Oil is going up, electricity is rising and food prices are on the up. Sometimes trying to find the balance between making an eco swap and keeping our cost of living down can be tough. Let’s be honest, the price of everything is going up in general and some eco swaps can feel super expensive …
Want to Ditch bleach? meet your new best friend
We all know bleach is an irritant. Get it on your skin and it can burn the skin, even breathing in the fumes when cleaning can irritate your lungs. And the aspect that it will stain your clothes if you spill any is super annoying! From an environmental aspect, bleach is quite simply not environmentally …
Can you make your laundry routine outstandingly green?
I am a HUGE fan of Shop Well For Less on BBC One and currently loving the switch to Shop Well For The Planet. Anyone else been watching? One of the swaps getting a big thumbs up in episode one was the Ecoegg Laundry Egg. I can’t lie, I owned one but had never used …
Save your bread waste and turn it into cinnamon bread sticks
Do you find everyone in your house avoids the heel of the bread? One of the kids always wants their crusts cut off? Or perhaps you just forgot about the loaf and it’s going a bit stale? Well, great news, you don’t have to bin it! I know some people like to blitz them for …
11 Swaps for a sustainable kitchen.
Next to our bedroom, the kitchen is the room people will spend most of their time in when at home. It’s also a room that is often filled with all those time saving gadgets and clutter we bought once upon a time because we thought we needed it. Anyone else got silicone egg poachers that …
How to make Dandelion Honey (It’s vegan!)
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 …
Norwex Laundry Powder Review
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 …
Eco Friendly Washing Powder Review
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 …