I’ve worn prescription lenses on / off since I was 12, and with a new prescription to fill I wanted glasses that best fit my price range, sustainability and ethical production efforts, and style aesthetics. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Beauty Spotlight: Beauty Pie, a luxury beauty member’s club with sustainable efforts
Beauty Pie is a brand that’s been on my radar for a while, but a combination of “I don’t need anything new right now”, “I’d rather buy something exciting while travelling”, and “can I be arsed to bother with a monthly fee?” meant I put it off for well over a year before finally taking … Continue reading
Shop Small: bra and pants by What Lydia Made
Sick of buying necessary clothing items that aren’t sustainably or ethically made, I’ve been searching for alternatives. Today’s spotlight is on the custom bras & pants by What Lydia Made. Continue reading
Sustainable Living: swapping plastic toothbrushes for bamboo
Did you know? 91% of our plastics don’t get recycled and are essentially waste. This suggests that our current recycling methods don’t work, that the recycling technologies we have are failing us, the planet, and our future. As much as this terrifies me, it’s motivating me to change my habits, to exit the take-make-dispose consumer cycle in as many ways as possible.
Here are a 3 of the unexpected swaps I’ve made to simply not create the waste in the first place, which I’ll be sticking with in the long term. Continue reading
Sustainable Living: swapping to re-usable make-up remover pads
Did you know? 91% of our plastics don’t get recycled and are essentially waste. This suggests that our current recycling methods don’t work, that the recycling technologies we have are failing us, the planet, and our future. As much as this terrifies me, it’s motivating me to change my habits, to exit the take-make-dispose consumer cycle in as many ways as possible.
Here are a 3 of the unexpected swaps I’ve made to simply not create the waste in the first place, which I’ll be sticking with in the long term. Continue reading
Shop Small: Jewellery Brands I’m Loving
Jewellery is something that’s always managed to capture my attention. As a young child, I would admire my mother’s wedding band and engagement ring as we sat together at church, sometimes spinning it around her finger to see how the diamonds caught the light. When I was a bit older, it was my sister’s jewellery … Continue reading
Sustainable Living: swapping tampons for the menstrual cup
Did you know? 91% of our plastics don’t get recycled and are essentially waste. This suggests that our current recycling methods don’t work, that the recycling technologies we have are failing us, the planet, and our future. As much as this terrifies me, it’s motivating me to change my habits, to exit the take-make-dispose consumer cycle in as many ways as possible.
Here are a 3 of the unexpected swaps I’ve made to simply not create the waste in the first place, which I’ll be sticking with in the long term. Continue reading
Shop Small: handmade pants made with recycled fabric by Casa del Duende
As part of my effort to live and shop more sustainably and more ethically, I’m questioning all of my purchasing habits – what is it made of? where is it made? who makes it? – and making a concerted effort to vote with my wallet and spend where I’m going to do the planet the least amount of harm*. I haven’t always got it … Continue reading
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