After yesterday's news on the forthcoming plastic bag bill, it's time to start thinking more seriously about carrying a shopping bag with you at all times. Not convinced? Just imagine your dismay at spotting an object of desire in a shop window and having nothing to carry it home in! Doesn't bear thinking about, does it...
So to make sure you've always got somewhere to put your shopping, we've joined forces with Catwalk Queen to give away some of the hottest new eco totes out there. Made by underground label Little Sister, the silk-screen printed pen-and-ink designs on these organic, fairtrade totes are already appearing on the arms of ethical fashionistas in the know. We all know what happens when a bag makes it big, so to be there at the beginning, simply send us an email with the subject header "Little Sister" and you name and postal address. Good luck!
If you're vegetarian, have you thought about Christmas dinner yet? I always find it such a pain to identify anything suitably festive to go with the trimmings, and there's no way I'm rustling up a nut roast while the rest of the family open their presents and get merry on bucks fizz...
With that in mind, Redwood Foods can help. They're offering you the chance to win a celebration roast hamper - a kinder, more ethical alternative to turkey - which is suitable for vegetarians AND vegans and packed full of mouth-watering Christmas treats. You can sit back and relax on Christmas morning with this hamper, as it comes with ready-sliced turkey style roast, with delicious Vegi-Deli gourmet sausages wrapped in Redwood’s award-winning Streaky-Style Vegetarian Rashers and mouthwatering turkey flavour gravy. Free from animal ingredients, lactose, cholesterol, hydrogenated fats, GMOs and artificial colours/preservatives.
Sounds good? To enter, simply email me with the subject header "ho ho ho"
Continuing in our noble attempt to detox the nation's makeup bags, we offer you a gift set worth £30 from natural beauty retailer Touch My Face.
The set contains a handcream, bath soak, body wash and body oil, all 100ml bottles, along with a little candle. All products are made by Laidbare, a collection of pure, natural and beneficial skin and body products. Sourced from fresh, living plants, the superior essential oils and natural extracts are expertly blended with vitamins into a luxurious skin food that promises to be always beneficial, never artificial – even the preservatives.
If you'd like to enter our competition, simply drop us an email, with the subject header Touch My Face, your name, and postal address. Results will be announced on the site in two weeks' time.
We're delighted to announce that we've chosen a lucky hippyshopper reader to win our £60 beauty detox set from Florame.
Victoria Wilson of Tunbridge Wells will soon be getting her hands on the goodie-bag, which contains Florame's Derma Stress botanical hand cream, body lotion, face masks and more, all guaranteed organic by Ecocert. We hope Victoria enjoys the products, and hope it'll mark the beginning of a goop-free beauty regime!
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If you're a budding fashionista and want to keep it ethical, Daisy Mae the sheep (don't ask) wants to tell you about a good opportunity to get on to that crucial first rung. Some of the UK's hottest eco fashion labels have clubbed together to give young people (which, in this case means those aged 18-30) the chance to develop a brand new ethical fashion line for an existing, successful business. Taking part are Ciel, Enamore and Junky, who along with six others will act as judges and mentors.
Opening for entries today, Make Your Mark in Fashion will challenge you to tackle every aspect of a successful collection, from creative design and manufacture through to retail. Follow the jump for details of the labels taking part and how to enter.
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There are all sorts of reasons to avoid obscure chemical ingredients in cosmetics; not least that nobody can be sure exactly of their impact on our bodies. What we do know is that many of these substances are absorbed and stay beneath the skin for some time after use, and the jury's out on whether this could cause harm to our long-term health, as well as that of the planet when the products are disposed of. For many, that's not a risk worth taking.
Happily, there are now plenty of options available that use only natural ingredients we have used and understood for generations. One such range is made by Florame, and we've got a goodie bag worth over £60 of their new organic DermaStress products for you to try. This anti-aging range range contains an exclusive compound of essential oils capable of naturally preventing skin stress – one of the principle contributors to the ageing process.
Details of the prizes are after the jump...
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Last month, Hippyshopper's Jonathan Kalmus tested Biobags, an eco-friendly alternative to black bin bags, and was so impressed that we decided to team up with Bin Liners Direct to offer a year's supply of the bags to three lucky winners. We can now tell you that the readers selected to receive the prize are:
Emma Dawes of Chester
Trevor Corbitt of Middlesborough
Cheryl Pasquier of Hastings
Bin bags are an annoying thing to have to buy, so that's one task that these three won't have to worry about for a whole year! And they'll be saving the earth from a whole lot of plastic waste too, as BioBags are 100% biodegradable & compostable which break down when using conventional composting methods to water, CO2 & compost in 45 days.
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