These days being vegan is gaining popularity, which is hardly surprising given it is associated with health and environmental benefits. And it’s not only about diet, but you can also find vegan fashion, footwear, makeup, beauty, handbags, the list could…

Using a shampoo bar is a great easy way to reduce single use plastic consumption in your bathroom. In fact by using one bar of shampoo you roughly save around x3 virgin plastic bottles of 350ml size. It sounds such…

Having a plastic free bathroom is easier than you might think, and it doesn’t have to cost the earth either (excuse the pun.) For as long as I can remember, there has always been a plethora of plastic bottles in…

The n4mummy Ethical Gift Guide The ethical gift guide is a post I write every Christmas, and every year it’s a rush and comes out late. Can I blame lockdown, a lack of childcare and a NHS doctor for a…

I know it’s only October, but if you’re after an organic beauty advent calendar you’ll need to be quick. For this year Green People have launched their very first Green Regime Beauty Advent Calendar. Helping you to count down to…

This is my second year of trying to make sustainable choices when I shop and I’ll be honest, it isn’t easy. I spend far too much time searching online for ethical, zero waste retailers, only to find tiny companies  whose…

“Mummy, girls poo but boys do really smelly poos” announced Daisy, my 3 year old, with a big grin on her face. You see toilet humour never fails to amuse, whether you’re 3 or 73. But for the 2.3 billion…

This week I was reminded just how murky the world of the beauty industry is. A well-known, luxury, brand pitched a job to me to advertise a new night time anti-aging facial cream. When I researched the brands ethos and…

Are you a beauty junky or is skincare just a necessity? For me it’s definitely the latter. I have a short skincare routine: cleanse, moisturise and then a quick bit of makeup. Occasionally I’ll branch out and exfoliate or even…

As you read this we’ll be driving through the French countryside, narrowly avoiding divorce as we take another wrong turn. One day we really must buy a sat nav. If you read my earlier post about summer essentials for kids…