February 14, 2017
These eczema relief bath melts have been a lifesaver for me over the past year. I'm sure I'll write about this in more detail soon, but a couple of years ago I developed eczema out of the blue. I'm convinced it was stress related, but I still haven't been able to shake it. It mostly effects my hands, the inside of my elbows, behind my knees and the top of my eyelids (lucky me). Over time, I've been
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Posted in Beauty, DIY, Vegan | Tagged eczema relief, eczema relief bath melts, homemade bath melts, homemade cosmetics |
January 24, 2017
There's nothing that can beat the simple luxury of a hot bubble bath, in my opinion. When the cold has seeped into your bones, you've had a long and stressful day, or you need some help drifting off to sleep, a bath is always the answer. I've been a huge fan of the Lush bath bomb range for a long time. I can't actually use bath bombs anymore - they irritate my sensitive skin - but James loves them
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Posted in Beauty, DIY, Vegan | Tagged bath bombs, DIY, lush, natural cosmetics |
May 11, 2016
A couple of months ago my friend Chelsea and I were chatting about some of the details of veganism when we realised that perhaps this discussion would be interesting for you lovely blog readers. The format is inspired by my favourite Rookie article - "Something Borrowed". I've recorded our conversation and typed up the interesting bits, so keep in mind that this is an exploration and not a treatise
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Posted in Environment and Ethics, Vegan | Tagged vegan, vegan discussion, vegan transition |
April 14, 2016
Hanging out with Archie in 2012
Veganism is a big part of my life. I realised that I haven’t talked about it much on here, asides from the recent recipe posts on this blog featuring vegan food. One reason animal rights hasn’t appeared much in this little space is because it’s controversial, and the stereotype of vegans being self-righteous and self-absorbed (“How do you know someone’s
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Posted in Archie, Environment and Ethics, Life, Vegan | Tagged animal ethics, animal exploitation, animal rights, Archie, ethics, peter singer, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism |
February 24, 2016
A couple of weeks ago I got a courgette in my weekly veg box. I hate courgette. Brainstorming ways I could eat the courgette, you know, without actually having to eat the courgette, I remembered that courgette cake exists. I turned to my trusty friend google, found this beautiful recipe, tweaked it a little and ended up with the beautiful dessert you see here. This is everything you ever thought
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Posted in Food, Vegan | Tagged cake, chocolate cake, courgette cake, dessert, pudding, vegan baking |
