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The Vegan Kind #38 December 2016 Box and more | Review

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The Vegan Kind is a Scottish company founded in 2013 with the aim to alleviate all the tedious time spent looking at food labels during shopping. TVK is one of the most famous vegan subscription boxes out there which offers both the monthly food box and the quarterly beauty box. The food (or "lifestyle" as they call it) box is priced £13.15 (£10 for the box and £3.15 for delivery) and £18.15 for beauty box (£15.00 for the box and £3.15 for delivery). These prices may increase in the short future following an Instagram post on TVK page that they may be changing from Royal Mail to a courier service due to customer complaints of boxes not arriving.

cruelty-free

Amazing Vegan Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe

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That's it, you heard me right. This vegan cheesecake is a new level of yummieness that I have managed to make myself (and this means anyone can make it too). I am far from being an amazing baker, in fact I had quite a few bad batches when I was attempting to make a vegan pumpkin pie. However I do very much love cheesecake and miss the convenience of being able to pick a whole big tub for £2. There are frozen versions but they do not have as rich flavour and raw cheesecakes are expensive and often too indulgent (and flipping tiny!).

Aromatherapy Associates

Almost empties - a review of Juice Beauty, Aromatherapy Associates and Yours Truly Organics | Review

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Have you ever used a product for so long it made you think "why have I not run out of it yet?". A realist would suggest this questioning could be because I am not enjoying them as much as I did, which could be true - I have a quick attention span and I like to change up things from time to time otherwise I get bored. The downside of constantly rotating skincare is that most products need consistent use to show their benefits. In addition, I usually just about can finish up a bottle before it's "use before" date. Now, say it takes you 4 month to use a moisturiser. That is fine because most green beauty products are good to be used within 6-12 months since opening. Now imagine you have 4 open bottles of moisturiser and some are need to be used within 6 months of opening. This puts pressure to either use up the one with the shortest use by period or face the fact that after a while you will be using moisturisers which have lost their freshness and maybe even went bad. Apart from wasting product and money and causing some breakouts (ain't nobody got time for that!), this situation is just heart breaking! In addition, this takes up extra storage room in your bathroom. I do not mind having a stash of various unopened bottles and jars tucked away in a box but doing this to my opened products risks of completely forgetting to use them. Of course, it is different if you are using same type of products which are doing different things. For example, I have a number of opened face masks at any one point because I usually have an acid peel mask, a clay based mask, a scrub and a couple of masks from Niod. But I don't see the point of having more than one open hyaluronic acid serum because they will be doing the same thing. You get me?

Bodhi & Birch

Review: Bodhi and Birch Neroli Luce Revitalising and Desert Rose Rejuvenating Face Oils

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I swear this is not intentional but I am going to review deluxe aromatherapy orientated products for the 3rd time in the row (solid basis for a conspiracy theory 🙊 ). Bodhi and Birch is England based brand with the vision of bringing Western and Eastern wellbeing philosophies. They are cruelty-free however their skincare range Rosa Rosa contains milk derivatives. If you have ever smelt Bodhi & Birch products you will know each bottle has unique intricate aroma, although I would not say I like every single scent. Each eco-luxury filled bottle comes with a high price tag but as discussed in my previous post this reflects the price of good quality essential oils.

Aromatherapy Associates

Review: Aromatherapy Associates Facial Oil and Bath & Shower Oil

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I came across this brand while browsing on Naturisimo and very plain minimalistic packaging caught my eye. Rather peculiar for a plain packaging to stand out however in the myriad of pretty looking lotions and potions simplicity is unique. One would even go further to suggest that if a brand does not invest into making the packaging eye-pleasing they must be confident in the performance of their products!



Bloom Remedies

Review: Bloom Remedies Daily Detox Face Moisturiser

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Last summer I came across the small company called Bloom Remedies whose products are handmade in Cornwall. The range includes natural facial and body skincare, as well as aromatherapy. The entire range organic and completely cruelty free (yay!). In addition, the containers are made from recycled material and the packaging usually does not contain plastic. It always rubs me the wrong way when goodies arrive through post packaged in layers of unnecessary plastic so this is definitely a brownie point!


30 ml sample

Tea

Confessions of tea addict. Part 1 - teapigs

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Hello guys, apologies for a very long break in my blog. But without further adue, let’s jump straight to the topic we’re here for!

Happy teapigs family
For those of you who haven’t seen my Youtube videos, I am a big fan of teas. I mean, I love teas so much I don’t have enough space on two shelves for all of them so I have to store some in my room (I am also a big hoarder which doesn’t make my job of keeping things tidy any easier). In the past I used to be rather unpretentious when it came to ‘having a cuppa’ after a meal – drop any bag of tea with a splash of hot water and some sugar for sweetness (it’s all about sweet life!) and I will be happy.  Nowadays, I got way more demanding with the choice of tea, so my safe bet when I’m on the go or visiting someone is coffee. From cheapest and suspicious looking dust to finest Arabica I can drink coffee in any form. In contrast, only tea of adequate quality would satisfy me.

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