Welcome to my annual Christmas Gift Guide. This year has a focus on small, ethical brands and independent authors with an important message to share. It’s important that I only share products which I would use, and have also tried/used and fully recommend from personal experience. You can therefore feel free to reach out in…
Tag: conscious consumer
Zero Waste Tea & Giveaway – Ethical Advent Day 7
Tea. Most of us love tea. How do you drink yours, green, black, loose or in tea bags? Regardless of the type or style, I prefer mine to come without a side of plastic. In fact, I’d prefer mine to be completely zero waste – naked as the day it was picked from the tree….
Have Yourself a Merry Vegan Christmas with Ethical Consumer Magazine – Ethical Advent Day 6
I am really excited to announce that I’ve had an article published on the Ethical Consumer Magazine website! For many years, it has been my go to resource for ethical shopping, so it’s an absolute honour to be featured. Ethical Consumer Magazine are a well established company, who make ethical shopping a much easier, less…
Conscious Christmas Candles… Ethical Advent Day 3
At this time of year, there’s nothing like a good candle to make the room extra cosy, and they are very popular to gift for Christmas. But are you aware of why you should choose choose plant based soya wax candles, instead of those made from paraffin? There are a number of health and environmental…
Conscious Christmas Gift Guide – Ethical Advent Day 1
After a very strange year, December has crept up on us and blasted us with Christmas – ready or not! This year, I’m feeling the need to be more festive at home, just to mix it up a bit and get some lights and brightness, and a change of indoor scenery. I’ve therefore decided to…
5 Top Tips for choosing your perfect plant-based milk & cheese (Guest Post)
I’m very excited today, to share a guest post written by Emma Oddie from Ethical Consumer Magazine, as part of a mutual collaboration. It’s fair to say that there has been an explosion in veganism in recent years. The number of vegans quadrupled in the UK from 2014 to 2019 to a total of over…
Black Friday & Robotic Consumerism
Black Friday is nearly here again, and it’s a time when my inbox used to be stuffed full of temptation and special offers. Yes, I used to be a self-confessed shopaholic. I didn’t always shop and think the way I do now, it was a very gradual process to become a more conscious consumer. Buying…
Introducing Wild – The World’s First 100% Compostable & Biodegradable Refill Deodorant
Consumer demand is growing for sustainability. More and more conscious buyers are now rejecting the throwaway culture, and replacing cheap plastic for renewable, compostable and sustainable packaging and products. To help meet this demand, new climate positive deodorant company, Wild, have just launched of a fresh range of improved deodorant scents, that are both vegan-friendly,…
Plastic Fashion
As it’s Fashion Revolution Week, I wanted to draw your attention to something that’s not as frequently talked about when it comes to fashion – its effects on the environment. Over recent months, we’ve all been made more aware of how much plastic is littering our environment and clogging up the oceans. But how many…
Monsoon of Random 