Health & beauty
If there was ever a beauty product that transported you to the most luxurious, exotic holiday destination: it has to be Pacific Spirit.
Based on fairly traded, organic, cold pressed, extra virgin coconut oil, Pacific Spirit’s range of body lotions and oils work wonders for skin health. The lotions are ideal at reducing the signs of ageing, moisturizing and soothing out skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema and dermatitis. They also protect the skin against UV rays and free-radicals.
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Food & drink
Like honey, but respect animals too? If you don't like the thought of stealing from the bees, and the idea of clipped wings and end-of-season culls leaves you cold, then you may be interested in Madhava's Organic Agave Nectar... Perfect slathered onto a thick slice of wholemeal toast, or stirred into a steaming bowl of porridge, it provides the ideal bee-friendly honeylike accompaniment to your food.
It's good for you, too - agave nectar boasts a lower glycemic index than most other natural sweeteners on the market. It can also, like honey, be used as a sugar substitute in most recipes. Just use 1/3 cup of agave syrup for every whole cup of sugar in the original recipe, and reduce the quantity of liquids used in the recipe accordingly. Madhava's Organic Agave Nectar is available from VeganEssentials.com .
With winter creeping up on us - soon skin will be fighting the cold as well as unhealthy heating systems. So it’s that time again to put summer moisturizers back in the bathroom cabinet ’till next year and bring out [A’kin]’s winter skin moisturizing combo: the delectable Rosehip Oil and warming Rosehip & Shea Intensive Moisture Anti-Oxidant Complex.
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Fashion & accessories
I'm not ashamed to admit that in my mid 30s, with a toddler and a puppy in tow I look for shoes that are funky but comfortable, and these Mary Janes by Earth, from their Autumn collection, tick both boxes in my opinion. It's an extra bonus that they're Vegan Society approved being made with breathable micro fibre uppers and a 'Kalso-Lite' flexible sole. The sole is named after a Danish yoga master who designed inclined 'Negative Heel' technology which is said to naturally align your body. They also contain special compounds so the sole moulds to the shape of your foot to give a custom fit.
Available in four colours the 'Flight' shoes are available online from Planet Shoes for US$89.
Food & drink
Feel like you could eat a horse? OK, perhaps not the best introductory line to a piece about vegan restaurants, but you catch my drift. If you're looking for a cheap (£5 a head), delicious, incredibly fillling, vegan All You Can Eat experience, you might want to read on.
It seems there are there are vegan Thai buffet restaurants appearing everywhere. The ones I am aware of are as follows: Veg Veg (6 Kentish Town Road), Tai (10-11 Greek Street and 3 Great Chapel Street, Soho), Tai Buffet (339 Euston Road), Zen Garden (88 Leather Lane, Farringdon), Thai Veg (271 Muswell Hill Broadway) and Thai Veg (13 Islington High Street).
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Fashion & accessories
There is certainly a nip in the air, and already our thoughts are turning from bikinis to warm winter coats and woollies. If you want to treat yourself to a glamorous new winter coat which is chic, and also has good eco-credentials, you should consider this one by Loyale. They have designed a vegan and organic faux fur coat. Most fake fur coats are made from acrylics and polyesters, which are very damaging to the environment, but this coat is made from 100% organic cotton which is grown in Texas.
[via Treehugger]
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Food & drink
Envious of your friends and their marshmallow-toasting sessions? Longing to sink your teeth into a gummy bear (even though you've got serious qualms about the biting the heads off thing!)? Suffering acute jelly bean pangs? Fear not - plenty of those little treats which you thought eschewing animal products had deprived you of forever are out there in veggie/vegan form.
For gelatine-free marshmallows, gelatine-free fruit jellies, and beeswax-free jelly beans, visit The Vegan Store. If fizzy cola bottles (yes, they even make these!) are more your thing, then visit Goodness Direct for the veggie/vegan version. Veggie/vegan gummy bears are available from Edward and Sons.
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