Every night I wipe my face clean with some micellar water and cotton pads. And every night I throw those cotton pads in the bin, I feel a pang of guilt. Same thing happens whenever I have a period and I throw away pad after pad. The guilt is intense because I’m harming the planet one bloody pad at a time not to mention my bank account. It’s really that simple. So when I got an email from Eco Fluff, a female-led local and small company with the sole purpose of introducing and encouraging women towards sustainable personal and baby products, I jumped at the chance to work with them. I’ve been testing and trying out some of their bestsellers and here’s my honest opinion.
on our island
It feels like a lovely and proper winter’s late afternoon as I sit on my veranda with a cup of freshly grated ginger tea and my laptop, taking in the natural sound of the outdoors as opposed to my kids screaming and arguing. I’ve been locked up with them for a month.
I’m writing this with just one day away until a podcast I have created will launch. As always I keep it real and raw so here are some behind the scenes photos and words on how Mamma Mu, the one and only podcast for women and mamas in Cyprus was created.
If you’ve been reading the blog for a while now – and following along on Instagram – then you know that during the last 18 months I have entered a crazy zone. The transition from one child to three in under three years came as a shock to me and, almost literally, turned my world upside down. I didn’t know what I was doing anymore, I often felt scared and I was not feeling like me anymore. Life became a chaos and I got lost in it. In bed every night I would lie awake thinking about one thing: how the fuck am I supposed to be a parent to my kids? It’s funny how some answers just come and find you. I got invited to a Conscious Parenting workshop. It hasn’t changed my life. It’s made it better.
I’ve been buying organic products for over ten years now. During my pre-mama days as a writer for a newspaper here in Cyprus, I began researching the benefits of eating organic produce and using eco-friendly products. I tried and tested products and produce, wrote articles and became convinced of the long-term goodness that comes with consuming organic. Today, and three kids later, I still purchase organic although as a big family it’s not easy to go exclusively organic due to costs… Or is it? A new local online shop, Boost Bio Market, has opened and promises to knock down prices on our favourite organic brands, offering a range of products that are delivered straight to your door. I tried it out.