Month: January 2015

• January 29, 2015

  Vitamin K: The one everyone forgets.

  

  Today I thought I would share an article with you about Vitamin K, the vitamin that everyone forgets because they never put it in multivitamins (because it’s expensive and can’t be absorbed when there’s vitamin E around). Vitamin K is super-important as a vitamin. It’s fat soluble, meaning you need to eat it with a […]
• January 28, 2015

  [beauty] Neutrals Full Face Tutorial Video

  Hey guys so I thought I would mix it up a bit today by putting my latest Youtube video as a blog update as well!  I know Makeup Geek do this quite a lot and thought I’d have a little experiment. The video assumes you’ve started by putting on your normal daily face cream, and […]
• January 27, 2015

  [rabbits] How to keep hot, happy bunnies over winter

  

  Ideas for keeping your bunnies warm, and how to move indoor bunnies outdoors or outdoor bunnies inside: Sometimes the weather gets cold. Like, really cold. As you know, rabbits love to go out whether it’s rainy, sunny, snowy, windy or foggy. Rabbits just love to play. Pet rabbits are different to wild rabbits because they […]
• January 26, 2015

  Vanlife fail: Pimp my ride? How ’bout M.O.T. my Ride…

  My Citroen Xsara Picasso Camper Conversion has a minor problem today. In the UK, there’s this pesky thing called an MoT (short for Ministry of Transport, as in, inspection on behalf of the Ministry of Transport) which means you can’t have a car on the road that doesn’t meet some specific criteria.  It was actually […]
• January 23, 2015

  [beauty] Ten Vegan Beauty Ingredients

  

  1. Aloe Vera Gel – Put it on burns, sunburn, dry skin, greasy skin, dehydrated skin, untoned skin – aloe vera’s soothing and skin-enhancing properties are near-legendary, don’t underestimate this gentle giant. 2. Coconut oil – Melt a little between your hands then rub your hands through the lengths and ends of your hair (stay […]
• January 22, 2015

  How much are those first editions REALLY worth??

  How much are those first editions REALLY worth?? Or, how I decluttered some of my bookcases (because it’s DEFINITELY not been minimalised yet). I wanted to leave this until last because it’s going to be the hardest part of the whole minimalism thing, but I have briefly forayed into it today. We have both brought […]
• January 21, 2015

  [wellness] LET IT GO! Minimalism explained (with pictures)

  

  Why not have a Spring clean of your life and habitat, and make space so you can practise those Blogilates moves you’ve been learning? Do you have no freakin’ clue what this minimalist thing is? Let me show you!  Read on to find out what it is, how to declutter your house, find some resources, […]
• January 18, 2015

  Sindelfingen’s Unexpected Medieval Centre

  

  Sindelfingen, Germany: Looking for the museum We were looking for the museum, surrounded by concrete brutalist architecture of the square boxes variety. Click here for the rest of this article.
• January 17, 2015

  [hair] I need to cut some of my hair…

  It’s been a bad week for my hair. Firstly, one of the kids I worked with this week greeted me as “Scary Mary,” (usually I get Elsa from Frozen) then today (an entire two days later) I found out why. There’s a patch of hair, right at the very back, at the nape of my […]
• January 15, 2015

  [rabbits] Helping a bereaved bunny

  Those of you who have been reading regularly will know that Neville, one of our six rabbits, sadly died of old age at the end of last week. He was survived by his brother Sebastian. Sebastian has always been a reclusive bunny, Neville always spoke up for both of them and so part of Sebastian’s […]