It’s no secret that I have used A LOT of different eco friendly deodorants over the years. I made the switch to natural deodorants around 5 years ago to avoid harsh ingredients, aluminium being a big one for me. You can totally flick back to see some of the previous natural deodorants I have reviewed …
Beauty Brands You’ll Love For being Vegan And Ditching Plastic!
“I know there are lots of vegan beauty products but can you get everything vegan and plastic free?” This was a question I was sent this week on Instagram. Great news is my answer was yes, you can get pretty much everything in your beauty routine vegan and (almost) plastic free. I even have an …
The gift guide you need for an ethical Christmas
Christmas is hard when you are trying to be ethical because let’s be honest – most of the time we haven’t lot’s of time to source ethical gifts and the high street shops don’t make ethical shopping easy. In the hope of helping you find some balance between giving and remaining sympathetic to the environment …
The best products helping banish plastic from our periods
Women spend almost 10 years of their life on their period with an average of 450 menstrual cycles. Most period pads in stores are still being made of plastic (each one contains up to 4 plastic bags worth of plastic!) and most tampons being wrapped in plastic and/or having plastic applicators so there is potentially …
The Secrets You Need To Break Your Fast Fashion Habit.
Hey there! Welcome to Second Hand September, it’s fabulous to have you on board and ready to reduce the amount of new clothes you bring into your life this month (and hopefully beyond). October 2018 was the first time I had ever bought an item of clothing second hand. Prior to then my only experience …
8 Places to shop for quality second hand clothes online
During lock down most of us embraced not shopping for clothes. I mean what did we really need when all we were doing was pottering about the house and going for the odd walk? However with people returning to work and restrictions easing, seasons changing, people are starting to want new clothes. But are new …
Where to buy ethical jeans?
Over on Instagram it is the start of slow fashion season and I have been making lists. Lists of what you ask? Well, lists for brands you can buy ethical fashion from. Did you know over 2 billion pairs of jeans are produced each year? Imagine the environmental and human impact we could have by …
Ways we can keep the earth greener on ‘World Environment Day’
Our environment is something that is often taken for granted which is sad. It’s sad because we do this in spite of the fact it gives us everything we have and need to live. In fact, I don’t think there is a person among us who thinks we don’t need to look after our environment …
Emani Vegan Cosmetics – greener makeup for sensitive skin
*Gifted* but let’s be clear, all opinions are my own and I haven’t been paid to write a blog on them. The Emani Vegan Cosmetics range was founded by a woman named Michelle Doan who was fed up of makeup not being suitable for her sensitive skin as she suffered from cystic acne. As a …
Sustainable interior design for your home
Guest blog by Jill Bennett Interiors. Jill Bennett Interiors were founded in 2011 and based in Portadown, N.Ireland. You can find Jill over on Instagram and check out her website www.JillBennettInteriors.co.uk “THE HOME SHOULD BE AS INTERESTINGAS THE PERSON WHO OCCUPIES IT.” – Jill Bennett An organic approach to Interior Design… How can we take …