Greener Living Made Easy
I have spent years honing my skills on knowing when a product is cruelty free and which brands I need to avoid. Often I get asked why I bother trying to live a cruelty free life and the truth is I would find it much harder to deal with not trying to. “But isn’t it …
Did you know we throw away 2 BILLION disposable razors each year? It’s a shocking statistic and I hope reading it made you sit back and think “wow, what a waste”. It doesn’t matter if you needing to shave your face daily or your legs sporadically, there is a choice to be made on how …
When is honey not made by bees? When it’s vegan honey made with dandelions! I read about somebody using dandelions to make a vegan honey and I got excited because my front garden is full of dandelions. I know a lot of folk hate them but I quite simply never get rid of them because …
It’s the start of Fashion Revolution week and time to learn how to look after our clothes. Lots of us have been checking our fashion eco footprint over on Thredup.com . The calculator shows us where we are vs the average person and then what this amounts to in flights. At the end of the …
So you’re thinking of making the switch to reuseable/cloth wipes? Great news for you is reuseable wipes are actually becoming cool again with the rise of the eco warrior and more awareness of the environmental impact our choices have on the world around us. Personally I love helping folk make the swap from disposable over …
always remember when I moved back home from England and we were looking for a new house. We stayed with a family member and I had only brought a suitcase of stuff. Of course there were many things I forgot and an exfoliator was on that list. I will never forget the impact on my …
I’ve been using deodorants focused on natural ingredients for a couple of years now in an effort to avoid aluminum. More recently it has also been important for me to reduce the amount of plastic in my bathroom and I slightly reevaluated what deodorants I am happy to use. After spotting one of my posts …
As of Januray 1st 2020 that was it. A year without new clothes is complete. This time last year I watched the Stacey Dooley documentary on Fashions dirty secrets. It was after that I decided to take myself and my 3 kids on a journey to give up fast fashion. As somebody who had only …
Update: Having realised Norwex are not able to confirm their cruelty free stance I am no longer using this powder but the review is still an honest one on how it worked. I am now using Fill laundry powder which is also eco friendly and cheaper – the review is here. In an effort to …
This weekend I checked out my local refill store for their launch day. It was packed but thankfully I knew what I was looking to try, the laundry powder. This store stocked Fill laundry powder which ticks lots of boxes as it is Cruelty Free, Vegan and Eco Friendly. Winner. Armed with an old peanut …