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.

Did you catch a winter-wonderful ‘Feel Good’ or ‘Christmas Beauty’ evening at Boots?

If you did, we hope you enjoyed all the seasonal treats on offer, including party food, a glass of bubbly, plenty of great Advantage Card offers and our TONI&GUY pop up hair styling salon.

Guests received a complimentary consultation and styling, using products from TONI&GUY’s fabulous new collections: Casual, Classic, Glamour and Creative. The salon’s interactive screen demonstrated different hair styles, allowing guests to watch and learn how they could style their own hair at home, whilst having their own hair styled by a talented N2O TONI&GUY Stylist. The new products smelled so absolutely gorgeous that event guests commented on how beautiful the scent was. Each product featured TONI&GUY’s new fragrance, incorporating ginger, British Earl Grey Tea and pink pepper which sounds delicious enough to eat! For more information please visit: www.boots.com/en/Toni-Guy/ and www.hairmeetwardrobe.com

A very merry Christmas to you, from all of us at N2O!

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!).

Launching today, 2nd August, and for six days only, Japan’s Prime Brew, Kirin Ichiban, presents their pop up Yatai restaurant offering delicious bamboo-skewered Kushiage, Kirin beer, shortlisted film competition finalists and the opportunity to own original, commissioned street art.

Designed to engage all the senses, the Kirin Ichiban Yatai is a unique collaboration between premium Japanese beer brand, Kirin Ichiban; top London Japanese chefs, Yasuhiro Mineno and Shinya Ikeda; exciting short film makers entered in the Kirin First Cut film competition; contemporary art collective, Soulful Gallery; post-earthquake, fundraising, Play for Japan; brand placement agency, Be Communications, and experiential agency, N2O Limited. Working together, they have created a pop up Yatai bringing together the old traditions of Japan with new creativity and technology.

To anchor the ephemeral pop up Yatai restaurant in its London Brick Lane 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 fantastical traditional and kawaii characters.

Creating an atmospheric backdrop for the Yatai, each bespoke wall section is an individual work of high quality art. And, one, or more, can be yours!

Yatai diners, art collectors and anyone with seriously good taste (and wall space) are invited to bid, in a six day-long Silent Auction, for the original, street art wall panels. Monies raised will go to Kirin's and Play for Japan’s supported charity, the Japan Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund.

Bidding begins at 18:00 BST Tuesday 2nd August and ends at 23:00 BST Monday 8th August 2011. To download a Bid Sheet and place a silent bid, click here. For the Silent Auction Terms and Conditions and Conditions of Sale, click here.

To book a delicious food experience at the Kirin Yatai, visit www.kirinfirstcut.co.uk 

The bespoke ‘walls with street art’ panels, created uniquely for this exciting pop up Yatai experience, will become the property of the lucky highest bidders.

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...