check out the truck we’ve had branded! We love it already and haven’t even fitted the gold airplane jet seats yet…

The dates are now in, so catch up with the Lynx Jet City Tour on the 18th June at Kensington High Street in London, Market Street in Manchester, Birmingham’s High Street, Plymouth’s Drake Circus Shopping Centre and Glasgow’s Buchanan Street.

Then, on 25th June the Lynx Jet City Tour will be landing at Oxford Street in London, The Victoria Centre in Nottingham, Sheffield’s High Street, Exeter’s High Street and Princes Street in Edinburgh.

Oh, and did we mention there’s a week’s holiday with two friends in Ibiza up for grabs?

Everyone at N2O loves working with Flora on fun activities that highlight great ways to keep fit and healthy.

For 2011, Flora’s brought the whole family a brilliant new way to get active – the hotly-anticipated Kinect ™ for Xbox 360®.

To really get their ‘Get Active With Flora’ healthy message across, we ran a Flora Games Tournament in the foyer of twelve ASDA stores across the country. This was going to be fun…

As one parent joked, “You’ve cost me a fortune in health food now – my son has suddenly decided he’s on a health kick!”

The bright branded stand and t-shirts really helped promote Flora and help get the active message across. As another happy store manager told us, “We’ve sold a lot of Flora today considering it’s a quiet day, so you must be doing something right!”
Oh, and if you thought it was only the youngsters jumping into the action, then you’d be wrong!

For more info, head over to the Facebook pages for Flora Hearts and Kinect ™ for Xbox 360® .
To see more great pictures from the campaign head over to Flickr.

With summertime fast-approaching, we’re delighted to announce our continuing partnership with Ben & Jerry’s - for the third year in a row! This year, those ice cream aficionados are stepping up the fun by running two festivals, in two cities, on two days! N2O will be at the centre of it all! Twice as ‘ice’, eh?!

The double-helping is on Saturday 23^rd and Sunday 24^th July 2011. Tickets go on sale at the end of May. Just be sure to moove your mouse and log onto: www.benjerry.co.uk for further info!

…here’s a sneaky peak behind the scenes at a top designer’s exclusive event, this week, at The Hempel, London. The photos feature N2O models Mark, Nick and Terrell, and two talented N2O body artists.

We might have something stylish to give away if you’re one of the first ten to get in touch with us, with the designer’s name. Simply send us a tweet @n2ocial or drop us an email. Can you spot it?

Watch out for our pop-up Yatai this August, created for Japan’s Prime Brew, Kirin Ichiban, in conjunction with London Japanese top restaurant Yashin Head Chefs Shinya Ikeda and Yasuhiro Mineno.

The Kirin Ichiban Yatai will pop up during August 2011, in a secret East London location, serving a selection of delicious Kushiage dishes (look it up – you know you want to!) and crisp Kirin beer.

As well as scrummy food and Kirin, you’ll be able to view the finalist’s work from the Kirin First Cut film competition.

Find out more, and book a seat at the pop-up Yatai, at www.kirinfirstcut.co.uk Yatai bookings will be confirmed from July.

N2O has won the experiential launch splash for Flora Cuisine, the biggest innovation to hit the Butter and Spreads category in ten years!

As well as N2O’s huge national experiential cooking demo and hot sampling roadshow, targeting flagship stores, high footfall shopping centres, train stations and food events, Flora Cuisine will be supported with an Above the Line campaign starring Vernon Kay, and a PR campaign featuring ‘Real’ Brand Ambassadors. 

Brand new from Unilever, ground-breaking Flora Cuisine is a chilled cooking liquid made from a blend of linseed, rapeseed and sunflower oils. A healthy alternative to traditional cooking oils and butter (with 45% less saturated fat than olive oil), the product will be widely available in all major supermarkets from the 28th March. As part of the launch, N2O are excited to be supporting the ATL campaign with experiential activity, planned nationwide from March to October. Watch this space for exclusive photos and footage!

N2O are delighted to be working with one of the biggest brands in the world as part of the UK launch of the New Gillette Fusion ProGlide!

Are you ready for the ProGlide challenge? This is the question on the tip of our Brand Ambassadors tongues, who have been working in Boots and Superdrug stores, across the UK throughout February.

Armed with Gillette Fusion ProGlide promotional items and various eye-catching points of sale, our trained Brand Ambassadors were able to demonstrate the benefits of the new Gillette Fusion razor, to male shoppers

Don’t miss out on your chance to experience the ProGlide challenge, check them out at your local Boots or Superdrug store this weekend!

We’re thrilled to be part of the launch for the sexy and sophisticated NEW Lynx Excite range!!

“Some girls are heaven sent…. it takes something a little different to keep these angels interested…. New Lynx Excite is so tempting even angels will fall and when they do they’ll be all yours”

As part of the Lynx Excite launch event we carefully selected 8 beautiful ladies to be our Lynx Angels! Looking heavenly they acted as divine messengers spreading the Lynx Excite gospel, posing for photos and handing out samples.   

Alongside the launch event, our angels descended on Boots stores across the UK, to further spread the word! Shoppers were given the opportunity to test the product and pose for a photo with our Lynx angel. The lucky few would be the chosen ones, having their photos displayed on the Lynx Effect Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lynxeffectuk Smiles all round… shoppers left with a sample and photo to remember their Lynx Excite experience!

Check out the video below of the amazing Lynx Excite advert - We're sure you'll agree, it's their best one yet!!

Situated in the largest hall of the NEC, the Fifth Gear Live Action Arena, was the place to be for gripping live presentations and performances! Our stunning models, Amy Dargan and Becky Middleton, took centre stage for the Terry Grant performance, who driving a JRM Mitsubishi EvoX, performed several doughnuts around them at top speed. Our girls, in our custom designed catsuits, looked composed and gorgeous. They definitely have ‘balls of steel’!  Our sexy angle grinder Emma Buczman, known for her grinding buzzsaw fireworks shows, performed like a pro and added to the excitement and tension! A sterling performance from our N2O ladies, the live action arena show was one to remember!

Stunning Cassie Odqvist and Maddie Bartlett were definitely a hit on the 360 stand!! Looking absolutely fabulous in our branded 360 racing catsuits they helped to add a touch of glamour to 360's exhibition presence.

The 360 stand also featured a bespoke Brookland Speed Race Transporter and two championship winning Radical race cars – the Radical SR8 and the Radical SR3.

Gorgeous girls and an eye-catching stand…. a winning combination!!

Wild Bean Café can be found on four continents, providing fresh coffee, pastries, snacks, sandwiches, baguettes and subs to the masses. Offering ‘good food on the go’, since 2008, N2O has helped to increase awareness of Wild Bean Café offerings for the discerning traveller. Arriving bright and early our food hygiene qualified samplers, covered head to toe in branded uniform, took to the shop floors to sample a selection of products from the Wild Bean Café food and coffee range.

To further increase awareness of Wild Bean Café, our super samplers were not only in store, armed with money off vouchers, but were provided with N2O custom made route plans to target local businesses.

A resounding success, this campaign continues into 2011 and hopefully beyond….watch this space!

Packed with natural stuff, Original Source hosted a number of Original Experiences throughout 2010 with N2O supporting them along the way!

Our super samplers handed out samples of tingly Mint and Tea Tree and zesty Orange Oil and Ginger shower gel. The perfect way to wind down and get sparkling clean after the mayhem and physical challenges of the day!

Bringing leaf power to the people, our Lipton Infusions shopping centre roadshow allowed consumers to sample the delights of Lipton Infusions. Lipton infusions includes specially selected mixes of fruit, herbs and spices, blended to recipes from around the world. Each Infusion is bright, beautiful and brimming with fabulous flavours!

A promotion for Haribo Football Mix our Haribo Gold bear made a personal appearance at Everton Footfall Club!! Supported by our super Haribo samplers, our Gold Bear definitely made a few friends along the way while our samplers were welcomed with open arms. One in the net for Haribo, they’d be welcomed at Everton FC anytime!!

Hitting the UK’s biggest shopping centres the Samsonite roadshow made quite an impact! With our gorgeous lads and lasses dressed up in our custom made air host/hostess uniforms, they definitely added a touch of glamour! A promotion for their Cosmolite range aimed at ramping up sales before Christmas, our Brand Ambassadors proved to be quite a hit, drawing in the crowds and creating an air of excitement!

Check out the video below of our beautiful air hostesses Brandy Brewer and Carolyn Mason!

The Trac Group, made quite an impact at the Farnborough Airshow this year!! With an exceptional exhibitor’s stand, where visitors could experience some of Trac’s engineering excellence, a superb bar and six stunning models, visitors and press converged to make Trac one of the most successful exhibitors at the show. The ‘Trac Girls’, as they have become known, proved as popular as ever, posing for photos, handing out leaflets and greeting visitors with a drink and a smile. Visitors were also invited to enter a prize draw to win a VIP trackday at Silverstone. A unique experience to be had by all. Trac, and their customers, look forward to Farnborough 2012!

Our Superdrug Fresher’s bus ventured onto Britain’s roads to bring fun, excitement and goodies to the UK’s newest batch of university recruits. With free makeovers, free tasters and our super goodie bags featuring brands such as Simple, Right Guard, Lynx, Carmex, Durex, Lacoste, Bulldog and Dove, our Superdrug Fresher’s were left prepared for all eventualities and looking and smelling fabulous! Check it out at http://bit.ly/gOJWVM

In conjunction with the launch of the love quest for the new Cornetto Enigma, we were tasked to bring the quest alive! Our fabulous Cornetto Cupids, were sent forth to bring love to the thrill seekers of Thorpe park. Armed with wings and a cheeky smile, those lucky few, were given the opportunity to win a fast-track speed date on Stealth. Taking speed dating to the next level, Cornetto Enigma certainly made an impact.

 Cooling down London’s commuters our fan man took to the depths of London’s underground system to provide a brief respite from the stifling heat this summer. Equipped with fans on his arms, London’s newest superhero was a welcome sight in the unbearable heat. Check him out at http://bit.ly/hMvjts