Review soulslings moonstone

Review soulslings moonstone

100% cotton, 195gr/m, size 6

I got this wrap last week in loom-state and it felt already fairly soft straight from the box, after a wash and a nice steam iron, she was ready to carry my babies.
For those of you who know me, know I love bright colors and this would not have been my personal color pick, but, and a huge but, it is really pretty and so classy! I love how easy it is to differentiate the top from the bottom rail thanks to the gradient colors, which makes this a great teaching wrap for babywearing educators. The colors look like they are floating in to each other without making a stop to change colors, from dark grey to light grey, which I like very much. This wrap has been released a few days ago in 5 different colors, all very bright and cheerful with moonstone, being the classy monochrome sister.

When I first wrapped my little girl with this wrap, it wasn't broken in yet so it was a bit difficult to get a nice, tight and even chestpass. But after 1 walk it was allready much softer. This is a very thin wrap with minimal stretch to it, it has a great amount of grip but once broken in completely (which doesn't take a lot of time) it also has a little bit of glide. It's a nice forgiving wrap that wraps without a lot of effort. But if you want a firm, perfect looking chestpass in your DH you will need to know how to tighten strand by strand. Which again makes it a good wrap for beginners to learn about tightening strand by strand.
This wrap is to me a great wrap for newborns but might be a little thin to carry big kids like my 4 year old. As it's very thin it doesn't give a lot of cush to my shoulders which I do need a little when carrying my 4 year old.
Then, for experienced wrappers who like to fancy up their wrapjob, this is the wrap you have been looking for, thin, easy to handle, and so so fancy, ad some M- or S-size rings and you got yourself a fancy smancy wrapjob.

I have tried a lot of wraps from soulslings and will try and give you a little comparison between, soul's linen wrap, soul's handwoven and this gradient wrap.
linen goldfinch wrap: 220gr/m
cotton handwoven paprika wrap: 222gr/m
cotton moonstone wrap: 195gr/m

They all feel thin in hand, with goldfinch feeling the thinnest, very closely followed by moonstone and then paprika.
All these wraps have minimal stretch to them, with goldfinch being the sturdiest of the 3 and paprika having the most stretch (which is still very minimal)
For glide and grip, paprika has the most grip of these 3 followed by moonstoon and with goldfinch having a nice amount of glide, with not that much grip.
As I said before all of these wraps are very thin, but the most cush I got from paprika, followed by goldfinch and last with the least cush is moonstone.
The weather is not fantastic here for the moment so I can't talk about how airy these wraps are compared to each other, but If I need to make a guess, I'd say goldfinch would be your best choice for hot weather wearing followed by moonstone and ending with paprika.

Here the link to soulslings site where you can see all the different colors gradient wraps:
https://soulslings.com/eu/shop/wraps.html


I hope you enjoyed this little review and like always here are a few pictures. Taken by Miriam Valognes of mixing little things.

 

 

And a quick selfie of a fancy finish with a few size M slingrings  

Review of Bijou wear Baskerville Shadow

Review of Bijou wear Baskerville Shadow

27% tencel and 73% cotton, 290gr/m, size 5

I got this wrap straight from headquarters in Kansas which means I got to see it go from loom to  bloom.
This wrap was already soft straight from the box and needs little to no breaking in.
I measured the wrap before washing and again after washing and ironing to get an idea on the shrinking levels of this blend.

I'm not a big fan of the hounds-tooth pattern in general but with such a big hounds-tooth it's not that noticeable once wrapped up. The color is very neutral which makes it a great wrap to go with everything, from fancy dress parties to pj Sunday's.

But let me talk to you about it's wrapping qualities, those really blew me away from the start. This wrap is a dream to wrap with straight from the start, if you dislike breaking in a wrap this is your wrap, if you like a medium thin wrap but still need support to carry a bigger baby, this is your wrap!
Shadow is a very smooth wrap with not a lot of grip, but a lot of delicious glide. Making multilayered passes with this wrap is really easy but yet it does not lose it's tension. It doesn't lock into place like some wraps do but it slides into place like a perfectly fitted puzzle piece. Like I said above it's a fairly thin wrap but thanks to it's softness it doesn't cut on my shoulders like some thinner wraps do.
This wrap does not have a lot of stretch, but still enough to make a chest-pass easy to tighten.
I tried this wrap with my 16 month old daughter and also with my, soon to be, 4 year old. And it passed the test for both of them, no problem wrapping either of them and very comfortable with no shoulder pain with my big boy.

To sum it all up, I really liked testing this wrap, I would recommend it for beginner wrappers and also for experienced wrappers, soft to wrap a tiny little squish and also strong enough to wear a wiggling toddler. This is an overall wrap to have to fancy up your pj's or to go out and match your party dress.

https://bijouwear.com/

Here some of the pictures we made with this wrap. Credit to Miriam Valogne of mixing little things for the great pictures, the top 2 pictures are my own selfie pictures.

review bijou wear Anthem Fanfare

Review of bijou wear Anthem Fanfare

100% cotton, approximately 280gr/m, size 6

I received this wrap 2 weeks ago, I have been looking at this wrap ever since it was released.
When I opened the package, the colors did not disappoint, it was exactly as I hoped it would be. The yellow and green flow in to each other perfectly, with the white warp it makes a very light and colorful wrap. The wrap has big and small abstract stars on it which I find very pretty.
Fun fact about this wrap, the colors are the colors the school of a group of buzzer from North Dakota, and also the colors of the American football team Green bay packers.

I received this wrap in loomstate, and it was so soft straight from the start, after washing it, it only got softer. Fanfare is a very soft and moldable wrap, very easy to wrap with. It has a lot of glide and not a lot of grip, the pattern of the design is very smooth. The wrap is fairly thin but thanks to the softness, it's still cushy enough for my picky shoulders. I wrapped my 16 month old with it and also tried it with my almost 4 year old, I really really like it with my 16 month old and it's still very ok in multilayered passes with my big boy but a little to thin in a single layered carry with him.
This wrap has a nice amount of stretch, it doesn't get saggy but might need some readjusting after some wearing, this cause of the glide it has, but thanks to the glide it's easily re-adjustable.

To sum it up, in my personal opinion this is a great all round wrap, great for beginners and experienced wrappers alike, the perfect wrap for a little squish tanks to it's softness, and still very possible to use with older children en multilayered carries.

https://bijouwear.com/

And as usual here are a couple of pictures of anthem fanfare, the selfie pictures are taken by myself, the non selfie pictures are taken by Miriam Valogne of mixing little things.