Mama Adventure

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…

January 14, 2015

Fad diets for the thoughtful 5: Conclusion and how to spot a deficiency

[Wellness] Fad Diets for the Thoughtful 5: Series Conclusion New to this series? Start here: Raw Veganism:Part 1 Fruitarianism and Juicearianism: Part 2 Sproutarianism: Part 3 Breatharianism: Part 4 My table of comparisons between the diets discussed in this series, using vegetarianism and macrobiotic as baselines for comparisons, click to enlarge: Conclusion: In this series,…

January 13, 2015

Lash Growth Serums REVIEWED: Rapid Lash, Eveline SOS Lash Booster and Rimmel Lash Accelerator

Lash serums reviewed! Rapid Lash, Rimmel London Lash Serum, Eveline SOS Lash Booster (aka Eveline Eyelash Growth Activator Concentrated Serum 3 in 1) Updated version comparing RapidLash and RevitaLash here. Lash serums claim to be able to make your lashes grow. I have seen a lot of mixed reviews of them across the internet, and…

January 11, 2015

[travel] HAUL – Outdoor Walking and Snow Gear

Outdoor Walking Gear Haul The past two months have been pretty awful, so I decided to cheer myself up with a little shopping spree with the Sports Direct sale: Let’s start with the Karrimor Walking Sandals. The box said they were reduced from £49.99; I actually paid £13 for them because there had been another…

January 9, 2015

[rabbits] Goodbye little Neville

Warning: This post talks about the loss of a rabbit. Today we opened the bunny house up to find that Neville had passed on in the night. We are still very upset about this. To try to make it better, I made this video to show what Neville used to get up to with his…