It has been some time since I made the pledge to shake out my make up bag and replace what I was using with simple and kind ingredients. In that time I have been busily reading and testing. The biggest hurdle was not wearing conventional makeup anymore. It was hard and my face felt naked for the first week. As I mentioned before I …

Image from tumblr.com The builder and I are having a holiday China. I am excited for our first trip overseas together. Plus I get to revisit one of my favorite cities, Hong Kong. We will be spending most of our time in Yangshauo. This is the first trip I have actively sought out eco minded accommodation. Our first choice was an…

Mrs. Easton asks the question, How many caps does a single household possess? And her visual answer speaks for itself. This was not a full collection from her home. I wonder what mine or yours would look like?

UK design agency Hogarth and custom font makers Monotype have come up with a sustainable font for Grey London to be used across Ryman Stationary and hopefully implement further. Ryman Eco has been designed in a way that when printed would save ink. On close examination each letter looks to have gaps making it look like a d…

I lost my LAST hair elastic and needed to buy some more. That is the family of new hair ties in the photo above and yes each one is worth its weight in gold. Let me explain why. I have loooog hair and it is thick and there is alot of it. This combination has resulted in multiple hair elastics snapping, being lost and really no sec…