Rice Up is a lovely ethical and vegan store on the edge of the park in Southampton. It's not very big but there is a lot in there, and it is worth exploring to find new things to try. They do fresh fruit and vegetables, a large selection of fridge products, some frozen goodies, some … Continue reading Rice Up- Vegan shop in Southampton – Review
Charcoal is in everything these days... bath salts, soaps, face masks, konjac sponges... even toothpaste! Along with CBD oil, these 2 share the current pinnacle of skincare miracle promises. Is charcoal really magical? What it does, according to the brand: "Intensely purifying and nourishing detox soap with activated charcoal and natural orris-pine fragrance. The amazing … Continue reading Madara Charcoal Detox soap – Review
The Greggs Vegan Sausage Roll reached the iconic status very quickly. It took Mona Lisa 200 years and the 2 CV (La Deudeuche) four decades but the vegan sausage roll took off on its little pastry-fuelled rocket and reached the top in only a couple of months. With a twisted turn of fate and delightful … Continue reading Greggs’ Vegan Sausage Roll Review
Years ago I used to subscribe to a beauty box and I loved receiving the treats once a month. The company I was using didn't want to customise though, so I was receiving products that were sold in China, which means tested on animals. I had to stop my subscription. As I was looking for … Continue reading The Cruelty-free Beauty Box subscription – February 2020
For years I have been getting by with an old iphone 4S, my dislike of mobile phones and their intruding presence fueling my resistance to the need for upgrading. The phone constantly disappeared in the most mysterious places, where I would eventually find it entirely by chance, flat as a pancake. Only 4 people have … Continue reading Loam and Lore plastic-free mobile phone case – Review
Since I have been trying to ditch single-use plastic in the bathroom, I have been doing a bit of research on soap. I am getting on much better than I expected with these various bars and colourful lumps of solidified, saponified oils. So I started thinking about why I wasn't using them before. Apart from … Continue reading 10 myths about soap, debunked
It had been years since I had eaten Camembert. I was born and bred in Normandy. Camembert was probably liquidised to add to my baby bottle from the day I turned 3 months old. I really, really miss it. When I first met Josephine in the Biocoop shop in the Coty shopping centre in Le … Continue reading Josephine Vegan Cheese review
What it does, according to the brand: "This soft Evolve Beauty Tropical Blossom Body Butter contains nourishing organic shea butter (the skin superfood extracted from the nuts of the Shea tree, a strong moisturiser that has skin healing properties due to its richness in unsaturated fats, essential fatty acids, Vitamin E and D and provitamin … Continue reading EVOLVE BEAUTY Tropical Blossom Body Butter – Review
I am already an addict to Epsom Salts so I was curious to try this. I also really like my Biofreeze after I overdo the exercise or when the Fibromyalgia gives me a hard time. But Biofreeze comes in a single-use plastic roller so I am trying to find an alternative. What it does, according … Continue reading LUSH Magic Crystals Review
Are you going on a trip or you just fancy writing a journal? I used some of my watercolour designs to print some A5 notebooks/journals. They come in 4 designs: Hydrangea, Snow Hare, Ginkgo and Windswept Anemones. The journals are A5, printed with vegetable ink on recycled paper and the cover is recycled card. You … Continue reading Recycled vegan-friendly notebooks/journals in my Etsy shop
Binky Vegan Studio 