Spring and Mother’s Day Gift Ideas (USA)
Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
Shopping ethically and more mindfully for gifts can be a real challenge – especially when we have a lot going on! I hope I can take some of the time…
My personal top picks from Beautycounter
Beautycounter
I love a discount on anything more pricey in the eco/ethical world! It’s often just more expensive so we’ll take any discount we can get! These are my own personal…
Oat Flour Chocolate Banana Cake
I make this less sweet chocolate banana bread all the time just for me, but sometimes I just want more of a cake like feel for making for other people…
What is a B Corp? Here are some we love + use every day!
Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
What is a B corp brand? There are many certifications a brand can get that mean an array of different things, but B corp is one of my favourites. The…
Spring + Mothers Day Gift Ideas
Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
It might be for mothers day, it might be a birthday gift need – whatever you’re shopping for I know that well sourced and low impact gifts can be a…
Easy Apple Baked Oatmeal
Breakfast ideas, Desserts
This has become a delicious and easy breakfast favourite! I started making these prep ahead baked oatmeal slices for an easy prep ahead gluten and dairy free breakfast when we…
The guide to Alternative Gifts!
I LOVE shopping for gifts and finding things that I love and have a more positive impact on people and planet! But I know it can be overwhelming – which…
HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS! {US Edition}
Beautycounter, Eco + Conscious Living, Eco + Conscious Living, holidays, lifestyle
I love putting these together each year and here’s your 2021 version! A list of things we love, that are sourced the way we value all caring for people and…
HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS! {UK Edition}
Beautycounter, Eco + Conscious Living, Eco + Conscious Living, holidays
Each year I LOVE putting together a list to help you shop the way I would without the stress of having to think of options yourself. I curate this list…
Beautycounter Fall + Holiday Review (and 20% off first purchase code)
Beautycounter, Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas, holidays
I’ve now opened and played with every set from this collection and overall, I’m really happy but here is a full review of what I’d buy and what I’m confused…
How I’m hitting the next season of working motherhood
I always wanted to work while being a mother. I’ve worked for myself since I was 4 months pregnant with Clayton and I love it. When I was 4 months…
16 Things I Bought on Maternity Leave!
I like to think of myself as minimal, but I feel like I shopped my way through maternity leave way more than I normally do. Adjusting to a new season…
Catching up after maternity leave + a summer away!
It’s been a minute since I’ve logged onto to any online platform! So as I dust off my laptop and tip toe back into real life, here’s an update on…
My Go To Skincare + Makeup Brands (US/UK/worldwide)
Beautycounter, Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
Why do I care what I put on my skin? It was standing in the shower, with my Clayton bump, squirting a highly medicated shampoo into my hand that I…
What we might NOT need to hear when we’re pregnant.
There are lots of things that aren’t helpful to hear when you’re pregnant, but I want to touch on pregnancy and weight gain from my own experience and learning! People’s…
Creating a Non Toxic Bed: What We Use
Eco + Conscious Living, Health and Wellbeing, lifestyle
Why Do I Care What We Sleep On? Everything I bring into my home gets assessed in terms of its impact on people, planet and our personal health! All three…
Whole Spelt Shortbread + Strawberries and Cream Shortbread Stack
Desserts
Shortbread is one of the quickest and easiest biscuits/cookies to make! It has no eggs and really just 3 essential ingredients: here those are honey, spelt flour and butter. We…
What’s in my Hospital Bag?
Baby, Eco + Conscious Living
At the time of writing I’m 37 weeks pregnant and as we prep for a hospital birth I’m putting together our “hospital bag” – our go bag with everything we…
UK Veg Box Review: 4 National Favourites Side by Side
Eco + Conscious Living, Health and Wellbeing
We first got a veg box the year before Clayton was born as I began my journey to reduce plastic food packaging and food miles. It was a local farm…
6 Minimal Living Baby Must Haves
Baby, Eco + Conscious Living
The first time round being pregnant, I walked out of a baby shop in my third trimester empty handed because I was so overwhelmed with all the options and things…
Why and how I’ve paid back hundreds of Band of Beauty Memberships!
Health and Wellbeing
If you’re here cos you followed a link for FREE Charcoal Mask and Overnight Resurfacing Peel you’re in the right place – this is how I get them to you…
How to build a minimal, eco friendly + budget friendly wardrobe for pregnancy
Baby
Diving into the world of pregnancy can bring an overwhelming world of things we “need” to buy, clothes included. The approach that we need a lot of new things in…
TRAVEL: 4 Days in Bath, England
Travel
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH TRAVEL My relationship with travel has changed a lot over the last 10 years. Flying all over the world was the aspiration of our early 20s. In…
Conscious Fathers’ Day Gift Ideas
Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
Everyone gifts differently for Fathers day. For some it’s small gifts, others a simple heartfelt card, and for others it’s a day for bigger gifts. However we gift for any…
Black owned business we love + shop
Gift Ideas
When I think about our consumer spending and purchasing choices, I only believe more and more that our personal spending is so powerful and I love that we get to…
How to start a backyard chicken coop!
Eco + Conscious Living, Homesteading
Before we get to chickens let’s just start by saying: you probably know I don’t like saying “How To” and prefer to tell you “How WE” and what we learned…
Why we chose an electric car… again. (and what might have stopped us.)
Eco + Conscious Living, Eco + Conscious Living
Electric cars are put forward as the way of the future, but they’re not without their downsides: They’re more pricey, you’re somewhat limited on mileage, electricity still often comes from fossil fuels, and what…
11 Eco friendly, non toxic + low waste cleaners
Eco + Conscious Living
When I discovered how cleaners can affect health, from the artificial fragrances I immediately feel in my head, to other things I might not feel, they became one of the…
How I Research + Choose a Brand
Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
When I want to find a new item to bring into my home – how do I go about searching out a the right company for me? So many of…
6 FREE Switches that Will save money AND waste! Part 1
Eco + Conscious Living, Health and Wellbeing, lifestyle
Can lowering waste really be less expensive? When you hear “zero waste” do you first picture people buying less and living a simple life, or a slew of wood and…