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You want to be sustainable, but still want to shop. Now what?

Fashion is not sustainable. The whole idea of trends causes us to constantly buy new clothes and discard the old ones. If we want to have more sustainable wardrobes we need to change the way we think about clothes. We need to look at them as investments, things we are going to keep forever. This doesn’t mean that we have to stop buying fun new outfits or enjoying shopping. Whilst it is extremely difficult to have a completely sustainable wardrobe that does not mean we can’t reduce our current consumption to be more sustainable.

27.11.2020

I hope you've discovered some amazing independent brands to support this Christmas. While researching brands, I've discovered so many truly amazing brands. Don't forget to always share the brands you have found with the people in your life! It's so so important to support the growth of smaller businesses. This is the third gift guide in our series, and this weeks is amazing! We've got some brilliant, inspiring and unique businesses for you to discover and fall in love with.

20.11.2020

Yesterday’s forty-minute Tube ride, quietly sweating under your mask as you listened to a podcast. The queue for the checkout in the supermarket. Grabbing a coffee at lunch. When was the last time you washed your mask? You can’t remember. There’s no denying that masks are now an integral part of our everyday lives – I live in fear of leaving mine behind every time I walk out of my front door. However, our skin isn’t such a big fan, with the term “maskne” (that’s mask acne, for the uninitiated) recently joining such gems as “new normal” and “Zoom” in the pandemic vocabulary hall of fame.

13.11.2020

After the devastating announcement this weekend, that England will be facing yet another lockdown, social media has been inundated with reminders of how important it is to shop small this year. Shop small, to help all of the small businesses thrive. What another lockdown could leave in its wake, could have a detrimental effect on things for years to come.

02.11.2020

Christmas 2020 is going to be one that we will all remember. It's going to be a surreal time for us all. The events of 2020 have had devastating effects on local economies and smaller businesses who were unable to trade at the start of the year. Even now, as 2020 draws to a close, things are still up in the air.

28.10.2020

As much as we all adore the world of beauty and everything it has to offer, it’s no secret that there’s a huge problem when it comes to the cosmetics industry and sustainability. According to annual awareness campaign ‘Zero Waste Week’, more than 120 BILLION units of packaging are produced by the global cosmetics industry each year, contributing to the annual loss of 18 million acres of forest.

25.10.2020

Copywriter Kate discuses the adult acne, which tests the best of us and shares her tips and insight into how to combat the pesky blemishes as best that we can. Growing up through secondary school, so not as much as a pimple ever crossed my face. Then I reached my 20’s. And then they came. And boy, didn’t they cause carnage. All. Over. My. Face. Having acne in your 20’s is arguably worse than your teens.

18.10.2020

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