I will be honest with you – having curly hair is high maintenance. Miss one too many treatments and my curls just go flat. My hair went through a lot during 2020. I straightened it throughout winter, cut bangs, layered it and changed my hair products at least […]
My full day and night cruelty-free skincare routine including products from The Body Shop and Lush Cosmetics.
It’s the new year and I’m still the same. I have made a few personal resolutions for 2019 – like actually sticking to a workout regime – but I decided to make a separate list of environmental goals for the year. As an environmentalist, I thought that I […]
In this day and age there are hundreds of sources for people to learn about environmentalism. I think that the easiest way to ‘convert’ someone is to make them watch a documentary. When I was 11 years old I didn’t want to read a bunch of books and […]
Following a strict skincare routine has been highly beneficial for me, but has also made me neglect my hair. I stopped straightening my hair for four months and have either been air-drying or diffusing my hair. Though, just because I don’t use straighteners doesn’t mean that my hair […]
Bees are vital to human existence. Without bees and their role in cross pollination, we would run out of food and oxygen. All types of bees, from honeybees to bumblebees, are important to the cycle and growth of every ecosystem on the planet. Unfortunately, the bee population has […]
Fashion has always been one of my passions. After film, environmentalism comes fashion. When I was nine years old I watched my first fashion show on FTV. After that, I became obsessed with fashion and I wanted to be a fashion designer. I didn’t know the impact of […]
Many people have asked me how they can start being eco-friendly. Many people believe that one has to radically changing their life overnight. When I first became an environmentalist, I wanted to do everything. I wanted to throw out all non-cruelty-free products, fast fashion clothing items, go vegan […]
A list of cruelty-free brands available in South Africa.
Exfoliating is my favourite step of my skincare routine. I can feel every pore being cleaned out, and my skin looks amazing afterwards. But, it wasn’t until I learnt about microbeads that made me reconsider the exfoliators I use. What are Microbeads? I was shocked when I first […]