Until recently, switching from liquid shampoo to a plastic free and natural shampoo meant going through a transitional phase where your hair recovers from harsh foaming agents and synthetics and adapts to natural ingredients. The transition phase resulted in sticky and gunky hair for weeks or even months, and if you’re in a hard water area, forever!
Valentines Day is bad news for the environment. Flower-growing producers are among the biggest users of pesticides, 18.7 million Valentine’s cards were bought in the UK in 2016 only be discarded a few days later and there’s a minefield of plastic packaging in your average box of chocolates! But the good news is that you can always find sustainable alternatives so you can share your love with your partner and the planet.
Our top ten ideas to help fight climate change as indivduals. The authoritative new report by the IPCC sets the world a clear target: we must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to net zero by 2050 to have a reasonable chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C. 2020 is a critical year for global, collective climate action, says UN; unless global greenhouse gas emissions fall by 7.6 per cent each year between 2020 and 2030, the world will miss the opportunity to get on track towards the 1.5°C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.
So you've switched your diet however are totally confused and don't know where to look to find more information about and source vegan skincare. Here is our guide which runs through the ingredients to avoid and why, plus we shine a spotlight on our favourite vegan skincare brands, handmade in the UK and owned/operated by Vegans.
It’s always so much fun to share tips and ideas with others who are trying to follow – and enjoy – a vegan diet. Here are my top ten items that I always have in my kitchen!
If you're trying Veganuary or a long-time Vegan who like me isn't strict with their supplement intake, here is a very simple list of the recommended supplements and daily doses required.
So you want to try a natural deodorant but aren't sure if they actually work. Well, fear not as I've put The Natural Deodorant Company to the test and I promise you that stinky pits are a thing of the past. We stock their entire range as they are so good!
The oil cleansing method can seem a bit daunting. Especially considering it’s called a “method” – it sounds like there’s more to it and many steps. Basically, it’s a just another way of cleaning your face. Simple. There’s no trick or gimmick here… plainly and simply – doing the OCM will leave your with silky soft, clean skin.
At the beginning of 2018, I tried and failed at the natural shampoo method AKA 'The No Poo Method'. I picked up a bog standard completely natural shampoo bar and thought I could switch from my Lush bar just like that. But wow, how wrong was I...! My hair was sticky and really heavy. That lasted a couple of days and I went back to my Lush bar...sound familiar?!
